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Chapter 11

Bella's POV

Jake continued to stare at me with the same shocked expression. His features had frozen into place; he appeared to be as still as stone.

I stood and walked towards the window at the front of the house, and gazed out at the dark grey clouds that layered the sky. I let out a low sigh, and slowly turned back to look at Jake, who was still stuck in that same position.

"Jake..? Jake!? Answer me, please." I walked slowly towards him, and placed on of my hands on top of his.

He pulled his hand back, shocked. "Your hands are so cold…" He said, finally out of his shocked phase.

"Oh." I laughed nervously, "You get used to that." I rubbed my hands together, knowing the friction would not cause any heat, but just wishing.

He grabbed my hand again, only flinching slightly from the temperature, then pulled me into the seat next to him.

"Okay, I'm beginning to get to grips with all of this. Just, give me a few details of what happened, and then I'll be a bit more comfortable." He smiled reassuringly at me, so I took a deep breath and began.

"Right," I smiled at him, beginning to feel comfortable, just like when I was human. "You remember when Edward left me, taking the entire Cullen family with him?" Jake nodded, and gestured for me to continue. "The time I was in the hospital was because I was attacked by another vampire, called James. He wanted to taunt Edward, so he tried to kill me. Edward thought this was too dangerous, so he left taking the Cullen's him, this left me broken. Then James' old mate, Victoria, came to find me, but seeing me so upset she felt my pain. She chose to give me what I've wanted for so long. To be an immortal, a vampire. Just like Edward. But as he was not with me, I joined her clan, and I have spent the last 19 years getting over him. Things are much better, I am the only one of my clan that only feeds on animals, not humans. I could never really kill a human." I continued filling him in on all the minor details until I felt he knew everything he needed to.

Jake took a few minutes to contemplate all I had just told him, he then stood up and walked into the front room. I was fairly confused, but moments later he came back again, this time with a beer in his hand. He sat down next to me again, and looked into my eyes. He leaned over and gave me one of his old bear hugs I had missed so much.

"I guess this means you don't care that I'm not human?" I giggled against his shoulder.

"I guess it doesn't…" He pulled back and looked at me with a serious expression. "Bella, I told you that I would always be there for you. Going so many years not knowing where you were or what had happened to you… They have been the hardest years of my life. Now you're here. You can't leave my life again. I don't care that you seem to be from myths, I just want my best friend back for good."

"I am back for good Jake, don't worry." I smiled and jumped into his lap and hugged him.

"Let's go into the front room and catch up on life." He smiled as I stood up and skipped into the front room, jumping down onto the sofa crossing my legs under me.

"Sooooo, tell me about Leah!" I said, beaming with the joy of having my best friend back.

"Huh, Leah. When you disappeared, she became what I needed her to be, she looked after me and loved me. We've been together ever since… so 19 years. Sophie is 11, and a moody little girl already, but I love her." He had a far off look in his eyes, and a small smile on his face. I could see how much he loved them. "You have to meet them properly soon!"

Alice POV

As I ran through the woods, trying to find where my family had walked off to, my mind wandered. Would Bella ever believe me? I need to find a way to get through to her. Maybe Carlisle can help me.

Suddenly I was on the floor, lying on my back, with Victoria stood over me. She placed her foot on my chest, making it impossible for me to move.

"I think you should leave Bella alone. She has a good life now, she doesn't need to snobby Cullen's anymore. Can you not see she is actually happy?" With her last word, she dug her foot into my chest, causing me to cough and splutter.

"I.. Won't let you… hurt Bella!" I shouted through the pain. I struggled to get up, wriggling my body around. But it was of no use.

"I'm not going to hurt Bella." She sneered, baring her teeth at me. The anger was very evident in her eyes. "But if you don't leave Forks, very soon, I may end up hurting you, and every other silly little member of your family. Or, I could kill them all, rip them to pieces, and leave you to suffer alone… and maybe missing an arm." She laughed menacingly at all the strange plans forming in her head.

My eyes glazed over as I saw a vision of all she was saying actually begin to form. I couldn't allow that to happen. While she was distracted with her thoughts I pushed her foot out of the way and jump up, moving several steps back.

Victoria was shocked, but quickly recovered, getting into a fighting position. But as I did the same, her eyes flickered to the left, and she ran that way. I contemplated following her, but after a second, I realised there was no point. I had more pressing matters.

I jogged at a slow pace back to my family, realising what must be done, and just how difficult this would be.

As soon as I came into the clearing, Jasper stood and walked towards me, noticing the depression coming off me in waves.

"Ali, honey, are you okay?" He gazed into my eyes, the concern evident.

"Can we talk in private please?" I asked looking to the floor.

"Sure." He placed his hand on my lower back and led me through the woods to a more secluded area. "So, what's up?"

"Jazz…" I let out a large breath as I backed away from him a few steps, my eyes glued to some broken branches on the floor. "This is hard, but I can't do this anymore Jasper. We can't be together. I don't love you, I haven't for a while. All of these problems with Bella have made me realise that I can't continue this with you anymore, this is only hurting the both of us." I allowed this information to sink in as I took quick glances at his face. Each time I looked he had a different expression, anger, depression, confusion, mainly broken.

I couldn't allow us to be together, or even be near my family, they would all die if I stayed. I had to get far away, be without them for however long it will take for Victoria not to care.

Jasper slowly sat on the ground, wide eyed and depressed. He looked up at me and nodded, showing his understanding. He felt my determination, and knew he could do nothing about it.

"Tell everyone else I said goodbye, I have to leave. I'm sorry Jasper." And with that last sentence, I ran.

Seriously sorry about how late this is D:

Sixth form is taking over my life. I haven't had any spare time with everything.

But I'm on easter break now, so there shall be enough time for a few more chapters. I'm working on chapter 12 as we speak :D

Any questions just ask, I hope you enjoy this.

But this will start to change, and some people may not like it by the end. But not many of these stories are made, and I would like to see how it turns out.

So let me know what you think :D

Thank you for reading itt!