Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Two chapters in one day! Yayy. I keep thinking about what should come next so I keep writing about it. And I know i left the last chapter with somewhat of a cliffhanger so i'll stop typing and let you read:
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Chapter 4
I could feel myself being carried and placed on the sofa. I knew that I wasn't totally unconscious because I could hear male voices around me. I heard Charlie's worried voice as he placed a cool cloth on my head.
"Bella? Bella? Can you hear me?"
"Charlie, I'm so sorry. I didn't think that this would upset her this much…" Billy said. I could hear a loud, impatient knock on the door and Charlie asking Sam to go open the door.
"Hello, Edward." Sam said through his teeth. I could hear how hard it was for him to stay in the same room as Edward.
"Hello Sam. I came over to see Bella. Do you know where she is?" Edward knew where I was and what happened to me. He was watching the whole time. He just wanted to make sure that I was ok. I could hear him walk into the room and rush over to the sofa where I was laying. "Bella? Honey? Are you ok? How long has she been out?" He knew how long. He was just acting for Charlie's benefit.
"About 5 minutes," Charlie said. I could feel Edward lift my head up and position me so that my head was cradled in his arms. My eyelids fluttered open and I saw Edwards face just a few inches from mine. His face washed over with relief.
"Oh Bella!" Charlie said coming to the other side of Edward who carefully propped my head up with a pillow and moved off to the side of the room. I noticed that he stood as far away from Sam as possible and Sam did the same. I sat up quickly and looked at Billy. The ringing in the ears wasn't too bad. I could still see straight. I was fine. I'd been through worse.
"Billy! Where did he go?" I asked quickly. Billy looked over at Charlie.
"Bella, I don't think that right now is the best time to talk about this. You should go lay down." Charlie said. I could tell that he was worried about my reaction to hearing that Jake ran away.
"No, dad. It's fine. I'm ok. Why did he run away, Billy?" Billy looked at Charlie who just shrugged. Billy took a deep breath and turned his wheelchair towards me, trying to see if I was well enough to hear the truth. I looked at Edward, who wasn't breathing and then at Sam who was slightly shaking but had it under control. Sam knew why Jake left. So did Edward. I could see it in his face. He had a guilty expression and was looking at Sam who seemed to be concentrating on his thoughts. Sam was telling Edward why and I wanted to know. I saw Edward give a small nod to Sam and then they both looked at me. I heard Billy take in a breath and I turned towards him.
"Jake left because he heard that you were getting married. He got an invitation in the mail," Who sent him an invitation? I didn't. I haven't even talked to him. We only sent the invitations out a few days ago. Alice made them and sent them. I couldn't finish thinking about it because Billy continued with a shaky breath. "He read it and took off. He couldn't handle it. Bella, he's in love with you. I don't know if you feel the same way. But the invitation sent him over the edge." Billy stopped and looked at me. I could feel him staring at me but I was too busy looking at Edward. He looked horrible. He looked at me pleading with his eyes and I knew who sent the invitation. Edward sent it hoping that it would end the tension between them. He didn't do it to be mean or to brag about marrying me. I knew this just by looking at his guilt-stricken face. I was beginning to feel like the mind reader. I could feel the tears flowing down my face freely now. "Bella… it's not your fault. Please don't cry."
I concentrated on breathing and I looked back at Billy whose eyes were searching my face. "Billy, Jacob hasn't called me or even talked to me. I don't know where he would go." I didn't know where he would go but I knew who could help me. I was sobbing now and I couldn't stop.
Billy looked over at Charlie and said, "I think we should go now. Sorry, Bella." He said this as he turned and wheeled himself to the door. Charlie followed him to help him out. Sam started to follow but I stood up and stopped him. I took a deep breath and almost stopped the tears falling down my cheeks.
"Sam, you know where he went. You can find him. Please Sam. Please," I whispered to him.
"We tried, Bella. He didn't want to be stopped. He wanted to go and be free. He couldn't deal with the pain anymore. You can understand the pain that he was in from when… well you know," Jacob. My Jacob in that much pain all because of me. And now he was gone. Running away from Forks because of me. The tears began to fall faster again.
"Can't you go and make him stop? You're the pack leader!" I raised my voice from a whisper. Edward wrapped his arms around me from behind. I leaned into him and looked at Sam through my tear blurred vision. "Please. Please make him come back."
"Bella, you know as well as I do that he's stubborn. He'll come back eventually. I can feel it. It will be soon," with that he turned and walked out to Billy's truck. We stood there like this for several minutes.
"Bella, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry," Edward whispered as his lips touched the top of my head.
"What are you sorry for? You only sent it because you thought it was best. I know that you would never try to hurt me." He turned me around to look at him. He kissed the remaining tears on my face and pulled me into his chest.
"How can you be so forgiving? I sent an invitation to our wedding to your best friend that's in love with you causing him to ran away. How can you still love me after this?" I looked at him. How can he not know that I can't live without him?
"Of course I still love you, silly. I'll love you for an eternity."I laughed as I turned towards him and kissed him. I didn't get to kiss him for long because we were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. Edward released me and stepped back. I'm pretty sure that my face was a dark red, I was blushing so hard.
"I was just coming in to see if you would like to stay for lunch Edward," Charlie said clearly still in shock from walking in on Edward and me.
"Oh, thanks Charlie but I have to go and meet Alice. We have some wedding details to work out. I think she wanted to grab lunch later. I think that she wanted Bella to come with us." Edward looked at me and I nodded.
"Yeah, dad. I think that I'm going to go with them. It's my wedding after all. Will you be okay for lunch?"
"Of course Bella. I fended for myself for years before you came." Edward and I both laughed lightly.
"Ok well, bye then." I grabbed Edwards hand and walked to the door. I wondered what kind of wedding details Alice had planned. My wedding. The wedding Jacob had run away from.
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hmm... so whats going to happen next? I think that I might do a chapter in Jacobs point of view since I just brought him back into the story. What do you think?
oh and btw... reviews do make me write faster so lets see if we con get up to 10 reviews? so 10 reviews before the next chapter comes up :)
