"Jacob, through all these months, I realized that I…I'm…in love with you." Bella whispered. My mouth dropped for a tiny second then turned into an enormous grin. I pulled her back to my chest and picked her up in my arms; spinning around like they do in the movies. Bella giggled.
"Bella, you have no idea how long I've waited for those words to come out of your mouth. Now that it has, I know nothing can separate us now." I leaned in to kiss her, but she turned her head away. My brows furrowed in disappointment. Bella looked at me with sad eyes.
"Jake…please, I meant that I realized I was in love you…too. I still love him, Jacob. I just realized that I'm in love with both of you. I'm just afraid that I love him more than I love you." I let go of her and walked around to sit on the couch. So she still loved her heartbreaking leech. My top lip curled up in a snarl.
"Bella. He left you," my head fell in my hands, "He doesn't want you anymore. I mean, I know you still…love that…I mean him, but he's not coming back, Bella. If he does, what will you do if he's with another woman?" I looked up and Bella was standing just a few feet in front of me with her arms crossed over her chest. It looked like she was trying to deny the words I was saying. Standing up, I moved to where I could rub her arms soothingly. She winced.
"If he comes back…with another woman," she looked up at me with serious eyes, "then I will love you like I loved him. I'll give you what you want. I'll be with you forever. If he comes back with another woman, then that means I didn't mean as much to him as he did to me." A tear fell from her face. In half a second, my arms were around her. She responded by constricting her arms around my neck and burying her face in my chest.
"Jake, just know that if he does come back without anyone else…just be prepared that it'll be him that I go to."
"Bella, do you hear yourself?" she leaned away and looked up at me with a confused expression.
"What?" she asked.
"After all that he's put you through, you would just take him back just like that?" I asked, huffing once. She was so stubborn; it made me so frustrated some times.
Her eyes turned black as night. "Yes, Jacob. He's part of me-
"Yes, but he's not all of you, Bella. He may have been a few months ago, but he's gone now. He didn't want you anymore. You need to move on, because if you keep holding on to him, you're going to be miserable the rest of your life." I released her and turned around; walking towards the window. I sighed and looked out the glass and into the open field.
"Besides, if I left right now; if I went somewhere where we couldn't see each other, you wouldn't hold on to me, you'd go back to being miserable over him."
I felt her tiny arms wrap around my waist from behind me. She was crying into my back; holding on to me. "That's not true, Jake. I know that if you left, I'd come over to your house and then I'd cry and cry because I would be missing you so much. I'd hang out with Emily and ask her if she had any updates on Jake. If you left me here Jake…I would never be the same. I'd be a dead corpse walking around pretending to be alive. I know that's what I've been looking like all these past months. Please, Jake. You made me happy, you brought me back to life; don't leave me. I wouldn't be able to handle it. I need you in my life, Jacob." I closed my eyes, listening to Bella pour her heart out to me. A long moment passed, and we stood there; Bella, with her arms around me from behind, and me looking out the window with my arms crossed.
"Bella, I'm never going to give up on you," I turned to gaze into her eyes.
"I know Jacob, and I don't want you to." A moment passed as we just stood there gazing into each other's eyes; searching for something we both wanted. Bella wanted me to understand, and I wanted Bella to move on.
Then, I tried something I knew Bella would slap me for. Slowly, I leaned my head down towards her quivering lips. What shocked me was when she closed her eyes and became vulnerable in my grasp. I sucked in a breath and then exhaled onto her beautiful face. She sighed and whispered my name. I closed my eyes and our lips brushed against each others before finally connecting.
I moaned and grabbed her waist pulling her closer to me. She rested her hands on my chest, giving into the kiss. I licked her bottom lip, enticing her to open her mouth. She did, and our tongues collided; dancing in sync with each other. First, it was a slow dance, and then it turned erotic, and she moaned into my mouth.
"Ahem." A voice sounded from the front door. I pulled away only to keep my arms wrapped around Bella. She giggled and gently pulled away from my grasp. I looked to see who it was. There, at the front door was someone I thought I would never see enter my house. My hands and body started to tremble. Bella gasped.
Bloodsucker.