The reviews I got were wonderful as always! But I think everyone was busy with the holidays and such. BTW the excerpt from my other story WAS NOT PART OF THIS ONE! I just needed to get that out of the way. Also, I will be posting some side stories about Jacob and Edward soon. They're mostly hilarious oneshots written purely for my amusement. They won't reveal anything about this story but they will feature Seth shenanigans (God I love that word).

AND I'm starting another Twilight story! Yay! It's about Rosalie and Edward, whom I love. So enough plugging. Jesus I'm worse than Motorola with the NFL.

Yeah, so onto the show…


Chapter Eleven: No One Sleeps While I'm Awake

So I spent the last hour of my birthday on my knees. And no, it's not what you're thinking. I was hunched over the toilet spewing my guts out. After I was sure my stomach was completely empty, I crawled pitifully back into bed. I had strange dreams again; this time more morbid than the last set. If possible. I had to get to the bottom of these nightmares. In Quileute culture, dreams were often seen as warnings. They could tell us the future of ourselves or our family. Usually, if I had a weird dream I'd just tell my dad and we'd make a quick trip to Sue Clearwater's house. Sue could read my dreams like an open book. Mostly they were nothing but nightmares from watching too much Dawn of the Dead; but I did have a premonition about becoming a shifter.

Once I'd managed to sleep for another few hours I was up and awake. Unfortunately, Edward wasn't there; he went hunting with Emmett and Rosalie. Sighing into my pillow I pulled myself out of bed and walked down the hall. Esme greeted me with a warm smile,

"Good morning Jacob. I hope you slept well."

I smiled; Esme was the best mother I could hope for. I mean, she could never replace my mom but in a way she was like my 'other' mother.

"Yeah, I did." I said, not wanting to burden her with my night-terrors.

Esme placed the towels she was folding into the linen closet, "Well Bella's already awake, so you should have some company for breakfast."

"Where's Seth?"

"Still asleep." She whispered.

Shrugging, I made my normal entrance into the kitchen where Bella was frying eggs and bacon. Mmmmm, I love bacon. It was like she never left.

"Hey Jake." She said, grinning at me as she plated the three eggs. I noticed there were already five eggs on the plate already, so I guessed it was mine.

Once the eggs and bacon were finished, I carried two plates into the dining room so we could eat. I handed Bella her plate but when my hand brushed her skin I was taken from the Cullen's dining room so someplace entirely different.

"No Jake don't!" Bella screamed.

I whipped around just in time to have an unknown shadow slam into my body. Echoed cries from Bella swirled in my head as I hit the ground hard. I gasped for air, gaping like a fish on the deck of a boat, the burning in my chest never subsiding.

A sickening crunch followed, Bella's voice was silenced. She was thrown next to me in a heap, her body was bloodied, her throat and chest clawed into an unrecognizable condition.

"Bella!" I shouted, holding her close to my chest.

She wasn't breathing. Her thin lips were pale but her skin was warm. The warmth was fading rapidly, as was the color in her cheeks.

Bella Swan was dead.

I let go of Bella with a start; my spirit as reeling, like I'd been thrown back into my body from a great distance. Bella was staring at me with a mixture of fear and confusion. She died. She died in my arms and I couldn't save her.

"Jake… what's wrong?"

I blinked back the tears forming in my eyes from the vision, "Bells… I need to tell you something."

I glanced over my shoulder, "But I can't tell you now. Let's take a walk."

Getting out of the house was easy. Alice and Jasper were occupied with Seth, Esme was doing housework, and Carlisle was at work. Bella and I walked a ways from the house into a thicket of trees. The mist was settling around us, eventually stopping at my knees but it covered most of Bella's lower half.

She pulled her black Northface jacket closer, "What's going on?"

I just saw you die a horribly disfiguring death.

"I think there's something wrong with me." I said lamely.

"Are you sick?" she asked quietly, "Or… Jake," her tone was somewhat solemn, "Did you and Edward…because if you did then you'll be sore for awhile. It's totally natural."

Sore for awhile? Wait…

"God no! It has nothing to do with Edward." I said, "I've just been having these strange dreams… actually they're more like visions or something."

Bella gave a puzzled look, "Shouldn't you talk to Alice about this?"

"I can't." I pleaded, "Bella, you're the only one who can know. Promise me that."

I felt like I was five years old again asking Embry and Quil not to tell my dad that I'd eaten twelve crayons.

"Jake you know I can't do that." She said softly, placing her hand on my arm, "I can't hide anything from the Cullen's."

"But Edward can't read your mind. He can't know." I sighed, "If he knows about these dreams then he'll never let me out of his sight every again."

I could tell she was going to argue with me but she bit her lip instead, "Well can you tell me about them?"

As Bella settled on a mossy log I started the daunting task of telling her about my night-terrors and visions. I tried to take it easy on her. She might've been best friends with vampires and werewolves but she was still human. There was only so much she could comprehend.

Bella let out a large sigh when I was finished, "Jacob, maybe these dreams are like a metaphor."

"But they're not!" I exclaimed, "You and Edward both died and I couldn't phase to save you."

"You can't save everyone."

I so wanted to strangle Bella at that point. Did she think I didn't know that?

"I'm not saying I don't believe you Jake." Bella said softly, "I'm just saying we should take this in stride. I promise I won't tell Edward but I think you should."

When Bella and I returned to the house Esme and Carlisle were in the garage loading up Emmett's monster Jeep. Bella gave my hand a small squeeze,

"Baseball."

Baseball? In this weather? I glanced up to the sky. It was like a churning sea of grey and dirty white. It looked ready to let lose the storm of the century.

Carlisle smiled when he saw us, "Hey you two. Where have you been?"

Bella gave a cherubic grin, "Just for a walk."

Esme placed what looked like a large cooler into the back of the vehicle before joining Carlisle. She leaned against him in that cute loving way she always did,

"Edward's been looking for you Jacob." She said, "You know how worried he can get."

"Yeah." I said in a small voice. My nightmares were dampening my spirits fast but maybe a little baseball would do me some good. As soon as I set foot in the house Edward rushed over to me, wrapping me in a hug.

"Where were you?" he asked, his voice had a hint of desperation in it.

I chuckled, "Clingy much? I just took a walk with Bells."

Bella sent Edward a friendly smile as she walked upstairs to her room. Edward kissed my forehead; his chilly lips sent shivers down my spine.

"It just makes me uneasy when we're apart." He confessed, "And you were so sick last night."

He just had to bring that up, "Sorry."

Edward smiled, "Nothing to be sorry about…that is unless you're willing to go again."

I nuzzled his neck, "Edward are you really coming onto me in the middle of the living room?"

"I guess I am. Is it working?"

I gave him a rough kiss, pushing my tongue into his mouth as he did the same to me. I felt his hands fiddling with the hem of my shirt. Wow, he really meant business. When we parted I gave his lower lip a small lick.

"That answer your question?"

The moment was abruptly interrupted by Seth who was jumping down the stairs with Emmett. They were dressed for sports; Emmett in a navy velour sweat suit and Seth in jeans and a quarter sleeved white shirt with navy sleeves. I groaned, those two had the worst timing.

"Are you ready for some BASEBALL?!" Emmett shouted, grabbing Seth in a light half-nelson.

Seth, who looked like he would explode from laughing so much, tried to pry Emmett off him, "Hell yeah!"

Jasper passed through the room, also dressed for baseball, giving Seth a worried look. I noticed he and Seth were wearing almost the exact same shirt. He stood beside us,

"Don't rough him up too much."

Emmett scoffed, "Give it a rest Emo. We're just playing, I won't hurt him."

"Can't say the same for you!" Seth cried, tackling Emmett to the ground.

Jasper almost looked pouty at the fact Seth was paying more attention to Emmett than him. Or maybe it was because Emmett called him Emo. Maybe both. Soon the whole Cullen clan, plus Bella, was gathered in the living room. Everyone was rearing to go. I couldn't believe Alice had whipped up uniforms for Seth and I so fast. Bella was wearing a vintage baseball shirt with a black shirt underneath and her coat. She accented it with a white and navy striped baseball hat. My uniform was like hers, except my sleeves were cutoffs.

"Everyone ready?" Esme asked.

We all nodded vigorously. Vampire baseball sounded like fun.

We needed team captains. Of course we did. I didn't think we could play with just four people to a team but Edward said vampire baseball was very different. Emmett and Jasper were chosen as team captains because they guessed the number Bella was thinking about. Esme and Bella decided they wouldn't play; Esme so the teams could be even and Bella for safety reasons.

Emmett tapped his chin, "I call Rose."

"Fine." Jasper said, not even trying to hide his relief, "I pick Alice."

"Then I call Seth."

"What? No! You can have Edward." Jasper argued.

Alice chimed in, "I want Carlisle!"

Emmett and Jasper were glaring at one another but the situation was diffused by Carlisle.

"Just play nice." He said exasperatedly, joining Alice and Jasper's team.

Seth looked unsure, "So am I on Em's team?"

Emmett grinned, specifically at Jasper, "Fuck yeah you are! Get over here!"

From behind us I heard Esme say something about Emmett needing to watch his language. Only Edward and I remained. Great, it wasn't like I wasn't always picked last in gym. This was insulting.

"We want Jacob!" Seth said. He clearly had influenced Emmett's decision.

Jasper shook his head, "You can have both wolves! It isn't even."

"But we don't want Edward." Rosalie said, leaning on Emmett's burly shoulder, "He's so…"

"Boring?" Alice offered.

Edward rolled his eyes, "Wonderful people my family." He said sarcastically.

I poked him, "Just because they want me and not you is no reason to be a sour-puss."

Carlisle sighed heavily, "Enough! We'll settle this like civilized beings. Bella," he said turning to her, "pick a number between one and ten. The one closest gets Jacob."

"Why am I the loser prize!?" Edward said indignantly.

"I'm guessing because you're no fun." Bella snickered, "Okay! I've got it."

Emmett stuck his tongue out in thought, "Is it 7?"

Jasper gave a sly grin, "Four."

"Wow Jazz you got it!" Bella said, "Sorry Emmett."

Emmett's team looked like they'd been diagnosed with some terminal disease. He sighed, but still smiled,

"Why are we always stuck with you?"

"Because you love me." Edward chided.

We huddled with our teams for a moment. My team was in the outfield so we all ran to our spots. A part of me wanted to play in my wolf form but the other half of me knew that wouldn't be too practical. I couldn't hold a bat with my teeth, even if I did love chasing baseballs. Jasper was on third, Carlisle was on first, and Alice was pitching. I had been 'randomly selected' to be both shortstop and second basemen. Rosalie was up at bat first.

Alice winked at her, "It's time."

"Play ball!" Bella shouted happily.

The ball flew with incredible speed but Rosalie hit it effortlessly. The bat made a huge crash when it collided with the ball. So that's why they played during storms. I could see Edward smiling at me when he heard my figuring.

Oh shut up you silly vamp. I thought sending him a grin.

"Jake!" Jasper yelled to me.

Shit! Rosalie was coming right for me. Wait, what did he expect me to do? I glanced around and saw the ball laying by my feet. But Rosalie had already passed me. I picked up the ball and hurled it as fast as I could towards Carlisle. Rosalie slid for third but Carlisle already tagged her.

"You're out!" Bella said.

Rosalie gave her the death glare. Ugh, Rosalie and Bella really needed to get over themselves. Seth was to bat next,

"Sure you can handle all this awesome-ness?!" he called to Alice.

She shared an amused look with Jasper and pitched the ball. It flew straight past Seth as he swung. He looked dumbfounded.

"Strike one!" Bella said.

Seth tightened his grip on the bat. I choked back a laugh; Seth was always the worst at sports when we used to play with the pack. He swung again, this time managing to get the ball past Alice. Jasper swiftly caught it,

"Out."

Seth's ego deflated, "Shoot."

The game progressed. Emmett saved his team with two-home runs. Edward scored another, Rosalie followed, Seth was the only one without any points.

I smiled but it faded quickly. Something wasn't right. I knew Seth felt it too. I smelled other wolves.

'Big wolves.' Damon gulped. I don't think I'd ever heard him scared before.

Edward picked up on my thoughts, "Stop!" he said.

All the vampires looked up, even Carlisle and Esme. They really couldn't smell them? I ran back to home, along with everyone else, and pushed Bella behind me. She was the most fragile out of us all.

"Jake what's going on?" she asked. Her tiny body was shaking.

I pushed her farther behind me, "Trouble Bells. Big trouble."

Ohhh, big trouble! I promise Jake's dreams will make sense in time. New characters will be introduced in the next chapter, new wolf pack yay! Also, should this be an MPreg? I was musing about it last night and I was like 'oh what the hell I'll ask my readers!' You guys have the best judgement! Keep reviewing! I need reviews like Edward needs Jacob!

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