Conflict
I awkwardly stumbled out of the small bed, getting twisted in the blanket and tripping before I kicked the blanket off of me. I ran out the front door into the crystal clear morning. The dew was freezing on my bare feet, but I didn't feel it as I ran towards Jacob, scared of the cause for the look on his face.
"Jake, what happened?" I looked up into his concerned face with pleading eyes. He looked really upset. What could have made him this angry? I already knew the answer before he said anything. Something to do with Edward. Like always.
"Your precious bloodsucker crossed the treaty line. He hurt Embry. I…"He trailed off, staring into the distance, lost in thought.
I didn't know what to say. "Why?" was all I managed to squeak out of my compressed lungs.
"Why else, Bella? He was looking for you." His eyes squinted as he brushed past me. He took long, even strides to the garage where he got into the driver's side of the Rabbit. I could barely make out his hand signaling me to get in next to him. I jogged to the car and got in, trepidation and anxiety making me shake.
He glared out the windshield. I wanted to ask what had happened with Edward and Embry but I thought it would only make Jacob even angrier so I just kept my mouth shut. Why would Edward cross the treaty line looking for me? I didn't get it.
All of the sudden a flashback from the day before flooded my mind. "I'll see you tonight after Charlie's snoring." That's what he had yelled at me as I was running into my house to get away from him. Oh Lord. He must've flipped out when he got to my house and I wasn't there. I felt horrible. I knew that I was still hurt because Edward had left me, but that didn't mean that I had to totally forget about him. He probably thought I was in trouble. He probably thought that I was being mauled by werewolves (which is totally ridiculous) or my body was being drained of all its blood by Victoria. He was probably sick with worry and it was all my fault. It was my fault that Edward felt that he needed to cross treaty lines to make sure I was safe and that Embry got hurt trying to protect his tribe and they're territory. I put my head in my hands.
"Its ok. Don't beat yourself up too badly over it. All that leech did was break Embry's leg and give him a shiner. He'll be fine. He's a quick healer, we all are. It's a good thing I got there in time to mediate before it got too serious, though. Embry didn't stand a chance against that pasty faced mind reader." Jacob continued to watch the road with an irritated expression masking his face, his eyebrows furrowed and his mouth set in a hard line. He looked like a different person. He didn't look like my Jacob.
"I'm so sorry. I should have told Edward I was coming over so he wouldn't worry. I was just in such a hurry to see you that I sorta kinda forgot about Edward." This was the right thing to say. Jacob's face lit up and a slow smile spread over his mouth.
"Really? You forgot about him because you wanted to see me?" His tone couldn't be more filled with disbelief if I had told him I was an alien from Zoltan.
I looked down at my hands lying limply in my lap. All my blood rushed to my face. This was stupid. I was talking to Jacob here. I shouldn't be embarrassed, but I was. After his rejection I was embarrassed to tell him again how I felt about him now that I realized that I was in love with him. After I realized that all I wanted was him.
"It's true. You were all I could think about. It almost felt like Edward never even existed anymore. As if he never existed. It felt like he had fulfilled his promise that it would be like he never existed when he left me." I looked over at Jacob, his strong, big hands lightly gripping the wheel.
"Bella, you do not know how long I have waited to hear you say that." I took one of his hands off the steering wheel and held it mine, lacing our fingers together.
When I realized where we were going I jumped a foot out of my seat. The familiar drive way surrounded by trees made my stomach turn. This was the last place I wanted to be.
"Why are we here?" I inquired in the calmest, most collected voice I could muster.
"I think there's someone here that wants to talk to you" Jacob answered quietly as he kissed the back of my hand that was interlaced with his.