Dazed and Confused
by Laura Spudzmom
Chapter 02
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Bella's memories italicized
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A cool breeze and that fresh, wet earth smell that you get just after a rain wafted through the cab of Pete's truck as they crossed over from Washington into Oregon.
Pete looked over at Bella and smiled as she stuck her head out the window to catch more of the breeze. "You know, I had a dog once that used to do that too."
He laughed as she flipped him off. "You're such a bad girl Bella. Makes me wonder just how you got booted from Hell."
She rolled her eyes and lit up a cig, then looked over at him. "You really want to know?"
He reached over and turned down the music. "Yeah, I really want to know. It's gotta be one hell of a story." He cackled, wiggling his eye brows at her.
She groaned and laughed, shaking her head slowly. "Jesus, but that was bad Pete."
He grinned. "I know, but you're gonna learn to love it sugar, I promise."
She looked dubious and then shrugged. "All right then. I'll tell you, despite your blatant abuse of the pun. As you can guess, it all started the day I decided to end it all….."
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Bella looked around groggily, wondering just where she was. The last thing she remembered was the cold bite of the blade in her skin, and the peaceful feeling of the last of her tortured life slipping away as her blood flowed in steady rivulets from her veins. Now she was here, but just where the hell was here? She shook her head to clear it and sat up.
Now that she was more aware, she took a close survey of her surroundings or rather, tried to. This place was dark, with shadows that resembled pools of ink rather than mere absence of light. It was fucking HOT too.
Steamy hot; what she imagined a sauna to feel like since she'd never experienced one herself. She broadened her senses and picked up a constant source of background noise that could perhaps be quite loud if one were close enough. She had the feeling that she was quite a distance away.
She tried to see through the shadows but found it to be impossible. It was then that she felt a presence. She struggled to breathe. This presence was heavy, oppressive, evil... she gasped and choked on it.
"Isssabella Marie Sssswan." There was a laugh, so sinister that it filled her with cold dread despite the heat.
Her heart hammered in a panic as her head whipped around, searching for the source. "Yes? Who's there?! Where are you?"
There was more cold laughter. "I am everywhere and no where sssweet, sssad, pitiful Isssabella."
Okay, so that line of questioning was a dead-end. Time to try another. "Where am I?" Her voice trembled.
There was hissing then and she jumped as it sounded right next to her ear before it moved away and he answered. "Where do you think bad little girlsss who kill themselves go Isssabella?"
Her heart dropped. "Oh god, I'm in hell aren't I?"
More laughter echoing from all points around her at once.
"Very good Isssabella. You are the sssmart one aren't you? But then, perhapsss not. You did end up here after all, and all over a damned creature. That'sss beautiful irony sssweet one, the kind that brings me the greatessst pleassssure."
She began to tremble as tears traced down her cheeks. "What are you going to do with me now?"
He scoffed and hissed in disgust. "Look at you, ssshaking with fright and weeping. Revolting to me, you are. You are much too sssweet for me to look upon."
The hissing surrounded her and she felt the scaly skin of a serpent brush her bare arms. She gasped and whimpered as he laughed madly.
"No, you will not do at all my fragile flower. Make no missstake, you are damned for eternity. At the end of daysss, you will be mine. However, until that time comesss, I sssentence you to roam the earth, alone, as one of the fallen."
He laughed as she screamed, the pain excruciating as massive, black wings burst forth from her back.
She gulped in hot air as the pain receded, picking herself up from the hot stone floor, just in time to hear his final words to her.
"Be gone from here fragile one. I banish you!"
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She took one final drag from her cigarette, stubbing it out in the ash tray. "So yeah, that's what happened. Too sweet for the devil, and now too mean for man kind. Hell of a conundrum, wouldn't you say?"
He smiled and took her hand, kissing her fingers. "You're just right for me sugar."
She grinned. "Now there's a scary thought. And to think, the world is our playground."
He smirked. "Whatever shall we do darlin'?"
A thrill of excitement shot through him at the wicked glint in her eye. "Let's go see your brother baby. Maybe we'll even move in and stay a while." Her face morphed into a silent snarl, one sharp fang on display. "After all, they're all about family, right?"
He smirked bitterly and she squeezed his hand. "I reckon they are sugar, and we are family, even if we're just the red-headed step children."
She slid over on the seat, tucking herself into his side as he placed his arm around her. "So now we just have to find out where the fuck they live." She glanced up at him. "You have Jasper's number baby?"
He scoffed. "I got his old one but as you know, it's no good any more."
He thought for a few moments. "I reckon I could call the Denali's. See if they have good contact information, at the very least, for Carlisle."
She sat up. "Go ahead and make the call. I'll be sure to stay quiet. Wouldn't want to spoil the surprise. Malice might see, but then again, she thinks I'm gone for good and I think, had she seen you in a vision, she would have told Jasper." She glanced over at him. "Surely he would have called you in that case?"
He shook his head. "Nah sweets. If that was the case, she would'a seen me go to their Forks place. Why didn't he call me then?" He shook his head slowly, that deep sadness back in his eyes. "Nah, I think they just don't give two shits any more sugar."
Anger, cutting and hot welled up in her at the hurt they had caused her mate. She laid her head over on him as she rubbed his muscled chest. "We'll find them baby, and when we do, we're gonna have some fun, I promise you."
She kissed him softly. "Until then, why don't we find a nice town to stop in? Get a room, get a meal and then relax for the evening. What do you say?"
He smiled down at her. "Yeah, that sounds good. I could use a meal and some down time. I'll call the Denali's when we stop. See what they have to say."
She bounced up excitedly. "The room has to have a tub baby." She kissed his neck, sucking lightly at her mark that she'd placed there. "I have a need to get you naked and wet."
He groaned. "Why'd ya have to mention that now Bella? Shit, I'm hard already, just thinking about it."
He glanced down at her face and that wicked glint was back in her eyes as her hand moved down from his chest, firmly stroking the hard bulge in his jeans.
He moaned. "You are a heartless woman Bella."
She quickly unfastened his jeans and took him in hand, stroking slowly, firmly. "No sweetheart. Not if I intend to help you out I'm not."
His breath caught as she leaned down and took him into her hot, wet mouth, his grip on the wheel so tight he was leaving permanent marks. "Oh jesus Bella…..fuck, that feels amazing."
She hummed and swallowed around him and his eyes closed for a moment before he snapped them open and pulled to the side of the road.
Leaning back in his seat with his head back, he ran a hand through his hair. "Fuck, fuck, fuck…..oh god, that feels…." He growled lowly, his eyes clenching shut.
She gently tugged on his balls as she hollowed out her cheeks, drawing slowly off of him, her tongue swirling around the silken head before beginning to take him in all over again, all the way to his base as she relaxed her throat.
He was almost incoherent with the sensations, his snarls and panting breaths evidence that he was close. "Oh jesus Bella…..I'm close baby…..fuck…..I'm gonna come.
He snarled through an orgasm that gripped him so strongly, he swore his vision went dark for a moment as his cock pulsed into her hot mouth and she swallowed around him. He felt light-headed and he stared down at her in wonder as she rose from him with a sly smile.
He grabbed her up and held her tight, kissing her before laughing. "God damn Bella, I love you sugar."
She laughed and slapped his chest. "What a man you are Pete. All it takes is a good blow job, and you're in love."
He chuckled as he tucked himself back in. "No sugar, you just can't understand. That was….oh fuck…..words fail me darlin'. It was just that damn good."
She smirked. "You can pay me back later tonight honey. And I love you too."
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Bella's memories italicized
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A cool breeze and that fresh, wet earth smell that you get just after a rain wafted through the cab of Pete's truck as they crossed over from Washington into Oregon.
Pete looked over at Bella and smiled as she stuck her head out the window to catch more of the breeze. "You know, I had a dog once that used to do that too."
He laughed as she flipped him off. "You're such a bad girl Bella. Makes me wonder just how you got booted from Hell."
She rolled her eyes and lit up a cig, then looked over at him. "You really want to know?"
He reached over and turned down the music. "Yeah, I really want to know. It's gotta be one hell of a story." He cackled, wiggling his eye brows at her.
She groaned and laughed, shaking her head slowly. "Jesus, but that was bad Pete."
He grinned. "I know, but you're gonna learn to love it sugar, I promise."
She looked dubious and then shrugged. "All right then. I'll tell you, despite your blatant abuse of the pun. As you can guess, it all started the day I decided to end it all….."
~o0o~
Bella looked around groggily, wondering just where she was. The last thing she remembered was the cold bite of the blade in her skin, and the peaceful feeling of the last of her tortured life slipping away as her blood flowed in steady rivulets from her veins. Now she was here, but just where the hell was here? She shook her head to clear it and sat up.
Now that she was more aware, she took a close survey of her surroundings or rather, tried to. This place was dark, with shadows that resembled pools of ink rather than mere absence of light. It was fucking HOT too.
Steamy hot; what she imagined a sauna to feel like since she'd never experienced one herself. She broadened her senses and picked up a constant source of background noise that could perhaps be quite loud if one were close enough. She had the feeling that she was quite a distance away.
She tried to see through the shadows but found it to be impossible. It was then that she felt a presence. She struggled to breathe. This presence was heavy, oppressive, evil... she gasped and choked on it.
"Isssabella Marie Sssswan." There was a laugh, so sinister that it filled her with cold dread despite the heat.
Her heart hammered in a panic as her head whipped around, searching for the source. "Yes? Who's there?! Where are you?"
There was more cold laughter. "I am everywhere and no where sssweet, sssad, pitiful Isssabella."
Okay, so that line of questioning was a dead-end. Time to try another. "Where am I?" Her voice trembled.
There was hissing then and she jumped as it sounded right next to her ear before it moved away and he answered. "Where do you think bad little girlsss who kill themselves go Isssabella?"
Her heart dropped. "Oh god, I'm in hell aren't I?"
More laughter echoing from all points around her at once.
"Very good Isssabella. You are the sssmart one aren't you? But then, perhapsss not. You did end up here after all, and all over a damned creature. That'sss beautiful irony sssweet one, the kind that brings me the greatessst pleassssure."
She began to tremble as tears traced down her cheeks. "What are you going to do with me now?"
He scoffed and hissed in disgust. "Look at you, ssshaking with fright and weeping. Revolting to me, you are. You are much too sssweet for me to look upon."
The hissing surrounded her and she felt the scaly skin of a serpent brush her bare arms. She gasped and whimpered as he laughed madly.
"No, you will not do at all my fragile flower. Make no missstake, you are damned for eternity. At the end of daysss, you will be mine. However, until that time comesss, I sssentence you to roam the earth, alone, as one of the fallen."
He laughed as she screamed, the pain excruciating as massive, black wings burst forth from her back.
She gulped in hot air as the pain receded, picking herself up from the hot stone floor, just in time to hear his final words to her.
"Be gone from here fragile one. I banish you!"
~o0o~
She took one final drag from her cigarette, stubbing it out in the ash tray. "So yeah, that's what happened. Too sweet for the devil, and now too mean for man kind. Hell of a conundrum, wouldn't you say?"
He smiled and took her hand, kissing her fingers. "You're just right for me sugar."
She grinned. "Now there's a scary thought. And to think, the world is our playground."
He smirked. "Whatever shall we do darlin'?"
A thrill of excitement shot through him at the wicked glint in her eye. "Let's go see your brother baby. Maybe we'll even move in and stay a while." Her face morphed into a silent snarl, one sharp fang on display. "After all, they're all about family, right?"
He smirked bitterly and she squeezed his hand. "I reckon they are sugar, and we are family, even if we're just the red-headed step children."
She slid over on the seat, tucking herself into his side as he placed his arm around her. "So now we just have to find out where the fuck they live." She glanced up at him. "You have Jasper's number baby?"
He scoffed. "I got his old one but as you know, it's no good any more."
He thought for a few moments. "I reckon I could call the Denali's. See if they have good contact information, at the very least, for Carlisle."
She sat up. "Go ahead and make the call. I'll be sure to stay quiet. Wouldn't want to spoil the surprise. Malice might see, but then again, she thinks I'm gone for good and I think, had she seen you in a vision, she would have told Jasper." She glanced over at him. "Surely he would have called you in that case?"
He shook his head. "Nah sweets. If that was the case, she would'a seen me go to their Forks place. Why didn't he call me then?" He shook his head slowly, that deep sadness back in his eyes. "Nah, I think they just don't give two shits any more sugar."
Anger, cutting and hot welled up in her at the hurt they had caused her mate. She laid her head over on him as she rubbed his muscled chest. "We'll find them baby, and when we do, we're gonna have some fun, I promise you."
She kissed him softly. "Until then, why don't we find a nice town to stop in? Get a room, get a meal and then relax for the evening. What do you say?"
He smiled down at her. "Yeah, that sounds good. I could use a meal and some down time. I'll call the Denali's when we stop. See what they have to say."
She bounced up excitedly. "The room has to have a tub baby." She kissed his neck, sucking lightly at her mark that she'd placed there. "I have a need to get you naked and wet."
He groaned. "Why'd ya have to mention that now Bella? Shit, I'm hard already, just thinking about it."
He glanced down at her face and that wicked glint was back in her eyes as her hand moved down from his chest, firmly stroking the hard bulge in his jeans.
He moaned. "You are a heartless woman Bella."
She quickly unfastened his jeans and took him in hand, stroking slowly, firmly. "No sweetheart. Not if I intend to help you out I'm not."
His breath caught as she leaned down and took him into her hot, wet mouth, his grip on the wheel so tight he was leaving permanent marks. "Oh jesus Bella…..fuck, that feels amazing."
She hummed and swallowed around him and his eyes closed for a moment before he snapped them open and pulled to the side of the road.
Leaning back in his seat with his head back, he ran a hand through his hair. "Fuck, fuck, fuck…..oh god, that feels…." He growled lowly, his eyes clenching shut.
She gently tugged on his balls as she hollowed out her cheeks, drawing slowly off of him, her tongue swirling around the silken head before beginning to take him in all over again, all the way to his base as she relaxed her throat.
He was almost incoherent with the sensations, his snarls and panting breaths evidence that he was close. "Oh jesus Bella…..I'm close baby…..fuck…..I'm gonna come.
He snarled through an orgasm that gripped him so strongly, he swore his vision went dark for a moment as his cock pulsed into her hot mouth and she swallowed around him. He felt light-headed and he stared down at her in wonder as she rose from him with a sly smile.
He grabbed her up and held her tight, kissing her before laughing. "God damn Bella, I love you sugar."
She laughed and slapped his chest. "What a man you are Pete. All it takes is a good blow job, and you're in love."
He chuckled as he tucked himself back in. "No sugar, you just can't understand. That was….oh fuck…..words fail me darlin'. It was just that damn good."
She smirked. "You can pay me back later tonight honey. And I love you too."
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