Loyalty
BPOV
"Please don't go!" Jacob cried, throwing his arms around my waist and holding me gently. "Please!"
I felt tears falling down my cheeks, and I turned away from his view. I knew how he must have felt. Betrayed. The way that I felt when Edward left me. But that was going to change soon. I would see him again. I was sure of it.
"I have to." I whispered, looking down at the hard pavement of our driveway. "Edward is in trouble. I must go with Alice." I felt ashamed that I was leaving Jacob like this, but I knew that it was the right thing to do. When I got back from Italy, if I got back from Italy, I would apologize to Jacob.
"Come on!" Alice shouted to me, her eyes narrowed. "We must hurry!"
Jacob slowly let go of me, tears starting to glisten in his eyes as well. "Please Bella…" He mumbled quietly.
"I'm so sorry. I really am." I pushed myself free of his grasp and quickly opened the car door. Alice grabbed my wrist and pulled me onto the leather seat impatiently. I was ready.
Before we could pull out of the driveway, another car glided on the rough concrete, blocking our path. It was a dark red Volvo. A wave of fear made me shiver as I cautiously glanced out of the rear view mirror. I couldn't see anyone. I turned to look at Alice, but surprisingly, she wasn't there. I threw open the car door swiftly, and was greeted by the sounds of people arguing.
"No." I heard Alice protest. "Absolutely not. Do you guys have any idea how dangerous Volterra is?"
"As a matter of a fact, we do." A strong, low voice replied. My eyes widened when I realized who that voice belonged to. Emmett.
"Then why in the world do you want to come? It's bad enough that Edward, Bella, and I are risking our lives by going. Now you two want to come as well?"
"Bella's coming?" A soft, gentle voice that I recognized as Jasper's asked, full of surprise and frustration. "Whatever for? She wouldn't stand a chance against one of them."
"That may be true." Alice agreed. "But there is no other way to convince Edward that she is still alive. We must act now, or else it will be to late."
I heard Emmett give a loud, exhasperated sigh.
"Listen, Alice." Jasper softly rested his hand on Alice's shoulder. "It will be hard to remain inconspicuous with Bella accompanying us. If it was just us three, we fight even stand a chance in a fight. Besides, with Edward there, that would be four. I know that Edward wouldn't believe us, but there has to be some way of convincing him. There has to be."
Now it was Alice's turn to sigh. She looked deep into Jasper's eyes. "I wouldn't be able to stand losing you. When I'm in Italy, I need to know that you are safe, and that you are not in any danger."
"But what about yourself?" Jasper pleaded. "I wouldn't be able to stand losing you. I need to be with you."
It took me a while to realize that Emmett wasn't part of the conversation. He had gracefully made his way into the car, and was now staring at me. "Bella." Emmett whispered, so quietly that I could barely hear his voice. "It would be a lot better if you stayed in Forks. We can go find Edward by ourselves."
"No way." I shook my head with determination. "I am going to Italy. No compremises."
"But what about your friend?" Emmett asked, tilting his head towards Jacob, who, until now, I hadn't noticed had been standing blankly and emotionlessly near the front door of my house. "He seems pretty sad. Why don't you stay with him?"
I wanted to stay with Jacob, I really did. But I had been longing to see Edward for such an incredibly long time. Since Emmett didn't seem to be giving in to my decision, I decided to try a different angle at how I was approaching the challenging situation. "Even if I didn't come." I pondered, watching as Emmett's frown started to lift. "How would you guys be able to convince Edward that I was still alive?"
"We could manage." Emmett grimaced, and from the looks of his expression, I could tell that he had a rather violent idea in mind. I was about to tell Emmett how I was just curious and that I had no intentions what so ever of staying behind when Alice popped her head in through the car door.
"Okay, Bella." Alice told me, looking rather authorative. "We've decided on the plan." Jacob gave a pittiful little sigh from the entrance way, but Alice just glared at him. "You are going to stay in Forks."
"Who's we?" I demanded, realizing that I was practically shouting now. "There is no way that I, the cause of this whole mess, is going to let Edward go kill himself!"
"You don't really have much of a choice." Alice stated. "We are going to go get Edward out of this mess, one way or the other. You are the most vulnerable to any vampire compared to us."
I didn't have much time to protest, because the next thing I knew, I was watching the two cars quickly speed away down the road.