AN: Thanks for reading.
Words: 500 [Flash Fiction]
Characters: Jacob (Bella+Edward)
Rating: K
Details: Fanon (Eclipse)
Prompt #25 [Photo of Guy with "BE HOME SOON" sign]
Jacob's Point of View
Dad would probably be mad at me for ripping the door off the hinges, but at this moment, I was too much of an emotional muddle to care.
As I exploded in mid-air, I felt my already sharp senses heighten. Two seconds later, I was running faster than I ever had before.
Jake, I heard Seth ask hesitantly. The tone of his thoughts wasn't surprised. He'd been anticipating me.
Leave me alone, kid, I growled, increasing my speed.
He was still following me but at a much slower pace, as if he knew there was no stopping me.
Where will you go?
I didn't respond as I kicked myself forward. Soon, the echo of his thoughts faded away and I was alone.
I tried to empty my mind of any useless thoughts, but it was impossible. Her face kept flashing before my mind; pale, warm and beautiful. Each time, that image was replaced by another one; paler, cold and dangerous.
She would be my enemy.
No matter what she said or thought, she wouldn't be my Bella anymore. We were naturally sworn enemies with leeches, and my friendship with Bella would cease to exist.
It angered me. They angered me. Their façade of being a family. There was no such thing as a family of vampires. It was a coven and that blond as their Alpha.
Even in my thoughts, I was unable to be disrespectful towards the doctor who had saved my life.
But I needed to put the blame on somebody.
They'd tricked her. They'd tricked Bella into believing they were different. It didn't matter if they abstained from drinking from humans, or that the noble doctor was well-respected in the society of Forks, or that they had good status in the community – they were who they were, and we were who we were because of them.
There were so many things to blame, not just the Cullens but bloodsuckers in general, for; their mere presence triggered our genetics, they posed a threat to humans, and we'd lost lives.
They were the monsters. We were the protectors.
What on earth did Bella see in them?
The idea of her friendship with those beasts was next to impossible to comprehend, but now she wanted to get married to one of them…
The memory of the wedding invitation I'd just looked at popped up into my mind again and in pure agony, I let out a howl into the starry night.
I was losing my best friend.
I'd already lost her.
Breathing hard, I pumped myself further into the forest, not once looking back. I would have to stop eventually, but not now. And I would return, for sure.
At least, I'd see her one last time.
Before she became one of them. Before war broke out.
I thought about my brothers, my father, my family… I missed them already, but I had to stay away. Going back now would bring back many painful memories.
Be home soon, I promised.