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Chapter 2

Jacob's POV

I watched as Bella drove away. She was off to save that bloodsucker and there was nothing I could do to stop her. I stood in her front yard long after the car had disappeared. I couldn't will my feet to move. I had tried and I had failed.

Anger rippled through me as I thought of her running off to save her stupid leech. Why couldn't she see that I was the one for her? He had left her, had broke her almost beyond repair. When she had first come to me, she was a ghost of herself. Lately, she acted more like the Bella I had grown to love. I'd like to think I had something to do with that. Apparently that didn't matter to her though. She was still running off to save him and she had left me here.

I had begged and pleaded but it didn't matter. Her mind was set and I couldn't change it. She wanted him, not me. Yeah, she had said she loved me and she had kissed me but what did that mean? Not enough for her to stay.

I thought I almost had her too. In the kitchen she had leaned in. She had wanted me to kiss her. I could tell. Then that stupid phone rang. God dammit, why did I answer? I should have just let it ring. She would have kissed me and then she'd still be here, with me, where she belongs.

I was angry again. My body started shaking and I ran towards the trees before I could phase where I might be spotted. I made it into the cover of the forest before I exploded. Instantly, I could feel the others' thoughts in my head. They could see everything that had just happened.

Shit, man, that sucks. Quil was the first to say something.

Everyone else started throwing their thoughts around and I couldn't stand it. I tried to block them out and stop thinking about what had just happened until I got home. Luckily, I was fast and it didn't take me long.

I phased back and ran into the house and into my room. I shut the door and laid down on the bed. Closing my eyes as my thoughts came crashing in around me.


When I woke, light was shining in my window. I had slept the night away. Although I was rested I couldn't make myself move. I didn't want to get up and face everyone. The pack knew Bella was gone and that was the last thing I wanted to think about. Unfortunately, it was the only thing I could focus on.

Bella had run away to save that filthy bloodsucker. She had run to Italy and who knew if she'd come back alive. I had no idea who the Volturi were or what they were capable of but I knew they were bad. The look of fear in both Bella and that little pixie leech's eyes were enough to tell me that nothing good could come from the Volturi.

Edward, even in my head his name was said with disdain, had run off to be killed. Good riddance! The world would be better off without him. Too bad Bella didn't think that way.

Bella. The feel of her soft lips against mine played through my mind. She had kissed me before she sped off to save that pathetic leech. What did that mean? Did I still have a chance? It was wishful thinking but it's all I had to hold on to. With the thought that Bella could still end up being mine, I finally pushed myself out of bed to face reality.


Three days had past and still no word from Bella. She had promised to call me as soon as she got back. How long does it take to rescue someone from the Volturi and fly back from Italy? She should be back anyday now right? What if something horrible had happened to her? What if she was dead? Or even worse, changed? I refused to think of Bella as a vampire and tried to push the thought from my mind.

Don't worry man. I'm sure she's fine. Embry's voice filled my thoughts. If you're so worried why don't you run by Forks on your way back home? Our patrol's almost over anyway.

Good idea, I thought. It was one I already had. I had taken to running by Bella's house every night she was gone hoping for some sign that she might be back and had just forgotten to call.

The lights were off in every room of her house but there was an unrecognizable car in her driveway. I thought I caught a wiff of bloodsucker on the wind and thanked God that I was downwind so whoever it was couldn't smell me. I walked as close to her house as I dared, listening closely. There were two hearts beating inside. A slow rhymthic beat, I could only guess was Charlie fast asleep, and a fast almost nervous beat that I hoped was Bella's.

All of a sudden Bella's bedroom light came on and I saw her. How cute she looked even all disheveled from travelling. I smiled to myself, clearly glad that she was alive. The next second, my smile faded as I realized she wasn't alone.

Bella sat down on her bed and her filthy bloodsucker sat next to her and pulled her close to him. She laid her head on his shoulder and my world came crashing down.

She was back with him.

That was the only thing my mind could comprehend at that particular moment. Bella was back and her leech was with her and they were together.

I couldn't take it any longer. I turned and sped off into the forest, unsuccessfully containing a howl of dispair.