It was hours since Carlisle went after Edward and Jacob. Everyone was getting restless. We each took turns taking care of Brinlynn and took shifts watching out the window. I turns out that Emmett literally loves Brinlynn. He fought with Rosalie numerous times to have his turn with Brinlynn. Jasper is just about as bad a Emmett. Brinlynn loved all of the attention.

"What if Edward gets Jacob?" Alice asked Esme.

My stomach sunk just by thinking about it.

"You keep an eye, Alice. Try to see them," Esme replied.

Alice nodded and sat down on the couch.

Emmett had Brinlynn right now and was discussing with Rosalie if he could have her longer. "But I can make her smile and laugh, Rose. It's so cute," he told her.

Rosalie shook her head. "It's my turn, Emmett. Give me Brinlynn," she said.

Emmett ran to the kitchen. "No!" he shouted.

"Be careful with her!" I called. I looked over at Esme. She was giggling up a storm.

Jasper sat down beside me and rested his hand on mine. "Jacob's going to be fine. Edward's faster, but Jacob can hide. As long as Jacob keeps his mind shut, then Carlisle should return with them within days."

Alice yelped. Her eyes were wide with worry. "Carlisle found Edward. He's talking with him.. Edward won't give up. He's resisting Carlisle's advice." Then she turned to me. "Jacob's on his way back. He's fine." Then she nodded her head. "Carlisle is trying to convice Edward to stop. He won't. He's gone again."

"I'm going," my mother finally said.

"No, Bella," Esme said.

"I'm his wife, he should listen to me," my mother said.

Jasper laughed. "He's your husband, he won't listen to you."

"Not funny, Jasper. I'm going and that's final. Wish me luck." Then my mother bolted out the door.

Rosalie returned into the room with Brinlynn with a smirk on her face and Emmett followed closely behind. "Bella's gone?" Rosalie asked.

Esme nodded to answer Rosalie. "This isn't going to end well," she said. I layed down on the couch so that my head was on Esme's lap. Esme carressed my hair. "But it better end well. I hope it does," she added because she realized of how upset I was getting over this nonsense.

There was a knock at the door. Jasper got up to answer it and Jacob came barging into the house. His breath was heavy and he looked scared. "Renesmee!" he said happily. He came over to me and kissed my forehead. "I'm so glad to see you," he told me.

I looked into his eyes. "I can say the same for you. This is scaring the hell out of me," I said hoarsely.

"I've missed you, even when I've been gone for a few hours. I can't stand being away from you. It kills me. I want to be with you forever. Marry me, Renesmee. Marry me and let's get the hell outta here," he told me.

I shook my head. "I don't know, Jacob."

"C'mon, Nessie," he said, "I love you. Should I have to say any more than that?"

I smiled. "No."

"Then marry me," he begged.

I got up and stood in front of him. "I don't know, Jacob," I repeated.

Jacob put on his sappiest puppy-dog face and looked into my eyes. "Somewhere along the line, Edward's going to come back and I'm going to have to take off before he kills me. I don't want to go alone."

"That's blackmail," I told him.

Jacob shook his head. "That's love, Baby."

I laughed. My smile rested and I stared around at the people around me. They were all risking their relationship with Edward to save Jacob, Brinlynn, and me. I seriously didn't think that I was worth this at all. "Maybe..." I started, "maybe we should get out of here."

Emmett stood up. "Renesmee, no. Stay."

"Oh puhleez. I barely know you guys. I don't even know why you're even doing this for me," I said.

"Don't say that, Renesmee. We're family. It's what families do. Help eachother out," said Alice.

I gave everyone a glance that meant that I needed their attention. "Listen, you guys," I said, "I'm sorry that I brought on this...war that's between my father and Jacob and me. I'm pretty sure he's mad at me too, so don't deny it. I need to leave with Jacob so that he's safe. I would rather be hurt in the place of someone that I loved." Then I looked at Jacob. I mouthed 'I love you' which meant that I was talking about him the whole time.

"Edward isn't fighting. There's no war," Jasper said.

"Not yet," I objected, "He hasn't gotten a hold of Jacob yet. War with vampires doesn't determine a winner; it determines who's left. If he kills Jacob then there's no more me. I'm sorry, but I'm leaving with Jacob and Brinlynn. I want someone to call me when this is finished. I seriously don't want Brinlynn remembering stuff like this. It'll ruin her. I had nightmares for almost my whole life because of this...fictional-that-turned-out-to-be-fact life that I remembered from when I was an infant. That all ruined me. I'm pretty sure that I haven't had a full eight hours of sleep in my life. I'm sorry, but I have to go away...once again." I walked over to Rosalie and took Brinlynn. I grabbed Jacob's hand and pulled him to the door. "As I said before, I'm sorry."

"You don't have to leave, Nessie," Rosalie told me.

"I want to. Remember: call me when this is finished. When my father has settled down. Tell my mother that I love her and that this isn't my father's fault. It's my own that I brought upon myself when I decided to come here with Jacob. I...I just don't want to know this anymore." I was already crying when I got out the door. I hated hurting them like this.

"Are you sure you want to do this? You said no before and now you're going balistic," Jacob said. "And look at yourself, Honey. You're crying."

I nodded. "I'm sure. Where are we going?" I asked.

"My dad's old house on the Reserve," he told me.

"Is your dad going to be there?" I said.

Jacob sighed. "N-no. He died five years ago."

"I'm so sorry," I told him.

"It's okay. You wouldn't have known."

I clutched his hand tighter with the one hand that was holding on to his and held Brinlynn a little tighter in the other arm. "Why are we going there? Isn't the Reserve only a few miles from here?"

"Cullens aren't allowed on our lands," Jacob said stiffly.

"Jacob?" I said.

Jacob looked at me for an answer.

"I love you," I told him.

He smiled a crooked smile. "Yeh, I love you too."