So about me saying that was the last chapter…

I lied =)

Well, technically, this is the sequel sort of thing I mentioned I would do.

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Chapter Twelve: Jared

My Bella was unusually quiet.

I did not push the topic as I drove her home – she was a mess enough as it was. Poor girl. The last hour she'd just experienced was too much for her to bear, and with me there, I'd probably just made it worse.

Yeah, I was ecstatic that she'd chosen me over the stupid leech, but I could sense that the decision was tearing her apart.

Edward, her other half, her supposed soulmate, versus me, the werewolf who'd imprinted on her, forcing himself on her.

I'd won.

Yet, he'd contributed to my win. He left her, pushed her into a mental breakdown. Not even Bella could forgive him for that, so it seemed.

And yet, through it all, she sat in the passenger's set of my car, unconsciously tapping her foot to the tune of a song that was playing, lost in thought.

My Bella. What a survivor.

My Bella. She chose me.

So why did I feel some remorse for the vampire she had rejected?

Well, if the bloodsucker could truly feel emotion, he would be feeling worse than anyone could ever comprehend. He'd lost his one true love. No, worse. He'd said goodbye to the one he loved, turned his back and left her with the one that she loved.

That had to hurt.

But Bella hurt more. She wanted him to stay around, be a friend to her, because she was so nice like that. She knew that he needed her, and she needed him, just not like him. She was prepared to face the guy that broke her heart everyday for his sake, not her own.

You had to hand it to her.

So what could I do, bring the leech back to make her feel better? No, Sam would never allow it. We'd finally gotten what we'd wanted – no vampires stinking up our lands, probably for a very long time. But Bella needed him.

"Bells…" I begun, not sure where I was going with this. What was I going to do, put up lost posters for the bloodsucker?

She caught my glance. "Jared?" She sounded like she was just waking up, like she'd been asleep for a very long time.

How on earth could she be so… alive? How could she not be bawling her eyes out, screaming for him to come back, just like last time?

"Sorry," I muttered. "It doesn't matter."

She shook her head. "I know what you were going to say, anyway. It's obvious, and it's biting you up. Spit it out, Jared."

She knew me too well. "I'm just… surprised, that's all."

Bella shrugged. "I've been here before."

"So you know what to expect?"

"Something along those lines." She smiled. "At least I have you now. You know I love you, right?"

No matter how many times she said those three words, I still felt the same, giddy feeling in the stomach. She was my Bella.

"Of course I do."

Never the less, there had been that awful moment in the clearing, with the leech. Of course I thought she would pick him over me – he was the love of her life. But she'd chosen me, and everything was sort of, getting there, okayish.

She smiled mockingly. "You thought I would run off with him, didn't you?"

I sighed. "You know me too well. But, I am curious…"

Bella shrugged. "It's like I said, it's about trust. I trust you, I don't trust him." She fell silent, and I, like the leech probably had done numerous times, started going crazy over what she was thinking about.

Love verus trust.

Need versus want.

Vampire verus werewolf.

Edward versus me.

I'd won.

Next chapter up… now!!

Only one to go, and it will be from Edward's point of view.

Personally, I don't like writing from Edward's POV, it's a bit boring for me. Bella POV is my favourite, then Jasper, then Jared.

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Little Miss Illusional