THANKS SO MUCH TO MY REVIEWERS I swear it's just wonderful to read so many nice things about this story - it just makes me write faster and faster :) So once again, thanks sososo much. And I leave you with Chapter 14: Bad News.

Disclaimer: Twilight is not mine, nor are any of its characters, but I do own Sophie Wesler in every way possible. HA, I had to do this alright some day.

Alice opened the door just in time to see Bella rushing to her, her cheeks wet from… crying?

'Alice!' Bella exclaimed, throwing her arms around her friend and starting to sob on her shoulder.

'B- Bella?' Alice asked, confused, 'What's wrong?'

Her thoughts immediately focused on Sophie, but when her friend said 'I've done something terrible, Alice!' it didn't seem to fit. Slowly, she grabbed Bella by her shoulders and leaned back so she could stare at her directly.

'Isabella, we'll go inside, calmly, and you'll tell me what happened,' she said, speaking slowly so the girl would calm down. Instead, she pressed her lips and covered her face with her hands.

'Alice, I… I went to see Jacob.'

The small vampire considered, and as Bella's words sank in, a sense of fear mingled with annoyance spread through her.

'Bella, you didn't!'

She stared, open mouthed, as the girl started sobbing silently again. Grabbing her by her wrist, Alice led Bella to into the house and sat her on the couch.

'Now you will tell me everything.'

Bella took a deep breath and started retelling her encounter with Jacob, omitting the part where she had told him she missed him, and how she had longed to hug him one more time as she used to do when he was sad…

'So now they know,' Alice whispered, gazing at the floor, when Bella had finished.

'There shouldn't be a war, Alice, we can avoid that,' Bella pleaded taking Alice's hands between hers. Her friend, however, stared harshly at her.

'There are things you don't understand Bella,' she said, 'You don't have experience with this things, and there's a lot of stuff you still need to learn and comprehend. Showing yourself to the werewolves was definitely not a clever thing to do. We have broken the treaty, we know it, you know it, and now, they know it. I might love you, Bella, but I must admit what you did was reckless and stupid, and now we must face the consequences,' she took a deep breath, and added, 'We must warn Carlisle. We don't know when or what can happen.'

'I'll call Edward,' Bella said immediately, standing up, 'Where is he?'

'Somewhere in Forks with Sophie,' there was something bitter in Alice's voice that made Bella's heart ache, but she said nothing and hurried to the phone.

'Hello?' Edward's velvety voice sounded from the other end of the line. Bella could hear no sounds besides his fiancée talking, and wondered…

'Edward?' she called quickly, so he would pay attention, 'Where are you?'

'Bella?' he asked, surprised and confused, but quickly recovered to answer her question, 'I'm – I'm going back home with Sophie.'

'Well, hurry,' Bella whispered, 'We need you here and now.'

And without waiting for his reply, she hung up the phone. She wiped away the image of those two together, sitting alone in a car, silently talking about something Bella couldn't know… And suddenly, she regretted having said 'No,' to Edward, she regretted having left alone Sophie, the devil personified, alone for hours with her beloved Edward, and having gone to see Jacob trying to recover their friendship, but finally destroying it forever...

'Bella!'

Alice's voice made her come back to Earth again. She was staring at her with worry, and realized that, as she remembered the scene with Jacob, she had pressed herself against a wall and had a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.

'Are you okay?' Alice asked, striding to her side and taking her by her shoulders. Bella quickly nodded and turned around to face her.

'Then what are you waiting for! We have to get Carlisle at the hospital and empty this house as quickly as we can,' Alice ordered, and Bella followed her out of the house as she called her back.

'Alice, are we going to… leave the house?' Bella asked fearful. Alice sighed impatiently.

'Just for a couple of hours, in case they decide to check if we're here,' she explained as she trotted to a red BMW parked behind the house.

'Where's Rosalie, then, if her car's here?' Bella asked her while she got into the car beside her.

'She's out with Emmett,' Alice told her, putting on her seatbelt and helping Bella, who was doing it quite slowly, with hers, 'They're using his Jeep, so I have no idea where they've gone and –'

At that moment, a silver Volvo parked in front of the house, and Edward and Sophie stepped out, hurrying towards the red, flaming car. Edward arrived first and leaned inside by Bella's side.

'What happened?' he asked her, staring fully at her eyes. The girl, flustered and ashamed by her earlier behaviour, gazed at the car's door.

'I –'

'Bella went to visit Jacob,' Alice interrupted her, 'They had a fight, and now the werewolves know we've broken the treaty.'

Edward said nothing, but stared at his fiancée intently. It was bad enough that she had gone to see Jacob instead of spending the day with him… And Jacob… A young werewolf with no control over himself, while she was a vampire… But besides – Bella had lied to him, just so she could go and see him. His Bella, his loyal, trustworthy Bella… Had lied so he could meet a werewolf again, unchaining a war. A terrifying thought crossed his mind – unwillingly, unconsciously, he had related Bella's refusal to marriage with Jacob. Could it be…?

'Edward, get inside the car!' Alice shouted, and the boy, caught unawares, jumped quickly into the back seat. Sophie followed him hesitatingly, but Alice spoke before she could do the same as his brother.

'No, Sophie, you'll have to stay here,' she told her firmly, and a flicker of anger crossed Sophie's expression.

If they attack, they'll be five against one… I hope this is my lucky day.

'No, Alice,' Edward refused furiously, 'Sophie comes with us. We can't leave her to the danger of werewolves.'

Alice clenched her teeth as her enemy sat beside Edward.

'Werewolves?' she heard her whisper to him, 'Oh, Edward!'

Both Alice and Bella closed their eyes and took deep breaths so they could get over the fact that the now-legally-pronounced 'bitch' was hugging the naïve vampire – who was hugging back.

'Don't be scared,' he whispered, 'We outnumber those creatures.'

'We're certainly not going to fight!' Bella said turning around rapidly, widening her eyes in terror. It was not Edward who answered, however.

'I'm sorry, Bella,' Alice said harshly, 'But we have no choice.'

'Jacob's there!' Bella shrieked, now becoming desperate. If something happened to Jacob, she would never be able to forgive herself.

'Well, they're just a bag of filthy dogs for me,' Sophie said brightly, grinning slyly, 'If I have to die in hands of werewolves, I'll take along as many as I can.'

Bella covered her face with her hands – she was losing Edward in hands of that vampire, and now that she knew there was some Jacob guy who was to fight against them, she would take him away from her as well.

'This can't be happening,' she whispered as tears rolled down her cheeks. Suddenly, two cold hands unfastened her seatbelt, and she felt being lifted up into the air – the next moment she was over Edward's lap, sobbing against his marble chest, while he hugged her tightly and kissed her hair. Sophie was beside them, glaring – but she didn't care. She was with Edward... Not quite alright, not quite recovered from last night's emotional blow, but still with him. He had chosen her over Sophie at that moment, when she most needed him. I want to marry you, Edward, she thought, wishing he could, for once, read her mind, I really do.

'Bella?' Edward's voice called softly in her ear. She hummed in response before giving an inaudible sniff.

'I promise you I'll do whatever I can.'

If Bella's heart had been beating at that moment, it would have stopped from the emotion to hear those words.

'Thanks, Edward.'

His lips touched her hair again.

'I love you, Bella.'

She heard his tone. He meant it.

'I love you too.'

Rosalie's head appeared from under the blanket, giggling.

'Stop – Stop it!' she laughed as she reached for the ringing phone over the little desk. Emmett uncovered his full body and grabbed his wife by the waist, but she disentangled herself easily. 'Emmett, stop!'

She opened the little, silver cell phone.

'Hi?'

Emmett stared at her. She was so beautiful... So marvelous... So obstinate...

'We're in Seattle right now.'

And a strong personality – she would never stop until she had things done her way. Absolutely perfect in all senses.

'Wha– '

He didn't deserve such a woman. She was way too much for him – but still, he needed her by his side, always. What would life be without her? Nothing. Emptiness. Darkness. Suicidal wishes, Emmett thought to himself, and snorted. But no – she loved him as well. He was the luckiest and happiest man in the whole world. Or at least, vampire.

'We're leaving immediately.'

Rosalie turned to her husband, her expression dark, harsh.

'What's wrong?' he asked her, sitting down on the bed. She pressed her lips together and sighed furiously.

'We have to leave. The Cullen family is in danger.'

A/n: And now we come to the part where I say something stupid and funny! Unfortunately, dear readers, I'm not feeling very creative right now so I'll leave you with something totally unrelated to this - TUCK IN!