Ch. 3 Fights

Jacob Black- he had been my best friend once. Of course that was before I became a vampire and he became a werewolf. I had once thought that maybe if I had ever saw him again after my transformation, we could still of been friends, but after my last encounter with him- where he had almost killed me and had given me the scar that now permanently marks my stomach, I realized that that it could never happen.

The werewolves all quickly disappeared into the trees only to come back out in human form, each dressed only in a pair of black sweats.

"Well, well, well. Look what we have here boys!" Jacob exclaimed.

Edward growled from beside me. "You have no business here," he hissed at them as they came closer. "You're on our lands."

As they grew closer to us, Edward side-stepped in front of me, blocking me from the view of my childhood friend and ever so slightly crouched down. With his height of around six foot five, Jacob could easily just reached down and pluck me from behind Edward's back if he crouched down any lower.

"Yeah? Well guess what? We could care less. Last time I checked there had only been seven of you, and now there are twelve. That wasn't part of our agreement, and you know what that means," Jacob hissed back at Edward.

Right there and then, I became frozen with fear. What did Jacob mean by that? What had the Cullens agreed if they had broken their treaty with these wolves? Were they going to get killed because of us? I shuddered at the mere thought of Edward being dead. Jacob seemed to have noticed me when this happened.

"Well, look who it is. It's nice to see you again, cutie," he said as his hand reached out to touch me. Edward's hand whipped out at wrapped around Jacob's wrist, stopping him from doing so. Edward quickly threw Jacob backwards to where he flew into a tree; shattering the trunk into pieces.

"Don't you dare touch her! After last time- I'm surprised that I haven't ripped your head off yet!" he shouted at Jacob who just hopped up and brushed off dirt from his body.

"Maybe it's because you know that you can't," he taunted back at Edward. I noticed Edward tense out of anger that this as he crouched down lower, ready to spring. I quickly reached out my hand and touched his shoulder.

"Calm down, Edward. It's not worth it to get all caught up in this," I stated. He seemed to realize the truth behind my words and stood up again, wrapping his arm tightly around my waist. I smiled at him before I shifted my gaze over at Jacob.

"And you… Couldn't you grow up Jacob? I knew that you always had a bit of a bad temper and loved to get into fights, but seriously- for once would you just cool your jets? For God's sake! Even as a kid you always were fighting with others!" I exclaimed.

Jacob just looked at me as though I was a parasite or something.

"How the hell do you know that? What are you- some sort of stalker or something?"

"No, but I did use to be your best friend when we were little. In fact, I was your only friend when we were little, and you would never act like this unless it was because someone got you really pissed. You were usually like a harmless puppy," I said. He still looked at me with disgust. "You don't remember me, do you?"

"Trust me, if I had ever known a leech before, it's because I killed it!" he spat at me.

I visibly flinched at his words. This wasn't the Jacob Black that I knew ninety years ago. He was usually so kind and gentle. Now all I see is a complete stranger from him.

"Jake… don't you remember? We always would hang out together. The only time we weren't hanging out was when I went off to Chicago- remember? You told me I should go since I had to go meet my fiancée?" I pushed. His face looked confused for a whole three minutes until realization dawned on his face.

"B- Bella?"

I nodded my head slightly as I stepped out from under Edward's arm.

"BELLA!" Jacob laughed as he scoped me up in his arms and began to swing me around in circles. I laughed along with him as I saw the real Jacob appear in his eyes.

"Jake! Put me down! I'm getting dizzy!" I yelled after a few minutes. He did so and my feet hardly were on the ground before Edward came in and pulled me away.

"Edward! What is the matter with you?!" Alice yelled at him.

"Alice, this mutt is dangerous! Have you forgotten what he did to Bella?" he asked and before she even got a chance to answer him, Edward pulled my t-shirt up ever so slightly to show the scar on my stomach. I noticed Jacob flinch when he saw that.

"Bella, you have to believe me! I had absolutely no idea that it was you! I'm so sorry!"

I tugged the shirt out of Edward's hands before I turned to Jacob.

"It's OK, Jake. I know you were only doing that because you were afraid I would do something wrong. It's no big deal-"

"'No big deal'? Bella, are you insane?! He almost killed you! That is not 'OK'!" Edward shouted at my face.

"Edward, for God's sake! If you saw an enemy of your kind that you thought was a threat, wouldn't you do the same?" I asked him. I noticed him get even angrier than before.

"Bella, you know that is completely different."

"No it is not! Edward- Jacob was doing his job! He was protecting the town! He didn't know I was no threat to them!" I turned around, crossing my arms. I knew I was acting somewhat childish, but still… How could Edward not trust my decisions?

"Don't you dare try that on me, Isabella Swan! This is not something that you can think about and believe that everything is sugar sweet! God! Sometimes you act so stupid I wonder how I even put up with you!" he shouted at my back.

I turned on him and I'm sure I was giving Jasper a hard time with my emotions, but I wasn't even thinking about that now. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. He didn't want to be with me? Fine! The look on my face must have been terrible because Edward's took on the look as though he just realized what he said.

"Bella-"

"Shut up Edward! Just shut up! You don't want me? Fine! I'll leave you alone!"

With that, I yanked off the engagement ring Edward gave me from my finger, and threw it at him. It simply bounced off his chest and fell on the floor at his feet. I could see his and my family inching closer to me- probably to restrain me- but they didn't get any closer before I turned on my heel and ran as fast and as hard as I could. Away from Charlie, Renée, Jenna, and Chris- away from Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett- away from my close friend Jake- and most importantly, away from him.

Hey everyone! Thanks for the reviews! Now I just need to say something- I won't be posting anything up until after the Christmas holidays. The reason why? I won't be able to. With my birthday in 2 days, my sister's 3 days after, and with Christmas Eve and Day, I'll be lucky if I make it out alive! lol. No, it's just that it will be crazy this year- like every year.

Well anyway- Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. And for those who are not Catholic- Happy Holidays! : D

Nancy (aka megamatchmaker)