~Surfacing~

darkness wasted-Hey guys this is darkness wasted with a new story that came to my head while reading a few stories and hearing some of my best tunes. It's my first Twilight story so here it is. Enjoy.

Summary: What if Jake imprinted on Bella? What if what happened to Emily happened to Bella? JakexBella.

Running through the woods was a brunette girl. She was panting and trying to escape her pursuer. She looked back and gasped in horror as she saw what looked to be a brown bear chasing her through the woods. She turned back to face the brown and green scene of the woods and raced onward. She was too scared to scream and too scared to look back at the beast again. She heard a growl and ran faster. But she could only go but so fast.

She finally reached a clearing and fell to the ground. She got back up quickly and continued to run onward towards the lake that was ahead of her. She was in La Push now. The home of her best friend, Jake. She looked back for a quick second and saw that no one was chasing her. She stopped to catch her breath but was pushed to the ground by a heavy brown paw. She yelped and was turned onto her back.

Her eyes widened when she was met with a large animal. It was larger than any bear and it had very furry and wild brown hair. The animal bared it's large fangs and growled at her. She gasped and yelled out, "Help!" but the animal swung a paw and scratched her face.

It continued it's attack until Bella heard a howl. She felt the animal being ripped off her and heard a loud thud, like thunder cracking. She tried to get up but to her horror she couldn't move. She placed a hand to her face and felt liquid oozing from her face. She tried to pick herself up with the help of her arms but collapsed back to her stomach.

"Bella!"

Bella turned and saw blurs running to her. She recognized one as Billy since she saw a wheelchair roll her way with others running beside him. She reached out to someone and heard a familiar voice.

"Oh my god! Bella! Bella! Come on, Bells! Bella! Bella hang on!"

"J-Jake?"

"I'm so sorry! Oh my god. Hold on!"

"Ja-" Bella blacked out after that and stayed motionless. She heard a faint cry of pain but couldn't pin point the person now that she was out of it.

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Inside the hospital sat Charlie and the La Push boys. Jake was pacing up and down through the emergency room until Billy said, "Son, you're driving me crazy! Sit down."

Jake ignored the old native American and continued to pace some more. His head jerked up when a nurse came up to them. Out of all the visitors, Jake was the one to rush up to the nurse demanding how Bella was doing. The nurse, a cream colored skinned woman with blue eyes, held up a hand to silence the fired up teen.

"She's awake but I must warn you her apperance will come to a shock to you. Whatever attacked he did a nasty job of damaging her face. It took some time but the doctors did all they could to make her look new. It wasn't enough to make her exact but be thankful she's alive. A few more blows and she wouldn't be here right now."

Jake winced and rushed passed the nurse. He searched for Bella without the others. He looked into all the rooms until he heard his name being called in a very weak tone. He looked into the final room and his heart broke into pieces. On the hospital bed connected to wire upon wire was Bella. He face wrapped in bandages and her arms were the same.

"Hey, Jake."

"Be-Be-Bella!" Jake rushed to her side in an instant and placed her into a very gentle but yet tight embrace. Jacob cried into her shoulder and held her tight enough to show he cared about her. Bella smiled and hugged him back. Jake held onto her and continued to cry. Bella knew he cared about her but she was fine. Why was he crying?

"Jake?"

"I am so sorry about all of this, Bella! Can you forgive me! Please!" Jacob wailed into her shoulder. She pushed him away gently and looked into his eyes. They looked hurt and full of agony. She touches his face and said, "What are you talking about, Jake?"

"That...That thing that was chasing you....I got out of control....I saw you....I don't know what happened. I'm so sorry. Please say you'll forgive me. Please!"

"How did you knows something was chasing me?"

"Because that thing was me! Bella I'm so sorry! You don't know how rotten I feel! I never wanted this to happen to you! Never! Please can you forgive me! Please!" Jake grabbed both her arms and squeezed them but not tight enough to hurt her. Bella's eyes were wide and he mouth was opened in shock.

"I...Jake? What....what...Jacob." she said sounding scared now. Jake closed his eyes tight as if he were in agony and brought her back into a gentle yet very strong hug. He held her tight and continued to beg for forgiveness. he felt horrible and evil for laying a finger, or in this case, a paw on her. She was important to him. More than anything else and he hurt her.

"I...I don't understand."

"Remember that legend I told you about. The answers are all there...I can't forgive myself. I never will." Jake said as he buried his face into her shoulder. Bella teared up and nuzzled into his very warm shoulder. Jake kept his eyes closed tight and continued to cry. they both said nothing and neither noticed the small crowd of friends and Charlie standing by the door. Everyone knew what Jake meant. Except for Charlie who was clueless the whole time.