Disclaimer: All characters and things associated with The Twilight Saga belong to Stephanie Meyers. This writing is for pure entertainment only.

Summary: Set during New Moon. After Edward leaves, Bella is miserable and Jacob is there for her until things go too far between them, leaving Bella in an unexpected condition. When Edward returns how will Bella explain her situation to him? B/E B/J pairings

Chapter 12

Jacob got Bella into the passenger side of her truck and then moved around it, quickly hopping into the driver's seat and taking off as fast as he could, hoping that Edward would stay on the ground a few seconds longer so he could get enough distance between the car and the vampire.

He glanced back in the mirror and noticed Edward slowly starting to move. Jacob smiled to himself, clearly he had hurt the vampire, and that had been his goal.

"I am sure you taught him a lesson." Bella glared at Jacob, knowing he was smiling because he had hurt Edward.

"Bella…" Jacob looked at her for the first time, noticing she had one hand tightly holding onto her stomach and the other gently holding her elbow. That was when Jacob noticed the bruise. It was just starting to form, and he realized she must have knocked her elbow when he pushed her. Immediately, his face was full of regret. "I…I'm sorry I pushed you." He tried to finger the bruise.

Bella jerked herself away from his touch. "I'm fine."

"I shouldn't have done that." Jacob continued. "I…I wasn't thinking clearly."

"I could tell." Bella looked out the window, ignoring Jacob.

"I was just so angry, but that's no excuse." Jacob went on.

"No." Bella turned to face him. "It's not."

"I know." Jacob agreed.

"And it's not even about me." Bella told him. "You could have hurt the baby." She held her stomach for emphasis.

"You don't think I know that?" Jacob asked hastily. "It's just…he got me so angry, and I was worried when I saw him grabbing you."

"He wasn't grabbing me!" Bella said.

"Why do you defend him all the time?" Jacob was angry again. "What has he ever done to you except hurt you?"

"I…he…" Bella stammered.

"What was he even doing there?" Jacob growled. "Did you ask him to come over? Is that what you do when I leave? Crawl back into his cold arms?"

"No…I…I wouldn't…" Bella stammered, a little scared of Jacob's temper for the first time.

"Then what the hell was he doing there?!" Jacob slammed his fist hard on the dashboard when Bella did not answer. "Answer me?"

"Warning me! Okay? He was warning me!" Bella finally got out, wondering if Jacob's temper would get the better of him. He had never been like this before.

"Warning you about what?" Jacob clenched his jaw and pushed down harder on the accelerator.

Bella was scrambling to think. She knew Jacob could not drive this fast as safely as Edward would, and was worried they would hit something and it would all be over. The baby inside of her, sensing her anxiety began kicking like crazy. Bella knew she had to tell Jacob the truth, she was a terrible liar, and he would know she was lying if she tried. "He said something about the pack…hearing them say I was a liability…or the baby being a danger or something…something about imprinting…I…I don't know! I can't remember."

Jacob growled. "And you believe him?"

"No…no…" Bella lied, surprising herself at how true her voice sounded. She guessed, lying to Edward all those weeks and telling him she didn't want him had turned her into a decent liar. "I don't believe him. Can you please slow down? You're scaring me."

Jacob laughed. "You're scared of my driving yet you are fine being in a house with a soulless, blood sucking, vampire."

Bella swallowed hard, anger rising in her for the first time since she had gotten into the car. "You don't know a thing…about his soul."

Jacob's nostrils flared at Bella's words. "And you do?"

"He wasn't there to hurt me tonight." Bella reasoned.

"No! He just lied to you! Came to take you from me!" Jacob shouted and the car jerked to a stop.

Bella looked out the window, realizing they were on the reservation, sitting in front of Jacob's house.

"Now you listen to me." Jacob lowered his voice. "You forget about Cullen and you forget what he said about my pack. He is a lying bastard, and I will not lose you to him. The pack will never hurt you, or my baby. And remember, that is my baby in there." He pointed to her stomach. "Not Edward's." Jacob then opened his door and hopped out of the truck.

Bella sat there, stunned at Jacob's behavior and his harsh words to her. She realized now, just how much having Edward around had killed Jacob's beautiful spirit and turned him into an obsessive, angry teenager. Edward was driving him mad, and Bella knew it would only get worse if she didn't figure out a way to stop it. Things were getting out of control; on one hand, she knew she needed to listen to Edward's warning. This was not the first time she had heard it, remembering what Carlisle had spoken of a month earlier, and knowing there was a good chance the pack was after her. Yet, on the other hand, the pack had been nothing but nice to her, and had helped her and Jacob through so much she could not see them harming her or her child. She didn't know who to believe any longer.

Before Bella knew it, Jacob had opened her door, and gently offered her a hand, though his face was still angry. "Get out."

"Jake…I…I'm sorry…for whatever I said to make you angry." Bella told him.

Jacob sighed, his face softening. "You…you didn't do anything." Jacob looked down at her stomach and regretting being so angry with her. He knew it was wrong of him. "I am just an idiot. I shouldn't have gotten angry at you at all." He gently helped her out of the truck, holding both of her hands and placing them on her stomach so he could touch the baby as well. "I…I overreacted. I would never hurt you, Bella. I love you and this baby very much."

"I know you do." Bella answered, knowing his words were true. He loved her and their child unconditionally.

"Can we just forget this?" Jacob asked.

Bella glanced away. How could she forget it when all she was really concerned with now was if Edward was okay?

Jacob sighed. He knew exactly where her thoughts were. "I will check on Edward later to make sure he is okay."

Bella looked back up at Jacob, a small smile forming on her lips. He really was, despite everything, a carrying man. No matter what happened, Bella knew he would make a great father.


Edward rose to his feet two seconds two late. He glanced in the direction of Bella's car, but realized that Jacob and Bella were both long gone. He felt his head, feeling a crack from Jacob's push. It quickly started to heal as he shook the shattered pieces of glass off of his jacket. He debated chasing Jacob and Bella right now, but he knew he would need help to get Bella away from Jacob, so instead he took off in the direction of his home.

Edward arrived at his house within minutes, and quickly rushed inside to find his entire family standing there, waiting.

"I saw a vision of you running here." Alice explained why they were all there. "You seemed panicked."

"Where's Bella?" Carlisle asked.

Edward shook his head. "I had her, she was coming with me…until Jacob…he came busting in and put me through the window and took off with her."

"Where did he take her?" Carlisle asked.

Edward raised an eyebrow, indicating that Carlisle had clearly asked a stupid question.

"So she is at the reservation." Emmett nodded.

"I don't know where else Jacob would have taken her." Edward told them. "We need to get to her and fast. Jacob was…rather ill tempered."

"Well, I would imagine so if he put you threw a window." Esme shook her head, not liking the idea of her son being hurt.

"He pushed Bella." Edward shut his eyes and shook his head as the image of Bella falling to the floor played over in his head. Quickly he opened his eyes, they were full of rage. "I need to find her. I need to get to her before Jacob or any of those wolves can touch her!"

"And we will." Carlisle touched Edward's shoulder, trying to ease his son. "We just need to figure out a way to get to Bella without putting her in anymore danger then she is already in."

"We could get the wolves to follow us. A distraction." Emmett suggested.

"Yes. They seem to be very sensitive of the boundary line these days." Jasper added.

Carlisle nodded. "We still would need to figure out a way to get to Bella."

"Easy." Rosalie stepped up, surprising all, but especially Edward, that she would contribute in any way to the plan, other than participating in it out of force. "Edward will take the Volvo, windows up, over the boundary line once we are sure the wolves are chasing the rest of us. We will wear Edward's clothes to hopefully confuse their senses. If we can get the wolves far enough away, Edward can get to Bella and get her out of there hopefully before the wolves catch us."

Edward raised an eyebrow at Carlisle as they thought the same thing; Rosalie's plan was crazy enough to actually work.

"That…is a good idea, Rosalie." Carlisle said slowly. "Edward won't have much time but hopefully it will be enough to get to Bella."

"I don't know if going there alone will be much help." Edward said. "If something were to happen to me…" His thoughts drifted to his earlier encounter with Jacob. "I wouldn't be able to help Bella."

"I'll go with you then." Alice offered, instantly. Bella was her best friend, and she would help Edward keep her safe.

"Thanks, Alice." Edward smiled at her.

"Sure." Alice nodded back.

"And thanks…Rosalie." Edward smiled a little more at his blonde sister. "For your input."

"I would never leave Bella to the dogs…" Rosalie told him seriously. "Even if she is not my favorite person, like Carlisle said…she is part of this family."

Edward nodded; Rosalie's response was enough for him. He knew, with his families help, he could at least get Bella to safety and that was his main concern at the moment. Winning Bella's heart again, would take time, but he needed to make sure she was alive so he could try to win her back.


Bella sat on Jacob's couch in his small living room as he moved around in the kitchen, making a sandwich for himself before walking back to Bella to hand her a glass of water. Bella was grateful for the water, her throat feeling extremely dry and even more grateful for the fact that Billy had left ahead of Charlie to go camping, that way she would not have to explain the tension that was clearly thickening the silence between her and Jacob.

"Are you sure you're not hungry?" Jacob asked.

"No." Bella shook her head, fingering the glass of cold water in her hand and contemplating if she could put it on her bruised elbow to ease the pain. Her eyes did not meet Jacob's, instead they stayed glued to her glass.

"Bella…." Jacob placed his sandwich on the side table and knelt down in front of her, forcing her to look at him. "I am really sorry about what happened tonight. I was stupid…and wrong. I shouldn't have gotten so angry with you."

"Its fine, Jake." Bella gave him a quick nod, trying to convince him. Although, she couldn't even convince herself of that; seeing Jacob's rage had scared her, and she wondered how safe her child would be around a father who could lose his temper so easily. Worse yet, Bella was really worried about Edward. It never took the vampire more than two seconds to get up after a fall, and yet Edward had taken more than two minutes to get up outside of her house.

"I just…I don't want you to be so frightened of me." Jacob placed a hand on her round stomach. "I would never hurt either of you. You and this baby are my life. I am so sorry I pushed you, I don't know what came over me, but I would take it all back if I could."

Bella studied Jacob's face and realized he meant every word he said. His face was always so easy to read, he never kept anything from her, and that was one of the things she loved about him. She sighed deeply, running a hand through her hair as she felt her unborn child doing summersaults in her stomach, clearly liking its father's touch as Jacob's strong hands caressed Bella's bloated midsection. "Just let's forget about it. Okay?"

Jacob nodded, sadly. He had wanted her to say she accepted his apology, but he realized he would probably never hear those words, not when he had hurt her precious Edward. Edward would forever be a thorn in Jacob's side. "Fine."

"Jacob, please?" Bella knew he was angry despite the fact that he was trying to hide it. "I've just had a lot to think about tonight."

"Bella…I am sorry I hurt Edward. I will check on him to make you feel better, but what he said to you…those things about the pack…they aren't true." Jacob told her. "They care very much about you and our baby. You know that as well as I do. They are excited about this kid, and they have accepted you in every single way possible."

Bella thought for a moment, knowing Jacob's words were true. Despite the fact that she truly felt Edward had spoken the truth, and his warning was important, she really could not see the pack hurting her. They had been nothing but good to her and she had never felt threatened by any of them. "You're right." She nodded after a moment. "You're absolutely right. They have been nothing but great to you, me, and our baby."

Jacob nodded, smiling slightly as he heard a familiar voice from outside.

"Jacob? You home?" Paul called.

Jacob stood to see Paul, Sam, and Jared walking toward the house. He sighed, and turned to Bella. "Let me go tell them I am not going out tonight."

"Jake, you shouldn't sit here because of me." Bella said, as she stretched out on the couch, rubbing her pregnant stomach. "I am really tired anyway. I will probably just go to bed."

"No." Jacob told her. "After tonight, I don't want to leave your side." He smiled quickly before he was out the door. Immediately, he saw Sam, Paul, and Jared standing near Bella's truck. He quickly jogged up to the pack.

"Bella's here?" Sam asked, motioning toward the truck next to him.

"Yeah." Jacob sighed, crossing his muscular arms across his chest. "We had some…issues at her place, so I brought her here to keep her safe."

"What happened?" Sam asked.

"Cullen showed up." Jacob rolled his eyes. "He lied to her…said you guys wanted her dead because she is a liability…scared the crap out her. Luckily, I made it there before he could take her. I put him through a window and so here we are."

"You put him through a window?" Jared seemed impressed.

"I had to." Jacob said. "He got me so mad…everything he was saying…" Jacob shook his head.

"Well, maybe vampire boy had a point." Paul spoke up. "Maybe Bella is a liability."

Jacob's brow immediately furrowed. "What? Why would you even say that?"

"Well, I mean look at all the crap that has happened to us because of her." Paul shrugged. "We have never had a problem with the Cullen's and now, over her, we have tons of them."

"Plus, now we got a half wolf baby on the way, and let's be for real…that has never happened with someone outside of the tribe." Jared added. "And never without one of our imprints being the mother."

"I told you…I don't believe in that imprint crap." Jacob said through a clenched jaw, suddenly realizing that maybe Edward had not been the bad guy after all. Maybe Edward's warning had a purpose; maybe, possibly, Edward was right about the pack.

"Jacob, calm down." Sam stepped in. "They are just voicing their concerns." He motioned to Paul and Jared.

"Well they can take their concerns and shove them." Jacob growled. "I love Bella and I love my child, and nothing anyone says is going to change that." He eyes Paul and Jared up. "So just leave me alone about it."

And before anyone else could say anything, Jacob stalked off, back in the direction of his house. He contemplated telling Bella about what the tribe said, but realized that was stupid. Maybe he was just reading too much into it.

Once Jacob was back in his house, Sam turned to Paul and Jared. "Jacob is not going to see reason in any of this."

"He won't even consider what we have to say about Bella." Jared agreed. "He is just going to think we are taking her from him to spite him."

"Well…if he isn't going to corporate, then we just need to handle it ourselves." Paul said.

Sam nodded after a moment. "Tonight. If we can get Jacob away from her, we will handle it." He sighed.

"How?" Paul asked, after a moment.

"We give Bella a choice." Sam said. "I don't want to harm her if it's not necessary, so we give her the choice to get rid of the child or not."

"What…what if she won't?" Jared suddenly stammered, realizing that they would potentially have to seriously injure or kill a human, the ones they were sworn to protect.

"Then…well…then Bella is taken out of the equation as well." Sam shook his head at his own words. "I don't want it to lead to that. Bella doesn't deserve that…we just…can't have one of our own born to an outsider who runs with vampires. It's just not wise."

Paul and Jared nodded in agreement, but all three men fell silent after that. None of them wanted to harm Bella ad all three were hoping they could get her to understand their grounds before they would have to harm her. None of them were killers, and none of them wanted to become one; still they all knew that their loyalty was to the tribe, the pack, and its secrets.


The Cullen's pulled up to the boundary line in the middle of the woods. Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, and Carlisle stepped out of Carlisle's car, while Edward pulled up in the Volvo, letting Jasper out of the car with Alice sitting in the passenger seat.

Edward unrolled his window. "Are you guys good to go?"

Carlisle walked toward Edward's car and nodded. "We will keep them as far from you as we can."

"Put these on." Esme handed out Edward's clothes to Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and Carlisle before putting one of Edward's shirts on herself.

"Thank you all, for doing this again." Edward smiled to his family.

"Anything for Bella…and you." Emmett smirked.

Edward nodded.

"Remember to keep the windows up." Rosalie reminded Edward. "If will limit your scent being picked up."

Edward nodded again. "I…I will."

"And please be careful." Japer spoke more to Alice then Edward.

"We will be fine." Alice assured Jasper, although she herself was unsure. She could not see their future, not with the wolves clouding it.

"Well, then, roll the window up." Carlisle said. "When we start running you take off." He pointed ahead of Edward's car to a dirt road. "That will take you up the backside of the reservation."

"Okay." Edward stared ahead at the road before turning back to his family standing outside the car. "Really, thanks for this."

Carlisle nodded and Edward began to roll up his window, taking a deep breath as he did so. His thoughts were completely focused on Bella and her safety.

"She is going to be fine." Alice said as if she could hear Edward's thoughts. "We will get to Bella in time and everything will be fine. I know it."

Edward gave a small smile and a half nod to his sister sitting next to him, grateful for the company Alice would provide him on the mission before him.


Sam, Paul, and Jared had been sitting on the edge of the reservation when they caught the distinct scent of the Cullen's and in particular, of Edward. Originally, the plan had been to lead Jacob away from his home so they one of them could go in and get Bella, but they were unsure of how to do this. The Cullen's being so close to the boundary line, however, gave them an excuse. Plus, they needed to handle the vampires.

"Okay, so Jared and I will go get Jacob." Sam told Paul as he stood. "The Cullen's are the perfect distraction. He will not think twice about leaving Bella to deal with them."

"And then what?" Paul asked.

"Once Jacob, Jared, and I are into the woods, I want you to go and get Bella. Explain to her the situation, and that we do not want to harm her. If she will give up the child, then stay there with her until we can return." Sam said.

"What…what if she doesn't want to?" Paul asked. It had dawned on him that he may actually have to hurt Bella, and he was not sure if he could do that. Bella had done nothing wrong to him, except slapped him across the face that one time.

"Then…you handle it." Sam looked away as he spoke to Paul. "You will know what to do."

Paul nodded after a moment and then took off moving around the back of Jacob's house as Sam and Jared ran to the front door.

Sam and Jared knocked on the door frantically. A moment later, it flung open and Jacob stood there, looking slightly annoyed.

"Bella is trying to sleep!" Jacob whispered.

"Sorry." Sam whispered. "But we have problems."

"What?" Jacob crossed his arms across his chest. He was fed up with the pack for the night, and really just wanted to get back to Bella.

"Take whiff of the air, man." Jared told him.

Jacob did as directed, and immediately the scent of Edward Cullen filled his nostrils. He let out a low growl, realizing Edward was never going to leave them alone. It had to end, and it had to end now. Bella would have to forgive him, but Jacob could not allow Edward's existence to threaten his future with Bella any longer.

"Son of a bitch." Jacob growled, realizing he smelled the other Cullen's as well. "Are they all out there?"

"Smells that way." Sam told him.

"Well, let's go handle it." Jacob clenched his jaw as he closed the door behind him, leaving a sleeping Bella in his bedroom. "I am done playing Mr. Nice-Wolf. And I don't want them anywhere near Bella."

Sam nodded in agreement. "Let's get going then."

"Where is Paul?" Jacob asked as the three wolves began running toward the woods.

"His…mom isn't feeling great." Sam lied. "We figured we could handle these little Cullen's without him."

"Oh…I am going to do more than handle these Cullen's." Jacob growled before lunging into the woods, changing into his wolf-form midair.

Sam nodded at Jared with a small smile, knowing that Jacob's thoughts were on killing Edward, and not Bella's safety, as they followed Jacob's wolf-form into the woods.


Carlisle, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Esme stood a few feet away from Edward's revving Volvo. Edward was sitting, with Alice in his passenger seat, waiting for Carlisle to give him the signal that the wolves were on their way.

"What is taking so long?" Edward seemed jittery.

"It probably took the dumb mutts a second to realize that we were up here." Alice referred to the wolves. "Relax."

"I'll be relaxed once I know that Bella is safe." Edward glanced at his sister.

Suddenly Alice's eyes got huge as she pointed to Carlisle. "Go! Go!"

Edward turned to see Carlisle waving them on to indicate that the wolves were within reach before he, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper all took off in the opposite direction. Edward then quickly threw his car into drive, hitting the gas hard.

"Let's do this." Edward took a deep breath and drove the Volvo up the dirt road ahead, easily hitting one hundred miles an hour within seconds as he easily cruised across the boundary line, his windows tightly up. He clenched his jaw, hoping that Rosalie's plan would work, and that he and Alice could get to Bella before it was too late.


Paul slowly made his way up to the back of the Black's house. He opened the backdoor, glancing through the small building to see a light on in the front room. At first, he panicked, assuming Jacob had not left with Sam and Jared after all. He debated turning back around and letting Sam handle the situation.

"Jacob?" Bella's voice drifted from the front room.

Relief spilled through Paul immediately as he realized the only person in the house aside from him was Bella. Quickly he made his way into the front room. "No, it's Paul."

Bella was slightly shocked to see Paul enter the room, and the look on her face let Paul know that. It was not that she did not trust Paul, just after hearing everything that Edward had said, she could not help the unease that filled her pregnant frame. "Oh…hey Paul."

"Jacob left…" Paul leaned against the doorframe and motioned out the window, to the darkness. "Vampires on the edge of the reservation."

"Oh." Bella seemed slightly relieved. She had been worried about Jacob, having woken up to find herself alone in the dark house.

"Yeah." Paul moved into the room a little more. "The Cullen's actually. We picked up Edward's scent."

"They are out there?" Bella was somewhere between shocked and relieved. If Edward was out there, it meant Jacob had not really hurt him.

"Yes." Paul nodded. "That's why I am here and Jacob left. He wanted to…handle it. I figured I would keep an eye on you."

Bella nodded; it made sense. Jacob would not want to leave her alone at that particular moment. She was still concerned with Edward's safety, but she did not think that Jacob would do anything to the vampire, not after the fight they had earlier that night over hurting Edward. She leaned back into the couch, shutting her eyes in relief as she rubbed her pregnant stomach.

"Are you tired?" Paul asked, standing in front of Bella. He was unsure how to handle this situation in front of him.

"I am." Bella opened her eyes. "The baby…" She took a breath. "It makes me tired."

"Well, maybe it's not good for you then." Paul seized the moment.

"What?" Bella immediately sat up, alarmed by Paul's words.

Paul slowly moved toward Bella. "Bella, you had to know we couldn't let this thing with Jacob go on any longer. You're not his imprint and the child…" He motioned to her stomach. "Is causing nothing but problems for the pack. Truthfully, you are causing nothing but problems with us and the Cullen's, but…if we can eliminate the baby then you can walk away from Jacob and all of this will go away."

Bella put a hand protectively over her stomach. She knew she was cornered with no real way out. Paul was much stronger and faster than her even without her being pregnant, but now, her condition made her like a sitting duck. "You…you can't have my baby." He tried to sound strong, but her voice came out in a whisper.

"Bella…please." Paul's eyes pleaded with her. "I don't want to have to hurt you. You're a nice enough girl…"

"Jacob won't let you hurt me or this baby." She continued, standing her ground despite the fact that she thought her heart may explode it was beating so fast.

"Jacob…will be angry at first." Paul nodded. "But once he finds his imprint he will be okay with it."

"Paul…please…" Bella felt the tears welling up in her eyes. "Don't hurt me."

"I don't want to, Bella." Paul said truthfully. "I just want the baby gone."

Bella closed her eyes tight, letting the tears drip down her cheeks as she took a deep breath. "No." She opened her eyes again. "No one is hurting my baby."

Paul nodded, swallowing hard before giving a slight shrug. "Well…I didn't want to have to do this but…" He began moving toward Bella at an alarming rate.

Bella braced herself for the attack, knowing no one would save her this time; Jacob was nowhere to be found and by the time he got back to his house she and his child would be dead.

Suddenly, the door to the Black's house went flying off the hinge as a flash of black and white seemed to throw Paul across the room.

Before Bella could register anything, Edward was pulling her up from the couch. "Bella, come on!"

Bella realized the black and white flash had been Edward, his pale white skin blending in with his black jacket. She was in shock to see him standing in front of her, and she looked it, her mouth hanging slightly open.

"Bella!" Edward grabbed her by the hand, yanking her into his arms before pulling her off the ground and running out the door with her close to his chest.

Before Bella knew it, she was being placed in the backseat of Edward's Volvo as he jumped in the drivers seat. She could see Alice in the passenger seat now, and could see Paul moving out of the Blacks front door at alarming speed.

"Edward! Move it!" Alice called to her brother. "He is coming!" She spoke of Paul.

Edward nodded and threw the Volvo into reverse at a high speed before doing a complete 180 turn and peeling off the reservation as fast as he had pulled up, leaving Paul in a cloud of dust.

"Edward…" Bella managed out after a minute, her voice a whisper.

"It's okay, Bella. You're okay now." Edward spoke as she glanced in his rearview mirror to see Bella's beautiful face.

Immediately, Bella's head fell into her hands and she began sobbing uncontrollably, her body visably shaking.

"Bella?" Alice panicked, reaching over the seat to pat the pregnant girl's hunched shoulder. "Bella? What's wrong?"

Bella shook her head, keeping it in her hands. "He tried to kill my baby." She was in shock over the fact that she had almost died, but more shocked over the fact that someone had wanted to harm her baby; the baby she loved unconditionally, the baby she loved more than her own life.

"I know." Edward said, still watching Bella from his rearview mirror. "But he didn't get the chance to. You're safe now."

"And so is the baby." Alice said, climbing into the back seat with Bella. She quickly wrapped her arms around the pregnant girls form and Bella collapsed into them, continuing to cry.

"Bella, everything is going to be okay now." Edward told her after a moment of silence. "No one…no thing…is going to hurt you. I won't let it." And he meant it. He was grateful he had made it to the reservation in time to save Bella, but he knew this was only the beginning of the adventure.

After a few minutes, Bella got herself under control. "Where…where are we going?"

"Back to our house." Edward said, no longer looking into the mirror as he spoke to her. He knew her heart rate had decreased and she was calming down, and that was his only concern right now. His feelings for Bella ran deep within him, but he knew her feelings for him were not the same, and were not a concern right now. The only thing he was worried about was keeping Bella alive.

Bella nodded, not knowing why she had bothered to ask when she already knew that would be the answer. She leaned away from Alice, rubbing small circles on her stomach as the baby kicked her hard and frequently, as if to let her know it had been just as frightened as her. Her thoughts drifted to Jacob and she wondered what he would do once he realized she was missing. She was sure Paul would lie about her leaving with Edward and Jacob would be furious, possibly too mad to think straight. She realized, the Cullen's might now be her only form of protection. "Thank you." She spoke up after a moment.

"For what?" Edward glanced in the mirror.

"For coming…" Bella looked at Edward in the mirror for the first time since she had gotten in the car and then glanced over at Alice, taking the female vampire's cold hand in hers. "For getting there in time to save…us." She motioned to her stomach, indicating she meant the baby as well.

Alice nodded, glancing up at Edward to see he, for the first time in a long time, had a look of relief on his face. She could tell, despite it all, Edward was just happy being around Bella. "No problem." She spoke for both her and Edward.

The rest of the ride was silent, and Bella had almost drifted off to sleep, despite the fact that Edward was driving ridiculously fast and it would take mere minutes to get to the Cullen's home. Suddenly, Edward jerked the car, causing Bella to almost fly forward.

"Jeez!" Alice glared at her brother, immediately looking Bella's pregnant frame over to see if she was okay. "We have precious cargo back here!" She motioned to Bella.

"Sorry." Edward suppressed a laugh.

"What?" Bella was in shock and almost angry that Edward was laughing at a time like this.

"Carlisle." Edward motioned to the black car in front of him. "He flew out of the woods a few feet back, cut us off."

Alice let out a sigh of relief. "At least they are safe."

"Why wouldn't they be?" Bella asked, immediately confused.

"Well…they were our distraction." Edward told her. "We can leave it at that."

"I guess we can say Rosalie's plan worked then." Alice teased Edward.

"For once she wasn't out to deliberately hurt me and Bella." Edward joked back, realizing how good it felt to laugh. He had not done that in a long time, not since he had lost Bella.

Bella was confused, but said nothing as Edward pulled the Volvo up his driveway.