Chapter 16:

Boundaries and Sparkles

**Kay, so this chapter –unfortunately- is half in Jacob's Point Of View, but only because something super, SUPER important happened to the Cullens and Quileutes while Edwards was getting all sparkly and Bella was being all lovey-dovey to him. And I mean VERY important, so if u hate Jacob and hate reading in his POV –as I do- don't skip this one, as it is important.**

((Oh, yeah, and no offense to Jacob lovers. But if it helps, I absolutely LOVE Taylor Lautner! LOL))

I WENT TO KNOTTS BERRY FARM!!!!!!! THAT PLACE IS AWESOME!!!! LOVE IT!!! He he, sorry about that.

Oh, and that one-shot is out now (its not really a one shot but there is only going to be like two or three chapters) it is called TOASTERS AND GOLDFISHES… read it please!

Bella POV

Previously:

"Yes," I whispered back, and looked up at him. He smiled at me before picking me up, bridal style, and carrying me out of the pool. He gently sat me on a large rock, and glided over to the single ray of light. He took a deep breath, and stepped into the sunshine.

Edward was beautiful; even more beautiful than he usually was. His skin literally began to sparkle the second he stepped into the light. As if thousands upon thousands of tiny, microscopic diamonds were embedded into the surface of his pale-white skin. His eyes were still shut, and he just stood there for a long moment, never moving. Completely still, like a statue.

I wanted to touch his wonderful skin, just to see if there really were diamonds somewhere on it. Almost as if he read my mind, he told me, very low, that I could come over to him, but only if I wanted to. Slowly, I got up from the huge boulder he put me on earlier and tiptoed over to him. Once I was in the sun with him, I sat down in front of him.

"Will you sit with me?" I asked quietly. He opened his eyes and nodded as he lay down on the grass. I did the same, but propped myself up on my elbow so I could look at him. I couldn't help myself as I reached out shakily, and gently grazed my hand over the top of his hand. "Is this alright?" He nodded, so I actually touched him. I was shocked to just feel the coldness of his skin. No bumps from crystals, nothing.

After sitting there for a long while, he asked me something. Something I wasn't prepared to answer.

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

He opened his eyes and I met his gaze. "No," I answered simply. "I'm not afraid of you. In fact, if anything, I'm just more in love with you."

He smiled at me, but just barely. "How can you not be afraid of me?"

"I'm just not. I find no reason to be afraid."

He propped himself up on his elbow, like me, and looked into my eyes. "Are you afraid of anything?"

I looked down. "Yes," I murmured.

With his finger, he lifted me by the chin so I could look at him again. "And pray tell, what is that?"

I didn't answer right away, and instead, asked if he would hold me. Reluctantly, he did.

"Will you tell me what frightens you now?" I nodded.

"I'm afraid that this is all just a dream. That it will all vanish when I wake up in the morning. And if not that, I'm afraid that one day you will disappear, and I'll never see you again," I mumbled. I clutched him tighter. "But do you know how you can prove to me that this isn't a dream?"

"How?"

I looked up at him. "If you… If you kissed me."

He looked back at me. "And you're sure that is the only way?" I nodded. He groaned.

I felt my heart slightly break. "Unless you don't want to…" I was so close to tears.

"What? No! No, it's not that," he amended.

The tears began to weld up. "Then what?" I asked shakily.

He smiled down at me again. "I would love to kiss you, Bella. But…"

"But what?"

"But I don't know if I could control myself." He looked torn.

"You can," I assured him. "I trust you." He still wasn't sure. "Well if you won't kiss me, then may I kiss you, Edward?"

He flashed me my favorite crooked smile. "It is the boyfriend's job to kiss the girlfriend."

All I could think about was that he said 'boyfriend,' and 'girlfriend.'

"So is that what we are, then? Boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Only if you want to."

"Oh, Edward!" I cried as I hugged myself even closer to him. He tensed up again, but I would just have to get used to that. "That is all I have ever wanted."

He chuckled. That made me realize something. "Oh, you are good," I teased him.

"Good at what?" he faked surprise.

"At changing the subject." I playfully punched his shoulder. But it hurt.

"What subject?"

"I asked if you would kiss me." He looked at me with a 'sorry' evident in his eyes.

"Please?" I asked. I would beg if I had to. All I wanted was him to kiss me.

He sighed, but nodded, and slowly began to lean in.

When his lips pressed against mine, it was indescribable. The electric jolt I felt every time we touched, except I felt it throughout my entire body. Our lips moved together in perfect synchronization. He pulled away all too soon.

I looked at him with confused eyes, and he laughed. "You need to breathe, love!"

I sucked in a huge breath then that I didn't even realize I needed before. He laughed again. I smiled at him.

His laughing was cut short. I looked over at him, only to find him all tensed up, looking straight ahead.

I pulled at his shoulder, trying to shake him awake. "Edward? What's wrong?"

He didn't look at me; he just stood up, helped me up, and dragged me back over to the pool. When we reached the waterfall, he told me we were going under, and when I was ready, he pulled me under.

Once on the other side of the waterfall, he finally answered my question. "Alice saw something." Gee, thanks, Edward that really helped.

I rolled my eyes, and he smiled. I couldn't help but notice that it didn't reach his eyes.

We got back to where the party was rather fast, because I ran (not without tripping, I may add.

When we got to Alice, she looked just as Edward had a moment ago in the cave. All tensed up, looking straight ahead. Only she was standing up.

I had finally had enough. "Alright, will someone tell me what had been going on here?!"

"I knew we should have never trusted the dogs," Alice mumbled to Edward.

That really helped, I told her sarcastically in my head.

"C'mon," Alice said, grabbing my hand and pulling me toward the Porsche.

"No!" Edward told her, pulling me back. I was going to be stretched out like Laffy Taffy when this was over. "We don't have time." Alice nodded, and then she was gone.

I looked up at Edward. "Where did she go?" I asked.

"I'll tell you later. Right now, I have to show you something." He smiled. "Get on my back."

I looked up at him skeptically. "Seriously?"

"Yes," he said, pointing to his back.

So that's what I did. I got on his back, and he took off.

**to be explained better in the next chapter**

Jacob POV

Mike and some of my other friends invited me to a party down at La Push beach. I loved La Push beach, so how could I have said no to them?

I'll tell you how; if they had told me who's party it was, that's how.

I was just standing there, cup of punch in hand, talking to Mike about the prom, which, apparently he was going to ask Bella to today, when I look up. You know who I see? I see Bella leaning all over that bloodsucking leech with the odd- colored hair.

That struck a chord for some reason. I was so furious, that I didn't even notice my tiny glass being crushed in my hand until it was too late, and it was already making the beach sparkle. Sparkle like a freakin' vampire. Not that I cared about it, either. My hand would heal in a few minutes, and, besides, it wasn't even my glass. It was theirs.

The next thing I knew I was running. Running like the wind. And only slowing down when I transformed into a huge russet- brown wolf. But I sped right back up again.

Woah, Jake! Why are you so jealous? I heard Quil's voice ask. I wasn't jealous! I didn't even know her that well. How could I be jealous?

Uh, because she was all over the leach instead of you.

Shut up, Quil.


Shut up Quil, what?

Shut up PLEASE, Quil.

Much better.

He came into view then, and I trotted up to him, trying as hard as I possibly could not to think of Beautiful Bella and the disgusting, vile, horrible, bloo-

Jacob! That's enough. Sam was here. He pawed himself up over to Quil and I. You had something important to discuss?

Yes, I answered in my head. It's about the bloodsuckers.

Jacob, you know very well that as long as the Cullens are imposing no threat to the tribe or neighboring humans, we can do nothing.

But what if they were becoming too involved with a human? What then?

Well, if they have a good reason to do s-

They don't. I'm sure it's only for their pleasure.

He was considering that. I stopped him to try and make my point stronger.

One myth does state that these vampires are incredibly strong, and are capable of so much, and isn't it our job to protect all of the humans here?

It may not look like much now, but what happens when they loose control?

We might as well have killed the girl ourselves. When she dies, the blood will be on our hands. Not because we are the murderers, but because we sat back and let it happen. It would be just as bad.

Sam contemplated all of what I said.

Jacob, you have made your point. Follow me, boys. We have to go see Carlisle. And he began running. Quil and I looked at each other for a split second before taking off with him.

We all stopped just inside woods, right before the bloodsuckers' home.

Change and I will see you boys inside, Sam told us and disappeared in farther into the woods. He was back momentarily, fully dressed. With a tip of his invisible hat, he jogged up to the house. Quil and I followed his example, and entered the house together.

The place reeked. I could barely stand it! Quil, as well, looked so close to vomiting it wasn't even funny. Sam, though, of course, was undisturbed.

We found Carlisle relatively easy.

"In here," he had called from the kitchen. Sam was first to move from his pose. He stood up, and strode over to the kitchen, me on his heels, and Quil directly behind me.

Carlisle looked up from what he was doing when we entered. "Ah, Sam! What brings you here?"

Sam ignored his question. "Does she know?" He knew who Sam meant.

"Yes, she knows everything," he answered in defeat. "But I can promise you that no harm will come to her."

I snorted at that, and Sam shot me a glare.

"And just how can you be so sure?" I asked, earning yet another glare from Sam.

"Because Edward wouldn't allow it. Not in a million years." Ha! That was laughable. If anyone was going to end up hurting Bella, it was more than most likely going to be 'Edward' who caused it.

Sam was with me on that. "Carlisle, I'm so very sorry, and no matter how much I would like to have avoided this ultimatum, I'm unfortunately going to have to enforce it, in the best interest of the tribe, of course."

Carlisle nodded. Apparently he already knew what Sam was talking about. But Sam said it outloud anyways. "I'm going to have to enforce the treaty's boundary line you were all threatened with when the treaty was formed. I trust you know where that is?"

Carlisle nodded. "I'm sorry, Carlisle. But you know I am only doing this for the tribe."

"Of course, Samuel. I knew it was going to happen eventually." Sam and the bloodsucker shook hands, and he escorted us to the front door.

Once outside, we all split up so we could change. We all met up moments later.

Well, one more human's life is saved) Quil mused.

Not quit.) We must've looked confused. Sam sighed. The boundary line only covers the Quileute reservation. This... Bella, right? He looked at me; I dipped my head. Right. This Bella doesn't live in the reservation, does she?

I groaned in my head. No.

Exactly. So we have just made the Quileute people safer. Your Bella's life may still be at stake.

And there's nothing we can do? I whimpered.

Sam shook his black head. Nothing. You can try and keep her inside the reservation line, but that it the only suggestion I can offer. If this Bella is so important to you, you better start thinking up ways to keep her away from the Cullens. And they both trotted away, leaving me alone. Alone to think of what I could -and was going to- do.

//a/n: sorry, I didn't put too much into it, mainly because I despise book Jacob with a burning passion. Now mind you I didn't say anything about movie Jacob. "Does his being shirtless bother me?" not one bit XD.

Yeah, I know, he seems like a bit of a pushover, but I just wanted him to freakin kiss her already! Lol

**ONE MORE CHANCE TO GUESS WHAT VIDEOGAME I TOOK THE CAVE IDEA FROM! NO ONE GOT IT**