Chapter 24: Surprise, surprise!

BPOV
”What?” I asked groggily, still not awake. As I slowly started to see in the dark, I recognized his
face. “Smith?? What are you doing here?? Go away!” I hissed at him.
“I’m sorry sweetie, but we have to go.” He said, and as suddenly as he had appeared, he lifted me
up and then we were running. I gasped as he suddenly began to move like a racecar in full speed.
It was over in a second, but even if it was, it didn’t make the shock less.
“What are you doing!?!” I hissed and looked around to see where we were, but I could see make
anything out from the darkness. It seemed that we were inside though, because I didn’t freeze,
only a little. But seriously, who doesn’t freeze when you just got out of bed early in the morning?
Smith put me down on the ground, which was a wooden floor, and then disappeared from me for a
second. He was back as fast as he had brought me here, and gave me something, some kind of
fabric. When I looked closer, I saw what it was: Clothes.
“What is this? Where are we, and why are you giving me this??” I asked and pointed at the little
pile of clothes in my arms.
“Don’t ask, just put it on. I’ll walk to the other room.” He said from the darkness, and suddenly, a
door opened and light was coming in through it. In the other room, I suddenly recognized the ugly
yellow walls, the furniture, the paintings on the walls…It was Smithy’s cottage. When the light
came from the other room, I saw that I was standing in some kind of closet, a closet without
clothes that is.
“What the hell?!” I exclaimed angrily and walked after him into the yellow room. “Why did you
bring me here??” I practically yelled at him. Smith, who had turned his back to me, turned around,
and for the first time since I met him, I was frightened to death. Sure I was scared before, but it
was no comparison to this. His eyes were black as the night, and they were glaring murderously at
me, and a small snarl was building in his chest.
“I’ll explain everything when you have changed into the clothes I gave you. Now, go into the other
room, and come out once you’re changed.” He said quietly, but you could clearly hear the hidden
message “if you don’t obey, you’re in big trouble.” I slowly backed away from him into the small
closet I was in before, and closet the door. The annoying thing was that as I changed, I knew he
could hear me. And that fact made me shudder in disgust. Once I had changed in the dark closet, I
walked out into the yellow room again. Once I was in the light, recognition hit me, and I gasped at
the sudden surprise.
“You went through my bag??” I asked him, already knowing he had, because this was my jeans
and T-Shirt, no one else’s.
“Yes.” He answered simply, not trying to hide it from me.
“Okay…So, why are we here?” I asked, and then I looked at the clock on the wall, which made me
groan. “Why are we here 8 in the morning??”
“We’re leaving.” He stated and took my wrist and began to walk towards the door, in human
phase. I yanked my hand back, which made him turn to look at me.
“No, I won’t leave, not unless you tell me what it’s about!” I said stubbornly and glared at him. He
sighed, but started to tell me.
“The mutt, Jacob Black is coming, and he’s planning to bring you back to La Push so I can’t hurt
you and-“he said, but I interrupted him.
“Take me to La Push so you can’t hurt me?? What, you can hurt me here, but not there??” I asked
him, and he sighed again, finding all my questions extremely annoying.
“Jacob isn’t the only werewolf in Forks. There’s a large pack back in La Push that the mutt takes a
part in, and all together they’re about 10. Anyway, I made a treaty with them a few years ago that
me, or any other vampire for that sake, are not to cross the line between La Push and Forks. If I
do, I’ll get killed. Also, if I bite a human or kill a human, they’ll kill me too, even if it’s on my land.”
He said, explaining to me. I nodded as he did, and for some reason, I really wanted Jake to come
here and take me to La Push, and I wanted Smith to follow…
“Anyway, the mutt is planning to take you there to La Push, but I won’t let him. I’ll take you
somewhere you’ll be safe and-“he explained, but I just had to interrupt him again, because there
was way too much bullshit coming out of that mouth.
“Wait, wait… So, you’re planning to take me somewhere to protect me from something that’s not
dangerous –For me that is –and stop him from doing something I want??” I asked, really irritated
now.
“It doesn’t matter if you want it, he’s dangerous!! And he wants to take you away from me, I won’t
allow him!!” he said, sounding a little possessive if you ask me.
“What if I will?! You have nothing to do with my decisions, so butt out!!” I yelled at him. But he
wasn’t having that answer. He placed one hand on my cheek, and then spoke urgently, but still
emotionally.
“Stacy, I-“he began, but I interrupted him…once again.
“MY NAME IS BELLA!!! HOW HARD IS IT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND!!?!??!?!” I screamed frustrated
at him.
“Bella, I’m sorry, but I will do everything it takes to make you safe again.”
“BUT I’M NOT IN ANY DANGER!!!!!!!!!!” I yelled even louder than before, which made him drop his
hand from my cheek and back away from me towards the door.
“Bella, just listen to me; He’s no good for you. He’ll only leave you for some other girl he just met
the next month. I would never do that to you Bella, I wouldn’t. Never.” He said seriously. I sighed
loudly at his stupidity.
“Smith, I don’t like him like that, not at all. He’s just a friend. Besides, there is a reason why I
broke up with the guy. But seriously, you should stop all this fighting. Get this into your small little
heads. I. Don’t. Like. You. Well, I like Jake as a friend, but you…you’re just a creepy teacher of
mine. I have no relation with you at all.” I said honestly. It was true; I did only like Jake like a
friend, nothing more. And for Smith, I didn’t like him, at all. He had nothing to do with my life or
my choices for that matter. But the thing was that even if I hated him to the guts, he had changed
my life, and I don’t even know if it’s good or bad. He made me see a whole new world that I
probably wouldn’t ever have seen if it wasn’t for him. Well, that’s the positive. The negative was
(well obviously), that he stalks me, he thinks he possesses me; he loves me even though I hate
him, and he’s incredibly stupid. Okay, that’s more negative points than positive… I think that
means that he has changed my life in a bad way, but the positive point is a big one, and I’m really
glad that I find out about that. But anyway, where was I?? Oh, that’s right; I hate Smith.
After I had said my honest words, Smith looked kind of hurt, but that’s the thing; Truth hurts. I’ve
always known that, but I rather get hurt by the thorns of the truth, than get intoxicated by the
beautiful rose of lies. He looked down at the floor for a minute, thinking intensely as he did. At last
he looked up at me again, and in his eyes there were determined.
“Jacob will not come here until another 2 hours. I’ll be right back, make yourself at home while I’m
gone.” He said, and in a blink of an eye, he was gone. I stood like an idiot at place for several
minutes, not really understanding what just happened or why. But as I stood there as an idiot, I
finally came up with a plan. He was gone now, wasn’t he?? If he was, then I could go back to the
cottage and wake up Edward and tell him. It will be a risk, I mean, Edward could get his memories
erased…But right now I had to take a shot.
I took a deep breath before I opened the door and started to run towards our cottage. I ran with all
my might, and as if Mother Nature herself understood my situation, there were no roots in my way
today. I was just at the door, and I had placed a hand on the door knob, when something cold and
hard took a grasp on my shoulders and yanked me back. I already had grasped the door know, and
as Smith yanked me back, there was a small thud from the door as I held on. It was like I was
trying to open the closed door. My hand slipped from the knob, and the “whoops-I-stuck-my-head-
out-of-an-airplane” feeling was back. I was suddenly back in the ugly yellow room, and before me
was a very pissed off vampire.
“Why did you leave??” he asked, and under the façade of calm, you could hear the anger and
sadness.
“Eh…I just forgot something and was going to get it.” I lied suckishly, and he heard it as well. I
wasn’t fooling anybody.
“That’s a lie and we both know it. Anyway, I don’t have the time to go and get you every time you
run away. Stay in here, and I’ll be back in a half hour or so.” He said, and as last time, he just
suddenly disappeared. My blood had frozen to ice as I suddenly understood his words. He was
going to go and do something to do, and in the meantime, I’m prisoner here. I don’t have
permission to go outside. I ran to the door and tried to open it; It was looked. I was having a small
panic attack, and began to look around in the room, looking for another exit then the door. I ran to
all the windows, but none of them could be opened. I sat down on his bed and put my hands in my
hands. Why?? What had I done to deserve this?? What had I done to get a vampire stalker, all
these problems, and over all; how did I get the friends that I have now? That is a small mystery
that I have a problem with solving.
I sighed and lied down on the bed. All these problems and dilemmas were making me tired… He
said that he would be back in a half hour, right?? And he did say that I should make myself at
home… I don’t think he would mind if I took a small nap here… I lied down on the bed and closed
my eyes. It didn’t take long for sleep to find me.
Dream *Swoosh*
I was standing in a forest as my dream started. The sky was gray and everything was inhuman
green. Suddenly Smith appeared. He was standing a few meters away from me and he was
smiling. Not the friendly smile that he always wears on those lips, but a loving smile that scared
the crap out of me. He was running towards me with open arms, and it almost felt like a freaking
love movie, or, in my case, a nightmare. I tried to move, but it felt like I was glued to the ground.
I couldn’t do anything. He came closer and closer, and every second felt like it was becoming a
nightmare even more and more. At last he was only meters away. I waited for the cold hug, but it
never came. Instead, an unexpected sound echoed through the air: the sound of a gunshot. I
opened my eyes, and Smith was lying on the ground, withering in pain. He had been shot in the
stomach. I didn’t really know if I was supposed to be happy or sad. I mean a human- no wait, a
vampire was just shot before my eyes.
“TAKE THAT!!” a man screamed to my right, which made me turn. The man before me was
wearing a long, brown leather coat and a brown cowboy hat. He had long brown hair and in his
hand, there wasn’t a gun, there was a crossbow. This confused me. But the man confused me even
more, because I didn’t exactly recognize him, but I knew who he was; Abraham Van Helsing.
Suddenly, I heard another man’s voice behind me. I turned to see who it was.
“DIE YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!” the man shouted, and he was companied with another man, both
looking about 20-30 years old. The man that had shouted had a leather jacket and jeans, he had
brown, short hair and in his hands was a gun. The man beside him was a lot like him except his
hair was longer and he was taller. They could be brothers. Now the taller man was looking at me.
He tapped on the other mans shoulder.
“What is it Sam??” The short one asked him.
“Dean, there’s a girl there.” The man called Sam said to other person called Dean beside him and
pointed at me. I gulped loudly, and just before the man with the gun could say anything, a girl’s
voice was heard to my left.
“Haven’t your mother ever told you that vampires are bad??” A very girly voice said and as I
turned around, a saw a small, very small girl with blond hair. In her and she had a wooden stake,
the classic one that that appeared in all movies. She ran over to where I was, and when she was
almost there, she jumped towards Smith with the stake. She hit him right in the heart, and his
scream of pain was endless. Finally, it stopped, and his body suddenly became to ashes. I looked
up, and suddenly all of them were surrounding me. Van Helsing, the small girl, that I also knew
who it was; Buffy, from Buffy the vampire slayer, and the 2 unknown boys called Sam and Dean.
“What are you doing here??” I asked the strange people.
“Well, you needed our help, didn’t you??” Buffy asked me back. The only thing I could do was to
nod.
“Well, if it wasn’t for the Winchester’s, I would take him down first!!” Helsing complained and
glared at the two persons that I guess was brothers. The brother with the gun; Dean, was it?? He
started to answer, but suddenly, the world started to spin, and I fell down on the ground.
End of dream *swoosh*
I woke up startled and looked around. I was lying on Smiths floor, and the owner of the floor was
sitting on a stool in the room, and he was laughing hysterically. Damn, it was only a dream… I
thought darkly as I stood up and sat down on the bead.
“What’s so funny??” I asked him as I rubbed my head.
“I’m sorry, but I’m rather fascinated, by the fact that you can sleep. That you can sleep and
dream…and sleep talk and sleep walk.” He said, and laughed at the last part. I looked at him, and I
noticed that his eyes no longer were black; they were yellow again. That must have meant that his
‘business’ was to go hunting.
“What’s so fascinating about that??Everyone does it.” I asked, not understanding the amazing with
sleep.
“Well, I don’t sleep, and haven’t done it since I’ve become a vampire, so yes; I think it’s rather
fascinating.” He told me. I dropped my chin to the floor and stared at him dumbfounded.
“You…can’t sleep??” I asked. He shook his head as a no. “Ever??” I asked again.
“Never:” he answered. Then, he started to chuckle.
“What?” I asked, wanting to know the good joke.
“You could say that New York is my city. You know, the city that never sleeps.” He said and
grinned at me. I raised my eyebrow at him, but let it go. His jokes really got to stop…
“Okay, if you’re done here, I’m going.” I said and started to walk towards the door. Wait, I didn’t
walk; I ran. I started to run towards the door, and of course he got there before me, and appeared
in front of me.
“What are you talking about??” He asked. I sighed and thought about how I should do this. Okay,
let’s try plan A.
“None of your business you filthy perverted leech!!!” I screamed at him and tried to shove past
him. Didn’t work. He started to hug me to his chest, ignoring my words, and tried to sooth me,
saying I was confused, scared, stressed…hell, I didn’t listen really. All I knew was that plan A was a
failure. Time for plan B.
“Hey…” I said, trying to get his attention. He looked down at me, and I really hoped that plan B
would work. “Okay, so you know that I know that you know that we know that he knows that I like
you.” I lied, but I was so confused by the first speech that it luckily wasn’t discovered. He looked
down at me, and you could see the love in his eyes. I stroked his chest gently with my hand,
fighting back the gagging reflects. But suddenly, his moth crashed down on mine. Oh crap… never
thought about this part…
I started to his on his chest with all my power, and even if it hurt. It felt like hitting a cement wall…
Luckily, he responded, and stopped the kiss, which had lasted in about 3 seconds.
“What’s the problem love??” He asked. Oh, think, think!! Yes, I got it!
“Well, I do like you,” Not. “But I don’t think I’m ready for this kind of stuff yet…” I said, and I just
had to think of some old embarrassing memory to get my cheeks to flame.
“What are you talking about honey, we’ve kissed twice!” he said and stoked my cheek with his
hand.
“Yeah well, I wasn’t ready then, and I’m not ready now either.” I said, and hid my face under my
bangs. Come on; just move your ass away from the door!!!!!!!!
“Okay, alright. If you’re not ready…then I guess I can wait.” He said and smiled at me. So did I and
then I hugged him. He hugged me back, 10 times stronger that is. I gasped for air, and he
immediately let me go.
“Okay, so…shall we go outside,” I asked and looked on the clock. I had slept in 1 and a half hour.
“Jake is coming soon anyway, and I really don’t want to have something to do with the dog.” I lied
and placed my hand on his chest and looked into his eyes. He looked down at me, and I had never
seen him happier. Then, so fast I wasn’t ready for it, I was on his back and he was running.
Unfortunately, it was now that I broke my terrific plan.
“NOOOO!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!? PUT ME DOWN, I WAS LYING BEFORE!! I STILL HATE
YOU!!!!”I screamed at him as he ran in the forest. We suddenly stopped, and now we were at a
cliff, and the sea was right before us. He put me down and turned around to look me in the eyes.
“You lied??” he asked, and I thing he already knew the answer, but desperately tried to believe I
wasn’t.
“Yes, I lied.” I said truthfully, and slowly backed away from him, away from the cliff and the sea.
Smithy first looked sad, but then suddenly, his face twisted in anger. I frowned in confusion, but
didn’t stop to back away from him, a little faster this time. But suddenly, I crashed into a rock,
which hurt my head. But I knew this wasn’t a rock, because rocks aren’t super warm, even warmer
than humans, and they don’t piss off vampires like that. There is only one thing that could: Jake.