Bella POV
I could barely feel it. The pain I had felt was terrible, but I know it was getting better. I had gone low enough to jump off a cliff to see Edwards face. If Jacob wasn't there to stop me I probably would have died.
Jacob said that Alice was here and was coming so I decided to go to la push, so I didn't get tempted. It was smart and I know it was what I needed to do. I should not be running back to Alice, she had her own life.
I made Jacob let me hear the whole thing when he went inside my house to talk to her. He called me and put it on speaker, then put it in his pocket. I put my side on mute so she wouldn't have to hear my voice.
I sat in his bedroom as he, (on the other side of the phone) walked into my home. I could hear the door clicked shut. Jacobs voice came out saddened as he asked, "Hello, who's there?"
"Who are you?" Alice's voice rang out in a voice of sweet song.
"Jacob Black, family friend of the Swan's." Jacob said as though that was all about him. But I knew that there was more to him than that.
"I'm Alice Cullen; I used to be a family friend. But I doubt I deserve that tidal anymore. Where are Bella and Charlie? I need to speak to them?" Alice asked. It made me wonder how hard she had taken the separation.
"Charlie is arranging a funeral for his friend Harry, who died of a heart attack. Bella is in la push at my house resting from a long day. If you need to talk to them I can always call." Jacob said bluntly not needing to lie at all; I love how he did this.
"If you could that would be amazing, just Bella though. Charlie probably needs some time to himself right now." Alice said kindly.
"Well, I would call her cell but I know that it's at a friend's house at the moment so I'll just call my house phone. My dad's not home, she'll probably answer." Jacob said with almost no delay. I grabbed my phone and raced to the living room where the phone is. Jacob put my cell on hold and called the home phone.
I waited a ring or two then picked it up. "Hello, Black residence." This is the kind of thing I would say if I hadn't known it was Jacob after all.
"Hey Bella, it's me Jake." Jacob said on the other side of this phone call. I thought for a second of a good responds.
"Oh, that's good. Have you heard from Charlie or your dad, I think they shouldn't be alone right now. I'm worried." I said in a nerves voice. It worked because I was nerves.
"No, but they aren't alone, they're with the other Clearwater's. They're helping Harry's family cope, Bella. They need it more." Jacob said reassuring.
"So, if this isn't about Charlie, or Billy, what is it about?" I asked as innocently as I could.
Jacob sighed, "An Alice Cullen wants to speak to you?" I know that he probably had not wanted to get to the point so very quickly.
I paused, how would I react, if I had not known this was coming. I would have frizzed and stood there for a moment and then I would have questioned him.
"I think you must have gotten the name wrong. Are you sure her name is ALICE CULLEN?" I asked finally when I decided that would have been enough time for me to speak.
"Yes Bella, Alice Cullen. Would you like to speak to her?" Jacob asked knowing full well that I would.
"Sure, I guess." I said in a surprised vague tone.
"Hello, Bella is that you?" Alice asked me with her beautiful musical voice.
"Alice? Why on earth are you at my house? What happened? Is Charlie going to get hurt?" I asked, these were my real questions.
"Bella? Did you or did you not try to jump off a cliff?" Alice asked her voice hard and cold. She was mad at this.
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"No, I thought about it but decided against it. I guessed it was a little too risky for me, well that and Jacob told me it was too windy." I said casually, it was good that Jake had gotten there before I jumped. He said I would have had a problem getting back to shore because it was so windy.
"So, you weren't trying to kill yourself?" Alice asked in a tone I thought must be relief.
"No, Alice I wasn't trying to kill myself, just trying to have some fun because I was bored. Cliff diving with Jake, except he wasn't there because he had been on some business." I said, kind of rambling.
"Well, I guess I can go back then. If you aren't in any danger?" Alice asked she sounded almost hopeful.
"Well... I might not be trying to kill myself, but that doesn't really mean that I'm not in any danger." I said trying to act calm.
"What do you mean?" Alice questioned, that made me confused. Hadn't she known that Victoria was after me?
"I mean, the pack is doing a good job keeping Victoria away. But that doesn't mean that she isn't putting me in danger. If the pack hadn't been there Leronte would have killed me for sure. But now his dead because..." I didn't get to finish.
"Victoria?!" Alice all but screamed.
"Yeah, Victoria wants to kill me, because she wants to do the whole mate for a mate thing. Jacob and the rest of the pack have been keeping her away from me, next time they might kill her." I said proud of my werewolf best friend.
"Jacob and his pack?" Alice asked, I rolled my eyes even though she couldn't see them.
"Yeah, the Jacob and his pack of werewolves." I said sighing. I missed the days where Jacob wasn't trying to save me from Victoria.
"You hang out with werewolves!" Alice exclaimed like it was the worst thing ever.
"Yeah, it's not like it's more dangerous than hanging out with vampires. They all have very good control, they would never hurt me." I said proudly but also stubbornly.
"Bella, why must you always befriend dangerous mythical monsters? Do you have any sense of when things are dangerous?" Alice sighed as though she was talking to a child, who just didn't get what she was trying to say.
"Hey, they're protecting me, and I've been friends with Jake's family since I was born. It's not my fault that they ended up being werewolves." I said not liking how she had been talking to me. I'm not a child that needs to be scolded.
"Fine, just be careful. You don't want to make a werewolf angry." Alice said sighing again. I had already known that.
"Alice, can I ask you something? You don't have to answer." I asked I just had to ask, if she was going to leave and I was never get to see her or talk to her again.
"Sure Bella, anything?" Alice said sweetly in her beautiful musical voice.
"Why did you really leave? I mean, is what Edward said really true, or were you all just trying to protect me?" I said trying to not cry. I needed to know, I couldn't keep going without knowing.
"Bella, we all loved you very much. I don't know what Edward told you before he left. But I left to protect you, and that's the same for Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, and Carlisle. Edward told us to leave you, so that you could have a normal, safe human life. We all agreed to do what we thought would be good for you. What did Edward tell you?" Alice asked.
"He told me that you had to leave because Carlisle looked about ten years younger than he was, and people were starting to notice. I thought he had been asking me to come with you. But he said that I couldn't and that he didn't love me. Was he telling the truth? I won't try to make you say or anything. I just need to know the truth." I said tears now forming in my eyes.
"Edward loved you, he still does. He can barely come by to see the family it hurts him too much. I'm so sorry he left you like that." Alice said sadness in her voice. I believed her and the first time in a long time I felt like I could breathe.
"Thank you Alice. I needed to hear that, if he finds out that you came. Make sure to tell him, that I forgive him, and that I want him to find someone else. Tell him that I want him to find happiness. Um, we shouldn't lose complete contact again. Maybe we could call each other sometimes, or email or something." I said wiping the tears from my eyes.
"Yeah, I'd like that. I'll give my email address and number to Jacob. Email or call me if you ever need to just talk." Alice said. I had a feeling that she had tried not to call him some rude name, for me.
"Okay, um… Good bye… I guess. Could you hand the phone to Jake, I have to make sure of a few things?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah I can do that. Good bye then. Call me sometime, or email." She sighed.
"Hey Bella, what's up?" Jacob asked in a worried tone.
"We should have Charlie stay here tonight too. I don't want him to be in the house alone." I said.
"I guess you're right about that? I'll have Billy talk him into it. But he won't do it much after that. I thought you were staying the week?" Jake said and I frowned, how was I going to get my dad to stay down the whole week.
"I'll talk him into it when I see him. Maybe being closer to the Clearwater's will help him with his decision. Have Billy take him there when he gets his clothes, so he's not alone. I don't want to take any chances. Also tell Billy to try to convince him with the week. We don't want him to have go back later for more cloths." I said working it out in my head.
"Okay, I'm sure Billy would do that. He cares about Charlie a lot." Jacob said. I smiled Billy's love for Charlie was like a brother's love. Charlie loved him just the same.
"Yeah, they are pretty awesome friends. Tell Billy thank you for me, will you?" I said jokingly. I could hear him chuckle and then I said, "Okay, I got to go. Please come back soon, don't be there too long." I said he sighed and said, "Fine." I sighed and hung up his house phone. Then I went and sat on the couch.
Jacob put my cell off hold, so I could hear the rest of what they say to each other. I leaned back trying to calm down. But I was nervous, I didn't like being alone. Through the phone I heard Alice ask, "Why is she staying at your house for a week?"
"She feels safer at my house. She plans to stay there until Victoria is dead. My dad, Billy is totally fine with it if it makes her safer. She wants Charlie there so that we don't have to guard both my house and this house while she's gone, and so that he's not alone in the house. WE plan to kill Victoria sometime in the next week." Jacob answered calmly.
"Why are you here then?" Alice questioned.
"Bella forgot her bag of stuff. She also wanted me to grab a few books for her to read, just in case she gets bored. Oh, and she needs her backpack, for school." Jacob said.
Alice sighed, "Can you get me a pen and paper so I can give her my number and email address?" she asked.
"Sure." Jacob answered and I heard him open a drawer and rummage through it. Then I heard him close the drawer, and grab a piece of paper from our stash by the microwave.
"Thank you." Alice said and a few seconds later she said, "There, give her that."
"Okay." Jacob said and then I heard a door being opened and then being slammed shut. Jacob sighed and said, "Well, now I just have to get your stuff, then I'll be right back."
I nodded even though he couldn't see me. I got up to change my place so that I lay across the couch. Trying to relax, it helped a little bit. On the phone that now laid in my hands on my stomach. I heard Jacob ask, "Is it okay if I just bring all of your books? You don't have that many and I don't know which ones you want." Then he realized I couldn't really answer him so he added, "Yeah, I'll just do that."
I rolled my eyes it was fine with me of course. He just knew that or didn't care. I smiled; it was totally something my Jacob would do. I think me being here, knowing, is helping him go back to my Jacob. I hoped that was true. I missed my Jacob, not that I didn't like this Jacob. But he was too serious all the time, he didn't smile enough.
Then he said, "Okay, I got all your books, I got your bag with cloths, but I can't find your school bag." Then I remembered that I had left it in my truck. I turned off the mute on my phone, sure that Alice would be gone by now.
"I just remembered that I left it in my truck. You can just get it out when you get here. Oh, and I'm totally fine with you just bringing all my books. As long as it's not going to make it harder to ride your bike back." I said.
"No, I found an extra backpack or something that can fit them all. I'll be fine." He said and I sighed, I hoped that that was true.
"Okay, then you got everything that I need. You can come back now." I said tense, I was nervous about being here alone. We didn't know where Victoria was right now.
"Okay, I'll leave now; I'll drive as fast as I can." He said then he said, "I'm gonna put my phone in my pocket while I'm driving. But I don't want you to hang up, or put yourself on mute. I want you to put it on speaker phone and talk. Just so that I can be sure that you're still safe over there."
"Okay, what do you want me to talk about?" I asked as I heard him open and close the door to my house.
"I don't know, tell me about your friends or your first day of school." He suggested.
"Um… okay I'll tell you about my friends. Jessica…"
Authors Note: I hope that you liked it. Just by the way, I do not own twilight or any of the characters from it. I know that you probably already know that, but I'm supposed to say that, so there. I probably won't say it again though, because you should know now, if you didn't before, that I do not own Twilight. Hope you liked it.