(Bella's P.O.V)

I had begun to pick up Jacob's raggedy, shredded clothes when he came back.

"Here, let me help you with that," he said and lightly pecked my cheek.

"NO!!!" I shrieked. "GO AWAY!!! I DON'T LOVE YOU!!!"

I bawled, letting the tears escape my never-to-be-golden eyes. He lifted his hands up and wiped my tears away with a single swipe. Our eyes met and he held my jaw in his large, warm hands.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I won't do it, again."

I figured he was lying so I questioned him. "What do you mean, 'I won't do it again'?"

He chuckled softly. "I mean I might not do it again with you."

I eyed him suspiciously.

Should I trust him? I wondered. Hmm...

"Alright," I said as I began picking up Jake's clothes again.

"Alright what?" he asked.

"Alright, you can be allowed to see me without getting beat up...by me!"

He chuckled. "Okay, fine."

After he had helped me finish putting his clothes in a plastic bag, he pecked me on the cheek again.

"What was that for?" I asked, slightly annoyed.

"Please, Bella," he began. "Come with me to Jacksonville."

"Why?"

"I want you to have some time not to think of what the bloodsucker-"

"Edward," I said stiffly.

"Ah, right, him. I want you to have some time not to think of what Edward-" He paused. I nodded in approval. "Has done to you. You can be alone with me. We can have free time together and go to the beach and-"

"-And you would kiss me and try to turn me over to your side of the immortals! NO WAY!!!"

"No, Bella! Not like that at ALL! We would be supervised by your mom or stepdad. I won't go any further as to hugging you unless you change your mind..." he trailed off suggestively.

"I won't," I answered sternly.

"Very well," he said as he stood up. "I must be off. I will pick you up at seven o' clock a.m. and we will go to the airport-"

"Not seven," I interupted. He seemed annoyed that I did that but I ignored him. "Charlie gets up at six-forty. I don't want him to know that I'm back yet. How about six."

"Okay, six then," he answered. "Oh, please Bella! Please come with me!"

I thought about this. Going to Jacksonville with Jacob would probably cost me a lot of love loss with Edward. But he didn't want me. No, he didn't. And if he didn't want me then at least I could have Jacob. Maybe it would make Edward jealous and he would want me back.

"Alright, I'll go."

"Thankyou, Bella." With that he jumped out of my window, plastic bag in hand. I watched him throw the clothes away and then went back to my bed.

I'd better get some sleep if I'm going to Jacksonville in the morning, I thought and soon drifted off to sleep.

I had a strange dream. I was at the airport. Jacob was there waiting for me to get on the plane to Jacksonville.

"C'mon Bella! Let's go!" he called.

I turned away from him and saw Edward sitting in one of the chairs. He had his head between his knees and he was sobbing without tears.

"Oh, Bella!" he cried. "I'm sorry! Come back, Bella! Come back!"

"I'm here, Edward!" I shouted in his direction but even with his perfect hearing, he didn't notice my voice.

No! I thought. This is not the way it should be!

"Bella! C'mon! We have to get on the plane," said a voice behind me.

I turned to see Jacob agian but behind him was a vampire.

Victoria.

"JACOB!!!" I screeched. "LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU!!!"

He turned ever so slowly. When he finally saw her, he just chuckled. Victoria did too. She put her hands on his shoulders and rubbed them gently. She blew in his ear and then said to me, "You can't win, Bella. Know that."

I banged my head on something hard...and realized that I wasn't dreaming anymore. I had hit my bedside table on the corner. I was on the floor with my sheets half on and half off me. I must've rolled around in my sleep without Edward there to keep me in one place.

I got up and dressed in a dark blue shirt with a white sweater over it and jeans. I went to my bathroom and brushed my teeth. I thought about the hairstyle I would wear.

Strange. I never think about that! I wondered.

Finally deciding, I pulled my hair back into a low ponytail and switched off the light. I bounced lightly down the stairs- almost tripping twice- and poured myself a bowl of Captain Crunch. I glanced at the clock. It read five-forty-three. I groaned. It was twenty minutes until Jake came to pick me up.

I might do something stupid like trip and make a loud sound. Then Charlie would wake up and scold me for not telling him that I was back. Charlie had arrived back at midnight. I had known that because he slammed the door on accident and I heard him and woke up. I hid in my closet just like Edward and waited for my dad to go to his room.

I had finished my second bowl of the cereal when I heard a honk outside. Jacob! I thought. Stop honking or you'll wake Charlie up!

I rushed outside in barefeet and cursed Jake silently on my way to his car. When he saw me he immediatly stopped.

"Hey, Bella! Ready?" he asked cheerfully.

"Unless you want me to get killed by you waking Charlie up, yeah!" I replied.

He laughed as I ran back inside to grab socks and my suitcase.

"So, we're off to Jacksonville, huh?" he asked me once I had returned.

"That's right," I said, worried. "You suggested it, remember?"

"Ah, yes, I did, didn't I?"

"Um...yeah. Can we go yet?" I was a little crabby from getting up so early so I was being a bit snappy.

"FIne," he said and turned back to the road. He started the engine before saying, "Don't be so nasty."

I gasped, realizing how rude I had been. "I'm sorry Jake. I'm just a litle-" I yawned. "-sleepy."

He stiffled a giggle. "I can see that, Bells."

"Hey, don't call me that!" I scolded, then added grumpily, "I hate that name."

He laughed again. What was it with this kid and laughing?

I didn't know but he didn't talk for the whole way there. I was beginning to think that something was troubling him, but I just couldn't quite put my finger on it.

When we arrived at the airport I had a strange deja vu. It was of my dream. Jake was standing right where he had in the dream. He said, "C'mon, Bella! Let's go!" Just like in my dream.

Then an exciting but horrifying thought came to mind. Was Edward here? Was he sitting in one of the chairs sobbing for me? I looked around but I didn't see him. I was have relieved but then terrified again. The next thing that happened in my dream was Victoria.

I whipped my head back to Jacob and...saw nothing behind him except regular moving people. I reluctently looked around once more before loading into the plane.

"What took you so long?" Jake asked me as I quietly moved in front of him.

"Just wanting to make sure that no "bloodsuckers" are following us," I said going all "ms. smartypants" on him. I peeked back at Jacob. He looked stunned. "Just kidding," I added and then hurried into my seat.

Jacob and I talked for about an hour about "human" stuff like crushes and proms and, when it was Jake's turn to talk, cars and engines. I sat still in my seat, have asleep as he rambled on about this one peice of metal that he used for some pipe that goes in the engine. I quietly swore to myself that I would never let Jake have an oppurtunity to talk about cars again.

"So Jake," I said once he was done. "How is tracking Victoria going?"

I decided that I shouldn't have changed the subject to that but it was too late now.

"Well, umm..." he said lost in thought. I sucked in my breath, waiting for a romantic answer from him that I would hate him for. But instead he changed the subject again. "Good... do you want to get some sleep? I understand that you have been up since five-thirty."

"Yes, thankyou!" I quickly answered and let my head rest against the window. I closed my eyelids and the last thing I saw before falling into a deep sleep was Jacob pulling out a safety manual and saying that it was no use for a werewolf but he had to look normal.

Not a lot of normal people read safety manuals when they have nothing to do on a plane, Jake, I thought but before I could say something, I fell asleep without another sound from Jake until we got there.