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Chapter 9

I woke up the following morning to a pounding sound. I rubbed my eyes and climbed out of bed slowly; I was especially clumsy in the morning. As I carefully made my way downstairs, the pounding on the door became louder, almost more urgent. I fumble with the locks on the door and after what felt like forever I managed to swing the door open.

"It's about time Bells, I have been down here for twenty minutes." I looked up, and I do mean up. The tall boy standing in front of me was more man than child. I was sure he was over six and a half feet. His tanned face was definitely that of a teenage boy and was topped off with shaggy black hair.

Of course I had to just give him a once over, his body was massive and not in a bad way. I could clearly see the outline of all of his muscles through the black tee shirt he was wearing. He was beautiful.

"Uh… I'm sorry do I know you?" I finally looked back at his face. He looked vaguely familiar but I just couldn't come up with a name.

He laughed but it wasn't a happy laugh, more like a nervous, sad laugh. "Jacob Black, Billy Black is my dad. We used to make mud pies when we were younger."

"Yea, I remember now." I felt stupid. Of course I remembered him although he was much smaller then. Billy is my dad's best friend and his fishing partner. "What's up?"

"Can I come in?" he asked solemnly. I nodded and moved out of his way so he could walk in. I pointed towards the living room. "Thanks. Listen you should sit down, I am not here with good news. In fact this is gonna be the hardest thing I have ever had to tell someone." His voice was grave.

I did as he asked and sat in Charlie's recliner as he took a seat on the sofa. Jacob stared at me for a moment before he stood up and walked over to me, he knelt down and took my little hands in his very large ones. I was about to pull away from him but something in his eyes told me not to.

"Bella, I am so sorry." He started. The look on his face told me to brace myself. "The hospital called here last night but there was no answer so they called my dad first thing this morning. I came right here as soon as he told me."

I looked at the clock, I hadn't noticed that it was only quarter of seven, much too early for a happy social visit.

"Told you what?" I asked wearily.

A single tear fell from his beautiful dark brown eyes, "Bella, Charlie was in an accident last night. He didn't make it."

He pulled me down into his lap as I started shaking. "No… you're wrong… Jake tell me you're wrong!" I sobbed into his chest.

I tried to get up but he wouldn't let go. "LET ME UP! HE'S NOT DEAD… HE'S FINE. YOU'RE LYING. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!?!?!" I screamed as I pounded my tiny fists against his gigantic chest.

He just held me repeating I'm sorry over and over, until everything went black.

JACOB POV

I'm not sure how long I sat holding Bella while she cried. I could sympathize with her; I lost my mom a few years back. So I knew this wasn't going to be easy… far from it in fact.

After a while of my comforting her and cooing reassuringly in hear ear that I was sorry for her loss, I scooped her up and carried her out to her Audi. I had to be dropped off because I was shaking so bad thinking about the news I had to deliver.

My dad got the call early this morning about Charlie. He had been driving his normal patrol late last night when a car came up quick and started ramming the back end of his car. Apparently he lost control of his cruiser and veered off the road into the trees that lined that main road. He was killed on impact. The driver of the other car sped off but the whole thing was caught on one of the video cameras on Charlie's cruiser.

He immediately woke me up and asked that I go tell Bella instead of some cop showing up and reporting it to her. I agreed that I should be the one to go.

What Bella doesn't know is that the day she called Charlie and asked him to come get her, he drove to my house and spoke with my dad about the situation. Charlie knew that the situation with Phil and Renee was going to get out of hand, so he wrote up a formal letter that stated Billy would be responsible for Bella until her 18th birthday. And that she was not to go back to Renee, no matter what. After that she would be free to stay with us or go find her own place or even move back to her dad's house. In addition to that Charlie had made Bella his beneficiary on his life insurance policy so she was set financially for a very, very long time.

But now was not the time to talk about that with her.

I drove mindlessly to La Push and pulled into my driveway. I jumped out of her car quick and ran around to the passenger side and pulled open the door. She was staring ahead barely blinking. She was in shock. I lifted her up easily and carried her into my house.

Billy was sitting in the living room doorway looking crushed; he just lost his best friend, his brother. I walked right past him and into my room. I held her with one hand and pulled back the covers and placed her down. She didn't release her death grip on my arm so I covered her with my free hand and climbed up next to her and held her until she finally fell asleep. When I was sure she was completely out I wiggled out of her grip and walked out to the kitchen to talk to Billy.

"Dad, she hasn't said anything since I told her. I'm worried, is she gonna come out of this?"

"Jacob, you told her that her dad died, what kind of reaction did you expect? Her father is dead! Her dad, Jake! You of all people should know what she's going through!" he was crying now. I walked forward and hugged my dad, I cried with him.

Eventually we both calmed down enough to discuss the next step. "I am going to call Dr. Cullen and see if he can come down and prescribe something." My dad said as he moved his wheelchair away from the table and towards the counter where the phone was.

I waited while he dialed.

"Hello, this is Billy Black. Could I speak with Dr. Cullen please?" He asked who ever answered. "Dr. Cullen, I wish I was calling you under better circumstances but I have Isabella Swan at my home… Yes sir, that's right, Charlie was killed last night and my son went to her today and informed her. But you see, she is in shock, as expected, and I was wondering if you could come down to the reservation and take a look at her. She hasn't spoken in hours. Yes... thank you, bye."

He turned to me, "Dr. Cullen is on his way. He asked if Alice could come with him. I guess she's her friend. I told him… well you heard what I told him." He turned and left the kitchen.

I walked out to the front steps to wait for the doctor. I just sat there with my head in my hands thinking about Bella and what she was going through. This was going to be a long journey and she won't be the same after this, no one ever is. Her dad saved her from her step loser, Phil, and now her protector was gone.

I was trying to keep the rage that was building for Bella's loss under control when I heard two car doors close quietly. I didn't move until a tiny hand touched my shoulder and even though I didn't know her, when I looked up she opened her arms and offered a hug to me. I stood up and wrapped my arms around this little person and felt the tears slide down my cheeks.

"Jacob, thank you for being there for Bella. She needs all of her friends and the support we can give her now. But you're grieving too, and I want you to know that I am here for you. By the way I'm Alice." She said before releasing me. I looked at the tiny girl in front of me; she had black, short, spiky hair and designer clothes. Definitely the daughter of a rich doctor.

"She's in my room," I told her. She smiled and motioned for her dad, Dr. Cullen, to follow us. I knew Dr. Cullen from the hospital; he was my mother's doctor during her stay at the local hospital.

I opened the door to my room and let the doctor enter. He immediately started looking her over; while he was busy I walked out to the kitchen and saw Alice sitting at my kitchen table.

"Edward is away with my mother right now. She drags him to Seattle one weekend a month to see some therapist about why he acts out the way he does. My mother makes him leave his cell phone home and she doesn't turn her on either. He has no idea what has happened and won't until Monday afternoon." She explained but I didn't understand why that was important right now.

"Not to be rude or anything but what does that have to do with Bella?" I asked her.

"Edward loves Bella and she only realized last night that she felt the same way about him. Unfortunately they got in a fight and my mother dragged him off before he could talk to her today. He would want to be here for her." She explained. I could tell that it was killing her that she couldn't reach her brother to tell him what was going on.

"So he gets back Monday huh?" she nodded.

"My other brother Emmett is on his way to Seattle right now to tell him. Only Emmett knows where this place is because my mother made him see the same therapist when she found out he was having sex. She thought she could revirginize him or something." She smiled a very small smile.

Just then her dad came out of the room, "I gave her a mild sedative to keep her out for the night. She has slept all day so I figured that she wouldn't want to be up all night alone while you and your dad are sleeping." With that he turned and walked out of the house.

"That's my cue. When Edward gets home he is going to want to see her. Mind if I send him down?" She asked.

"That's okay with me, he can see her if she wants to see him." I walked her out to her dad's sleek black Mercedes, "Thanks for coming Alice."

She smiled again before getting in to the car. I watched as they drove off before turning around and going back to the beautiful, heartbroken girl lying in my bed.

I found her just the way I left her and once again climbed up onto the bed and pulled her towards me. I held her tightly as if I was holding her together, until I fell asleep.


AN~ Poor Bella!! She can't catch a break... one more chapter then I will write a couple outtakes to other situations... Leave me a comment if you would like to see an outtake of a particular situation! Thanks to all of you who review!!