Chapter one: Back To Forks

The sunset had been painted over by a black sky. Music that thumped with Bella's heartbeat became overshadowed by the traffic's cries. Seconds later, she felt nothing, heard not a sound. Eyelids dropped, but no sleep. Trembling lips blocked everything she wanted to ask. Bella pictured throwing herself in Edward's arms and admiring how his skin glittered in the sunlight. If her life didn't end today, it would end at some point. Fingers hugging onto her seat belt and just for a second it was Edward Cullen.

"Alice, are you sure they don't hate me?"

"Of course," Alice replied.

It had to be fibs, if she hadn't have fallen in love with Edward, none of this would have happened. If she had stuck with the school friends she liked, she wouldn't be in this situation. Despite this, life without Edward was unimaginable. What they had was so perfect. The only chance she had to claim it back, and she was too slow. When you make a mistake, you think about it, and see what you could to make sure it didn't happen again. And Bella reflected on them mistakes. The string of mistakes that made Edward do it. It wasn't just one mistake or a little one: it was a string of errors.

All the reckless things she did just to imagine Edward. He gave her a clear demand not to do anything that could harm her, he even said it would be the last time she would ever see her. In a way, he kept his promise, but Bella broken hers. And then the intense thrill she got when she jumped off the cliff. Inside the beautiful ocean, she hallucinated Edward again, and she didn't want that image to leave her. When Alice foresaw it, that was what made Edward flip.

Acknowledging her part of Edward's death, she yelled aggressively and cried like a child begging for help.

"BELLA!" Alice gasped and pulled over and crawled over to Bella. "Don't cry, everything is going to be fine."

"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?" Bella roared. "Edward asked me to do one thing, and I disobeyed him. Because of me, he's dead. I'm going to live with that for the rest of my life. You can't sugarcoat this, Alice. I wanna die now."

"Don't say that!"

"It's the truth..."

"I don't want you to say that. Have you forgotten what I said?" Alice cupped Bella's face and laughed with, "Edward's death isn't going to end your future. He's still with you, and he'll watch over you. I like you a lot Bella, and it's not nice to see you like this. We'll be there for you. And it doesn't matter if the rest of my family hate You – you've always got me."

"I feel better a little."

"We're almost there, Jacob and Charlie are waiting for you." Alice gave Bella one loving hug, she didn't care that Bella squeezed her too tight. It was going to take a while, but Bella would be saved. Bella's arms slipped back to her side. Her head tilted to the window. Her cheeks damp with silent tears.

The rain tickled the roof, then splattered on the floor. The dripping of the sky kept Bella's eyes wide open. Bella could see her house coming closer to her. Standing on the doorstep, was a tall hunky guy with short pitch-dark hair. It was her friend, Jacob Black. The werewolf who tried to stop Bella reaching Edward. As soon as their eyes met, he launced himself to the veichle, opened the door closest to Bella and embraced her in vicious grip.

"Bella," he breathed huskilly. "Why are crying?" He turned over, glaring at the driver as he gritted his teeth. "What have you done to her?" Jacob sneered at Alice in a sharp voice.

Not wanting Jacob to pin it on Alice, she screamed loudly, "EDWARD'S DEAD!"

The way she screamed vibrated Jacob away for a minute. He held his fingers onto Bella's palm. "Good riddance," Jacob muttered.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" roared Bella. She reached over to him, then slapped him. "If you hadn't have stopped me Jacob, I could have saved Edward in time!"

"I was did because I cared about you. He hurt you. He would only hurt you again."

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Bella squealed. "Edward is my life. I'm nothing without Edward."

"You're wrong," Jacob snapped without a second thought. "You're beautiful, you're funny, considerate and a joy to hang around with. You don't need Edward to be that, and you've proved it before."

"I agree," Alice said.

"Even your bloodsucking friend agrees with me." All three of them remained silent, including Bella. Her head turned to Jacob and Alice in many directions until her eyes rolled on the floor.

"Let's go home," Bella whimpered.

~*~

Alice and Jacob didn't want to be under the same roof as each other, niehter did they want to leave Bella alone. It was almost a competition to see who could do a better job at protecting Bella. She was fast asleep, but there was an urge for her to be watched. In case she did something stupid. They knew how much danger she's gotten into since moving to Forks.

"You've got a lot a lot of nerve coming here, you know that?" Jacob whispered.

"Please don't make this worse for Bella, you dog?" Alice told Jacob. "I think we should set our differences aside."

"Your family are the reason she's like this," Jacob barked.

"Edward wouldn't have gone that far if you said Charlie was at a funeral," Alice reminded him. " But let's not put the finger on people, think about it. We're both close friends with Bella, and it wouldn't be fair for her to see us hating each other at a time like this. We should be there for her."

"So you lot can drink her blood?" Jacob hissed. "Make her a monster?"

"We won't force her to do anything, whatever she wants to be is entirely her decision."

"Then you guys will break her heart again, just like Edward did."

"I think," Alice gulped, as if she didn't want to say it, but knew she had to. "It be great if both our families could make peace with each other.

"Don't get any stupid ideas," Jacob warned her. "I'm only doing this for Bella's sake."

"So am I," said with more enthusiasm.

Bella approached the pair of them like a zombie in a maze. "C-can you... both... stay a little longer?"

In unison Alice and Jacob nodded and replied, "sure."


End of chapter one.

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