The next day was Saturday. I got a call early in the morning from Bella.
"I hope you're ready to apologize." I say into the phone.
"I'm sorry, Jane. I need your help with something." Bella responds. She picks me up and takes me to this weird junk yard. She walks over to two broken old motor bikes. "I have a friend who fixes things, he rebuilt the engine in my car. He can fix these." She said eagerly.
"So you're really into this now, huh? Alright, you wheel one I'll wheel the other." I said picking up one bike and walking it to her truck. Getting it in her truck was a difficult task. We both lifted one into the bed of her truck and did the same to the other. She drove me to her friend Jacob's house.
Jacob met us in his driveway and singlehandedly carried both motor bikes to his garage. Jared was sitting in the garage too. When he saw me get stood up and walked over to me.
"Jane, what are you doing here?" He asked.
"Ah, so you're the girl Jared is always going on about." Jacob said nudging Jared. Jared looked at Bella and repeated what Jacob said,
"Ah, so you're the girl Jacob is always going on about." He said. We all laughed.
"Bella brought me here. We're going to be fixing up these bikes." I said to Jared. "Think you can help?"
"I have absolutely no mechanical skill, but I will stay and make snarky comments." He said.
"Great, at least I'll have a buddy." I said. We sat on a few old stacked up tires and watched as Bella and Jake worked on the bikes.
We did this every day after school until finally the bikes were finished. Bella was the first to ride, she lost control and fell hitting a rock, we all ran over to her, Jake took off his shirt and put it on her head where she was bleeding.
"I'm sorry." Bella said.
"You're apologizing for bleeding?" Jacob asked. Bella and I made eye contact.
"Yeah, I guess I am."
Later that night I was sitting on the couch with Brandon and my father when I got a call from a hysterical Bella.
"Hello?" I answer.
"He's back! They're coming after us! In the field! Giant wolves!" I couldn't make out half of what she was saying, I got up and went outside for some privacy.
"Slow down, Bella. What's going on?" I ask her.
"I was walking in the forest. I saw Laurent, he came up to me and told me that Victoria is coming for us. Since Edward and Jasper killed James she wants to kill us. But then out of nowhere there were a pack of like five huge wolves that came out of the forest and attacked him. I ran for my life." I stayed silent trying to digest what I just heard. "Say something."
"What do we do?" I asked.
"I think those wolves killed Laurent." She paused. "I also think Jacob and Jared are wolves."
"Bella, stop. You're sounding crazy." I said.
"Listen, Jacob was the one who told me the legend about 'The Cold Ones' remember that's how I found out about Edward. He also told me that Quileutes were decedents of wolves." I took a deep sigh. When I looked up Jared was standing at the end of my driveway.
"I'll call you back, Bella." I said hanging up. I walked over to Jared. "You cut your hair." I said.
"Needed a change. Look, I'm going to be gone for a while, don't come looking for me, Jane. Stay away from me." He said. I was taken aback.
"Jared. What's going on?" I ask grabbing his bicep. "Whoa, you're on fire. Do you have a fever? Come inside I'll make you something to eat." He shook his head.
"Remember what I said. Goodbye, Jane." He ran off into the woods. As I turned to go back inside I heard howling. Could Bella be right about Jared and Jacob?
Jared was gone for weeks. No one had heard from him. I was starting to get worried.