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A/N – This is Chapter 28 in Jacob's point of view. And I forgot to specify in the other chapter that this takes place right after Bella first gets bitten by Victoria. The Cullen's have not yet gone to Canada, and Bella is still getting changed with Edward.

Chapter 29 – Unspoken Words

Jacob's POV

She sat stiffly on the edge of the bed. She was pale; she looked sick, and very tired. I hated seeing her like this. She was worrying about Bella; she didn't understand.

"But…?" she asked not seeming to comprehend my words.

"She's becoming a vampire Mandy," I repeated.

She shook her head. "I don't need to know the details Jacob. I just need to know she's okay."

Why couldn't she understand this? Bella was happy, or would be after her change was complete.

"Mandy please, you're not listening to me. She's fine, completely okay. This is what she wanted."

"To die!" She yelled. I flinched away from her. "I find that hard to believe Jacob. Especially with Edward still around, I've seen the way she looks at him. She wouldn't give that up for anything."

She was so close, in fact she was dead on, but she couldn't see the truth in her own words. I kneeled down in front of her so I was eye level with her.

"Which is exactly why she did it. It was the only way." I said desperately. If she could only realize it.

"What are you talking about? You're not making any sense." I hated seeing her confused and upset like this.

I growled and stood up, pulling at my hair as I paced the floor. "How can I make you understand?"

"Understand what? She is a vampire, she's dead, what more is there to understand?"

Normally I would have agreed, but in this case I sided with the Cullen's. Being a vampire was the only way to save Bella, and Mandy for that matter. It wasn't like before when it would have meant taking Bella's life.

"There is more, I just ahh," I growled again. I was constrained by the treaty and breaking it in front of the Cullen's could mean sudden death or war. Not only that but I was bound under Sam's command, and that I could not break no matter how much I wanted to. He had ordered me not to tell her about the Cullen's because she was staying with them. "The treaty, I can't… I'm forbidden. It's not my secret to tell… yet."

"The treaty?" She looked at me like I was crazy.

I stopped pacing and faced her. "Yes… the treaty! This would be so much easier if I could just tell you."

"Then tell me," she said bluntly.

"You said yourself that you didn't want the details, so trust me, she's fine."

"But how do you know?"

I took a deep breath, how could I explain this? Maybe she could find out how Bella had discovered I was a werewolf. She could realize it on her own. "Mandy, what do you know about vampires?"

She shook her head like it was a stupid question. "They kill people and drink their blood."

Well yes but beyond the obvious. "Go on," I encouraged when she did not continue.

"They're bad."

I waited for her to think deeper.

"Jake, I don't know what you want me to say. I don't know anything else. You won't tell me." And that's when it clicked. Her face lit up as she seemed to remember something.

I waited patiently for her to gather her thoughts.

"She'll still be Bella, wont she." It wasn't a question.

I smiled, and relaxed a little. She was headed in the right direction.

"She'll just have a new appetite."

"Exactly," I said getting excited.

"Why couldn't you just have told me that?"

"I did," I protested. "I said she was fine." What more of an explanation did she need?

"But that still doesn't explain why she'd want this to happen," she complained.

I sighed. My heart sinking. Why couldn't she see it? "Do you notice nothing about the people around you?"

"What?"

I resorted back to my first attempt to get her to understand. "Describe a vampire, and this time, what they look like."

Her face scrunched up as she thought for a moment, "Well they are… pretty, they're pale." I nodded. Come on Mandy, the Cullen's. "They're fast, they are strong." Like the Cullen's. "They're cold, and hard." The Cullen's. "They… they have red hair." Nope, wrong direction. I shook my head, come on Mandy make the connection. The Cullen's, can't you see it?

She shrugged, "I don't know what you want me to say?"

"Who else do you know that has those… qualities?"

"I don't…" She stopped mid sentence as the door opened and in walked Dr. Cullen.

Shoot! They had noticed. I turned to him guiltily and backed into a corner. I felt terrible. I hadn't told his secret, but it still felt like I was somehow betraying him.

"It's okay," Dr. Cullen assured me. I exhaled with relief. He wasn't mad? "We think it's only fair if she knows." I suddenly had even more respect for Dr. Cullen than I had previously. He understood and cared enough to help.

His attention turned to Mandy.

"Mandy," he said walking to her. "What do you see?"

I could tell she didn't understand. "You," she replied, not sure if that was the answer he was looking for.

He nodded his head patently, "And what about me?"

She shook her head, still confused.

He gently picked up her hand in his.

She breathed in sharply at his touch, and then she seemed to begin to realize everything I had been trying to tell her.

She stopped breathing and sat there frozen in place. She just stared at him wide eyed. I didn't know what do to, but I wouldn't react until she did.

"Are you all?..." she whispered not able to finish the sentence.

He nodded.

"Are you afraid?" he asked, speaking the words I was thinking.

She shook her head, but the color was draining even more from her face.

"A question then?" he continued.

"Appetite?" she choked out.

He smiled. "We don't eat human's."

She continued to stare at him, not sure whether to believe him or not. "Is that possible?"

He laughed, "Very much so. We hunt and eat animals, kind of like humans do."

That helped her relax a little. She looked up at me to confirm the truth.

I nodded enthusiastically. He was making her understand everything I had tried to.

"And Bella?" She asked.

"Will need some time to adjust. She won't have complete control for about a year," he explained

"But that means…"

"No," Dr. Cullen finished for her. "It is too dangerous for you to see her until then."

Her expression saddened, she wanted to see her best friend before then.

She shivered with the chills. I wanted to walk to her and warm her, but felt it was the wrong time.

Dr. Cullen pulled his hand from hers realizing his cold touch was the cause of her shiver. She looked down at her hand and then to his. She had been squeezing it tighter ever since she had realized the truth of him and his family.

She looked up at him apologetically, but he pretended not to notice so as to not embarrass her. She seemed to forget that she couldn't hurt a vampire like that.

"Are you feeling okay?" he asked kindly.

She nodded, but she looked ill.

"Please do not fear us. We won't harm you," he assured.

I could see she believed him. Dr. Cullen was a good man. I was glad it was him in here, not that oversized bloodsucker.

"You're not a monster," She stated sincerely.

He smiled, but I could tell he only believed it to some degree. "I would like to think so," he said. He stood up and nodded to her politely. "Thank you for your understanding," he said before nodding to me and heading for the door.

I nodded back, truly thankful for what he had done.

She watched him leave the room and shut the door. She was staring like she had just seen a ghost, which was kind of ironic in a way.

I made my way to her, and smiled at her as if to ask if she was okay.

She nodded to me, answering my unspoken question. We had done this on a few occasions. It happened more often the closer we became. We could talk without talking and still understand each other perfectly. Silent communication. I had only experienced this with her being my imprint. We were much closer than I ever imagined we could be. It had all happened so quickly and in the midst of this war even. I never had loved someone so much in my life.

I wrapped my arms around her and she stood to hug me back.

"You are right Jacob," She said over my shoulder. "Things are the way they should be."

Right then I let her go, and turned my back to her with a hand on my head. She was wrong. We weren't as together as we could be. We needed to be married. It felt right. Because she was my imprint I knew exactly what she wanted from me, and I wanted it to. Things just wouldn't be right until we were married. "Not exactly Mandy," I said quietly.

"Wha… what do you mean?" she stammered, her voice shaking and sad.

I turned back to her exasperated. Why was she upset? What could she be thinking I meant?

"Mandy?" I whispered, worried.

"Who is she?" she choked.

That's what she was worried about? I laughed because it was so ridiculous. I would not, nor could not, love any other as much as I loved her.

By her expression she had taken the laugh the wrong way.

"No Mandy," I breathed. "There is no other girl, it is only you. It will only ever be you."

"Then what do you mean?" she asked, still not content with my answer.

"I…" I cleared my throat wishing I could do this better for her, but I didn't want to wait any longer, and she wouldn't understand my actions and words unless I told her. "Well I didn't want to do this right now, but I think I better so you understand."

I kneeled down in front of her, wishing I had a ring to show for it. She didn't seem to notice though.

Her eyes lit up in excitement.

"Amanda Taylor," I said, letting her beautiful name ring through the air. "Would you marry me?"

A wide smile spread across her face.

"Yes!" She screamed.

She threw herself at me, arms spread wide. I caught her in my embrace and we kissed. Our first kiss. It was amazing, I never wanted it to end. I hadn't pressured her into anything before. I loved her too much.

"I love you," she whispered.

"I love you more," I whispered back.

"Doubt it," she grunted.

I chuckled not believing it for a second. I squeezed her tighter, never wanting to let go.

A/N – Thanks to all my reviewers!