Quinn O'Connell was the pretty girl in pink, the homecoming queen and all-around straight-A student. Most people saw her as uptight, narcissistic but most importantly... They saw her as a control freak with her perfect blonde hair and patronising sm...
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Quinn listened intently as the motorbike skidded to a stop and she knew instantly that something dramatic was going to happen. The Cullens were all clustered together in the main room and she blinked as Carlisle separated from her side to go and greet their guest. The vampires in the room were instantly tense and Quinn couldn't blame them when his scent washed over her.
"Is it true?" Jacob Black demanded the second he entered through the front door and Quinn's gaze couldn't help but flash toward Edward who was stood like a statue in the centre of the room, listening.
"Hello, Jacob" Carlisle's response didn't fail to make Quinn smile slightly. Carlisle's voice was like a drug to her and she knew that she was addicted but couldn't bring herself to mind, she'd listen to his words all day every day if given the chance. "How are you?"
"Listen" Jacob completely ignored the small talk that Carlisle attempted to engage in. "Just give it to me straight"
"Jacob?" Bella was the one to get the conversation over and done with and the vampires in the room looked between one another, instantly defensive as they heard the wolf clatter up the stairs to the main room. "Is that you?"
"They came home two weeks ago" Carlisle filled him in before the two of them finally entered the room with the others. Carlisle was quick to rejoin Quinn's side and she leant into his blazer clad body, allowing his arms to shroud her comfortably. Jacob, on the other hand, was blocked from seeing Bella by an awfully defensive Rosalie though the human's voice was enough to indicate that she wasn't okay.
"I'm glad you came." Bella only looked a lot worse with each passing day and she grew closer to death with each millimetre that the child inside of her grew but she was as determined now as she had been on that very first day and Edwards pleading couldn't get through to her. If he couldn't crack through her determination- Quinn was ceratin that nobody could.
"Close enough" Rosalie persisted when Jacob took a step forward and Emmett shifted where he stood against the wall, ready to jump to the defence. They were all incredibly on edge, an emotion that didn't sit right with their matriarch as she shifted uncomfortably in Jack's arms.
"What's your problem?" Jacob's heart hammered aggressively and none could blame them, he was in the dark of the situation though knowledge wouldn't make him any calmer, they all knew that for certain.
"Rose, it's okay" Bella's cracked voice ushered and the vampire stiffened for a moment, considering the human's words as Jacob took a seat on the coffee table, taking his first look at Bella. She was like a living corpse, haunting to behold and very visibly ill.
"You look terrible" he informed her and she laughed in a shuddering way.
"Yeah" she swallowed. "It's nice to see you too" and Quinn looked back at Carlisle behind her whose expression was calculating though he smiled when she looked into his eyes. Carlisle always had a smile reserved for Quinn.
"So, are you going to tell me what's wrong with you?" he queried and Edward stiffened.
"Rose do you want to help me up?" the room seemed to hold their breath as the blonde vampire gently pulled Bella to stand. For a second, Bella seemed slightly embarrassed under Jacobs intense gaze before he rounded with a look of pure hatred on Edward who already hated himself enough. As the wolf strongly strode toward the mind reader, he was cut off by a stern hand from Emmett.
"You did this!"
"We didn't even know this was possible" Carlisle attempted to assure, out of the whole family, Carlisle was the one that Jacob trusted the most.
"What is it?" the wolf demanded, resigning with a sigh.
"I'm not sure, ultrasound and needles won't penetrate the embryonic sack" the doctor explained the best he could, the feel of Quinn's hand over his being enough reassurance to keep him calm.
"I can't see it either" Alice informed, pained. "And I-- Can't see Bellas future anymore" that was the thing that hurt Alice the most, the uncertainty because in not seeing Bella's future- It just made her think that Bella didn't have one. An understandable conclusion.
"We've been researching legends," Quinn spoke gently, her ability to remain calm in all situations coming from how good of an actor she had been as a human but Edward knew for certain that her mind wasn't as content as her face made out. "But there isn't much to go on."
"What we do know" Carlisle completed. "Is that it is strong and fast-growing."
"Why haven't you done anything? Take it out of her." Jacob demanded and Edward sighed slightly, glad to see that there was at least one person on her side.
"This is none of your business, Dog" Rosalie hissed, only to be cut off by an irritable Esme.
"Rose! All this fighting isn't good for Bella" the mother attempted, softening her words toward the end.
"The foetus isn't good for Bella" Alice tried for the hundredth time in the past two weeks.
"Say the word, Alice." Rosalie rounded on her sister and Jacob blinked in shock, clearly seeing how divided the seemingly strong family were about this. "Baby. It's just a little baby"
"Impossible" Jasper returned, stepping to his wife's side protectively.
"Carlisle" Jacob turned back to the one person in the family he trusted, though his brown eyes lingered on Quinn for a long moment, the blonde smiling tensely at him. "You've got to do something"
"No" and that was the core of the issue. Bella was the one that didn't want anything to happen to the embryo growing inside her. Jacob turned in shock, noticing the way that Edward looked down at the ground in shame. "It's not his decision. It's not any of yours."
"Jacob" Edward piped up, cutting across Bella for the very first time and it was clear to see the rift forming in their already short marriage. "I need to talk to you... Quinn" He encouraged as he walked away and she blinked as she looked between the group and moved to follow with the wolf at her side.
