Long enough to make up for my last chapter I hope? I didn't want to leave y'all on an impossible cliffhanger, so here is the DUN DUN DUN ;) LOLs

Disclaimer: Although this story ROCKS YOUR SOCKS (:P) I did not make up the characters, only this story

He was slightly moaning a small quite noise, it seemed almost like he was crying. My hands buried themselves against my eyes, my hair blowing against the breeze as he ran with me in his arms back to the Cullen house.

I looked up at him; his eyes were darker––saddened, and unable to look at me, he strictly kept them looking ahead. My mouth curled as I tried to keep from crying again.

"Jake...please." I started, he flinched at my voice but kept his eyes straight, barely slowing at my words. I thought about him, us, my family. There was something missing. It seemed Emmett had only fought with me to distract me, I wouldn't have won otherwise. My mother must have beat him only to make me happy. My father stopped fighting and let him run off without following him, probably reading his messages from the pack. All the whispering, Alice's visions. Why Jasper was so...distracted. Carlisle spilled a slightly important fact, but that only left me more confused. As vampires––plus one wolf––nothing was typically considered dangerous for us, so was some- thing after us? Or more importantly me?

His heart slowed and quickened as I continued working through it in my head. My pain projected into him forcing his eyes closed for a moment before he slowed down and put me to my feet. I was still woozy, so he held me up, but it was distant, barely touching me. I walked up the stairs and into the door. Rose took me from Jake and I almost began to dispute it, but I figured there was no point. She sat me down on the couch, I plopped down––making myself lightheaded––while Alice and Rose gracefully slid down next to me. I saw a quick pained glance they exchanged before closing my eyes. I heard someone sit across from me, the newspaper they sat on shifting lightly. My eyes unwillingly opened and I stared at my mothers face before scanning the room to find Jake. Surprisingly there were tears coming down his face, all my worry seemed not to matter anymore. I lost all the fear I had for myself and was suddenly worried about Jacob, all I wanted was for him to be happy and for him to be safe.

"Jacob, I suggest you tell her now." My dad was firm, but his voice seemed kinder this time. He gave me a quick smile, a pathetic attempt, and took my mothers hand.

Jake didn't move, his eyes darted around trying to avoid mine.

"Just tell me." My voice was pleading, I realized how pathetic I must have seemed.

"We have a problem." The words came out of his mouth like a whisper. "The elders found out about you, and though Sam and the rest of the pack love you..." He
looked down, "They don't have any say against what the elders want."

"What do they want?" I thought about Sam, Quil, Embry, Paul, Jared, Seth, Collin, Brady, Leah...they had become my family because they were Jake's. Jacob's pack––Embry, Quil, and Leah–– especially, were mostly easy to fall in love with. Even though at times I detested them for taking Jake away from me––mainly Leah, but that might have been jealousy––I did love them.

"The elders don't approve of your family and their kind, so it was difficult for them to understand the treaty my ancestors made. Still, after some convincing they let it go because we never were around them. Now that I am with one of them..." He attempted a smile, "...they have a problem with the treaty, and the one who broke it."

Me?

My father nodded and my eyes grew wide. I tried opening my mouth, but no words fathomed to come out. I had put everyone in trouble, just by existing, I was causing people pain, I was causing harm and worry to the ones I loved.

"Jake." I stood up, I felt Rose shift behind me, ready to catch me incase I suddenly had a panic spell. Slowly, I walked over to him and took his hand.

"They want me?"

His left eye twitched and he barely nodded.

"What do I need to do?"

"Nothing!" He seemed angry suddenly, "You need to leave, escape before they come here."

A terrible thought entered my head. Without you?

"I'm not going to do the same thing that Edward did to Bells, I'm not going to say I don't love you because I do and I will never stop loving you. You're the only thing that matters to me, and I need to make sure that you stay safe...even if that means having your family with you...instead of me. I can not go with you, but only because I need to convince the elders that we are nothing, that the imprinting didn't occur." His words stung my heart and my lip quivered as I braced myself for the tears that would soon come, "If I don't Nessie, then they will kill you."

I almost laughed, "But you and my family can stop them."

He hung his head; my father quickly spoke "Remember how we told you when Jake was part of Sam's pack that he had to do what he said, it was physically impossible not to listen to the Alpha? Well the elders will tell Jake one of two things, either that he must not do anything to try to stop them or that he must kill you himself to show his loyalty to the pack."

A whimper came from Jake, I would of course allow myself to die in his place, but with this it was different. No one was in trouble except me. If I left then perhaps everything would be OK, except for the fact that I wouldn't see Jake again, so maybe it was worth dying, but I knew it wasn't worth risking him having to kill me.

Esme walked down the stairs with a suitcase in hand, obviously full.

"As much as I hate it, I can't tell you what to do." My dad said, "The decision is yours...go or stay."