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I Hate Third Wheels!
"Last day, Bella, I mean it! No more fooling around with Jacob just so you can see Edward!"
"But…I love Edward. More than anything! I have to do it! I can't…bear the thought of never even seeing the hallucination of him again!"
"No! Tell Jacob this very afternoon that you aren't going to see him anymore. If you don't, I'll hide your New Moon book."
"No, not my New Moon book! Anything but that! I can't live without it since Edward took Twilight away with him!"
"Fine, you'd be able to find it anyway. It's a good thing that he forgot the movie, isn't it?"
"Yes, it most definitely is. Let's go watch it right now!"
"Agreed."
The two sides of my head were finally agreeing about something.
I'd been arguing with myself for hours ever since I'd gotten home from hiking, and now it was around three o'clock in the morning. This is getting ridiculous. I've decided that after I watch Twilight I'll decide what to do.
Yeah, that didn't work. I fell asleep around the time that Rob was standing in the sunlight and didn't make up my mind even though I thought about it the whole day during school. I toned out Mike as he jabbered about the movie we were going to see on Friday, but tuned in when Ava caught up to me outside my truck after school.
"So, I hear you talked to Alice?" She said, trying to keep her voice evenly detached.
"Yep." I tried to move past her, but she side swiped me.
"And you forgave her?"
I faced her head on. "Well, she was actually quite apologetic and sounded like she was crying. Besides, we talked out everything that was going on between us and worked it all out. Something that you and I seem incapable of doing without yelling becoming involved." Again, I tried to move past her so I could get into my truck, but she moved in front of me again.
"It's not my fault that you're so stubborn about everything. So, how's Jake?" Now she sneered at me. Well, this has been nice and all, but I really don't want to be killed by a vampire in the school parking lot anytime soon.
"He's great! I'm breaking up with him today, so if you'll excuse me." She finally let me push by her, probably because she was stunned into silence. Angel moved into my view, something I didn't expect. He wrapped his arms around his wife's waist, making me instantly envious. Not of Angel and Ava, but I missed Edward doing that. It almost made me change my mind about Jacob, just so I could still see Edward, but I shook it off when I reminded myself that that would be using Jacob. Which was bad.
"You're doing what?" She asked me right before I jumped into the truck.
"I'm telling him we can't hang out anymore. While I might be genuinely friends with him, lately I've been using him just to see Edward, and I shouldn't do that anymore. Plus, I don't want him becoming a werewolf just yet. So…"
"Come on, Ava, she's havin' a hard enough time already." Angel led a still stunned Ava away to his waiting car. He sent me a reassuring smile and waved before opening the passenger door for Ava. I jumped in the truck and sped away before either of them could come back and say something else to make my day even worse.
Well, at least I actually spoke to Ava without full-out yelling at her. I think I made her happy when I told her that I was going to be ignoring Jacob for a little while. I was taking my destiny back into my own hands and not following the book's plotline exactly. Alice would be…well, I'm not sure what she'll be. I'm not really sure if she likes Jacob or not. I think she just wanted me to stop being dead and knew Jacob would help me. It would be interesting to see what would happen if they both somehow end up in my house the day after I jump off a cliff. That is, of course, if I jump off a cliff.
My thoughts strayed the whole time I was driving to Jacob's, which made me feel a huge wave of nerves as soon as I pulled into the Blacks' driveway. I could really use Jasper right now. But Jasper isn't here, and I have to do this. Just brace yourself and do it.
Jacob looked too happy, as usual, when I walked into the garage. He jumped up really fast and grabbed some sort of box. He stuck it behind his back so I wouldn't see it. Oh, crap. It's Valentine's Day. And I have to tell him I can't see him for a while. I am the worst person in the world. He smiled even bigger when he handed me the box and said, "Happy Valentine's Day."
That's when I figured it out.
I couldn't do it. I couldn't go through with it. Despite the fact that I saw Hallucination Edward standing behind Jacob with a smug expression on his face, I couldn't hurt Jacob. It was too unfair for him. He didn't know that he brought out Hallucination Edward, nor could he do anything about it. It was my fault that Hallucination Edward was even a part in this.
It was still wrong though. I shouldn't be doing this to Jacob. I need to get as far away as possible before I do more damage that can't be reversed. I'm not even in Eclipse yet and I feel like Catherine Earnshaw! Maybe everyone was right, and I do need anti-depressants. I still need to stay away from Jacob just for a little while. I don't want him to go through all the crap that comes with joining Sam's pack. I'm sort of hoping, no, wishing that if I stay away he'll never become a werewolf, which means he'll never imprint. I'll admit, it was a long shot, but a girl can dream.
"Thanks, Jake. Happy Valentine's Day to you too. I'm just wishing that I remembered the corporate-induced holiday and gotten you some conversation hearts too."
He laughed and ignored my uneasy expression. "No big deal, Bella. So, does this mean you'll be my valentine?"
I winced, knowing he meant way more than just friends in that statement. "Let's just ask the hearts, shall we?" I pulled out a random heart, hoping for a heart with a negative saying on it. "What…ever…" We both laughed for a while since I made myself sound like a ditz when I said it.
After we had both set up our books across his living room floor, Jacob pulled me out of my thoughts again. "So, what are we doing tomorrow? Hiking, or the ER?"
It made it infinitely harder since he expected that we would be doing something. It made it worse that he didn't usually have to ask whether I would be coming or not. "Umm, nothing tomorrow. I have to tutor some of my friends after school. They want to get into a college a little better than Forks Community College. And since I'm going to Stanford or Dartmouth, they thought I could help. You mind terribly?"
He didn't even look upset. He thought it was perfectly normal that I would be helping out some kids in my class. I suck at lying and he believed me without a second thought. He didn't ask about any of the other days this week, including W-day, or Friday. W-day, otherwise known as wolf day, is to be avoided at any and all costs.
Somehow before I left Jacob's, I tripped again and scraped my knee all up. Uncle Charlie went a little ballistic on me. He thought I was falling on purpose, or something along those lines. He actually issued a temporary 'off-limits' on the Blacks' house. He even called Billy up to tell him that Jacob would only be allowed over at our house, but I was not to go over there for a little while because I kept getting hurt.
And I couldn't have been happier. It provided me with a way that I could avoid Jacob and put the blame on someone else.
Apparently, Billy didn't pass on Uncle Charlie's message to Jacob since he called me the next day, wondering where I was. "Bella? Are you not coming over today? Was I supposed to come over to your place?"
I sighed and tried to contain the sobs that wanted to escape. "No, Jake. I've got some people over. I'm still helping out the same people from school."
"Oh, well, tomorrow then?" Why, oh why, did I let all of this go this far? Why couldn't I have just left when the motorcycles were done? Why did I actually have to become friends with him? Why did I actually have to care about him?
"Jake, listen. I can't come over for a while. Uncle Charlie's quarantined me. He's worried I might get another injury if I keep hanging around your place so much. I'll be back as soon as I can." Thank God, I'm doing this over the phone, I don't think Jacob would believe me if he saw my face. I wasn't crying, but I still felt like a bitch lying to him like this.
"Okay…well, do you think maybe we could go out somewhere on Friday?" He asked, still sounding as upbeat as ever.
"Not Friday, I'm going to the movies with some of my friends from school Friday. Look, I'm really sorry, but it might be a while. How about Sunday, we'll go hiking again? Deal? If I can think of some other way, I'll call you and tell I'm coming."
That did it. I'm officially the biggest butthead in the world. Okay, maybe not the biggest, that's Edward. But second biggest is definitely me. "Sure, sure," he sounded totally sad now. Way to go, Bella!
I hung up before I could mess things up any further. I was about to tell him I was lying and to run down here now, but I was able to keep some level of control. Jacob's going to hate me forever, which is a good thing. Hallucination Edward was waiting for me in my room once I went upstairs. I kind of lost it. "What? You're still here? I think you should just disappear like the real Edward did before you cause any more trouble!".
"Bella, who are you talkin' to?" I heard from behind me. Hallucination Edward disappeared before I could turn around. Who do I know that has a funky accent so that his verbs never having the –ing on the end?
I wiped away the few furious tears that had leaked when I yelled at Hallucination Edward quickly. "Angel, what are you doing here? More importantly, how'd you get in here?" If he could get in here, then Victoria could too. That's not good. Now I might actually have to hang around Jacob because I'm going to need some werewolf protection.
He shrugged. I never really took in how cute Angel actually is. I mean, I'm not going all googley-eyes on him, but I can finally see Ava's point. He looks kind of…hot…in that leather jacket he's wearing. I bet she sent him and his hotness here to distract me from my mental anguish of being such a big jerk to Jake. "Your cousin let me in. Leah, right?"
"Yeah, but you didn't answer my other question. Why are you here?"
"Well, you didn't answer my question either. Who were you talkin' to?"
Crap it. I straightened up and tried to tell one decent lie. "No one…" He didn't believe me. Fine, I'll tell a little bit of the truth. "Myself. I was just venting. I find it helps when I'm upset." Okay, that's not true at all. The truth is that I'm mentally unstable and I just yelled at a figment of my imagination.
"Bella, Alice told us about your hallucinations. Ava's goin' crazy worried about you. Don't you think you two could just talk things out?" I caught onto him finally. He was here to make me go apologize to Ava. Well, if she's so worried, she should come here herself, not send a messenger. Which is exactly what I told Angel, who looked like he was expecting it. "Well, can you blame me for tryin'? Ava's been drivin' me crazy. She's just a little worked up about your fight and I've been feelin' helpless tryin' to help her."
Why is it that all the guys around me are using these crappy guilt trips on me? I hate them! I mean, even my freaking hallucination was trying to talk me out of going to the meadow just because Jacob was with me. God!
I feel for the guy, though, I really do. I know what Ava's like when she's mad or worried. She goes crazy! Fine, I'll level with him. "Listen, Angel, I'm going to the movies this Friday with Mike and, hopefully, a couple of other people. Why don't both of you come and I'll talk to her after the movie or something, okay? Happy now?"
He surprised me even further than just showing up by suddenly hugging me. His hugs were nowhere near as painful as Ava's or Emmett's, but still I never pegged him as a hugger. "Thanks, Bella," he started out the door, but then turned around to tell me something else, "Oh, and by the way, Edward's been seein' and talkin' to his hallucinations too."
What?!? No freaking way! That means I'm not the crazy one in the relationship! I think I did a happy dance for a while before I even realized Angel was gone. Well, Friday's going to be fun. I've avoided a werewolf transformation and I might be making up with my best friend. All in all, I've done good for the day!
Now if I could just stop thinking about what Edward's been telling Hallucination Me…
Mike Newton sucks. I mean, really! I always knew that he was annoying, but I never really understood how persistent and underhanded he could be. I should have listened to Ava last year when she told me to have Edward kill Mike. Everything would be so much easier if that little weasel wasn't around.
I should probably explain why I suddenly loathe him more than words can say.
He didn't even tell anyone else about the movie. So, Jessica and Lauren didn't have to recruit people not to go because Mike never told them we were going out. He wanted me alone. Thank the Lord God almighty that I invited Ava and Angel. I would have run back to my car if they weren't already there when I arrived. Sure, I didn't really talk to them, but they provided me some slight comfort. Both Ava and I tried to start a conversation, but we couldn't really get things moving. I eventually said we'd talk after Mike left.
I still feel terrible thinking that if Jacob were here I might actually be having fun. Plus Hallucination Edward would be here too, then. Hallucination Edward would probably just glare at Mike the whole time if he suddenly popped up.
Mike looked severely disappointed at the sight of Ava and Angel, but he was slightly happier when they decided to sit a row behind us. So, here I was, stuck next to Mike Newton in the middle of a dark theater wishing that either Edward would show up and kill Mike or the Volturi would suddenly swoop in and kill me.
Needless to say, I was kind of hoping that Mike would get sick quickly and run out. I ignored his outstretched hand that rested on the armrest next to me by quickly wrapping my arms around my purse. He still didn't get the picture.
I sat through most of the previews missing Jacob and Edward at the same time and figured I would get bored watching the movie, too. I was debating whether or not to fall asleep as soon as the movie started when I felt someone sit down in the seat next to me. I had my elbow rested on that armrest, so I looked over to mumble a 'sorry'.
All the guilt and pent up feelings that I was planning to smother with two hours of mindless gore came flooding to the surface. When I looked over next to me, I was not happy at all to see who had sat beside me. "Jake, what are you doing here?" I hissed at him, sounding like Alice when her credit card gets declined.
He just smiled at the screen like he was here to enjoy the movie. I knew better. "Bella! What a surprise finding you here."
"I only told you I'd be at the movies. How'd you even get in here? You're too young for this movie!"
"Is there some sort of problem, Bella?" Mike leaned over, trying to look macho. It's sad, but he's still has nothing on Jacob.
"No, this is my friend Jacob. He just popped in here unexpectedly. Jake, this is my friend Mike." I could hear Ava laughing from behind us. I could tell that she was holding herself together from not rolling on the ground laughing when Mike and Jacob both flexed their muscles and shook each other's hands. Once they both settled down, I turned my attention back on Jacob. "Jake, you really shouldn't be in here. If you get caught…"
"Bella, stop worrying. I bought a ticket for one of the movies that I could get into and then snuck in here instead. Your uncle told me where you were, so I thought I'd surprise you. I missed you this week." Stupid puppy-dog eyes! Even in the dark, I could see him pouting.
Even I couldn't resist those God-awful puppy dog eyes. "Aww, Jake, I missed you too, but I really don't want you getting in trouble." I couldn't help myself being not angry at him. I felt Ava kick the back of my seat when I told him I missed him. Apparently, that wasn't what I should have said.
"I won't get caught. Now, shut up, I want to watch this." Rude! I sat there glaring at him for a second, but then started watching the crappy movie again. It really was awful. I think we would have done better going to see New Moon, but it wasn't out anymore. I know I would have enjoyed the show more.
Well, actually, anything would have been better if I had gone alone. After a little while, not only was Mike trying to get me to hold his hand, Jacob was too. I glared at both those stupid hands, thinking that neither of them were the hand I wanted to hold. Hallucination Edward popped up, of course, and glared openly at Mike and Jacob. I was half expecting him to try to strangle Mike. At least then I would have been entertained.
Someone behind me, though, was being very entertained. When Jacob stuck his hand out for me, Ava started cracking up for about ten minutes. When I whipped around to glare at her, she looked up at the screen with her stupid vampire speed. So, being crafty as I was, I started pelting her with my leftover candy.
It was funny until she started throwing them back with vampire strength. Then it kind of hurt.
Thankfully, I couldn't bruise that much, because Mike chose then to get really sick. "Mike, are you feeling okay?" I asked, hand sanitizer at the ready. There was no way I was getting a stomach flu tonight!
"No, I think I'm sick." Sick in the head, most likely. Soon enough, he bolted out of the theater. I debated whether or not to go after him. If I didn't, he could just stay in the bathroom for the rest of the night and I could at least halfway enjoy the movie. And not get the stomach flu.
Or I could be a good person and go check on him. Plus I could tell Jacob that I'm never going to be his girlfriend. I got up first, quickly followed by Jacob. I didn't even bother trying to make him sit back down, since I already knew it was no use. When I couldn't find Mike outside, I asked Jacob to go look in the men's room, knowing full well that I should have told him to check in there first.
"Oh, he's in there, all right," he rolled his eyes. Oh, here it comes. What a—"What a marshmallow." Yeah, I knew that was coming. "You should hold out for someone with a stronger stomach. Someone who laughs at the gore that makes weaker men vomit." How is it possible that both Edward and Jacob could fit that persona? I thought of Edward, of course, but I knew Jake meant himself. It was way too obvious.
"No thanks, Jake. I've already had one of those, and that didn't turn out so well. In fact, he embraced the carnage." I started to walk back towards the theater, but Ava blocked my way. Even if we weren't talking, she knew I wanted to chicken out.
She hissed, just low enough for me to hear "Get your ass back over there right now!"
She didn't have to tell me twice. I practically ran back towards Jake. "Lizzie and Angel are still in there. It's just us out here."
Jake smirked. "Not unless you count Mr. Marshmallow in there. He sounded like he was going to be in there for a while," he said as he sat down on the bench. I sat down on the ground in front of him, rather than next to him so he couldn't put his arm around me. I thought it would be okay until he plopped down next to me and tried to put his arm around me.
"Jake, please, don't. Don't do this." Thanks Kristen, you have me a good starting point. I got up and sat on the steps close by.
"Now, just hold on a minute, Bella. Tell me something." I looked up, which he took as a hint to go on. "You like me, right?"
"As a friend."
"But, better than that joker puking his guts out in there?"
I let out a shaky laugh. I was getting more and more nervous by the second. "Jake, I like Hitler better than Mike. I like Sam Uley better than Mr. Marshmallow."
He still kept right on with the book. "But you like me the best, right?"
Sarcasm is going to be my best bet right now. I think. "Well, I'm quite partial to my dad…and my uncle…and…this one other guy…" I blushed, suddenly thinking that I might just burst into tears. Not just about being a horrible bitch to Jacob, but now I'm missing Edward too much for me to handle. Jacob was still smiling until I mentioned 'one other guy', then he looked sympathetic.
"Well, I was about to say that I would be annoyingly persistent, but you don't need to hear it. This is about the other one, isn't it?" Everyone is going to remember that I'm the crybaby in the story. Seriously, I think I've cried in front of every single one of my friends. Well, my real friends, that is. I wouldn't be caught dead crying in front of Jessica or Mike Newton. So I guess Jacob noticed how I started tearing up, because he went on without me saying something. "You don't have to talk about it."
"No, it's fine. I can't help it, Jake. He…I loved him and he left! He left just because I did something stupid and he—he couldn't handle it! Why didn't he listen to me? I was the smart one! I did all the work to avoid…" I had started to pace in front of the stairs. Whoops, now I really look crazy. I took a deep breath and sat back down next to a chuckling Jacob. "Sorry, that sounded a little crazy. But, when I do stuff like that, it's just another reason for you to stay away from me. I'm…not the right girl for you, Jake, and you have no idea how bad it makes me feel that you like me so much."
"Bella, you don't have to worry about that. It's my choice. Let me deal with the consequences. But don't get mad at me for hanging around, okay? Because I'm not giving up. I've got loads of time."
"Don't remind me." I grumbled under my breath without thinking. Everyone in this damn town is immortal. Seriously, the list of mortal people grows shorter by the week! It's so unfair that only the most unwilling and ungrateful people get to be immortal. I mean, really, it's just teenage guys who are really good at brooding. Or annoyingly hyper short girls.
Sadly, Jake picked up on my unhappy mutter. "What?" He looked pretty darn confused, too.
I took another deep breath. I didn't really want to spill the whole 'you're a werewolf' thing just now. I would yell at him about it later. Like Eclipse later. "Jake, there's another reason that I shouldn't be around you that doesn't have to do with my previous relationship's issues. I just can't tell you what it is. I feel like an idiot, but I can't. And don't give me that 'Bella, you're an idiot' look." He did anyway. No one ever listens to me. "Anyway, I don't care if you're going to stay around forever, but you have to know that I'm never going to change. I'll always love him; it's something that I can't change. So, I don't want you to waste your 'loads of time' on me. I'm as unattainable as they come."
Dang, this guy must really be hung up on me. He just will not give up! I told him, no, spelled out to him that I was still in love with my not-really-ex boyfriend, and he doesn't care. "Bella, it's what I want to do, as long as you still like to be with me."
"Jake, of course I do, but I don't want you getting anymore ideas." And I don't want you to turn into a werewolf! Which is why I should be running away now, but I don't. Ava's probably still guarding the door.
"Hey, I can live with that. I'll just have to keep my creativity to a minimum."
"You'd better." I tried my best at looking stern, but I was still almost crying about Edward so it looked pretty stupid. A crying stern girl, that's me. It's no wonder that Jacob loves me.
Out of the blue, he grabbed my hand. He'd tried before, of course, but I usually never let him. This time, he wouldn't let me go. "This doesn't really bother you, does it?"
"The hand holding doesn't bother me, it's the fact that I keep picturing someone else holding my hand is what bothers me. It's not fair for you."
"Bella, I don't care. I really don't. And I know that you don't care what that guy in the bathroom thinks. So, what's the problem?"
"You don't get it." I tried to pull away again, but he still wouldn't let me. "I'm the problem. Me, it's all me. I'm the one holding you back, but even though I'm trying, you don't seem to listen to me."
"Well," he gripped my hand even tighter, "That's my problem, isn't it?"
I gave him a small smile. I gave up trying to tug away my hand anymore. "No, it's still my problem, but at least you know how I feel and I know how stupid and persistent you are. Everything's out in the open now."
"It sure is. The pin's out of the grenade for me, now, eh?"
"Well, don't spin out of control like I did, alright? Just don't try to kiss me anytime soon, deal?" I was feeling a little better now, but it lightened everything to joke along with him. Plus, I really didn't want to kiss him anytime soon.
"Deal," He agreed with a laugh of his own. "That's a funny scar you've got there. How did that happen?"
I thought about shrugging off some answer like Bella in the book, but I didn't want him to freak out about it later, so I told him the truth. "Some freaky guy bit me. No big deal…"
He threw me another are you kidding me? looks before looking confused again. "It's cold."
"So, the guy liked spearmint a little too much. Oh, Sweet Jesus, Mike!" He came running out of the bathroom looking almost as pale as a vampire. No really, I thought for a second, Victoria had run in the bathroom and turned him really fast.
"Do you mind leaving early?"
"I certainly don't. That movie sucks more than New Moon did, Bella, what were you thinking?" Ava said, coming up from behind me. With a wink, she started to lead Mike outside. Jacob quickly ran to the concession stand to grab a bucket for Mike.
Angel came sauntering out after Jacob and I walked to where Mike was already puking into the bucket. Ava threw Angel a beseeching look, who immediately took over Mike's bucket holding duty. He didn't look all that happy about it, but he's a caring husband. Oh, I bet that smells even worse to them because of the vampire super smelling abilities.
Ava gave me a sympathetic smile and nodded over towards Jake, who was glaring at Mike. I thought for a second that he might try to go gangster on Mike just like in the movie, but I'm kind of hoping that doesn't happen. "I think Angel and I can take Mike home in his car. Bella, are you and Jake going home together?" She asked.
"No, I came here on my own. Bella didn't see it fit to invite me. Does anyone else smell that sickly sweet smell?" Jake seemed a little upset all of a sudden. Oh, crap.
"No…Jake, are you alright? Do you want me to drive you home?" I asked. I moved towards him to check to see if he had the fever already. He was absolutely blazing hot! No! I should have left even without him hearing my speech. Crap it! Crap it! Crap it! "You are on fire, Jake!"
"I feel fine." He shrugged. "Fit as a fiddle."
"He smells like a dog in a rain storm." Ava whispered low enough for just me to hear. I could hear Angel chuckling, too.
"Well, at least I didn't bathe in perfume." He retorted right back to her. I didn't realize that werewolves had sensitive hearing too. Ava sure didn't. She looked shocked for a minute, but then looked really pissed. Like, she was about to crush him into dust, pissed. I held her back when she made a move like she was going to punch him in the face.
"Alright you two, let's not start anything out here. Jake, I'm calling your dad to come get you, got it? Ava, you and Angel take Mike home before he loses all of his cookies on the sidewalk." She looked angry at me for a second, but eventually pulled Angel and Mike to Mike's suburban. I bet she and Angel ran here tonight. No one else seemed to notice that they weren't worried about a car, so I didn't feel the need to bring it up. As soon as they pulled away, I turned back to Jake.
He kept glaring at Mike's suburban even after it was out of sight for me. I quickly dialed the Blacks' house number, praying that Jacob wouldn't get mad at someone in the street and wolf out. Billy answered on the third ring. "Billy? It's Bella. I've got a bit of a situation. It's Jake, there something…wrong with him."
"Wrong with him? What is it, Bella?"
"He's got like a hundred and eight degree fever, and I'm slightly afraid he might burst out of his skin soon!" I hissed under my breath. I'm really hoping that Jake wouldn't hear me.
"Oh my, that's serious."
"Do you think you could send someone to come get him? I don't want him driving home."
"Sure, sure, Bella. Sam'll be there in ten minutes at the most. You two are still at the movie theater, right?"
"Yeah, the one in Port Angeles."
"He'll be there soon. Keep him calm, Bella, or, well, you know." He hung up on me, probably to call Sam on the double.
I turned my attention back towards keeping Jacob as calm as possible. There would be no werewolf-ing on my watch. "Jake, you okay?"
"I'm fine, Bella. I told you." He was still a little riled up.
"Okay." I didn't really know what to say.
"Bella?" I looked over to see him completely calm now and heading towards me. "There's something else I want to tell you…but I think it's going to sound kind of corny."
"Don't worry about it. I'm used to corny." I smiled, hoping that this wouldn't be something else that could make him angry.
He smiled back at me. "It's just that, I know how you're unhappy a lot. And, maybe it doesn't help anything, but I wanted you to know that I'm always here. I won't ever let you down—I promise that you can always count on me. Wow, that does sound corny. But you know that, right? That I would never, ever hurt you?"
"It's okay, Jake, I know. I trust you." We sat there in comfortable silence until a truck, one much like my own, pulled up in front of us. I dreaded Jacob's reaction when Sam Uley came walking towards us. I could feel him tensing up beside me.
"Jacob, your father called me to take you home. Go ahead and get in the truck, I need to talk to Bella for a second." Jacob didn't look happy, but he climbed into the truck without much argument. Stupid Alpha commands. He gave me a hug before he left that rivaled most of Ava's bone-crunchers. Sam looked back at me with an unhappy expression on his face. He just didn't want to talk to a vampire girl, most likely. "Bella, you did the right thing calling Billy like that. We'll be watching Jacob very carefully from now on. Be careful out there." He could still smell Ava and Angel's scent, which explained why he told me to be careful.
I waved as Jacob and Sam took off, but I couldn't help but feeling guilty about Jacob. He's going to be a werewolf in a matter of minutes, probably, and if I hadn't told him I would be at the movies, nothing would have happened.
I hurried home to take every stomach medication that we had to fend off from the evil stomach flu that Mike could have imposed on me. I thought about calling Ava since we'd sort of reached a good turning point in our fight, but, with all the meds I took, I fell asleep pretty quickly.
And didn't wake up until I felt that my stomach was going to wedge its way up my esophagus around four in the morning. I heard someone open the door later on, and about a minute later everyone was in the bathroom, trying to help me off up from my location next to the tub. I think Seth even carried me back to my bed. Leah set me up a couple of buckets next to my bed while Sue and Uncle Charlie tried to get me to eat saltines.
I told them, multiple times, that it was a twenty four hour bug, but that didn't stop them from fretting over me all day. And once my twenty four hours were up, Seth and Leah's started. I sorta freaked, thinking they might have the 'werewolf' bug, but they had the exact same thing I did. Sue and Uncle Charlie left once I told them I would take care of Seth and Leah so that they didn't get sick too.
The whole time, though, I worried about Jacob. He must be going through hell and there's a good chance that Sam won't let him talk to me. I eventually decided to call the Blacks' house to tell Jake that I would be coming over soon.
Someone answered, but I almost couldn't place who it was until I realized it would be Jake. "Hello?" Oh, yeah, he's definitely hurting today. Poor puppy!
"Jake! I knew you were sick! You sound terrible!"
"I feel terrible."
"Jake, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault."
"No, Bella, it isn't. Don't blame yourself. This isn't your fault."
"Yes it is! If you hadn't come to find me, then you wouldn't have gotten exposed to everything. Listen, I'm coming down there. I'll bring chicken soup or something to make you feel better."
"No, you can't come here."
"Fine, then haul you ass up here ASAP! I need to tell you something important."
"Sure, sure, I'll call you when I can. I'll let you know when you can come down again. But, listen, I've got to go."
"Okay, but Jake—"
"Wait for me to call."
"Jake!" I yelled into the phone when I realized he hung up on me. "Stupid mongrel! I knew that I shouldn't have talked to you in the first place, you little heartbreaking puppy dog! That's it, from now on, I am a cat person!" I slammed down the phone, almost breaking it. Well, so the avoidance begins.
Well, we'll just see about that.
Well, i personally don't like werewolves and now i have to hunt one down...
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Preview for the next chapter:
There was no Hallucination Edward anywhere. Even when I got up to his old room, there were no hallucinations around. But somehow, being in his room made me want to start crying until someone came around to make me stop.
Hopefully, since Ava knew I was coming, she might hear me crying in the big house. After just sitting there crying for what seemed like an hour, I heard someone calling from the living room. "Is someone here? Hello? Carlisle? Esme? Anyone?"
Okay, I avoided the meadow for a reason. And that reason suddenly came to me in the middle of the Cullen's home. "Laurent?"