Chapter 40

Help Me Please

Bella POV

I reached over to the nightstand and grabbed my phone. I dialed the number and it rang a couple of times and then it was answered.

"Hello" I heard the voice of the only person I knew who would help me with my decision, well more like plan.

"Hey I need your help." I said trying not to sound pleading.

"Sure sure what do you need?"

"I am in the hospital and I need your help." I managed to get out before hearing the click of the phone. I just got hung up on. Oh great nobody will help me, I guess I am on my own. I slammed the phone shut.

Looking at the phone I held in my hand I really got the urge to call Edward, but I knew he wasn't going to help me.

I sat there pondering on who I could get to help me when my door opened, I looked to see who it was and saw Jacob standing there.

"Hey there Bells, what do you need?" He said with a smirk on his face. I felt so guilty for getting mad at him; he had only hung up me to get here.

He came over and sat in the chair next to my bed. I told him what was happening to me and the choices I had to make. I could see the pain in his eyes as I told him. I knew that he despised the idea of me becoming one of them as he put it. I asked him what he thought I should do.

"Bella you know how I feel about you becoming one of them." I could see that he wasn't going to be much help, I knew he was totally biased.

"Jacob I know what I want and I want to spend forever with Edward." I knew it hurt him for me to say that but he knew how I felt.

"I know Bella. I have come to terms that you want him, so if you know what you want to do why did you call me?" Jacob looked over at me with a look that I could only describe as caring with a touch of hope.

"I called you because I know that we were close once, and I needed to hear you tell me that I was making the right choice." I looked at him trying to show him through my eyes how I felt.

"Okay what do you want me to do?" He surrendered to me. I knew that he only wanted what was best for me no matter what his feelings on the subject were.

So I proceeded to tell him the plan. He smiled at me, and I knew that he approved of it. He reached up and gave me a hug and a small kiss on the cheek. I think he smiled because he knew that my plan would upset Edward and he had always gotten joy out of anything that upset Edward.

Before he walked out the door I asked him, "Jacob, do you think that the pack will feel the way you do about this?" He nodded.

"Don't worry Bells we will all be there for you whenever you need us. You can count on that." After saying that he gave me one last wave and was gone.

I knew my plan and so far it was coming together. I laid my head back down and soon drifted off to sleep. That was until I was suddenly awakened.

"Bella how could you? I mean come on Bella what were you thinking? You thought I would not know!" It was Alice; oh crap I totally forgot she would see after I made my decision.

"Alice what are you talking about?" I tried to play innocent.

"Well let me put it this way, you disappeared. That could only mean one thing since you are right here. You talked with the wolves didn't you?" She didn't look to happy and I knew that if I didn't tell her what was going on then Edward would know about it and he would not be happy.

So I decided to tell Alice about my plan. I told her what I was doing and how Jacob and the pack was involved. She looked worried for a moment but the further I got into my plan she relaxed.

"Oh Bella I wish I could see how it turns out, but with them involved I can't see and that worries me." She reached over and took my hand in hers.

"Alice you will just have to have faith that my plan will work out okay." I smiled at her.

"You know Edward is going to be hurt if things don't turn out like you plan. It just might destroy him." Her look became a bit more sorrow looking at the thought of what this was going to do to Edward. But I had to keep him in the dark, just for now that is. He will know everything soon.

Alice and I had talked through the night, she had told me of her visions and how they keep changing slightly. I wondered about Betty and how her eyes had been red on Alice's last vision. It puzzled me because she was so dead set against ever killing a human. I will have to talk with Betty and find out what would ever cause her to do such a thing.

I let out a long yawn and Alice had realized just how long we had been talking.

"You need to get some sleep Bella, you are exhausted, so I will let you be, and don't worry I will be hiding my thoughts whenever Edward is around. We don't want him messing things up now do we?" She gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek before leaving.

I put my head onto the pillow and I was out before I could count to ten.

When I woke up I thought about the conversation with Alice last night and the one thing that stuck in my head was Betty. It still bothered me about knowing that in the vision she had killed a human. I mean I never thought she would do that. I wanted to talk to her so I called her.

"Hello." I heard the voice and noticed it wasn't Betty, it was Edmund.

"Oh hey Edmund this is Bella, by chance is Betty there?"

"Yes she is, I will go get her for you, please hold on." I could hear him running with the phone. I heard him whisper something but he must have had the phone to far away because I couldn't make out what he had said.

"Bella dear what is it? Are you okay?" I missed the sound of her voice. Just hearing it brought back memories of our talks on the beach.

"Yeah I am okay, but I was wondering if you would mind coming here and talking with me."

"Sure Bella I would love to talk with you, but are you sure everything is okay with you I mean I can hear something in your voice." I thought I had sounded fine, but I guess that she knew me all too well.

"Just come over here and I will tell you everything, oh and please don't tell Edward that you are coming here." I didn't want him to know anything until it is time; I had to do it this way.

"Okay dear I will be right over." And with that she hung up.

Okay now I had to think if this is going to affect my plan. When I had come up with this plan I hadn't known about Alice's vision of Betty so now I had to think. I had to know what would push her to kill a human. I had to think.

By the time Betty had arrived I was still no closer to figuring out how that played into my plan.

She walked over and hugged me, I needed that I thought.

"Ok now spill what is eating away at you. I can see now by looking at you that something is bugging you." She was stern but in a nice way. I knew she was just concerned for me.

"Well I heard about Alice's vision…" I didn't get the chance before she cut me off.

"And you were wondering why I would have red eyes huh." It was more of a statement than a question. She knew me all too well.

"Well yes. I mean I know you and I know that you would never kill a human." I rattled off.

"I know it was just as big of a shock to me, I would never hunt a human." She dropped her head down to the floor. She was ashamed.

"What would be the reason that you can think of that would make you hunt a human?"

"The only thing I can think of is that if Edmund or you were in danger. I would do it to save you guys." I heard the emotions dripping out of her words. I never thought about it that way. Of course she would do it to stop anything from happening to us. I was about to say something but she started in again.

"But I never thought I could ever bring myself to actually take a humans life. I know that I must have because of the vision, and I have asked Alice to check and see if she could tell me who I killed, but she refuses to tell me anything, she says that she can't see me killing a human, so I don't know." I felt so bad for her. I grabbed her hand and squeezed. Just then a thought popped into my head.

"So Betty I know you told me that you needed to have human blood in order for your power to work." The wheels in my head were turning now.

"Yes I need to consume human blood. I have already told you that." she looked confused.

"But you never told me how much human blood you need. I was thinking…" She looked at me and stopped me.

"What are you thinking Bella?" she really looked at me and I could tell she could see the wheels in my head turning.

"Well I wonder if…"

"Don't even think it Bella I am not biting you. I will never do that." Her voice turned cold and angry. She thought I wanted her to bite me?

"Betty, no wait you have to hear me out." She glared at me and I knew she was still angry that she thought I would have wanted her to do that to me.

"I didn't mean that you bite and consume me." She relaxed and the anger subsided. "I was just thinking… well how I should put this. I was thinking that… I wonder if you need to consume blood from a human or if you just needed to consume human blood." Judging by the look on her face I knew she was still confused.

"Bella what are you talking about? Human blood how else would I consume human blood other than from a human?" Yup she was not getting it. I raised a finger at her and she just stood there.

I rang the nurse's button and a nurse came into the room.

"Is there something you need Miss Swan?" The nurse was very nice.

"Yes I was wondering if you could call Car… Dr. Cullen and tell him that I need to talk with him please." She nodded and walked back out.

Betty looked at me with a blank expression. "Why do you need to talk with Carlisle? What are you thinking of now Bella? I really wish I knew went on inside your head." At that she smiled. Everyone always reminded me that the way I thought was puzzling to everyone.

Just then Carlisle walked in. "The nurse said you needed to talk with me Bella." He smiled at Betty as he noticed she was here also.

"Yes Carlisle, as you know already about Alice's vision and that Betty had consumed human blood because her eyes were red." He nodded to confirm he understood what I was referring to.

"Well I was wondering if by chance you might be able to help us with something about that." His head turned from me to Betty and then back to me.

"Bella what are you wanting to do? Have you talked to Edward about this? Does he know what you are thinking of doing? Bella…" Carlisle had jumped to the same conclusion as Betty had.

"Carlisle I don't intend on having Betty bite me." I had to let out a little chuckle I had never saw Carlisle lose his grip on reality before,, and it was almost funny to see him hysterical like that.

"Then what are you talking about Bella?" He was back to his calm self.

"Well… I was wondering if you would know just how much blood Betty would need to consume for her power to be effective. I know that she could never find it in herself to kill a human, so I was wondering if it would work if she just consumed human blood." I was trying to get it out so that he would understand what I was meaning.

"Oh I see what you mean." I could see the wheels turning in his head; finally someone was on the same page I was on. He looked at Betty and she looked as though she was still completely lost as to what we were getting at.

"Do you think it will work Carlisle?"

"I am not sure but it is worth a shot if it means that Betty will not have to kill a human." Carlisle was smiling.

"Will you two please let me in on what you are thinking, because I am totally lost?" Betty shouted.
Carlisle looked at me and we smiled and then looked over at Betty.

"Betty I think Bella here came up with an idea of how you can consume human blood without having to kill a human." Carlisle spoke with a smile on his face.

"And I am still waiting for you guys to let me know how that would be possible." Betty said.

"The hospital has blood in the blood bank. I could get some and you can consume human blood without having to kill for it, I don't know yet if it will work, but it is sure worth a try." Carlisle said.

"Oh Bella you are a genius. I hope that this works. Can we try now Carlisle I want to know so I can prepare if it does work, I haven't used my power in so long and I want to be able to control it." Betty was all smiles now. She ran over and gave me a hug. For a moment the way she was hugging me I would have sworn that Emmett had taken her place.

"Can't… Breath..." I was gasping for air and then she quickly released me.

"Oh sorry Bella I was just so excited." She looked over at Carlisle and he was laughing.

"Okay Betty why don't you go home and I will get some blood and meet you there. We will see if this idea of Bella's will work." They were about to leave when I said something.

"Good Luck." I smiled and they left the room.

I hope this works out. Now back to my plan. I had to make a few changes since this was unexpected.

Now I thought back to my plan.

I picked up the phone and dialed the number. This wasn't going to be easy.

"Hello"

"I was wondering if you would come here so we can talk." I needed this person to help me with my plan.

There were a few moments of silence, and I was worried.

"Sure I will right there."

Okay I thought to myself, remember Bella this is your plan.

There was no turning back now.