A/N: I am getting depressed from the little amount of reviews. Even if you just post to say I suck it will be better than nothing. And my I key is acting up, so if there are any extra or missing i's, blame it on the stupid MAC! Oh, and the date is still Saturday June 22nd.
"Ran away? Why?" I said as I quickly found a chair. Instinctively, I knew I would need to be sitting as I heard the next part.
"Because of you." As if I hadn't gathered as much.
"What happened?" It took everything I had not to go into hysterics. Jake was stronger than that. I knew he was. Why didn't he call me? I told him I would always be there if he needed me.
"Well, he seemed kind of angry today anyways, and then I gave him the wedding invitation." That wasn't supposed to happen, but I decided to remain silent and yell at Alice later. "He didn't even bother reading the invitation. He just read the note that was attached, and then almost ruined the table. Then he took off his shirt and ran out the door. I haven't seen him since." His voice kind of cracked on the last word. I couldn't believe what I was hearing
"I'm so sorry Billy!" I couldn't even imagine the pain he was suffering. And then to have the cause call him on the phone and ask him about it. I really was a horrible person.
"What's done is done." Billy replied, as if he thought Jake wasn't coming back. This just made me feel even worse.
"I hope he comes back soon." I didn't really know how to end the conversation, but I knew exactly what I was doing the second it ended. My hand was already in my pocket, retrieving the cell phone to call Alice. Boy was she going to get a scolding. And maybe even some wedding privileges taken away.
"Bye Bella." And the line clicked. Well, that was easy. I pushed and held 3 on my speed dial (Edward was 2, and voicemail was 1. Stupid default settings) and Alice picked up the phone. She had probably had a vision of me calling already.
"Why in the . . ."
"Bella, calm down. I didn't send Jacob an invitation, and I don't know who did." Alice quickly said over my exclamation. She definitely had had a vision.
"Who would have done it then?" I asked her. Alice had never really lied to me before, but who knew?
"Anyone could have sent him their invitation Bella. I sent them out Tuesday, and that is plenty of time for someone to have received it and then sent it to Jake. I can't imagine why or who, but anything is possible." Alice said in a very wondering tone, as if she was completely puzzled over what had happened.
"Thanks Alice. I'm going to call Edward." I needed to hear his voice before I flipped. Quickly I glanced over at Charlie, but he didn't seem to have noticed how flustered I was getting. I figured it was still probably safer to conduct the next conversation upstairs. As I snuck up the stairs, I held down number 2. After two rings, Edward picked up.
"Bella. How are you?" His sweet, caring voice immediately calmed me down, but I was still slightly anxious. How could things have gone so wrong?
"Horrific. Jacob ran away today, because he got a wedding invitation."
"Hold on, I'll be in your room in 30 seconds." Edward said, and the line went dead. I sighed and fell on my bed. The tears were about to win the fierce battle against my will when his arms slid around my waist. I turned slightly, and his face was right there. His brown eyes stared straight into mine, with almost as much pain as I felt.
"I'm so sorry Bella. I didn't mean for it to turn out like this. I thought I was doing him a favor." It took my brain a couple seconds to process the words. He had sent the invitation. He had written the note that made Jacob run away.
"What did you say in the note?" It hurt me to think that he had gone behind my back, and that he had added insult to injury by actually writing directly to Jacob. I waited for him to reply, tense.
"I told him that I was inviting him against your wishes, and that I wanted to give him the option to come if he wished. Then I thanked him for all he did for us. I put it in the mail the day we got home from New York. I really thought it would help Bella, or else I would never have done it. It was wrong of me to go behind your back. Please forgive me." He spoke these words as if he didn't deserve forgiveness. I slightly agreed, as I was still in shock of the fact that he had done that. Of course I knew he wasn't perfect, but making a mistake like this was not the norm for him. We lay there in silence for a couple minutes of unease.
"Last time we went to the meadow, you told me that you were going to let me have happiness my way. Whatever I wanted was mine, and you weren't going to force me to do something your way. First, you forced me to go to New York, which admittedly wasn't that bad, but then you did this expressly against my wishes. I love you Edward, but you really aren't keeping your promise." I finally said after many minutes of thought.
"I know Bella. I am an awful person. I wish I can take the note back, but I can't. I'll try my best not to break my promises from now on. Bella, I really will do anything for you. You are my world." He really sounded penitent for what he had done. So I decided I would forgive him for now. I reached up and kissed him lightly. However, once the kiss was over, I realized that all was not well. Even though Edward and I had made peace, Jacob was still hurting, somewhere, running through the woods. And then the tears won once and for all. Edward pulled me closer to him, and slowly rocked me back and forth.
"I can go look for him if you want me to. I don't know if it is the best idea considering our current relationship, but if you think it will help, I will go. I was already wrong about what would help this situation, so now you can make all the decisions." I slowly considered what he had said. Sure, I wanted Jake to be found, but Edward being the first person to talk to him was probably not the best idea.
"No. I'm sure the pack will find him eventually considering they can hear each other's thoughts. He will probably be back within a day. I just worry about him. Will he be able to handle me being a vampire? Or will he become as mean and nasty as Leah? And is it all my fault?" Edward softly sshhhed me in my ear.
"You did what you thought was right. No one can do better than that." My body shook as I sobbed into his chest. Edward placed his head on top of mine and slowly kissed up and down the part. I began to calm down slightly, and eventually Edward reminded me to say goodnight to Charlie. I splashed my face and then headed downstairs. Right before I was going to say something though, a commercial started blaring on the TV.
"Do you feel fat? Overweight? Ugly? Well don't! Everyone can become skinnier if they just try out our new gym set. For only 8 payments of 50 dollars, this fat burning machine can be yours." I usually laughed at these scam commercials, but the recent events had zapped a lot of my emotional power.
"Hey Charlie," I said once the commercial was over. "I am going to go to bed now. See you tomorrow."
"Night." He replied, intensely focused on the screen that was once again a game.
I slowly tramped up the stairs, ready to escape the horrors of the day. Edward was waiting in my room of course, arms open. I slid onto his lap, and he tightened his arms around my waist. I tried just to relax in his arms, but I was just too restless to settle in. Edward began to kiss down my hair, and I focused on the sensation. My head began to drop, and Edward quickly pulled us both down onto the bed. A couple seconds later, I was out.
