JACOB

i was sitting on the couch in Sams living room. we were all there. we were talking about what we were going to do with this vampire walking around forks. Bella had told us the leech was after her, which gave us even more incentive to catch it. i phone started to ring and Quill made some rude comment about it being bella, i throw a pillow at him as i answered

'hello'

'Jacob black?' a mans voice said

'yeah this is he, who's this?'

'my name is Mark Monaches i work with charlie' i heard the name choke up at the name.

'yeah, what can i do for you?'

'you havent heard have you?'

'heard what?'

'charlie swan was murdered last night' my breath faltered

'oh god' was all i said. bella, oh poor bella, oh god what happened? everyone was quiet in the room as they looked at me. tears formed in my eyes

'what happened?' i asked softly

'we dont know. all we know is that his daughter found him'

'oh jesus christ' i said standing 'is she okay? what do you mean you dont know?'

'Jacob, bellas refusing to let charlie go. his body was found in her bedroom, i found them several hours ago and i have tried to get bella to talk or to let go of' he faltered i could hear the pain in his voice 'the body' he whispered 'but i cant, she screams when ever we go near him. i would call Edward Cullen but i dont know where they are. can you help? can you talk to her?' what the hell was i suppose to say? bella found charlie dead, how could i ever get her to overcome that?

'i'll be there soon' i said running out the door not bothering to even look back at the others.

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i walked into the house and saw everyone. there had to be hundreds. people were crying others looked like investigators and were asking questions. i went to go upstairs but was stopped by a big man. he was wearing a cop uniform but i didnt recognise him. i looked at the patch and saw seattle police department on the logo. of cause seattle police would be here, a cop is murdered in his own home

'cant go up there son' the man said i a heavily southern accent

'let him through' i looked up to see mark at the top of the stairs. 'thank god your here' he said. the man looked like crap. it was then that i realised he was now Police chief. wow, sux to be him, i thought, everyone in this town loved charlie, and their gonna hate who ever takes his job.

'shes in her bedroom, she still has charlie and other then screaming at us to get out and leave her and charlie she hasnt said a word' i looked to bellas room. it didnt have the same light that it usually held. it didnt have to same smell. i dreaded every step i took to get to the door and the sight i saw was far worse the i imagined.

bella sat on the floor at the end of her bed. she was covered head to toe in blood, i knew it wasnt her blood as i could see charlie. it looked like he had lost all the blood in his body. it was all over the room. bella had tears falling down her face and she staring into nowhere with her arms wrapped around charlie. i started to cry. oh god, how will she ever recover from this? i steeled myself and walked forward.

'bella' i whispered i didnt want to startle her

'bella?' i knelt down near her 'baby' i said. 'it jake' my name seemed to get to her. she looked up

'jake?' she whispered, i could barely hear her and i had werewolf hearing

'yeah bells its me' i smiled as she looked at me

'i tried' she said looking back at charlie

'tried what sweetheart?'

'i tried to save him, i tried to do cpr but it didnt work' her voice cracked at the end. i wondered how long she had been alone with her dead father, how long had she tried to save him?

'i know you did baby' i said i moved to her side and placed my arms around her

'he's not here is he' the tears fell down her face again. her voice squeaked

'no baby, hes not here anymore' she broke and held her father closer

'why did he leave?' she cried 'he's all i have'

'no babe, you go me' i said. i was quiet for a long moment. i knew what i had to say, but i didnt know how to word it in a way that would get to bella.
'they need charlie bella' i said watching my best friend slow crack

'no' she snapped and she pulled charlie closer

'sweetheart, do you want to find out who did this?' it took her a few moments but eventually she nodded 'then they need charlie' she looked up at me and said a simple sentence that broke my heart

'but if i let him go, then hes gone and im alone?' it seemed she was asking me a question, but i didnt know how to answer it. charlie was all she had left. renee was happily married and living a life without her, the leeches were gone, what was she going to do?

'bells hes already gone. now charlie would want you to let go, so they can find out who did this. and angel you will never be alone, you have me, billy and the whole town' she looked at me with searching eyes. it took her along time, but eventually bella let go of charlie. as she stood she fully broke and i wrapped my arms around her. i lifted her and carried her down stairs as bella cried into my chest. sam and the rest of the pack were waiting outside, my car was there and the door was open.

''we'll take her to my place, emilys geting to spare bedroom done up' i simply nodded and got in the back seat. i knew bella wasnt going to let go of me anytime soon, so i held her on my lap, and rubbed her back as she cried. i wondered how long she could cry. i never saw her cry when the leech left. god, i thought, how much can one girl endure?'

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we got bella to the house where Leah, Sue and Emily were all waiting. with some pleading and promising bella let go of me and went to emily. the girls took her upstairs and gave her a shower. i hoped she might be alittle better after the shower

'what happened?' sam asked as soon as the girls were gone.

'i dont know, bella wont talk'

'what does bella have to talk about?' quill asked confused

'bella found charlie, i think just after it happened as she was covered in his fresh blood, that is now dry.'

'poor thing' sam said

'who did it?' jared asked

'a leech' i answered and watched the horror on their faces.

'how do you know?' sam asked

'i smelt the room, its the same leech thats been around here, what did bella called her, victoria? it was definitely the same cent' i collapsed on the lounge ignoring it grown under my weight.

'oh shit' was all seth could say and that seemed to be all anyone could say. we had failed charlie and bella. i had failed them. i spent so much time telling bella that she would be safe and now i had failed.

it took almost 20minutes for the girls to come back down stairs.

'shes in the room' Sue said. she had tear stains down her face

'does she want me?' i asked standing

'no. she wants him' emily said walking over and holding sam. emily had a pained expression on her face, she really liked bella

'well he's not here' sam snapped

'no he's not' i said softly i walked up stairs to find bella crawled into a ball in the middle of the bed. she wasnt asleep but it was like she was no longer bella. no longer the ball of life i met almost a year ago on the beach. how could i help her? i could hear bella moaning something. i walked forward to find it was his name she was moaning. the one moment she needed the leech and he wasnt here. i walked over to the bed and held bella in my arms

'its okay bella'

'edward?' she asked with hope in her voice

'its jake baby' i said

'oh. my jake' she added as she pulled herself to me.