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a longer chapter...

Chapter Eleven- New Bonds

BPOV

It was my first day off in a month and a half, and only because Jacob insisted on it. A knock on my door at noon, shook me from my dream of Edward. I stared groggily at my ceiling, hoping to fade back into sleep, but the knock repeated and I sat up slowly.
-"Bells, honey, you awake." Jacob was seriously waking me up? 'Take a day off Bells. You need the rest.' And he was knocking on my door. I shuffled to the door and opened it. Jacob laughed at my expression and walked in, shutting the door as I walked away.
-"I was hoping to do something but I think I underestimated how much you needed this day off." I smiled at him, sinking back onto my bed. He was studying me and I was suddenly aware of the short shorts I was wearing. Jacob seemed to hear my thoughts and looked the other way.
-"Thanks for taking care of me Jacob." I had noticed he'd brought food up with him. I pulled a box towards me.
-"That's what friends are for Bella. Or have you forgotten that in your work obsession." He gave me his lopsided grin that always filled me with warmth.
-"Anyways," He continued. "I got an email from Embry today, you wouldn't BELIEVE what's the drama at St. Thomas is right now." I laughed, and leaned forward in anticipation.
-" Apparently, the other day Embry was in the library and he heard a ruckus outside the door. So being Embry he opens it on Lauren and Edward, FIGHTING." My breathing stopped immediately. Did Jacob know about Edward and I? Hadn't I mentioned it? No, no, I don't think I had.
-"Embry said they were fighting about getting back together. Edward swore up and down that it was done and had been for a few years, you remember when they dated? Probably not, it was pretty hot and heavy for a while, before you came, I think. Anyways they sat there arguing over and over and Edward wouldn't tell her why. Finally she smacked him, and he smiled. Out right smiled. This just pissed Lauren off more and she grabbed his neck and kissed him. It took him a good ten minutes to get her off him too. Then she got all mad and started screaming about how he had some little slut on the side and what not. Bells you okay?" My fists were clinging onto the edge of my bed and I was breathing heavily, near hyperventilation. I was gasping for breath the moment his hands touched my back, he was talking to me; trying to calm down I staggered my breath, attempting to slow it. I smiled at him apologetically. He stared at me, worried and not convinced.
-"Bells are you doing okay lately? Are you working too hard, what?"
-"I'm sorry Jacob. I guess I'm just tired and worn out. Guess I'm getting a bit homesick. Think I might take some early time off and go to St. Thomas." Jacob looked at me thoughtfully.
-"You hooked up." He said finally. I knew I was numb when I looked at him. No thoughts rushed to explain.
-"You're dating too I bet." How did he know all this?
-"Bound to happen I guess." He shrugged and rubbed my shoulders. We both sat thinking for awhile.

'Lauren… hot and heavy with Lauren? Why wouldn't he have told me and why were they fighting. His email yesterday hadn't said anything about it, but Embry was usually a really reliable resource. I want to talk to Edward NOW! What time is it?'
The phone on the table rang, scaring both of us out of our thoughts, and Jacob leaned over to answer it. There was a moment pause before he nodded.
-"Thanks Cassidy, we'll be down in a minute." Jacob dropped it back on the receiver.
-"Bella get dressed, I'll meet you in the hall way in five minutes. There is a package waiting for you downstairs." I looked at him for further explanation, but he walked out of my room. I pulled on some jeans and a black sweater. Very few people had seen me out of work clothes. I brushed my hair slowly and by the time I got out into the hallway Jacob was leaning against the wall across the way, waiting for me. Something was up and I looked up at him warily. He led the way to the lobby, and when we got to the last of the stairs he blocked the door a minute.
-"If you ever need a break from someone, say something, like turtle." I stared at him, trying to figure out if he was joking or if I should launch into twenty questions about what was going on. He sighed, grabbing my hand. He fingers were warm around mine as he led the way to the lobby. I turned right to go to the front desk but Jacob was headed left towards the dining area.

-"Jake where are we…" I stopped dead in the door way. Speak of the devil, Edward was sitting at a table with Alice talking quietly. Jake looked at me expectantly. What was going on? It wasn't even March yet. Jake started back towards me and I tugged my hand free backing up slowly.
-"You okay?" he mouthed, knowing that Edward hadn't seen us yet. I shook my head and bolted.
-"BELLA!" Jacob yelled as I hit the stairs running.
-"TURTLE!!" I screamed back over my shoulder. I thought I heard laughter behind me, I didn't stop to see whose. Now Edward knew I knew he was here, and I had to run fast. After all those years of racing across the beach I knew that he would catch up to me soon if I didn't out smart him. Within seconds I thought I heard his light footsteps beating on the stairs beneath me. One word pounded through my mind, 'Lauren' if I stopped for one second, I knew that I would face him hurtfully and lash out. I didn't want to fight. I needed to be alone. I hit floor four and knew he was two levels down. I slipped through the door and closed it as quietly as I could before running for the elevator. I waited, my eyes on the door for him to appear, but he didn't. It must have worked well. The doors opened and my mouth dropped. The tall, built body was not one I expected in this elevator. The dark skin made his teeth even whiter and in that moment i realized how beautiful he was. He smiled at me and held out his hand.
-"Let's get out of here for a while Bells." He winked at me and I nodded taking his hand and letting myself be pulled into the elevator.
-"Thanks Jake. I can't see him right now."
-"I know, I understand." With that silence fell between us.

JPOV

Did this girl not realize how beautiful she was, and the nerve of her opening the door dressed like this, taunting me out right. She was walking away now and I shook my head and shut the door. 'Keep it friendly Jacob, Bella isn't into you like that.' I followed her to the bed and lay the boxes on it.
-"I was hoping to do something but I think I underestimated how much you needed this day off." I should of made her do this a long time ago, but she was so happy to be doing her job it felt like a crime. I was studying her, to see the extent of her exhaustion when she looked down at herself awkwardly. I looked away politely, not wanting her to get the wrong idea.
-"Thanks for taking care of me Jacob." She spoke lightly leaning forward to get a box of food. We usually spent one meal like this every day. Bella never seemed to mind it and I jumped at the chance to spoil her.
-"That's what friends are for Bella. Or have you forgotten that in your work obsession." I flashed the grin I knew would make her smile back at me, a glow in her eyes. I wondered why I had that effect sometimes.
-"Anyways," I hurried to talk to her. Maybe home things would cheer her up "I got an email from Embry today, you wouldn't BELIEVE what's the drama at St. Thomas is right now." She leaned forward in her laughter, her hair falling into her face, her eyes hidden for now.
-" Apparently, the other day Embry was in the library and he heard a ruckus outside the door. So being Embry he opens it on Lauren and Edward, FIGHTING." Her laughter caught in her throat. Oh no… maybe she didn't want to hear this, but I had already started. I continued cautiously, thinking every sentence and debating whether or not it would be okay.
-"Embry said they were fighting about getting back together. Edward swore up and down that it was done and had been for a few years, you remember when they dated? Probably not, it was pretty hot and heavy for a while, before you came, I think. Anyways they sat there arguing over and over and Edward wouldn't tell her why. Finally she smacked him, and he smiled. Out right smiled. This just pissed Lauren off more and she grabbed his neck and kissed him. It took him a good ten minutes to get her off him too. Then she got all mad and started screaming about how he had some little slut on the side and what not. Bells you okay?" Her body was hard and she was gripping tightly onto the edge of the bed. For a moment she stopped breathing; I was about to panic when she started gasping, drowning in the air around her. I didn't know which one was worse. I rushed next to her, comforting her with the rub of my hands against her shirt. My own heart shuttered in delight with the contact. I whispered into her ear lightly.
-"Breathe Bella honey, it'll be okay, I'm here for you. It's okay." I tried to coo her softly like a child, she struggled for a minute and started to stagger her breathing, attempting to calm down. She smiled up at me, sorrow filling her eyes. I looked at her, knowing I didn't want to admit what I was thinking.
-"You hooked up." I wish I could build a wall against my thoughts, to keep them in my head. But then again we all saw how that worked out for China. Sure enough her brown eyes flashed vacantly when she looked at me again.
-"You're dating too I bet." Like I said, I needed a wall, or maybe an electric fence.
-"Bound to happen I guess." Would I ever shut up or would she ever talk. If she would explain or confirm or anything to fill this deathly awkward silence of my breaking heart I would be ever so obliged. Change the subject!
-"Bells are you doing okay lately? Are you working too hard, what?"
-"I'm sorry Jacob. I guess I'm just tired and worn out. Guess I'm getting a bit homesick. Think I might take some early time off and go to St. Thomas." Run back to Edward?

I couldn't bring myself to believe that Bella would be that naive. I mean I understand why she fell for Edward, I'm sure if I didn't have testosterone or a penis or neither of the two, I would be into Edward Cullen too. That entire family was gorgeous and caring. Edward was like a gift wrapped present from God to all women, saying sorry for all the rest of us gutless, jerks of men on this earth. But that was besides the point. If she had Edward, which she had to, by the way he treated Lauren, then why would she have come here with me? Was she crazy or was she just unjealous? Did she not know about all the other girls he'd dated at the resort, I mean lauren was just one of the more physical ones but what about Claire, or Molly, or Bridget, i am sure the list goes on. But here sits Bella. Beautiful, loving, hard working, funny, innocent little Bella. what was I thinking? Bella wasn't crazy for leaving, EDWARD was crazy for letting her come. Her phone rang and we both jumped, looks like I wasn't the only one thinking about things! I left a hand on her back as I reached for her phone.
-"Swan room, Jacob Speaking."
-"OH!" The timid voice seemed very shocked I was answering. "Good even Mr. Black. I have two people here, who wish to see Miss Swan, they say they are.."
-"Gimme the phone, I'll talk to Jacob." A girl's tinkling voice interrupted. Sure enough, moments later…
-"JACOB!" Alice's voice was happy, I smiled. "Please bring Bella down to the dining room, but don't tell her why, we want to surprise her!" I said something not fully aware of what. Alice had said 'we', so did that mean Edward was here to. I hung up the phone and looked at Bella thoughtfully for an instant.
-"Bella get dressed, I'll meet you in the hall way in five minutes. There is a package waiting for you downstairs." She looked at me expectantly. I had to get out of this room. I couldn't lie to Bella. Not now at least when she trusted me so openly with those beautiful chocolate colored eyes.

I walked out the door without looking at her and leaned against the wall next to my door. Bella had just heard about him and Lauren, and by the looks of it, he hadn't told her about them. Would she even WANT to see him? How would she react? If it were me, I would run away and hid somewhere. Curl up in a ball and want to think about it, get over the absolute shock of it before talking about it all. Would Bella be like that too? Her door opened and she stepped out in a black sweater that had a v neck down just past her collar bone, and jeans on. Her hair was loose still and I smiled at how beautiful she looked in her normal clothes with no make-up on. The smile vanished before she could look at me with her knowing eyes. I grabbed her hands and we started down the stairs. I finally came up with a way to let her know I could be trusted and I turned to face her.
-"If you ever need a break from someone, say something, like turtle." Oh come on dude, of all words turtle?
She looked as if she were contemplating something, so I sighed and grabbed onto her hand again. She tried to turn right to go to the desk but I pulled her left and headed into the dining room.
-"Jake where are we…" she stopped completely, I had expected it and hadn't let it jerk me. Her eyes were burning and she began to tremble. I was aware that her grip tightened and as I took a step back towards her, she started tugging it out of my grip.
-"You okay?" I mouthed, glancing at Alice's bright eyes watching from the table. Edward hadn't seen us yet. She shook her head and she was gone within a half a second. A chair behind me scrapped back quickly so I felt safe enough to follow after her and yell.
-"BELLA!" She glanced back before disappearing through the door, and her voice carried to me quickly as she shouted.
-"TURTLE!!" My laughter exploded at the absurdity of the random word.
-"JACOB! WHAT ROOM NUMBER!? Edward's voice roared into my thoughts and I carried on laughing longer then it should of, hoping to give her a few minutes extra. If she was going to hid, it wouldn't be in her room.
-"Room 610, up those stairs." I pointed to the stair case, a smile still on my face. No way in hell would she go there, but Edward took off after her anyways. I was happy I gave her time.
-"Now Jacob, let's be frank." Alice's voice still sparkled when she spoke from behind me.
-"I like being Jacob." I received a glare as she rummaged her purse.
-" You and I BOTH know that Bella isn't going to her room."
-" How do ya know?"
-"Because you just gave him her room number." Maybe I thought more like a girl then I realized.
-"I don't mind. Just go get her, where ever she may be, cheer her up, and bring her back to see me. Tell her I don't care if she doesn't want to see my stupid brother, but I did not just fly over her to stare at her rear running the opposite direction for two seconds, and I expect her to see me." She glanced up to make sure I heard her. I nodded. I had always liked Alice.
-"Good, I'll be in room 805 when you get back. You may call or drop by. Calling may be better." She walked away, almost skipping, after Edward and Bella.

I hit the elevator button and got in the first one. I pounded on the closed door sign and hit four. We seemed to be on the same brain wave today. Sure enough, the doors open and she is standing there waiting for me. Her jaw dropped and I felt uncertainly self conscious. I smiled at her and held my hand out to her.
-"Let's get out of here Bells." I winked at her and gave her favorite smiled. At least the glow she had made me think it was her favorite. She nodded and grasped my hand tightly, I pulled her into the elevator with me and she wrapped her arms around my waist.
-"Thanks Jake. I can't see him right now."
-"I know, I understand." I concentrated on her arms around me the whole trip down.

EPOV

-"Bella, Why wont you speak to me? What did I do? Bella please OPEN THE DOOR!" I knocked again, my heart sinking farther towards the acid in my stomach.
-"Pardon moi, Monsieur Cullen." The light tone of her voice snapped my head towards her. She was French, obviously; she held her hand out to me, a note in it.
-"Mademoiselle Bella asked me to give you dis." She thrust the note out farther, like this final thrust would make me take it.
-"How did you get that, when Bella is in there." I pointed at her door. The girl looked confused, she couldn't be more then eighteen.
"Mademoiselle Bella y Monsieur Jacob 'ave left ze hotel monsieur, together. Approximately ten minutes ago monsieur. She told me you would be 'ere and to give you dis." She stepped forward this time and I took it. Where had Bella gone and why!? I traveled here just for her, I needed to see her. I opened the note.

Dear love,
I am sorry but you have caught me at a bad time. I know about Lauren and I need to be able to process it without you near. I know I said I didn't need to know and when you were ready you could tell me but this is is something you should of told me, without me asking. I will be back soon and when I am ready I will come see you. Until then Michelle will arrange anything you'd like to do or see. I am so happy you are here though, or I will be with you again once all the shock sinks in. Missing you LOTS! Love,
Bella

I glared up at the girl, assuming she was Michelle and she shrugged feeling n empathy towards me at all. I felt the anger in my chest rise knowing that I wasn't angry with this girl. But I blamed her. I slammed my fist hard into the wall, gritting my teeth against the curse words that she wouldn't appreciate, and stormed off to my room. I needed to talk to Alice.

okay guys, i have one more chapter ready to go just not typed yet. (i write in a note book at school or work). this week is midterms and then fall break so as of wednesday, i should have alot of time to write stuff up. idk fully what im gunna have evolve yet so ideas can be very helpful now that you are almost caught up? if im not updating fast enough you guys should definatly read "Dreams of Gold" by Bella-with-the-blue-eyes . it is one of my favorite stories on the site at the moment so check it out. other then that please review and lemme know what you are thinking!

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-Hali-