𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐓, Catherine let out a small squeal of excitement as adrenaline began to pulse through her body now that she was back on the bike.
It had been too long since she felt the burst of energy she'd get whenever she'd get on the quad-bike back at the village, so being on the motorbike was definitely hitting her with nostalgia.
"Go faster!" She suddenly heard Bella shout from behind her, causing her to glance back at the girl, at least that was before the same burst of fear hit her.
Causing her to quickly look around them for something, anything, that could cause that much fear that her instincts would skyrocket even whilst she was riding a dangerous bike.
"Go faster, Cathy!" Bella yelled again patting her younger cousin's shoulder profusely, hearing her words Catherine sped up a little bit hoping Bella would stop.
But she didn't the girl just continued to tap at Catherine's shoulder, which at first she didn't mind choking it up to the girl just being excited to be on the bike.
"Faster he's almost here!" Bella yelled again her voice just beating passed the loud winds, the girl now just about shoving Catherine's shoulder.
"Bella stop, we can't g-" Catherine tried to yell back to her, but Bella just continued to shove her cousin's shoulder with an annoyed huff wanting her to speed up.
Edward was here, he was all around them, just a little bit faster and she knew he would show himself to her, tell her to stop, something she just wanted to hear his voice again.
"Go faster!" Bella shouted again shoving Catherine's shoulder as harshly as she could, almost immediately causing Catherine to lose control of the bike.
It had already started to wiggle from side to side from her earlier from her previous shakes, but the moment Bella shoved Catherine's shoulder and another burst of prey-induced fear rushed through her body.
"Shit!" Catherine cursed as the bike immediately shot towards the right, causing her to yank it left to try and steady it, only for it to throw her and Bella off of it.
"CATHERINE!" She heard Jacob's voice shout out for her as she flew from the top of the bike, her body catching more damage than Bella's.
The Swan girl had just been sent into a bush on the side of the road, while Catherine had been launched body first into something that could be called either a large rock or a small boulder.
Immediately as she hit, Catherine could practically feel the large bruise already start developing on her side, but that was before the momentum of her body had sent her off of the rock/boulder.
Somehow after that, she seemed to roll directly into another rock, the impact hitting her head first as she slammed it against the pavement.
"Catherine!" Jacob yelled again as he made his way towards her on the bike, the boy not even worried about Bella as his eyes stayed trained on Catherine's body.
Hearing his voice the girl almost immediately rolled back over onto her back, before trying to sit up only pausing as she was met with an intense amount of pain.
"Jacob." Catherine whined as she finally caught her breath as tears began to well in her eyes as sat up, her right arm becoming rigid as she held her side with her other hand.
"Hey, hey, hey," Jacob said quickly in a breathless panic as he moved in front of her, gently laying his hand on her shoulders as he looked her over for injuries. "don't move too fast, you could have a concussion."
"It hurts." Catherine sobbed out despite trying her best to hold in her tears, she wasn't one to cry in front of others often, but the pain she was feeling threw that entirely out of the window.
The tears quickly fell on her face as she looked up at Jacob, trying her best not to hyperventilate and cause herself or her body even more pain.
"What hurts, where Bunny?" Jacob asked as he looked over her body, trying to find where the pain was coming from there were so many things that could have happened when they were thrown from the bike.
So seeing the girl just about cradling her side, Jacob was quick to realize that it was probably where the pain was coming from.
"Is it here Bunny?" Jacob asked as he motioned to her side, causing Catherine to nod her head and whimper as the pain began to throb around her.
Usually, she wouldn't be too upset over hurting herself since most of her injuries would heal quickly, but from the pain, she was feeling she knew it was a really bad injury.
Before now the most she'd ended up with were small cuts from taking care of the crops, maybe a few brushes from messing around with the animals, but none of those small incidents compared to what she was feeling right now.
"It's okay Bunny, lemme see." Jacob said lowly as he gently grasped the bottom of her sweater, slowly lifting it to see what was going on under the surface.
His eyes quickly landed on a large bruise, taking up just about the entirety of her side and her ribs, causing his eyes to widen in shock and concern.
"It's okay, just a little bruise," Jacob lied to her hoping she believed him, he didn't want her to panic even more if she knew just how big her new coming bruise was. "come on we have to get you back home."
With that Jacob slowly began to lift her from the ground so she could stand, the girl immediately letting out pained sobs and whines.
Seeing the amount of pain she was in Jacob couldn't help the deep pressure that built up in his chest, he would have just picked her up into his arms completely, but that could honestly hurt her more at this point.
"It's okay, it's okay, I've got you." He repeated softly as he helped her stand, his arm across her back as he stood on her un-hurt side to not cause her pain.
The boy held the majority of her body weight so she wouldn't have to do much but move forwards, everything else he would take care of until he got her back in the bed.
"What's going on," Bella asked with a bounce in her step as she had finally crawled her way out of the bush she'd fallen into, the girl was quick to notice the two walking back towards the truck. "where are you guys going?"
"Bunny hurt her side so we should just take her home," Jacob told her simply as he continued to glance between a limping Catherine, and a pouting and confused Bella. "enough with this stupid motorbike bullshit."
"What," Bella asked in shock before she began shaking her head profusely, she had been so close to seeing him that there was no way she'd stop now. "no, we have to go again."
"Again," Jacob repeated her words as newfound anger came over him, as he looked at the Swan girl with a disgusted expression. "Catherine could have died."
"So could have I, but you don't see me overreacting," Bella replied angrily as she motioned to her completely uninjured body before she took a step closer to them. "it probably isn't even that bad, just let her go-"
The girl reached for Catherine despite Jacob's arm being around her, she was quick to grab at her to pull her over to her side, but because she didn't know where Catherine was injured she ended up touching her hurt side.
Feeling her cousin physically grab a hold of her hurt side, Catherine was quick to let out a bundle of painful pants and loud whimpers.
And hearing those whimper, Jacob's eyes were quick to widen before his arm shot out of reflex causing him to push Bella directly on the ground.
"Jacob!" Bella exclaimed as she looked up at the boy in shock from her position on the ground, she never expected Jacob to ever lay a hand on her.
Never to glare at her the way he was doing right now, she could physically see his eyes darken as he glared down at her, and for some reason, she'd never been more attracted to him than right now.
"She's hurt because of you," Jacob was quick to blame Bella, as he held Catherine closer not worried about Bella who was still on the ground. "she isn't getting back on that deathtrap, now come on we need to get her back home."
With that the boy walked around the stunned girl on the ground, not even caring about her or the shocked look on her face, only caring about getting Catherine back to the car.