Chapter 8: The fight Part 2

Edward makes a plan to convince Bella that they still belong together, but events make him realise just how much she loves Jacob.

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Bella POV

Waking up beside Jacob that morning was bitter-sweet. The snow had fallen heavily last night as we made love, and in the morning their was nothing but a pure white blanket for miles. But as I woke up beside him, all snuggled into his crook and warm as toast, I realized just what was happening today, he was going to go and fight with the newborns and Victoria, whilst I waited up here in the freezing cold mountain to protect myself and now our baby. Seth had been assigned to wait with me, as much as he wanted to kill Victoria, he also felt privileged to be trusted with looking after his alpha's mate. Jacob woke up five minutes after me, after I started to become distressed at the thought of him fighting 20 or so vampires. He looked at me with those big, loving, brown eyes before leaning in for a kiss that took my breath away. I helped for a bit, but then the reality hit me again and I had to run out into the freezing cold to be sick.

"Babe, you need to try and relax, the baby needs you to be strong." He said handing me my stuff to clean out my mouth and a heavy jumper and slippers. I took the jumper and slippers and slipped them on, even though I wasn't particularly cold, but I was grateful for them, because they warmed me the same way he would.

"I know, I'm sorry" I apologised as I cleaned myself up.

"There's no need to be sorry babe" He said and hugged me "I just don't want you making yourself ill by getting yourself all worked up" I nodded into his shoulder and closed my eyes soaking up his warmth. "Your getting more muscular babe" he commented after five minutes.

"Yeah I noticed this morning when I woke" I replied pulling away to examine my body "I also feel like I could demolish a tank, do you think I could be getting the powers Billy mentioned?" I asked

"Only one way to find out" he began "run at that tree and see if you can knock it down, just be-careful of the baby" he said

"I go at it side on" I replied smiling, I took a deep breath and scanned the tree's, and with my clearer sight I found one seconds later. It was a thin spindly tree that looked like it wouldn't take much to knock it over. I looked and Jacob and he nodded, I smiled and focused on the tree, took another deep breath and ran for it. I was at the tree in seconds, but I saw everything so clearly, it was amazingly beautiful, I turned to my side a split second before I hit the tree and hit it with my shoulder. I had squeezed my eyes shut expecting pain, but instead I just felt a slight jolt followed by a loud crash. I opened my eyes in surprise to find the tree completely uplifted from the roots and Jacob whooping in delight.

"Baby that was awesome." He said picking me up and spinning me.

"Jake, I'm six weeks pregnant, morning sickness is rife at this stage." I laughed

"Sorry babe" He said and set me down "It's just that was so amazing and sexy" he laughed and gave me a soft kiss.

"Ewww can you guys not do that in your tent." Seth said making us reluctantly pull apart.

"You're just jealous because you ain't got a girl" Jake replied and dived on him, Seth, unsurprisingly crumpled like a piece of paper, but seconds later he was back up and the boys were wrestling about as I prepared breakfast over the camp fire. Breakfast was quiet and peaceful, but nothing lasts forever especially when you've got vampires to kill. As I cleaned up I saw Jacob strip off into nothing but his shorts, to make it quicker to phase and I began to panic, I didn't want him to go I wanted to be selfish and have him here with me, where he'd be safe.

"Babe, you know I have to do this." He said pulling me into his strong, muscular, tanned arms.

"You don't you know you can stay up here and be safe with me."

"I'm the alpha babe, I got to help protect my brothers."

"And what about me, am I not important enough to protect?" I yelled at him and immediately regretted it, his eyes went dark and I could see the anger in him.

"I am bloody doing this for you" He yelled, he stepped forward and I automatically held up my hand to stop him, but with my supernatural strength I ended up pushing him over. I immediately helped him up and he grabbed my wrists and pulled me into his face. "If I didn't have to do this I wouldn't, but remember you're the one who got involved with the blood suckers in the first place." He said and I slapped him, and for once it hurt him more than it did me. He stepped away from me with even more anger in his eyes and began to quiver. "I have to go, I have to get revenge on that bitch who almost killed my son and you." He finished, he turned and was about to phase when I turned him round and kiss him with such strength we almost tumbled over, he responded with as much strength and I had to brake apart for air.

"Please come back to me." I whispered he looked me in the eyes and all the anger that I saw only moments ago was gone, now what I saw was the most intense loving eyes that I'd ever seen. He nodded not knowing what to say, kissed me one more time then took off. I felt a shiver going down my spine only to be replaced by warmth a second later when Seth hugged into me.

"He's going to be ok you know" Seth said giving me a goofy grin.

"I know" I replied smiling a little "Just wish he didn't have to do this" I added Seth nodded in response, he walked me back to the tent and wrapped a blanket around me for comfort, more than warmth and headed off to the tree's to phase. Once he was gone I felt an ice cold breeze that wasn't normal, and fearing that it was Victoria I jumped up and without thinking twice on it, I pulled a tree out of the ground with an almighty heave and lodged it at my 'attacker' only he dodged it easily and turned to reveal himself to me, with shock clearly evident on his face.

"What just happened?" Edward asked

"Sorry I thought you were Victoria" I replied as if that answered everything, just then Seth leaped out of the trees and landed beside me snarling, but relaxed when he saw who it was.

"No, I mean with the tree?" He asked again, evidently in shock.

"Oh, I gained some new powers with this pregnancy" I began and he flinched as if remembering that I was pregnant, and not by him "It's a temporary thing, that will disappear once the baby is born." I explained.

"How did it happen?" He asked recovering from his shock.

"It's because Jacob's blood now runs through me due to him donating his blood to save my life, and it's made stronger by the fact that I am carrying his baby" another flinch "It is so that I can protect the baby if I ever feel threatened."

"So I'm a threat to you now?" He snarled and so did Seth

"I didn't know it was you" I snapped back "What are you doing here anyway? You're supposed to be in the fight"

"I wanted to talk to you" He said the smooth angelic tone coming back into his voice.

"We no longer have anything to talk about" I replied and began to walk back into the tent.

"Please, just five minutes?" He asked, I looked at Seth and he nodded he went over to the edge of the cliff and looked at Edward. "He said he's going to do a perimeter check on the lower ground" Edward said

"Don't go far" I called to Seth as he leapt off the cliff's edge.

Edward looked at me for a few minutes, with a sense of longing before he spoke. "What happened to you loving me more?" He asked bluntly.

"Not this again Edward" I said side stepping him, but he grabbed my arm to stop me.

"Please just answer" He said as I shrugged him off me, this super power was good for one thing.

"I fell more in love with Jacob, the more time we spent together" I answered truthfully and turned my back to him, but he annoyingly stepped in front of me.

"So spend more time with me then you'll fall back in love with me" He said.

"It doesn't work like that" I said walking away from him.

"Why not, come one Bells, it can be like it used to be" He said and tried to kiss me, I dodged him and threw a punch, and was glad to see that for the second time that day I wasn't hurt by hitting someone.

"I can never be like it used to be Edward" I began once he'd recovered. "I am six weeks pregnant with Jacob's seconds child, my life is with him now, my heart belongs to him. If you hadn't have left, then who knows where we would be today, but you did leave and I moved on, it's time you did the same too" I finished but as I did I heard an almighty howl of worry. My heart stopped as I turned to see Seth bounding up to me, he skidded to a halt in front of me and crouched down signalling I should jump on his back I did so and looked to Edward for answers.

"Let's get going" he said but Seth stood in front of him growling. I looked at Edward for a few more seconds before I lost my temper.

"Oh for fuck sake just tell me" I yelled.

"The fight is over, no one was injured, but Victoria ran at the last minute. Alice seen her heading for La Push" He explained quickly and I was sure my heart stopped at that minute. "Bella breathe!" He said panicked.

"Jack" was what I said in reply. "Let's go Seth" I yelled unnecessarily but he did so unphased and as we ran down the mountain all I could do was pray that Jacob would get there before she did.

Jacob POV

The fight was going good and none of our team had serious enough injuries that wouldn't heal within a few seconds, we were basically starting to clear up now and taking out a few of the weaker ones that had hid and burning their pale asses. Victoria hadn't been seen the whole fight and I was thinking about where she could be when she literally popped up in front of me, she looked around realised that she had lost the fight and took off again with in a few seconds. I took off after her but before I had even reached the tree line Alice yelled stop and I skidded to a halt inches from a tree. I looked back to her confused and realised that she was having a vision, so I bounded back to Alice with fear in my heart that something had happened to Bella. I had noticed that Edward was conveniently absent and knew where he was. If he had hurt my Bella, so help him.

"I've just seen where she's heading" Alice said in a panic then looked directly to me "She's heading for La push" I didn't hear the rest of what she said for I turned on my heal at that moment and ran for my life. I didn't have time to panic for the sheer fear in my heart made me run faster than I ever ran before, so fast that the Cullens couldn't even keep up. The only thought in my head was not Jack, not Jack. I barely even heard the command to let the Cullens into our land that Sam gave, but I did hear that Bella and Seth were not far behind us. Still as we crossed the boarder and still hadn't caught her I could only think not Jack. I took a deep breath and her horribly sweet stench filled my nostrils. This spurred me on and if possible I ran even faster, when we were seconds away from my house I phased mid air and somehow managed to skip into my cut off's whilst I still ran, the others had caught up with me now that I was human again and together we all bounded into my dad's tiny cabin.

"Jack" I yelled as I burst through the door. I found my dad and Charlie knocked out on the floor by the kitchen and tied together.

"I'll check them" Carlisle said and immediately rushed to them. I searched the house in seconds and my worst fear was realised. Jack was gone. Just as I was about to collapse in a heap Bella ran through the door with hope in her eyes.

"Jack's gone" I cried, she looked at me before screaming in terror and I just managed to catch her on time before she crumpled into a heap.

"Bella" I yelled shaking her but she wouldn't wake. I tried shaking her again but Carlisle lifter her out of my arms and set her on the sofa to tend to her. I went to go over to her but I was stopped by Alice.

"Let us take care of her" She said shoving me out the door "The guys have caught her sent go with them, Edward, Emmett and Rose are going too, trust us" She said I nodded and ran to the end of the road where they guys were waiting. They didn't have to say anything though because as I reached them I felt my sense of smell heighten and picked up what they couldn't, Jack's smell. Without a word I took off as fast as I could for the forest, I didn't phase as my body wasn't able to so instead I pushed my legs as hard as they would go. I could hear the guys telling me to phase in my head, but I just yelled I can't and continued on. About half a mile into the forest his smell got stronger.

"Jack" I yelled running in the direction that the vamp had, jumping over everything just to get to him.

"Dada" He screamed back and I ran faster. I jumped over a tree branch and fell through a bush into a small clearing and there he was standing in the middle. I ran to him but so did she, I screamed at my legs to go faster, but Jack ran toward me when he saw me and she wasn't fast enough. I scooped him into my arms and bent myself over him as she lunged for us. But instead of the pain I was expecting I heard and almighty crash of two vampires. I turned to see Sam rip of her head as Rosalie held her arms. Once they threw her onto the fire I loosened my grip on a quivering Jack.

"Dada's got you buddy, you're safe now" I whispered to him and stood up. He clung to me so tightly that his small nails dug into my back. I couldn't help but cry as I walked back to the direction of my dad's house. "Come on, let's get you home buddy." I said to him. But got no reply. I began walking in the direction of my dad's when Sam said that they were all at mine. So I changed course and walked the shorted distance to my house.

I walked in to find my dad and Charlie sitting in the kitchen, the looked up at the noise and relief flooded their faces when they realised that Jack was with me.

"Thank god" they chorused and I nodded in agreement. I sat down beside them and hugged Jack even tighter to myself. The thought that I could've lost him scared me to death, and the shaking proved it.

"Where's Bella?" I asked

"She's in bed resting." Carlisle said walking into the kitchen, he tried to check Jack over but he shrugged away from him and clung even tighter to me.

"Is she going to be ok?" I asked worried.

"She's perfectly fine. Her body shut down to protect the baby, but she'll come round in a day or so" he said smiling, "It's nothing life threatening" he added and ushered his family out. "We'll give you some space." He smiled then closed the door. Once they were gone Jack sat up and looked at his granddads.

"Where's momma?" He asked and looked at me, with sadness in his eyes at that moment crushed my heart.

"She's in bed resting, you want to go and see her?" I asked him, he nodded and put his head back down. I looked at my dad and Charlie for reassurance and they all but shoved me out the door. I walked up the stairs carrying Jack and went to out bedroom. I took a deep breath before opening the door, I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw her, she really did look like she was in a deep sleep and was a good colour. I set Jack on the bed and he immediately crawled up to her and snuggled into her side as tight as he could.

"Momma ok?" He asked sleepily.

"Yeah she's just in a really deep sleep" I replied and snuggled down beside him. I grabbed her hand that was lying next to me and began absent-mindedly stoking it. Seconds later I heard the soft snoring of my son, smiling to myself I kissed his temple and let myself relax, knowing that my family was safe here beside me I let myself fall into a peaceful slumber.

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