Who put the words in your head? Oh, how wrong we were to think that immortality meant never dying.
Our Lady of Sorrows—My Chemical Romance

"Love is forever," I echoed.

We lapsed into a comfortable silence after that. Eventually I sat myself down on the concrete, and lay on my back, looking up at the stars again. I felt Laurent sit down next to me, but neither of us said a word.

After about a half hour or so, Alice and Emmett came out to join us. I offered them both a weak smile, and Alice came to lie down next to me. Emmett took a seat next to Laurent. All of our eyes were fixated on the sky.

It wasn't until sunrise until anyone spoke up again.

"Let's play a game," Emmett said, jumping up, and clapping his hands together once. "It's like somebody died around here."

Laurent snorted. "No pun intended, huh?"

"Uh, yeah..." Emmett replied, momentarily defeated. But, like I said, only momentarily, it was Emmett after all. A few seconds later, he was bouncing on his toes again. "Alright, so, can we play a game or not?"

I raised an eyebrow, "I don't think anyone here is in a game mood."

Emmett huffed, "Come on guys," he said. "We can't just sit here. Who knows when they're coming back? We gotta do something to get our minds off of things."

"Like what, Emmett?" Alice sighed, sitting up, and folding her arms over her chest. "We're in the middle of a freaking war. We can't just run and play baseball in the middle of a tragedy."

He shrugged. "What did Shakespeare do in the midst of his tragedies?"

"Have the main characters kill themselves?" Laurent replied.

"No!" Emmett retorted, as he stood up. His face turned thoughtful for a moment, and he added "Well, actually yes. But, that's not what I'm getting at."

"What are you getting at, Emmett?" I asked, annoyed. Killing myself was the only thing that could keep my mind off Edward, not that it was an option or anything.

"Comedic relief!" he replied, throwing his arms in the air.

Alice raised her eyebrows. "Uh huh…" she said.

He groaned impatiently, "Fine," he snapped, sitting back down on the floor. "Be that way. I was just trying to lighten the mood…"

"Great job, pal" Laurent rolled his eyes.

Emmett's eyes narrowed. "I don't see you trying to help at all."

"Yes," Laurent replied. "Because pretending as if nothing is wrong is going to help…"

"Shut up," Alice said, rolling her eyes. "You're both being immature."

Laurent folded his arms over his chest. "He started it,"

I couldn't help but burst out laughing. I ended up having three pairs of eyes staring curiously at me.

"Laurent," I said, finally stopping the laughter. "You just proved Alice's point."

Emmett snorted, "Ha, ha." He chuckled. "You got in trouble."

I glowered at him, "You too,"

"Ha, ha," Laurent mocked. "You got in trouble, too."

All of a sudden, the door behind us opened, and closed. I heard the squeaking of the bolts that were way overdue for an oiling, and I jumped. I turned around, expecting to see Edward. Instead, I saw Jacob.

"Dog!" Laurent growled. "What are you doing here?"

"Where's Edward?" I asked instantly.

"…and Rosalie?" Emmett added.

Alice's eyes widened, "and Jasper!"

"They're still at the cabin," Jacob answered, shooting Laurent a glare, a late reaction to referring to him as 'dog' "I came to speak to Bella,"

"You're not being left alone with her," Emmett snapped.

Alice scoffed, "First you attack her, and now you want to talk? Somehow I doubt that's all you plan on doing."

I gulped. Jacob wouldn't, would he? After all, he hadn't intended on hurting me today, I jumped in front of Edward, his real target. Then again, that wasn't much better.

"Leave," Laurent demanded, "You're not wanted here."

Jacob narrowed his eyes. "Bloodsuckers disgust me," he spat. "You think you're so much better then everyone else. Let me tell you something, you're not."

Laurent shrugged. "Your disgust is most certainly reciprocated," he retorted. "Filthy dog…"

Jacob's face brought the phrase, 'staring daggers' to my mind.

"That means 'I hate you too,'" Alice added. "Sorry, Laurent must have carelessly forgotten about your small brain capacity for a moment."

Emmett threw his head back to laugh. "OOO!" he grinned. "Need some ice for that burn? I'm sure it STINGS!"

Jacob growled, and folded his hand into a fist. Before anyone could say anything, he was swinging his hand at Alice's face. Before he could hit her however, Emmett held up his hand, and caught Jacob's fist, only a few inches from Alice's nose.

"Nice try," Emmett growled. "But you never hit a lady,"

"Lady?" Jacob scoffed, "You have to be human to be considered a lady."

"Guys," I said with a sigh. "You guys are being pathetic. Edward, Jasper, Rosalie, and our parents are out there with wolves, and we don't know when they will be back, and you're sitting there, fighting like little children."

"Uh, Bella," Alice interjected.

"I'm not done!" I snapped. "And Emmett, I appreciate you trying to help and all, but comedic relief is certainly not going to help right now. And fighting with Laurent certainly isn't going to solve anything."

Laurent rolled his eyes, "Bella,"

"And there is no reason for you," I pointed to Laurent, "to snap at Emmett like that. He was just trying to help. Just because it didn't help," Emmett frowned, "doesn't mean you have a right to speak to him like that."

Emmett sighed, "Bella, seriously…"

"And you!" I glowered at Jacob, pointing at him accusingly. "Jacob, I don't know what you're doing here, but you are certainly not welcome. Especially since it seems you have only come to insult our family. I want to know where Edward, and his siblings are, and I want to know now!"

"BELLA!" All three of them shouted.

I groaned, "WHAT!?"

"Bella," a voice said from behind me. "You need to be a bit nicer to my siblings. After all, they're going to be your family too, soon."

My eyes widened, and I spun around. My eyes were met with Edward and his family, watching us with very amused looks on their faces. I immediately launched myself into Edward's arms. He caught me easily, but I heard him gasp in pain, and step backwards.

He carefully set me back on the ground, and my breath hitched in my chest when I actually got a good look at him.

Edward and the rest of his family really looked like they had been ambushed. Their clothes had been ripped, their bodies scratched. They were covered in mud. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought I was looking at the victims of an explosion of some kind.

Noticing my gaping, he said, "You can thank your pal Jacob."

My eyes grew, and I turned to meet Jacob's eyes. "YOU MONSTER," I shouted. "HOW COULD YOU!? I WAS ATTACKED! IT WASN'T THE CULLEN'S FAULT! HOW COULD YOU ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS TO MY FAMILY!?"

A cold hand touched my shoulder. "Bella," I heard Esme say, "He meant that you can thank Jacob for our return."

If it would have been possible, my face would have paled. "What…?" I said softly.

Emmett had wrapped an arm around his wife, and he was picking her up gently. "Yeah, what?" he asked, just as confused as I was.

Alice looked distraught, and Jasper was running his fingers through her short pixy hair, talking to her in a hushed tone.

"They had planned on attacking," Rosalie explained. "But Jacob stopped them. He said that the treaty on our side was broken a long time ago, when he told Bella the legends in the first place. Even though he didn't know they were true at time, he still had wolf in his blood, and he was still bound by the treaty."

I blinked. "But," I said softly. "But you just said that we disgusted you. Why would you bother helping us? I'm not complaining. I'm just… confused."

"I still care about you, Bella." He replied shrugging. "I may hate what you are, and who you hang around with, but I don't hate you. I could never hate you."

Edward stood behind me, and wrapped his arms around my waist from behind. "Whatever the reason," He said. "You made it so I could come home to my Bella. And for that, I thank you."

Jacob nodded once. "We won't be bothering you again," he said. "Our pack will be returning to Washington. We won't tell anyone that we saw you. You can return to hiding in peace."

"Thank you, Jacob," I whispered, still partly in shock.

"Bye Bells," he said, offering me a small smile.

I returned the smile, "Goodbye Jake."

With that, my family and I watched in silence as Jacob trudged back into the forest. Jacob Black had saved us that night, and I would never forget my old friend, not even in a million years.

"Let's go inside Bella," Edward's voice made me pull my eyes away from the forest.

I nodded, and took one last glance at the trees. Jacob Black was no longer a part of my life. He was part of my past, a part of the life I left behind when I came to Denali in the first place. When I walked inside with Edward that night, it became official that I had abandoned that life entirely. From that moment on, it was just Edward and I, along with his family, and perhaps Laurent, for the rest of eternity. Nothing remained of my human life, except for a few memories that would soon fade.

I was immortal, with an immortal love, and immortal family, and an immortal best friend.

This was the true meaning of bliss.