A/N: So you're probably going to really hate me after this chapter…but…it had to happen. Review please. Even if you didn't like it. I'd love to hear you're opnions. Also. I'll try to get the next chapter up in a few days. Review it up!

Chapter 8: You Belong With Me

The ride to the treaty line was quiet. Edward hadn't spoken since we got in the car. But at this point we were almost there and I really didn't want to leave him on bad terms. I needed him to be around tonight, when my happy high from Jacob was wearing off. So I tried to lighten the mood, just a little.

"You're not taking me to my death you know." He looked over at me, and his lips curved into a small smile.

"I know."

It was quiet again for a long moment. The only sound was my breathing which sounded a bit too loud at the moment.

"It's just what can he give you that I can't?"

I looked up at him, surprised that he'd spoken.

"I don't know, he's my best friend…he makes me laugh, he doesn't lie to me…he doesn't steal my things…" I added with a laugh, but stopped at the look on his face.

"That was a joke"

His grip tightened on the steering wheel.

"Well, it wasn't very funny."

I sighed. "Jacob Black is my best friend."

"I thought Alice was your best friend."

"No…Alice is a god send. There's a difference."

"And I am?" He asked, throwing it in, like it was just a whim, just a pointless question that didn't matter, but I knew that it did matter to him. I looked up at him, my eyes wide

"Everything." I answered him as he pulled up to the treaty line, I could see Jacob from where we were and Edward looked over at my.

"Be safe. You're my everything too. I don't want my everything in pieces when I come back."

Jacob was not being gracious. After the intial hug and the "Christ, It's great to see you Bells!' It was back to the constant tirade of. 'How's the blood sucker treating you?' 'Did he lock you up in a tower yet?' 'So, no really, Christmas or thanksgiving?' I had to refrain from slapping him twice. When we were walking on the beach together, I finally had to tell him to shut up.

"Jacob, Please! I came here to have fun with you. I need fun really bad right now. Can you please just be my best friend and give me that?"

He frowned at me, but nodded nonetheless. "Thank you." I let out in a breath as we continued to walk along the beach.

Jacob shoved his hands into his pockets and we were both silent for a long time. Then he reached over and grabbed my hand and held it. Just like we used to. I looked up at him, giving him a half a smile.

"Edward knows now. About the cutting. He's..upset."

Jacob looked at me and then nodded. "Yeah, figured he wouldn't be happy. I wasn't."

I bit down on my lip, sighing. "You never asked me to stop though."

Jacob looked up at me raising a brow. "Well of course I didn't, what good was that going to do? You wouldn't have stopped and all that would've done was made you annoyed with me."

I let out a sigh but I was smiling. "And that, Jacob Black is why I belong with you."
Jacob stopped dead in his tracks, and I knew then that I'd said the wrong thing. Sometimes I was so stupid. Sometimes I truly forgot that Jacob was in love with me. He stared at me for a long time and then turned away from me.

"Bella…" He said, letting out a breath.

"Jake, before you say anything. I didn't…I didn't mean it like that…I love Edward. He may be obnoxious and…sort of controlling but…I…I'm sorry I said that."
Jacob let out a bitter laugh. "You are not. You are not sorry you said that. You meant it. Bella, I really wish you would stop lying to yourself! You love me just as much as I love you, but you can't admit, because you're afraid to leave that reeking bloodsucker!"

I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes shook my head. "Stop it. That isn't true. I love him!" I screamed at him.

"No, Bella, you think you're supposed to love him. You think it's this epic romance, when in reality he ISN'T supposed to exsist! You know it! You know if he'd never exsisted you would be with me right now. You belong with me. You said it yourself." He shook his head, I could feel the anger rolling off of him in his waves.

"We were so close, Bella, and you had to run off to Italy to save HIM when you didn't owe him anything, and you certainly didn't owe him a trip to Italy and to be grounded for the rest of forever. Bella what are you doing?"

He grabbed my arms pushing up my sleeves hard. "Look! Look at what he's making you do! Do you see? This is NOT you. Bella make a decision about your life." He said dropping my arms. "What are you doing?' He asked his eyes boring into mine.

I looked up at him, the tears rolling down my eyes uncontrollably.

"I don't…I honestly have no idea." I said, before wrapping my arms around him, holding onto him tight before pressing my lips hard to his. He kissed me back with such force that I thought my lips might be bruised, but it wasn't horrible. It felt right and good, and nice and I finally felt like I wasn't going to break just because I was being kissed. I pulled away for a moment staring into his eyes that had the intensity of a burning fire.

"Oh Jacob…" I let out in a breath. He pulled back. "Mistake?" He asked me, unsure of what my next actions wree going to be.

"No…not a mistake." I reached up to kiss him again, but he pulled back quickly.

"Whoa…Bella…you have a boyfriend." He said it like it was the first time we'd both ever heard the news.

"I know." I whispered, I looked down for a moment and then reached up to kiss him again, but he pulled back once more.

"Bella." He said sharply as if reprimanding me.

"Please Jacob," I whispered desperately. "I need it. I need you."

Within seconds his lips were pressed to mine again, and I couldn't exactly concentrate on much else. Soon, all I could feel were his hands, and the sand and a little water and it all didn't even matter. I was wrapped up in Jacob and he was wrapped up in me and it felt so good, and he was so warm, and I could hardly think let alone be depressed. Being a virgin, I'd had no idea what it was going to feel like, It didn't feel GOOD, but it didn't feel BAD either. It was nice. A mixture of highs and lows but it felt good to be that much a part of someone. I knew it wouldn't have been this way with Edward, he would've been too worried about breaking me. Somehow hurting me. Jacob hadn't been gentle in the least bit, only the parts that called for it. And those parts were nice. All of it was nice. Jacob was nice. Jacob who was lying next to me, still trying to catch his breath, looked over at me.

"You're all sandy." He said with a little bit of a laugh.

I looked over at him, shaking my head. "I love you." The words fell from my mouth before they even registered.

Jacob's smile could've lit all of forks with it's brightness. "I love you too." The words flowed from him with such ease. It scared me a little. What was I doing? I shook the thoughts from my head. This was my time with Jacob. I would worry about Edward later.

Jacob quickly gathered up our clothing, handing me mine, while managing to put his on at the same time.

"Ugh." I let out once dressed. "Clothes, on sand, on skin. Not the best feeling in the whole world."

"Do you want to shower?" He asked, looking up at me. "I don't think Billy's home…and we could both use one."

I looked up at him, raising a brow. "Are you trying to get me naked? Again?"

Jacob frowned, shaking his head. "No. I was trying to make you feel better."

I let out a laugh. "I'd love a shower. Thanks for the offer."

The walk back to Jacob's house was filled with nothing but laughter and quick stolen kisses. We were both far too happy for our own goods. But once we arrived at Jacob's house, Billy was out as expected. Jacob let me shower first and then he took his own as I relaxed in his room. It was tiny, it seemed too small for Jacob. How did he fit? But once he joined me, he seemed to fit just fine.

"Bella?" He asked, once sitting on the bed with me.

I looked up at him. "Yeah?" I asked, scooting just a little closer to him, taking his hand.

"I like this. A lot. And…I like being with you and being able to kiss you whenever I want…that's nice too…I…I miss you, Bells and I love you."

I looked at him again my eyes boring into his for a few minutes before I pressed my lips to his lightly.

"I need you Jacob." And that was all I had to say. All I had to say to re-enact what happened at the beach. A part of me knew that I was being completely manipulative, that I was using Jacob in a sense, but I really did need this. I'd fix everything eventually. Everything would get fixed. After the second time, I was asleep within minutes. Who knew the act had such a tiring effect?

When I woke up, all I could see was Jacob hurriedly putting his clothes on. I sat up confused, I ran a hand through my hair, shaking my head.

"What are you doing?" I asked, my voice sounding tired.

Jacob looked back at me throwing me my shirt. "I have to take you home. Get dressed."

"What, why?" I asked, panicking just a little. What was going on?

"Just get dressed, Bella." Was the only response I got, so I did, He led me quickly out to the car, I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye to Billy. He drove in silence and I was too afraid to speak. I hardly ever saw him intense like this. Once we reached the treaty line. He parked and there was nothing but more silence in the car.

"Oh..crap. I…I forgot to call Edward…he doesn't know I'm ready…I can call now…he'll be here in 20 minutes." But Jacob wasn't listening to me anymore. He just started driving.

"You don't have to take me all the way home. Edward wants to pick me up…" He was still silent, but he accelerated just slightly.

"Jake…what is it? What's wrong?" I asked, my heart skipping several beats as I watched his face. Still no answer. When he reached my house, he parked and then turned to me.

"I'll see you soon, Bella."

I frowned at him, crossing my arms over my chest. "I am NOT leaving until you tell me what the hell is wrong with you!" I said staring at him. "You're acting like Edward, and it's freaking me out." I said in a clear voice.

He turned away from me for a long moment, letting out a breath. "Billy walked in on us asleep. He's really angry…and…he might call Charlie."

I stared at him, shaking my head. "So therefore you're angry at me?" I asked, confused.

He looked at me eyes wide, "No..I thought…you'd be…angry at me."

I blinked, frowning. "No. I mean…this…complicates things a little but…I'll just intercept the call and…You just have to get far far away before Edward- " but a light buzzing nose interrupted me. I looked down at the black cell phone in my hand, flashing 'Edward' and buzzing.

"…Calls." I finished. I leaned in and pressed my lips to his lightly. "Don't worry about it. I'll come see you soon." I said quickly before practically falling out of the car. I flipped open the phone and pressed into my ear as Jacob drove away.

"Hi. I'm so sorry I forgot to call and Jacob was already on the way, and so he just dropped me off. I'm really sorry. Are you mad?"

There was silence on the other end and then a soft. "No. Are you home now? Can I come see you?"

I thought for a moment biting my lip. "Oh um…Can you come a bit later? I just…should spend some time with Charlie. I'll see you up in my room tonight though."

"Oh." His voice sounded hurt, and I felt so guilty. "Yeah, okay. Sure. I'll see you tonight. And Bella?"

"Yes?" I asked, my hand on the doorknob.

"I hope you had fun today." More guilt easing its way into my body.

"I'll see you later." I said before snapping the phone shut. I took a deep breath.

I slept with Jacob, twice. Edward was making me feel guilty and he wasn't even doing it on purpose and Billy Black was about to ruin my life. Yup, sounds like my life.

I opened the door, walking into the house. "I'm home!" I said making my way into the kitchen, eyeing the phone as I did so.

"Bella?" He asked, as if someone else lived here, I rolled my eyes.

"Yup." I called back, getting myself a glass of water. He was in the living room watching television, this meant that if the phone rang, he wouldn't even bother getting up. I felt all the nerves drain from me. It was going to be alright.

"You're mom called. She says if you don't e-mail her back tonight, she's flying down here and forcing you to give her every detail of your last week."

I groaned, rolling my eyes. "I'll go e-mail her back right now." I said turning to trudge up the stairs. The sound of the phone ringing had never sent a bigger chill down my spine.
"I'll get it!" I screamed excitedly, rushing back towards the phone, but Charlie was quicker than me. Once I got there his hand was already on the phone.

"No, I've got it, go write your mother." I stood frozen in place as he answered the phone.

"Billy!" He said excitedly as he heard the person on the other line. My heart sank.

He was quiet for a long time, staring at me and then nodding, like Billy could see him. 'Mhm.' He mumbled. 'Uh-huh' He said sounding angry, and then a quick. "Thank you Billy, I'll speak with her." He hung up quickly, staring at me.

"Isabella Marie Swan." I winced at my full name. I let out a sigh.

"Remember that I'm 18."

Charlie scoffed, shaking his head. "You know Bella, I could book you for this. Jacob is not 18. He's actually 16, which, Bella may I remind you, is against the law."

I frowned, trying hard to keep my cool.

"Jacob, is my best friend and I love him and I thought you wanted me to date him!" I screamed, angry now.

Charlie looked at me shaking my head. "Sure, if you weren't already dating someone else."

The lie came to my head quickly. It was the only way out.

"No. We broke up. Today, actually. I broke up with him. I want to be with Jake."

Charlie raised a brow. "Really?" He asked, I knew how awkward this must be for him.

I nodded. "Yes, Really."

"Don't get pregnant."

I let out a half laugh. "We were careful. Don't worry."

"Tell Billy you broke up with Edward…and uh…Bella?" I turned to face him.

"Yes?"

"You have an open door rule now. Bedroom door's open when Jakes here." I nodded.

"Mmhm. Got it."

I practically ran up the stairs, to my bedroom wanting nothing more than to get away from him. But once I got there, I realized that wasn't the place I wanted to be in the least. Edward sat on my bed, his expression one of complete sadness. He looked up at me and I wanted to die.

"Why?" He whispered softly.

Sometimes, having a vampire boyfriend who could read everybody's mind was the worst. I had no idea how I was going to explain. I wanted to personally ring Billy Black's neck.