~*BROKEN PROMISES*~

Chapter 15 – Bella's New Life

Can you feel her
Running through your veins
She will always live forever
(can you bear the burden)

Atreyu – Her Portrait In Black

A/N: Take that KM3 ;) Love you lady!

BellaPOV

I looked into the concerned eyes of every single person standing inside that room with me. Their eyes showed more emotion than I thought that they could harvest from their cold, dead bodies.

Me, oh I was peachy keen.

Well, for a vampire.

As I heard the deep breathes that were taken around me, I felt like each one of them were on pins and needles, waiting to see what my next move would be. I knew what I wanted. I wanted… revenge.

James. That son of a bitch knew what he was doing. He knew that turning me would be his little revenge on Edward. Little did he know that making me a vampire was the one thing I wanted more than my own life. Fuck what everyone else had to say in the matter.

I looked over to where Jacob stood. His hands were shoved in his pocket and his face looked defeated. I wanted to reach out to him and comfort him so bad. He looked so sad, almost in mourning over me. He had no reason to mourn though. I was still here, in the flesh, be it cold, but still here for him regardless.

I looked over to Carlisle and Edward and they both waited with baited breath, wondering, watching, waiting. It was quite fascinating to watch the two of them operate. They were so much alike in their mannerism.

Finally, I let out a sigh.

"Jacob Black," I hoarsely squeaked out, "get your ass over here and give me a hug, please."

Jacob all but jumped towards me and grabbed me up into his arms and squeezed me tightly.

"Oh Bella, baby. I'm so sorry. I feel horrible for letting that asshole get a hold of you." If Jacob could cry I'm sure he'd flood my shirt with tears.

"Jake, it's okay sweetie. I'm ok. Well, as okay as I can be, you know being dead and all."

I heard a snicker from the corner and realized Emmett was also in the room. "Yeah, she's fine. She still has the attitude."

Jacob squeezed me again and we just sat, holding each other.

Carlisle finally spoke up. "Bella, are you hungry?"

"Actually, I am a little, but I think I can hold off for a bit. I need to talk to Edward for a bit, alone please if you guys don't mind."

Jacob looked a little hurt, but he nodded.

As soon as everyone left the room, I looked up at Edward and smiled.

Can you hear me still?

Edward nodded his head.

Good, where the fuck did they take James?

"They took him to Denali," he whispered to me.

Well here's the deal. James will not live to see another sunrise if I have anything to do with it. He just made a huge fucking mistake and it's time I fucking fixed everything wrong I've created.

Edward nodded again.

I need a way to distract Jacob. I want you and Jasper to come along with me. I don't think I can do this on my own.

"Are you sure about this?" Edward whispered.

I'm very sure about this.

The plan was set in motion. Rosalie and Alice would find a reason to "need" Jacob to help them with something and the moment I was out of his sight, I would take off to Denali. First thing was first though. I was beginning to get hungry.

"Bella, it's the simplest thing in the world," Jacob said to me as we stood in the woods.

"Close your eyes. Now breathe deep." I took a deep breath and I could smell the leaves, the trees and blood. It burned the back of my throat with such force I lunged right for it. I sped through the woods and stopped right upon a mountain lion. He didn't even have time to fight me. I stood up, soaked in blood as Jacob laughed.

"You are a natural born hunter, Bells. Straight for the Jugular, too. I'm very impressed baby." I smiled at him and we continued our hunt. Not only was Jacob in shock at how well I was doing, but so was Edward and Carlisle as they stood at the edge of the woods watching us.

I looked over at Carlisle and Edward and nodded and they nodded back. I was ready.

"Jacob," Edward yelled. "Alice and Rosalie need your help with something. They can't seem to get a part off Rosalie's car. I would help but I don't know shit about it."

Jacob paused for a moment as though he knew something was up and shrugged it off. He jogged into the garage and I was ready to take off.

The moment he was out of sight, Edward nodded at me. Emmett and I jumped across the stream and ran as fast as our legs could carry us. I never knew what it was like to not feel pain but I could run forever if I were allowed to. We stopped right at the border between Washington State and the oceanic gap that followed to Alaska. I stood staring at the frigid water trying to figure out how we would cross. Emmett laughed.

"What do you think you are going to do? You can swim right? Not that it matters. You won't drown." And with that Emmett jumped into the water and swam as though he were a fish. I followed right behind him and found it easy to swim. We made it across the water and into the foreign world known as Alaska. We were only gone for a couple of hours and once we made it to Denali, I stood outside the house that the Denali coven owned.

Emmett looked up at me and said, "I'll help protect you but you've got to do this on your own."

I whistled. No sooner had I whistled than four beautiful women stared at me right in the face.

"Can I help you," the blonde one said.

"Actually you can. I'm looking for James. He has something that belongs to me."

"And that would be?" the brunette spoke up.

"He has my life. I want it back. He took it from me and didn't even give me a chance to make up my mind. I want it back." No sooner had I spoke the words then James jumped through the door.

"What do you want?" he asked as he stared me down.

"You know what I want. You caused this," I said, pointing to my body. "I'm no longer myself. I'm someone that has to pretend their human, that they live. How can I explain to my father why I can't see him anymore. You did this!"

James laughed. "No, you are wrong. Those little friends of yours did this to you. If you'd just left Jacob and them alone, we'd both be someone different. I loved you Bella, but you made the worst decisions ever. And it cost us our lives. So in essence, you caused this… not me."

James snarled at me as the girls surrounded him. I went to lunge for him but was knocked backwards by two of the girls. I jumped right back up ready to fight. I took a swing at the blonde and was ready to knock her head off when I heard something from behind me.

"No, stop, just leave it alone."

Jacob had followed me. As I turned to look at him, the brunette jumped on my back and began twisting my arm behind me. Jacob stopped dead in his tracks with Edward right behind him. Edward looked upset.

"He figured it out real quick. He's pretty damn smart Bella."

Jacob walked up to the brunette and said, "If you let her go, I'll leave James alone. This stops now."

The brunette looked at Jacob and slowly let my arm free. She pushed me into Jacobs arms as the blonde let Emmett go.

"Jacob, what are you doing here?" I asked. He looked at me deep into my eyes. "I'm here to keep you from making a mistake. You can't blame James for what you are. If you want to blame someone, blame me. I shouldn't have done the things that I did and I'm so sorry Bella." Jacob looked as though he could cry.

It was then that I realized that I couldn't blame James for anything. He was a casualty of this war just like I was. I looked at James and said, "You know, Jacob is right. For a brief moment, I hated you. I hated you because you took away my life but now I see that you've actually given me the opportunity to live mine with Jacob."

James nodded. "Bella, I really did love you. I loved you more than anything on this earth but I now realize that I could never compete with Jacob. Go now, live your life and I'm going to be okay here."

I nodded as I grabbed Jacob's hand. I looked back once more at James and said, "Thank you."