Disclaimer: I own nothing Twilight or TRJA or Paramore related. Just having some fun.
A/N: Okay so I know I said this was a one-shot, then a two, now it looks to be a three. Haha! I'm so indecisive. But that's for stickin' with me!
Rated M for violent scenes. No lemons.
Chapter 3: Beyond Happy
BPOV
Before we headed to the Cullen house, I called Charlie and told him I'd be spending the night at Sam and Emily's. Because it involved La Push, he didn't question it.
At 7pm Sam, Jake, and I climbed into Sam's truck while the rest of the pack went in wolf form. Once I saw the house, I turned to Jake. "I don't want you to lose your temper and start killing them."
He gave me a look and then huffed. "Fine. Sam and I won't give the word until one of them starts it first."
"Thank you."
We pulled up and parked the truck. Alice and Carlisle were already waiting on the porch. They must've heard us coming up the road.
"Hi, Bella!" Alice said. Jacob didn't move his hand from my waist as she hugged me. "What brings you here?" She asked with a smile.
"We need to speak with your coven." Sam answered. "The pack is surrounding the house. Is Edward here?"
Alice looked confused. "Um...No, he hasn't been home since Sunday." She looked at me. "Hasn't he been with you?"
I shook my head. "Something happened and he left this afternoon."
"Well, what happened?"
"Let's take this inside." Sam suggested. Alice nodded and led us inside the huge home.
We all gathered in the living room. I sat on the couch next to Esme with Jacob standing behind me, his hands on my shoulders. Alice and Rosalie sat on armchairs while their spouses stood beside Carlisle. Sam stood closer to the door.
"What is all of this about?" Carlisle started.
"One of your kind harmed a human." Sam said glancing at me.
"What do you mean? She's not bitten." Emmett said.
"No. No one bit a human, but she was still harmed." She waved his hand toward me. "Show them, Bella."
I looked up at Jake. He gave my shoulders a gentle, reassuring squeeze. I turned around and pulled my shirt up so everyone could see the perfect handprint bruise on my back. There were many gasps. Once they saw that, I pulled up the sleeves of my jacket to show them my wrists and the bruises there.
"Who did this to you, Bella? I didn't see it..." Alice's voice trailed off as she tried to look for the future that she missed.
"You wouldn't have seen it because it involved a werewolf." I said softly.
"So one of those smelly mutts did this to you?" Rose said, glaring at Jacob.
"No! No, not at all!" I said quickly.
"Bella," Esme said in her soft, kind voice. "Please, tell us who did this to you. I promise we won't judge you."
I took a deep breath. My throat thickened with tears. I hated admitting this to his family. They would believe him before me. But I told them anyway. "Edward." I said quickly in less than a whisper.
"Edward? That doesn't sound like him." Carlisle said. He sat down on a footstool in front of me. "Bella, I want to know everything that was said to make him angry with you."
I sighed and touched Jake's hand on my shoulder. "Sunday when all of you were gone hunting, Edward and I had the place to ourselves. He brought up the subject of Jacob." I felt Jacob squeeze my shoulders again. "He said he didn't want me arounda werewolf. I made some comment that suggested he was jealous. He got angry with me and grabbed my wrists." I showed them the bruises again. "He told me to go home. I did. I started crying and had to pull over. That's when Jake found me. The next day at school, Edward smelled Jake on me. He said to meet at my house after school. We did and that's when he broke the kitchen and I ended up in the hospital. I stayed at home that week and Friday afternoon, Jacob came over. I tried to get him to leave for both of our safty. He did and I tried to get rid of Jake's smell. It didn't work and Edward smelled him anyway. Edward told me to follow him into the woods. He yelled at me and pushed me to the ground - that's where I got the bruise on my back from. The two started fighting. Somehow I ended up on Jacob's back and he ran to La Push where Edward couldn't go because of the treaty. He dropped me off with Emily and went to Sam. Now we're here." I finished breathless.
"So I'm the bad guy now?" All of our heads snapped up. Edward stood at the top of the stairs with his hands crossed over his chest.
Jake picked me up gently off the couch and put me behind him.
"Edward, did you even think when you hurt her?" Carlisle said, stepping closer to him. "Did you even think of her feelings?"
"Would you rather let me let her get killed by some mutt?" He spat, decending the stairs.
"As far as I can see, Edward, she's better off with him." Alice put her two cents in.
"She trusted you." Esme said, clearly disappointed in her son.
Edward ignored her and responded instead to a thought he heard. "Oh so the mutt's found puppy love." He said in a mocking voice toward's Jacob. I didn't have to look at Jacob's face to know he was sending Edward a death glare.
"Edward, stop being disrespectful." Esme scolded.
"Esme, she's not realizing the danger she's putting herself in!" Edward said, pointing at me.
"It's her choice! And you had no right to hurt her!" Alice said, hopping to her feet. She was nose to nose - or as close as their heights allowed - to him.
Edward threw his hands up in the air. "You know what. I'm sorry for trying to protect her and if she would rather risk her life with that sack of flees, by all means go ahead." He crossed his arms over his chest and looked out the window in a pout of sorts.
"Edward," I said cautiously. "I know you're just trying to protect me, but I'm a big girl and I know Jacob or anyone else in the pack would never hurt me."
"Then how do you explain what happened to Emily?" He challenged.
I saw Sam shift uncomfortably out of the corner of my eye. He still felt bad about that. "That was an accident." I explained.
"And what if there's an accident when you're with Jacob?" He made quotation marks in the air with his fingers.
"There won't be." Jacob growled at him.
Edward scoffed. "See! He's already losing his temper!"
I stood up and grabbed Jacob's hand. I started walking towards the door. "Edward, when you can stop being a pompus ass, we can talk. Until then, I'll be with Jacob." I turned to the rest of the family. "I'm sorry. I wish I could've stayed longer and spent time with you but right now I don't think being around Edward is good for me." Before leaving the house, I gave one last glance back at Edward. "You need to let me make my own decisions."
I left hand in hand with Jacob.
We went back to Sam and Emily's and ate dinner. For the first time in a long time I laughed and had a good time. I had never felt that much at ease, ever. Everything with Edward was so serious all the time.
After a while we all went to First Beach.
"Bella, do you want to take a walk with me?" Jacob asked, offering me his hand.
I nodded. We walked down the beach talking about anything that came to mind. Eventually he got to the real part of his walk.
"Umm...Bella, I...uh, Are you, um..." He stumbled.
I held on to his hand and stepped closer to him, loving the heat his bady had. "Just say it, Jake."
He nodded. "Okay. Are you with him or not?" He glanced down at me.
I thought about it. Was I with him? We hadn't really talked about it. But I thought about what I would've told anyone else if they were in my situation. Leave him. Why stay with a guy who would physically and emotionally hurt you with out even asking if you're alright?
"No. I'm not with him anymore. He and I are done." I said confidently. I looked up at him and smiled. He smiled his perfect white toothed smile and hugged me.
"So would it be completely out of the question if I asked you to be with me?" He said, pressing his lips to my hair.
I smiled and pressed my cheek to his chest, my arms around his muscular torso. "Nope. In fact, I'd be happy if you did."
He tilted my chin up and bent down. He pressed his lips to mine cautiously. I let one of my hands go around his neck, holding him to me. He had one hand on the back of my head while his other arm picked me up so we were eye level.
I was beyond happy.
So that's it. This one's done! I really liked writing it. Who knows, maybe sometime I could write more to it...
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-Kelli
