Hi guys. I've decided to turn my one-shot at "Almost" into a chapter story. So, here goes my attempt at chapter one.
Backround information: This is from Jacob's POV. (He being one of my favorite fictional characters OF ALL TIME.) I haven't decided where I'm going with this, I'm pretty much combining New Moon and Eclipse, and changing them completely. But all of the characters in the real books are in here, and I own none of them, unless you see a name in here that wasn't originally one of Stephenie Meyer's characters. Well, review please. And read my other fanfictions, especially my chapter story of The Outsiders. I'm close to completing it.
"Jacob," said a cool voice from behind me. I already knew who it was without having to look. Not all of us have special mind reading powers, but I infact have a keen sense of smell. It was Edward.
"What do you want?" I growled, my teeth grinding together; causing me to have an almost instant headache.
"Stay away from her," he started, taking a deep breath. "You aren't good for her." I nearly choked, but he went on. "This isn't about my personal hatred for you, dog. This is about my own personal hatred for Bella being in pain. And Jacob, by avoiding her; acting like you don't care, being rude to her, she's only in agony. You're only hurting her, so just stay away."
You're only hurting her. His words echoed in my head, causing a pain that started somewhere in my chest to drop completely to my knees. I clenched my fists together, my knuckles were turning pale white. I had to keep control over my temper, I couldn't change here. Not in the school parking lot. I wondered vaguely where Bella was, and then I remembered; she had a math tutoring session. Her grades had been slipping since, well..
"Don't start pointing fingers at me, Cullen. You left her. Alone, defenseless, traumatized. If you never left, I never would of had to do such a great job taking your place. That's why she's so connected to me, too. She loves me, too, you know." A look of pain spread across his pale face, I knew I had hit him where it hurt the most. Good.
"Well, you've seen who she's chosen. And in case you forgot, you can look at the ring on her left finger." He said in a harsh voice. I remained silent.
Just then, Bella came prancing down the high-school staircase, carrying a book in one hand and her purse under her arm. Her brown hair bounced with every step she took, and her face was reddened by the cool fall weather. She looked as beautiful as ever, I couldn't look away.
Edward seemed to notice this too, for he gave me a warning look that said I'd better keep my thoughts under control. I'd gotten that look so many times before, it rarely effected me in the slightest bit anymore.
"Hi, Jake." I noted a tone of surprise and happiness in her voice when she saw me. I smirked in Edward's direction. I guess she'd expected Edward to be there waiting for her. He always was.
"Hey, Bells." I didn't hesitate to walk over and hug her around her waist; squeezing her ever so tightly against my chest, enjoying the feeling of our bodies together. Edward cleared his throat, and I felt Bella's body go tight with tension.
"Jake, I need to breath sometimes." She reminded me, I laughed. She was so fragile. But the real reason she pulled away was because of that blood sucking boyfriend of hers. Oh wait, fiancee.` I rolled my eyes with a sigh. She looked at me closely, trying to analyze my expression; size me up. When she realized nothing hurtful had been done to me, and I was just annoyed, she turned to Edward.
"I'll see you later, Bella." I said, feeling numb. I walked over to my motorcycle that she'd helped me fix up, and rode away without looking back.
I knew something was going to happen sooner or later. Edward and I couldn't just keep having this silent war over the girl we were both madly in love with. She wanted him, so I should just forget her, right?
Well I can't. It's like, she's my best friend. My best friend that I had fallen completely and utterly in love with, against every law. Breaking every boundary of a normal friendship. Not caring about anything when I was with her.
But Edward set the rules, she wasn't allowed to see me often anymore; and I wanted Edward Cullen dead for that one. Everyone thought that I was the one keeping her sane when that son of a bitch left her, but she did her fair share of keeping my sanity in check, too. Being in a pack can be more stressful than we all let on sometimes. Everyone could read everything you don't want them to; and see into the depths of your soul. I hated that. I was a private person when it came to my feelings, and I didn't want Leah or Paul or even Sam sticking their noses in my head all of the time.
I focused on the sound of the roaring engine as I steered my way back to La' Push.