DISCLAIMER!! --- Unfotunately, I am not creative enough to dream up such amazing charachters. Ms. Meyer owns all of them.
Jacob Black
He awoke with a start to the voices in his head. They had been there on and off all night long, but now that they were speaking to him it was different.
"Jake! Wake up! What do you think you are doing? You can't leave the pack right now, we still need you! What is your problem?!?"
He sat up, rubbing his eyes and trying to get a handle on what exactly was happening. That must've been Leah yelling at him. She was very bossy and whiny, and Jacob didn't really know how Sam had ever stood her.
Two waves of anger hit him, one from Sam and one from Leah. Both of them were extremely touchy about their past involvement; no one ever spoke of it around them, but with Leah now a memember of the pack, it was definitely a hot topic for gossip.
Sam quickly got over his anger and tried to reason with Jacob. "Alright, here's the deal: You are going to have to come back eventually. The pack needs you, because you're one of our best fighters. I want to be sympathetic about all this stuff with Bella, but we really need you here. It's not safe to have the pack separated, especially since we've had such bad luck with the bloodsuckers lately."
"I can't come back yet Sam. It's to hard...she's marrying him...and as much as I love her, I don't think I can even stand to be in the same town as her right now. The thought repulses me. I mean, after the wedding, she'll be one of them, no turning back. After that, I know I won't be able to be near her. She won't be my Bella anymore, she'll be a monster with really bad body odor."
"What about after the wedding?" Leah asked.
"What?"
"Well, if he's going to...let's say... "do the deed"...after the wedding, then they're going to have to leave. By biting her they break the treaty, right? They won't have a choice. So will you come back then, after they're gone?"
For a minute, Jacob was speechless. 'Do the deed?' That was how she wanted to describe it? That made it sound like they were going to...Ugh! He couldn't think about THAT, it made him sick to his stomach. He was going to kill her! Take her whole life away from her, without any chance of turning back. Her whole future was gone. Any hope of a college education, a job, a house, kids...and... love with him would be gone. He was suddenly furious.
"I really don't know right now, Leah. The future is pretty hazy, and if you don't mind, I'd rather not think about him "doing the deed." I can't believe you would even say something like that to me!"
She began to apologize, but he didn't hear her. He was already changing back to his human form, too upset to talk to Sam and too ready to throttle Leah to even think about her.
When he was fully human and dressed, he looked around and took him his surroundings. There wasn't much to see; he was surrounded by tree's and small bushes.The dawning sun broke through the branches and lit the forest, making Jacob squint. In his head, he began to form an idea of what he was going to do. He needed to find food, more than anything, because he hadn't eaten in several hours, and werewolves were for some reason always hungry. He also needed to figure out where he was going to go. When he had first started running, he had only wanted to get away. It probably wasn't the greatest decision he had ever made, but after reading the invitation to Bella's wedding and the note from Edward, he had to do it. He couldn't stay there knowing she was with him, and going to the wedding was certainly not an option. Jacob had done the only thing he could think of...he just should've put a little more thought into it. Now he had no place to stay, no food, and no idea where he was. He was pretty much screwed.
Bella Swan
Her tears trickled down her face as she cried into her pillow. Bella didn't understand how this was happening. Everything had been going perfectly lately. All of the wedding plans were made; her dress was beautiful, the bridesmaids and groomsmen were set, and she had even managed to get a blessing from both of her parents, after promising them she was still going to college, even though deep down she knew she wouldn't be doing it that fall. But this was not part of the plans. He was not supposed to leave. He was not supposed to -
"Oh!"
The cold granite arms that were now wrapped around her had startled her, making her jump, even though the touch was welcome and familiar. She twisted herself in his hold so that she was facing him, her face in his chest.
"So he just left? No goodbye or anything?" Edward asked.
"Billy said he got angry.It seems..." she was hesitant to mention this part, because she wasn't sure she wanted the explanation she needed. "He...opened our wedding invitation. But I seem to remember asking you not to send one to him..."
His already hard body stiffened, although he didn't release her. "I felt that it needed to be done. I wasn't going to at first...but then I decided that if I was in his position, I would want the option to go. I mentioned that in the note I sent."
Sadness coursed though her body, making her curl up in his arms, sobbing. He was perfect, too perfect. She should be angry at him; he had gone against her wishes, doing something she specifically asked him not to. But what he did made so much sense that she could be mad, despite the harm he unintentionally caused.
"I just wish I knew where he went..." Bella whispered, trying to dry her tears. "I guess I could ask the pack if they know, but I doubt they're to happy with me because of all of this. "
"He'll come back, love. He can't stay away from you forever. He's to infatuated with you, and with good reason."
Bella just nodded and curled up closer to her Greek God. An idea was forming in her head about how to find Jake. If she could just bite the bullet and talk to Sam, then she could find out where he went, or at least where he had been. Hopefully he hadn't gone far yet, and she could go after him and convince him to return. Surely she could talk some sense into him. It wouldn't be hard to do, but she was going to have to convince Edward. H would let her, she knew, but he wouldn't be happy about it.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the buzzing of Edward's cell phone, which he swiftly pulled out of his pocket and answered.
"Hello?"
Bella could hear a high voice speaking quickly on the other line; it had to be Alice.
"Are you sure?"
His face hardened at what Alice said in reply.
"Alright then. I'll figure it out." He snapped the phone shut and looked down at Bella.
"Was that Alice?" she asked him.
"Yes...So how long do you think you'll be gone?"
"Wha...What do you mean?"
"Well, she said that you had made a decision to go find Jacob. I just wondered how long that would be. I don't mind, but if you think it's going in interfere with the wedding, then I would like to know."
Guilt flooded her. He shouldn't have had to find out like that, it wasn't fair. But she had been about to tell him; Alice had just beaten her to it...
"I swear, it won't interfere with the wedding. I won't let that happen. If it interferes with the wedding, then it interfere's with you changing me. And I am definitely not letting that happen. You've made me wait long enough for that." she promised.
He sighed. "I wish you weren't so hell bent on that. Really, you would just do one year of college, I'm sure you would love it. You might not get the chance to do it again for several years, and by then you might not even want to, so maybe you should just try it now."
She laughed and shook her head. "Don't even try. It's useless. We are getting married. We are going to have a proper wedding night and a honeymoon, and then we are coming home and you are changing me. And then after three days of excruciating pain, we will live happily ever after." She leaned up and kissed to tip of his nose to make her point more clear.
He sighed again, defeated. "Fine. I can see I'm not going to change your mind. But that doesn't mean I won't keep trying. Remember that. When are you going to leave?"
"Probably tomorrow," she replied. "I'll go see the pack and then head out, if they give me the information that I need."
Edward stared at her for a long moment, and then pulled her even closer in a crushing hug. "Be careful. I'm going to give you my cell phone so you can keep in touch and keep me posted." He smiled her favorite crooked smile. "Also, you should probably bring First Aid and some crutches just in case, since I won't be there to save you. And maybe before you leave you could print off some fliers to hang up on the sidewalk, advertising your lost puppy."
She looked at him indignantly and tried in vain to escape his grip.
"Oh, no, I'm not letting you go!" He exclaimed. "If I have to give you up tomorrow to go find your lost dog, then I'm spending every second I can with you tonight." He ran his fingers though her hair and lightly pressed his cold lips to hers, making her dizzy. "Go to sleep love." He whispered in her ear. "You've had a long day, and tomorrow is probably going to be harder." He began humming her lullaby, and eventually she drifted to sleep.
A/N:
I was sitting talking to a friend about Twilight, and this idea got randomly spurted out, and I decided to make a FF. You may not like it, but I don't care. I think it's funny. Of course, you don't know what I'm talking about yet, because it doesn't come until the next chapter. Haha.
Also, kudos to you if you know where the title came from.
