Everything in the room stopped. It seemed like everything went in slow motion. I sat there in the chair not breathing. I felt Sam's hand on my shoulder, he could sense my emotions. I noticed the blondish hair vampire was looking at me with narrowed eyes. Didn't Bella say his name was Jasper? All of a sudden I felt calm and his eyes seemed to lighten. I stared into his eyes and I could see the pain that I was feeling. He was sensing my emotions too. I growled at him, I don't like those nasty blood suckers messing with my emotions. His eyes narrowed more and he got a smirk on his face and I felt calm again. I could feel it come up my body, in waves.
I saw Bella move out of the corner of my eye and I drew my attention to her. She had the look of horror on her face. She was gasping for air, like she couldn't breathe. She was grabbing at her chest as if trying to rip out her heart. I jumped up and grabbed her in time. She had fainted. I was crying out her name and then I saw the vampires move. I growled deep in my chest. I felt Sam over me as I laid Bella on the floor.
When I looked up from my protective stance I knew who had moved. It was Dr. Cullen. He was standing with his hands in the air as a peace offering. Sam was standing beside me in a protective stance. He had his claws out but had not fully transformed. Both he and I could control our transformation more than the rest of the clan. I saw the blonde vampire standing to the right side of Dr. Cullen and the big brother was on the left side of him. Both in protective stance and their eyes were going from Bella, to me, to Sam and then back again. They were protective of Dr. Cullen and of Bella.
The blonde vampire caught my eye and he looked concerned. I groaned out loud and then Dr. Cullen spoke, "Please let me check Bella and make sure that she is okay. I just want to make sure that she just fainted. Please Jacob?"
My attention was still on the blonde. I nodded and then said, "Only you." I looked up at Dr. Cullen and he nodded. He touched both of his sons as saying it was okay. They both stood up and went back to the far wall.
Dr. Cullen walked over and kneeled down in front of me and whispered, "I'm going to check her heart rate and look at her eyes." I nodded and he did what he said. I started to stare at Bella angelic face. She looked so peaceful compared to what was on her face a few moments ago. I heard Dr. Cullen sigh and asked for one of his children to get his bag from the car. They were back in moments. He dug through his bag and pulled out a small little tube. I looked at the object and then looked at him. He whispered, "Its smelling salt. It will wake her out of this faint. Be ready though. Depending on what she was thinking before she passed out she might swing at you." I nodded. He snapped the little object and waved it in front of Bella's nose. The "smelling salt" as Dr. Cullen called it smelled horrible.
Bella gasped and sat up in a start. She grabbed her chest and started to sob. I grabbed her and hold her in my arms as she sobbed. She grabbed onto my shoulders and held on to me like her life depended on it. I closed my eyes and felt the warm tears run down my chest.
I heard them moving around me but I didn't care at the moment. I wanted to take away the pain. I heard a velvet voice speak beside me, "Let us help you Jacob. Let me help you calm her." The voice had a very southern drawl; I figured it was the blonde. I nodded my head and I felt Bella's sobs ease up. She started to sniffle and I felt her shift in my lap. I looked down at her and she was looking at someone. I looked off in the direction and it was the blonde vampire standing not to far from us. Bella whispered, "Thank you Jasper." I looked at the vampire and he smiled and cooed to her, "anytime darlin'!"
I saw Alice step forward, "Bella we need to move now and fast." I looked at her and Bella in confusion. Bella spoke, "what's going on Alice?" I looked back at Alice and if she could cry, it looked like she was going to. Alice sat down in the chair near us and spoke softly. "I saw Edward, Bella. He is going to Italy and he's going to the Volturi to ask them to end his life. I have already seen them talking to him about joining their ranks. After that, Edward is clouded. His decisions are all over the place. I don't understand why he didn't wait for us to call him." She put her head in her hands. Bella got off my lap and crawled over to Alice and started to soothe her.
I didn't understand what was going on. Dr. Cullen spoke then, "Looks like we are going to Italy. Jasper, please go home and grab clothes for you and Alice. I'll need you both with me. Emmett, you and Rosalie stay here and help the pack watch over Charlie while we are gone. Victoria is still roaming around here and I want Bella's dad to be fully protected. Esme, go with Jasper and get me a few things for the trip. I'll need you to stay here and arrange the trip for us. We have to get their in a hurry." As I watched everyone, the vampires that were assigned jobs nodded and left after Dr. Cullen told them all what to do.
"Sam, Jacob I need to speak to you for a moment," as Dr. Cullen looked down at Bella and Alice. "Alone," he motioned to the kitchen. I stood up and moved to the kitchen but not taking my eyes off of Bella. I stood in the doorway to where I could still see them. I sensed Sam beside me and the boys were at the door. Dr. Cullen was standing across from Sam with a sad expression.
"Sam, Jacob, as you can see this is a serious situation. I wanted to talk to you two in private because I see that Jacob and Bella have got close since we left. I wanted to ask if we would be aloud to take Bella with us." Fury, fear, and pain hit me at once and I glared at the doctor and growled, "Absolutely not!"
The atmosphere in the room changed again. Dr. Cullen was surrounded by the pack due to my response and then I saw Jasper in the doorway. Instantly we were calm. I snapped my head at the blonde vampire. His eyes came to mine and I saw the anger and strategy in them. He was a fighter. Nice to know, I thought. He smirked and said, "I guess I got back just in time. Everything is ready Carlisle." The doctor spoke again, "Please listen to me for a moment. Edward will not want to listen to us tell him that Bella is alive. He is going to think that we are just telling him that to save him." I growled, "He can read minds. He will know that you are telling the truth. You don't have to take Bella."
Carlisle sighed and continued, "Unfortunately he will think that we are all just thinking that to save him. He's not in the right state of mind Jacob, think about it. What if you left Bella to save her but you found out that she died? Sam came to tell you it was a lie...but you heard with your own ears that her father was a funeral, would you believe him?"
I stopped and thought about that for a moment. He was right; I wouldn't listen to anyone. I would only believe her. The confusion sank in, could I let her go save the guy that she loved and may still love? I heard movement to my right and when I looked up I saw Bella. Her eyes were red and she had tears streaked down her face. Her eyes met mine and she ran into my chest. I kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back.
"I need to know now Jacob," Carlisle spoke in a demanding voice. I looked over at him and Bella did the same. Her voice cracked and she whispered, "Need to know what?" No one said anything. Bella looked back at me and I met her eyes, "What's going on Jacob?" My heart dropped, she was already hurting. I didn't know if I could take anymore. "Dr. Cullen wants to take you to Italy to help save Edward." She cringed at his name and I continued, "They wanted to know if I would let you go to do that." She looked up at me in shock. I knew that something wasn't right.
She started to shake and her face got red. I saw Jasper move to get closer to her but the anger was too much. "So are you going to let me Jacob? Are you going to let me leave you to save him? How about you ask me? How dare any of you think that you have control over me? Don't even think about it Jasper!" She turned her eyes to him. The look on his face was pure sadness. She turned her fury back on me, "So Jacob what did you say? Am I aloud to leave you?" Her tone was pure acid and it burned my skin. I could see the tears building up.
"How about this Jacob," she hissed. I stood there still unable to speak or move. Her fury was so amazing and yet scary. "I'm going to make this easy for you Jacob. I'm going to go and save Edward. Hopefully by the time I return you have grown up some more. I'm nobodies slave, toy, or price. I can love anyone I want. I still love Edward. It's not the same now than it was before but he's still apart of me. This family is apart of me, if you can't accept that, then I guess this is good bye."
She turned and looked at Carlisle and said, "How soon we leave Carlisle?" He said, "As soon as you're packed. I'll write a note for your father explaining that you are with me." She nodded and started out of the kitchen. I grabbed her arm but she turned and glared at me. She pulled her arm out of my hand. She went up the stairs, tripping a couple of times because she was in a hurry. I followed her but she slammed the bedroom door in my face. I stood there until she opened it and I pushed her back in. I closed the door behind me and pulled her up against me.
She pushed herself away from me, not looking into my eyes. I breathed into her ear, "Look at me Bella." She shivered against me and I kissed her neck. She finally turned her head and looked me in the eyes. I stared into those beautiful brown eyes. "I love you Bella, and I trust you. If you feel you have to do this than do it. I don't know why Dr. Cullen was asking me permission and that's why I didn't answer. I don't know if he thought that I could be away from you and he wanted to make sure I wouldn't get pissed. Don't get me wrong I'm going to miss you every minute of the day." I leaned in closer to her mouth, "I'm going to miss your soft lips." I kissed them softly. "I'm going to miss your cheek, your jaw, your neck, your shoulder." I kissed every place I said as I got lower and lower. When I got to her breast I lightly squeezed and her eyes closed and she moaned. God, how I love that sound. I kissed her deeply making sure that she would remember me when she was away. I had to show her I loved her and that I trust her. That I would let her still be friends with him and his family.
There was a tap on the door and I heard a velvety voice on the other side, "Sorry but we really need to go and I can't see what's going to happen when you are around Jacob." Damn these vampires to hell. I sighed as did Bella. I helped her grab some clothes and threw them into her back bag.
We walked down the stairs hand in hand. I walked her to Dr. Cullen's car with Alice, Jasper in the back and Carlisle in the driver seat. I grabbed Bella by the hip and pressed her lower half into me. I put my other hand on the back of her neck and kissed her long and deep. She moaned into my lips. I pulled away and pressed our foreheads together. I looked deep into her eyes and I saw the fear, worried, sadness, love, lust, happiness. I didn't know it was possible for one person to have so many emotions in one's eyes. I sighed and whispered, "Please come back to me. I don't think I can live without you." She kissed me softly and said back, "I'll be back for you Jacob Black."
She got into the seat and I closed the car door. I watched the car peel away and saw my life leave me. I couldn't take this. I cried out with anger and pain. I transformed and followed the car to where my limits would allow me. I howled when I reached the border that I couldn't cross. She was gone.