Part One of Chapter Sixteen continued.

(VPOV)

"A fight? What about..Vincent?"

"Like I said, privately, please. No offense to your pack I'm just sensitive. Don't want them to see me down and distraught."

The whole pack seemed to snarl at me at once...which was I must admit a little disturbing. They didn't scare me though, not me.

"Yeah right. We're not letting you anywhere near him alone." said the boy with the muscles and immature face. Jacob, his son.

" It's alright guys, I've been alone with them before, we have a treaty remember? If he does anything fishy you'll have free rain to kick his.."

"Are you crazy? Billy, no you can't!"

Oh no,I was so consumed by not staring at her that I forgot to make sure my powers were still in tact and she'd be tongue tied. I shivered, however impossible that is. She couldn't reveal what was going on, not to them, not yet.

"Bella ? How do you even know who this guy is?"

"We go to school together Jake. He's in class with me! And-!"

" And what? Bella, Bella are you okay?"

I snapped out of my trance and re enabled so to speak my power on her ability to speak of me. She couldn't , again.

"Yeah...I just.. I'm sorry I think I'm tired, I don't know what I was saying just now.."

While Jacob was prodding Bella about her well being, the pack agreed to give Billy and I some space, but they'd be watching, they'd said. As if they'd even needed to say that.

"Alright now, what is it?"

" My father.. he's .. he's going to be getting himself into some trouble. I thought maybe you could talk to him, make him see that he doesn't need to go to Volterra."

"You mean that place where the vampire leaders are? Why is he going there? Aren't they kind of crazy?

"You could say that...I don't know if he's told you about the creatures he brought into our home-"

"The fairie children? Yes, he said that they were seeking refuge from their Queen, and he was helping them, trying to find them a new place to go but that they liked him, and wanted to help him in some of his own endeavors. "

"Endeavors? He plans to overthrow the most murderous vampires alive and exact revenge on them for an old friend he let down years and years ago. He wants my help, and my siblings'. He wants to risk all our lives."

"Hmm, sounds to me like he's trying to be heroic, but he could just be dumb, and if he lost against them.."

"They would end us all. My whole family."

Part Two.

(Bpov)

When the room stopped spinning I relaized immediately where I was. Jacob's living room. The old couch, the Tv with the antennas. The radio playing quietly in the backround. It sounded like classic rock. I lifted my head up, slowly and thought that I was alone. What just happened?

I remembered being around the bon fire, Billy telling the tribe's most secret stories,and then someone else came up to us...

All at once I remembered what happened. His face, my ability to actually speak about him, and then it slowly being tken away. Me feeling tongue tied, and completely lost.

Th tears started to spring from my eyes, and just then Jacob came around the corner, from the kitchen with a glass of water in his hand. He looked at me and set the cup down on the coffee table, his face serious and pondering.

"Bella, enough,you have to tell me what's going on. I know something is going on , what is it?"

I wanted to to tell him that what was going on so badly, and that they guy causing it was talking to his father right now.

But when I opened my mouth I made a sound like a squeek, cleared my thraot and said..

" If I could I would,Jacob. I just literally can't. I don't know why but I can't say anythin- "

I jerked back as if the thought of mentioning his name had the power to physically choke me.

"Your acting really weird. I know this isn't some "girl thing" and that it's not just normal life stress. Someone is doing something to you,aren't they?"

I just stared at him,he was relentless, he'd keep guessing till he found out eventually. But how could he guess this?

"Come on Bells, we need to go see Edward,I can't believe I'm saying this. But, I think maybe he can help. You know what I think too? I think that Vampire outside has somethin to do with this...and if he does, God help him."

I made no movement or sound at Jacob's words, I just Stood up and headed for the door.

Outside the pack was all huddled together, some in wolf form, some in human form. But they all looked the same somehow. Serious and feral. I could see the outlines of Vincent and Billy up by the head of the driveway, but couldn't hear what they were talking about, which was okay by me.

Jake went over to Seth, the youngest pack member who was still in human form, whispered something and then then opened the door of the truck for me and started the engine.

As we started down the drive both Billy and Vincent looked in our direction

.

Billy had a questioning,serious look on his face, and Vincent looked blank. They stepped out of the way when we got close but Billy motioned for Jake to roll the window down,and he did. Vincent stepped further away and got closer to the trees and the shadows.

I looked away immediately, and tried not to shake.

"Taking Bella home, son?"

"Yeah, in a bit. We have somebody we need to talk to..right now."

"Who might that be?"

"Oh, just Edward Cullen."

As Billy's eyes widened in what I assumed was confusion out of the corner of my eye I saw Vincent wince.

Jake rolled the window up, nodded at his father, and slammed his foot down on the gas.

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