Mending
As soon as we got back home Carlisle had gone to his office and was immediately on the phone. I went to find Bella and found that she and Alice as well as Esme were gone. Where could they have possibly gone all of a sudden? I sigh heavily and go up to our room to wait for their return. Alice had probably taken them shopping or something.
Suddenly Bella's cell phone rings so I answer it for her without much thought about it. "Hello?"
"Is Bella there?" asks a male voice. He seemed a little confused.
"No, I'm not sure where she is," I say. "Can I take a message?"
"This is Jacob, can you let her know I have something for her and I want her to come to La Push as soon as she can."
"Jacob, can I—" I quickly change my question. "Can we meet somewhere?"
"Sure, sure. You can come here to my garage," says Jacob.
"I'll be there in less than twenty minutes," I say.
"Sure, bye," says Jacob before hanging up. I hang up Bella's phone and place it where I found it before getting in my Volvo and driving to La Push. When I got to Jacob's house he was standing out front waiting for me with an umbrella. "My dad isn't home so we can talk in the house." I nod and follow him inside before taking a seat on the couch.
"What's up?" asks Jacob.
"I want to know more about Bella before all of this happened to her," I say.
"She was a completely different person than she is now," says Jacob walking towards the kitchen. "You want a soda or something?"
"A glass of water would be nice," I say. Jacob seemed relieved as he disappears into the kitchen. I couldn't blame him, I did sort of just show up out of nowhere wanting to ask him about his best friend. When he comes back he was carrying a glass of ice water and a soda for himself. "Thank you," I say as he hands me the glass.
"No problem," says Jacob before sitting on the floor about six feet away from me. "Bella used to be so carefree and as accident prone as she was she liked to do dangerous things sometimes. She wasn't afraid to cliff dive, though I wish she'dve been a little smarter about it." Jacob chuckles at the memory.
"Her parents were good people too. They made sure she had good manners and did the right thing and stuff. Like this one time we found a twenty dollar bill and I was thinking 'hey cool twenty bucks let's buy something' and Bella wanted me to take it to the police station. It never made it that far because I used it to buy a soda and chips and then Bella pouted and ignored me for a while."
"She did want you to do the right thing," I point out.
"Had it been more than twenty I would have taken it to the police," says Jacob. "Anyway, Bella was always a bookworm, especially when it was a classic. I used to complain that she always read the same books, but she'd defend herself by saying it was a classic and that Forks' library didn't have much of a selection. It was always Hawthorne Heights or something like that."
I had to chuckle at Jacob's effort to remember the name of Bella's book. "I think Hawthorne Heights is a band. The book is called Wuthering Heights and I often saw Bella reading it in the Sanitarium. I guess some things don't change," I say with a small smile.
"I guess they don't. We didn't do much when we hung out, but it was the little things that usually stuck, like warm sodas out in the garage while it poured down rain or walking on the beach just talking about stuff. I could always tell when Bella was upset or something though she'd try to hide it. She didn't like burdening others with her problems, but then it'd come to haunt her later in her dreams," says Jacob.
That seemed about right too. "She moves around a lot and talks more when she's having a nightmare," I say.
"Can I ask you something?" asks Jacob.
"I suppose it's only fair," I say.
"Have you touched her?" asks Jacob.
"Of course not," I say immediately.
"Do you share a bed?"
"Yes, but that's by Bella's choice," I say.
"Has she been having nightmares?" asks Jacob. I could tell he was concerned for her.
"Yes. She keeps screaming so loud it wakes up the whole house. She dreams of the first asylum she was in before Carlisle got her and I can't blame her. I'll probably have nightmares of my own after just five minutes," I say shuddering at the thought.
"It's not fair how she was treated. She never deserved any of the bad stuff that happened to her. Her parents always argued and then there was the fact that her mother was often drunk soon after she got home from work. Charlie would stay out late just to avoid Renee and Bella would be left to take care of things. Then she almost gets killed and then she goes through all the hospital crap. It just isn't fair," says Jacob with his voice thick with emotion. "She's my best friend! I just want to see her laugh again like she used to and smile with her heart so you can see it in her eyes!"
"I want that too, and I'm trying, I just need to understand her first," I say. Jacob glowers at me and I knew exactly what he was thinking at that moment. "If you think you can do any better by all means go ahead and try. You have all summer because I have work and Alice will be busy shopping. You can even go back to Forks with me right now."
"I'll follow you," says Jacob walking towards the front door and grabbing a coat and set of keys.
"I thought you couldn't drive yet," I say.
"I have a permit," says Jacob before walking out the door. I follow him and get in my car and watch as Jacob gets in an old red truck. "Don't go too fast, this stupid truck only goes 55."
"Okay," I say as I get in my Volvo and start it. When we get to my house I notice Alice's Porsche and Bella's Ferrari in the garage along with Carlisle's Mercedes and Emmett's Jeep. Everyone was home then. I was suddenly in a hurry to get to Bella to make sure she was okay. Jacob follows me as I go inside the house and find Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, and Bella sitting around the living room watching TV.
"There you are," says Emmett as we walk closer to the living room. Bella looks up at me with a small smile and I could see that she was tired.
"Hello Love, you looked exhausted," I say bending over and kissing her softly. Bella kisses me back before I pull away. "I've brought someone home with me." Bella looks up and sees Jacob and her face lights up.
"Jake!" she crows before jumping up and hugging him. Jacob hugs her back and I couldn't help but notice that he seemed a little smug.
"Hey Bells," says Jacob. "It's nice to see you. I called your phone earlier but you didn't answer."
"Yeah, I forgot to grab it on my way out this morning, I'm sorry," says Bella.
"It's no big deal, Edward answered the phone and then he came to La Push and we talked a little before he led me here. I wanted to give you something," says Jacob.
"Aww Jake, you didn't have to," says Bella.
"I worked really hard on it though Bells," says Jacob pouting a little. Bella gives in easily enough, but she wasn't exactly graceful about it. "Close your eyes and hold out your hand."
"This better not be a trick," gripes Bella as she obeys him. Jacob fishes around in his pocket and places something in her hand before closing her hand over it before I could get a look at what it was.
"Okay, you can look," says Jacob. Bella opens her hand and gasps. Then I notice it was a key. "Remember that old red truck?"
"How could I not? Thirteen years old and we were driving through mud in it cause Billy told us to do something productive instead of sitting around the house bored," says Bella with a grin.
"Well I fixed the engine and it now goes 55 to 60. Billy said I could give it to you so I could work on building a car for myself," says Jacob.
"I wanna help you build your car," says Bella excitedly. It was nice watching the two of them interact. Bella seemed to truly enjoy herself. "Are you sure about the truck though?"
"You have your license don't you?" asks Jacob and Bella nods. "Well you need something to drive. This way you don't have an excuse to not come to La Push and see me."
"She never had an excuse to begin with. Carlisle and Esme got Bella and Alice cars for Christmas," says Emmett.
"You told me you didn't have a car," accuses Jacob with a grin.
"Well if you saw what he got me you'd probably make the same excuse," defends Bella although I was pretty sure they would have different reasons for lying about not having a car. Bella didn't want to be seen in it and Jacob wouldn't want to hurt it. Bella loved the car, but she felt it was too flashy for her.
"I wanna see your car," says Jacob. Bella groans but shows Jacob the way outside. I knew she was going to show him the car.
"It's nice to see her so happy," says Esme fondly causing me to jump. She was standing in the kitchen doorway.
"Yeah, I just wish it was because of me and not Jacob."
End Chapter
A/N: Thanks for reading. The next chapter will go back to BPOV. I'm glad you liked the EPOV though and I'll try to throw it in more often. Also thanks for the reviews! At this rate I'll have over 400 by the end of this story. Once I figure out how it'll end that is. Sayonara. =]