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I woke up with a strange anxiety. I couldn't explain it. Something big was going to happen today and I had a gut feeling it wouldn't be good. I slid into a pair of faded blue jeans and a baby blue sweater before heading out. I skipped breakfast, the tight feeling in my gut had left me without an appetite.
I looked forward to seeing Jake. He always made me feel better. I checked my watch as I approached the bench where he had asked me to meet him. I was early. Really early. Jake wouldn't be here for a good half hour. I gazed out at the beach from the overlook. I loved this bench. We had spent so many afternoons on this cliff. Well, at least it felt that way, it had, after all, only been a few weeks.
I heard something coming from the forest. I got up and started to go towards the sound which I instantly pegged as Jake's voice. "No! I can't just leave and not tell her anything." I froze. Leave? What was he talking about?
"I have to talk to her first!...Well, I don't know! But I have to say something!...No, of course not the truth, I wouldn't want to upset her..." I took a step back. No.
This wasn't happening. Not again. Jacob wouldn't...He HAD to be talking about someone else. There HAD to be more to the situation. "I know you can't understand what I have with Bella but..." he stopped and sighed. "I'll take care of it okay?...I know, I know..." He said his goodbyes and hung up his phone.
As he stood there, leaning against the trees, his head drooped. "God, I hope she doesn't hate me." I decided it would be easier if he didn't think I had over heard him. I went back to my seat and tried to appear nonchalant.
It was only because I knew what was going to happen that I could see past his smile. I couldn't believe what was happening.
"Hey Bells." I tried not to grimace at the nickname.
"Hey Jake. How are you?" I was as collected as I could make myself be, which, me being me, wasn't very much. He saw right through me.
"I'm fine. Are you?" This time I actually managed a pretty decent response.
"I'm fine. What do you have planned for today?" I grinned. He had gotten really good and pulling off all kinds of little surprises.
"Um...actually I have some news." I crumbled. I had almost convinced myself I had misunderstood. The look on his face told me that this wasn't something light. I braced for the worst.
"I have to leave for a little bit." he averted his eyes from mine, focusing instead on my hand, rubbing it lightly with his thumb as he was in the habit of doing.
"Oh?" my voice cracked. "Where are you going? Will you be back soon?" I struggled to blink away the tears that threatened to fall as he said that he couldn't tell me where he was going and that he wasn't sure when he'd be back or if he would at all.
"When do you leave?" I queried.
"Now...I'm really sorry Bells, I'll be back the second I can...But I can't promise it'll be anytime soon."
"I understand," I muttered, even though I had no idea what I had possibly done to deserve this.
He cupped my cheek in his hand and kissed me gently, muttering goodbye into my hair. He had taken all of three steps away from me when he turned back around. "Do me a favor, Bella."
"What is it Jacob?" I couldn't imagine what he could possibly want from me. I had given him everything I could...apparently it hadn't been enough. What did he want now?
"Be safe. Okay? Don't do anything stupid...Don't fall into the ocean or anything." He managed a weak smile.
Something inside me died. The hole came back. All of my carefully built walls came crashing down. My breath hitched in my throat. I doubled over. I had lost Edward and now Jacob. Deep love, light love, all of it gone. My mascara ruined my sweater as I sobbed.
Jacob ran over and put an arm around me. "Whats wrong? What did I say?" he sounded hurt but I didn't care right then. I struggled out of his warm embrace and ran into the forest. I tripped and fell, continuing to cry as the pain surged through me. Fire and ice ripping through my chest, tearing it open. The oh-so-perfectly-stitched seems came apart as memories of both Edward and Jacob ran through my mind.
Somewhere far away a short pixie-like girl opened her eyes, and gasped. She fumbled through her pocket, and yanked out a small, silver phone. She flipped it open, and clumsily dialed her brother's familiar number. After hearing the phone ring several times, she finally heard the sound she was waiting for.
"Hello?" An alluring male voice replied.
"Edward, I just had a vision." The stunned, pained tone of her voice scared him, and his own voice shook as he asked what was wrong. He hadn't heard her like this in a really long time."Bella's hurt. I saw her in the forest, sobbing. Somethings very, very wrong, Edward."
The beautiful boy set his teeth and ran out the door at a frightening speed.
