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Chapter Six, Jake

Bella came by and picked me up, after the 'hellos' we then sat in silence as Bella drove slowly along the roads to the Cullen house. Bella looked nervous. Perhaps a little angry. I could understand that; how could they treat someone the way they did? I'd say it was becoming vampires that did it, but Bella is still good with humans. If anything happened in the future though, I'd be there to knock sense into her, as she would for me. I suppose it could be being immortal (basically) that does it and that mine and Bella's differences will keep us together. Hopefully.

I don't want to turn into someone I won't recognise in the future. I think that's what happened with the Cullen's, or, at the very least Edward. Listening to Bella talk about them, to me when she had to cope without them and then to the kids once she found out they understood hasn't made me like them, but I can't hate them. Not even Edward.

The Cullens are what makes me say 'Hopefully,' in the case of Bella and I keeping each other sane. It sounds as though all the others except Edward and Carlisle (who isn't like the normal vampire is anyway), have always had someone. Edward, even with family must have felt separate. I don't think I'm like him. I don't want to be like him, but imagining a century by myself while my family has connections with a partner helps me empathise slightly with him. Especially with the whole... fiasco? ...I think that describes it... anyway, the fiasco with my imprint.

Seriously.

I'm sooo dead.

This Jasper guy isn't going to help; Bells told me he could feel emotions.

As much as I want the triplets to have family, I'm weary of what they can do. Of what they did do to Bella. She was a mess; and while that turned out to be a good thing in getting her out of town and faking her death because of the Vamp-babies, it wasn't a good thing because my best friend (who at the time I fancied myself in love with), was in love with a leech and had his kids on the way and was distraught and hated the fact they'd grow up without a father.

Bella didn't want that. She was absent from her father's life so much that she knew she didn't want that for her kids. This thought probably grew when Masen looked so much like Him. Bella doesn't like hurting anyone and I think she felt she'd be hurting the kids if they didn't know the Cullens, (which is true for immortals, I suppose, you're bound to run into someone who knows someone who'll tell the people you don't want to know); and that she'd be hurting the Cullens if they didn't know the kids.

I feel for the kids, not for Them.
But that's Bella for you.

All too soon we were sitting in their driveway.

"Masen didn't look too pleased," I said as we sat.
"Masen?" Bella asked.
"Mmhm. He was looking out the window as we drove past.

"Oh. He isn't sure," She explained; then paused. "Actually, I'm pretty sure he's totally against this in some ways. Seeing the other two so excited and me telling him that nobody was taking them away from me or ever stopping them from visiting anyone helped. He does want to meet them just-" She cut off and shrugged.
"He's like you. He looks like... his dad, acts quite a bit like you though, Little Miss 'Others Happiness First.'"

She just gave me a look, then glanced back at the seemingly empty house. That's when I saw a brief flicker of movement through an upstairs window.
"Well, they're home,"
"Someone's home," Bella and I said in unison.

I gave her a wolf grin and hopped out as she gave herself a moment longer before getting out; just as a flash of colour ran at her.

Note 1: Thankyou for returning after my break, and my apologies for the length of said break. Hello to new readers!

Note 2: Short, but I wished to go into Jasper and Alice. I'm still not sure how it will go. I wanted a very short section for Jake first though.

Note 3: Updated a little with more thoughts from Jake, What do people think?