Touch in the Worlds - Return to the Beyond

Ok, so the change in POV was received positively so I'm going to go ahead and give you another chapter with skipping POV. It's because well, T is conked out and in the meantime people are running some tempers. Might as well have you know what happens while T sleeps away. :D  

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Jacob Black had felt a lot of things in his 18 years worth of life.

Happiness, Anger, Sadness, Hurt and of course the Pain of his first transformation and the confusion that followed.

He thought he had a pretty good hold of that part of his hormonal life.

Right about now, though, he wasn't so sure. Sitting in the small metallic chair next to his best friend, gripping the hand she'd reached across for him, he held his face in his free hand, staring idly at the pelting rain outside.

It seemed the nature was mimicking her. If he'd had that thought six months ago, he'd have asked to be smacked.

Now...he just sighed, returning his gaze to the sleeping girl on the bed.

Her breathing was slow, but it was visible, her chest rising and falling and the beep of her cardiac machine echoing in his ear. He could smell the sickly sweet stench of the blood sucker girl in the opposite chair which had faded by now and he could inhale the air without wrinkling his nose or ignoring the dog like urge to sniff at Tulika.

He was sure he would be smacked for that.

Even if he couldn't label any particular emotion right now; he was an expert at one of them; exhaustion.

He was tired out of his mind.

Unable to help himself, hefolded his arms over her small hand and rested his head on them, his eyesclosing. 

Alice Cullen was seething.

She didn't normally do that. For everyone she was the level-headed, sweet Cullen girl with next to no flaws. Of course to her family she could be loud, obnoxious or even downright bratty but this time she'd dropped the act.

Her golden eyes, flecked with her human amber coloring flashed as she sat outside, beside the human Stephen, who looked extremely uncomfortable.

She knew he didn't feel nearly as at ease like Tulika did. He held on though, for her, for himself, even if his loyalty had been in question when he'd first started to hang around Tulika.

She smirked lightly at the subtle but noticeable streak of envy her brother had had when he began to contemplate her friendship with the human.

He'd proven himself only a friend though but still Alice couldn't help feel he knew Tulika better than her brother, herself or even the Shifter who sat with her inside now.

She wondered why Charlie had allowed that.

"She's been hanging around the reservation a lot. Charlie's not an idiot, you know."

Stephen quirked his lip wryly when the stunning vampire turned to look at him, her eyes narrowing suspiciously.

"You're...kind of projecting. I'm not Jasper but I'm not an idiot either." He shrugged.

Alice returned the shrug, looking over to the Chief and his daughter talking quietly near the coffee machines. "Did he ever ask about Edward?" she asked.

His frown returned. He didn't have anything against the man but it didn't take a genius to see that he had hurt Tulika, even if she pretended she was fine. He'd seen her empty an entire canister of chocolate ice cream. That was a feat in its own right.