Choosing

JacobxBella

Rated M

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or the franchise, as it belongs to Steph Meyers

Choosing

Chapter 20

When I agreed with Rosalie to fake my death, I apparently forgot how much thought and effort went into the plan to make it believable. Every single scenario that we thought of, all it would do would lead to Carlisle saving me and then changing me to save my life. Also Jasper would tell us that Alice could see everything scenario we thought of and that the Volturi would know we were trying to fake my death of it didn't work. Being crafty was hard, especially when it came to me.

Jacob told me that he didn't really want to participate in "killing" me, because he didn't like the thought of me dead. Instead he opted to talk with the Pack on how to track down Edward in Phoenix and bring him back to Forks. He knew it wouldn't be easy getting him back this way, but he said they would think of something. The way I saw things though, Edward would come back to Forks unless it had something to do with me. Then again, he could pull another 'run-to-Volterra-to-die' stunt again should the news break to him that I'm "dead". Gosh, I wasn't sure what to do to help out anymore, and I felt a burden on the Cullens once again.

About a week later Rosalie called me back to the Cullen house to discuss faking my death again, and for some reason she sounded really excited about it. Wondering what it could be I got in the used car Charlie got for me to replace my truck and drove over to their house, calling Jacob to tell him to meet me there if he wasn't busy. About fifteen minutes later I arrived at their house and parked my truck. As soon as I got out of the car I was greeted by Emmett in a big bear hug.

"Hey Bella," Emmett greeted with his usual grin. "How are you today?"

"I'm okay," I answered.

Emmett nodded and led me inside the house where I was greeted by Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Rosalie, and Bree. Bree was still not comfortable with me around because my scent enticed her, so she stood far away from me; it reminded me of Jasper when I had first met the vegetarian vampires. According to Carlisle Jasper had taken Bree under his wing, so to speak, seeing as they both struggle with their bloodlust and Bree is especially knew to the vegetarian vampire lifestyle. Honestly witnessing them together was like watching a big brother taking care of his little sister; it was sweet.

Esme walked over to me and gave me hug saying, "It's good to see you, Bella. Will Jacob be making an appearance?"

I nodded and answered, "Yes, I asked him to meet me here. From the way Rosalie sounded on the phone I figured she had finally thought of a new idea that would work this time."

"That I have," Rosalie said from beside Emmett. "And Bree is a big part of it."

Before I could ask what she meant the front door opened and Jacob walked inside, followed by Embry and Sam. Spotting me he walked over and wrapped his strong arms around me, giving me a kiss before saying, "I hope it was alright I brought Sam and Embry."

Nodding I replied, "It's fine. Rosalie was just about to tell us how she's going to fake my death and how Bree is involved."

Embry looked over at the newest member of the Cullen coven and asked, "How is little leech going to help?"

Carlisle cleared his throat and answered, "With her gift. Bree, please explain."

Bree gave a small nod and said, "Well, I recently found out I have the ability to teleport any and everywhere."

Jacob frowned and asked, "Are you sure you aren't just running?"

"Positive."

Jasper nodded in agreement and said, "We can see each other move, running and everything in between. But what Bree can do is literally appear in one place, then pop up in another place, and faster than even a trained vampire eye can catch it. It's like when Bella watches us move fast, but faster."

Rosalie nodded and said, "And we are going to use her gift to our advantage."

"How?" I asked.

"By blowing you up."

My eyes widened significantly more than they had when she had first suggested that I die. Jacob's grip on me tightened and he growled, "Now look bitch-"

"Not for real, pup. Calm all the way down," Rosalie snapped.

Emmett chuckled a bit and said, "What Rosie means is that we have to somehow cause Bella's car to blow up with her in it. And before the explosion takes over the whole vehicle, Bree will teleport in a grab Bella and get out just as fast."

Jacob looked at him before nodding and saying, "Alright, that works."

Sam cleared his own throat and asked, "And what if these Volturi vampires go searching for a body? Don't you think they'll find it suspicious if they see Bella in the car before it blows up and her burnt body is nowhere in sight later?"

Bree smiled and bounced on her toes saying, "I've already thought about that."

Just as Carlisle and Jasper said she could, Bree teleported out of the living room before our eyes, reappearing a few seconds later. However in her arms she held a human, brunette, female cadaver. I let out a shriek at the sight and buried by face in Jacob's chest as he said, "What the hell?"

"Bree," I heard Carlisle say in a reprimanding tone.

"It's alright Carlisle, I took it from the hospital. And this one isn't scheduled to be looked at for another four days," Bree replied easily, as if having stolen a dead body was normal. Turning my head to look at the new vampire I watched her somewhat drop the dead girl's body and hold her up by her ankle, reading the tag on her toe. "Her name is Natalie Powell, age twenty. Cause of death: vehicular accident. So it's not too far off from what we are planning on doing."

Esme blinked a few times before turning towards her mate asking, "Are we really okay with this?"

Carlisle let out an unnecessary sigh and answered, "We're going to have to be for this to work."

Bree smiled and said, "Yeah, and I can pop in and out of the car with the body, replace Bella with her, and get out just as quick with Bella before it completely erupts into flames."

"Just make sure this happens away from the town," Sam inputted. "No need for Charlie to believe his daughter is dead for real when he sees her burnt car."

I nodded at Sam's words. I couldn't put Charlie through that, especially after everything I put him through already. If I made him think I was dead, there was no way I'd be able to forgive myself. Jacob, sensing my change in emotions, kissed the top of my head and whispered, "Everything will work out, trust me."

"It sure will, but first you're going to have to file a stolen car report," Rosalie said. "One of us will take your car, making it look like it's been stolen. That way Charlie will already be on the lookout for the car anyway. And if you're, I don't know, hanging out with Jacob or at home by yourself to his knowledge, he won't have to worry about the fact that you were in the car when the accident occurred. He'll just think that whoever stole it lost their life in it."

I stood there for a while soaking in all of the information about the plan, seeing no holes in it that could possibly mess it up. Smiling I looked up at them all and said, "This could work. I can see this really working. And the Volturi will be off of our backs when they see I'm "dead"."

Rosalie grinned and replied, "That's the plan."

Jasper waved his hand getting everyone's attention and said, "We just have to make sure they see it all happening, that they have a clear view of the crash and the explosion, which they can see that Bella couldn't be saved from."

Carlisle nodded and said, "We'll have to ask Alice when that might be."

"TOMORROW AT TWO O' CLOCK NEAR THE MOUNTAINS!" Alice's voice suddenly called from the basement.

"Well that's convenient," Jacob mumbled.

"Yes," Carlisle said. "Alright everyone, we have our plan so let's put it into action. Emmett, Jasper, you'll "steal" Bella's car within the next hour to give her time to put in the stolen car report. Esme, Rosalie, go to Bella's house to get some clothes to put on the cadaver. And Bree, come with me and bring the body."

As the Cullens dispersed to do what was asked of them, Embry and Sam walked over towards me and Jacob. When they reached us Embry said, "I just thought of something, a way to get the leech to step foot back into Forks."

Jacob and Sam looked at each other before Sam said, "Go on."

Embry looked at me and said seriously, "Bella, you're going to have to call him and beg him to come back. Make him think that you want him back, just something that will bring him back here. He'll believe you, especially if you can convince him that you're done with Jake."

"But I could never be done with Jake," I told Embry.

"Just make him think that and convince him to come to Forks. That way, he can be here to also see you "die" and we can take him out. Trust me, he'll be so distraught he won't even notice we're going to be there."

I looked up at Jacob to see what he thought, but all I saw was a murderous gleam in his eye. I knew he was thinking of killing Edward and how fast he could do it if and when he got his hands on him. I knew it had to be done, but I wasn't sure I could convince Edward to come back to me. I really sucked at lying, but Edward never knew when I was, so maybe I stood a chance. We would just have to see.