A/N: Added a little bit to Jacob and Bella's back story but not much. New details have been scattered all over the chapter.

Disclaimer: Characters belong to Mrs. Meyer, I just borrow them, and maybe a quote or two.

"What kind of problem Emmett?" Jasper asked tightening his grip on my shoulder causing me to crane my neck to look up at him.. All I could see was anger in his face. I know he heard the other part of the phone conversation, so he was probably just asking for my sake.

"Word got out about our location," He said calmly.

My attention immediately snapped to Emmett's words, and I turn my head quickly to look at him. His face was also full of anger, that is almost rivaled Jasper's, almost.

"What the fuck is going on guys?" I asked whipping my face back and forth between the two of them. Both men stood silently just glaring at one another.

I pulled away from Jasper and stood in between the two of them, still looking back and forth at their faces. Jasper was the first one to flick his gaze in my direction, only to have it settle back on Emmett's face. It looks like they were having a silent conversation and at one point I was brought into the conversation.

"I am standing right here guys. Care to fill me in?" I asked placing my hands on my hips. A gesture that only Alice really does, but when you spend a couple of decades with someone, you tend to pick a few things up along the way.

Emmett tore his eyes away from Jasper's to lock on mine in the same instant I looked at him. His face softened for a moment only to be turned back into one of anger. He slowly approached me and laid both of his hands gently on my shoulders. Looking down at me, I notice his eyes aren't the usual red they usually are when he gets angry. Instead, they are his topaz, but with a small ring of black around the edge of the iris, and I instantly know he's hiding something. Our eyes are usually a dead giveaway to our emotions, but Emmett has learned to school himself, so to not give away the obvious.

"Bella...." he starts with a sigh. He looks up from my eyes and looks at the man standing behind me.

"The Volturi are coming," Jasper said from behind me. My hands drop from my waist as I turn around to look at him. I noticed his eyes hadn't changed either. What the fuck was going on? I shrug Emmett's hands off my shoulders and back away from the two of them.

"What are you two hiding?"

Jasper steps towards me and asks, "What do you mean?"

"Don't fuck with me Jasper. I know you guys are hiding something," I replied crossing my arms across my chest.

Emmett steps towards me as well, but stops as I shake my head at him. He looks at Jasper for a split second and Jasper nods his head.

"Bella, have you ever noticed that we move around a lot?" Emmett asked.

"Yeah, so. I thought we liked a change of scenery every five years," I said nodding.

He rubs the back of his neck with one hand and said, "Yeah, there is that, but that isn't the only reason."

He looked at Jasper once again and once again Jasper only nods.

"Spit it out already guys, I'm starting to mummify over here." And yes, that was my lame attempt to joke, because seriously the tension that hung in the air around the room was thick enough to cut through.

Jasper clears his throat and steps toward to me. I back up a step and he puts his hands out palms facing me as to show he wasn't going to touch me. I stop moving and so does he. He quickly inhales and exhales slowly.

"Dude, we got to tell her," Emmett whispers.

"Tell me what? Goddammit!" I yell in annoyance. I hated being in the dark about something that was obviously important, and dammit, they both knew that.

"Bella, the Volturi have been searching for our coven for the past thirty years. They got news our of unique gifts and has wanted us destroyed ever since," Jasper said.

"Why?" I asked softly looking down at my feet. I felt Jasper move closer to me put his hands on my shoulders.

"Do you have any idea, how powerful we are, you especially?" he asked in a gentle tone.

Sure I knew. Between Alice's visions, Jasper's empathic abilities, not to mention his ability to manipulate emotions in others, Emmett's intimidating size and insane superhuman strength, and when you factor in my abilities, most covens wouldn't come within 100 miles of us. We just screamed power. Other vampires normally steered clear of us, but since opening the bar, they naturally flocked to us in seek of our friendship. I had thought that with opening the bar three years ago would mean that we were going to be staying, apparently, I was wrong.

"I'm nobody special Jasper, " I lied. I knew I was special, and I hated it.

Jasper's head flew back in laughter and turned to Emmett, "Nobody special she says!" Emmett immediately joined Jasper in laughing, and I just stood there watching both of them. Jasper removed his hands from my shoulders and took a step back still laughing, but more quietly.

"Bella, you are probably the most powerful vampire in existence," Emmett said, his voice still shaking with laughter.

I shook my head at both of them. I never wanted to believe that line no matter how many times they tried to tell me. I didn't want to be special, or the "most powerful" as they put it. I just wanted a normal existence, well as normal as a vampire's existence can get.

But alas, I was special, and I did have a rare ability, and what was so rare about it was that I could shut off my abilities when I wanted to, though I didn't tell anyone that. That part of my ability I kept to myself. No one knew about it and no one would ever find out. If they did, I would be put in a laboratory to be tested on. They would take many blood samples to find the exact sequence in my unique DNA and try to duplicate it. There were many of us that hated our existence, and wanted nothing more than the ability to shut off our unnatural abilities. The one that I knew who hated their existence the most was the one that shattered my heart more than 80 years ago.

I snapped out of my thoughts to notice Jasper and Emmett hurrying around the room packing my chothes in duffle bags.

"Go down to the bar and call Jacob. Tell him it's time," Emmett said.

"Huh?' I asked.

"Just do it Bella. He'll know what that means."

I left my room and walked downstairs to the bar. I stopped just one the last step and took in my surroundings.

'Wow! Emmett can really clear a room.'

There were empty bottles all over the floor; some where broken in the hurry to leave. My eyes swept the room and saw the cordless phone lying on the stage front. I made way over and picked it up, dialing Jacob's phone number. Ahh Jacob, my werewolf best friend. We became really close after Edward left, and have remained close after all these years. Due to his freaky werewolf metabolism, he didn't age quite like the average human. When we became best friends, he didn't look a day of fifteen, now, he didn't look a day over twenty-five. Like I said, freaky werewolf metabolism.

It rang twice before he picked up.

"I know you want me Bella, just spit it out already." After many a failed attempts of Jacob trying to convince me that we belonged together, and me shutting him down each and every time, this was the lovely humorous best friend banter that our conversations had been reduced to.

"Can it Jacob; it's time," I said.

There was a second of silence before he said, "Oh."

"So you do know what that means?" I asked.

"Unfortunately."

"Care to elaborate?" I asked sweetly trying to get info.

"Can't. I'll be there in ten minutes."

"Can't or won't Jacob?"

"A little of column A and a little from column B," he replied.

"Dammit Jacob, just tell me what's going on!" I yelled.

"Sorry Bella, but this was one promise I made that I can't break," and with that last he hung up.

"Dammit!" I yelled throwing the phone across the room.

Just then Emmett and Jasper appeared at the bottom of the stairs, both with four duffel bags a piece. They set them down on the floor and Jasper walked around behind the bar. He disappeared for a second only to emerge with what looked like a safety deposit box. I didn't even know that was down there.

I approached the bar as Jasper propped open the lid.

"Whatcha got there?" I asked.

"Necessities. Is Black on his way?" he replied.

"Yeah."

Jasper pulled everything out of the deposit box and laid it on the bar top. The "necessities" included, ten bundles of cash, four passports, five cellphones, and a set of car keys. I glanced up at Jasper and saw the sternness in his expression.

"Why do we need all that?" I asked leaning forward on the bar, and peering into the deposit box. There were at least fifteen more bundles of cash in there.

"We're leaving Bella. This is all we need until we get to our new destination."

"And where's that exactly?" I asked leaning back.

"I don't know. Alice is making those arrangements; she just told me what to grab," he said closing the lid and placing back under the bar.

A knock came from behind me and as I turned to make my way over, Emmett rushed passed me going for it instead. He peered through the peep hole and I saw him grin slightly.

"What's the password?" he yelled out.

"Emmett knock it off and let me in," a muffled voice yelled back.

"Emmett? Who's this Emmett you speak of?" he asked loudly turning around toward us and grinning like a kid on Christmas. I rolled my eyes at him, and nodded towards the door. I knew who it was, and what Emmett was trying to do.

"Fuck Emmett! Are you really gonna make me say it?"

"Again, who is this Emmett you speak of?"

A bang came from the other side of the door and the voice said, "Fine you win. Vamps rule and Dogs drool! There are you happy now? Will you please let me in? I'm soaked."

Emmett stepped back opened the door. Jacob walked in passed him and muttered, "Asshole."

"I do that all the time, Jacob. What made you think tonight was actually different?" Emmett asked closing the door and locking it.

"I guess I am still hoping you will eventually grow up," Jacob replied shaking the moisture off his coat.

"Haha, never!" Emmett yelled.

'That's my boy!'

Jacob approached me slowly, stopping a foot in front of me. I looked up at him and cocked my eyebrow.

"Hi Bella," he whispered leaning down towards me. I knew he was going to kiss me, he did this every time, sort of a hello kiss between best friends, but at the last second I turned my head to the side and he kissed my cheek.

Jasper cleared his throat behind me and I looked back at him. He quickly went back to whatever the hell he was doing, and I turned my attention back to Jacob.

"Black," I spat back at him and walked around him moving over to the stage and hoisting myself up on the edge of it.

"Are you seriously mad at me?" he asked still standing in his original position.

I looked over at Emmett who had the biggest grin plastered across his face. I turned back to Jacob to notice him walking toward me. When he saw me glaring at him he halted.

"I'm only trying to protect you Bella," he said.

"Protect me from what?" I asked hopping off the edge stage moving toward him.

"From them."

"Well if I am supposed to be this all powerful vampire, then why do I need to be protected?" I asked crossing my arms over my chest.

Jacob looked over at Emmett and then over to Jasper as if asking for a little help.

"Nuh uh, Jacob. Whatever you said to piss her off, is something you are going to have to deal with yourself," Jasper said.

"I only told her the truth, man."

"Well, obviously, this truth will not set you free," Emmett chimed in laughing.

Jacob hung his head in defeat and then looked back up at me. He slowly raised his hands walking toward me and when he noticed I wasn't going to back away, he paid them upon my shoulders.

'Does everyone have a fetish my doing this?'

Jacob bent at the waist slightly and looked directly in my eyes. His black orbs burned with intensity into mine, and I had to close my eyes for a second, not wanting to see the emotions he was projecting.

"Bella, I know this doesn't make sense right now...." he started, but I flinched at his words and walked back quickly.

Jacob looked confused for a second, and glanced over at Emmett who was shaking his head.

Those same words screamed through my head, and I had to catch myself on the end of the stage as the memory of that fateful day slammed into me.

FLASHBACK

Edward and I were sitting in the meadow he had come across I don't know how many years ago, just enjoying the day like any other. But something was off about him today, and I couldn't shake the feeling of despair that had slowly began to creep its way into my heart.

He stared down at our entwined fingers, and sighed heavily.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked.

He freed his hand from mine and ran it through his hair.

"We need to talk Bella," he said flatly.

I hunched my shoulders and looked down at my lap. The despair that had crept in my heart was beginning to grow.

"Ok," I said weakly.

"I can't do this anymore."

Shocked by his words, I snapped my head up to look at him, only to notice that he wasn't even looking at me. "What you mean?" I ask softly.

"I mean us. Don't get me wrong, it was great while it lasted, but I think we both need to move on from this."

I could have sworn that in that moment my heart had begun to break. Little by little the cracks in my heart's surface began to ebb and flow. I felt the burning of tears behind my eyes and fought not to release them. I frantically searched his face for signs that he was joking, but there was nothing there but a blank look as he stared at the woods in front of him.

"But I thought..." I said, my voice trailing off as a traitor tear escaped my right eye. I closed my eyes and quickly brushed it off hoping that Edward hadn't seen it. But with my unfortunate luck he did and turned toward me.

"Bella, look at me," he said softly.

I shook my head. I knew if I looked at his beautiful face and his intense green eyes that the tears would escape and give away my apparent heartbreak at his words.

I felt his finger under my chin and he lifted my face towards his. I kept my eyes closed tightly trying to keep in my tears, but one by one they escaped and made their way slowly down my cheeks.

"Bella, please open your eyes," he said softly again.

I slowly opened my eyes and let him see that the truth the lay behind them. He flinch the second I looked up at him, and I knew then that he could see what was happening to me. His green eyes bore into mine with emotion, that it only made the tears flow faster.

"'I love you Bella, always and forever, but we can't be together. It's too dangerous," he spoke these damning words slowly, as if trying to convey some secret message, that my feable human brain could not comprehend at the present moment, but my heart knew what he was saying, and that's what hurt most of all.

I closed my eyes again, letting more tears escape and whispered, "Please......don't do this."

He rested his forehead gently against mine, and gently cupped both of my cheeks in his cold hands.

"I know this doesn't make sense now, but in time you'll see I was right," he whispered.

I couldn't move, could barely breathe as the force behind his words sunk in. He didn't want me. How could I have been so stupid to think that me, plain Bella, could ever deserve the love if this beautiful creature? I was obviously very stupid.

"But..." I sniffed.

"Shhh.." he said lifting his head from mine and gently resting his lips against my forehead.

"Don't worry. I'll never bother you again. You will never have to see me again. It'll be as if I never existed. You'll forget me in time," he said with his lips still placed against my skin. Then he pressed them a little firmer, kissing my forehead.

And it was then, that my heart broke into a thousand tiny shards, that ripped through my chest and effectively shattered my being.

'Never existed? How could I ever possibly forget you?'

I started to move my hands up to hold his hands against my wet cheeks, but a breeze whipped my hair around my face, and I opened my eyes to see the cause, only to find that he was no longer there.

I blinked serveral times and looked around me, searching to him, but not finding him anywhere.

I lifted my head skyward and screamed, "Noooooooo!"

END FLASHBACK

"Nooooooo!"

"Shhh, Bella, it's ok. It's right here, we're all right here," a voice called, as I felt hands cup my cheeks

I opened eyes to see Jacob peering down at me with worried eyes. I looked passed him and saw Jasper and Emmett standing close behind him. Both of their eyes were blue, and concern was written all over their faces.

I looked back at Jacob and blinked several times.

"What was that?" he asked.

"A memory," Jasper answered.

"Are they always this bad?" he asked again.

"Worse," I replied in a small voice.

Jacob ran the pads of his thumbs across my cheeks and wiped away the tears I hadn't known I was shedding.

"I still find it strange that you can still cry," he whispered kissing my forehead. I jerked away from at his kiss. That part of the memory was still burning behind my eyes.

I shrugged Jacob's hands off me and walked over to Jasper instantly hugging him to me. He returned my hug encircling my waist and leaned his head against mine.

"What?" Jacob asked.

Emmett cleared his throat and said, "Dude, you know you can't kiss her on the forehead."

I looked back at Jacob, and the expression on his face clearly said he had no idea what Emmett was talking about.

"Since when?"

I looked at Jasper and whispered, "I don't think he knows."

Jasper looked down at me and smiled slightly, eyes bleeding back to topaz.

"Umm...hello? Waiting on an answer here. Since when can't I kiss her on the forehead?" Jacob asked leaning against the stage.

"Since 2007 jackass! For someone who has known her the same length as Jasper, you're an idiot. I've only known her for half that amount of tim, and even I know not to do that. " Emmett replied.

Jacob scrunched his eyebrows in confusion for a second, and then a second later, I swear you could actually see the light bulb flick on over his head.

He looked directly at me and said, "Oh," in a whisper.

Just as I pulled away from Jasper, Alice burst through the bar door completely ripping it out of the door frame.

"We need to leave, NOW!"