THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS FOR BELLA

A.N. Disclaimer, anything you may recognize... I don't own it. It mostly belongs to the wonderful mind of Mrs. Meyer

Chapter 1:

(Bella POV) It was an unusually hot day for the town of Forks, Washington. Edward had gone hunting with Emmett and Jasper while Alice and Rose went on a shopping trip in Alaska with Kate and Tanya. Carlisle had the night shift at the hospital so he and Esme spent the day just relaxing and reading. I was working on my final essay for English since it was due on Tuesday. After about an hour, Charlie came upstairs to tell me that he had a call from the station so he was going to see what was going on.

"Okay Dad. I am going to take a break from homework and go see Jake." I hope that Jake was not still mad about me telling him I would become a vampire after graduation.

"Sure thing Bells. Tell Jacob and Billy I said hi, and to continue keeping the kids at the rez out of the woods until we capture the bear." Of course, I knew there was not a bear, but Victoria on the hunt again. "I will Dad, and be careful." I said smiling at him. "Always am." he said as he closed the door behind him. I called Alice to let her know that I was going to La Push even though I knew she already knew that. Before I could finish dialing her number she called me.

"Hello Alice. I guess you saw that I was going to call to tell you I was going to the reservation." "Bella, please be careful. I don't want you to get hurt by those mutts, and you don't have to worry about Victoria right now. She won't be around for at least a few days. We will be back before she even comes close to Forks." Alice said in her beautiful bell tone. "Jake won't hurt me Alice, I assure you of that. I promise if I run into any trouble I will call you or Edward, okay?" "Alright Bella, I will see you soon. Bye." "Bye Alice." Well that was kind of different even for Alice. I wonder what she is buying on this shopping trip that warrants her to be so nice to me. She knows I hate surprises, so if she got me anything, maybe she is sucking up to me in advanced for it. Oh well. I grabbed my keys and headed out for the reservation.

I drove with the windows down, and enjoyed the warmth of sun. Naturally Billy heard me coming, and already had the door open waiting for me. "Hey Bella, Jake just ran to the store for me. He will be back in a few minutes. Why don't you come in and wait, or we can sit out here if you prefer?" Billy said with a cheerful tone. "I guess we can sit out here. It really is a nice day out for a change. Unusually hot for the first part of May.

"Oh, Charlie says hi, and to remind you to keep the kids here out of the woods." I said to him in 'this should go without saying' tone.

"Good ole' Charlie, always thinking of the safety of others." Billy said with a slight chuckle. Billy knew just as well as I did it wasn't a bear out there killing hikers, but a crazed redhead vampire hell bent on revenge for the death of her mate.

We passed the time by talking about how school was going, my pending graduation, and how many colleges I had applied to. Just as I was telling him about Dartmouth being Edward's doing Jake pulled up with the gallon of milk and sandwich meat Billy had asked for. "Hi Jake, how are you?" I asked shyly. "Hey Bells, I am doing okay. It's good to see you. So, you wanna hang out at the beach?" he said smiling my favorite Jacob smile. I guess he got over the shock of graduation. "Sure thing Jake. I did come out here to hang out with you after all."

We walked along First Beach just talking about the days we use to spend together when I was at my low point, and then he told me about when he chased Victoria to Canada, he met an interesting individual. A young woman about twenty years of age. "What's her name?" I asked in genuine curiosity.

"Jasmine. She is a very unique person. She is oddly half vampire half wolf. She said her mother was a shape shifter wolf and her father was a vampire. At first I didn't believe her, but then she told me the story her grandmother told her about the sparkling, marble like skin this man had, and how he wanted comfort after losing his mate. After Jasmine was born, her mother and her father died."

I let that sink in for a minute, then I stopped in my tracks. "Vampires can't have children. It is impossible." I could not believe what I was hearing. Jake was not one for making up wild stories, so I knew he was telling me what he believed to be the truth.

"Bells, she is the fastest wolf I have ever met. Not even Leah is as fast as Jasmine. She was a blur in both wolf and human form. I could not believe my eyes at how fast Jasmine really is." he said in awe.

He went on to tell me how she was living around Seattle, just North really, and how she heard of the murders and disappearances. She could not find the one responsible for it, but was hell bent on trying to stop it though. So it sounded like we had ally in Seattle if it came down to a battle, that was a good thing. Just as we were heading back to Jake's house my phone rang. "Hold on Jake, it's Charlie. Hi Dad, what's going on?"

"Bells, I have to go to Seattle to help with an investigation." Charlie said.

"Oh, okay. Well, be careful. You know with all the murders and what not out there I worry about you coming home safe." I was now concerned.

"I always am safe kiddo, but I do appreciate your concerns." I was obvious to Charlie as well that I was concerned.

"Okay. Love you Dad."

"I love you too. Bye" he said back ending the call. "Bye."

"So, where is Charlie off to now?" Jake asked with the usual concern. "He is headed off to the Seattle area to help with a case involving a shooter that lives near Forks." I said with some concern in my voice as well. It did ease both of our minds that Jasmine was up that way, but still it was cause for alarm in both of us.

"Well Jake, it is getting kind of late, shall we head back so I can get home to finish up my homework?" He grinned then nodded as we walked back up to his house. Billy was once again sitting outside, but this time he had Sue Clearwater with him. She had seen my truck sitting out in front and wanted to say hello to me before I headed back home.

Sue was a very sweet woman, and she was kind of nervous when Seth was around the Cullens. She knew they would not hurt him, but still it is the protective mother vibe that I could understand in her. She asked that I pass along a hello to Charlie, and to say that she would bring some of Harry's famous fish fry over the next day. Sue was a real trooper since Harry's death. She knew how much Charlie loved Harry's fish fry, and he was the only one she would make it for. I told her I would pass along the info and greeting, then I waved to all of them as I pulled away from Jake's house.

The drive home was one of deep thought as I had wondered what kind of case Charlie would run into near Seattle, knowing that there were several unsolved disappearances and murders. I got home in the usual amount of time, and started to make dinner and as the chicken baked in the oven, I started in on my homework once again. I was almost finished with the essay for English when the timer for the chicken went off. I closed my book, pulled the chicken out of the oven, and moved my homework to the coffee table in the living room just as Charlie came into the door. "Hey Dad, was there anything you could do to help out with that Seattle case?" I asked trying to make small talk. "I sure did. Do you remember that bank in Port Angeles that was robbed about three months ago?" I nodded, "Well it turns out that the cousin of the suspect lives just outside of Port Angeles between here and there, and he decided to do the right thing, and turn his cousin in. The suspect lives just on the outskirts of Seattle, so I went to assist in the warrant for his arrest." he said with a satisfied look on his face. "How about you? Did you have a good time hanging out with Jacob today?" "Yeah, I did. Sue Clearwater told me to tell you hello, and that she will be bringing some of Harry's famous fish fry to you tomorrow. It's nice that she makes it for you." I said as I took a bite of my dinner. "That's nice of her" he said around a mouthful of chicken. The rest of the time was sat in silence, and then after dinner I cleared the table, did the dishes, then headed up to my room to finish my homework before bed.