Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Protecting Maddie

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 12:

BPOV

“Bella, Maddie wants to talk to you. She is on the phone.”

The phone? Why didn’t I think of that? Dammit!

I pulled myself off of Peter. He tried to get up and I pushed him back down.

“Don’t move. I am going to talk to Maddie then we are going right back to what we were doing.”

I threw on a shirt and walked out to the living room leaving Peter lying on the bed with a stupid grin on his face. I hope he doesn’t expect this kind of production forever. But right now momma has an itch to scratch and the damn itch wouldn’t go away. Jasper put the phone on speakerphone as I was afraid to grab it without breaking it. He left the room to give me privacy. I was a little scared. I couldn’t cry but I could sure as hell break down.

“Baby?”

“Momma?”

“Yes baby.” Damn I missed her so bad and it hasn’t been a day yet. I can’t do this. I have to have my baby.

“Mommy, are you okay?”

“I will be baby. I’m not hurting anymore.”

“Are you a vampire?”

“Yes sweetie. Will you still love me?”

“Mom, don’t be stupid. I will love you forever.”

I sobbed.

“I miss you, Mommy.” She was crying.

“Don’t cry sweetie. We will be together before you know it. Just be good for Aunt Alice and Charlotte. Do you like where you are at? Is it nice?”

“Yeah, the room is okay. But I don’t like these people Mom.”

People?

“What people Maddie?”

“Oh that’s right, Aunt Alice told me not to tell you because it will make you very mad.”

“Aunt Alice isn’t your mother is she? We don’t have secrets right?”

“No we don’t. We are staying with…”

“Bella! It’s so good to hear your voice! How are you doing?”

“Alice, put Maddie back on the phone.”

“She had to run to the bathroom.”

“No I don’t.” I heard Maddie as clear as day in the background.

“I can hear her Alice. Where are you?”

“We are safe Bella, I promise…”

“Just tell her we are at the Cullen’s, Aunt Alice. She is going to figure it out anyway.”

Holy shit. I did not just hear that. Please tell me newborns have delusions.

“Alice?”

“Yes… Bella?”

“Are you at the Cullens?”

I felt Peter walk up behind me and wrap and arm around my waist. I threw his arm off of me.

“Bella, we couldn’t take the chance of the vampires who were going to pay for Maddie might find Charlotte and I alone. We had to go somewhere for help.”

I took a deep breath. I could talk about this calmly.

“Is Edward there?”

“No Bella. He hasn’t been with the Cullens for a long time.”

“Do you realize what will happen if he shows up? Do you know how much Peter and you said she smelled like me? What do you think Edward will do Alice? What? What do you think he will do Alice? I’m GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!”

“Bella please calm down. I promise I won’t let anything happen to Maddie.”

I took a deep breath.

Peter tried to wrap his arm around my waist again. I turned and glared at him. He backed off. I needed his cock. The rest was expendable right at this moment.

“Alice put my daughter back on the phone.”

“Okay Bella… Bella? I love you.”

“I love you too Alice. I’m sorry I threatened to fucking kill you.”

I’m still going to fucking kill that bitch. The goddamn Cullens? Can vampires smoke crack?

“Mommy?”

“Yes baby. Mommy is here.”

“I want to see you Mommy but they say you will hurt me. They are full of it aren’t they Mommy?”

“I will never hurt you baby.”

“That’s what I told them but Aunt Alice thinks she knows best. I almost got away from her. I stole money from her and snuck out a bathroom window. I was going to hitch hike to a bus station like that guy in the movie we watched? But she caught me before a car could come by.”

“We should probably wait outside Peter, Garrett.” I heard Jasper say in the kitchen. Guess he was listening.

“Wait a minute, baby. You stole money from Aunt Alice and tried to hitchhike to Texas?”

“Yes.”

“Aunt Alice let you sneak away from her? What was she doing?”

“I don’t know. I was in the bathroom. I saw the window and it seemed like a good idea at the time. I really miss you Mommy.”

I heard Alice mutter a curse in the background.

“Sweetie, could you please not do that again? Please? Hitchhiking is very dangerous. Promise me sweetie?”

“I promise Mom. But I want to see you. Can we…”

“What baby?”

“I don’t know. I was thinking maybe we could set up computers like I used to see Dad but I don’t want anything to happen to you.” She was crying again.

“Baby, nothing is going to happen to me. If that is what you want, we can do that. But Mommy is going to have to leave this house soon and Peter and Jasper and I are going to find a place to stay for a few months. But you can call me every couple hours okay?”

“Okay Mom. I love you.”

“I love you too baby. Could you please put Aunt Alice on the phone?”

“Okay.” Maddie was still sniffing.

“Bella?” Alice answered in her chirpy little pixy voice.

“YOU STUPID FUCKING BITCH! You let her get away from you and walk down a road hitchhiking? How bad of a vampire are you? A human wouldn’t have let that happen!”

“Bella I’m sorry but you know she is sneaky. The window she went out of was tiny and at the top of the wall above a toilet. I still don’t know how she got up there.”

“I guess she is Spider Girl. Is that what you are telling me Alice?”

“Bella, she is a sneaky little…”

“Don’t you call her a name Alice.”

“Fine but Char had the situation under control. And I was right behind her.”

“How did she get money from you?”

“She’s a kleptomaniac! How do I know? She is a sneaky little…”

“Alice!”

“Bella, please relax. Both Char and I are keeping a very tight watch on her. Edward is not here and I will see if he comes.”

“Forgive me if I don’t have much confidence in your visions.”

“That’s not fair. I told you that you would be a vampire didn’t I? I just didn’t know how but the vision was right!”

“Alice.”

“Bella.”

“I’m coming to get my girl just as soon as I can beat the location out of your husband.”

“Please don’t Bella. Set up a computer link when you get to where you are going. It will be better when you can see her.”

“Fine, we are leaving tonight. To wherever the hell we are going.”

“Okay. I will call you every couple hours. This won’t take so long. I mean you can already handle a phone right?”

“I’m on speakerphone bitch.”

“Oh… okay will be safe driving.”

“See you soon Alice.” I told her in the most evil voice I could muster her.

I ended the call and saw no one was around me. Garrett just went out the back door. Was he carrying a mattress? I knew a big truck had come earlier. I walked into the bedroom and saw Peter wasn’t where I told him to be. I needed to work out some anger here. I looked around; none of my things were in here. My jewelry box was gone. The necklace I kept AJ and my wedding rings was in that box. I planned to give those to Maddie one day.

“Peter!”

“Yeah honey?”

“Where is my jewelry box? Where are mine and Maddie’s things?”

“Packed up sweetie. We need to get a move on. Jasper packed most of the stuff today while we were fucking our brains out. Garrett found us a place in Canada and picked up our IDs. You need to call your family and tell them you and Maddie are moving overseas quickly for a job transfer. We can hold them off like that for a while until we figure something else out.”

“So we are done with this place?”

“Yep.”

“Get out.”

“Uh, okay. I need to go light the workshop on fire. Then we are burning down this house. You are going to have to be careful in the truck, make sure you don’t break anything on the way there. Are you hungry? Cause we can go get some yummy deer…”

“Peter, I love you. Get the fuck out.”

And he was gone. Great cock, great ass, beautiful smile, ripped abs and takes orders well. He may work out as a Mate.

I thought of Maddie walking down the road hitchhiking. I thought of Esme trying to hug her, Emmett wanting to play with her, Carlisle, Rose… fucking Rose.

I hit the wall. I kept hitting walls, I ripped up the floor boards. I ripped the Kitchen Island from the floor. I was growling. I didn’t care. It felt great until I heard a groan and felt lumber fall on my head. Shit.

I brought down the fucking house on me. My head was in what used to be the attic and was now currently residing on the ground. I brought my hand down and smashed the wood around me. I smashed out the top of the attic to the roof. I got shingles in my hair. I could see Peter, Garrett and Jasper laughing though the dust.

“That’s one way to take care of the house I guess.” Peter smiled.

I wasn’t smiling.

“You guys think this is funny?”

Their smiles went away.

“Of course not Bella. It’s just good you have an outlet for your emotions. It’s not good to bottle them up.” Jasper responded calmly.

“Let’s go. I want to get to Canada.”

It was closer to Pennsylvania.

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Bella was quiet on the trip to Canada for the first two hundred miles. I was driving the truck and Jasper and Garrett were behind us, driving another moving truck. I figured I would start the conversation but I didn’t want to say anything to piss her off. She had been exhibiting all the signs of a newborn. Sex crazed, somewhat blood crazed but not badly, and her emotions were all over the place. But mostly pissed. Not having Maddie was making this very difficult for her. Still she did stop herself from hunting humans, something that still had Jasper shaking his head.

“How are you feeling? Do you want to stop and hunt?”

“No baby. Just get me to Canada.”

“Darlin I’m real sorry.” I whispered to her.

“What about? What happened now?”

“Calm down baby. I’m sorry I let that vampire through. I should have stopped her. It’s just nobody was coming through the front and this vampire on the side was throwing fireballs and…”

“Peter, it’s okay. I’m not mad at you. As much as I hate to admit it, Alice was right. This was bound to happen sooner or later. Besides you did what you swore to do. You protected Maddie. She is all that matters.”

“You matter too, Bella.”

“I know. I know I matter. It’s not like I have self-esteem issues. Okay maybe a little. But you know she is number 1 to me. Nothing will change that. So I need to work on controlling my strength and blood lust and then I can see her right?”

“Yes Bella. I promise as soon as it is safe we will get her. In the mean time you can set up her room and we can figure out what to do about school and everything else.”

“I don’t like her being around the Cullens. Was this your idea as well?”

Ahh shit. May as well shoot for the truth.

“Yeah I knew about it. I wasn’t happy about it but Char and Alice would need back up in case Maddie was tracked. So I went along with it.”

“That’s too bad.”

Uh oh.

“Uh why?”

“Because we have a long drive and I was planning on giving you a blowjob for most of it. Looks like that card is off the table.”

Goddamn it!

“Uh, I did save Maddie you know?”

“Yeah and you let me get turned into a vampire in the process and turned the Cullens into Maddie’s new step family.”

“That’s not fair. You said you weren’t mad about becoming a vampire.”

“I’m not, but you take all those things together and it is going to be a long ride for you to Canada.”

Damn, that sucks. I was just kinda getting used to having sex on a regular basis. Truth be told, I was kinda missin the little shit myself. I hadn’t been insulted or sneered at in a couple days. Strange the things a man can learn to miss. I didn’t like her being around the Cullens. Not that I thought they would hurt her. But after what they did to Bella, leaving her like that, they really have no business being around anything about her. And the way they turned their backs on Alice and Jasper for doing what was right…

The more I thought about it though, having Maddie with them, may be just what they deserved.

Maddie POV

I hate these vampires. Cullens. What a joke. A big idiot, a bimbo, and guy who looks at me like he has never seen a kid before and I’m some kind of science experiment.

“Maddie! I made you lunch!”

Oh yeah, and her. Her cooking sucks. I refuse to come down from my room. I would hide here until I could come up with an escape plan. I wasn’t mad at Aunt Alice. But if she thought I was going to stay here she was out of her mind. The problem was, with Mom on the move I didn’t know where they would wind up. I didn’t know where she was. She had called me every two hours like she said she would. We hadn’t talked long. She just kept asking me if I was okay and to stay close to Aunt Alice and Charlotte. She didn’t know where she was going other than Canada. I checked a map I found in the desk in this room and realized that Canada was a really big place.

If I could let Mom know exactly where I was she would come and get me.

“Maddie did you hear me?”

Crap! I jumped back. A little warning would be nice. I have a theory on making Holy Water. I’m gonna make some and carry a water gun with me. Spray them whenever they surprise me. That should work. I know stakes don’t work. Garrett let me break one on his hand once. I didn’t want to try his heart. I like the guy. He makes me laugh. Just need to find a Bible and a water gun. I’ll get the big idiot to get me a water gun. He wants to play with me so bad you would think he was a puppy. The Bible… I bet I could find one in that Doctor’s room he hangs out in. All I should have to do is throw it in a bath tub; say the Pledge of Allegiance or something and instant holy water. I mean the Pledge of Allegiance mentions God right? Shouldn’t be hard.

“Maddie what are you thinking about so hard?”

“Madison.”

“What?”

“I believe I told you I prefer to be called Madison.”

“Of course, I guess, you know your Mom prefers Bella and…”

“You didn’t call her Isabella did you?”

“What? No we didn’t…”

“Cause she considered you a friend. I don’t. Please remember to call me Madison.”

“Of course. I’m sorry. I made you some…”

“Where is Aunt Alice?”

“She is uh… she has to go and get…”

“Is she hunting?”

“Yes.”

“You can say it you know. I’ve been around more vampires than people lately. I honestly can’t remember the last conversation I had with someone who wasn’t a vampire.”

“Of course Maddi… Madison.”

“Where is my Charlotte?” Please tell me those two didn’t leave me alone with these people.

“She had to go hunt to.” They did! Wait till I tell Mom.

“Oh, feel sorry for that guy.” Ouch. Somebody was going to have a very bad day.

The look on Esme’s face was priceless. Like I don’t know what red eyes are and what they mean.

“So they left me here?”

“Yes. I told them I would make you lunch. I made you some pasta. It was your mother’s favorite.”

“She hates pasta.”

“She does?”

“Yeah you might know that if you hadn’t abandoned her.”

Hehe. She really is too easy… I want my mother.

“Would you like to walk down and have some lunch?”

“I’m not hungry.”

“Madison, you have to eat.”

“No I don’t.”

“Yes, you do.”

“No… I DON’T.”

“Would you eat when your Aunt Alice comes back?”

“I don’t know. I guess it depends on if I’m hungry. But I don’t like pasta. And you really shouldn’t cook for me anymore. I don’t want it.”

“I guess I will go downstairs and watch some TV. You are welcome to join us.”

Esme turned and walked out. Finally, leaving me alone.

Think Maddie. What would Dad do? What would Mom do?

I know what Dad would do. He would get some camo clothes and paint and a rifle and kick some serious butt.

Mom. Mom I don’t know. She would probably favor the sneakier approach. She is smart like that.

One thing was for certain. I wasn’t going to escape by staying in this room. I had to find Mom or tell her where I will be. Get this address and tell her when she calls next. Mail. Everybody has mail. There must be some mail lying around. I bet the Doctor has some in the room I saw him walk in earlier. I can look for the Bible as well. I need an escape plan. And I need to get some distance from here. And I need to decide to do this when Aunt Alice isn’t around. Distance. I needed a car. I can’t drive a car. But it shouldn’t be too hard. I’ve seen Mom do it enough. I bet they have a lot of cars judging by the size of this house.

Fine. I would have to go exploring. Maybe even be nice to the Cullens. I ran down the stairs before I lost my nerve. The doctor, the wannabe mom, the bimbo and the big idiot were in the living room speaking quietly. Rude much? They all looked at me when I walked down and smiled.

“Madison, did you decide to eat?”

“No. I’m still not hungry. I was wondering though… I’m really worried about my Mom. Would there happen to be a Bible around? I want to pray.”

Judging by the looks on their faces I guess they weren’t expecting that.

“Of course Madison. Let me go to my study and see what I can find.” Doctor vampire said smiling at me.

“Can I come? I would really like to see the house.”

“Of course. Follow me.”

I walked behind him into his huge room. Dang this place was the size of our apartment. Our old apartment we can never go back too. It doesn’t matter. As soon as I have Mom everything will be fine. We can get a new apartment. He went to a book shelf and had his back to me looking for a Bible I guess. I glanced at his desk. It was clean but there was a magazine of some type. I picked it up.

“Madison, what are you looking at?”

“What is this?”

“It’s a medical journal. Not much fun to read I’m afraid.”

“Oh okay.”

Address slip on the bottom of the cover. 12765 F M 764, Warren, Pennsylvania. Got it.

“You’re right. Looks boring.”

“Here is your Bible. What do you like to do for fun?”

“I like water guns.” I blurted out.

“Really? I think Emmett has some in the garage. He enjoys water gun battles.” Of course he does. Don’t roll your eyes Maddie. Don’t roll your eyes.

“Can I see your garage? I love to look at cars. And I bet you have a lot of them.”

“Of course. Rose loves to work on cars. I bet she would be glad to show you around.”

Fighting back a shiver I managed a smile and followed him back into the living room. Bible check. Water gun. Shouldn’t be hard. Aunt Alice, still gone. Back soon. I will have to call Mom and let her know the address without Aunt Alice or Peter finding out.

“Rose! Madison is interested in cars! Why don’t you show her ours?”

Bimbo jumped up with a smile. Guess she was ready for a bonding moment.

“Of course Madison. Follow me.”

We walked into a garage that was three times the size of our apartment. Cars were lined up next to each other. The red one was pretty.

“So you work on cars like Peter?”

“Yes.”

“I want to impress Peter when I see him again. Could you teach me about cars?”

“Of course.” Wow was she smiling. She must really love cars. I didn’t know when I was going to do this. I wouldn’t decide till the last minute. Thanks to Aunt Alice I really didn’t have much of a choice. But I had a plan. A good plan. I just have to figure out how to drive a car. Shouldn’t be too hard.