AN: Okay, I'm finally back!! I want to apologize for being so dumb and stopping the story temporarily, but I swear I had really bad writer's block. I decided I'm not going to update as often now so that we don't have a repeat of the last incident where I write out everything that's in my head but I don't have anything else afterwards. Of course I'm still going to update every day or every other day, but probably not twice a day like I was doing before. Thanks and Review!

Disclaimer: Again, I'm not Stephenie Meyer, none of these characters are mine.

Chapter 9: Burning Rejections

BPOV

I was running full speed towards home off the side of the highway. As I came close, I passed the sign on the side of the road that said, "Welcome to Forks." I smiled to myself with the idea that I was going to see Jacob soon. Jacob would know what to do, and he would make everything better. Even though I was barely through the town limits, and I was miles away from La Push, I could already smell them. For a moment, I puzzled over that fact. I could smell scents on humans, but I couldn't smell their blood. Yet I was almost sure that the scent I smelled was blood. I wasn't sure how I knew that what I smelled was the werewolves, or blood, but it reminded me slightly of the wolves that I had smelled when I was hunting in Alaska. Maybe that was why I could smell their blood. They were part animal, and so their blood was too.

Oddly enough, the scent of the werewolves didn't repulse me as it seemed to do to other vampires. Huh. Well, I just assumed that this was another one of my so called "powers." I froze in my tracks as I saw six giant wolves step out of the woods. I had been so absorbed with trying to figure out why I could smell them, that I hadn't noticed that they had gotten much, much closer.

"Jake!" I shouted, ecstatic, as I raced forward to hug him. I knew that he was still a wolf, but I didn't care. I was just so happy to see him. Before I could get to him, however, a menacing growl escaped his lips. Once again, I froze as he morphed back into a human. A very naked human I might add. This was slightly uncomfortable, and I didn't know what to say. Fortunately, he had a pair of pants with him that he slipped on when he noticed my awkward expression.

"Stay away from me Bella." Jacob said flatly and coldly. "You're one of them now. You still smell the same, which is weird to say the least, but you're still not Bella. Who did this? Did the Cullens," he spat out the name like it was a curse word, "Break the treaty and do this to you? This is war. And now you're a part of it. All because you fell in love with that bloodsucker and he decided to keep you." Jacob's face was twisted in a mask of rage. It broke my heart. I had thought that he would always be there for me. Especially since this wasn't my fault.

"He didn't decide to keep me." I said quietly, not meeting Jake's eyes. "Do you want to know the truth," my voice was increasing in volume now. "Do you really want to know how this happened? How about the fact that I haven't even seen Edward before or after this happened? He doesn't even care enough to come see what he's caused! Alice and Emmett saved me when Victoria tried to kill me. They just couldn't stop this, she had already bitten me and the venom had worked its way into my system. Are you happy now!? Do you think I want this?" By the end I was screaming, and if I were still human, I would've been bawling.

Jacob looked a little stricken by my remarks, but his face quickly faded back into his emotionless mask. I now realized that none of the other werewolves had phased back into human form. I let out a choked laugh. They didn't even trust me enough to talk to me as humans. Despite the words that had previously come out of Jacob's mouth, this hurt me more than anything else.

"Jake, I need you." I whispered. "I don't want this any more than you do. I need you to be there for me. You're my best friend." I noticed that all of his packmates had backed off a ways into the woods.

He didn't say anything for a long while. You could cut through the tension in the air with a knife. I searched his eyes for any hint of the friendship that we had shared over the last few months, but there was none. I looked away, not being able to bear it. Deep down I had known that he would have a hard time accepting me, but I thought he would eventually. I never thought he would react like this. I especially never saw his next words coming.

"You're one of them now." He said harshly. "My enemy." With that, he turned around and stormed in the other direction.

"No Jake!" I shouted after him, starting to stumble after him, but despite being a vampire, I lost all strength in my legs and fell to my knees. "Please no!" My screams slowly faded into heavy dry sobs. Finally I realized something I should have known long ago.

Nobody wanted me.

Well that was fine. If nobody wanted me, I'd make sure nobody had to see me ever again.

EPOV

The skies were clouded over in the small town of Forks, Washington. Big surprise. It was always overcast or raining in Forks, not that I minded. Being a vampire, the lack of constant sunshine definitely made it easier for me to be outside unnoticed. It wasn't as if I could live anywhere else and be able to go to school every day the way I had before. I would've been exposed. Something was wrong though. I couldn't smell Bella anywhere. I had been worried that I wouldn't be able to find her anymore, now that she was a vampire and I didn't know what she smelled like, but oddly enough, Alice said that her scent hadn't changed one bit. Her features also were less severe than the normal average vampire. Of course, Alice assured me that she had gained the beauty of a vampire, but her skin was not quite as pale, her eyes not quite as red, and her strength and speed not quite as intense. That was something I puzzled over. I had always known that Bella was special, but I had expected the differences as a vampire to be stronger mental powers, not weakened physical abilities.

One thing I knew, however, was that Bella was not here. I could still smell the lingering scent of her off the side of the highway, but she was nowhere to be found. As I kept running, another scent caught my attention. An involuntary growl made its way out of my throat. I could smell werewolves, their scents mixed in with that of my beautiful Bella. I could also hear and smell them approaching fast. I braced myself for the confrontation. This was definitely not something I wanted to deal with. At the moment, my first priority was finding Bella. I didn't have much time to do that, considering that it had just begun to rain. The rain would work to wash away Bella's scent. Though I know the water wouldn't be able to hide it completely, it would certainly make finding her a much longer process than it needed to be, and I wanted to find her soon.

As the werewolves stepped through the trees, as giant dogs, I recognized the mental voice of the second in command. Jacob Black. If I could recall correctly, and I'm sure I could, he had been the one to reveal our secret to Bella, the secret that had gotten her life taken away.

"Where is she mongrel?" I asked him menacingly. His thoughts back made me cringe.

Hell if I know. She disappeared after our little confrontation here in the woods. Good riddance if you ask me. Now you just have to leave and it will be perfect. I saw in his head what their "little confrontation" had entailed, and I immediately got even more angry than I had been before.

"What is wrong with you." I barked severely. "She was your friend and you completely blew her off because of something she couldn't control. She needed somebody and you just blew her off!" It was taking every ounce of self-control I had not to attack, but I knew that if I did, I would be outnumbered so I stayed put.

Well coming from you that's rich. Weren't you the one who left her months ago? You should have seen her when you were gone. And then I did. He focused his thoughts on memories of Bella when I had left. She hardly looked human. Her face was gaunt and tired looking. She had lost her beauty that was just so alive. No doubt about it, I would always find her beautiful, but it was different this time. It was wrong. Her beauty had lost all of its life. I couldn't bear to see her like that.

"Well I'm back now. I love her and I will stand by her." And at that moment I made a promise to myself. No matter what happened I would track her down and I would never leave her again. We would be together for eternity.

AN: YAY!! Maybe not my best chapter but hey at least it's an update. I have the rest of the storyline planned out now, so don't worry about another case of writer's block, because chances are it won't happen. Even though I now the basic ideas of what's going to happen in the rest of my story, I'm still open to suggestions, so give me some if you have any ideas. Also, please review. Lack of reviews is a part of what contributed to my writer's block before. It's hard to write something when you think nobody's reading it. Thanks and Enjoy!