BPOV
This was bad. Very, very bad. I hightailed it out of Emmett's house, speeding down the road hoping to make it out of the area before Jacob showed up. My luck was unfortunately running out when a semi familiar red Volkswagen came barrelling down the street. With my eyesight, I noticed him flag me down, and within seconds I found our cars side by side, our windows rolled down and both us slightly leaning away from one another, his scent wafting in strongly.
"I'm leaving, okay. Just please understand, I would never hurt him, and he doesn't need to find out like this."
"You're going against the treaty."
"The treaty is only void if I, or Edward, kill or change a human living in Town. I need to be able to interact or we would stick out even worse than we do."
"We know how the treaty works. But you should know, The McCarty's are considered honorary tribe members. If needed, we will send patrol out to cover them, and as you know, we can patrol in Forks if a tribe member is in town."
"If they are in danger. You can only patrol in Forks if a tribe member is in danger, which they aren't. I care about him, and we have a science project to complete. So, no matter what I'm going to be around him for at least the next two weeks, and I'm planning on still being around after that. Now, please don't tell him, Jake. Chief McCarty is almost here; you can hear his car. Emmett will freak out, and Chief will know there's something up. That's two people who are going to know that don't need to know!" Jake smirked, his head shaking slightly. I used the pause in conversation to look at the other members in the car, my eyes being locked in a stare down with a native teenager with shoulder length black hair. Her glare was almost burning me from the intensity, which I kindly delivered back once I read her mind. I cut my eyes back to Jake when the sound of a siren blared from behind me.
"Do you think Charlie will still like you once he finds out?" Jake asked, his smile only getting bigger as Charlie walked up to us and glanced between us.
"Everything alright here, kids?"
"Hey, Charlie! Just ran into Isabella here and relaying some information from Billy to her."
"Well that's awfully nice of you, Jake." Charlie's moustache twitched before he turned to me. "I wasn't aware you knew the Black's, Bella."
"Sir, it's only more recently developed. Edward knows them better." I made a big show of looking at the time, faking shock as I turned back to the hostile audience. "I do have to get going, Sir. Jake, until next time." I shifted the gears to drive and slowly pulled away, keeping my speed at the posted limit until long out of sight, gunning it the rest of the way. I threw open my car door and ran to Edward's room.
"We have a big issue, and the mutts are involved."
EmPOV
It was awkward sitting at our dining room table, four hulk sized men and a tough looking female sitting across from my dad and I, all looking insanely serious. I looked at everyone, making eye contact to see which was lying. Charlie made the first noise that broke the silence, his chair dragging backwards and he walked to the fridge to grab a beer. All was still quiet except for the sound of the cap coming off the bottle and Charlie's large, noisy gulps. He grabbed another one before coming back to the table, his eyes still shocked.
"Come on, Jake. Werewolves? Next, you're going to tell me vampires are real too." Charlie scoffed and shook his head, but I watched Jake stiffen even more while some of his friends tried to stifle laughs.
"Actually Charlie, the reason we decided to tell you about the wolves and the tribal legends, is that there's a reason we become wolves. When a certain enemy comes into our territory it triggers our wolf gene, that's why it skipped a generation and why so many of us are changing…" Jacob continued to tell the stories of the Cold Ones and explained the treaty. I zoned out slightly, listening but wondering why we were suddenly getting told all this. Dad apparently was thinking the same thing because once they finished their story dad told them that he didn't see the point, even if he did believe them. They all stood up wordlessly, moving towards the back door and motioning for us to follow them. Once they were out in the clearing behind the house, the whole La Push gang burst into giant animals, all shaking out their fur as the russet brown one stared us down, before his body blurred into a naked human, a very naked human.
"Jake, seeing way to much man." I adverted my eyes before looking at my father who was downing another beer. "Jake, so you're a wolf. I can clearly see that, but I still don't get why I'm involved. How does you being a wolf, affect me so much. According to the legends, I'm not Quileute so I'm not going to become a giant dog, so why am I affected?"
"The Cullens. The Cold Ones that trigger our change are Vampires. And the Cullens are the ones we created the Treaty with. Well, we created the Treaty with some of the Cullens."
"You're lying."
"We didn't lie about the wolves, why would we lie now. The Cullens are dangerous; you shouldn't be with them, let alone, in the woods with them." Jake gave me a glare before he put on a pair of shorts, the rest of the animals backing into the forest and disappearing into the vast green. "Emmett, please understand that we are only trying to protect you. Bella is a risk, according to Edward. She's not very old in Vampire standards. Apparently she has good control but struggles still and that puts you at risk when you seem to be hanging out with them after school and alone."
"The Cullens are vampires?" Charlie seemed to finally get his speaking ability back and joined the conversation.
"According to Jacob, yes they are." I turned away from the group, heading inside and up to my room, lying down on my bed and processing everything I had just heard. It made a lot of sense; The Cullen's being a mythical creature that appeared to not be so mythical. Their beauty, their poise, their unnatural habits. The bruise now had an explanation due to her strength. Jake had said they had supernatural speed, strength, beauty, and hearing. Another thought popped up into my mind, staying there no matter how long I tried to ignore it. Glancing at the time, it was half past eight, enough time to head out there and still make it home in time for curfew. Jumping out of bed I made sure to be as silent as possible after sending a quick text off my phone, grabbing a hoodie and my keys and silently making it down the stairs. I glanced to my dad and Jake, who were sitting on the couch talking about everything. I made a big show of hanging up my keys on the key rack, announcing I was going to shower and then go to bed. Jacob looked at me oddly before sending a glare my way, no doubt a warning to not try anything stupid. I jumped in the shower, have the quickest one of my life, before changing into the hoodie and another pair of sweats and heading to my window.
I silently opened the window and prepared myself for my first ever attempt of sneaking out of the house. Getting out of my room was a squeeze but I managed to get out and that's when the first problem set in. It was a quite a jump to get down to the ground and that would for sure make enough noise to get Charlie suspicious, let alone Jake. My eyes landed on the tree that was about two feet away from the end of the roof. I made my journey across the tree and down, silently partying when I made it unharmed to the ground, before turning and jogging away from the house, towards a dark parked car down the street.
EdPOV
My phone buzzed in the middle of Bella's story, sending her into a panic attack which resulted in her running full speed around the house about a trillion times. Her mind revealed she thought it was Jake arranging a meeting, but as I glanced at the name I blocked my mind from her. Emmett messaged me asking for a ride, and I instantly agreed. We needed to know how much he knew as well as answer any of his questions. Unfortunately if he was gonna know about us, he needed to know the whole truth, including the one law that didn't let us tell humans. I wasn't worried though about Aro insisting we kill or change him. Bella has him wrapped around her tiny finger and he knew it. Emmett gave me instructions on where to park and thirty minutes later, after convincing Bella she needed to go hunt to calm down, I found my self watching Emmett jog to my car and get in wordlessly. I started the car and drove the long way to my house, not wanting to risk driving past the chiefs house in case the wolves were patrolling around it. We drove in silence, Emmett's face a mixture of confusion and hesitation, as if he had to say something but didn't know how.
"Emmett, just ask what you want to know." I was driving the speed limit for once, wanting to talk with him before Bella knew he was at the house.
"Just, what Jake said shouldn't be real but I find myself believing it the more and more I think about it." He paused for a moment before he looked me in the eyes, my face showing him his answer. "So it's true." He stated it rather then asked, his mind going back into thought mode.
"I think you knew it was true when you messaged me. I will admit, you're not in danger from us. Especially Bella. Jacob more than likely tried to convince you we were dangerous and that Bella was untrustworthy. And to be frank, she does struggle. School is especially hard because there's so many of your kind in one place. But you've never been in danger with her." I left it at that, his shock clear on his face. His mind was blank to me, much like Bella's was with her shield and I couldn't help but wonder if Bella had subconsciously placed him in a shield. The rest of the drive was quiet and as we slowed to a stop in front of our house, I turned to him one last time. "She's gonna try to convince you to not come around or talk to us. Then she'll say she's leaving for your safety. You need to tell her to stay. Don't ask, tell. You mean a lot to her and it's part of the reason why you're the safest person for her to be around." Emmett stared at me for a long few minutes before nodding his head and getting out.
"Is she here?"
"No, not yet. She should be getting home from her hunt soon. Come inside, I'll get you something to drink while we wait." Emmett's eyes froze as he processed my words. "It's kinda like a human going hunting. Same process just a little messier with a whole different ending." My crooked smile popped out as I silently laughed at his expression, leading him into the kitchen and getting him a glass of juice. I also handed him a plate of cookies, to which he raised an eyebrow. "Bella can bake. We both don't understand how, since we can't taste them, but everyone loves her baking. Her cooking on the other hand, stay away." I grabbed him a glass of juice, letting him sit at the island. We didn't have to wait long till I could mentally hear Bella. "She'll be here soon, remember what I said."
"Edward?" She ran full speed to the kitchen, stopping abruptly at the entry way staring at Emmett. He smiled sheepishly. Her eyes flickered to mine then back to his when he spoke.
"I think we need to talk."
BPOV
I nodded wordlessly and motioned for him to follow me, leading him all the way up the flight of stairs and into my wing of the house. My mind was running every possibility of how this would go and end, already making my decision to cut ties and mentally planning my trip out of the state. His breath sounded ten times louder in my silence and when I gestured for him to take a seat on the sofa in my room, he took the time to look around my room. He sat down and looked at me, waiting patiently for me to say something, in which I just stared back.
"Bella I know what you are and I'm not scared. What Jake said doesn't change anything." His simple statement ignited a small fire in me which had me leaping up instantly.
"You're not scared? You hardly know what I'm capable of. I could kill you! In one second I could be from where I standing to where you are sitting and have your neck broken. Jake was right with whatever he said. I'm dangerous, Edwards dangerous, being friends is dangerous. My speed," I blurred to the other end of the room, his eyes delaying a second before he found me. "My strength, my bloodlust are all the things that make me inhuman and a danger. I'm not gonna risk your life now by being apart of it." His head was shaking the whole time I spoke, his head trying hard to not listen to me and my truthful speech.
"Bella, you won't hurt me. I know that, you know that, even Edward knows that. So why can't you just admit that you want to be my friend just as much as I want to be yours?"
"Because you like a drug. Your scent is so intoxicating I can't get enough of it. I need to be near you at all times. I need to hear your voice like an addiction. And relying so much on such a fragile component is not only a danger to myself from others but also to you. You're right, Emmett. I won't hurt you. I feel the need to protect you and be near you every hour of the day. But there are others like me. Others who won't care about the human life in front of them and will just kill to continue living. And I can't let you be apart of that world."
"You don't get that choice!" Emmett vocalized as he jumped to his feet. "Jake told me, which thrusted me into this supernatural world. The world where vampires and werewolves exist. And I didn't believe it at first, but I slowly came to the realization that he was speaking the truth. But I never felt an inch of fear because I know you won't hurt me. You care about me too much to ever do that." I stayed silent staring at him. Fighting with myself on what to do. I couldn't fathom leaving him, and I tried to tell myself it was because I couldn't leave him unprotected. And that I couldn't ask Edward to pick up and move once again.
"Emmett..." I whispered his name, the fight having left my body and defeat echoed off the tone of my voice. "Staying here is a mistake. I need to go." I heard a car pulling down the driveway, curiosity urging me to see who it was but my eyes remained locked on Emmett's.
"No. You need to stay." His gazed penetrated my eyes even deeper. "Stay."