I woke up to the phone ringing. It was Sunday I was able to sleep in without the interruption of school and I needed it. Charlie was gone fishing with a fellow officer so the phone rang with no answer. It most likely had been Jacob anyway. He's been calling my house non-stop since I kicked him out 4 days before. I even hear him howling outside my window last night. I'm guessing begging for forgiveness for his behavior and his lying.

I wasn't angry with him anymore. I haven't been since a day after the fight. I realized I was just as guilty as he was. I lied to him about leaving with Alice before prom and had him standing on edge looking for me and even thinking I was dead. I was an awful excuse for a girlfriend but Jacob wasn't the only loved one I had to deal with now. Edward was back, I'm guessing because Alice let it slip in her mind that I was in trouble. Of course he would come take care of Victoria since it was our fault that this was happening now. He felt guilty, that was all.

Alice came over every day since then checking on me. We fixed my busted out window the next day before Charlie noticed and she brought over some clothes to replace the ones that were taken, I'm guessing by my visitor. I rolled out of bed, it was 11AM. I cried myself to sleep at 3 o'clock but I still felt like I needed more sleep. I sat on the edge of my bed with my head in my hands.

"Bella, you're up!" Alice chimed as she opened the window.

"Agghh!" I gasped startled by her presence.

"Didn't mean to make you jump. Bella, you still look awful." She patted my back and sat next to me on the bed.

I sighed and looked up at her, "I think I'm ready to talk to your brother now." I said reluctantly. It had to be done; I had to let Edward go.

"Really?! I can call him and have him come over right away; he's just at the house pouting himself away in his room…" She stopped suddenly her eyebrows raised, "Wait, this isn't good is it?" She eyed me.

"No Alice it's time to let him and you go. I'll take care of this problem on my own. You two aren't going to risk your lives over me anymore. I've had a death wish ever since I made my entrance into Forks High School and I'm not going to let anyone go down with me, I've decided it's the inevitable and anyway to delay the inevitable Jacob, if he still wants me, can protect me."

Alice sat their shocked, "Bella you are crazy. If I knew this is what you were thinking without that stinking dog running around your house all day and night long I would have been able to tell you that that won't happen. You have no idea." Alice got up and walked to the window, "I'll be back later today. I'll go tell Edward you want him over." Her expression was sad as she gracefully leaped out my window.

It's true; I'm not going to let them be responsible for this mess.

I knew I only had a little bit of time before Edward made his presence. I got the phone downstairs to call Jacob.

"Hello?" Jacob answered before the phone rang on my end.

"Jake." I wrapped the old phone's chord around my finger.

"Bella!" Jacob screamed.

"Hey I called just to tell you something; well I need to talk to you."

"I'll be right there!" Jacob hung up the phone. I growled and slammed the phone down. I didn't want him over here. It would make things harder and probably would end up in a vampire-werewolf confrontation. But it would be noble to do this face-to-face. Soon enough there was a knock at my door. I went outside and met Jacob there.

He was frustrated. Worry creased his face, he was pacing back and forth. Immediately as I shut the door behind me he grasped me in his signature hug. I didn't fight it off. It felt nice, warm, comforting. I missed it, and I was going to miss it if this turned out badly. "I'm so sorry!" He whimpered into my hair as he held me. My heart faltered for a moment. He was crying. I let him hold me for a moment more as I heard him sniffle and try to collect himself. I pulled back and met his gaze. His face was now tortured.

I towed him to the porch step and had him sit down next to me. He took my hands into his as he wiped a tear from his face with his elbow.

"I am sorry." I said staring into his eyes. He eyed me back.

"For what?" Then some sort of realization crossed his face. His body tensed, his hands tightened around mine. "No!" He gritted out of his teeth. He started to tremble.

Oh no, I didn't realize I would get this kind of reaction from him even before I actually said what I did. I pulled my hands out from him and inched myself away from him. His eyes were starting to collect more tears. Out of reflex my own trembling hand went to catch them before they fell. He grabbed my hand and held it too tight. I winced and looked up at him. "No! Bella why?!" He screamed and the tears spilled over.

I was frozen. I didn't know why he was reacting this way. "Hey, just listen, please?" I pleaded quietly, still shocked with confusion. He released my hand and I pulled it towards my body rubbing it.

He didn't realize the pressure he put on it. He jumped up and started pacing back and forth in front of me his hands balled up. He wouldn't look at me.

I stood up and backed away from him in case the worst happened after I told him. I started talking, too fast. I just wanted to get it out of me. "You know before prom I left for Seattle without saying anything to you and you were really bad because I didn't tell you and I told you I went with some school friends. Well, that's not entirely true." I huffed and then started again, "Alice showed up because she seen me jumping off cliffs and thought I was committing suicide cause you know I told you how she sees the future, well, she couldn't see the future around you cause you're a wolf I guess, so she came to help Charlie with my death and to say final goodbyes'. And well I guess we all know I wasn't dead. So she took me to Seattle to get my dress cause she saw me being Prom queen and I'm sorry that I lied to you cause Alice obviously doesn't go to my school anymore and I know they are your mortal enemy and you were worried. So I have no reason being mad at you cause you were trying to protect me from them and we both lied to protect people we love…well loved. I hope you still love me after this." I took a deep breath and slumped onto the stump where I was before.

Jacob had stopped pacing, he was just standing there with a shocked expression on his face, no more sign of tears.

"And…" He whispered.

I sat there confused again.

"What?" I asked.

He stepped closer to me. I could feel the heat coming off of him. "Are you leaving me?" He whispered.

His reaction made since now, he thought I called him over to tell him I was going back to Edward. He was waiting for it.

I stood up on the step and crossed my arms. "I don't want to leave you Jake." I said this with the thought of Edward in my mind. Jacob stepped up on the step to and was pressed up against me.

"Are you sure?" He whispered at my ear.

I reached for his hand and held it. "No, Jake we're not talking about that right now. Just listen…Do you forgive me for lying to you?"

"Yes, Bella I kind of figured it out anyway I recognized her scent since she was around so much after that. Oh and yes I love you, I always will love you." He explained kissing me lightly on the cheek.

"Oh." Was all I said.

Jacob suddenly tensed and backed away from me. I could hear a growl rip through his chest.

"What?!" I demanded.

"What the hell is he doing back here?!" He screamed as he walked towards the back of the house. Edward made it. I ran after Jacob and grabbed his arm. He shook me off too violently and I crashed against the house, tripped and fell. "Oww!" I winced in pain and I looked at the cut on my hand from the Gladys flower terrace. It didn't faze Jacob, he didn't even look back. I don't think he knew what he just did. I scrambled to my feet and chased after him wiping off the blood from my cut. I didn't want my vampire friends to smell it.

"Jacob I called him over here!" I screamed at him. He stopped and turned around.

"Why?" Jacob asked in disgust.

I threw my arms up, "I need to talk to him Jake I hadn't seen either of you in days. I can't talk to you together, obviously!" He walked over to me and took my hand.

"What happened?...Did I do this?" He held my hand examining it.

"Oh my God! Did you not hear me as I was flung against the house?!" I stated.

He looked up at me with pained eyes and looked back down at the dirty cut on the back of my hand. He glanced up at my open window and back at me. He didn't say anything as he ran into the woods morphing half way into Jacob-wolf.

"Jake!" I screamed. I stood there for a moment waiting for him to come back.

I gave up and went inside. I ran to the sink to wash off the small amount of blood from my cut so it wouldn't bother Edward but he was already at my side holding my hand escorting me to the kitchen sink. I stared at him with wide-eyes.

"You can handle this? I, I can get it… I wanted to wash it before you could smell it." I explained in a shaky voice. His laugh was somber. He looked into my eyes, "Bella, I can handle this, this is hardly a problem for me anymore." He gave me a crooked smile. I melted right then and there. I missed that smile. I didn't say anything but just let the cold water run over the hand he was holding. He dried it off with a hand towel. He disappeared for a second and came back with Neosporin and a band-aid. I shook my head in disbelief at what he was doing for me.

"What?" He asked quietly as he was applying my bandaging.

"Nothing." I whispered.

After he was done he held my hand up and kissed it lightly on the band-aid. "All better?" He asked looking up at me from kissing my hand.

"Yes." I replied weakly, my heart beating erratically.

"You wanted to talk. I am here, all yours." He said not letting go of my hand as his and mine fell together at our sides.