Okay, this is going to be a long chapter I know it, lol. For real this time though. I know exactly what's going to happen and it's going to be EPIC. So…….Enjoy.

Chapter 7-Why Did It Have To Be Him?

~~BPOV~~

When I woke up in the morning, I was in the bed of Emily's guest room. I could smell food cooking downstairs and knew that Emily was already making breakfast for Jake and me. I yawned and got up, stretching. My hair was a mess and I brushed it out and left it down like any other day. I got dressed in a hoodie and walked down the stairs after grabbing all my stuff.

Jake was wide awake and stuffing his mouth with pancakes. I smiled and sat next to him and only put one on me plate. With half of the pancake hanging out of his mouth, he narrowed his eyes at me and I put another small one on to appease him. It worked and he continued on finishing off the stack.

Emily smiled and sat next to me. "Good morning Bella. Did you sleep well?"

I nodded and grabbed the syrup. "I slept perfect Emily. Thank you for letting me stay the night." I hadn't slept the best, but it was more polite to tell her I did. She already worked so hard to take care of all of the boys and with a baby coming in eight months; it was only going to get harder. "I already made the bed and cleaned up so don't worry about it."

"Thank you, that was very thoughtful." She said as I handed her the syrup.

After we were all done with breakfast, Jake and I said our good-byes and I thanked her again. Jake insisted on carrying my bags out to my truck for me against my protest. It was like sometimes he was trying to have to same manners that they had back in the early 1900's. Also like someone else I knew.

The drive to school was far from silent. Jake was adamant about my days activities.

"I'll take your truck back to my house and you just call me when you're done. Sam asked if you could only tell Alice about the dream. He wants to know if she sees Victoria planning anything funny. And if anything happens call me please. I know you think it was nothing but Sam doesn't and I definitely don't." He was entirely serious about all of this. There wasn't a bit of humor or calmness in his face. He was tense and kept looking out of all of the mirrors.

"Jake, there's no use in asking Alice. Even if Victoria was planning something she wouldn't see it. Remember, she doesn't see the wolves so if Victoria has planned something like that, it wouldn't help asking Alice. But I think all of you are over reacting." I told him.

He shrugged. "Fine, don't tell Alice. Just still, call me if anything happens. And I mean anything." I sighed inwardly. He wanted me to call even if I got a little tired.

Overprotective fool.

When we got to school, almost everyone was staring at my truck wondering why Jacob had driven me. I guess that they all assumed I would be riding with the Cullens again. I got out and waved to Jake as he drove away. I looked around for Tyler's van and the rest of them. Alice and the rest weren't here yet but I spotted Tyler and everyone in the next row over.

When I got over to them, their faces were all shocked like I had thought. I shrugged and looked at each of them. "What?"

Mike was the first to speak. "Why was Black driving you to school? I thought you'd be back with the Cullens' in a heartbeat."

I shook my head. "We're catching up sort of still. I crashed on Jakes couch last night and he let me stay since Charlie isn't home yet. I'm going back over there after school today so I gave him my truck for the day." I explained with a little difficulty. Lying was still hard for me. "You have any more Twizzlers Tyler?"

He nodded and smiled, tossing me one. The awkwardness of the morning broke up and everyone went back to talking with each other.

Eric was the one who let me know when the Cullen's got there. I thanked him and walked towards Emmett's huge jeep smiling. I looked around quickly and saw that the Volvo was alone again today but was parked on the other side of the lot.

Alice had me in a hug as soon as I reached the jeep. I laughed and hugged her back. "Hello to you too Alice."

She laughed and let me go. "Sorry. I missed you."

I laughed with her. "It's great that you're all back." I said smiling. I truly was overjoyed to have them back. With the small painful reminder that they all were back.

The bell for first hour rang and we all said our good byes and promised to catch up more in class.

I didn't have any problems from first to seventh hour. First was a little awkward but I made it through it without him talking to me. Everyone was still excited to see me again and they all seemed fine that I was with Jake all day yesterday. None of them even asked about it. It was odd but I found it comforting that they trusted my decisions.

Jasper was right in the middle of telling me a story about how he and Alice almost got discovered in Hong Kong when my phone vibrated with a text message. I apologized for interrupting and pulled out my phone to be surprised to see it was from Sam. I opened it and froze, everything around me freezing as well. I couldn't hear anything and I couldn't see anything but the text.

get outside. im almst ther. jakes missing

I couldn't believe it. The dream, it was true. It's all going to happen. I could feel tears come to my eyes and I chocked out a sob covering my mouth. She was going to kill him and everyone else and me.

I snapped out of it when I felt Alice shaking me. I looked up at her quickly before I stood up just as fast nearly falling over when my chair fell out behind me.

"I-I'm sorry. I just…I-I need to g-go." I said before I turned and left, walking straight out the doors. I knew they were following me but I didn't care at that point. Sam was already here in my truck and I jumped into the passenger seat slamming the door behind me. I looked back and saw the Cullens confused faces and in the very back of the parking lot next to his Volvo, I saw Edward, just as shocked and confused.

I turned back to Sam. "What happened? Tell me," I demanded, tears still falling from my eyes.

He sighed. "We found a note. We're on our way there now. Bella…it's not a pretty sight." He said looking at me out of the corner of his eye.

I tried to get rid of the tears unsuccessfully. "Don't worry Sam. I'm not expecting it to be." I said sighing now.

He nodded and was silent for a few minutes. "The Cullen's looked confused. Didn't you tell Alice?" he asked turning on the road that led down to the beach. Victoria would have ruined that spot for me.

I shook my head. "No, there was no need. Alice wouldn't have seen anything anyways because Victoria involved herself with the wolves. I didn't want to worry them." I said the words quietly. I had done just the opposite. They probably all already left school to go talk with Carlisle.

Sam didn't say anything else, deciding it was best not to state the obvious out loud to me. I agreed. I was a mess already just from what I knew. Sam knew more and probably also knew that what I saw at the beach was going to make me a hell of a lot worse.

When we got there, almost all the wolves were there. They were all moving around doing different things cleaning up, getting rid of certain evidence. There were large tuffs of reddish-brown fur scattered all over the place and there were trees that had come out of the forest snapped into different sized pieces. There were some craters in the sand and rocks that were close to the tree pieces.

But none of that was as important or prominent as what was written on mine and Jake's tree. The washed up one with the tangling roots that was no longer only bleached white from the salt water. No, now there was a message on it in blood ruining it forever. I fell to my knees as I read the message left by the mate of the vampire that was so intent on killing me the year before only to fail when Edward showed up to save me.

I have your puppy, Isabella. He's not doing too

good. I suggest you find me soon.

My head was in my hands at this point, trying to catch or stop the tears that were relentlessly falling from my eyes. I couldn't stop them even after I felt one of the wolves pick me up and carry me from the gruesome scene. I didn't know where they were taking me and I didn't care at that point honestly. I almost wished it was Victoria so that she would let Jake go and he would get to live.

Why did it have to be him?

~~APOV~~

Not one of us knew what was going on when Bella just up and left with Sam. Not even me. She did seem a little edgy all day and anxious but I didn't ask her about it. That text message from Sam was probably what set her off the edge. If Jacob Black was missing, she would be beyond distraught. But from the way she reacted, was it worse than I thought.

Everyone went home after her and Sam drove off to the reservation. Well except Edward. He went to go run along to border back and forth, waiting for her to come back. I'd told him not to yesterday but I didn't get the chance to tell him today. But that was fine. He could figure out what had happened or he already knew from Sam's mind.

Carlisle didn't know what to think about it either. He was currently trying to get a hold of Edward to see what he knew, but the selfish little brat wasn't picking up his phone. To act like that at a time like this was just plain rude.

We were all thinking about possibilities when my phone rang. I looked at the number surprised to see that it wasn't a number I knew. I picked it up with everyone staring at me.

"Hello?"

"Alice, my name's Seth. I borrowed Bella's phone to call you. Meet me at the border please. Sam wants her with you guys." The voice was unfamiliar to me. I'd never heard it before.

"I'll be there in two minutes." I said before I hung up. I quickly stood from the couch and ran to the garage. Jasper was right there with me as I jumped into Carlisle's Mercedes.

"Would you mind telling me what's going on?" he asked as I pulled out and zipped down the drive way.

I kept my eyes on the road. "We're going to pick up Bella at the border. Sam wants her with us."

He nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Seth was already waiting for us at the border. I parked on the side of the road and looked into Bella's truck. Bella was in the passenger seat sleeping with puffy eyes. There were dried tear trails down her cheeks and she looked like she'd been pulling at her hair.

I got out when Seth did. He had the truck parked on this side of the border and he walked right up to us. He handed me the keys and looked directly at me.

"Tell your brother that he needs to stop running the border. Sam's getting agitated because while we're all trying to find Jake, Sam has to make sure he doesn't cross." He said.

I nodded. "I'll try. He hasn't been picking up his phone." I paused for a moment. "What happened?"

He looked into the woods. "She came in through the water. He was at the beach and it got really mess. Trees, rocks, craters, his fur, and blood. She left a message on a driftwood tree. I have your puppy, Isabella. He's not doing too good. I suggest you find me soon." He shook, either angry or disturbed I couldn't tell. "Sam brought her down to see and she freaked out. She started crying and screaming and ripping her hair out, she finally fell asleep about ten minutes ago in the truck."

I looked back at her. She was going through so much in such little time. It was a shock she wasn't comatose or something. "Thank you Seth. If any of you need any help on this side of the border, don't hesitate to ask. We would like nothing more than to have Victoria be a pile of ash. And I'll take care of Edward." I told him.

I heard a rustle in the trees and my head snapped towards it. Edward walked out on this side of the border looking absolutely morbid. He stopped next to Jasper, staring at the asphalt. "No need, I'm here."

I stared at him. "You'll be in Carlisle's car with Jasper. I'll be driving Bella." I said. He didn't reply, knowing he would lose. I turned back to Seth. "Thank you again. You better head back off to Sam and the others, I'm sure they still need your help."

He nodded and smiled sadly. "You know, you Cullen's aren't that bad." He turned and ran off into the woods after that. I walked to Bella's truck and got in, happy to see she was still sleeping. I saw Edward and Jasper get into the Mercedes and wait for me. They would follow me the entire way to the house to keep watch for surprise attacks.

But at this point, what was the point? Victoria had bait, she would wait.