Chapter 5: Visitor

Bella's Point of View

I heard the thoughts of the person on the front porch but I couldn't recognize the voice, nor did he or she mention their name, so I got up with Edward right behind me and opened the door. There standing on my porch was the last person I ever expected to see again it was Jacob.

"Hello Bella," I just stood there dumbfounded, I scrambled for the right words.

"Jacob! Where the hell have you been, do you have any idea…the pack couldn't find you…Billy."

"Nice to see you too Bells mind if I come in? Cullen," I noticed the definite acid in his voice as he greeted Edward and as I read his mind I noticed he was being careful to keep all things hidden, he was just thinking of the weather.

"God Jake do you have any idea how worried everyone's been about you, have you heard about Billy?"

"No what about him?" Jake looked at me with innocence in his eyes.

" Jake, I don't really know how to say this right but, Billy… he died Jake, he had a heart attack a few months after you left," I could see this was bad Jake was shaking violently, "oh Jake I'm so sorry."

"Bella I'll be fine, I uh, just need to have some time alone for a bit," as he said these words I could hear the pain in his voice and see it in his eyes, "but I need to talk to you is there a time when I can come tomorrow and speak to you…alone."

"Umm… Yeah I suppose, come around fourish." I was reading his mind and I didn't like what I heard

"Damn Bella looks better and better every time I see her; I wonder if her leech has already stopped her heart, I'll give her a hug to see if I can feel a heartbeat."

All I had to do was make sure he didn't touch me so he wouldn't feel my icy skin nor hear the lack there of, of a heart beat,

"Pardon me Jake but I have to use the restroom. Edward can you show Jake out. See you tomorrow Jake."

"Bye Bella," in his thoughts I read, "Frick well I'll see if I can find out tomorrow along with my other plan, oh crap the bloodsucker can read minds, well Edward if you can hear me can I say one thing, oh never mind I better not."

I was scared, what other plans did he have? Was I safe? I didn't know. I quickly ran upstairs and until I heard Edward bid Jake a polite farewell, which Jake returned with nothing but some rudeness about leeches and parasites and I heard the door close.

"Bella, love, what's wrong you seem nervous." Edward called to me from downstairs.

I quickly ran down the stairs, "Edward I don't know what to do, I think Jake has something planned and I have no idea what it is, I don't think it's anything too terrible, but I'm not sure. Did you hear anything about his plans?"

"Yes I heard about some kind of plans as well, but I didn't hear anything more than what you heard. Is that why you faked having to use the restroom?"

"No Edward, he was going to see if I was still human to see if I had a heartbeat, I didn't know what else to do."

"I see, Bella well you did well, but love I don't know if you should be alone tomorrow when Jake comes, though he's never hurt you before you never know, he's been gone a year and people change if you can really call the mongrel a person."

I shot Edward a sharp look and he held up his hands in apology, "Edward I see your point I really do it's just, I need to see if Jacob's okay, after what I did to him I can't just tell him to never come back, he's like family Edward."

"Bella I trust your judgment but please take some precautions, like sit away from him, have your cell phone, and do not leave the house. And if you don't mind, I would like to keep watch around the house, I'll be but a few miles a way and I promise you I won't eavesdrop."

"Alright Edward," I said with a sigh, "I suppose you're right." A look of relief came on to Edward's face. Since all of the drama seemed to be over for now I sat down on our couch and motioned for Edward to sit next to me. When he did I made my way in to his lap and cuddled in to his chest, while he stroked my cheek with his thumb, burying his face in my hair, and there we sat like this for hours just letting our minds wander. At last Edward told me it was dinner time, just like every night (we ate every night just as a precaution more so for me than for him.) And so off we were to hunt within fifteen minutes of our home, usually small game, but once a week we went in the mountains to hunt mountain lions, I think I loved them as much as Edward did.