Bella's Point of View

"Where are we supposed to go with this mutt?" Rose rattled, leaning against the wall, rolling her gorgeous eyes to the ceiling, letting her cold look lock on Jacob.

"Rose, that's enough, it's our fault Jacob is in this situation, we owe him our lives," Esme said sternly, her arms crossing her fragile-looking body.

Jacob only snorted, not seeming bothered at all by Rose.

Rose seemed to ignore this, looking away from everyone, only glancing over to Zander and I a few times, but the look of disinterest, and irritation didn't leave her expression.

It was obvious that she wanted no were near Jacob.

I chewed on my lip, watching down at Zander, who was calmly looking around the room, his head leaning on my shoulders, and a light coo sliding from between his tiny lips.

It was almost enough to soothe me. It almost made things feel like everything would be ok, even though I knew there was still a high risk that Zander could get hurt.

As soon as we had made it into the house, Edward had taken off, running around the rooms, gathering our luggage, at the same time talking into the phone, in some kind of language that I couldn't understand, nor tried to.

"We may have a problem," Alice now had my attention, standing frozen in front of all of us, a look of horror flooding her expression.

Panic hit me at once, and quickly I was moving towards her.

At the same time Edward had appeared at her side, his eyes just as wide; a low growl slide from him, causing the knot of fear in my stomach to clench even harder inside me.

"Alice, what is it?" I spoke up, not even bothering to hide my worry.

"Zander," I heard her mutter.

At this my heart sank instantly, and I felt my arms bring Zander closer to me, letting my hand rub soothing circles across his back.

Pain clouded Edward's eyes as he watched the two of us, and just as fast as he arrived, he went to us, his arms circling around Zander and I. "Bella, I won't let anything happen to Zander, I promise you,"

His voice was so strained; it brought an even tenser atmosphere to the room.

"Wait, what are you talking about, who is going to hurt Zander?" Rosalie barked, suddenly her whole figure lighting up with animated anger.

It was as if someone had suddenly flipped a switch, and brought Rose to her to life.

"James, he had got the scent of Zander, this isn't good… Zander is James's singer… he isn't going to rest until he gets a taste of that blood," Alice explained, just as still as before. Fear was easily seen in her eyes as she watched back at me.

I felt my whole body go numb in that instant, my hands began to tremble, but I bit back a growl, and started to pace, feeling Zander shift slightly in my arms the most I paced.

Rose on the other hand was more than furious.

"NO, that isn't going to happen, I'll kill the bastard myself," She roared, and with one punch to the TV, I watched as pieces crumbled to the floor, making a loud crash.

"Rose!" Esme waved her hands in concern, moving to Rose, trying to settle her.

Zander jumped at the noise, letting out a whimper, tears beginning in his eyes.

Pain stabbed at my heart as I watched down at him, quickly tucking him closer, and humming the tune Edward had created for us. Swaying him back and forth in my arms, I watched as he calmed down.

"It's going to be ok," I whispered to him, my voice feeling rough with emotion.

Edward again came to us, wrapping his arm around my waist, bringing me close to him, his golden eyes looking down at me, looking completely serious.

"I promise you, Zander will be safe, I won't let anyone hurt him, ever,"

His words did make me feel slightly better; I could manage to breathe again although it wasn't without a little struggle. But I couldn't completely relax… my baby was in serious danger, I needed to be all I could be; I had to be ready.

And I would kill anyone; that ever would threaten my child's life.

"We need to split up, it isn't just Jacob that the tracker is after now, and with Victoria helping him, this is going to make things even harder." Alice spoke, her eyes not leaving my face.

"Well, forget about me, you guys just need to focus on keeping Zander safe," Jacob said seriously. "I'll be fine,"

"The first smart thing that has ever come out of his mouth," Rose snapped, nodding in agreement.

"No, Jacob has been a huge help to us, he deserves to be protected, just as the same as Zander," Esme spoke with more of a motherly tone.

"She's right, Rose, Esme, and I, are going to stay here, and take care of Victoria." Alice said glancing around to each of them, before looking to Jacob. "And Edward, Bella, Zander, and Jacob, you guys are going to get out of Forks, and don't come back until its safe."

Edward nodded, leaning down to kiss the top of my head, and with that he picked up the tons of luggage at his feet, and disappeared out the doors towards all the cars.

I sighed unsteadily, watching down at Zander.

There was no denying that I was sick with worry. I couldn't lose my Zander; he was my entire world, him and Edward both. There was no way I could live without either of them.

Esme and Alice now left the room as well, heading out the door, running at a speed that I didn't bother to even try keeping up with, I just noticed that Rose stuck around.

I forced myself not to move away from her as she came up to the two of us, her eyes only on Zander.

"Don't worry Bella, Zander will be safe, no matter what," She spoke, and her hand lightly went out, touching Zander's little cheek.

I bite my lip, not wanting to say something that I might regret later.

"Thank you Rose,"

She nodded, and gave a warm smile to Zander. "Goodbye little guy, hopefully we will be together again soon,"

I gritted my teeth, not speaking, just watching how Zander reacted.

He seemed to just stare at her, openly, curling deeper into my arms, before hiding his face in my shoulder, his little arms wrapping around my neck tightly.

Rose made a tiny face at that, and sighed, looking up at me with a smile. "Ok, well then, if you ever need me, just call ok,"
"Alright, I will, thank you,"

With that, Rose left as well, leaving only Jacob and I in the room.

Gently, I kissed the top of Zander's head, before slowly walking to Jacob, who was still seated on the floor, clenching and unclenching his hands.

"Jacob, I am sorry that you're in this situation, I never meant to have you in danger," I said, feeling a stab of guilt hit me.

He looked up at me, surprising me with his warm smile. "It is what it is Bells, I'll live, the only thing you need to worry about, is your son,"

I sighed, shaking my head.

It was hard to believe that Jacob wasn't even a little bit concerned for his own personal well-being. It made absolutely no sense. But I guess that is just his personality, he was a good guy.

"Jake, you have done so much for me, and I really can't thank you enough,"

"Think nothing of it, I wouldn't have tried so hard… if I didn't like you—and the Cullen's of course," He added quickly, picking himself off the ground.

The slight change in his tone made me curious, but I decided against bringing anything up. I could already tell by the racing in his heart, and the sudden spring of perspiration to his skin, that he was getting nervous at the topic.

"Well regardless of your intentions, it means a lot to me, it only makes sense to help you in return,"

"Thanks Bella, this day… has just been the craziest, I mean… I knew you guys were different… but vampires, I wouldn't have guessed in a million years,"

I cracked a smile at that, but the amusement couldn't touch me completely. There was just so many things that I had to worry about, there didn't seem to be time to enjoy a light conversation.

"Let's not forget, you're not going to be exactly normal either," I stated carefully, and cradled Zander up, realizing that he had a dirty look pointed to Jacob.

I still wasn't sure what it was that Zander had against Jacob, but this wasn't the time to fix up their relationship.

Jacob froze at my words, and looked down at his hands, half scared, and half disgusted. "I don't want to be different," He whispered.

This made me pause for a minute, and just for a few seconds I pitied Jacob.

"I'm sorry," I spoke just as quiet.

But before anything else was said Edward came gracefully into the room, looking tense as he made it over to us.

"Are you ready love?"

I nodded quickly, "Yeah, let's get going,"

Edward wrapped his arm around my shoulders bringing me close to his side, and with a nod to Jacob, he lead the three of us out of the room, and into his Volvo.

Zander was securely strapped in the backseat, in his carrier, Jacob sitting next to him. Which I'm not sure how that was going to work out… but there was not time to complain.

In no time we were going down the road, never looking back.

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~Az