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When I woke up Sunday morning I knew that it was going to be a long day. The weather was nice and sunny, so Charlie would most likely be out fishing all day. That was one upside to the day. The other was that Edward would have to stay out of sight, so he wouldn't be bothering me.
I knew that I needed to do some laundry and my room could really use a once over, so I decided that today was the perfect day to clean. I quickly got all of the dirty clothes together and hauled them into the laundry room. After I started the first load I headed back to my room to try and handle that mess. I stripped my bed and brought those to the laundry room too. When I headed back up to my room the phone started to ring.
"Hello"
"Hi Bella. It's Jessica." I was a little shocked to find that Jessica was calling me.
"What's up Jess."
"Nothing much, I just wanted to apologize for what happened at the movies last night. I mean me and Lauren were just minding our own business when Mike called me over to him." I had to put a hand over my mouth to stop myself from laughing.
"That's alright Jess." I said not wanting to give her the satisfaction of getting a reaction out of me.
"So you're not upset."
"Not a bit."
"Oh. Well, okay than. I guess I'll talk to you later or something." Jessica replied sounding disappointed.
"Okay. Bye." I said, once again trying to hold back my laughter.
"Bye Bella." Jessica said.
As soon as I hung up the phone I fell to the ground laughing. Jessica actually thought that I cared about the stupid so called date with Mike. I was actually rolling on the floor laughing, a little too distracted to notice that I had a visitor in my house. Before I could even stop laughing Jake was at my side not looking pleased. His form was shaking and he had a look that could kill on his face.
"Bella. We need to get you out of here now." Jake said. Not waiting for me to reply, he just scooped me up into his arms and went outside. He quickly scanned the area, than set me down. Jake took a few steps away from me.
"I need to change Bella. Please don't be scared I promise I won't hurt you." Jake said. I managed to nod my head, and that was all the confirmation that Jake needed. He took off into the woods and then came back in wolf form. Without wasting anytime he quickly scoped me up into his arms and took off back into the woods.
By the time I got enough sense to think about what was happening we were almost to La Push.
"She back." I said, not as a question, but as a fact. Jake just looked down at me and nodded his head.
I felt like I was going to pass out, but I held my self together. Now was not the time to fall apart. Not when an evil vampire wanted to kill me. I started to look at the trees fly by as Jake continued his run to La Push. It was then that I realized that we were not alone.
To the left was another wolf. From the look of him it looked like Sam, but I could be sure at these speeds. To the right was another form, one that was throwing of light when the sun hit him. I couldn't tell who it was but I had the feeling that it was Edward. This day just kept getting worse.
I pushed my self as close to Jake as I could, trying to hold back the tears that I knew were starting to fall. It seemed so ironic that last night I was worrying about making Edward jealous and today I was worrying about a homicidal vampire that was trying to kill me. Amazing what a few hours does, I thought to myself.
When we finally reached the boarder Jacob stopped running and turned toward Sam. I had no idea what was going on, since they didn't talk. It seemed that they were communicating back and forth. Soon Sam nodded his giant wolf head and took off toward La Push. Jake looked down at me, then he turned to face Edward. He carefully set me on my feet then walked into the woods. Edward was at my side as soon as Jake had left.
"Are you okay?" Edward managed to say through a clenched jaw. He must not like the fact that he was alone so close to all the wolves.
"I think so. Why did we stop here?" I asked.
"I can't cross the boarder line because of the treaty and I refused to let you out of my sights. We are trying to figure out some way to keep you safe, without upsetting everyone." Edward replied just as Jake stepped out of the forest in human form.
"Bella, you need to decide where you want to go. You can either go with me to La Push, or you can go with them." Jake said taking a pause to nod his head toward Edward. "Just know that if you go with them, we can't protect you." He finished never taking his eyes off of Edward.
"I don't know Jake. Where is she, when did you find her?" I stammered out. I was trying to stay calm, but his making me choose a side right now was not going to help anyone right now. I could feel my heartbeat increasing and it was getting harder and harder to breathe.
"It's alright Bella. Everything is being handled. Emmett and Jasper are tracking her right now." Edward said as he slipped his arm around my waist, pulling me toward him.
"Was anyone hurt?" I managed to get out.
"No. Alice had a vision, so no one was hurt." Edward said.
"Bella, you need to decide. All this chit chatting isn't going to solve anything. Pick a place now." Jake angrily butted in.
"Fine. I'll go with Edward to see Alice." I said.
"Can I ask why?" Jake said sounding a little hurt.
"Well, Alice can't see my future when I'm with you. So if I went with you and Victoria decided to attack Alice wouldn't be able to have a vision and stop her." I said proudly. I knew that Jake would have to see things my way with that as my reason, plus it wouldn't make it seem like I was choosing Edward over him.
"That makes sense. Give me a call later to let me know that you're safe." Jake said quickly before running off toward La Push.
Now that Edward and I were alone I became suddenly all too aware of his arm around my waist. I could feel my heart speed up and I started to take deep breaths to calm myself. Edward must have sensed my discomfort because I was on his back a moment later.
"Hold on tight." He told me as he took off in the opposite direction, heading for his home.
The ride to his house was very short. The family, minus Jasper and Emmett, were outside waiting for us when we arrived. Edward carefully set me down and then ushered me to the rest of the family.
"We're so glad that you're safe Bella." Esme calmly stated once I was released from a hug.
"Thank you." I said, not being able to think of anything else to say.
"Now that Bella is here, why don't we all head inside?" Carlisle said already leading everyone inside.
I followed in behind Alice and grabbed her hand. She turned to look at me and gave me a weak smile, clearly she was worried about Jasper. Carlisle lead everyone into the family room and motioned for us to sit down. We just sat there in silence for a few minutes. Edward was sitting next to me on the couch and I could feel how tense he was. Alice was gently rubbing circles on my back trying to calm me down, without Jasper her no one could control my emotions.
The silence had become too much so I finally decided to break it. "So, what are we going to do about Victoria?" I made sure to stress the we part. I didn't want them to think that I was just going to sit by and let them handle my mess.
I felt Edward stiffen at my side when I said that.
"We are not going to do anything about it." Edward replied, also stressing the we. "You are going to stay around one of us twenty four seven until this mess is handled."
"I am not going to just sit around while people I care about are in danger Edward." I said, shifting so that I was no facing him.
"For once in your life will you listen to reason Bella? You are not able to protect yourself from danger, especially from this kind of danger. We care about you too much to just stand by and watch you get hurt doing something foolish." Edward said plainly.
I was really not in the mood to have the same stupid fight with Edward right now so I turned my back to him and looked at Alice. The look on her face told me that I was not going to get her support in this case.
"Fine." I said, as I hung my head.
"Great. Now that that is settled we need to discuss exactly how Bella is to be protected." Carlisle stated, taking charge of the situation.
"One of us will be with you at all times. At Charlie's Alice will be with you when he is home, and when he leaves one of us will come to replace her. We don't want him to get too suspicious. At night two of us will always be guarding your house. I know that the wolves have been doing that, so I will have to give Sam a call to address that situation. Even if you do not see us, I can guarantee that one of us will be close by." Carlisle finished.
"What about the sunny days?" I asked.
"Since we are unable to be in public I was hoping that you wouldn't mind coming over here."
"I guess I could do that. What about if I went to La Push, I am safe there too?" I asked hoping that would be allowed.
"No Bella. Werewolves are dangerous." Edward said with so much anger it scared me.
"I already had this argument with Emmett, so don't get me started on danger. I will not lose my friends just because you came back." I said, rather rudely.
Edward's head suddenly snapped to look at Carlisle and he looked even more upset.
"I will not agree to that." He screamed at Carlisle.
"It is her decision to make." Carlisle said for the benefit of those of us who could not read minds.
With that Edward stormed out of the room and out of the conversation.
"Bella if you choose to go to La Push, we will not stop you, and we will not hold it against you. We love you and want you to be safe." Carlisle stated with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Thank you. Well am I allowed to go home or do I have to stay here?" I asked.
"I'll take you home Bella." Alice said
"Okay." I said, standing up. "I'll talk to everyone later. Bye." Alice and I were walking arm and arm out the front door until we were stopped by Edward.
"Bella could I please have a minute alone with you? There are a few things that I would like to talk about. We can go up to my room to talk, if that's alright with you." Edward said keeping his eyes locked on mine.
"I guess that would be alright." I slipped my arm away from Alice and followed Edward up to his room. I had the feeling that he was going to try and convince me not to go to La Push, but I was not willing to budge on the issue.