2. Running Away... with Jacob?

The grass didn't help, the heels didn't help-but I'd rather walk and get stuck in grass than breaking my legs with the stone path-I would remind Alice about this. I felt as if I were about to fall at any second. I gave hand shakes and hugs to all the words I received, they were congratulating me about my future wedding that would happen in two days or maybe tomorrow, now I wasn't sure.

I thought this was still a rehearsal.

I stumbled twice watching at both my sides, turning my face at every direction… there was nothing.

These heels made my feet hurt like nothing; I wasn't used to walking with high heels.

I was about to fall once, when I had already flee from hugs, suddenly my heels got stuck in the grass, I though my face would go straight to the bottom, but instead of cold, hard, wet lawn I found a very huge, warm and tender chest.

I knew who it was; no one could be so big and warm but… but my best friend, my Jacob.

"Whoops! Watch it Bells!" He held me closely to his chest, I felt as if he and I were alone, as if we were again in his garage in the rainy, cold afternoons.

I had no time to talk; he lifted my feet up from the floor like a weightless doll

and took me away. He landed me in one of the borders of the forest-when I talked about the immense Cullen backyard I was talking serious, maybe I did not mentioned that the garden was technically the forest.

I could still see the lights from the gazebo; I could see all my friends sat in rounded tables, no one aware of me and Jacob… here.

"Jake! What… how did… Oh! I'm so glad you're here!" I put my arms around what they could surround from Jacob's body; he was so big I was sure I wouldn't reach his shoulders.

"I'm glad too sweetheart." It was my Jacob again; his real voice not the one that the mask provoked. He didn't despise me or maybe he did…

I looked up to see his face, and found with much more than happiness that it was him, the Jacob I was longing to see again, a teenage juvenile wolf ruled by hormones, so big and warm and happy, my eternal sunshine and safe harbor.

"Are you mad at me Jake? If you are, you are right, I'm a real rotten, horrible person, I'm so sorry I didn't wanted to ruin everything, it was my fault Jake I'm sorry, please forgive me, please!" My words didn't have sense; I was saying what went through my head in the mere instant. The words flew out escorted with few tears."

His large, warm hand wiped them away with the softest rough touch his hand could allow.

"Why are you crying? I'm here. Isn't what you wanted Bella? We are friends, the best of friends Bells." My breath was uneven; my eyes kept being flooded by tears.

"Why is that you're still crying Bella? "

"You're here." I said in gasps.

"I am." His eyes were confused, looking me as if I was becoming crazy, but that didn't stop him from giving me a white, warm smile.

"You're here to stay?" I reflected.

"As long as I can Bells, leeches aren't what I would call party people you know?"

I laughed at this, not without getting mad first.

"Edward knows you're here?" I asked, fearing of what could happen.

"Er, not exactly Bells, I was invited to the wedding, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go and well… anyway I heard this kid Newton talking about your engaging party and decided I would give you a visit." Jacob wasn't nervous at all, he seemed relaxed and confident, it seemed that there were no vampires with developed, sharp senses that could track him down or kill him.

"Then, I appreciate your very short visit; it's time for the wolf to go." I said to him almost pushing him into the woods.

It was as if I were pushing a rock, he wasn't moving.

"I've missed you Jacob, a lot, but now it's time to go!" I just heard him chuckling.

"Bella I'm here to stay or… if you want me to go then..." His voice was trailed off, he turned his back at me and began walking away.

"No Jake I want you to stay but it's dangerous, you and Edward aren't what I would call best friends and the last time you saw well it wasn't very… friendly so it's better for you and your butt's sake if you leave."

When I gave him my lecture of the why I wanted him to leave he chuckled again but this time he cut it off and looked at me with sadden eyes.

"I guess you're right Bella, I'll better leave… alone." He marked the last word with the most dramatic accent I've heard from his voice.

He began to walk again, further from me.

"Ugh! Jacob don't do this." I knew what his intentions were; I wasn't going to leave this party, my engagement party, I was going to enjoy the party and be with Edward.

But what if Jacob doesn't come to my wedding, he said so. What if this was the last time I would be able to see him as my best friend again, as my Jacob. Maybe this would be the last moment human-freak I would get with him, before I was raged and consumed with bloodlust, I want to enjoy this last moment with my friend and I don't think this will be the best place to do it.

He kept walking, further and further from me.

"Hey Jacob wait!" I ran to him, ridding from the tormenting shoes, my feet touched the wet grass.

In the moment my feet touched the grass I felt as the half Bella that belonged to Jacob, the reckless, irresponsible Bella was alive again, alive more than ever.

"I knew it!" I heard him whisper, then his body turned around and caught me in his arms, making me spin around the air, feeling like a little kid playing in a grown ups arms.

After a long moment of spinning he let me down, I was feeling a little dizzy, but didn't care, this was my last night with Jacob.

"Come Bella, I have to show you something." He took me by the hand and began to pull from it.

I was running when he was giving two very steps.

"Wait there for a second I need to rest!" I said out of breathe.

"You are like and old lady Bella."

"Hey the only middle age here is you remember? And it's not my fault that you give steps size of an elephant." I took a sit in a rock that was nearby.

He laughed.

"It's not my fault either that you give steps size of a mice Bells."

"Funny Jacob." I made my voice sound sarcastically.

"Know Bells we have to hurry, before your leech finds out that you're missing. I guess I'll just have to carry you."

He was walking to me with his arms open.

"Don't you dare Jacob!" This was getting off the limit; I wasn't going to let Jacob carrying me.

"Come Bells, I promise I don't bite." He winked at me. I understood his real cheap, not very funny joke but still laugh, I didn't not know if I laughed from the joke or from the nervous I was about the indiscreet thing he was about to do.

My dress wasn't large enough, it wasn't large at all, he would be touching my skin and I don't want to.

"I'd rather walk thank you." When he was at a dangerous proximity I stood from the rock I was and began walking fast.

Then from walking I began to run.

"You said that we had to hurry Jake so move your butt and catch me." I was running not without effort of course, I would trip at any minute if I wasn't cautious enough, but I was barefoot so that reduced the chances of falling down.

"Do you even know where it is Bella?" I kept running as if I hadn't heard him.

I was feeling guilty know, it may sound ridiculous but I felt as if I was betraying Edward, but I wasn't or I was? Is not as if I had run away with Jacob, which I did.

What would Edward think of me?

Haven't I hurt him enough? But it was Jacob, maybe I wouldn't see him again.