Bella awoke to the sound of soft snoring next to her. She chuckled. This was so not like her. She had called Charlie late into the night, letting him know she safe and she was with a friend and she honestly didn't know when she would be home. She then texted Edward and told him ,she would need to talk to him when she returned and she also told him to tell Alice to stop any wedding plans.
She and Paul had got adjourning hotel rooms, but she could still hear his soft snores. She was going order room service for them both. This was.. nice and spontaneous. However, she wondered if she should feel guilty. Edward was wondering where she was, and Jacob was lying in his bed in pain. But should she really? The least she could do was call him and if he didn't want to speak to her, than so be it. She wouldn't go on a guilt trip.
She dialed the number and waited. Of course billy picked up. "hello?" there was noise in the background. It sounded like the pack.
"h-hello Billy. Its Bella." She said
She heard Billy sigh. "look Bella, I'm going to give it to you straight. Jacob is in a lot of pain and he doesn't need you, making it worse. If he wants to speak to you ,he'll call you when he's ready. You should get back to your vampire and quit breaking hearts. Who knows how many you've left broken"?
The call ended and Bella chocked down a sob. He was right. He was so right. She had broken enough hearts. She had been selfish. Selfish to Edward, selfish to Jake, selfish to her father. She had had enough.
A knock sounded on her door. She looked up and there was Paul. "what?" she said "what? No good morning. Look I heard what Billy said to you and I half way agree. Leave Jacob alone. Give him time"
"I think ...i need time too. I'm not ready to be a wife. I'm not ready to be married and i…I don't want to be a vampire. Paul, why are you here? Why are you talking to me? You've haven't talk to me since the day at Emily's when you apologized. What's changed now?"
Paul shrugged his shoulders and sat down. "I guess. the truth is… I like you. Your fire. It takes a special kind of girl to cut her arm in the face of some bloodthirsty vampires and your right. At first, I couldn't stand you. Jake was always thinking about you. And I just couldn't understand the relationship you had with the leeches and back then I was full of anger. I mean I still am but back then it was fresh anger and I wanted to take it out on someone. So I found the weakest person I could find, you. I mean think about it. You had no back bone, except that time you slapped me. That was hot. But I would watch you, sometimes. The months it while we were training with the leeches. They would boss you around almost without you realizing it. That small one Alice, she would fix your clothes almost like a prized doll and Edwin, Edward whenever, you would come near us, he indirectly direct you back over to them and then he would sniff your neck. It made me sick. look Bella. I don't want anything form you. I -I just want to get to know you. That's all. Nothing more. nothing less. "