I'm BACK! And I had an awesum xmas, hope u guys did! Since I havent updated in a while, I'm gona be nice and put in another chapter. I really hope u like it!

And I got a HORSE 4 xmas!!! She is chocolate brown and really clumsy so I named her Bella! (I'm not that obsessed, I just think that name fits her perfectly.) She's only 7 months old and half the size of a full grown horse and she is the cutest thing I've ever seen!!!

Ok I'm dun I'm pretty sure u guys don't care about my xmas. Tell me about ur xmas in reviews, if u want! I'll shut up now and let u read...

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Chapter 6: Dream

I couldn't believe it! Jake was home! I would have hugged him for five minutes, but I realized how uncomfortable that must be for Edward, so I pulled away, clearing my throat awkwardly. Edward had seen Jacob hold me enough for an eternity.

"How could you do this to us?! How could you leave like that, I was so worried about you, I was afraid you might have gotten hurt..." I went on like this for a good while, rambling on and on like I were his mother.

Finally, he held up his hand and cut me off. "Good news, remember?"

"Sorry," I muttered sheepishly, but I crossed my arms and tried to look forceful.

Jacob chuckled. Apparently, my attempt at forcefullness wan't all that convincing. He turned and looked at Edward cautiously. "Uh, could I speak to Bella alone for a second?"

Edward nodded without a word, let go of my hand after a soft, reassuring squeeze, and shut the door. I laughed out loud at the current situation. A human and a werewolf, having a conversation on a vampire's front porch.

Jacob turned and walked off the porch, pausing to look over his shoulder, and gave me a quick gesture to follow him. Of course he knew that we wouldn't be truly alone until we were far away from the Cullen's mansion, but he settled for the mouth of the dirt lane that led into the clearing. He sat down in the dirt casually, crossing his legs and smiling brightly. I followed his example.

"So, what's been going on?" I said seriously.

He looked down at the reddish-brown dirt. "I've been in Port Angeles most of the time, Bella."

"Where have you been besides Port Angeles?" I asked slowly.

He picked up a handful of the soft dirt and let it fall delicately from his fist. "The forests around Port Angeles," he said simply.

I watched him as he repeatedly picked up the dirt and let it fall back down to the ground. "Why Port Angeles?" I whispered.

He grinned widely. "That's actually the good news." He paused for an agonizing moment, probably to create a dramatic effect. "I met someone," he finally finished.

"Who?"

"A girl," he said.

My heart jumped and I felt a fleeting combination of two emotions. Happiness, for Jacob, that he found someone. And an unexplainable moment of regret, that that someone wasn't me. But I pushed that though away, knowing that it was impossible, and that it was pointless to even think about it. I was already with my true love. Before he could read the expression that was on my face, whatever it was, I smiled. I really was very happy for Jake.

"Did you... you know, imprint?" I asked.

"Yes," he said, smiling even wider.

"How do you know?" I said. I wasn't prying, I was truly curious.

"I- I don't know, I can feel it," he said, springing up off the ground. "There's like this part of me that's telling me that this is it. This is really it! I didn't think that it would actually happen to me, but it did." He looked like he could fly.

I jumped up, not able to contain my joy for his joy any longer, and flung my arms around his neck once again. "I'm so happy for you, Jake!"

He pulled back and looked me in the eyes, totally serious again. "I want to come to the wedding, Bella. If that's ok..." He waited cautiously.

"Yes! Yes, of course you can come!" I cried, overjoyed. I had wanted him to be there all along, hoping that there was someway that he could in the end. I felt like I could fly, and he probably did too. "Are you sure that your ok with it?"

He looked at me softly and reassuringly. "I want to come."

We stared at each other happily for one more brief moment, until he said quietly, "I have to go."

As he walked away down the dirt road, I called back to him, "Wait!" He looked back at me. "What's her name?"

"Abbey," he called back, and continued walking, soon disappearing around a bend in the road.

Immediately, I felt a cool hand grab mine. I turned and burried my face into Edward's stone chest, sobbing with pure joy.

"He's happy, Edward," I cried. "He's happy..."

He picked me up gently, cradling me to his chest and before I knew it, he set me back down. I looked around for a few seconds until I realized that he had brought me to the bathroom. I looked back up at him. He smiled his crooked smile.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll take a shower," I said as I turned and pulled back the shower curtain. I looked back over my shoulder to see him still standing there in the doorway.

I walked back up to him and gave him a playful push on his chest, but he didn't move. "Out," I said, pointing at the door. When he stood as still as a statue, looking at me playfully, I pushed as hard as I could, but he didn't budge. He just stared at me with that breathtaking smile. I pushed some more, and he finally turned toward the door, chuckling. "Fine," he said with a fake pout. I closed the door behind him, thankful for my privacy, and locked the door.

I stayed in the shower for about 20 minutes, savoring the feeling of the hot water rushing over my body. I felt completely replenished. Finally I turned off the water, dried off, and got dressed, ready to meet Edward in his bedroom.

When I came in, he was lounging on his bed, and he looked as though he were lost in thought. He stared at the wall across from him.

I strode over and lay next to him on the bed. He finally put his arms around me and pulled me closer to him. He leaned his head agaisnt my wet hair and sighed. "That's better."

We sat there in silence for a few minutes until Edward spoke. "He smelled worse than usual."

"Huh?" I said as I looked questioningly at his pondering face.

"The scent was stronger somehow..." He leaned in and kissed me swiftly on the lips. "It doesn't matter."

It was dark outside now, and I was getting tired. Today, like yesterday, had been a very long day.

Edward began to hum my lullaby, and within moments, I was asleep...

I was on the beach in La Push. I looked up into the dark night's sky. The moon loomed peacefully overhead, as full and as large as I had ever seen it, surrounded by beautiful stars. It casted millions of sparkles on the water, illuminating the entire beach. I turned around slowly toward the woods to see a breathtaking sight... an enormous silver wolf, standing majestically, about ten feet away. It turned nervously, every move as graceful as the previous one, its fur shimmering and sparkling like silk. As I examined it further, I noticed a deep red wound on its neck, and a trail of blood winding behind it into the woods. I looked at it, and it looked back at me. Its eyes looked somehow human. Without warning, it raised its massive head, closed its eyes, and let out the most beautiful howl that I had ever heard, but still disturbing. It was a begging, pleading sound, as though it were calling for help, help that it desperately needed. As suddenly as it began, it stopped, and it dropped its head. It looked at me, and some part of me knew that the desperate call for help was directed toward me. But what could I do to save this beautiful creature? I was only human...

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