Daybreak
Summary: What if Bella had met Alpha Jacob before Edward? What if Jacob went to the same school as Bella and the Cullens? How would this change the story?
Disclaimer: I own nothing! All characters belong to Stephanie Myer. There will be no song lyrics or any other violations of the guidelines in this fiction.
CHAPTER TEN: Arrested
"It is not the monsters we should be afraid of; it is the people that don't recognize the same monsters inside of themself."
― Shannon L. Alder
(Jacob P.O.V)
I could smell the scent of that mindreading bloodsucker coming from upstairs but it was a lingering scent meaning that the Cullen had long sense left the premises. I made my way to the kitchen to talk to Charlie.
"Jake, what are you doing here?" Charlie asked, when he noticed me.
"Bella texted me. What's going on?" I asked, and Charlie's eyes darkened.
"Carlisle's boy has been harassing Bella." He said and it took everything I had not to snarl.
'Kill Him,' my wolf growled and I could feel my hands trembling with the beginning of a transformation but I stopped it and pushed my wolf as far back as I could.
I was not going to phase in Charlie's kitchen.
Instead I gritted my teeth.
"What exactly do you mean by harass?" I asked, anger leaking into my voice.
"A few days ago, he called and told Bella that he was watching her. He said that he passes by our house a lot and that she wasn't safe. Then I called his father and he disappeared for a while but today he left Bella a present. A very extravagant, personal gift that he should have no way of knowing about…unless he was still stalking her." Charlie looked like he was contemplating murder and I wouldn't mind joining him in his attempt…but first...
"So, what's the plan?" I asked, because I knew Charlie wouldn't take someone messing with his family lying down.
"I've sent a few of my friends from the station to arrest him. I'm heading down there to meet them and have a little 'chat' with the punk," Charlie gave a dark smirk that I returned. "But I'm a little nervous about leaving Bella alone,"
We both looked in the living room where Bella was sitting on the couch with her arms wrapped around herself.
"If you want, me and my friends can go have a talk with Cullen instead," I offered. "Or I could stay here with Bella,"
Either way it went, Cullen and I would be talking. But Charlie was right, Bella didn't look so good and if Cullen was really as obsessed with her as it seemed then it was not a good idea to leave Bella alone.
"Do you mind staying here with Bells?" Charlie asked, as he put his gun in his holster.
"Sure," I stated and Charlie paused.
He stared at me for a long minute and I met his gaze confidently…even though I had no idea why he was looking at me like that.
"Jake, do you like my daughter?" he asked, dropping his voice so Bella would overhear.
I shrugged.
"Of course," I said, "She's a really nice girl,"
"That's not what I meant," Charlie said and I knew that a normal boy would probably be intimidated.
But I wasn't a normal boy and I hadn't been one since I was thirteen.
"I know what you meant," I said, and sighed, my shoulders slumping.
I gave another look towards the door but Bella didn't appear to be listening.
Charlie had been a constant in my life for so long and in some ways he was like my second father. He always treated me with respect and kindness and I wasn't going to lie to him about this…because this was the most important thing in my life right now.
"You know I've always had a thing for Bells," I said, bluntly. "But at the moment we are just friends. If the situation ever changes, I promise you will be the first one to know,"
Charlie tilted his head to the side and studied me.
"And can I trust you not to try anything funny with my daughter while I am away?" he asked and I nodded.
"I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't disrespect you or your household like that and I care about Bella too much to rush things," I stated, and Charlie stared me down for a few more seconds, trying to see if I was telling the truth.
Finally, he held out his hand and I shook it with a firm, steady grip.
"I believe you," he said with a smile, then leaned close to whisper. "I hope you get her. It would be nice to have you as a son-in-law,"
I smiled back, unable to stop the image of Bella and me getting married from appearing in my mind; something simple and beautiful.
I shook my head. Now wasn't the time to be thinking about that. I was on guard duty.
Charlie slapped me on the shoulder and went to go talk to Bella. I looked at the box on the table that had Cullen's stench all over it. I opened the box and pulled out the book and read the card.
"Fancy," I muttered and put it back.
"Thank you for coming," Bella said from behind my back and turned to her with a smile.
"Anything for you, honey," I said, with a wink.
Bella smiled back but I could tell she was still shaken.
"So, tell me what's been going on with Cullen?" I asked, because though Charlie was a cop, and Bella's father, I didn't feel like he was telling me the whole story.
Bella looked nervous and I sat at the table, gesturing for her to sit across from me. Bella sat down after a moment of hesitation and I reached across the table to grab her hand.
"Talk to me," I pushed, keeping my voice gentle.
Bella glanced down at our joined hands and a blush dusted her cheeks before she started talking.
"It all started in the outside of Biology class on March 2, after we got into that argument about your secret and you ran out of the classroom…" she trailed off and tilted her head to the side curiously. "Why did you run out of the classroom that day?"
"You were accusing me of wanting you dead. I got angry and being angry when you're a…you know…isn't really safe. So I left," I explained, not that I would ever hurt her but I wasn't willing to take a risk like that.
Not after…her.
I shook my head before I could get lost in my mind.
"What happened after I left?" I asked.
"I gathered my books together and tried to leave but the toe of my boot caught on the door jamb and I dropped my books. I bent to pick them up but Ed-weirdo had already stacked my books into a pile. He handed them to me with a smile and introduced himself,"
"He just picked up your books and introduced himself?" I interrupted, unable to contain my disbelief.
Those leeches didn't bend down and pick up books for anyone. They claimed to want to live a human life but they still saw themselves as superior in every way. For a Cullen to go to his knees before her, a human, there must be something important that he was after.
"Yeah, and then he called me Isabella and I snapped at him. I didn't mean to. I'm not usually the type of person to snap at a stranger but there just felt like something was wrong. He laughed and it sounded forced. Then he said "Oh, I was just passing by." And I noticed the weird color of his eyes. So I asked him if he was wearing contacts and he seemed puzzled that I would think that, like it was normal to have butterscotch eyes. He was just too nice." She turned to look at me. "It's strange to feel like someone is too nice, right? Like he was trying a little too hard."
I didn't know what to tell her but the question must have been rhetorical because she continued speaking without being prompted.
"He offered to carry my book but I turned him down. I was tired of being babied. I expected him to leave but he stood there as if he were waiting for something. His face frustrated and when he noticed me looking his face instantly shifted back into a smile. I thanked him and he leaned towards me, took a deep breath and said "You smell very nice, Bella," her face was horrified as she repeated those words and I clenched the hand that wasn't holding hers into a fist.
"Smell?" my wolf growled, and I could tell that he knew something.
"Is that all that happened?" I questioned, struggling to keep my voice calm, but a hint of my frustration must have pierced the veil because she sent me a concerned look.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
I nodded.
"I'm fine. What else happened?"
"I walked away and the next day I came to school and dropped my keys in a puddle but before I could bend to pick them up Edward grabbed them from where he was leaning casually against my truck. I had accidentally parked next to him and he called me…what was it?" she bit her lip and tried to think. "Exceptionally unobservant. That's where you showed up and you two talked and then he said his catchphrase."
"You smell very nice today," I said, remembering that day.
Bella shuddered.
"Don't say that," she said and I patted her hand.
"Anyway, you warned me to stay away from the Cullens and I noticed him staring at us with a dark look in his eye. We went about our day and at lunch Jessica noticed him staring at me. He winked at me and I felt repulsed and he wanted me to sit with him. I could feel his eyes burrowing into my back and I snapped at Jessica because she kept reminding me that he was watching me. So I realized that he wasn't going to quit staring and I went to see what he wanted. Next thing I knew, I was sitting at his table and when I asked him why he wanted me there he said-"
"He said 'I decided as long as I was going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly.' I know." I said.
"How?" she asked and I pointed at my ears.
"Shifter-hearing,"
"So, I guess that means I can skip the lunchroom, huh?" she asked.
I nodded. I remembered how that conversation ended.
"I just really like the way you smell," he said, taking a deep breath. His eyes darkened and he leaned closer to her, his eyes darkened. "Your scent is… intoxicating," he said.
I was putting something together but I needed more information. There was something I was missing.
"Sing," my wolf barked, bewildering me but I'd wonder why he wanted me to belt a ballad later.
"You were there for the hallway too," she said, and I waited for her next interaction. "He called on the phone the day we went to First beach. He was talking weird. He…he sounded crazy. He was talking about a dog and he said he got my number from the phone book, but I think he was lying. He said he'd been stalking me and that he was keeping track of Mike to find out where I was. He waited in the parking lot of the Newton's store for me but you were with me then, and he'd been following me for a while. He claimed he drove by our house every day and how it's for my own good and that I'm not safe. I told him to stop but he said he wouldn't then I told Charlie and Charlie called his father. I went to bed and had a nightmare about him and then-" she was about to skip something.
She'd mentioned dreams before.
"Cold," my wolf barked quietly.
"What does that mean?" I mentally asked but he wouldn't answer.
"Tell me about your dream, honey," I said and she blushed.
"I'd rather not," she mumbled.
"Please, Bells? It might be important." I said.
"How? What do my dreams have to do with Edward Cullen? It's not like he can get in my head and see what I dream!" she exclaimed, snatching her hand back from me, and a part of me, the part that wasn't mentally burning the leeches body, laughed at the bitter irony of that statement.
"You'd be surprised," I muttered.
"I don't want to talk about my dream. It was weird and creepy and I just…I don't want to talk about it." She snapped.
"Ask about The Ice," my wolf rumbled and I was surprised by how intelligent he sounded for a moment.
"Did it have something to do with the ice?" I asked and Bella's eyes snapped to mine.
"How did you know about that?" she asked.
I opened my mouth to answer and paused.
"Is this the dream that helped you figure out I was a wolf?" I asked and Bella nodded, hesitantly.
"Bella, this is important. If you don't want to talk about it anymore then I'll drop it but if you decided you want to trust me, I promise I won't judge you." I swore.
Bella bit her lip nervously and cradled her hand to her chest.
"I opened my eyes to find myself alone for the first time in a long time. So I called for you," my face stayed impassive but internally, I wondered how often she dreamed of me, "But you didn't answer. It was dark and I was cold. I never dreamed about being cold before so I was confused. I heard someone chuckling darkly, and then I saw a white blur rush past me. "What's he doing here?" I heard a familiar voice asked and turned around to find dream-you standing there looking tense. I questioned you and then a boy ran out of the woods toward me and he grabbed my hand, telling me to wake up. He kept saying "He's here! Wake up, Bella, you have to wake up!" and then Mike and Jessica were calling for me and…" she trailed off.
"What?" I asked.
"The boy let go of my hand and took off running into the forest, shouting "Don't let him get you! You have to Wake Up!" as he disappeared into the darkness. Then the ice came. Dream-You said something was wrong and started walking away. I followed him."
She told me about slipping in the blood, the flower, the boy, and Edward Cullen. It was a strange dream and to be honest, if I was used to facing monsters, I'm sure it would have been a bit frightening. I listened with rapt attention, as she told me about her and Cullen's argument in the dream.
"Just stay away from me," I begged him. "Never," he swore. "You smell too good to stay away from," and then Dream-you and I argued. I let you go and you ran towards Edward and with a sharp tearing sound, Dream-you exploded. He burst out of his skin and that shocked me so much that I woke up screaming!" She exclaimed and I wondered if it was because of the imprint bond that she knew so much.
"I sat up, confused and the first thing I noticed was that my window was open. I ran over and closed it- surprised, and suspicious, when it closed silently, without sticking, not having opened it before in who knows how many years- looking around. There was no one out there and the cruiser was gone. I thought maybe Charlie had opened it and I went to do research about…well about you. I went for a walk in the woods and when Charlie came home, he told me that he had talked to Ed-weirdo's dad. His dad said that Edward was joking. He said that it was a prank from a bored adolescent boy. Charlie wanted to press charges but I decided not to and he didn't come to school." She sighed a little and I could tell how worried she had been about having to see him.
"I told him about my open window, when he came home, and he said that he didn't do it. He thought Edward might have…but I didn't want to think about that. Later I was outside reading my favorite book when I felt the presence of someone watching me. I looked around but didn't see anyone. I went inside. I thought I saw his car in Port Angeles too and I think he was at the restaurant," she said and I growled low in my throat.
I had smelled that bastard's scent while we were there. It was the reason why I cut dinner short. My nails dug into my palms until they drew blood.
"Then when I got home, Charlie said someone left something for me on the porch and he put it in my room. I checked out the present after I sketched a little in my sketch book. It was a medium sized black box with my name written across the front. I figured it was gift from Tyler. Another effort to make amends. I opened it and it was Jane Eyre. A hard cover Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre Franklin Library 1st edition bound in leather with a hubbed spine. It was accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The end sheets were of moiré fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. They are priced at $225.00 online. It couldn't have possibly been from Tyler. He didn't have that kind of money and, even if he did, how would he guess to get Jane Eyre? There was a note inside and it had Edward's name on it. That's when I called for Charlie and then I texted you," she finished.
"Is that everything? Is there anything at all that you left out? Anything strange you may have noticed, other than the stalking thing?" I pressed.
Bella looked thoughtful but shook her head.
"Nothing?" I asked.
Bella gave a little laugh that didn't reach her eyes.
"You mean other than his cheap cologne that smells like a mix of bleach and cough syrup, nothing," she said and my eyes widened as she stood up.
She couldn't be-
Mate not a wolf, my wolf reassured me.
'Then how-' I wondered but Bella interrupted my thoughts.
"Do you want something to drink?" she offered and I nodded.
"Thank you. I'm going to go check your room," I stated and Bella nodded.
I stood and gave her a reassuring smile as I made my way upstairs. The seconds she was out of sight, I let the façade fade.
I was going to kill him.
I was going to rip his body into pieces, so tiny that Dr. Fang would need a magnifying glass to find them, and then I was going to burn them. Maybe throw the ashes in the ocean just to be safe.
I would have to bury the whole coven.
Couldn't have one of those pesky blood-suckers trying to get revenge on me by hurting Bella.
Nope, they all had to go. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and called Sam.
"Jacob, what's-" he started but I didn't give him a chance to ask.
"The Cullens are dead," I stated coldly. "No more treaty. We end this tonight,"
"Wait, what happened?" he asked.
I filled him in on what Bella told me.
"This can't be allowed to continue. We warned them and they didn't listen."
"Jake, be reasonable-" Sam tried and I hung up on him.
I didn't want to be reasonable.
I wanted Cullen's head hung on my wall.
I wanted Bella to be safe.
I followed Cullen's sent to her bedroom.
I opened her door and was immediately overwhelmed with the scent of Bella.
I closed my eyes and inhaled. The leeches scent was strongest by the window. I opened her window and almost gagged. Her window seal was covered with his smell.
I closed the window and took a step back, following the scent to her bedside.
It was faint, but he'd been here at least once. Probably watching Bella sleep.
'Mate not safe here,' my wolf growled.
I felt myself quivering again and I turned to go back to Bella, when I noticed something sitting on her desk.
(Charlie's P.O.V)
Carlisle's son was already in the interrogation room when I arrived at the station.
"He didn't even struggle," Officer Derek said. "He was already sitting outside with his hands out for the cuffs,"
"And his family just silently watched us take him away from the window," Officer Maria, stated, looking dazed.
"Did you ask him anything?" I asked and Officer Maria nodded.
"I…um…I asked him about his relationship with Bella Swan and he said that they," she paused and shook her head. "He said that they were friends, and had been, for almost a month now."
I noticed the flush on her cheeks and the slight glaze in her eye.
"Are you okay?" I questioned and Officer Maria nodded.
"I'm fine," she replied. "The suspect proceeded to list times that they had talked to each other and….um…" she paused to shake her head, "and he said that he gave her the books to apologize for a disagreement they had,"
"Disagreement?" I repeated, disgusted.
"That's what he said, Chief," she said and turned to watch Carlisle's son through the one-way mirror.
I turned to stare at him too.
He was sitting, calmly, with his hands folded on the table. He was staring at the mirror, looking straight at Officer Maria, as if he could see her on the other side, and had his head tilted to the side, as if he were listening to someone speak.
The little creep.
His eyes flicked in my direction and a smirk spread across his face.
I knew that he couldn't possibly be able to see us through the one-way mirror but, when his eyes met mine, I saw a glimpse of smugness in them.
Officer Maria let out a sigh and leaned against the glass.
"What's wrong?" Derek asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I don't know," Officer Maria said, rubbing her arm. "I just feel…weird,"
"Weird how?" I asked, and Officer Maria's eyes glazed over for a second before she shook her head again.
"I think I've been…" she opened her mouth to say something, pressing her hand to her chest. "He breathed in my face and touched my arm,"
"What?" Officer Derek said, touching her shoulder.
"When I was handcuffing him," Maria muttered, "I think I need to go lay down,"
"Are you alright?" I asked, and Officer Maria waved me off.
"I'll be fine. I just need some rest," Officer Maria said, giving me a tired smile.
"I'll make sure she gets home okay," Officer Derek said, and Officer Maria laughed.
"I'm a big boy Derek," she said, "I can get home on my own,"
"You sure?" I questioned, she didn't look so good.
"Of course," she gave a mock salute, and made her way toward the exit.
I'd call her later and make sure that she was alright. The Cullen's were creepy sons of bitches. No one in town really saw any of them around town, with the exception of the Carlisle, except when the children went to school. They mostly kept to themselves in their house in the woods.
I rolled my shoulders and took my gun off my belt, lest I be tempted to use it, and made my way into the interrogation room.
I had a Stalker to scare.
Author's Note: Sorry I was gone so long. But I had a very good reason.
I had a baby! He's so cute and I just love him so much. I named him Jaylen and he looks just like me...if I was a boy. The problem is that I haven't really found a lot of time to write. But I'm working on it!. The next chapter will be the interrogation between Charlie and Edward.
I'm going to put my all into this story.
Sorry this chapter wasn't that long. I just wanted to put something out there. The next chapter will be longer.
