I am so so so so so so so sorry about the lack of updating. It's been crazy with going back to school and a lack of sleep. But like I said, I WILL be finishing this story and I am definitely going to try and update more now because I have a few ideas on how to end this story…

Chapter 10

I felt the need to scream. But no sound came out. Nothing. Jake jumped in front of me protectively. Victoria smiled at me as she lept at Jacob. He phased and pushed her backwards, away from me. Edward ran over to me and tried to drag me away from the fight, but I couldn't move. I couldn't leave Jacob. I wished I could've been more use in this fight but there was nothing I could do. I felt hopeless. Everything that happened next seemed to happen in a blur. Before I knew it, Edward had lifted me into his arms and began to run way too fast. "EDWARD! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" I screamed at him. "Saving you! You can't be here Bella. It's too dangerous." He tried to explain to me, but I didn't care. All I cared about right now was Jacob, and how much I wanted him to be safe and here with me, to wrap his arms around me. "You have to help Jake!" I tried to plead with him, but I could see in his eyes that he didn't care about what happened to Jacob.

Edward had carried me deep into the forest. By now it was dark but I didn't care, I was too worried about Jacob to be scared. I felt tears forming in my eyes, but I wouldn't let them fall, I wouldn't show Edward my weakness. Edward looked down at me and I realised that I had failed to hide the tears in my eyes. He gave me a weak smile as the tears began to stream down my face as if they had a mind of their own. "Edward, please help Jake!" I tried to plead with him once again. "But I have to help you Bella. As long as you're safe I don't care about what happens to him." Edward said with a nonchalant look on his face. "How can you say that? Put me down!" He placed me carefully on the ground, as if I was porcelain. "Bella please calm down. Jacob will be okay." He tried to convince me. I just ignored him and carried on letting the tears pour down my face.

"Bella, please say something." Edward whispered after we had been stood there in silence for five minutes. "Help Jake, please." I whispered back. "Bella stop being so stubborn. He will be okay. The pack will fight with him." He told me. "They won't help. I mean, I get the feeling that they don't like me and besides vampires and wolves are enemies so why would they help save my vampire child?" I argued. "They have to save you. It's like a law to them." Edward muttered. "Why?" "Because you're Jacob's imprint." I looked at Edward and saw the horror on his face. "Edward, what's wrong? Has something happened?" I asked in a panic. "Nothing's happened. It's just a little hard for me to accept that you're Jacob's imprint." He looked at me with depression clouding his eyes. "Why would you care? You left me! You obviously don't care about me!" I told him, raising my voice slightly. "I still love you Bella. I thought that by leaving I would be helping you, saving you even. I'm not good for you. Look at what I've done to you!"

I stared at him in shock. He looked into my eyes and began to move his head closer to mine. I was paralyzed. I couldn't move. I was still in shock at what he had told me. I wanted to scream, run cry, punch him. But I couldn't. Just as his face was inched from mine I took a step back. I looked up at Edward and his face held pain and disappointment. I couldn't let him kiss me. I couldn't do that to Jake, the one I truly loved. "I'm sorry Edward, but I love Jake." I swear, if vampires could cry, he would be sobbing right now. But he just looked at me, again with a pained expression. I instantly felt guilty for the fact that I had hurt him, but in a way I felt he deserved it. I couldn't take it anymore. I turned away from Edward and stared at the trees behind him, anything so that I wouldn't have to look in his eyes anymore. But in that second I wish that I had never taken my eyes off of Edward. In the trees behind Edward stood Victoria, smiling at me as if she was mocking me. I started to shake in fear and Edward sensed my distress. He turned around and growled in Victoria's direction. But it was too late. She was gone. I turned around and there she was again. But she was faster than Edward. She wrapped her hands around my neck and lifted me off the ground. Edward lept at her and she dropped me on the ground. I heard a crack come from my stomach and I was suddenly surrounded by a pool of blood. The last thing I remember is seeing Victoria's wicked smile as she ran away. Then I blanked out.

Jacob's POV

I ran after the red-headed leech in the direction that Edward had taken Bella. I sped up and mentally screamed at myself for letting her get away. That's when I heard a voice in my head. "Woah what's your problem?" The voice belonged to Paul. "It's Victoria, the red-headed leech, she's after Bella. Paul, get the rest of the pack!" "No way Jake. I'm not gonna help you save some pregnant leech lover." I mentally growled at him as he laughed. "You have a bit of a dilemma there don't you Jake?" He asked me in a mocking tone. "What's that supposed to mean?" I questioned him. "You see, you could get Sam and the others to help but then they would know that Bella has a baby bloodsucker growing inside of her and then they would kill her. So basically she's dead either way." Why hadn't he told Sam already? He was probably going to keep it to himself so that he could blackmail me in some way. I so badly wanted to find him and kill him right now. But I knew that wouldn't help me save my Bella. I suddenly felt someone else phase. "Jake, that you?" It was Sam's voice. "Thank god! Sam help, Victoria's after Bella!" I screamed at him in my head. He didn't say anything. However, he let out a commanding howl which I knew meant that he was signalling the rest of the pack to phase. Moments later, voices filled my mind, asking what had happened. Sam filled them in on the situation and we all continued running to try and catch up with the bloodsucker.

We were deep in the forest when we caught her scent again. But this time Bella and Edward's scents were there too, along with the smell of human blood. I started to panic and if I was still in human form right now I would have instantly phased. The pack could hear the panic in my mind as they continued to run in the way that Victoria's scent was headed. I ran as fast as I could in that direction, more determined now than ever to find her. We ran for what felt like hours, but in reality were just moments. Finally after the frantic running and searching, we found her running through the forest. I sped up and lept on her. She fell to the ground and flipped us over, so that she was above me. She was definitely strong, but I wasn't going to give up, I was going to kill her, for Bella. I pushed her off of me and as she fell to the ground. She screamed as I bit into her arm. Out of nowhere the rest of the pack ran over to the leech and began helping me tear her apart, once she had been ripped to shreds, I phased back so that I could burn the remains of the red-head.

The scent of sickly smoke filled the air, which assured me that this was over. I was desperate to get to Bella so I muttered a thank you to the pack and was about to take off into the forest when Sam stopped me. "Jake, can I have a word?" He asked. "Yeah sure, but can it be quick because I want to see if Bella's okay." I said a bit too eagerly. "Actually Bella is what we wanted to talk about. " I looked at the faces of the pack and for the first time I saw a look of hatred in their eyes. "Well what is it?" I asked. "It's about the bloodsucker she's carrying. It can't be allowed Jacob. It's wrong, an abomination. We won't allow it." I looked at Sam and saw the seriousness in his eyes. I shook my head. "But Bella's my imprint, you can't kill her." I informed them. "No, but we can kill the baby, once it's been separated from Bella." Bella. What was going to happen to her? Would they be able to save her? I had so many questions. "But Bella could die." I whispered. "We know Jake and we're sorry. But we have to attack; we cannot allow a threat this big on our land. And besides, what if Bella has to be turned into a blood sucker? Then we have no choice but to attack. So Jake, are you with us or not?" He looked me in the eye. "No. I'm not. I have to stand by Bella." I felt a wave of anger rush over me as I took off my cut-off jeans and phased. I headed straight for the Cullen house.

I arrived at the Cullen house and phased back into my human form. I pulled on my cut-off jeans and let myself into the house. I ran up the stair, eager to find my Bella and make sure she's okay. I had no idea where she was. I continued running up stairs and found Edward. "Where is she?" I asked him. "She's here Jake." He looked at me with remorse. "What happened?" I asked. "Victoria found her. And I think something's wrong with the thing." He told me. Suddenly I heard a weak voice that made my heart skip a beat. "It's a HE not a THING!" It was Bella's voice. I rushed past Edward and saw my Bella lying in a bed looking broken.

Bella's POV

I slowly opened my eyes. The light stung and I felt something pushing me to close my eyes again but I fought it. The pain in my body was unbearable, I couldn't move. Then I heard a voice that made me wake up even more. "Where is she?" It was Jake's voice. I instantly felt better knowing he was okay. "She's here Jake." Edward's voice was full of upset. What was wrong? "What happened?" That was exactly what I wanted to know. "Victoria found her. And I think something's wrong with the thing." I then remembered what had happened. I started to panic for my baby's life. "It's a HE not a THING!" I spoke weakly. Suddenly Jacob rushed in and sat down beside me. He didn't say anything; he just looked into my eyes. A growl then came from Edward. I felt my mind go hazy once again. Jacob turned to look at Edward. "I have to stand by Bella, even if that means standing by you." Jacob told Edward. I began to grow confused. "Thank you Jacob, but I still don't know how I feel about this situation, or if I even want to fight." Fight? What's going on? "But you have to. For Bella." Jacob pleaded. I was confused. "Jake, what's happening?" It had now gotten to the point where it hurt to even speak. "Edward, we have to tell her." We both looked at Edward. "Sam wants to attack." He told me casually and simply. I felt my eyes grow wide. I felt tears slip down my face a sharp pain coursed around my body. I felt a pressure in my stomach and I let out a scream. "BELLA!"

Jake screamed at me. But soon enough his screams were blocked out with the darkness that overtook me. I took one last look at Jake's face as everything once again turned black.

So, what did you think? What do you think should happen to Bella? Should she survive? And what do think should happen to her baby? Should Bella keep him/her? Should the baby be a boy or a girl? What should its name be? Should he/she even survive? So many questions that need answers! So feel free to let me know what you think should happen and please review. Thanks for reading x