The Meeting Pg. 6- Max

“Whatever you do, say no!” I warned. “You don’t want to get her started.”

“So that’s a yes?” Nudge squealed. She turned to Jacob. “First off, you’re kinda cute. And I think you might be fun to ride.” She moved on to Edward before Jacob had even realized he’d been spoken to. “So, are you wearing glitter or something, ‘cause you’re kinda sparkling. And pale. And if you-”

I clapped my hands over her mouth. “Nudge, two words: Shut. Up.”

Jacob looked sort of shocked. Hey, first time exposure to Nudge-ness can to that. It’s not my fault he wasn’t prepared. “Did she just say…?”

Bella laughed. “You might be fun to ride, Jacob. We could get you a saddle and everything.”

“He’s trying to imagine Nudge and you on his back.” Edward accused.

A blush quickly came over Jacob’s face, but was quickly replaced with an expression of anger. “Stay out of my head.”

Edward shrugged. “I didn’t have to go in. You flung your thoughts at me.”

I glanced at Bella. She was blushing the brightest red I’d ever seen. I had a feeling that this wasn’t the first time they’d fought over this.

Don’t assume that which you do not know.

Oh, great. The Voice was back. Why are we here?

You need allies.

Allies? It had to be kidding. Are you talking about Edward and Jacob? Because I’m pretty sure they’re not going to work together.

I was talking more about the Cullens.

Cullens? As in, more than one?

Yes. Edward is from a family of seven.

Seven!? Are they all…?

Yes, Max. They’re all vampires.

Wow. A whole family of vampires. I suddenly wondered if they usually hurt humans and if Edward was just making an exception for us and Bella.

“We don’t hurt humans at all.” I jumped at the sound of his voice. I’d already forgotten about his talent. Angel usually didn’t speak up about thoughts. “We’ve given up killing people because it’s wrong. And also, normally groups of vampires are called covens, but we really act more like a family.

“Oh,” I said lamely, a little embarrassed that he’d caught my mental questions. “Wait. If you heard me thinking just now, did you hear The Voice?”

He chuckled. “I wondered who that was. It didn’t sound like you. Everyone’s mind sounds different, like voices.”

I turned on Fang. “Ha! I told you it existed.”

He shrugged. “That, or you prompted Edward to say that. I’ll never know.” He smiled innocently. I wanted to kick him.

“Ugh. Mind talk.” Jacob groaned. “If you guys don’t need us anymore, then we’re heading back to the reservation.” He stalked into the woods, closely followed be the Quil and Embry-wolves.

“Don’t mind Jacob.” Bella said. “He’s just like that sometimes.”

“Yeah,” Iggy said. “It’s like he was raised by wolves or something.” I turned to smack him upside the head, but he ducked just as I swung. How he did that, I have no idea.

“Iggy!” I scolded.

“What? It was a joke!” He held up his hands innocently. Innocent. Yeah right.

I watched as Edward started talking to Angel, probably about some mind reading thing. Nudge was talking full speed at Bella, who looked overwhelmed. I sighed. Some things never changed.

I don’t need allies. I can take care of myself. I told The Voice, who was sure to be listening. But I might stick around here for a while…