What Did You Do?

Briar Elwood

A/N: Okay, so, in past theories, there hasn't really been much of a confrontation between Jacob and VampBella. So. This one does.

"Jacob… What did you do to Edward?"

Jacob bristled angrily. "I didn't do anything, Bella."

"Where'd he go?" I pushed, unconvinced. Jacob looked over his shoulder to give me a scathing look.

"He didn't say," he drawled, tone overly sarcastic. I winced. Silence filled the space between us, and I shifted uncomfortably. I could just walk away, go back to my car and return home. Pretend I hadn't seen Jacob, ask Alice what was going on with Edward.

Then again, I knew I couldn't. However frightening Jacob was right now, I hadn't seen him in months. I missed him. And I was more than slightly curious as to why he'd come back.

"So."

He finally turned fully to look at me, a bad imitation of the old Jacob's amused expression resting on his face. "So what?"

I shrugged. "You came back."

Jacob nodded shortly. "So I did."

I sighed. He was making this difficult. "Why?" I asked bluntly.

"Heard there was a new enemy in town," he said. "Not too good a friend of the pack or you and your…" His eyes racked my new figure briefly. "Your hubby."

I chose to ignore the poison. "Alice said something about that, yeah," I agreed. "So you came to help?"

He shrugged. "Suppose."

Another sigh from me. "Jacob, why are you making this so hard?"
He gave me a rather incredulous look. "You smell terrible for one thing, Bells. For another… well, honestly, I was really hoping I wasn't gonna have to see you before I left again."

Whatever hope had been stirred up by him calling me "Bells" was crudely dashed away by that last confession. I winced. "You're not staying?"

He shook his head. "No."

"Why? Because I'm a vampire?"

His face contorted painfully at the last word. "Yeah."

My stomach twisted. "You once told me you might still take me if I were a vampire," I whispered. Jacob held my gaze for a second before nodding.

"Yeah." It was barely more than a whisper. "But that'd be if he didn't still have his iron grip on you."

I stared at him rigidly, knowing that, as a human, tears would've been steadily spilling down my cheeks by that point. Instead I had turned into a statue, giving myself a minute to take my emotions and lock them away for a better time.

"I should find Edward."

Jacob nodded. "Be safe," he called as I rushed past him in the direction Edward had disappeared.

It took me a few moments to remember why those two simple words sounded so familiar.

A/N: Ooo… okay, so extremely short but very satisfactory. I'm rather fond of that ending there. Huh. I just impressed myself. ;p

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