Hi everyone, this is Unexpected Answers. I would just like to say a big 'THANKS' to everyone that reviewed! You are the ones that make this whole project worthwhile. So, here's chapter 4, Endless Questions and I kind of did something different this time, we each wrote half of the story.

Her's is the stuff leading up to the fight scene, sorry if I just gave something away, and I wrote the rest. This chapter is kind of long to accommodate our ideas…But most of the chapters shouldn't be this long. So please read and review!!

CHAPTER 4

We went up to my room, since it was both the cleanest and the most comfortable and sat down on the bed. Now that Jake was here I realized how tired I still was and lay down.

"What do you think you're doing?" he asked with his special grin, bouncing on the bed a little.

Well I'd say that was obvious. I barely got any sleep last night and I think I deserve some rest" I grumbled through the pillow. I felt him stop bouncing, then I felt him flop down beside me and pull me back against him so my back was to his chest. "What are you doing?" I demanded.

"I'm going back to sleep," he replied simply. I began to protest but then I realized how comfortable he was, how warm, and how long it had been since anyone had slept with me, just simply slept. And then I remembered that Edward hadn't slept, he'd just sat there, Jake had the capability to fall asleep with me after a long night of reminiscing. He could sit there at breakfast with me and enjoy the same foods I ate. He could simply be around me and not have an almost uncontrollable urge to rip my throat out. Before I knew it, I'd fallen asleep curled up against him.

We woke around noon, when my stomach growled. Laughing, Jake got up and held out his hand for me. With a smile I took it, got up, and followed him downstairs to the kitchen. I couldn't believe how refreshed I felt, how rested, and we hadn't even really slept that long.

"What are we going to make for lunch?" Jake asked, going to the fridge and rooting around without asking first. This was one of the many things I loved about Jake. He didn't feel the need to ask to do every single thing he did. Sure he had manners when it counted, but for something as simple as looking for food, he was sensible, unlike Edward who was "gentlemanly" all the time, except when he left me in the woods all by myself after breaking my heart. But I wasn't going to dwell on that, I was going to move on, forget about it.

"I don't know…do we have any pizza in the freezer?" I asked, sitting down at the table.

After a little rummaging he produced a DiGiorno pizza, pepperoni and sausage, rising crust, my favorite. After letting the oven preheat for a while, Jake popped the pizza inside and came to sit next to me.

"So…are you ready to see Cullen today? He's supposed to be back today right?" Jake asked. Now that I'd gotten a somewhat adequate amount of sleep I could tell he'd been dying to ask me this since he'd gotten here this morning.

I debated whether to tell him that I'd already seen Edward, and decided that if I didn't tell him he would find out anyway and then get mad that I'd lied to him. "Um…actually Jake…I've already seen him. He came to my house last night…" I said hesitantly. "That's why I didn't get very much sleep."

To my utter shock, Jake grinned, "I know Bella. I could smell that he'd been there recently. I only wanted to ask to see what you would tell me. I'm so glad you didn't try lying to me," he said quietly, taking one of my hands in both of his. "So are you going to see him today?" he asked more seriously this time.

I could read his underlying question: Are you going back to him? Are you leaving me for him? Jake and I had been hanging out long enough that pretty much everyone thought we were together. Though we both knew this wasn't the case, it was easier to look at it that way.

"I don't know…it'll depend on whether or not Alice or one of the other Cullens is there…" I replied.

Jake got a more than slightly crestfallen look on his face. "Oh, you want to be alone with him." This statement was clearly not a question.

I actually laughed, "no, I do not want to be alone with him! I set limits last night. He can't call me, if I want to talk to him I'll call him. And he can't see me unless one of the Cullens is with us."

Jake's face broke into an enormous smile, the one I loved to see most on his face. "Wow Bella, I didn't think you'd be able to stand up to his…charm."

As we sat there, looking at each other, an almost tangible force started to push me toward him. Apparently, that same force was pushing him toward me, because we met halfway and my hands twined around his neck and his went around my waist and we were kissing. I'd never kissed him before, never kissed anyone except for Edward, and I realized what a pleasant different the whole being alive thing made.

"Oh, sorry to interrupt," said a voice, totally interrupting. And I could tell by the tone that they were completely not sorry at all. We broke apart and I could sense that Jake's glare matched my own as we looked at our intruder.

Edward was standing in the doorway to the kitchen, seemingly all alone.

"Excuse me, but what are you doing in my house? And didn't I say you couldn't see me alone?" I demanded, getting to my feet. Jacob was on his feet beside me in a flash, one arm protectively around my waist.

Edward seemed surprised, "I…I didn't think you would remember. But I figured, just in case…Alice is sitting on the porch, talking to Jasper on her cell phone." His voice still sounded as intoxicating as ever, but I didn't find myself the least bit drawn to him. In fact, I was getting more mad.

"That does not explain the fact that you are in my house, without knocking, without being invited, and without a Cullen with you!" I replied, my voice tight and growing louder.

"I'm sorry! I just…I'm so used to just walking in, when Charlie's not home…" Edward apologized.

"I don't care what you used to do Edward. We are not together, we are not friends, we are nothing. And until or if we are something, you will not come in my house without my permission, and I don't care if Alice is outside this house, unless she is standing in the same room you can not see me." My rules were getting stricter and stricter, probably because I knew he would continue to try to find loop holes in them.

"But Jacob is here, is that not enough 'protection' for you?" Edward asked sarcastically.

I looked up at Jacob, then back at Edward, "Jacob is not the issue here Edward, and don't try to drag him into our personal problems. You knew my rules last night before you left, you deliberately came here to test the waters and you've found that the water may be a little too deep for you. My rule still stands; a Cullen must always be in the room, even if Jake and the whole wolf pack are there too."

"Why Bella, it appears you've grown a backbone," Edward sneered, his face transforming into something ugly.

"Don't you dare talk to her like that you leech!" Jacob practically yelled, his arm tightening around me a fraction.

Edward turned his sneer on Jake, "and what do you plan to do about it pup?"

Jake was shaking now, trying to fight down the urge to attack Edward. The vampire in turn had crouched down a little, his customary defensive move. Abruptly I stepped between them, putting on hand on Jacob's shaking chest.

And this was how Alice found us, me, a mere human trying to stop the fight of the century about to take place between a vampire and a werewolf. and instead of stepping in to help me, a grin broke over her face and she said, "oh! Hello Jacob!" sounding far too happy about seeing him.

Alice's little greeting momentarily distracted Jacob, he glanced up at her, and that was the moment Edward attacked. Jacob stepped in front of me in an instant, putting himself in greater danger. Faster than my eyes could register, Edward had an arm twisted around Jake's massive neck and it looked to me like he was squeezing with all his might, which had to be a hell of a lot.

This was the point where Jake let himself transform and came crouching down on all fours. As he did this Edward stumbled at the sudden change of position and lost his hold on Jake.

For some reason Alice and I seemed to be glued to our spots on the floor as we watched this battle rage on. As the two of them grappled in my kitchen, turning over the kitchen table and sending the chairs flying, I noticed the tattered remains of Jake's clothes strewn about the room.

For some reason I found this amusing, but then I snapped back to reality. I had to stop this before they killed one another! I looked up at Alice and saw that she appeared to be dumbfounded by what she was seeing, she was obviously not going to be able to help me any time soon.

I leapt into action and started running towards the boys, or creatures, who had somehow wrestled themselves into the living room.

"STOP IT!!" I shouted at them. Of course they ignored me. I tried again, "Stop fighting! You're destroying my house!"

At this point Jake appeared to be trying to bite Edward's leg off, and Edward was pounding Jake on the head, trying to get him to release it. Now I was really worried. I knew Jake was a fast healer but I don't think anyone can heal after they have their skull crushed in. I looked around the room for something, anything that might help me against a werewolf and a vampire.

For some reason there was a baseball bat propped up in the corner of the room, I didn't think a flimsy chuck of wood would have much of an affect against two powerful, supernatural beings, but it was the best I could do. I ran to it, took it in my hand, spun around and started smashing it on the back of Edward's head with all my might. Surprisingly my assault seemed to faze him, and he quickly backhanded me. I flew backwards a few feet and slammed into the wall, where I slowly slid down its length, collapsing on the floor. I instantly knew something was broken, I think maybe my left collar bone, that was about where Edward hit me.

I closed my eyes and started gasping in pain. I could hear the boys continue to fight, and the sound of more objects being broken and furniture being knocked out of its original position.

Suddenly there was a cool hand on my face, and Alice was whispering in my ear, asking if I was alright. Great, now she decided to do something.

"Alice, make them stop, they're gonna kill each other," I pleaded with her through clenched teeth.

"I called Carlisle and he, Emmett and Jasper are on their way," she responded, "but I have to help you first, you're hurt." I could tell by the sound of her voice that she was really scared, I have to admit that I was pretty scared to.

"I'll be alright," I tried to reassure her, although I don't think she was too convinced when a moment later, I shrieked as a stabbing pain shot from my broken collar bone, all the way down my arm to my finger tips. The nerves in my arm and fingers felt like they were on fire and I knew I was in trouble.

I could tell that in a few moments I would likely be unconscious. I was light headed and as I struggled to open my eyes, I realized that they were having a hard time focusing. The pain continued to get worse and now I prayed to loss consciousness, just to escape it.

I heard the sound of the fighting halt abruptly. "Bella!" Jake shouted, "Oh my god, what happened to you?!"

I squinted across the room at him and saw that he and Edward were no longer fighting. They were both staring at me, like I was performing some kind of amazing trick.

Jake rushed over to my side in the next instant and that was when I registered that he was completely naked. But unlucky me, this was the moment when my mind slipped into unconsciousness, I think I may have mumbled 'No fair' before I was completely out, but then again maybe not.