Edward and Bella

Chapter 25

Hello everyone! I am back! And here is chapter 25! Thanks so much for all the reviews! Sigh, I am going to predict…only about 6 more chapters left of this story. Anyway, thanks for reading!

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EPOV: I was the one that would stop Jacob from hurting the girl I loved, no matter what the consequences.

BPOV:

"Hi Bella!" called Jacob from about five feet away. He strolled over to me in three long strides and pulled me into a hug.

He was so warm…and very strong too.

"Can't…breathe…Jacob!" I managed to struggle out.

He released me and stepped back, grinning. He was even taller than when I had last seen him! He now loomed over both Charlie and me.

Charlie walked over to Billy and together they went inside the house, leaving Jacob and me alone.

Once they were inside, Jacob turned to me, his face eager.

"Hey, Bella, do you want to go and take a walk with me? We could go down to the beach," he asked.

I froze. A walk? Alone?

Jacob seemed to sense my hesitancy. "Aw, please Bella? It's not too far, and we'll be back soon," he pleaded.

Werewolves lose control when they are angered. If I didn't Jacob, then everything would be okay.

I gave in, and Jacob grabbed my hand and pulled forward. I reluctantly went.

When we finally arrived at the beach ten minutes, part of my fear disappeared. Talking with Jacob was…interesting. He had a cheerful, carefree spirit and while walking here, I had found out so much about him. He talked about his friends and his hobbies. But never once did he mention himself being a werewolf. Maybe it was because he didn't know if I was in on the secret, or maybe it was because he was scared that if he brought it up, I would think of him as a monster.

I took off my shoes and let my feet bury themselves in the sand. Jacob and I walked a little bit more before we both sat down on a log in the sand.

I sighed, thinking of Edward. What was he doing at this moment? Would he be worried that I was with his mortal enemy? Thinking of Edward stirred a question deep inside me. When he called me, his voice was so worried. Why? Was it because he felt guilty that involving me in this war of mythic creatures? Or was it because he was afraid that I would get hurt, because he felt the same way toward me as I felt toward him?

But the last reason struck me as absurd. Why would Edward—who was a Greek god come to life, who was brilliant in every way and form—ever like me, a frail, accident prone human like me. Why would he? Did he?

"Bella."

Jacob's voice startled me I was so caught up in my thinking that I had forgotten Jacob was sitting right beside me.

I looked up at him.

"Yes?"

His voice now took on a worried tone. His eyes bore into my own, staring intently ay me.

"You know what I am."

What, not who, I noticed.

I nodded. "Charlie told me."

He chuckled darkly. "Yes, Charlie has been in on the secret for some time."

I nodded again, realizing that I had been hearing these stories ever since I was little.

"You aren't afraid?" he asked softly, suddenly changing his tone.

In the beginning, I was. But the more I spent with Jacob, the more that fear vanished. Even if Jake was a werewolf, inside, he was still a human. I shook my head. I shook my head.

Jake sighed, looking relieved. However, his expression soon hardened.

"What about the vampires you hang out with?"

I blinked, wondering if I heard right. How had he known that I was friends with the Cullens? But he didn't know that I was in love with a certain Cullen.

Of course! Charlie had found Alice and Edward at our house a few weeks ago. He probably told Billy that I was friends with his son's enemy.

"No, I'm not," I told him sternly.

Jake's expression was still hard.

"Well you should be," he muttered sourly.

"Why?" I demanded.

Jacob looked at me with a pained expression. "Because they are, Bella. They can kill you in a horrible way, drinking your blood. I know the Cullens don't drink human blood, but they can slip, Bella."

"Jake, no," I said, wary. I felt this was just like the argument I had with Charlie.

"Yes, Bella," he continues, "trust me, they are. They are just probably pretending to be your friend, and then kill you when you're least expecting it."

"But Jacob, if you really did know them, you wouldn't say that."

"Bella! I agree with Charlie! You need to stay away from them!"

"Jacob! No. I. Will. Not," I said as I stood up, putting my hands on my hips, showing him that I was really mad. Who was he to say I could or couldn't hang out with the Cullens?

He didn't say anything, but continued to sit there, looking stunned and angry.

At first I didn't notice it, but then after a couple of seconds, the shaking worsened.

A flash of fear spread through me. I was so into proving to Jacob that the Cullens posed to harm to me that I forgot I wasn't supposed to make a werewolf angry.

I took several steps back, wishing for either Jacob to stop shaking, or for Edward.

"J-Jake?"

Jacob continued to shake, not responding to my voice.

Then suddenly, Jacob exploded into a mass of fur. I closed my eyes.

When I opened them a few minutes later, a russet brown-red wolf was growling at me.

Again, Hollywood made werewolves a human with fur growing from his back. That was an imagined werewolf. However, right this second I was standing in front of a real werewolf—one that would possibly kill me.

Jacob's eyes bore nothing but anger that was directed at me. I stumbled back, and being as clumsy as I was, tripped over something and fell.

Jacob jumped into the air and landed directly over me. His growl that was coming from his throat was loud and it scared me.

As his face came closer to my own throat—his breath breathing heavily on my face—I closed my eyes, fearing that I was done for.

When the impending doom didn't come in the next few seconds, I slowly opened my eyes to find that Jacob was not looming over me. Instead, he was fifteen feet away, engaged in a battle with the one person I most longed to see.

Edward.

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