Sadly Beautiful

A/N

Double figures!

I was nervous to write this chapter, I wanted to do all the characters justice and I think I did... I hope you enjoy.

Chapter ten - Animals

"Jacob..." She hissed, her body going rigid. I moved my arms slowly from her waist and looked up at her, concerned. "What does he want?" I asked slowly, not wanting Alice's possessive side to come out to play.

She shifted herself in front of me, subtly putting herself in between the 'danger' and I. If my senses weren't on overdrive then I wouldn't have noticed it. Although this over protective gesture should annoy me, I only felt flattered and glad that she was looking out for me.

Of course she is, she love you. I mentally scolded myself for doubting her love. I need to seriously start believing in myself a bit, before I turn into Edward. Alice nuzzled gently into my hair just before the door opened. Jake's first image when he opened the door was me sitting on the kitchen counter, with Alice between my legs, nuzzling my hair.

His eyes narrowed and he ducked his head to get under the door. He'd grown huge since the last time I'd seen him, I shuddered at the thought. When I last saw him, he had muscles, but they were no where near as big as they are now. He's sixteen but looks in his mid twenties.

He cleared his throat, "I don't want to be here bu..." Alice interrupted him before he could continue. "If you don't want to be here, leave. On seconds thoughts, even if you did want to be here, leave." She spat angrily. He didn't look phased by her outburst and continued as if it hadn't happened.

"But I've been told to come and talk to Bella, I didn't expect someone like you to be here though." He said the last part smugly. I was confused, did he know what Alice and her family were or was he making a reference to her being a lesbian. I glared icily at him, deciding it didn't matter anyway, I didn't like this boy and I didn't want to speak to him.

"What makes you think I have anything to say to you?" I said angrily, Alice growled in agreement. Jake put his hands up in a surrounding gesture.

"I know that last time we met, it wasn't great. Well it was great, so great that you've turned gay in denial of how great it is. But that shouldn't affect our relationship." He finished cockily, before Alice pinned him to the wall and wrapped her hand around his throat. She squeezed and his eyes bulged before he threw her through the door to the living room.

She stood up, covered in bits of wood and flecks of paint. She looked furious, she pounced and punched him viciously in the throat, following with a graceful kick to the ribs. I heard the bones snap but he didn't even register the pain, he continued to throw punches and kicks at Alice. Most of the attacks she dodged or managed to parry but a few made it past her defence.

I sat open mouthed watching the fight, praying that Alice would be okay. I wondered how Jacob was managing to survive this long, even managing to get some shots on her. Before I had a chance to wonder 'what' Jacob really was, Alice pounced at me. She scooped me into her arms and jumped through the wall. She jumped through it backwards to avoid hurting me, I twisted in her arms, looking through the whole in the wall.

I saw Jake quivering, shaking wildly before his shape was replaced by a massive russet coloured wolf. The change wasn't instant and I could tell, even from this distance, that my kitchen was heavily damaged. Not that that was a priority right now.

The huge wolf turned and stared at me, menace in it's eyes. It pounced at us, Alice threw me roughly to the ground and shielded me. They stared at each other, sizing one another up. She growled and lunged, Jacob dodged it easily and bit at her shoulder, tearing a chunk out of it.

I whimpered and moved to help her, not thinking what I could actually do if I got to her, but before I could she was back on her feet and pushing me down again. Jacob took this chance and tore another chunk out of her shoulder. I screamed, an agonised blood curling scream, her pain was my pain. I knew in this moment that I truly loved her with every fibre of my being.

Alice snarled loudly, pouncing at the wolf. She knocked him to the ground and pummeled his snout, with a loud moan from Jacob, his long nose caved in. The blood drenched Alice's hands and face but she didn't stop, until she was kicked roughly off. She landed in a heap on the ground, her normal gracefulness gone, I was instantly worried and almost rushed towards her.

For the third time, she pushed me to the ground and shielded me, if it wasn't such a serious situation I'd be annoyed about the treatment. Jacob's nose was repairing before my eyes, in a few minutes it'd be like he had no injury at all.

He advanced slowly, wearily trying to find an opening in her defence. When he thought he'd found a perfect moment, he let out a roar and attacked her open flank. Alice was expecting this and countered easily, throwing him roughly to the ground and lunged through the air.

Jacob was expecting this and rolled neatly out of the way. He grabbed Alice's shoulder in his arm and pulled fiercely. With a screeching metallic sound, her arm was separated from her body.

All I could hear was an agonized scream, the pain evident in the voice. I had never heard such a sound in my life, so much pain. I expected the sound to be coming from Alice but it wasn't, then I realised it was me, I was making the pained sound. I clamped my hand over my mouth, trying to stop the sound from escaping. I vaguely noticed that I'd somehow ended up curled up in a ball, holding my legs and sobbing.

From this spot I could see Alice lying on the ground, cradling the stump where her shoulder used to be. Jacob was advancing slowly, savouring the kill. When he was in touching distance to Alice, he rolled her over with his paws, pushing at her stump. She whimpered and I felt my heart brake at the sound.

He rolled her onto her back, so she was looking up at him. He slowly moved his mouth to her neck, I knew that if he suceeded then it would kill her, and ultimately me. Even if he didn't kill me himself, I know that killing Alice would destroy me.

He clamped his jaw around her neck but before he could add any pressure I saw a blur hit him, he flew back and crashed into the trees behind him, shattering them. He stood up and growled but was instantly surrounded by a trio of vampires. Edward, Rosalie and Emmet all looked livid. They were growling angrily and Emmet cracked his knuckles menacingly before taking a step forwards.

Rose grabbed his shoulder and held him there, "No, not without Carlisle." She warned him. Almost as soon as she finished saying this, Carlisle appeared. He looked angrier than I'd ever seen him before, his eyes were a charcoal black, his hands clenched into fists.

"You have broken the treaty, you attacked my daughters." His voice was as calm and clear as it normally was but I knew that he was struggiling to keep his composure.

Jacob snarled in response, before abruptly stopping and stiffening. I was confused by this behavior, until I saw a pack of large, bear like, wolves emerge from the trees. One of them was still in his human form, I could tell he was important because he oozed power and importance.

"Carlise, my old friend, there's no need to be hasty. What he has done is wrong, but I assure you that he will be punished accordingly. Don't risk your family for a simple misunderstanding." The lead human urged. Carlisle pursed his lips when the man called it a miss understanding but he didn't push the issue.

"Emmet, pick Alice up and take her back. Make sure you find her arm. I'll take Bella, we're leaving." He was next to me in a flash, scooping me gently into his arms. He turned before leaving, "Sam, if anything ever happens again, my family and I won't hesitate to exterminate your pack. Consider yourself warned."

Carlise began to run and I buried my face in his shoulder, I didn't want to embarrass myself by being sick on my girlfriend's father.

We arrived at the house in no time and he gently put me down inside the living room. Esme was next to me immediately pulling me into a hug and handing me a plate of food. I ate ravenously, not realising how hungry I had been until I saw food. When I was finished, I remembered what had happened to Alice.

I cursed myself for not thinking about her sooner, some mate I was... "Alice. ALICE! Is she okay?!" I asked Esme frantically. She patted me soothingly.

"She's fine, her arm has been re-attached. She wants to see you actually." I freed myself gently from her arms, and ran as fast as I could to her bedroom. I fell over twice on the stairs but I didn't stop. Emmet thankfully didn't comment when he saw me do that, I'm sure he would later but he knew that right now was not the time to be making jokes.

I opened the door and saw her lying on the bed, cradling her arm. I felt tears escape my eyes and I quickly ran towards her. I pulled her into a fierce hug, trying to convey all the emotions I'd been feeling.

Alice put her good arm around me and pulled me closer to her. She kept whispering how much she loved me and how proud of me she was. I was confused, why would she be proud of me? She saw I was confused and she smiled at me endearingly.

"I'm proud of you for not running, for staying with me. I love you."

I didn't know how to reply to the sincerity of her voice, so instead I pressed my lips to hers and lost myself in her soft lips. Before the kiss could get too heated, I pulled away. She whimpered adorably, but I knew that I had to because she was injured. She pouted so I did the only thing I could think of.

"We can go shopping soon if you want?" I said timidly.

She beamed at me and stood up too quickly, she was dizzy and not her usual graceful self, so I pushed her gently back down on the bed and cuddeled up in her arms. It didn't take long to fall alseep, and I only dreamt of one thing.

My short, pixie-haired angel.

A/N

I hope you all enjoyed, this was fairly difficult to write and took longer than usual. Sorry if there are any spelling mistakes or anything, I have a migraine and the screen is hurting my eyes, so I can't be bothered to stare for longer to correct any mistakes. Anyway, please tell me what you think and whatnot, cute chapter next time probably.

Until next time

Tobias ;)