So this chapter, if you ask me, totally sucks. I got the Seth idea from Breaking Dawn chapter1. I just figured you deserved an update for the long wait I'm putting you through. I truely apologize for the poor quality of this chapter!! Please review, unless you absolutely hated it. I don't think my self-esteem can take another bashing. So please, keep it neutral or nice. Whatever floats your boat. I'll make next chapter better! I just have to take this slower than I want to. I have lots of plans for this story.

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(See A/N at end of story) Chapter 10: Curiosity

Previous Chapter:

It was all so confusing. I wasn't sure which part of me to side with. So far, curiosity was winning.

We were just in Edward's bedroom relaxing on his couch. I laid with my head in his lap reading one of the Harry Potter books I had recently started. Edward just sat there playing with my hair, eyes closed. I suddenly felt my back pocket twitch.

"Oh. I'm vibrating." Edward's eyes snapped open and stared at me in shock.

"What? Someone texted me." His gaze softened, "dirty mind," I mumbled to myself. He smiled. I flipped open my phone and read the screen.

Have you heard from Jake?

It was Seth. Jacob's wolf brother. Seth was the only one who accepted the Cullens. Sweet kid. I replied and asked him the same. My phone vibrated once more.

Well kinda. Can you call?

I dialed his number. "What's up, Seth?"

"We haven't gotten any information really. Just his thoughts. The perk of being wolves."

"What's he been thinking?" There was my curiosity bubbling over again.

"He's real upset. Said something 'bout you and how you didn't understand and how he hated Edward. He's acting weird. Some things he's thinkin is kinda scary."

"W-what do you mean? Like what?" I stuttered. Edward was listening intently as well.

"I don't know. He's not himself. I don't know if he's just really sad or slightly crazy. I heard him say he wanted to come back. Said something about a plan." The tone of Seth's voice had me worried. Great. Jacob is coming back, but planning something. Sad or crazy, it's not something good.

"Uhm, ok Seth. Thanks for telling me. I'll call you if I h-hear anything." With that, I closed my phone. Edward's face showed deep concentration.

"What do you think he's up to?" I asked Edward. He shook his head.

"I don't know. Let's go downstairs." I followed him down to the living room. Jacob soon fled from my mind as Edward, Emmett, and I played poker. I couldn't use my money because I didn't have any. So Emmett gave me 100 to play. Of course I planned to give it back, not like I would actually stand a chance in winning anyway.

An hour later.

"Damn, Bella. I'm down to my last 20!" Emmett stated anxiously.

I ended up winning. How? I have no clue. They probably let me win.

"Wow. You're good at this Bella. I've only got 45 left!" Edward said. We were the only ones with money afterwards. I headed towards my pile of 555 and handed Emmett back the 100 he lent me and the 300 he had started out with. Edward chuckled.

"Here Emmett. I'm not going to keep it."

"No. It's yours. You won it. Fair and sq-well let's not go that far." He mumbled the last part. Emmett's bottom lip jutted. It looked so cute. I let out an, "awww!"

"Shut up." He mumbled walking up the stairs. Edward and I laughed.

Edward took me home around ten o'clock. Charlie was just hanging up the phone.

"Who was that?" I asked.

"Mrs. Stanley. Apparently there have been a few disturbances around the area, especially in the forest. It didn't sound too serious. I just sent a few guys from the station to go check it out."

Disturbances. In the area. Especially the forest. Jacob. Seth did mention how Jacob was coming back. Maybe he was already back. No worries. I mean, he would never hurt anybody!! I knew Jake. He wouldn't put anyone in danger. Though I couldn't help but wonder what he was doing...

I went to bed next to Edward. The dream I had was haunting. I recognized it from last night! Jake killed himself. It was a horrible dream, watching your best friend die because of you. Not even an adult yet, he was still just a kid. The funny thing was, this was the only state I could remember this dream. It would leave me in the morning yet again. What was weird was the fact that I knew it would.


When I awoke, Edward was staring at me. Not like usual. It was as if my face were an impossible puzzle and he was trying to decode it.

"What?" I asked him. He took a deep breath and instantly started.

"Do you remember what you dreamed last night?" I studied him. "Just out of curiosity." He added. I thought about it. Two nights in a row I haven't been able to recall my dreams. I shook my head.

"Ok. Go get ready. Alice has plans for you today."

"Oh, Joy." Sarcasm dripping from my statement.

"Don't let her hear you," He laughed, "it'll only make it worse. Plus, she's on a mission to out-do Emmett and Jasper."

I brushed my teeth and hair. I wasn't really hungry. Edward insisted that I eat, but I said no.

"What are you thinking?" He asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Didn't you hear Charlie last night?"

"Yes. You don't need to worry about it though. He's a kid. Kids runaway and act crazy all the time. This one just happens to be a dog."

"You know, Edward. You seem very smug about this whole thing." I didn't mean for it to come out as harsh as it did. Edward had every right to be happy about the situation.

"It's just that he did something to you Bella! He raped you...or whatever you want to call it. I don't know how you can just look it over! You should want to kill him more than I do and you don't! Instead you're worrying about him. I don't get it! Please tell me, Bella. Inform me of your ways." I cringed at the last sentence. He was frustrated, I could tell.

""I am mad at Jacob!! I hate him for doing what he did, but it wasn't rape," Once again I cringed. I wasn't comfortable with that word. "He should never had come to that party. I shouldn't have invited him upstairs. That was just asking for a disaster!" I said, "And I'm not worried about him! I'm worried about other people. He wouldn't do anything though. I-I just want t-to know what Seth was talking about. Jake's upset." I mainly was talking to myself.

"Why do you care if he's upset? You're better than him! He took advantage of you by giving you some kind of guilt trip!! Then he dares to just run off! We've talked about this before!" Oops, If I didn't back peddle my way out of this now, he was going to explode. The talks we had had about this, had all ended up with Edward breaking something.

"I know. I'm so-," his look cut me off, that was one of the topics we'd covered. No apologizing, "Anyway, you're right. I shouldn't care. I don't care. I'm just…curious." There was that word that was beginning to haunt me, "I'll never forgive him for what he did to you Edward...Don't look at me that way! I know that part affected you as much as it did me. Let's just forget it. I don't want him butting his way into our conversations." He hugged me and kissed my lips passionately.

"We'd better go," He said, his voice much softer. With that, we headed out to his Volvo (which he had run out to get when Charlie left) and arrived at his house within minutes.

"Hello, Bella." Esme greeted me from the living room couch. She was sitting next to Alice reviewing a few things Alice wanted her perspective on. I said hello back and walked over to the loveseat where Edward pulled me down beside him. Just then Emmett and Jasper came down the stairs at human pace. They had their heads stuck up away from Alice.

"Good luck trying to beat us," Emmett muttered as he passed her. "You're gonna need it." That was true I had to admit. My day with the two men was great. I had loads of fun and I could tell they tried their hardest. I especially felt bad for making them waste their afternoon with a boring human.

"You wish." Alice said looking up from her binder. She saw me and smiled warmly. I smiled back. She then thanked Esme, kissed her cheek, and ran upstairs with her binder. I talked for a minute with Emmett, Edward, Jasper, and Esme. Suddenly, Edward stopped midsentence and his arm stiffened around me.

"What is it?" I whispered anxiously to him. He just shook his head and Alice was instantly sitting on the arm of the couch. They looked at each other, obviously having one of their nonvocal conversations and confused expressions. With Jasper sensing their emotions, Edward reading Alice's mind, Alice seeing what he's going to say before he said it, Emmett and I were the only ones who didn't have a clue what was going on. Esme excused herself and disappeared.

"You guys going to tell us what you saw or are we going to have to play charades for it?" Emmett asked. He was joking around, but his voice held a bit of annoyance. Alice then looked at me.

"Bella, we're going to have to reschedule our day together. Is that alright?" Why did she even bother asking? I couldn't help but to feel a little relieved though, "No. I don't mind." Was all I said. I saw her lips barely moving, but heard no sound. She was talking to vampires only. Excluding the human. When she finished, she apologized for our "fun day" delay then scowled at Emmett.

"Fine Emmett. Have your stupid fun. Just keep in mind that I'm better than you!" Emmett chuckled. He lifted himself off the couch and walked over to me. He held out his hand. I hesitated for a minute. What was going on? I slowly gave him my hand, all the while still looking at Edward. I was about to say something, but Emmett threw me over his shoulder and we were off. Next thing I knew, I was being buckled into Emmett's jeep.

"So," He started, "Me and you are going to go have fun. So what do you want to do?" I thought about my options. Option 1, I could ask him what was happening, but he wouldn't answer. Option 2, I could refuse going anywhere and get in trouble with Edward. Option 3, just go along. Option 3 seemed the easiest. All of a sudden, Emmett starting bouncing up and down, clapping his hands saying, "Oooh. Oooh. I know! I know!" The jeep started rolling down the long driveway. We arrived in Seattle in about 40 minutes. He parked and helped me out. I read the sign hanging on the building.
Dave and Busters Food&Arcade
Of course.

About two hours later of getting my butt kicked at almost everything, and falling every 2 seconds (Emmett caught me before I hit the ground) on dance revolution, we took off. In an instant we were at some casual restaraunt.

"Look Emmett, this is really sweet and all, but...why is it necessary?" Maybe that was enough of a hint for him to explain today's earlier events.
"Honestly, Bella? I'm not aloud to tell you. I don't why they are making such a big deal out of it. I mean it's important to keep you safe!! But this thing could be prevented." He looked down at the table and didn't say another word the rest of the meal. Neither did I. Apparently something was going to happen. A threat of some kind towards me. Nothing different. I was on a quiet the amount of hitlists, this didn't startle me. We drove home with 'Mr.Roboto' blaring out of the car speakers. To my surprise, we were heading a different direction than the Cullens' house. He was taking me home!

"Why are we here?"
"Special orders. Edward will be here in a minute. Charlie's home so you should be fine for the time being." I should be fine? Why was there any doubt? Besides my possibility of falling down the stairs and breaking my neck, but that wasn't much of a worry. Emmett walked me to the door then turned back to his jeep and drove out of sight. Charlie was zipping up his jacket.

"Where are you going, Charlie?" I asked as he went to go get his keys.

"I got a call from the station." He paused and put a hand on my shoulder, "Some one reported a mutant dog where Mrs. Stanley said last night…Same ones reported earlier this year, but this time only one was spotted." Uh-oh.

"Where?" I blurted out. Charlie didn't answer, but walked out. If only Alice could see him.

What was he up to? A depressed crazy was running around in Forks in search for something, not only that, but it was a werewolf! That something had to do with me. I don't mean to sound self-absorbed, but I knew Jacob. I just hoped he wouldn't hurt anyone. Not purposely, Jake would never hurt anybody!!

The important thing was the Edward would be here any minute. Then I wouldn't have to think about anything but him.

I started cleaning up the mess Charlie left in the kitchen. I was about to turn off the light and head upstairs when I heard something. It sounded like thud against the back wall. I looked out the glass door and there was a black shadow in the trees. It instantly ran off when I caught sight of it. It was probably just Edward. Or Emmett being stupid.

I got up to my bedroom and changed into my pajamas. I laid down on my comfortable pillow. I wasn't planning on sleeping until I had Edward beside me. Just as I was laying there staring at the ceiling, something flew at my window. It looked like a small rock. I ignored it. It was probably just the tree or something. I looked back up at the ceiling. Something flew at my window again, but this time it busted it's way through.

Sorry if I confused you guys earlier. Thanks to FireCats20, I caught a little mistake I made and corrected it. So this is the corrected version of Chapter 10. Still not perfect, but it makes more sense now.