One More Night Chapter 2, a twilight fanfic

One More Night

Chapter Two

Bella slowly stirred before rubbing her eyes, a slight groan leaving her lips.

She frowned when she thought that, maybe, what she had experienced had all been a dream, until she looked next to her, seeing her best friend lying naked next to her. She blushed before sitting up. She heard the soft snoring coming from him as she slowly crawled out of bed. She massaged her hips as she made her way to the bathroom and turned on the water to the shower.

Charlie had told her before he went to the station the first time yesterday that he would be staying the night with Billy to help him get ready for the wedding so she knew he wouldn't be home.

She jumped in the shower and rubbed her sore muscles. Last night was definitely note worthy and she was tired from how she had exerted herself and from the two hours of sleep she got. It was nice though. She got to spend her last night as an unmarried woman with her best friend, making love and being themselves with each other.

She was glad though that he had enough self control not to leave any bruises on her. She knew she couldn't come up with an excuse for those. She could blow air out her ass when it came to telling lies about the supernatural, but what her and Jacob did last night wasn't supernatural. It was the most natural thing that had ever happened to her in her entire human life and it was her plan to keep it that way.

In that case, Jacob would be the only man to ever touch her as a human.

Next thing she knew, she had large, warm arms wrapped around her and Jacob's blazing chest pressed into her back.

"Hello, beautiful." She giggled as he sweetly kissed her cheek.

"Morning. I thought you would still be sleeping." He lightly chuckled.

"I would be, but I didn't want to waste a single moment that I have left with you." Sadness filled her as he reminded her of the inevitable.

She had to leave soon and, the sad part was, she couldn't smell like Jacob when she did.

"Jake." She relaxed into him as he gently stroked her abdomen.

"I hope you're not sick. You are a little warmer than usual." She giggled softly.

"Probably because I was sleeping with you last night." She justified her temperature and a soft chuckle left his lips.

"Many times, you did. I was very impressed by your stamina, honey." She blushed before she turned to him and she kissed him passionately.

"How about one last time to add to that number?" He growled before he picked her up and pressed her against the wall of the shower.

"How about this for an answer?" He pressed himself into her and she arched in response, an aroused whimper leaving her lips and flowing into his.

"That's a good answer." She wound her arms around his neck before a soft moan left her lips and he started to love her body.

One last time.

He thrusted, circling his hips, as he grounded into her. For them, this was way more than just sex. It was amazing, a beautiful spiritual experience. The way him touching her set her senses alight was heavenly, impossible to describe to anyone else.

It was a melody that only Jacob and Bella knew the exact words to.

She held him close as he made her feel more alive than anyone ever had before. Her senses tingled, her eyes shut, and her muscles clenched in response.

"Jake…. Jacob." She spoke her sweet nothing to him as his hands spread his warmth over her whole body, his love being communicated just perfectly.

"Bells, I love you so much, honey." He whispered in her ear as both of them met their release, the last note of their secret song hitting it's last chord.

Never to have it played again, as far as either of them knew.

"I love you." She said softly and full of heartbreaking passion as he extracted himself from her depths, pressing his forehead to hers.

"I'm going to miss you...So much." Tears filled her eyes as he sat her on the floor.

"Same here." He gave her one last heart-filled kiss before he removed himself from her.

"I'll let you get ready, honey." She gulped and nodded as he got out of the shower, leaving her to her own private shower.

She didn't want it to be private, but she knew what was at stake. She still had to get married to Edward Cullen.

"What did I say about beauty sleep?" Alice asked Bella as she sat in a chair in front of the mirror for Alice to do her make-up.

"Sorry. Couldn't sleep." She responded quickly as she reflected on the passion filled night she had experienced with her best friend. "Bad dreams." She was right. It was a bad dream. The bad dreams was what she was experiencing.

Having to get married to save the man she wanted her forever with.

"That's what you have that dreamcatcher for." Alice replied and it chipped away at Bella's heart, reminding her of the future she robbed herself of.

"Sorry." Then, the door opened and Rosalie walked in, a kind smile on her face.

"Hey, do you need any help?" Alice was perplexed by Rosalie's offer before the blonde giggled. "I can do her hair." Alice nodded and gave her a hug.

"Thanks, Rose. I need to check on the groom, anyways." Alice ran out as Rosalie brushed her fingers through her hair.

"I figured you wouldn't want any part in this." Bella stated and Rosalie sighed, a sadness I her eyes.

"I don't disapprove of your choice in groom, though I know he isn't the one you hoped to be your groom." Bella's breath caught as Rosalie gave her a bittersweet smirk. "I know you wish your groom was a certain man from that reservation who spouts fur and, if I might add, does have a beautiful smile." Bella blushed as Rosalie started braiding her hair. "You know, you can talk to me. Edward is too far away to hear." She sighed before looking at Rosalie in the mirror.

"No, I can't. My mind is the only one safe from Edward." Rosalie shook her head in humor.

"I learned a little trick a long time ago of how to keep my thoughts blocked from his skills. It annoys him that my mind is now silent to him. I learned it from Tanya, our cousin." Bella nodded as she sighed.

"Okay. You're right. I wish it was Jacob I was walking down the aisle to." Rosalie smirked sweetly in the mirror.

"Then, why is it that you are marrying my brother instead of the wolf?" Bella softly gulped before averting her gaze.

"Because it's Edward's condition to change me. Please, don't say how I have a blatant disregard for humanity because I don't. I can't let the Volturi come here." Rosalie nodded in understanding.

"So, you want my brother to change you to protect your wolf?" She nodded with sadness in her eyes.

"No matter how crazy it sounds. I love Edward, I do, but this isn't about love. It's about protecting those I care about. I don't know what I would do if the Volturi killed Jake and the pack. It would kill me if that happened." Rosalie sighed.

"I do understand, but you do know that Jacob isn't going to live forever." Bella flinched from the statement. "He's going to stop phasing, get married, have children. Then, one day, he is going to close his eyes and never open them again, but you will still be here, a true immortal. What are you going to do when that happens?" Bella closed her eyes as her lip trembled, trying her hardest to will away the tears.

"I don't think I could live in a world where Jacob doesn't exist. A world like that just doesn't make sense and nothing would seem right." Rosalie smirked sadly as she stroked Bella's hair.

"That, right there, is true love." Bella opened her eyes and looked at her in the mirror, confused. "You are willingly to throw away a future with him, endless possibilities around every corner for what said future could hold, just to keep him safe. You also say you can't handle a world without him. Those two things together is real love, the real, true love. Love is putting someone else's needs before your own and, what you are doing is exactly that. Though, I doubt he thinks that you marrying my brother and becoming like us is in his best interest. Tit for tat, I suppose." She gulped and nodded.

"Rose?" The blonde nodded as she finished up her hair. "I really do wish I could have a life with Jacob and as a human. I wish I could live my whole life with him by my side and have his babies, marry him one day. That would be my fantasy life to have, if I could have it, but my own mistakes brought me to this. If I had only answered the phone when Edward had called before he went to the Volturi, then this wouldn't be an issue." Rose nodded before she hugged her arms around Bella.

"I'm sorry." She nodded while patting Rosalie's arm.

Soon, Alice had returned and finished Bella's make-up. They helped her into her dress before she finally got to look at the finished project.

She looked beautiful, flawless, but this wasn't her. She wasn't this girly girl who walked around in heels and fancy dresses, but she would soon realize that this is who she was to become.

She would be a Cullen and she knew Alice would force her into being like the other women in the family.

Alice guided Bella down the stairs as Rosalie stood by, sadness on her face, until Rosalie took over and Alice ran off to take her place.

"You don't have to do this. You could just go to him and forget all about this." Rosalie encouraged and Bella shook her head.

"Don't remind me, please. I need to do this for him." Rosalie nodded and handed Bella off to Charlie, hooking her arm around his and placing her other hand on his arm.

"Hey, Bells." She gave him a shaky smirk before gulping.

"Hey, Dad." Then, they were welcomed by the sound of the wedding march. "Don't let me fall down." She said softly and he softly chuckled.

"Never." She nodded as they slowly took steps around the corner. With each step, her heart rate got faster, her breathing harder to control. She wanted to listen to Rosalie's advice, but she couldn't. She had to do this for Jacob no matter how much it broke her heart.

She saw everyone looking at her happily as she entered the aisle, except for Billy, who gave her a bittersweet smile. Seeing Billy only reminded her further why she wanted to run from this with everything. Charlie quickly leaned down and whispered in her ear.

"You don't have to go through with this." He gave her words of encouragement and she nodded. She was about to turn and run as fast as she could when she saw Edward, standing at the end of the aisle with an encouraging grin, but he wasn't what helped her have the strength to continue on.

Behind Edward, she saw far behind him in the woods stood the russet wolf of the man she loved before a smile graced the wolf's face. Though this would be painful for him, she knew he was here to show his support of her decision.

Jacob's presence gave her the strength she needed and she smirked at him, making Edward think she was smiling at him.

Charlie and Bella stopped in front of Edward before Charlie placed a kiss on his daughter's cheek before placing her hand in Edward's. She stepped closer to Edward as he smirked at her.

"Hello, beautiful." She gave him a kind smile as Pastor Webber stepped up.

"We are gathered here to celebrate the union of matrimony between Isabella Marie Swan and Edward Anthony Masen-Cullen." Everyone took a seat except for the pastor, Edward, and Bella and she saw Jacob still lurking in the woods. His presence kept her urge to flee at bay. "Is there anyone present who can think of reason that these two should not be wed? Speak now or forever hold your peace." The word forever rang through her head over and over as she took a deep breath and looked through the crowd of guests, hoping secretly that someone would, but no one did. Everyone stayed silent.

She stared at her hands as the pastor made his speech about undying love and everything he said reminded her of her feelings about Jacob. She wanted to run straight into his arms and confess her eternal love for him and how she wanted to have a full life with him. Every time she almost did, she saw Jacob in the woods and he gave her the strength to go through with it.

"Edward, repeat after me." She looked up to Edward to see a proud grin on his face as she listened closely. "I, Edward Cullen." The pastor spoke and Edward winnked at her.

"I, Edward Cullen." His unique voice spread through the air and his cool breath spread over her forehead.

"Take you, Isabella Swan."

"To be my lawfully wedded wife." She saw Jacob flinch at the last word before Edward repeated it.

"To be my lawfully wedded wife."

"To have and to hold."

"To love and to cherish."

"For better or for worse. For richer or for poorer." She took a deep breath as she listened to the repetition.

"For better or for worse. For richer or for poorer."

"In sickness and in health."

"Til death do us part." Her breath caught in her throat as she awaited the words to leave Edward's lips.

"Til death do us part." A shivered went down her spine from how true that was and she followed suit, doing as Edward just had, but her voice was soft and didn't show conviction, like his had.

"I now pronounce you man and wife. Edward, you may kiss the bride." She was pulled into his chest before he planted a passionate kiss on her lips.

After what her and Jacob had shared the night before, it felt like a huge betrayal to him to let Edward kiss her, especially when it wasn't a chastised kiss, his usual. Her stomach did flip flops, making her nauseous, until he released it.

"Everyone, I proudly introduce Edward Cullen and his wife, Isabella Marie Cullen." Everyone clapped as her nerves became overwhelming and Alice could see how unwell Bella looked.

She waltzed up to Edward and gently grabbed his arm before she thought towards him.

I need to take her to the bathroom, Edward. She's going to be sick. He nodded and gave Alice Bella's hand and guided her away from the public eye, getting strange looks from everyone, as Alice took her to the closest bathroom. Bella's stomach turned as Alice brought her to the closest bathroom and Bella sunk in front of toilet, throwing up the small breakfast she had before coming to the Cullen house to ready herself for the wedding.

Her nerves would be the death of her.

"You did great, Bella. I know getting married can make anyone nervous." Bella nodded as she grabbed some toilet paper to wipe her mouth. She knew it was nerves, but it wasn't wedding jitters. It was because she didn't want to marry Edward Cullen.

"I'm okay. I just need to brush my teeth." Alice nodded with a smile before handing Bella a toothbrush and toothpaste. Bella quickly brushed her teeth before she emerged with Alice and she saw through the window that Jacob was no longer at the edge of the woods.

With a frown, she went out to her reception.

She watched as different people made speeches and most of them were embarrassing to either her or Edward.

First, Charlie made his way to the stage with a glass of champagne in his hand, his tie loose.

"Hi, I'm Bella's father." He cleared his throat and Bella listened carefully as Edward wrapped his arm around her waist. "Edward, I know you will make a good husband." The room filled with awe as he said this, but then the comedy started. "How do I know this? I'm a cop." Everyone laughed. "I know things, like how to make a body disappear." A louder laugh erupted through the air as Edward joined in, but Bella stayed silent. "I hope that both Edward and my daughter find everything they are looking for." Charlie looked directly at his daughter with a bittersweet smirk, like he knew something no one else did. "No matter what those desires entail and how far they take them from here." Tears filled her eyes as she stood up and gave Charlie a hug.

He had never spoken so heartfelt to her, ever.

"Thank you, Dad." Though, she knew she would never have what she truly desired. She couldn't see how anything could alter her fate. She would be a vampire and would be forced to live without the man she loved more than any other.

This was the truth of her fate, the destiny she had brought upon herself, and she couldn't bring herself to move past it.

Edward kept his arm around Bella's waist as he introduced his relatives, the Denali coven, to his beautiful bride. She had never met the three blonde women, one brunette, and one handsome brunette man before, but with the gold eyes, they could easily be related by blood. They did have similar features, too.

"It's so great to finally meet the girl who stole Edward's heart." Carmen giggled before giving Bella a brief hug. "You really are very beautiful, Bella." The bride blushed before shrugging.

"Thank you, Carmen. That's very sweet." Carmen noticed that one of her sisters, Irina, was staggered behind, staring at Billy off into the distance.

"Irina, come meet the beautiful bride." Carmen tried to will Irina over, but she barely stepped forward before a shaky breath left her lips.

"I'm sorry. I can't do this. They invited a wolf." Bella looked where her eyes led and saw Billy talking with Sue Clearwater and her father.

"Billy isn't a wolf. He is human, Irina." Bella responded and Irina shook her head.

"I can smell it on him. He has to be." Bella shook her head as she stepped away from Edward and placed her hand on Irina's shoulder.

"No, really, he's human. You probably just smell...Jacob… on him." She struggled to say his name and Irina shrugged her off.

"Is this Jacob one of those mutts that killed Laurent?" Irina snapped at her and Bella flinched as she saw Jacob make an appearance, going to his father to give him a hug. Her heart sped up as she saw him, his gorgeous smile flashing at Billy, Sue, and Charlie, and she looked back to Irina.

"Hey, can I speak to Irina alone?" She knew there was only one way to help Irina with her problem with the wolves. She needed to talk to her.

"Sure, Bella. How about a dance, Edward?" Tanya asked while flashing him her sparkling grin at him and he nodded, extending his hand to Tanya.

"Irina, let's go inside. I need to explain some things to you." Irina nodded as Bella guided her into the house that, for once, was completely empty and far enough from any vampires or wolves to hear.

"What is it, Bella?" They both sat next to each other on the couch.

"Listen, Irina. It's about Laurent." The blonde rolled her eyes at the human bride.

"Please, don't give me the talk I have heard a million times over. I know you say Laurent attacked you, but I don't believe that. He wanted to change, to live in peace with humans, with me." Bella nodded and took a grip on the blonde's icy grasp.

"You're right." She said aloud and Irina gasped.

"Laurent didn't attack you?" Bella shook her head before sighing.

"No, he tried to and I would be dead right now if it wasn't for Jacob, Paul, Sam, Jared, and Embry. They saved my life, Irina, but it cost Laurent his life and you your mate. I'm so sorry about that." Irina nodded and listened to whatever Bella had to say. "You are right because I talked to Laurent for a few minutes before what happened occurred and he said a lot about what was going on with him. I'm the only one that can tell you all of this." Irina listened closely as Bella squeezed her hand.

"What did he say?" Bella smirked as a few tears filled her eyes.

"Laurent said that he had been with your family and that he loved each and every one of you, but he loved you the most." Irina smirked as Bella continued. "He wanted a life with you and your family, living the way you lived, but he was struggling, so badly." Irina frowned at this. "He wouldn't have been anywhere near me if Victoria, his old friend that tried to kill me, hadn't asked him to check on me. He was about to pay me a visit, but he decided it would be best to hunt first. He wasn't looking to hunt people, but I was too close and my scent has always driven hungry vampires crazy. He didn't stand a chance, Irina." Irina bowed her head as her arms shook.

"Why? Why did those dogs kill him? Why did they kill my Laurent?" Bella placed her hand on Irina's shoulder before tears fell.

"It wasn't anyone's fault, Irina. That's what I hope you can understand. I had no way of knowing Laurent was out there. Laurent had no way of knowing I was out there. The pack was only trying to protect me. Jacob, he's my best friend. Usually, they would have waited until I was dead, but he wouldn't let it get that far.

"The pack, it's their job to protect humans. They don't just go looking for vampires to kill. If they did, the Cullen's wouldn't be here. Do you understand?" Irina stared at Bella before she quickly hugged her tight. "Wooh!" Bella exclaimed as she hugged Irina back.

"Thank you, Bella. Thank you for telling me all of this." Bella sighed as Irina released her and the two of them walked out of the house.

"You deserved to know, Irina. In your position, I would have wanted to know." Bella looked beyond Irina and saw Jacob laughing with Seth, her heart raced and her breath caught in her throat. Irina noticed the look on the bride's face and looked to where Bella was staring.

Irina saw the handsome young Quileute who was joking and talking with his friend who looked as if he were related to the man Bella was looking at.

"A friend of yours?" Irina asked and Bella sighed.

"That's Jacob." Irina nodded before a giggle left her lips.

"Well, the way you are staring, some would say you definitely feel more for him than just him being your best friend." Irina teased and Bella blushed as she averted her gaze.

"I never said my feelings for him were completely platonic and Edward even knows about it." Irina could see there was more to this as she saw the longing in Bella's eyes.

"You know, you can talk to me." Bella smirked at Irina before tears filled her eyes.

"This is the very last time Jacob will ever see me as a human and, once I'm changed, he won't be able to stand to be close to me. This might as well be the last time we see each other. It will be less painful for either of us that way. I just have the find the strength to say goodbye, forever." Irina gave her a comforting hug before giggling.

"No time like the presence. Give him a good memory to remember you by." Bella giggled herself before she nodded.

I already gave him a pretty good memory to look back on. She remembered what they had shared the night before and that morning and her heart sped up.

"Thanks, Irina. I appreciate it." Jacob felt eyes on him and turned his gaze to Bella as she strolled across the yard towards him. He excused himself from chatting with Seth and strolled over towards Bella, a sheepish grin on his face, and Bella blushed at him.

"Hey, beautiful." He greeted her and she giggled.

"Hey, Jake." He grinned at her as she fluttered her lashes at him in a manner of flirtation. "Can we go somewhere more...private?" She requested and he nodded before taking her hand.

"Sure, come on, honey." He escorted her away from the party and towards the woods on the opposite side of the property. He pulled her to him in a hug which earned him a giggle. "I wasn't sure I was going to get to hold you again before you left." She shook her head as he pulled himself back, flashing her his gorgeous smile, before he took her hand in his. "Dance with me, Bells?" She nodded and she put her free hand on his shoulder as he quickly lifted her off her feet, spinning with her attached to him, earning a shriek from her. He chuckled lightheartedly before he sat her on her feet. "Enjoying yourself, Bells?" She rolled her eyes before she lifted the corner of her mouth, a sarcastic smirk on her face.

"Definitely not going to make my list of top ten favorite evening." He raised an eyebrow at her and she sighed. "First, I was turned into a human Barbie doll." He threw his head back laughing before he listened to her. "Then, my anxiety was at an all-time high during the whole debacle and I threw up after it was all over." His eyes narrowed from sadness before she smirked at him. "Convinced a vampire to not kill a werewolf." He chuckled and rolled his eyes. "And I have to say goodbye to you, Jacob." He looked to her before pressing his forehead to hers.

"This is how I want to remember you, when I think your name." Her heart sped up before stroking his warm cheek. "Beautiful brown eyes." She smirked as she giggled. "Two left feet." She giggled as he picked her up, spinning her around again, before setting her on her feet. "Pink cheeks and such a strong, rhythmic heartbeat." Her heart sped up before he grinned. "It's the strongest I've ever heard and it's my favorite sound, other than your laugh." She blushed before he sighed. She wanted to avoid that they didn't have much time left together.

"Where were you? Before you came back?" She changed the subject drastically as he rubbed her back.

"Northern Canada, I think. It's hard to keep track of where on a map you are when you have four legs." She buried her face in his chest as he said this, the anguish clear in his voice. "It's weird being back on two feet." She sniffled a little as she sniffed his dress shirt.

"Why did you go?" He gulped and she continued. "We would have had a bunch more time together if you hadn't left." He nodded before he sighed.

"That invitation was my breaking point." He whispered and she gasped before pulling back, looking at him with surprise.

"What invitation?" She asked calmly yet suspicious.

"I should have figured it wasn't you who sent it. I thought it might have been Cullen, but he seemed pretty surprised to see me or my father." The wheels turned in her head as she thought about who it could have been until she gasped.

"Alice. I should have know she had something to do with you disappearing." She looked to him and he saw the tears streamed down her face.

"Hey, you're not supposed to be crying, Bells." She hugged herself back to his chest before he kissed the top of her head.

"Everyone cries at weddings. My tears are just sadder than the norm." He sighed sadly before resting his cheek on top of her head.

"You would think I'd be used to saying goodbye to you." She squinted as more tears fell down her face before looked into his cinnamon, sweet eyes, looking at her with such love.

"So, I'm going to be dead to you once I leave here?" She asked with an ache in her shaky voice and his eyes widened before he vigorously shook his head.

"No! You could never be dead to me, Bells. Remember? I told you I would only ever see you, even after your heart stops beating." A sharp breath left her lipstick covered lips.

"So, even once I'm changed, you will still want me? Even though I will smell revolting, have no heartbeat, and I will have those 'creepy' eyes?" He smirked and nodded before pressing his forehead to hers.

"Of course, you are my one and only, Bells. My heart will never beat for anyone else, but you. I will just have to adjust to the smell." He teased her and she gently stroked his cheek.

"So, we could still be together? After all this?" He nodded happily with a contented sigh.

"If you want to. I'll always be waiting. I won't ever stop phasing so we can have a life together. If you want to be together, then I will give you whatever I can." She smirked before she sweetly kissed his soft, warm, inviting lips.

"I will always want that, Jacob. Forever." He chuckled before pressing his forehead to hers again.

"Forever, Bells." She smirked as he rubbed her back. "I can't believe this is your last night as a human." Her eyes widened before she giggled.

"It's not my last night. I have fourteen days left before Edward changes me." His eyes widened before he smirked at her. "Then, I will make the journey to the Volturi so they can see I'm not a liability anymore. Then, I can come back, for you." He sighed before he asked a question that was bothering him.

"Why are you waiting so long?" She shrugged.

"It was part of the plan. I didn't want to exactly spend my honeymoon writhing in pain from the transition." He huffed before rolling his eyes.

"It's not like you would be having a real honeymoon. It would be more like a vacation." He teased and she thought back on what the original plan was, her and Edward making love the first night of their honeymoon, but now, it wasn't so simple. One, they couldn't do that because he would automatically know she wasn't a virgin anymore. Two, it would feel like betraying Jacob if she did that with him. Edward would be suspicious if she didn't though. She needed to find so excuse not to have sex with Edward on the honeymoon.

Jacob caught Bella's sinful expression and quickly gasped.

"Wait, Bella. You can't be serious." He exclaimed in disbelief. She knew he could see from the look on her face what she had been thinking as she looked at his face. He wasn't angry or jealous at the thought. He was more concerned. "That is like some sick joke. Please, tell me you're not that stupid." He grabbed her arms by her elbows as he looked at her worriedly and she got irritated.

There was one thing she hated to be called more than anything in the world and that was stupid.

"It was a part of the original plan." She had convinced him that they should have sex before she was changed and that was before she realized how much she loved Jacob. Now that after her change they would be together, it was different and she thought he would catch that, but that wasn't the case.

"You can't do that, Bella! It dangerous! It could kill you!" He exclaimed with urgency, but with his concern, he forgot his strength and squeezed her arms painfully. It wasn't enough to leave a park, but it hurt nonetheless.

"Jake-" She started to protest and wiggled in his grip, slightly hissing.

"No, you have to listen to me!" He growled and she snapped at him.

"Let me go!" He dropped his hands and, out of nowhere, Edward appeared with Seth close by.

Both had realized Bella and Jacob were both missing and knew they needed to find them. Seth had promised Edward that Jacob wouldn't be left alone with Bella in case he lost his temper.

"Jake, you need to calm down." Bella knew she couldn't explain herself now that Edward was there. For Jacob's survival, she had to stick this out until she was changed and Edward couldn't know about her and Jacob's plans until she was changed.

She hated deceiving Edward, but it was necessary for everything to work out right.

"Are you fucking crazy?!" Jacob yelled at Edward with anger rolling off of him at the bloodsucker he hated more than anything. "HUH! You'll kill her!" Jacob charged at Edward and Seth quickly held him back, Jacob fighting his grip the whole time.

"Walk it off, Jake!" Bella couldn't believe how upset Jacob was.

"Fuck that." He looked to Bella as he panted in anger before his eyes softened. "Think about it, Bella. Everything you have done, everything you have been through, it will all be for nothing if you do this and he kills you." She gulped as Edward placed his arm around her waist, successfully showing his ownership over her without meaning to.

She wanted to tell him that wasn't what was going to happen now, but Edward was too close to tell Jacob the truth, the current plan.

"I've made my choice, Jake." She spoke softly and he went to charge at Edward again, but Quil and Embry ran out of the woods, each grabbing one of his arms.

"Stop, Jacob!" Sam called from the edge of the woods before Jacob snapped around to him.

"Do you know what he is going to do to her? She'll die!" Jacob was inconsolable and Bella knew only her telling him the truth would make him feel better, but she couldn't jeopardize his life like that.

"It's not our concern." Sam spoke softly and Jacob turned around to Bella and Edward, a scowl on his face.

"The only good thing I will get out of this is I will finally get to tear you apart, Cullen. You kill her and the treaty is over." Jacob snarled at Edward until Sam spoke up.

"They will not be touched, Jacob." He turned to Sam with shock on his face. "The Cullen's are no threat to us and this Bella's decision. She's been very adamant about that." He growled before he looked back at Edward, snarling again.

"I hope you are happy with yourself, Cullen." Jacob turned to leave and Bella went to go after him, but Edward held her in place.

"Jake, wait." She pleaded and Jacob punched a tree with all of his strength, breaking it clearly in half, before he ran into the woods. "Jacob." She spoke his name with longing as Seth sighed, looking at Edward apologetically.

"I'm sorry." Edward nodded and Seth ran into the woods to follow his pack brothers. Bella pushed Edwards hand off of her to follow after them, but Edward grabbed her again.

"Bella, don't. Leave him be." She yanked her arm back before scowling at him.

"Do you have any idea what Alice did? She sent him an invitation! He ran because of her! I lost two months with him because of her!" She was raging, but it was more so anger towards herself. She should have told Jacob the truth before Edward got there. Then, there wouldn't be this issue.

"Love, don't blame Alice. I had her send him the invitation." She gasped from the betrayal before scowling.

"You did what!"

"I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to cause problems. He loves you and I thought it would be best if he knew exactly how long until the wedding he had left so he wouldn't be distant to you for too long. I was trying to help. I didn't expect him or his father to show up." She lightly growled at him in anger.

"You should have left it up to me to tell him! He wouldn't have ran off if you had. You cost me more time with him. Before when he was upset with me, he only stayed away for a few weeks and it was over a similar issue. You ruined everything, Edward!" She stormed off with tears down her face and a broken heart in her chest.

I love you, Jacob Ephraim Black. I always will and I hope you can give me the chance to fix this.