A/N-Finally back with an update sorry it took so long but I have a baby now and updating seems to be impossible.

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Chapter 3

A Broken Pack

It had been two months since the battle between the Cullen's and Victoria's army. I hadn't spoken to Edward since he had come into my bedroom the day I broke up with him. I figured that with Edward it was best to let him approach me. Jacob and I were still as happy as the day when I choose him. We were together almost everyday. I did however take Charlie's advice and I hung out with Angela and Alice at least one a week.

I was in the kitchen cooking dinner for Charlie. "So how was seeing Alice today? It's not weird between the two of you is it?" Charlie had always liked Alice, it was just Edward that he didn't like. I knew that he was happy that we had kept our friendship in tact with Alice.

I smiled. "It was fun. We just watched movies together. Alice told me that she didn't want mine and Edward's break up to affect our friendship when we first broke up. She assured me that our friendship would continue even after Edward and I broke up." I paused for a second. "She did ask about you a bit. I think she misses seeing you as much as she used to."

"Well, why don't you invite her over for dinner next week?" Charlie suggested.

"Maybe, but I was thinking maybe for a movie night? The Cullen's are pretty big on dinner together every night." I lied. I didn't want the awkwardness of Alice coming over for dinner and not eating anything or putting her in the position to have to eat something that tasted like dirt to her.

Charlie and I sat down and ate dinner. When Jacob and I first started dating, I was never home except to cook dinner for Charlie. But I realized that he wasn't happy about that. He never came out and told me that, but I could tell. I wanted Charlie to still have a meal with me. The two days I set aside for Alice and Angela were always spent with Charlie on dinner. But I had also made it a point to leave Jacob early or invite him over for dinner.

Charlie was really excited still about Jacob and I being together. He always told me that he thought Jake was a healthier choice for me. He said that it had always seemed like Edward and I were obsessed with each other. With Charlie being a cop I knew that he had seen obsession take a wrong turn. I excused myself and went to my room to do homework. When I got there Jacob was waiting on my bed with his arms rested behind his head.

"Hey beautiful," He greeted me. I smiled and went over and kissed him lightly on the lips. With that I walked and grabbed my bookbag. It was still odd being able to kiss and show affection with Jacob. He didn't have to worry about restraining himself. "What are you gonna work on?"

"I have loads of spanish and trig." I frowned. They were my two least favorite subject. I was really struggling with spanish.

"Ay caramba." Jacob said with a grin. Jacob was still as cute as ever. He still said and did the cutest things and made me feel great all the time. But even with the mushy side, he was still the Jacob I had always loved.

I sat down with Jacob and started on my homework. I was in the middle of figuring out the translation for a sentence when I heard Jacob growl. I looked up and I saw Edward standing next to the window. Edward was in a stance as if ready to fight if Jacob was to attack.

"Didn't you get the hint? Bella doesn't want you!" I heard Jacob growl. Edward stared at him with the coldest look I had ever seen on his face.

"There are bigger things going on right now." He hissed at Jacob.

"Edward...whats going on?" I asked. I stood up automatically because I already knew the answer.

He looked down. "Bella, Aro has made the decision. They will be here in two weeks."

"What do you mean made a decision?" Jacob asked. I stared at Edward. I wanted so desperately for Edward to tell me that he was kidding. But I knew that Edward wouldn't joke about something this severe. "What is going on Bella?"

I looked at Jacob. "Jake...the Volturi-"

"Volturi?" He asked.

"They're like royalty." Edward said. "More like police officers, they make sure that all vampires follow the rules and there aren't many, just one. We must keep our existence from the humans."

"What does that have to do with her?" Jacob asked impatiently.

"When I went to Italy to save Edward, the Volutri found out that I knew and they decided that I am a liability unless I am turned into a vampire." I said slowly and carefully.

Jacob's nose flared with anger. "No, I will not let you become one of them." He said quickly.

"Jacob, I don't want to be a vampire. I want to be with you." I assured.

"Okay well what does all this mean?" He asked again.

I couldn't bring myself to tell Jacob that vampires were coming to kill me. I looked at Edward and gave him a pleading look. I knew that Edward had to tell him, because I didn't think that I could hurt Jacob by saying the words.

"Aro, the leader of the Volturi made the decision to come check if Bella is a vampire. When they see that she is not..." He looked down. "They will kill her."

"No! I won't let them. I won't let them hurt her, or even near her."

Edward looked at Jacob like he was the stupidest person on this earth. "Listen mutt, you won't be able to protect her. The volturi are very powerful and they outnumber you. They will kill you and Bella."

Jacob sat down. "This is all your fault." He looked at Edward. "If you hadn't left her in the first place..."

"Jacob, this isn't the time." I said softly. "We have to leave."

He stared at me for a moment. "What about Charlie? My dad?" Jacob asked.

"Jacob you don't have to come...I just assumed-"

"Don't be stupid Bella, you know I'm coming with you." I looked down. "But what are we going to tell them?"

"We don't have to tell them anything...we can just leave. We can tell Billy, but what can we tell Charlie? We can't tell him anything without putting him in danger." I reasoned.

"We need to warn Sam. I have to have his permission to leave." Jacob said.

"Bella...I want to come with you. I can stay in contact with Alice and she can give us updates on what is going on. And they may not send the entire Volturi at first. I think that whoever is first sent, Jacob and I can defeat them." Edward said.

"No!" Jacob instantly said. "I will not have you around trying to get Bella back."

Edward gave him a cold stare down. "Listen, this is bigger than us...like I said earlier. Bella will need as much protection as she can get. With both of us with her it will somewhat ensure that she is guaranteed to survive for a little while."

"What are you saying?" I asked. "Are you saying that its useless for me to run? That they will eventually catch up and kill all of us? If that is the case I will stay right here. I will not let you two die to try and save me, if I can't be saved."

"We can save you. Together Jacob and I can protect you." Edward said. He went to take a step towards me but realized what he was doing and stopped.

Jacob walked over to me and wrapped an arm around my waist. "I won't let them hurt you Bells. I promise." He kissed my cheek and looked at Edward. "I will allow you to help us."

I looked at Jacob and then at Edward. "When should we leave?" I asked. "The sooner the better right?"

Edward nodded. "Yes, the sooner the better. I would say tomorrow morning. The sooner we leave the better chance we have at getting further away."

"Okay, then we leave tomorrow morning." I said softly. I sat down and put my hands to my face. I thought for a second and noticed Jacob and Edward standing there looking at me. "I will get up at eight and go to the reservation. Jake, we can talk to Sam and Billy then." I looked at Jacob as I said this. I turned to face Edward. "After that we will call you. We can meet after we are done there."

"Okay. I will drive to the line of the treaty and wait for you there. I am going to have Carlisle get a new car so that Charlie won't have the right description, this way the cops don't find us. We will have to get as far east as possible. We need to move, and move often. We can't stay in one spot for too long." Edward said.

"I agree." Jacob said. "Maybe I can talk Sam into letting Quil or Embry come along with us."

I thought of Aro and his powers, I knew that if Alice was keeping us updated, Aro would see that if he even touched her skin. "Maybe it would be beneficial to have Alice and Jasper come with us. Aro will see where we are possibly if he comes and touches Alice."

Edward thought. "As long as they are together they won't mind. The most important thing to them is that they are together."

"Maybe I can talk Sam into letting us take two with us. There are more than enough of us to protect the reservation and everyone that lives there so we will have to see." Jacob said. "But one thing is for sure, if we are leaving tomorrow we all need our rest."

Edward nodded and leapt out the window. I looked at Jacob for a second and walked up and hugged him. I hoped that Sam would understand and let Jacob come with us. I hated the fact that Sam would have the final say in whether Jacob would be with me or not.

In the morning Jacob and I got up and went straight to the reservation. I could tell that Jacob was nervous to go talk to Sam, and that in turn made me very nervous too. I was terrified that Jacob waouldn't be able to come with me. I knew that I needed him greatly in order to survive what was coming to me. We were finally pulling up to Sam and Emily's house. I put the truck in park and sighed.

"Jacob..." I said. I didn't have to say the rest. He knew exactly what I was thinking.

"Bella, I don't care if Sam says no, I will go even if it kills me." He said. I smiled I knew that he was just saying that to make me feel better, there was no way that he would be able to. He had explained the whole alpha male thing and I knew that he wouldn't be able to break it.

We walked in and the pack was sitting in the living room. We asked to talk to Sam, I listened and help Jake explain what was going on to Sam. "What does this have to do with the pack?" Sam finally asked.

"I want to go with Bella, I want to help protect her and I also want one of two to come with me as well." Jacob said.

Sam was quite for a second as if in deep thought. He looked at Jacob. "If there are more vampires coming then I will have to have all of the pack here...that even means you, Jacob."

I felt like someone had punched me in the stomach. I couldn't breathe. Sam had just crushed my dreams of Jacob coming with me to protect me. "Sam, can't-"

"No, I stand by my decision. The tribe and this pack should be your number one priority." Sam said cooly.

"Sam, I need to protect Bella...please."

"NO!" His voice was much more stearn as if saying drop it.

"I'm going, whether you say I can or not."

"You can't turn your back on the tribe." Sam said desperately.

"Ephraim Black's son was not born to follow Levi Uley's." Jacob said and with that he stood up and made his way back to the car.

"Jacob, you are to stay, come back here and talk to me." Sam said. I expected Jacob to turn around and come back. But he didn't he kept walking to the truck. "Jacob, stop!" It was an order, but Jacob ignored it.

I saw the rest of the pack making their way towards us. I saw Leah look at Sam and follow Jacob. As soon as Seth saw Leah walk away he followed her. They had all been listening. "Leah, Seth come back here." But they were able to walk away without hesitation.

I followed them out to the truck. Jacob was talking to Leah. "I would rather protect her then have to see Sam for one more second." A second later Quil joined us.

We all climbed in the truck and made our way to the line. "Jacob what just happened?" I asked. I thought that the alpha male was suppose to have more control over their packs.

"I don't know. I normally would have been rooted to the spot whenever he told me to stop...maybe its what I said, I wasn't meant to follow him, I was meant to lead him." Jacob suggested.

"Maybe, but what about Seth, Leah and Quil?" I asked.

"I don't know Bells, I am just as puzzled as you are." He stared out the window and got quiet. I followed his lead and concentrated on my driving. We were finally at the line. Edward was there in his volvo.

I got out to talk to him. "Alice and Jasper have both agreed to accompany us to where ever we go. We have not told Carlisle any of our plans. We just said we were sorry but had to keep him in the dark for his safety."

I sighed. As usual the Cullen's were putting themselves in danger for me again, only now they had no obligation to me what so ever. Carlisle had once said I was with Edward so therefore I was family. But I was no longer with Edward... "Okay, I'm going to take my truck back to the house. Then tell Charlie I am going on a walk with Jake, you can park down the road so we can ride to where ever we are going."

He nodded and with that we went to my house. I walked in with Jake and told Charlie we would be going on a walk. We ran to the end of the street where Edward was parked with Leah and the rest of them. We drove to the Cullen's. Waiting in the driveway was Alice and Jasper, with what looked like a mini van.

We all got out and walked up to them. "Why did you get a mini van, again?" Edward asked.

"Well, you mentioned that Jacob was going to ask for some werewolf company so I figured I might as well go with the van..." Alice reasoned.

They top had on one of those things where you can store clothes and other things in them. "We took two hundred thousand, do you think that will be enough?" Jasper asked Edward.

"It should be. I want to be real low key so I don't think we need anymore then that." Edward said. Seth, Leah and Quil climbed into the very back of the van. Jacob sat in between Edward and I. We started driving to god only knows where Jasper was driving us somewhere right now.

I put my head on the window and closed my eyes. The Volturi were really coming for me. I thought of something else too. "Edward?" I asked. I looked over Jake to stare at him. "Jacob and the rest of the packs scent should hide ours shouldn't it? In the same way Jake's hid mine when Victoria was looking for me."

Edward thought for a second and then looked at Alice. She nodded. "I would assume that the trackers wouldn't be able to pick up our scent because of theirs. I however can't see our futures, because they are here. I hate being normal." She sighed. I knew that it made Alice unhappy when she could no longer see the future.

I wasn't sure what was going to happen in the future, all I knew was that I was in danger and my only hope of surviving was the van full of vampires and werewolves protecting me, I only hoped and prayed that would be enough.

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