Fifth Chapter- Feelings
Summary of chapter 1-4: Jacob smelled a vampire, and met with Sam, who was absurdly calm about the situation. Then, Jacob saw a glimpse of who the smell belonged to. Jacob and Sam went to the Swan house, but it was empty, and Jacob's hopes were crushed. He realized Bella would probably be at the Cullen's', since he was supposed to be dead. He was not ready to go to the house though, and so he stormed into the forest, as a wolf. Embry and Quil tried to calm him, but he didn't exactly want to listen. Jacob finally got the nerve to go to the Cullen's, and found a very destroyed house, with an upset Bella. He showed her what he was, then explained how and why. At the end of Chapter 4, Bella seemed to go into a trance, and Jacob was rather frightened.
On my stories' behalf, I would like to state I was having writer's block a tad in the last few chapters, so I left quite a few things out, such as complete character development (thanks for the concern mateisha!).
I got a question ((By a dedicated reviewer, flamingo1325.)) about why the wolves are still there. I will give all my reader's the same answer. One reason, they liked living in La push 200 years ago, so even if they stopped phasing they would stay in La Push, or the general area. Second, even years after the Cullen's left, their scent would linger, and along with the old wolves scent, it would cause stray vampires in the general Olympic Peninsula area to become curious. Thanks for reviewing!
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(End of last chapter...)Bella's eyes seemed to glaze over for a moment.
"Bella? Bella?!?" I asked frantically, snapping in front of her eyes. Suddenly, she came back.
"What happened?" I asked, worried.
"Oh…nothing…nothing…" She said, her eyes full of fear.
I gave her a demanding look. "Isabella Marie Swan. Tell me." I said, not breaking my harsh gaze.
((Jacob's POV))
Bella looked up at me through her lashes. She was hiding something from me...something big.
"Jacob...you told me something...now I have a secret to share with you." She said, looking at the ground. This frustrated me. I had gone 200 years without seeing her face. She might not be human, but I had to try to accept that this was who she was now.
I put my hand under her chin, pulling her face up so her gaze met mine. I stared into her topaz eyes, remembering the deep pool of brown they used to be. It was such a change to see her like this, immortal.
She would never blush again, never be allowed to come back to the garage, never be...Bella again.
Finally she spoke again, and I came back to what was happening this second.
"Do you remember Alice?" She spoke the name as she had when he left all those years ago, when Bella came over every day.
"Yes." I said sharply.
"Well, do you remember all she could do?" I could tell by her tone of voice, she didn't mean anything normal. She meant premonitions.
"Yes." I said once more, working harder to keep my tone light. Even as a leech, I didn't want to frighten her.
"Well...I sort of inherited that gift as well. Also I can keep all 'extra abilities' from working on anyone around me." She spoke softly, as if afraid to reveal this.
"Bells, you don't have to be scared. I'm still here, aren't I?" I said, smiling weakly. I was trying to show I still cared, even if she wasn't my Bella anymore. She never would be.
Bella only nodded, trying to answer my smile. Suddenly, something clicked in my brain. My eyes must've given it away; for Bella raised an eyebrow at me.
I smiled, that gesture was also something she did while human.
"Earlier, when your eyes became all hazy, and you were having a...vision," I couldn't help making a face at the word. "Afterwards you looked scared. Actually terrified." I said, my brow furrowing, I wanted to know what had frightened my Bella now.
"It's just that..." She started, fidgeting with stands of grass that were flattening like she had taken a hot iron to them.
I motioned with my hand for her to continue, becoming impatient.
"A family of...us...is coming for a little visit soon...I guess they smelled the pack or something, but they're only 1 maybe 2 days away..." She said, and by the emphasis on 'us' I knew she meant vampires.
"Are they like you?" I asked, knowing from the color of her eyes she didn't hunt humans.
"No...they aren't. And they'll be thirsty. You might want to tell...Sam." She said, her eyes brightening as she remembered the leader of the pack. I couldn't help smiling at this. Maybe some of the old Bella survived, just was smothered by the new Bella.
"How many?" I finally got the courage to ask.
"Three."
((Bella's POV))
"Three." I said, sure of the answer. It was so weird to get random flashes of the future. Almost confusing. I hadn't really practiced on focusing on one thing, since I had traveled town to town before decided to venture back to Forks.
I cringed, thinking of what, or who, I thought I'd find here.
I had been crying tear-less sobs when Jake found me.
A werewolf. I'm a vampire. He's a werewolf. How many myths could be reality? How many of Jake's kind were there?
I wanted to ask him the last question I thought, but I doubt even he knew. One thing I realized, I hadn't come across his type of scent before. He reeked!
How can he want to be near me? He said that werewolves and vampires were 'mortal enemies', yet here he sat before me, thinking about my last words.
I tried to keep my thoughts here, but sitting here, so close to the house I had visited those times those years ago, it was hard to keep from wondering.
Had they known about the wolves? Did the wolves know about them? Oh, wait, he said they had had a treaty...so they must've known about each other.
And no one bothered to tell me.
I could tell my emotion showed on my face now, Jacob looked worried again.
"What's the matter Bells?" He asked anxiously. "Nothing. Just thinking." I said back quickly, giving him a weak smile. I looked at the sky; it was starting to get dark. I needed somewhere to stay the night to keep from the public eye...oh! I could always stay a few days in my old house.
"Jake...won't...Sam worry?" I said to him. I almost said 'your dad', but Billy would be long dead by now. Just like Charlie. Who I never got to say good-bye to...
"Oh...he might...it is getting late. And I am alone with a...vampire." It looked as if he had difficulties getting the word out.
"Do you want to meet tomorrow?" I asked warily. Would he still be allowed to see me?
"Yes. Let's meet in the forest. 'Kay?" He asked, smiling and getting up.
I nodded, and stood quicker than any human could. He took a step back, and I could tell he didn't want to leave, but knew he had to.
Right then, I thought of the first question I needed to ask him tomorrow, did he meet anyone in the 200 years I was gone?
I waved good-bye, and he took off into the surrounding trees.
I stuck around a little longer, my long brown hair blowing in the wind along with the leaves on the trees. I took another trip through the now vacant house, managing to sob only a little.
When I felt at least partial closure to this place, I headed to my old home. It was full of Charlie's scent. I smiled at the thought, and since I couldn't sleep, I looked through all the old clutter lying around the house.
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I hope you liked this chapter! I've been editing and re-writing things all day to get it how I wanted it. Please tell me if you liked some of it from Bella's POV, because if you don't I will go back to all Jacob's POV.
I still need ideas for future chapters...!
Please please please review!
Oh, and a few people were asking if this was a BxJ story...well you'll have to wait and see. Heheh. Courtney has a few twists up her sleeve!
Oh, one more thing I was worried about…is it confusing at all? Like, the emotions? Because Jacob going from not being able to stand Bella being immortal…to him wanting to see her…so yeah I thought that might get a little confusing.
Also, please tell me if I'm not sticking to character!
Hehe…I had to add this:
TODAY I STOLE A FICTIONAL CHARACTER TO COME GIVE MY READERS HUGS!
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JACOB!!!!
Every reader gets 1 hug ((or more when I'm not looking hehe lol))!!!
This is my thanks for reading my fanfic when you could be doing other things way more important…such as ooh I don't know…writing a report due tomorrow for school on Jane Goodall….!