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When I woke up in the morning, it was very bright, even inside the tent, the sunlight hurt my eyes. And I was sweating, as Jacob has predicted. Jacob was snoring lightly in my ear, his arms still wrapped around me.
I pulled my head away from his feverishly warm chest and felt the sting of the cold morning on my clammy cheek. Jacob sighed in his sleep; his arms tightening unconsciously.
I squirmed, unable to loosen his hold, struggling to lift my head to see….
Edward met my gaze evenly. His expression was calm, but the pain in his eyes was unconcealed. "Is it any warmer out there?" I whispered "Yes. I don't think the space heater will be necessary today." I tried to get the sipper but I couldn't free my arm, I strained, fighting against Jacob's inert strength. Jacob muttered, still fast asleep, his arms constricting again.
"Some help?" I asked quietly
Edward smiled. "Did you want me to take his arms off all the way?"
"No, thank you. Just get me free. I'm going to get stroke."
Edward unzipped the sleeping bag in a swift abrupt movement. Jacob fell out, his bare back hitting the icy floor of the tent.
"Hey!" He complained, his eyes flying up instinctively, he flinched away from the cold, rolling onto me. I gasped as his weight knocked the breath out of me. And then his weight was gone. I felt the impact as Jacob flew into one of the tent pools and the tent shuddered. The growling erupted from all around, Edward was crouching in front of me, and couldn't see his face but the snarls were ripping angrily out of his chest, Jacob was half-crouched, too, his whole body quivering, while growls rumbled through his clenched teeth. Outside the tent, Seth Clearwater's Vicious snarls echoed off the rocks.
"Stop it!, Stop it!" I yelled, scrambling awkwardly to put myself between them. The space was so small that I didn't have to stretch far to put one hand on each of their chests. Edward wrapped his hand around my waist ready to yank me out of the way
"Stop it, now." I warned him. I felt Jacob began to calm himself.
"Jacob are you hurt?" I asked "Of course not!" he hissed. I looked over at Edward, "that wasn't nice. Say you're sorry." His eyes widened in disgust "you got to be joking! He was crushing you!"
"It was an instinct!" Jacob yelled defending himself.
"You have an instinct to crush her!?"
"Stop it now!" I screamed "it was an instinct for him to get off of the icy cold ground; he didn't realize he was crushing me. Now, Say. You're. Sorry." I said
A growl started to erupt from Edwards's chest. "Never. Not when he was hurting you" I crossed my arm waiting for him to apologized, having every second pass, making me more pissed off. After about 5 minutes of standing there with them glaring at each other and me glaring at Edward I had enough.
I unzipped the tent, got out, and walked over to Seth's wolf form, ignoring the fact that they were both following me.
"Hey Seth could you go switch back into your human form I need to talk to you, without the help of eddy boy over here." I said. When he started to walk into the woods I went back to the tent to grab my boots and put them on.
"What are you doing?" Edward growled "I am going to protect my family." I stated simply
"Hey bells, what did you want to talk to me about" Seth said walking back to the tent area.
"Hey can you bring to the clearing? I need to be there to help protect my family." I asked
"No, Seth! Don't take her" Edward growled grabbing my wrist
"Owe, Edward your hurting me let go!" I screamed
"I'm helping them, Seth don't listen to him, I need to be there"
Seth looked worried the asked "Bella how are you supposed to help, your only human, come on you don't have to risk your life there's 7 vampires and 7 or 8 were wolfs! Come on you don't need to do this." He was almost pleading for me to stay.
"No you don't and you wont." Edward said pulling my wrist again
"Edward Anthony Mason Cullen you listen to me right now, One let go of my wrist because you're fucking HURTING ME! Two, I'm going because my family needs me, you heard jasper, if I'm down there then they'll be two distracted to fight, and that also means there's no chance of some of there picking up our sent and tracking us here! It will be safer for all of us, I have a really bad feeling about this fight, I know that Victory's behind all of this and I know it, also Alice told me, the other night when u were hunting that there's a chance that she might try and make more before she comes here, she's been thinking about it, there was no need to tell you since you were staying up here, so she just told everyone else, so they would be prepared, they need me down there, and Seth is going to take me, unless u want to, or if Jacob is kind enough, not that anybody would have to stay up here anyway."
I stopped to take a breath and turned to Seth "I need you to do this, I cant let them be down there, if I'm down there, there is more of a chance of us winning even if of all of you-" I made a hand jester to include a growling Edward and a seething Jacob "think that there's a big enough chance all ready, I'm going to help make It a bigger chance, I'm not going to just sit here and wait to see if Paul gets hurt, or if Rosalie losses and arm, or if anybody dies, I'm not! Now please, somebody take me to the clearing, I'm not staying up here, it wont be a surprise to anybody since I'm sure that Alice already saw me make my decision and knows that I'm not changing my mind." I finished stubbornly
"Seth do not give her what she wants, she can't have this" Edward said pleading Seth to take his side.
"Edward as much as I agree with that statement, I understand why she wants and needs this as much as I want her safe, I'm going to let her have this and since I have more control over Seth then anybody I'm going to tell him to do it, go on Seth, I need to talk to Edward some more, Bella please I'm begging you, be safe"
Edward was growling behind me but I'm was so glad Jacob was letting me do this, I jumped up and hugged him, thank you thank you thank you. I turned around to face Edward who look like he was about to smash a tree.
"Edward, I love you so much, but I need to do this, I'm sorry." I hesitated then hugged him and kissed him lightly, witch made him calm only a little.
"Bella, please don't do this, I need you to be safe, please, I'm begging you" he got down on his knees, I swear if he could be crying he would be balling. "I love you so much and I cant stand to loose you. Please. Bella"
I let a tear escape the hold of my blinking eyes, I got down on my knees so I was eye level with him
"Edward, I love you to, more than you know, I couldn't stand to loose you either, waiting for it to be over, and have a chance of being told that u died, but Edward I cant wait to be told that Emmett, my teddy bear of a big brother, or Jasper, my empathy filled brother, or Alice, Alice is so little. Esme and Carlisle are my parents as much as yours only thing separating them from actually being my parents, is blood, and Rosalie can be a bitch but I love her just as much as everybody else, and If something happened to the wolfs, I wouldn't be able to stand it, I need to do this Edward I'm sorry"
I shook my head back and forth "you might not get it, but… there's nothing more I can say" I kissed him lightly on the cheek and turned back to Seth.
"Seth if we could get a move one id like to get down there before the fight starts." He sighed then opened his mouth to ask something, but Edward cut him off
"No Seth that won't be necessary." I looked at him "Edward I told you-" but he help up his hand and continued
"that won't be necessary because ill be taking her, hope on love. Seth, go back to la push with Brady, Jacob you coming?" he asked as I jumped on his back and kissed his neck whispering thank you in his ear.
"Yeah alright let me change, Seth go." Jacob said
"Alright we'll meet you there, I'm faster than you anyway, bye" Edward said. Jacob nodded, and we were off to the clearing with me whispering my thank yous and I love yous into his ear.
A/N: Sorry, I had to end it here, not the longest bit its also not the shortest the next chapter will come soon, I promise, please review, this is my first fan fiction story, so help me get better please give positive and critical reviews!
