Chapter 6

Bella POV:

Today was the worst day I'd probably ever have in the rest of eternity, but then again, eternity is a long time so maybe not. I kept running in the forest for what seemed like an hour before I even came across another scent. Too bad it wasn't a very good scent, meaning it was the worst thing I had ever smelt before. It made me want to keel over and gag.

I tried to run faster to get away from the scent, but it just got stronger as it engulfed my entire body. It felt like the air around me was getting warmer against my cold skin. The scent made me sick to my stomach, but I pushed myself to get past it. I held my breath and kept going before it felt like I was being watched and followed.

I looked to my side, still running, and I could see a shadowy blur racing at the same speed as me. I stopped and looked around me and saw nothing.

"Hmmm, must be in my head." I thought aloud to myself, but before I could start running again, a loud dark voice stopped me.

"What are you doing on our territory, leech?" I quickly turned around but no one was there. What did he mean by 'our' territory? You couldn't claim land that was already owned.

"Show yourself!" I said.

"Why are you trespassing?"

"Trespassing? I believe that I am a U.S. citizen, so I am not trespassing anything. Unless…we are still in New York right?"

"You are trespassing our land, leech. You are lucky I haven't killed you yet, no leeches are allowed on this land."

"Why do you keep calling me a leech? I do have a name. And how come you won't even show me your face? Too scared? Huh?" After I said that, a shirtless man walked out of the brush. There was darkness in his eyes, and I could tell he disliked me very much. One thing I did know, though, was that he needed a shower, and bad.

"Don't even try to run, my pack will hunt you down and kill you."

"Look, I'm really in a hurry. I need to get out of New York, and don't try to push me because today has already been bad enough and I don't need any crap from some human who knows what I am and thinks he can kill me. Well do you know that the Volturi would kill you if they knew that you about the vampire world? And did you know that you need a shower really bad?"

"What crimes have you committed that have you running away in fear?"

"None of your business, I don't even know you!"

"I'm gonna ask again and hope that I don't get anymore attitude from you. What crimes have you committed that have you running away in fear?"

"Look, I'm sure you don't wanna hear the whole long story and I really need to leave."

"I have time."

"Ugh, ok, but listen up because I'm not repeating anything. If it's not past midnight yet, today would be my first full day as a vampire. This man named James changed me in an alleyway one night when I wasn't afraid of him. He looked like a serial killer, but I wanted to get away from my life since I didn't matter to anyone anymore. My life couldn't have gotten any worse than it had been at that moment. The pain was horrible, and the result isn't very rewarding.

"James taught me how to lure humans into me so I could kill them, and I actually killed an innocent man. I sat and cried for what seemed like two hours once I saw what I had done to him. James found me and when I calmed down, he tricked me into believing that drinking human blood was the way of the food chain. That vampires were just at the top of the food chain like the mortals thought they were. I believed him, and we moved towards New York City to kill criminals, that's when he tried to kiss me but I pulled away because I didn't like him in that way yet since I had just met him.

"I could tell that he was hurt by my move, and we walked to our new hotel in silence. When I left to go get a book, I came back and saw a note on his bed saying that he had gone for a run. I went to go look for him and overheard him and this girl talking about keeping me around because I would be useful for their plans. Then I ran away get stuck with this crap and I just want to get away from everything. I just wanna go to Washington and try to start over as much as I can." If I was still human, tears would be rolling down my face, but vampires couldn't cry. It made me hate being a vampire even more. I looked up at the man again and saw that his face had brightened up a lot and he looked a little familiar, like I'd seen him before. I could tell some kind of emotion besides hate was going through his mind, but didn't exactly know what it was.

"Be-Bella? Is that really you?" Is that really me? What is that supposed to mean? Of course it's me! Imbecile, but how did he know my name?

"How do you know my name?"

"I've changed a lot, got way bigger and look a lot more mature, but it's me, Jacob."

"Jake?" Ok, now I would be sobbing. Jacob's dad used to be best friends with my dad, Jacob and I used to be best friends until my mom moved back in. Then I never really got to see him that much since she didn't like Billy or anyone who talked to him, I never knew why. "What are you doing out here? You're gonna get yourself killed!"

"I could say the same about you, your funeral was a couple of hours ago." At least I wasn't the only one crying, he was too. Except no tears could come out of my eyes. Before I knew it, I was being embraced in a big bear hug. "Oh, god Bella. I'm so sorry, I should've kept a closer eye on you. I should've known that there would be bloodsuckers in the city just looking for weak prey. And you couldn't run away, I'm so sorry."

"Jake, it's not like you could've done anything. It was my fault for sitting alone in a dark alleyway. Plus he would've probably killed you for interfering, you don't have the same strength as me anymore." He laughed and looked me in the eye.

"Why do you think I smell so bad?"

"'Cause you haven't showered in I'd say about a week. That's so disgusting, just to let you know." He laughed again before more tears ran down his face.

"I'm a werewolf. We're mortal enemies. You smell horrible to me, too. I wish it didn't have to be this way, I'd stay with you forever." He sucked in his breath and kissed my forehead. His lips burned my forehead, as I'm sure my skin froze his lips before another man walked out of the woods.

"Jake, she's gotta go. Sam will becoming soon, and you know what he will do if he finds out that we're not 'dealing with' the leech." Jake sighed and stepped away from our embrace.

"Where were you planning on running to again?" Jake asked me.

"I told you I wasn't going to repeat anything!" I looked at him with a grin before continuing, letting him know that I was just kidding with my expression, "Washington, you know maybe check out Seattle."

"Skip Seattle, go to Forks. There is a clan there, they're vegetarians and they'll show you the right way. I'm upset to have to let you go again, but my leader will kill you. I'll try to come find you sometime, but I can't tell you when I'll be able to get away.

"Just keep traveling east till you the Washington border then got towards the coastline, and find out how to get to Forks from there. Stay out of the sun and be careful, and if you can, stay out of trouble." He hugged me once more than pointed to the East and mouthed 'go'.

I was still crying tearlessly when the horrible scent finally faded out to being completely gone. I had finally been somewhere where I had wanted to stay, but Jacob and I could never be the same again. I don't know if we would have been able to get over the stink all the time. I had always known Jacob had loved me but I never really felt fully the same. He'd find someone else eventually that would be better for him than I ever would.

I was still in a forest, thankfully, when the sun started rising. That had been the longest night of my life, I mean even when I had sat in my bed wide awake the whole night, while I was human. It still didn't compare to last night.

I backtracked a little so that I wasn't closer to civilization, even though I had no clue where I was. I decided to try out the vegetarian style, it couldn't be half as bad as killing a human. I mean regular humans killed animals too, the over populated species. I could just go find a deer or something common to try it out.

I walked around for a little bit before I caught a scent of anything besides birds. After about an hour, I smelt a really appealing scent. I followed it, and was led to a cave. I cautiously walked up to the cave and looked inside, thankful for my good eyesight. Inside were lying two humongous black bears, and their backs were touching while they slept. I figured that they were either mates or brother and sister, so I would just kill both of them so the other one didn't miss its buddy.

When I sunk my teeth into the first bear, the taste was pretty dull compared to the human blood, but I wasn't in so much remorse afterward like I was after I had killed the man. The bear hadn't even made a sound either, I thought it would be in some kind of pain but it must've been dead asleep or something. I moved on to the next bear, and the taste was actually better than the first. I pushed the two bears together and walked out of the cave to carry-on to Washington.

A/N That's it for now, but PLEASE review! I don't care if I just get one, that's all I need to know that at least one person is interested in what I am writing. I didn't get any reviews on the last chapters, so I can't tell if my story is getting slow or you just don't like it. Please let me know! Hope you liked this chapter!