A/N: So sorry it took so long to update! My summer has been crazy! I am out of town right now, but my dad brought his laptop, so all is right with the world. I would like to thank my sister for being my temporary beta while we are out of town and I can't get the chapter to my usual Beta, Global Conquest-er. Thanks ILikeSparklyVampires1901!
BPOV
I was sitting on the top of some mountain, I don't even know where. I couldn't think about what had happened with everyone trying to "comfort" me. They mean well, but I needed to think, not get my mind off it with, shudder, shopping like what Alice wanted to do. So I ran away. Not the best way of dealing with this, but the only way I could think of. It was times like these when my power came in handy.
I could run twice as fast as any other vampire, hear twice as well, I am twice as strong, ect. I could also control those powers that deal with the mind. Carlisle has a theory, when I was human, I could block powers from my mind, now I can control them. They can't through unless I want them to, so I'm still safe there. Edward was ecstatic when he found out that he would be able to read my mind if I let him. Not so happy when he found out I could stop him from reading everyone else's minds…but he can deal with it.
But that's beside the point. I thought back to what happened before I left.
Jacob looked like he had been hit with a ton of bricks. After a few minutes he seemed to get control of himself and turned to glare at Edward.
"Don't look at Edward like that, Jacob. He wasn't even there when I was changed." I said.
"Then who changed you?" He snarled, turning his glare to me.
"I did." Alice stepped forward. This wouldn't end well.
"But it was my choice, Jacob. She offered and I accepted. It's what I want, the only way I can be happy." What was the big deal, anyways? I know to any normal person, this would pretty weird, but he is a werewolf! This shouldn't be weird to him, right? Jacob's face softened for a brief moment before turning back to that hard mask I hated so much. He ignored me and turned to face Alice instead.
"You broke the treaty, leech. This means war." He turned to me with an apologetic look for just a second, I couldn't be sure that I wasn't imagining things, and then he was gone. Quil and Embery quickly followed.
"What treaty? What does he mean, war?" I asked. Edward explained to me that werewolf's and vampires were mortal enemies. The made a treaty with Jacob's pack the first time they came to Forks saying that they couldn't go on Quileute land and they couldn't bite a human, they made a great deal of stressing the word 'bite' not kill. If they broke this treaty, the Quileute pack would kill them.
That's how I ended up here. Thinking about what I was going to do about this treaty. Once again, it was all my fault. I couldn't let Jacob and the pack kill my family, but I couldn't fight them, either.
Without reaching a conclusion, I started to head back. I had been gone for a few hours and Edward must be worried sick right now. With my speed, I got back in a couple of minutes. Edward pulled me into an embrace as soon as I walked through the door.
"Where were you, Bella? You have no idea how worried I was," he said, sounding exasperated.
"I'm sorry. I just needed to think for a while. I didn't mean to worry you." I looked up at him from under my lashes, attempting to dazzle him. It seemed to work, because he gave me one, chaste kiss before sighing and letting me go.
"Please don't disappear like that again. You're too fast, even I can't catch you," he said as he gave me my favorite crooked smile. "Now let's go find the rest of the family, we need to talk about what we are going to do," his smile dropped, as did mine. We headed into the living room to find the rest of the family already seated. Edward sat down and pulled my onto his lap before Carlisle started to speak.
"Well, now that we are all here," I suddenly found my hands to be very interesting and just stared at them, "we can discuss how we are going to handle the current situation. I think that at this point the best option is just to leave. That way we don't have to fight the wolves. The downside of this option: we would have to find somewhere else to go, not incredibly difficult, and there is always the chance that the wolves will find us," We were all quiet for a moment before Emmett decided to break the silence.
"I say we just fight them, they are nothing compared to us!"
"No! There has to be another way!" I pleaded with them. I turned to Edward, "Please."
"She's right, Carlisle. Why don't we just talk to them? Maybe we can work something out," Edward said.
"They won't listen to us. They hate us. We should send Bella. I'm sure those mutts will listen to her. She was their friend," Jasper suggested. I flinched at the past tense word was.
"No, I won't let Bella go alone, they could kill her!" Edward replied, gritting his teeth.
"Edward, I can do this. They won't hurt me, and if they try, I'll just run away. There's no way they would be able to catch me." I attempted to dazzle him again. I seemed to be getting good at that, because he agreed.
"Fine, but you will have a phone with you at all times. If they get out of hand, you call me immediately, and you run if they so much as look threateningly at you, understand?" he said. I smiled at him.
"Yes, I understand. Thank you, Edward!" I hugged him tightly.
"Bella…a little too…tight…"Edward managed to get out.
"Oops, sorry," I said as I let him go. I kept forgetting that I was stronger than him now. I had only been a vampire for about a month now, and was still getting used to my new strength, not to mention the extra strength that my power allowed. Emmett burst out laughing but immediately stopped once he received a glare from Edward.
"All right, now that that is decided, Bella, do you think that you will be able to follow Jacob's scent?" Carlisle asked. I nodded. "Good, now when you find them, you are going to ask if there is any way that they can overlook this, or if there is anything we can do to make up for it. Have you got that?" he asked. I nodded again. "OK, whenever you are ready, you can leave.
Suddenly, Edward and I where the only two in the room. Edward handed me a cell phone that I put in my pocket.
"Please promise to be careful, Bella. I just got you back, I don't want to lose you again," he whispered.
"I promise," I whispered back before kissing him. I stood up and smiled at him one more time before running out the door.
I could smell Jacob instantly. I followed it for about twenty minutes before the smell got stronger. I came to the source of the smell and found a hotel. As soon as I got within the distance that they could smell me as well, Sam and Jacob stepped outside. Jacob grimaced slightly before putting on that hard mask again. Sam's face never faltered as he started to speak.
"What do you want, Bella?" Sam asked. I took a deep, unneeded breath before answering.
"I want to know if there is any way to avoid a confrontation with you and the pack." I spoke in a small voice, afraid of saying the wrong thing. Jacob sighed.
"Bella, they broke the treaty, making you a bloodsucking leach like them. Do you have any idea what that means?" he started out softly, but by the time he was done, he was growling. Sam looked at him and he took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
"I know about the treaty, and what the punishment for breaking it is, but I can't let you kill my family. You have to know that they didn't force this upon me. I chose this. I'm asking you as a friend, please just let us be." I looked at Jacob with a pleading look.
"Bella…" he started, but Sam cut him off.
"There are no exceptions. If we let this pass, who knows how many others will be turned as well? I'm sorry, Bella, but there's nothing I can do." He gave me one, apologetic look and walked back inside. If I could have cried, I would have then. I looked up to see Jacob right in front of me.
"Bella, stay with us. This isn't your fault, no matter how hard they try to delude you into thinking so. They changed you. We can keep you safe, I can keep you safe. Please, Bella." He looked so sad, the hard mask gone. I looked down again before I spoke.
"But, Jacob, I did choose this. This is all I have wanted for a long time now. Alice came back and told me that Edward still loved me, and did I still want to become a vampire? I couldn't pass that up, Jacob. I love him, and this is the only way that we can be together. Please help me. I can't survive without them, without him." I looked up at him, pleading.
"I'll…talk to Sam-"
"Oh, thank you Jacob!" I threw my arms around him, being careful not to use my strength; I smiled at the memory of this afternoon with Edward.
"Bella, I'm not promising anything. I said I'll talk to him, I didn't say he would listen. I'll try, though. And Bella, if you ever change your mind, come back to La Push. My door is always open to you." He smiled at the end. I smiled back at him.
"Thanks, Jake, but I don't think the other wolves would be too happy with a vampire around." His smile faltered for a second at the word, then got bigger than before.
"I'm sure they could get used to the smell after a while, you'd just have to stay downwind most of the time." We laughed together, and it felt like old times, with my Jacob.
"Thank you." I said before giving him another hug.
"S'ok. And Bella, you're always welcome in La Push. Come visit me sometime."
"No problem, Jake. See you later." I pulled away.
"Yeah, later," he agreed. I started running then, elated with the happiness I was feeling over my talk with Jake. There might not be a problem with the wolves, I can still see my best friend, and I was on my way to see Edward. I smiled and headed home.