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What are the Odds?

Previously

"I am not the bitch Bella thinks I am. She doesn't know how I became like this; she sees it all through rose tinted eyes. She thinks Edward is the last of her missing puzzle. She has no idea that it will be the biggest mistake she will ever make, and will lose the one thing she thinks she needs. That is why I don't want Edward near her, if I can help it; someone needs to break his hold on her, before it is too late. IF YOU LOVE HER BLACK HELP ME FIGHT FOR HER".

Jake, was speechless, tonight really had been a mind fuck, he merely nodded.

"Alice is coming", was all Rose said in reply.

Chapter Seven

Sure enough, as Rose stood, and stepped to the side, a vague blur shot through the window, at lightning speed, swirling the air around her, like a tornado and intensifying the scent of Vampire, in the small, over-crowded room. Jacob sprung to his feet, growling instinctively with the sudden action as the over-powering scent, reached his human nose, making it burn like he was holding a match under it, while inhaling bleach.

Slipping quickly into a protective stance, at the bottom of Bella's bed, Jacob snarled and growled furiously at the tiny vampire who was now crouched and hissing in response, in front of the window at him. Her adopted blonde sister edged closer to her. Jacob fought his innate inclinations to destroy the pixie vampire and the blonde one, while his brain, urged his wolf, to stay calm, whilst Bella was so close.

The man won out over the wolf, but only on a brief reprieve. Both inherently knew that it was too dangerous to attack both vampires in such a small confined area. The wolf knew he could and would win; should such a battle occur. However that didn't concern either of them, the only danger both the beast and the man were concerned about was the beautiful innocent girl sleeping peacefully behind them, the one and only person, they would happily give their all too, and die protecting, who's pain and happiness far outweighed any natural reflex to kill those stood in front of him now.

It was her and her alone who would be either damaged physically or left in mental and emotional pain should such a fight occur. One he wasn't sure she would either recover from, or forgive him for. That was a fate worse than death for the human, and the wolf. Just the idea of causing her such pain, made his heart and chest convulse and stutter, while knocking the wind from his lungs, with the force of over whelming emotion he felt, when he glanced at her, to check she was still peacefully sleeping. Bella's hair was a mass of wild tangled strands, which covered the pale lilac pillow below her head, her eyelids fluttered, as her eyeballs raced underneath them, showing she was in a deep sleep, still. One pale arm was tucked under her pillow, in a relaxed fist, Jake knew, without looking, the other was resting across her chest, almost as if, she had placed it over her heart, to pin point just where he would break her if he hurt either of the vampires. He gave a fierce growl as one of the bloodsuckers spoke, drawing his attention away from the serene angel, who was within touching distance.

"Jacob Black!" Rose hissed at him. "Stop growling like a damn guard dog before you wake up either Bella OR Charlie and ruin everything Muttley. It's Alice. You know she won't hurt Bella." Rose tried to quickly pacify the volatile turn of events the evening had quickly taken.

"She loves her," Jacob growled at her, before he's gaze locked back on Alice, somehow Rose had managed to persuade his wolf with her speech she was on their side but the idea that this little leech loved Bella had infuriated both Jacob and his wolf.

Alice was perplexed at whatever had happened in the few minutes she had been gone. Rose was the most anti-werewolf, out of all of their family, bar Edward, but his antagonism was more to do with one specific werewolf, than the whole pack.

The very same one who was in fact stood in front of her, growling and snarling like the wild rabid infested dog, he was. And Bella doesn't believe any of us, at how unpredictable and unreliable they are, she thought satirically.

Rose had edged slowly in front of Alice, raising her hands in a placating manner. Demonstrating she meant no harm. Rose calmly cajoled "She does, she really does, and she is on our side, Jacob. She wants to help, don't you Alice?" Alice peeked from under Rose's outstretched arms, nodding solemnly. "I do, and I do love Bella, I know that is hard for you to understand, what with me being a dead, cold bloodsucker", her tone becoming more surly, as she spoke.

"But I do love her; I love her like a sister. She is my best friend." She added resolutely. "She really is Jacob. I haven't met or been able to bond with anyone in decades, outside our family. She means the world to me, and to our family. I just want her to be truly happy. We" she emphasized looking at Rose, "we all want her to be happy, and we will support her, with whatever choices she makes, and WE ALWAYS WILL. We will be a part of her life for as long as she wants us to be, even if she decides one day, being changed isn't what she wants."

Jacob made a disparaging comment under his breath, "all of you? Sure sure! Now I have heard it all."

"No not all of us! When I said all I meant all bar Edward. But you can't honestly expect him to be happy if she was to choose to be with someone else, let alone you. He does love her. You have no idea how much or how much it will pain him, should she walk away from him". She stopped as Jake begun to shake and treble at her speech.

"Alice shut the fuck up!" Rose hissed, glancing at the tiny vampire, before looking at Jake, and then meaningfully looking over his shoulder at Bella. If this was a ploy to remind him of where he was and to calm him, it worked, which only antagonized him again. He sucked in a deep breath through unyielding lips, before exhaling it, and inhaling another, concentrating on just his breathing, until he felt himself centre.

Sniffing a laugh, Jake snorted, "Yeah I don't doubt for a second how much sparkly balls would hate that."

"But if you love her 'so much' and will support her whatever she chooses…" he quoted, condescendingly, "then please explain to me how the fuck she is supposed to make any big life-changing decisions, when he won't even give her the opportunity to make any decisions for herself on even simple shit like what she wants to eat? Hmmm? Please do help me out here mini vamp" Jake narrowed his eyes as his brow furrowed in a deep scowl as he spoke to the tiny vampire.

"How do you know that? I don't see you getting invited for dinner with them." Alice said in a derogative tone which matched his.

Jake snorted before he snapped "I JUST DO", not adding anything else.

Alice stepped around Rose, "Either you or your mutts are spying of them," she snapped back, as Rose, poked her hard in the back, as Alice turned to glower at her, Rose shook her head in a condescending manner.

"You aren't helping anyone and especially not Bella".

Alice looked chagrined, and turned back to Jacob, "or she told you" she spoke expectantly but quietly. "I just want to know how you know Jacob. If there is any accuracy in your claims, then I need to know."

"Why? Why is it so important to you?"

"Because" she stated firmly, "You are making negative, critical and very unfavourable comments about my brother. You are basically saying he controls her, and not only that but that he is manipulating her, and abusing her love and trust in her."

"If that is true, he isn't just exploiting her, but all of us. Despite what you think, Bella is a part of our family. She is a very much loved sister and daughter to the rest of us, and as much as I love Edward, there is no way in hell I am letting him treat Bella like that." She declared loyally. Jake was surprised by the fervour in her voice.

"IfIF that is what he is doing. IF any of this is true and she isn't being treated the way she should be, or even if she is only being misled then someone has to look out for her." She vowed ardently.

"After all it isn't like; Bella could or would, call Edward out on his shit even if she wanted too. Not that I think she will see it…Bella is too in love with Edward, and Edward is very clever and very convincing" she added.

"Of course she fucking won't! He has some supernatural hold over her and let's not forget HE never lets her out of his sight." Jake spat out angrily. "The only time is when she comes to the Rez, and even then he has to drop her off and pick her up and dictates when she can come and for long, and rings her all the time. He is always calling the shots." Jake pulled at his hair, furiously.

"ARGH! I swear to God, I could happily kill the bastard right now for what he is doing to her! If I knew it wouldn't kill her, in the process or start a war because of the stupid fucking treaty." Jake glared at the two vampires, who were stood motionless and speechless at the extent of the anger, resonating off him in violent waves.

"Did you know he basically manipulated her into getting a shower tonight? Even though she told him she couldn't because she didn't want to wake Charlie, because he has had hardly any sleep with all the missing people and murders, on his case load. Do you know what Dickwad did? He threatened to leave unless she did as he told her." Jacob hissed at the vampires, as they both look absolutely horrified.

"How…" was all Rose got out, before Jake growled, "Seth was in the woods, he heard it all."

"So you have been spying?" Alice accused.

"NO! But we have still been running patrols around the house and Seth was here tonight, to keep an eye on Bella for a reason. He was human, so I didn't know until he phased to get me, after that arsehole left anyway. Fucking good job he was gone because if I had heard that bastard talk to Bella like that, you would be watching his corpse burn right now".

"Edward said you didn't need to patrol when he was here." Alice stated plainly.

"Don't you see why he would say that Alice?" Rose asked.

"But he loves her, he really does;" Alice stated firmly. "I don't understand why would he do this? Not to Bella." Alice was confused.

If this was all true, then Alice had no idea who her favourite sibling really was. She was absolutely appalled, distressed and dumbfounded with disbelief that Edward, her Edward would do this to their Bella.

Jacob growled, "Love! He doesn't love her! If he loved her he would let her be herself! He wouldn't try and change her. NONE of you would!" He stabbed a finger in the air towards Alice, and she looked hurt at the truth in his accusation.

"If he loved her he would allow her to just be. She would be able to make her own decisions, her own choices, he would support her, and he would stand beside her not in front her. She isn't the fragile breakable doll; he treats her as.

He ranted agitatedly at Alice, "She was devastated, and broken when he left, almost catatonic, Charlie wanted to hospitalize her she was that bad" Rose gasped at this new information. "But she pulled herself out of the black hole, she was in. Yeh…" he bit out angrily, "she wasn't fixed, by any means when you" ashe stabbed his finger, irately, in the air, stepping closer towards Alice, "until you came back here and dragged her to freaking Italy to save his shiny arse. No she wasn't fixed but she would have been, eventually."

"All she needs is time to realise, she can survive without him." He sighed dejectedly.

"The one thing, he won't give her. He has messed with her mind that much she thinks she can't live without him. He is like a drug. He is literally killing her, poisoning her mind and body, making her believe she needs him to live and breathe." He looked up at the two sombre vampires as the raw burning evidently in his stare, for the briefest moment. His deep coffee eyes were now a charred dark onyx, before he blinked, pulled his face into a stoic mask, squaring his shoulders, and pulling himself to his full height, and crossing his arms, across his chest in an aggressive stance, effectively closing the window into his bared soul.

"And you know what takes the piss, as if all of that wasn't enough? He is slowly undermining her, belittling her, making her feel shit about herself, knocking everything I" he coughed, "We, her family, her friends, all love about her, out of her bit by bit. Hell he may as well be hitting it out of her, because it's just as fucking bad. You can't tell me you haven't noticed the change in her?"

He glared demandingly at Alice, looking at straight in the eyes, daring her to contradict his statement, daring her to refute him. But she couldn't. She had seen a change in Bella since they had came back from Italy, but she had believed it was the result and the damage caused by them leaving her all those months ago. They had all argued with Edward, even Rose, that leaving without saying goodbye, was wrong, it was uncalled for, unnecessary, and most of all it wasn't fair on any of them but especially not Bella. She had deserved more, Alice had argued, stating she would be left devastated, confused, and bewildered. Alice had seen how it would affect Bella, she had shown Edward, he had yelled at them all, before accusing Alice of manipulating her visions and trashing the house before threatening to leave the family and coven if they didn't do as he asked. Esme had been desolate at the thought she could lose her first son, over a human, even if it was Bella. So they had all done as he asked and left that very night.

However now Alice was seeing it all in new eyes, she could see what she hadn't wanted to see let alone believe all those months ago. That is what he had hoped would happen. He wanted Bella to doubt her worth, to believe they had never cared, that it would stir up all the deep underlying issues she had buried from her childhood, her parents separation and even Jake's mum's death had had on her.

Bella wasn't one to talk about anything personal let alone emotional. She tried very hard to remain reserved and composed; it was something Alice had believed made her a good match for Edward. However Alice having seen a vision, had realised, this wasn't the real Bella, but a mere façade for self-preservation. Bella was scared to love, because she was petrified to be abandoned or lose that love. And Edward had done exactly that, only by returning, Bella was so grateful he wanted her, she was willingly to comply with anything as to not feel that pain again, and therefore Edward had the power to play Bella to his own selfish gains. Alice's blood would have been boiling, if she had any coursing through her veins, instead the venom in her system was pooling in her mouth, burning her throat. Her hands were closed in tight fists, she hadn't realised how tightly she was wound, until they heard a crack, and Alice looked down to see she had a fissure running along her left palm.

Alice thought of the vision she had when Charlie had decided to send Bella to a counsellor. Alice had seen Bella talking to a middle aged woman, Bella didn't talk about the Cullens or Edward, she couldn't and wouldn't. However Alice had seen a particularly painful session regarding Bella's parents, and their separation. It had been an eye opener, to the real Bella, and was the real reason Alice had already decided to visit Bella, before the cliff diving. Except Bella had refused to go to any counselling sessions so the visions had disappeared before becoming even less frequent; which Alice now knew was because of Bella's involvement with Jacob, and the wolves, but before all that Alice had got an in depth insight into the crippling abandonment issues, Bella suffered with. Alice had even had the stray thought that maybe had been lying al being along about not being able to hear Bella's thoughts, because how else could he manage to use her own insecurities against her, and manipulate her so convincingly, after all that is how he managed to do it with everyone else.

Jake and Rose watched as Alice's eyes flickered wildly, going from focused to unfocused, Rose knew this was how she looked when she had her visions, but she also knew she couldn't see around the wolves, so she was perplexed as to what Alice was seeing or thinking.

Jake was convinced, well as much as possible, and necessary to lower his guard slightly, he knew he wouldn't kill them, but that was as far as he was willing to admit and he had slipped out of his protective crouch, earlier and if either neither of the vampires had noticed, or they were smart enough not to comment, but that was as far as his wolf was prepared to lower their guard around these vampire, no matter how friendly they seemed, how much they wished to protect Bella or human life, or that they were animal drinkers.

"I'm sorry am I boring you here?" Jake asked narked with Alice's behaviour.

"Ssssh!" Alice hissed, as his voice brought her back from her thoughts. "I think he is right Rose!" She turned to the taller, blonde vampire looking hurt, infuriated and incensed. She was maddened with Edward and the fact that it had taken a bloody werewolf to point it out to her, to them.

"I know I am!" Jake spoke cockily and confidently.

"I know he is! I told you all this, months and months ago! AND. NOT. ONE. OF. YOU. BELIEVED. ME!" A riled Rose hissed and spat out.

"Right well first things first, I will tell you what happened when I left and then we need to decide what we are going to do now?" Alice commanded.

Alice filled them in on what Jasper, Carlisle and Emmett had found out from Edward, although his account was marginally different to what they all knew was the true events of the nights as well as from Carlisle's chat with Edward.

Alice then rang Carlisle and asked him rather randomly "where were you when the fire of London began?"

Jacob heard Carlisle chuckle on the other end of the phone, "I'm alone Alice, now what can I do for you? Did something else happen or are you really asking me something you already know?" He asked fondly.

Jake now realised the question was merely a ruse to see if Edward was around.

"Can anyone hear you?" she replied.

"Edward is still hunting, Emmett and Jasper stayed with him. They were going to run to Lake Crescent, after I left them. I'm not yet back to the house either. What is going on Alice?"

"We need to talk with you. Meet us at Bella's house please."

"Ok Alice. Does Jacob need me to ring Sam or Billy to be present as well?"

Alice arched an eyebrow in question at Jacob, who shrugged non committal in response.

"Jake is going to ask Seth to pass the message to Sam, so if they need to be here the will be." Alice supplied, before she said her goodbyes, as a howl echoed through the air in the far distance.

"Sam is on his way. What or why exactly do we need to talk to everyone?" Jake asked peeved. "The more people who know the more people dickwad will be able to hear the thoughts of, and the quicker he will do something to take Bella away, or convince her, she can't trust anyone but him." He looked like he had just been given a death sentence and both Alice and Rose, looked at him and then at each other, feeling their cold dead hearts, give a thump of compassion for the young werewolf stood in front of them, despite what Edward had led them all to believe they could see that the teenager in a man's body deeply and truly loved the human girl they had grown fond of, and thought of a sister.

No one could doubt such love and adoration that clearly was more than that of just a best friend relationship, at least on his side. They both wondered if it was more of the mysterious imprint curse Edward spoke of, who genuine. But Alice had seen them before Italy, and seeing Jake through new eyes, she had no doubt that his feelings were genuine and real. She didn't know how Bella felt about Jake; other than she loved him as a friend, but there was more to it than just friendship, because Bella couldn't let Jake go, regardless of what had happened. Even when they weren't talking, Bella had been a shell of herself. Alice pondered this all as they waited for the others to arrive, one thing Alice was sure of though, she was going to do everything she could to get Bella, to see herself, as they all saw her, and to get her away from whatever influence Edward had on her, so she could make decisions for her future without anyone interfering with them.

As Alice made these vows, Rose and Jacob were both making the same vows. They all looked at each other, with the same determined glint in their eyes. It was Jake who spoke first, "I will do whatever it takes. I don't care whether she never forgives me or that she will never feel the same way about me, but I can't stand by and let her be used. True friends don't do that. I don't wanna hurt her, and fuck I can't see her broken again like she was, but I can't see her be treated like this by some arse-wipe who doesn't see her or treat her anything less then she deserves, and she deserves the whole fucking world".

"I'm in", Rose spoke quietly but firmly. "I won't, I can't let Bella become me. Not once did anyone look out for me in my first life, everyone was easily swayed by him. No one believed me and no one stopped it and look at me, and Esme! Look at what happened to Esme. GRRRR I swear I will do anything and everything to make Bella safe I swear".

Alice gave a tinkling laugh, as she smiled indulgently at Jacob, "I couldn't agree with you more Jacob Black, but you do have a very bad potty mouth, I think we should introduce you to Emmett. He is going to love you!"

Suddenly a soft whistle alerted them to someone climbing the tree. The vampires both pressed themselves against the wall next to the desk, as Seth swung into the room, softly landing on the balls of his bare feet.

"I'll wait here, with Bella. Sam and Carlisle are waiting just inside the trees, for you guys."

With that, the vampires jumped out of the window, and with a blur were gone. Seth slapped Jake across his back, "It will be ok, Jake. She will be ok. Bella is going to be okay, we will make sure she is. Don't worry."

Jake couldn't speak, his jaw flexed though, as Seth's words affected him more than he wanted to let on. Grabbing the younger boy he pulled him into a masculine one armed embrace slapped him heartedly on the back, before clearing his throat.

"Thanks Man. Keep her safe, but keep ya hands to yourself!" He warned.

"Jake, man, you know I see her like my sister. You know you don't have to say that shit…ow!"

Jake slapped upside his head, "watch ya mouth! Be glad it was me, if Lee hears you, she will skin you alive, before she castrates the rest of us for being a bad influence on you". Jake smiled glad the heavy emotions he had felt, after Seth's declaration had eased so he could speak, as a low deep bark echoed up to them.

"I better go…. Look after her please Seth. She literally is my life", Jake whispered as he too jumped out the first floor window onto the dewy grass.

"I know bro, I know," was Seth's solemn reply.