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Twilight: The new friend.	By : Solaris Category: Twilight Series > AU/AR > Het > Het Views: 2814 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Author's note: Sorry, for the long wait for this chapter to come out. I got hung up with outside demands on my time.

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Chapter Six.

Tamia looked at the clock and knew her sister would be up. She dialed the number and waited for her sister’s voice to come over the phone. “Sis, hey its me. Yeah, I know it’s 4 in the morning here but I have to tell you this. Yeah, I had a good time last night. They were cool folks, but after you and everyone else left. Chicago Gentleman and I chatted till a few minutes ago. Yeah! I know! I was shocked that time flew so fast for us. No, nothing is going on with us. I just bloody heck chatted with him. Not so fast, sis. I’m not interested in meeting no guy. You know my job could call me away at a moment’s notice. You will be able to hop on a plane and come out here if I need you right? Good, I don’t want to put my horses onto my neighbors’ kids while I’m gone. Yeah, I got to go, I got fences to fix and stuff like that. Okay, love you sis. Bye.”
Tamia headed for her bed after putting her cell phone up. She knew it would not be too long before she awakens for the day. She knew she had a long day ahead of her.
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Three hours later, she woke up to the sounds of the doorbell ringing. She pulled on her robe and hurried down the stairs to see Alice and her boyfriend standing at the door. Jasper was the one who looked apologetic at her. “Alice, Jasper?”
Alice looked at her and then to her watch. “We came at a bad time right?”
Jasper spoke, “We’ll see you later on today, Tamia.” He pulled Alice away. “I told you she was asleep, you woke her!” He chided her as they moved away.
“It’s okay, you two. You actually did a good thing.” Tamia stated, grabbing for Jasper’s coat.
Jasper glanced back. “We did?” He was shocked about that.
“Yeah, if you didn’t wake me when you did, I probably would have slept the day away and I have fences to fix.” Tamia replied. “Have you two had breakfast yet? I can whip up some pancakes fast.”
Alice smiled. “We already ate before we came over.”
As they walked into her home. Jasper glanced at Tamia. “Did you sleep restless last night?”
Tamia shook her head. “No, just pulled a late night with an on-line friend that I met last night. Didn’t even get to bed till 4:15 in the morning.”
“Late night?” asked Jasper, as they headed to her kitchen.
“Yes, I usually plan my late nights to coincide with the days I know I’d have problems sleeping at night.” Tamia got her pan that she was going to use for the pancakes on the stove before she started to pull out the needed ingredients for the pancake batter.

“You plan the nights?” asked Alice, as she opened the fridge and got out the eggs and the milk as she placed them on the counter next to the mixing bowl.
“Yeah or I would be trying to figure out what to do during the nights.” Tamia replied as she started to get the batter prepared.
“You could always . . . ow, Alice!” Jasper glared at her before closing his mouth.
“I’ve tried over the counter sleep aids on those nights, Jasper. They don’t work.” Tamia said, as she walked over to the pantry and grabbed the mini semi-sweet chocolate chips and the mini-marshmallows. She placed them by the batter before getting out a measuring cup for them both.
“What are you making?” Alice asked.
“It’s one of my favorite pancakes that I make, the S’Mores pancake. I might make some for the station when I go in on Tuesday to start my time as the dispatcher.” Tamia replied, as she pulled out her recipe book to get to the recipe for the batter. She looked at Alice who seemed very interested in the recipe. “Want to help me with it?”
Alice smiled. “I’d love to. What is first?”
Tamia couldn’t help but to smile. “We need 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 5 tsp baking powder, 2 eggs, 1 1/2 cups milk, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter mixed in a bowl. Whisk for ten turns of the whisk.”
Alice started to count how many times she whisked the batter before stopping and looking at the lumpy batter. “Tamia, it’s still lumpy?”
“I know, it will not be when everything is ready to be put on the griddle.” Tamia stated as she opened the bags which held the mini-chocolate chips and the mini-marshmallows.
Jasper looked at the graham crackers. “How do you want them crushed?”
“Coarsely, Jasper.” Tamia said, as she measured out the mini-marshmallows and the mini-chocolate chips.
Jasper placed ten graham crackers in a bag and started to crush them with his hands till they were coarsely broken apart. He opened the bag and scanned it to see that it was coarsely crushed. “They’re ready for you, Tamia.”
She looked over at the wild haired teen and smiled when she saw how the crackers looked. “Thank you,” She took the bag and took out couple of small handfuls and dropped them into the batter before folding them into it.
“How does it taste, Tamia?” asked Jasper.
“The batter tastes not that good but after it is cooked, it is yummy.” She replied, as she poured a half cup onto the griddle and waited till the bubbles stopped forming before flipping it over.
Within thirty minutes, there was a nice stack of S’Mores pancakes on a plate and the bowl that the batter was in was empty.
Jasper and Alice sat at the kitchen table talking to her while she ate. Jasper noticed that she was not bolting the food down like she did the other day. “Why are you not bolting your food down?”
“I’m trying to break that, Jasper. There are some foods that I can bolt down fast without problems. Pancakes are not one of the foods that I can bolt down easy.” Tamia replied, before she took a piece into her mouth and started to chew it.
Alice smiled. “Dad will be pleased by that.”
“Tell me about it. My own doctor back home razzes me about it. They say that I should eat slower.” Tamia replied, as she put another bite into her mouth.
“So the fence? What are you doing with it?” Jasper asked.
Tamia explained what she had to do to the back fence to get it repaired and all. Jasper seemed to be okay with what she had to do, as Alice was.
“So you do a lot of the work yourself?” Alice asked.
“Yes, but now since I’m the only one here. I cannot rely on anyone but myself to help with that and don’t ask. I can handle it myself, thank you. You done so much already.” Tamia replied, before turning her attention back to the pancakes and finishing off the stack that she made.
“But are you sure?” Jasper said. “I would love to help out. I did do the fences around our property myself and I do know a thing or two about fences?”
“Please, Tamia, he is really good at it. And he knows a great deal about fences.” Alice replied.
“Well, just this one time and I’m going to pay you for your time, Jasper.” Tamia said.
“Tamia, I will refuse the money. I have plenty of it.” Jasper stated, firmly.
“Well, you can donate the money to a charity that you like then.” Tamia looked over at him.
“Okay, that I can do.” Jasper nodded to Alice, who walked outside with her phone in hand.
Tamia looked at Jasper. “Okay, I have the map of my lands and where I’m planning on putting the fences at.”
“Let’s see where you can put the fence at.” Jasper said, as he watched as she unrolled the geographic survey map of her property and the surrounding properties.
“That’s the Cullens’ property right there and this parts all mine.” Tamia pointed out her lands.
Jasper looked at it carefully. “You have at least fifteen acres of land that is flat and a little bit of a hill that can be fenced in. It is going to be hard hauling lumber there. Especially in that area.”
“I know, that’s why I’m going to use my gelding for that.” Tamia replied.
“And how will he drag the lumber?”
“By cart. I have a small wagon for one horse to haul things about.”
“The gelding is Adonis or Jasmin?” asked Jasper.
“Adonis is the gelding, Jasmin is a mare, Jasper.”
“Is Adonis trained to haul the wagon?”
“Yes,”
“Good, lets get going as the day is wasting away, even though we can work part of the night too. You have lanterns?” Jasper asked.
“Yeah, do you? If not, I brought some.” Spoke a male voice. They turned to see Emmett standing at the door looking at them both.
“Hi Emmett,” Tamia replied. “You hungry, I made some pancakes?”
“I ate already, Tamia, but thanks.” Emmett replied. “So what are you two up to now?”
“Well, she and I are going to the back field to fix up some fences on her back property before she can let the horses go back there.” Jasper stated.
“Well, do you need to have a vehicle to get back there.” Emmett said.
“Already handled, Emmett. I’m using a cart and my gelding to haul the lumber to the back pasture.” Tamia replied, as she headed for the door.
Alice, Emmett and Jasper followed her out but then their phones rang. Jasper moaned as he looked towards Tamia. “Tamia, we’re going to have to bow out. Dad called us and he wants us home. Something came up and we have to go home right now.”
“That’s okay, Jasper. I can do this myself.” Tamia looked over at them.
“I really wanted to help you out with the fence.” Jasper stated.
“I know, but maybe whatever your dad needs done can be finished fast and you can meet me by the fence.”
“I hope so.” Jasper replied, as they headed off to their cars. Jasper watched as Tamia brought out Adonis from the paddock and was tying him to the paddock fence before he couldn’t see her anymore by the speed in which Alice was driving at away from there.
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Tamia pulled on the harness as Adonis stood there waiting patiently. It was not long before he was backed into the cart and attached. Tamia quickly started to load the cart with enough lumber to handle at least ten fences three boards up. She double-checked that she had the tools she needed to deal with the fences before she opened the gate that lead into the pasture. She and Adonis walked towards the back pasture. It was not long before she reached the spot to which she would start putting the fence up at. She could tell that there was a critter path near to where the fence would be. She hoped that they wouldn’t damage it as she started to get everything out of the cart and got down to work after making sure that Adonis would be busy with the hay bag she brought with them.
It was close to dusk when Tamia finished getting all of the fences done with couple trips back to the barn to get another twenty lumbers to finish up the repairs. Tamia hoped that Jasper and Emmett would show up but they never did. She shrugged and finished up with the last of the repairs to the fence. It was now ready to have the horses run loose within it. She got into the cart and asked Adonis to head for home as the night started to show itself.
“Come on, Adonis back to home we go.” Tamia started to get him moving, when she heard noises in the woods, like a growl of a wolf or a mountain loin. She reached for her gun but realized that she didn’t have it with her. She knew that the area was not well known to her or to Adonis yet to risk having him run. She grabbed her cell phone and scanned the numbers to find Emmett’s number. She pushed the dial number code and put her phone to her ear. She heard Emmett’s voice on the other end, her voice showing her fear as she spoke. “Emmett, this is Tamia. I’m in the woods by my fence and there’s either a wolf or a mountain lion out here and I have no weapons on me. I’m scared, Emmett. Emmett? EMMETT!” She stared at the phone and put it back up to her ear to hear a woman’s voice on the other end. “Rosalie? I’m scared, Rosalie. Okay, I’m on the move with Adonis towards the barn right now. I can still hear the animal movements behind me. Okay, they should be coming my way.”
Tamia hung up the phone with Rosalie and coaxed Adonis to keep moving towards the barn hoping whatever was stalking her in the night would vanish. She kept glancing behind her hoping that the sounds she heard was not following her. She noticed lights moving in the distance and voices yelling out her name. She encouraged Adonis to trot towards the voices as they got closer and closer to her. She saw Emmett and Edward in the lead as well as Dr. Cullen slightly behind them with Jasper by his side. Emmett moved past her with Jasper behind him. Edward climbed into the cart next to Tamia.
“You okay?” Edward asked.
“Now I am, Edward. The sounds were right behind us.”
“How far?” asked Carlisle.
“I’m not sure but they sounded very close.” Tamia pointed towards the far fence.
Carlisle looked over at Emmett and nodded as Emmett hurried off to find what the critters were. “Emmett and Jasper will see what’s trying to stalk you back there.”
Jasper smiled and was just about to move off when he stopped and looked at her. “I’m sorry, I didn’t call you back this morning to let you know we got seriously tied up with stuff at home, Tamia.”
“That’s okay. I got it all done any way.” Tamia replied. As Carlisle climbed onto the cart watching the forest as Edward took the seat next to Tamia.
Carlisle placed his hand on Tamia’s shoulder. “Head for the barn, they’ll come when they found out what was back there.”
Tamia nodded as she picked up the reins with shaky hands. Carlisle took hold of her hand and took the reins from her and lightly tapped the back of Adonis with them and clicked to him. Adonis started to move forth as Edward and Carlisle switched places.
“It’s going to be okay, Tamia.” Edward spoke, as he stood behind her.
It was not too long before they started to see the headlights of their cars. Three forms were seen standing in the lights.
Esme came towards the gate as Adonis and the cart came though and stopped by the barn. “Tamia, are you okay?”
“Yes, I probably got scared for nothing.” Tamia said, as she hopped off the cart and started to attend to Adonis.
“I don’t think so.” Emmett stated, as he walked into view. “Jasper and I both checked where she heard the sound and there was wolf tracks . . . freshly made ones too.”
Tamia placed her head against Adonis’s neck and moaned. Jasper looked over at her. “You didn’t expect wolves?”
“I didn’t expect that. Back in Missouri, we had to contend with foxes and coyotes, not wolves.” Tamia glanced over at him before returning to finish unharnessing Adonis from the cart.
Emmett went to Carlisle’s side and they talked in low whispered voices before Jasper came over and gave what he saw. They glanced over to Tamia and started to whisper again.
Tamia finally got all the harness off of Adonis’s back and with the help from Alice got the harness in the tack stall and Adonis in his stall with grain in the manger. They walked out of the barn together to see Carlisle standing with a concerned look on his face. “What’s wrong, Carlisle?”
“Emmett told me that he saw several prints of wolves where you had thought you heard them at and most of them were very fresh and looked like they were coming towards your location at the fence.” Carlisle stated.
“If I didn’t leave when I did, I probably would have been attacked by them?” asked Tamia.
“Maybe and maybe not. The wolves around here don’t seem to attack humans. I would keep the horses close to home till the wolves move through.” Carlisle suggested.
Emmett smiled. “I’ll start patrolling the area around our property and yours till we chase those wolves out of the area, may take a few days.”
“I could go with you and bring my rifle?” Tamia asked.
“No, you need to stay close to your horses as the wolves may come to the barn and you would be better off here than off with me in the woods tracking the wolves and coming up with nothing.” Emmett replied.
“And most likely, the wolves would have your horses for dinner.” Edward said.
“And then all wolves in the area would be slaughtered by me, if that happened.” Tamia stated. They looked at her a bit surprised that she would say something like that. “Or trap them in a live cage to be transported elsewhere.”
“That would be a good idea, Tamia.” Carlisle stated. He knew he needed to get word to the leader of the wolves for a face to face meeting. He was going to demand the reasons why the wolves were stalking their neighbor. “We’ll head for home. Emmett, can you patrol the area for another hour before coming home?”
“Sure, dad.” Emmett replied, as he jogged off into the night with his flashlight leading the way.
They headed for home as Tamia walked into her home and started to get something to eat while her laptop was booting up on the kitchen table. While the chicken was in the oven cooking, she got into the chat room with her friends. She told them that she got scared in the back part of her field while she was finishing up doing fence repairs.
FL Horsewoman typed: “You okay, sis?”
Night Owl: “Yes, I ended up calling my neighbor’s son Emmett and ended up with the entire family here at my place searching for me and then searching for the wolves that was in the woods. I probably could have just scared the wolves off but I didn’t even have my rifle with me.”
FL Horsewoman: “That was stupid of you going back there without your weapon, sis!”
Chicago Gentleman: “Rhonda! It is after all, her first week there in the area. She probably should have asked about what type of wild animals roamed the area.”
Night Owl: “Thanks for sticking up for me, Chicago, but she’s right. I should have asked my neighbors or at least Captain Swan but I didn’t. It was my mistake and it will be the last one I make here.”
Southern woman: “You better hope so.”
Mr. Sweetheart: “Southern, she knows that she needed to ask about the wild animals around there before now. But she is now aware and she’ll be more careful next time. Right Night Owl?”
Night Owl: “Yes, this is probably the last time I’ll go out to the back pasture without my rifle in hand.”
Tennessee Man: “You better call Emmett when you go out back there. I’m sure he’ll be moving in the woods with his own gun in hand.”
Night Owl: “Well, if I do go back there again . . . may be a while.”
FL Horsewoman: “Why sis?”
Night Owl: “My job starts tomorrow morning and I’ll be busy all day till evening.”
Southern woman: “So why not call in sick?”
Night Owl: “I couldn’t. It is my first day there and to call in sick . . . would not make a good impression on the others about me. Rumors can fly that way.”
Southern woman: “Surely, the Captain would understand.”
Night Owl shook her head: “No, I don’t want to make him assume that as a thirty-nine year old bodyguard who is finally doing something simple would be waylaid by a cold. He will come and most likely bring a doctor with him if I called in sick. I do not do doctors but for the one I can trust . . . which happens to be in Missouri.”
Sugar pixie: “She has you right there, Southern woman. The Captain would most likely bring a doctor with him for a house call.”
Night Owl: “Sugar pixie is right, he would come and bring a doctor with him.”
Chicago Gentleman: “And it would pose probably some problems for her to explain things to the doctor as in you wanted a day off and yet it is your first day at work. The Captain would wonder how reliable she really is. It is for her best interest that she goes into work tomorrow.”
Night Owl: “Yes it is in my best interest to go to work and deal with this wolf problem later.”
FL Horsewoman: “Maybe you should keep your horses in the paddock till you are sure that the wolves were just moving through?”
Night Owl: “I hope you are right.”
Chicago Gentleman to Night Owl: “Care to talk privately, Night Owl? I’m sure you are nervous about this new job of yours.”
Night Owl to Chicago Gentleman: “But what about the others? Won’t they get suspicious?”
Chicago Gentleman: “I’ll log off too. I’ll make a new room just for us. I’ll send you the invite to the room, when I bring it up.”
Night Owl to Chicago Gentleman: “Okay.”
Night Owl: “I should really cut the chat short this night. I have to double check the forecast and set my alarm so I can get a morning jog in before work. Later, sis . . . night everyone.”
Sugar pixie, Southern woman, Tennessee Man, Chicago Gentleman, FL Horsewoman and Mr. Sweetheart all said good night.
Night Owl and Chicago Gentleman logs off.
Chicago Gentleman in Private room to Night Owl: “This room is hidden from all eyes, Night Owl. So tell me are you nervous yet?”
Night Owl: “I’m nervous alright. I’m worried that I won’t be able to get up in time to do my morning jog and get everything done in time before leaving for work.”
Chicago Gentleman: “Well, set your alarm to go off at 5:30 am and you have at least an hour to do your jogging in, get showered, get food into your stomach and then to work.”
Night Owl: “That does sound reasonable and I do eat light in the mornings.”
Chicago Gentleman: “You should eat a healthy breakfast tomorrow morning, Night Owl. It would keep your energy levels up.”
Night Owl: “That is true, I’ll figure out what meal I’ll have tomorrow morning. But I think I should head off to bed now. I’m sure that my first day at the job will be okay. Talk to you tonight, Chicago.”
Chicago Gentleman: “Good night, Night Owl. Pleasant dreams and good luck.”
Night Owl: “Thank you. Night.”
Night Owl logged off.
Tamia closed up her computer and finished her dinner before putting everything up into the dishwasher and putting the food away in the fridge. She locked up the house and then headed for her bedroom, set the alarm for 5:30am and climbed under the covers and fell asleep.

The next chapter is coming.
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