Chapter 2.

I was Happy. For I was with Edward, and Jacob was there too. That was weird they hated each other. But They didn't seem to mind each other, I must be dreaming. There was no Victoria in my dream. That reaffirmed my point that it was a very good dream indeed. We were all round the bonfire in La Push, the pack was there and the Cullens were there too..... That was odd. It was raining. I felt the splatters on my face and went to wipe them away but there was something cold and smooth around my wrist.
"Bella!" Alice said, as if noting me of her presence.
"Alice?" I was confused. She pulled me up by the shoulders very gently, to sit up.
"Oh Bella" She said very disapprovingly. "I told you that if you went into the forest and you didn't listen to me! How are we supposed to keep you safe if you don't help us a little?" She didn't know. Oh no! I suddenly remembered the fight, and how Edward had lost... It seemed inconcieveable to me and to say It aloud would be admitting that it was real.
"Um Alice...." I started, unable to continue. I started to cry, I must really look even more pathetic now. I had looked horrendous outside the tent this morning after the night camping with Edward and Jake. What a night it had been...
"Alice, Edward... Victoria came and.... Seth.. he tried..." I gave up when the sobbing became uncontrollable.
"Bella, come here" and with this she wrapped her red scarf around my neck and put her jacket around me. The red scarf. Victoria had never been here. The flashes of red were Alice...
This meant there was still a chance, that Seth Clearwater might be alright. Alright as you could be when you went head to head with a vampire that is.
"Alice, Victoria found us, she thought I'd be with Edw... Edward and... He fought her and he... lost"
Alice looked at me knowingly. She knew... her brother was dead.
"Bella, Seth Clearwater communicated to the pack after Victoria left that Edward was in pieces... Carlisle is putting him back together as we speak. Bella, Edward is alright."
Edward was fine! Seth was fine! I sighed, relieved that they were all little more durable than I was...
"Can I see him? Is the fight over?" I said, a little too quickly.
"The fight is over. Victoria fled, she knew that she was losing. Sam and Jacob took off following her but she hit the water and she's gone."
"So Jake's okay?" I was relieved. If my infallible Vampire boyfriend could be hurt, then my human, teenage best friend could really be hurt.
"Yes Bella, Jacob Black is fine" She comforted my fears, but there was apprehension in her voice. She must have seen my face, which was giving me away.
"I tried not to Bella, but I'm sorry" Alice looked so guilty. Her pixie-like features were creased with anxiety.
"What?" I said suspiciously as I narrowed my eyes.
"I may have overheard the um... conversation between you and Jacob this morning...."
"Alice! How could you!" Great. Just fabulous. Now my dirty laundry was being aired to the Cullens and the pack.
Damn Vampire and Werewolf super Hearing.
"Well, you weren't quiet and Oh! Bella how could you!" she looked so frustrated. But she was right to criticise me. She was the only one that had!
"Oh Alice! How could I have gone all of this time in the dark? Why?" I started crying again.
"Shhh... Bella it is going to be alright. We can go and see Edward soon".
"I don't want to yet. I don't want him to see me like this".

But I shouldn't be crying. I was like Kathy from Wuthering Heights, except neither one of my options were evil, nor cruel. I had to choose between two people that I loved. There was Edward, Whom I had pledged to marry. And then he would turn me into a Vampire. I could be with him forever. But the lion and the lamb wasn't the conventional love story. Jake was right... you never do see the fish trying to kiss the eagle. Fish Kiss Fish and the eagles, well they stick within their own species too...

Jacob was my personal sun. He had loved me enough to pick up the pieces after Edward had left. He always did what I wanted to do and he never held back, he just told me what he was thinking, even if I didn't want to hear it.
If I chose Edward, there would be no more Bella the Klutz, with two left feet who could trip on even ground.
There would be a graceful, beautiful Vampire.
If I chose Jacob, Nothing would really change, in the best way possible. I could go to college, live with Charlie, visit Renee and Just be Bella.
I was awakened from my thoughts by Alice, who was pulling me to my feet.
"What are we doing? Is it safe for me to go out?" I hoped that I could feel safe again. Although with Victoria still Alive, that was unlikely.
"They are just getting rid of the evidence, and then we can go back into the clearing......" Alice trailed off and her eyes glazed over...
It seemed like forever until her eyes focused again... And when they did she looked at me in horror.
"Oh No! Bella come quickly!" she said, wrestling me onto her back, and before I could object, we were flying through the woods, and I closed my eyes, desperately hoping that we wouldn't hit the trees.
Soon enough, she put me down and I opened my eyes. We were back in the clearing and everyone was gathered into two loose circles. The Cullen's and The Pack.
I saw Edward first, he looked at me apologetically and then he pinched his nose, something he only did when he was stressed or annoyed. I looked down at my feet awkwardly. He would be apologising into the next decade.
"Bella, love?" He asked, as if checking to see that it was me.
I rushed over to him and hugged him. I shivered. Even in Alice's coat over my own, I was freezing.
"Bella, I'm so sorry. Words cannot explain how upset I am with myself. I was meant to be looking after you and I failed."
He hung his head in shame.
"Oh Edward, It's not your fault, I shouldn't have made you stay. I blackmailed you into it and it's my fault that you got hurt."
"Love, no. Victoria was mine..." He said harshly.
He stepped away, and I searched for Jake. But as far as I could see, Sam and Jake were still chasing Victoria.
"Bella, you need to stay behind me" Edward said reassuringly. I looked around. The Pack was gone...
"Why?" I said suspiciously.
"Bella" Alice intervened. "I'm sorry I should have seen it earlier, but the Volturi, they decided that it was finally time to intervene".
"How much time do we have Alice?" Carlisle asked.
"Not long now, they should come through the clearing from the North in two minutes". Alice said precisely, as they started forming a protective semicircle around me.
"Why did the pack go?" I turned to Alice and Edward looked a little offended that I hadn't asked him.
"The Volturi do not honour truces with werewolves..." Esme said, as she hugged me.
"But don't worry about a thing sweetie..."
"Thirty seconds!" Alice screeched.
But before expected, shapes emerged. But it was all wrong! They were coming from the south. Before I could see, Esme whispered, "Oh no..."
And then I saw the Midnight Black wolf and the Russet wolf came trudging into the clearing.
"Carslile, get them out of here! They are just children!" Esme screeched, worriedly.
"It's too late, look..." Carlisle gestured towards the right, where the all too familiar hooded figures were filing in.

A/N: Thank-you all for reading! Pretty Please review!
PS. I promise plenty of Volturi in the next chapter! And If you have any snarky comments I could use for Jane (!!!) it would be muchly appreciated Also I would love some fantastic blonde jokes, Jane and Rosalie may just have a catfight!
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