Chapter 6 – Part 1

What could have possibly happened that required more werewolves?

Jacob was shaking his head absentmindedly, with what seemed to be tears in his eyes.

"We just arrived too late…" he mumbled with his eyes shut.

I knew he had asked me for space, but I couldn't see him like that and stay where I was without doing anything. So without thinking it too hard, I ran to him with my arms open, to comfort him. I put my arms around his head and lent it on my chest. He didn't fight back.

"Oh Jake, please don't cry… what is it? What happened?" I said softly; trying to hide my anguish and anxious.

Jake proceeded with his eyes filled with fury "On Friday's late night, Quil and I were on a patrol in the south of the forest. Everything was normal, noiseless if it wasn't for some deer or our footsteps. When we suddenly heard a shriek, it was filled with so much pain; it ached just to listen…" He trailed off too disturbed by the thought. I took his hand and gave him an encouraging look. He nodded and continued.

"We started running as fast as we could to where the sound seemed to have come. And when we arrived we saw her… "- He was shaking of rage -"she was a teenage girl… lying on the ground, pale, she was—she was dead…" –he sobbed- "She held such a horrible expression in her face… It was like… like something sucked her life!" he shrieked.

"Like a vampire?" I asked horrified.

"No. It was something else, something I've never seen… she didn't have any bit, or any injury… it was almost impossible".

After that we hang out listening to music, and talking about random things. What happened was too disturbing, we didn't want to keep on talking about it.

A couple of hours later Charlie came into my room and said Billy was calling Jacob, it was late and they needed to go. Jacob and I were lying: me on my bed, Jake on the floor; we were almost asleep, too tired to talk. They say goodbye and went away in Jake's Rabbit.

I went to bed as soon as I could, I was really, really tired. I wrapped my arms around my body in an attempt to warm myself –it was really cold-. And fell asleep in a matter of minutes.

I walked up screaming the next morning, -well it wasn't the morning; it still was dark outside-. I'd had almost the same nightmare I had the night before. Only that this time I was in a forest, lying on the floor; screaming. While something was taking my life away. I was the girl, the girl that Jacob had told me about yesterday. I took a warm shower and tried to block the feeling of the nightmare. I didn't want to think about, to talk about… I just wanted to forget it.

When it was almost time to go to school – I didn't want to arrive late again – I grabbed my jacket and headed to my truck. When I saw him…

I scrubbed my eyes to be sure it was true what I was seeing. And it was. Liam was perfectly smiling, leaning against an incredible black Porsche. I was perplexed. What was Liam doing here? How did he know were I live? But the most important of all questions; what on earth was I going to say to Edward?

"H-hey Liam, what are you doing here?" I asked confused. The question came out harder than I intended to, but I was really disconcerted.

"Hi Bella" – he greeted a little bit ashamed – "I'm sorry I came without saying anything. I just asked the receptionist the address of your house and she gave it to me." –Great just like with Edward, the receptionist obviously couldn't say no to his charm- . "I know I shouldn't have come without asking first, but I wanted to make sure you were okay to come to school" he apologized with his deep voice.

I eyed him confused, why wouldn't I be okay?

"Because of the stomachache… " He remembered me pointing my stomach.

"Oh yes, of course. Thanks, you shouldn't have worried. I'm fine really."

"Well, you never know how bad a stomachache can be, lets not push your luck." He said faking a serious tone. "Let me take you to school" he invited politely.

What? Go to school with him? I didn't want to be the cause of a murder; Edward was going to kill him if I arrived to school with him, well maybe he wouldn't see us…

"Oh, don't worry. Really, I'm better than fine. Strong as a mammoth" I said theatrically.

Did I just say mammoth? Jeez…

"Okay" –he laughed- "I didn't know mammoth were that strong" he teased. I laughed too, I didn't know why but I was always laughing around him.

"Please? Would you let me ride you?" he said with a persuading voice.

And I just couldn't say no to him. I never could say no to him! It was frustrating. What was happening to me? Why was I feeling this irrational responds? I fight back the urge to tell him yes – to avoid a big confusion in my head-.

"You know what… its better if I go by myself. I really feel okay, and besides I have to get back from school and as far as I know my truck still doesn't know the way to school alone, though I've been trying to teach it." I teased, trying to soften the rejection.

He laughed back.

My head was telling me I wanted to go with him, but my heart, that it was better if I didn't. And they say that the heart is what you have to follow…

"Okay… if it's what you want." He said with a frustrating look that I didn't understand. He composed in a second. "But remember you promised you were going to give my sister and me a tour around town? I'm still counting on it…" he grinned exposing his perfect teeth.

"Oh about that… you know the boy I was sitting with yesterday at lunch? Well he is…"- It was hard to tell him who he was, I was mumbling- "he is my boyfriend. And well he really knows the town better than I do, so I told him to come with us… So he can show you the town better, you know…" I said really quickly without letting him talk. Why was so difficult to tell this to him?!

"Oh… really?… sure, sure… GREAT!... I'm glad you invited him too" I think he mouthed, it was almost impossible to understand; what he said had no sense at all.

I tried to change topic, something in me didn't want to keep talking about Edward around him. "By the way where is Adeline?" I asked realizing she wasn't with him.

"My mother likes taking her to school" he rolled his eyes.

"Why? is she that younger than us? She doesn't look like that…" I realized. She really looked as she was just a couple of years younger.

"No, she isn't… she is 15. My mother is just too overprotective when it's about her" he shrugged.

Suddenly I looked at my watch; it was 7:45 we were almost going to arrived late.

"Wow, if we don't leave now we are going to be late again"

"Oh you are right! So… see you there. I hope we have more classes together" he said looking at me deeply with his blue eyes.

"S-sure, see you in a while…" And with that I entered to my truck, and headed to school.

Something inside me really wanted to have more classes with him, to get to know him better, a thought that was sticking more to my head with every minute.

I pushed the thought away. I didn't want to think about it, besides I needed to think what I was going to say to Edward about why I had talked to Liam, I didn't want to lie to him again… Would I?

TO BE CONTINUED