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Bella POV.
The moment the door opened, my emotions took over, and propelled me to Jacob. I can't believe he's here! Why didn't he call me to let me know?!! My mind ran with various frantic questions as I clung to him, as if my life depended on it. I rained a few kisses over his face, letting him know that I was happy to have him here, because I couldn't find my voice at that moment to tell him.
"Wow there Bells! Happy to see me?" Jacob laughed into my ear as I squeezed his neck excitedly.
"Of course I am! How long can you stay for?" I asked eagerly as I looked back to his sunny smile.
"Only until tomorrow afternoon…I'll have to get back to work then." I frowned at his answer, wishing that he could stay longer.
"So…how's living life as a Koala treating you?" I saw the smirk on his face at his mocking question. I got the hint and let go of my tight grip on him, thankfully landing on my feet and not on my face.
I belatedly remembered that I'd rudely left Edward. I could feel myself blushing with embarrassment at being so impolite, hoping that he would forgive me. I looked around wildly, my eyes passing Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett, but not finding Edward.
"Alice…where's Edward?" I asked apprehensively, wringing my hands while the feeling of panic began to bubble within me.
I could hear Jacob bustling around behind me, shutting the door. I felt his warm hand squeeze my shoulder reassuringly as Emmett answered in an agitated voice, "He's in your room, probably feeling a little confused after you chucked yourself at that guy." I drew back slightly at the scorn in his voice, but made no attempt to correct him.
I headed to my door, which was now closed. I tried to open it, but realised that Edward had locked it from the inside. I called out to him a few times, but got no answer. I could feel my tears falling freely and silently down my face as I turned back to look at the living room.
I watched Rosalie smack Emmett on the back of his head and whisper urgently in his ear. Alice meanwhile came over to me and dragged me to the sofas while Jasper went to shake Jacob's hand and get him something to eat.
"Alice…what have I done wrong?" I asked in a confused voice as I sat down with Rosalie and her on either side of me.
"Nothing Bella…it's just Edward…you know he never really liked Jacob for some reason…" Alice kind words trailed off beside me as a looming figure made its way to crouch in front of me.
"I'm sorry…Rosalie told me about this Jacob guy…" I looked at Emmett's face to see him looking genuinely sorry. I gave him a weak smile of acceptance through my tears before he hauled me into a rib cracking hug.
A few minutes later, Jacob and I were alone, catching up in the living room. Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett had all headed out for breakfast, leaving Edward locked up in my room after no reply.
Edward POV.
The jealousy ran through me as if it were in my blood, latching itself onto my red blood cells, desperate to reach every part of my body. I lay on Bella's bed, listening to music on my I-Pod as loudly as it would go, trying to drown out everyone else and the images of what I just saw by concentrating on the music alone.
This isn't working…My mind told my heart who was currently beating painfully in my chest. As one song ended and another started, the silence let me hear Bella's pleads for a few seconds. I hit fast-forward to get the song going to sooner drown Bella's voice out. Those few seconds of hearing her pleading voice had brought on a new wave of agonising pain to go with the pain of jealousy.
It's just Jacob…she's begging me to open the door…why don't I? I love her…maybe I should have told her last night…maybe Jacob's here to split me and Bella up? Maybe its fate telling me that I should have let Bella know how I felt about her sooner… My thoughts ran panicked and speculative as the music droned on in my ears.
Another wave of banging on the door caused me to pause my music. I turned it straight back on, ignoring Alice's desperate plea of asking me to come out and join them for breakfast down the road. I realised that I actually felt quite queasy after the emotional onslaught of the last few minutes, and breakfast probably wouldn't be a good idea anyway.
Ten minutes later, it finally dawned on me that Jacob and Bella were alone, probably in the living room. If I want to gauge how their relationship is at the moment…maybe I just overreacted…all I have to do is turn off my music and eavesdrop…I told myself, and then did just that.
I quietly got off the bed and sat myself near the door. I kept a little distance between myself and the door just in case someone would be cleaver enough to notice my shadow under the door and realise that I was listening in.
My heart beat erratically with nervousness as I heard their voices quite clearly.
"I'm so happy that you're here and that you've told me everything" I picked up the tone of relief in her voice which clearly backed up her words.
"Yeah…me too, I feel like a great weight's been lifted off my shoulders…I'm just really sorry about Edward…" I cringed at the cheeriness in his voice, and then growled as silently as possible when I heard his pathetic pitying tone at the end.
"Mmmm, he'll get over it…it's not like we've done anything wrong…I love you, he should have realised that by now." I sat mouth agape as I heard Bella's voice from the other room. The brusque sound to her voice cut into me along with her disregard for me and the mocking of my apparent ignorance of her love for him.
"I love you too Bells"
There was silence for a few seconds while my heart silently shattered like glass into a thousand tiny pieces inside my chest, painfully impaling my insides with the jagged remains, leaving the pain in my heart to seep out freely. They love each other! My mind screamed in disbelief, causing my mind to pound painfully.
"So what did Billy say about the wedding?" My mind began to swim at her words. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Married? No way…they're talking about someone else. I reasoned with myself.
"Ohhh Bells, you should have been there! The look on his face…and Charlie's! They looked so happy!" I could just imagine him, smiling at her, bursting with happiness at his declaration.
"You should have got a picture! I'd have loved to have seen it…seeing as it was such a big moment for the both of us…I'm sorry that I wasn't there." She sounded so disappointed at the end, I began to wonder if she really hated being here and longed to be at home with him.
"Shhhh Bella…its alright! You'll get to see them with the same looks on their faces again on the big day!"
"I will wont I!" I could hear the smile in her voice as she said this in a mock speculative voice.
I absently realised that I'd slipped to lie on the floor. I was laying a little way from the door, heart broken after the revelation of the marriage. How could it be anyone's but Bella and Jacobs? He mentioned how happy Charlie and Billy were and how she'd see them just as happy again on the big day. I got up and sprawled my body messily over the bed, then sighed heavily, which I realised was a mistake…it only made my chest hurt even more.
I closed my eyes and shut my mind off the best I could from the pain and the bursts of the conversation that my mind was regrettably recollecting at random intervals. I put turned the I-Pod back on again and curled up, hugging my chest to try and stop the aching pain that kept its tiresome onslaught on me.
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How could some of you not realise that it was Jacob?!?! What did you think of BxJ's convo!? Shocking aint it! ;)
P.S. Breaking Dawn release date will be announced tomorow! 7th of Feb!!
Also...been doing some reading lately- Wuthering Heights! My God! It's seriously moved me to tears! Way better than what I remembered it from the film! (Got Jayne Eyre too…another of my faves…me a happy chappy!!!- sorry i got a little excited...i loves my books!!)