Twin Equinox

Chapter Six - Jacob Decides

(Jacob POV)

I growled at my reflection in the water. Stupid lake. Dammit. Still a russet wolf, I cursed myself mentally. Damn, damn, damn, DAMMIT!!

Whoa, back off there, intruded Seth, who'd just phased.

WHAT? I shot back.

Seth mentally rolled his eyes. He was usually the happiest one of us guys—some would say gayest—

HEY!

Shut it, I snapped. Though it could be taken both way…

Seth growled. He was usually the happiest of us werewolves, and the one to be around when you're suicidal—usually, or he'd just end up making you more suicidal with all those damn happy thoughts. Seth growled again.

He was usually happy; but not today. In fact, not since I ran away. I guess I'd just gotten on the kid's nerves more often now than not. What do you want, Seth?! I demanded.

More news, he said, ignoring my tone, from Bella.

The name alone set me off, and I bared my teeth at my reflection before I let out a loose howl, though agonized. The pain shook my entire body. Imagine being shot in the center of your chest by an arrow, only one that was more spear than arrow, and sending out little vines and roots through your chest and body, and slowly ripping you apart, crushing your very—

JACOB!

WHAT!? I growled back.

He ignored me. Anyways, Bella's acting off lately. Embry and Quil were running the perimeter and stopped by the beach for a moment, a few days ago, and they said they saw Bella there, crying.

Crying?! Why was Bella crying? My jaw clenched, even in wolf form, and I growled as I thought of what could've happened. If that leech hurt her…he's dead before he knows what hit him. Then a thought hit me as Seth showed me memories of seeing Bella in Quil's and Embry's minds. The last time she was like that, the leech left. I grinned, and my broken heart was almost fixed with all the hope I had. That leech was gone. He should've been. From the looks of it, he was. I don't know what else could make Bella so sad.

I frowned. Did I really enjoy Bella's sadness? But then I thought, smugly, I'll make it all better, anyway.

I dunno, Jake, Seth said, a little less like the grumpy side of him I've been seeing lately, probably because I wasn't as bitter. I haven't seen Bella in a couple weeks, and she hasn't even told me to check up on you… Maybe it's not—

I growled to shut him up, but the words were already stuck in my head. Bella asked for me every other day, and Seth would usually be the poor guy given the job to relay information. But she hadn't asked for me? Was she getting over me? No, I told myself. She's just withdrawn, like last time. She's ask for me soon enough, like last time.

Oh, and there was another girl at the beach with her, Seth added, trying to ignore my thoughts. Another girl? Who—? Wha—? Seth showed me a mental picture of what Quil and Embry saw, but you could only see her back and part of her side, not her face like with Bella. But they looked strangely similar. We don't know who she is. Apparently, something she said made Bella cry.

I growled, consumed with fury. How could she make my Bella cry?! I would kill her for that.

Jake, calm down, Seth said, raising his voice. They couldn't hear them because they were on the other side of the beach, but they heard the word vampire.

My ears perked up. Bella was crying about a leech. He left her. That's the only explanation. But I was still gonna hurt that girl for making Bella cry…

Jacob, she also stopped Bella from crying, Seth said. He showed me a memory of them, hugging, and Bella quiet. Then Bella screamed out, "No!" Her expression was pained, and more fresh tears spilled onto her cheeks. The girl hugged her more tightly, and they spoke a few more words I couldn't hear before standing up and throwing an arm around her shoulder. They walked to the truck. All the while, I still couldn't see who that damn girl was, but I knew one thing.

I wasn't sure whether to thank her or kill her.

You coming back, bro?

I wasn't sure about that, either… But, if that leech left Bella, she'd need me…wouldn't she? I mean, she had her friend, who I still had no idea about, but she'd need me, too, right? My hopes began to die silently. She had a new friend, one who could make her stop crying and feel better. But then my hopes inflated as I thought about the fact that she could have more than one friend, and that she didn't have a guy friend… I smirked mentally. Yeah, bro, I'm coming.

I turned southward and bolted, using all the energy I could manage and going the fastest I could, even though I had been extremely tired just minutes before. Adrenaline. Damn. I howled joyfully as I thought of Bella, finally being mine.

HunnyABee: Heeeey! Sorry; just lost a bit of inspiration. Then Frocked said she wanted to see what I wrote of Jacob, as in, how I write in his POV. So, here I am. Not too much, since Jacob doesn't really play a major part right now, but I had an idea and it brought me to another change in the story. So, thanks to Frocked, the next chapter will be a bit different than I planned. Still good, still good.