The Blessed One

A/n: I am posting this chapter along with a very short Jacob’s POV of this chapter without it being revised by my Beta she does have them and I will repost them once my Beta goes over them but I know you guys have been without a chapter for a while so I want to get this out to you all for being so patient with me and my homework Nazi teacher.



The following days at school I did my best to avoid Quil and Jacob. I had tried it see if my seat could be changed so I didn’t have to be around them but my teachers wouldn’t do it. So I did my best to just ct busy so they wouldn’t bother me and in science I only talk to Jacob with it was necessary for our assignments. Lunch I was now sitting with Jared and his friends I just sat quietly there to and ate the lunch Emily packed. I hated being alone again but I couldn’t stand around and watch Jacob with her it hurt too much. My only friend was Embery we had become close after he phased I still hadn’t told him as much as I had Jacob I don’t think I could allow myself to do that again. It was Thursday and I was down on the beach sitting on a log looking at the water.

I turned when I heard someone coming over to me. It was Embery with a small smile on his face he sat down on the log next to me.

“Hey Sam let you off of patrol?” I asked

“Yeah I have a big test that I have to take tomorrow so he is letting me off to study.” Embery said

I chuckled some “looks like you’re really hitting the books”

“I’m taking a study break resting my eyes” Embery said nudging my shoulder some with his.

“That or my cousin sent you here to check up on me” I said looking over

“Who Sam nah I don’t know where he is.” Embery said

“Embery you’re forgetting…” I started and then tapping my temple.

“I’m stuck with every single one of you in my head when you all are phased. There’s no turn off switch for that” I continued

“That must drive you a little crazy to constantly have others thoughts in your head” Embery said

“I’ve learned to ignore them I’ve had years of practice” I sighed.

“You going to come out to the cliff with us this Sunday?” Embery said changing the subject

I shrugged “I don’t know I might come out and watch I haven’t decided yet.”

“You really need to get out of your house more. Shutting yourself up like that will just make you feel worse” Embery said

“I think I liked the quiet and shy Embery better” I said trying to avoid the topic

Embery laughed some.

“Oh here you go…” I took out a hairpipe bead choker like the one the others and I wore. “It’s kind of a pack thing I’ve made one for everyone”

“Wow thanks…I like yours you did a good job with it, where you able to get older beads or something for it?”

“No, I didn’t make mine this is one my father made for my mother. I dug it out after I got home when we all went to the movie theaters.” I answered

“Oh well I should be getting back to my studying” Embery said standing up leavening me alone again on the beach.

I got up from my spot and walked back to the house I had homework to do and it wasn’t going to do itself. Just as I was taking off my jacket Emily walked over to me with a measuring cup.

“Can you run down to Billy’s and get some sugar for me?” Emily smiled

“Why don’t I go to the Clearwater’s or I can run down to the stores really fast” I said the last place I wanted to be was Jacob’s house.

“Because they are out as well and I just need a little bit” Emily said

I grabbed the measuring cup from her and pulled my jacket back on and trudged back out the door muttering how I was going to kill her if Jacob was there. I walked down the Jacobs house. I stood out in the street for a few minutes and debating on just going down to the store and buying the sugar with my own money. I took in a deep breath and walked up to the door and knocked. I stood there for a few seconds before the door opened it was Billy.

“Hello Natalie it’s been a while since I’ve seen you around.” Billy smiled

“Yeah school work and stuff ya know” I said

“Emily needs some sugar” I added

“Oh come on in then and I’ll get it for you” Billy smiled taking the measuring cup.

I followed him into the small house.

“Jacob isn’t here right now he is over at Bella’s doing some homework. It’s too bad I know he has been missing you.”
Billy handed over the cup of sugar over to me and a moved some hair behind my ear.

“If you could please don’t tell him I was here…..I…I don’t want him to feel bad for not catching me” I said softly looking down.

Billy got a questioning look on his face.

“You know if you two have gotten into a fight your going have to work it out before….” Billy began.

“I’ll deal with Jacob when that time comes but right now it’s complicated so please just do me this favor” I asked pleading with him.

He got a salome look on his face and nodded.

“Thanks for the sugar” I forced a smile before I went to leave stopping at the door and turned my head so I could see Billy out of the corner of my eyes.

“If you want to you can tell Jacob Embery is okay. I know he is probably worrying about him.”

Billy smiled softly and nodded and with that I left.

That weekend I found myself out at the cliffs with my cousin and the others. I was bundled up in my warmest cloths as I sat on a log watching as the jumped from the cliff. With their body heat and ability to heal like they didn’t care about, the frigid water or the rocks that lay under the water below them. The others laughed, hooting and hollering as they jumped one after the other. I was distracted from them when I heard the familiar thunder of a truck that was now a normal on the reservation. I stood up looking over at it as it came to a stop. I saw Jacob in the cab with her and everything around me seem to disappear and it got quiet as I saw them talk. Bella seemed upset about something and Jacob seemed calm but then he looked up at Embery and then his eyes turned to mine. They had such a sad look in them but there was a mixture of anger as Bella began to drive down the road again.
I turned around everything still a blur behind me my eyesight had become like tunnel vision and I saw a large spray from the ocean come up as I ran for the cliff. I spread my arms out as I jumped through it.

“Natty!” I heard my cousin’s scream as I jumped but I pushed it back out of my mind just closing my eyes and listening to the ocean and the wind fly by me as I fell down to the water below. Some would probably think I had a death wish jumping but I didn’t. I can’t tell you what caused me to run and jump off the cliff but it was so freeing and vitalizing and as I fell just before I hit the water Jacob’s smile popped into my head and I heard my name slip from his lips. After that everything went black.