A/N: Review! And enjoy this lovely dramatic scene. Oh btw Bella didn't really hear Edward when he told her he was the killer so.... yeah she still doesn't know. Well it's not really that she didn't hear and more of he got pulled off of her at just the right moment for her to not completely hear/register it.

-Jenn

Chapter Eight: Say What?

"No, you would have talked me out of it. I love you too Jake, you're my best friend too, but you would never have let me do this. And no matter what, I can't bring myself to regret going." He nodded, knowing I was right. "What were you doing out here anyways?"

"Um." He hesitated.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I think we need to talk. All of us." He sent a pointed glance at Jake. Who... looked down with guilt? What the heck?

"Um, okay." I said, more than a little confused.

"Let's get cleaned up and fed first." Jake cut in. "Billy is down at the Clearwater place for the day so we can go to my house. Bells, you better call Charlie and let him know you're okay and with me. I think he's probably having a heart attack by now." With that he turned on his heal and started walking through the forest.

He seemed to know where he was going so I just followed him. Edward, suprisingly enough, was right behind me the entire time. The hike back to Jake's house was silent and tense. I couldn't help but wonder what Jake could feel guilty about, especially enough to want to keep it from me. Jake and Edward kept giving each other these glances of suspicion and I knew that Edward knew something about our dear Jacob that I didn't.

I drove myself crazy with questions and possible answers throughout the entire hike. I could have sworn it didn't take that long to actually find Edward, but when I looked at the time on my phone I saw that what had felt like hours was only twenty minutes, and we still had a ways to go. Joy. My imagination was way too active. I came up with several different scenarios that all ended along the lines of some huge drug dealer sceme where both of them had met each other before. Maybe that was why he was out in the forest, to amke a deal.

I looked up at the boy who had swam out into the ocean and brought me to shore when I tried- and failed- to swim when I was five. No, that couldn't be it. But what would Jake ever hide from me? We haven't had a secret between us in ten years. Or so I had thought. I decided that I really needed to find something less important and life-changing to think about. I settled for going over some of th basic laws of fighting in my head. That worked like a charm. The next thing I knew we were walking out of the forest right behind Jake's house.

"Bella, can you start making some food for the three of us? Edward can get cleaned up first and I need to make a call." Jake said braking the long silence.

"Sure." I responded quietly. I noticed that Jake had called me Bella instead of Bells, which he hadn't done since second grade. That scared me, and my imagination went all kinds of crazy trying to figure out what was going on. Jake gave Edward one last warning glace and whispered something to him as he passed by him to enter the house. My mind was in overdrive now. I was snapped out of the fog of my thoughts by Edward's voice.

"I'm sorry what did you say?" I said, still half dazed.

"Um, I don't know where the bathroom is." He said looking down somewhat embarassed. I finally came to my senses and pointed to the door down the hall. I figured he would want some different clothes so I went to knock on Jake's door to ask him for something Edward could wear. I stopped cold when I heard him talking on the phone.

"I know Sam... But I have to tell her... She's gonna find out either way, that kid that bailed the other day is here... Yeah I know, strange... no, I don't think he could have done it, I don't even like the kid and I still wouldn't pin this on him... yeah... yeah I know I promised not to tell her... yeah she's gonna kill me... haha yeah so will paul... k... grr, some help you are... yeah, bye." He shut his phone and spun around. When he completed his turn we were face to face at his door. His face had fallen from the normal bright smile- that since this morning has been fake- to one of genuine shock and fear. Oh he better be afraid, he wasn't kidding when he said I'd kill him.

"Was that Sam?" I said in a sweet voice. The fear on his face turned to pure terror. He knew that I was most dangerous when I was sweet and innocent.

"Uh, um, well Bells I-" He stuttered.

"Don't even try to explain." Sam used to be my fighting trainer. Him and James were the best fighters in the U.S. and probably most of the world. I had a... I guess you could call it a falling out with them. I had vowed to kill them if I ever saw them again. Jake knew this. And here he was, keeping secrets from me and talking to the only enemy I had ever aquired. Anger and betrayal flooded my veins. I had to fight not to give in to my training and rip him to shreds. I stepped into the room. Jake took a step back and started to take a defensive stance. If I wasn't so angry I might have rolled my eyes. I snatched a shirt and some jeans, spun on my heal, and stormed out of the room.

I had to stop myself from pounding on the bathroom door. I knocked, still a little too loud, and flung the clothes at Edward when he opened it. I'm pretty sure he thanked me but I was too consumed by anger to respond. I stormed into the kitchen and decided that Jake could fend for himself, I needed to run. I grabbed a sweatshirt and flew out the door. I broke out in a sprint and headed towards the beach.

I ran for a few miles before I was finally calm enough to slow to a jog. My mind was finally clear enough to form rational thoughts so I decided to start jogging back to the house. Of course now that I could think properly I started to put peices together. Every suspicious act explained, every hesitation, every absence, every 'Jake and Bella day'. All explained. Looking back, there were some things that should have given him away.

Whenever I mentioned a fight I would like to see, he quickly changed the subject. I figured he did that to avoid some kind of conversation or confrontation with Sam or James. He just didn't want to be approached by some fan in front of me and have to explain everything.

I guess I can't completely blame him. I never did tell him the whole story about what they did. He would have murdered them if he found out. I didn't even tell the police. Nobody but James and I knew the full extent of what happened. Jake just thought it was some dispute that I never let go, and I never led him to believe otherwise.

I finally arrived back at Jake's house. I was calm enough to speak to him without screaming and knew that he didn't know the whole story. It wasn't his fault. He didn't know. I kept repeating those thouhts to myself. It calmed me down enough that I could trust myself near a stove. My stomach decided to choose that moment to make its presence known.

"Bells? Is that you?" Jake called out from the living room. I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, Jake. It's me. Hey, do you have any food in this house or am I going to have to go down to the store?" I could hear him sigh, knowing that I was calm.

"Yeah, I just picked some stuff up a little bit ago. Edward made some food if you want some." I shot him a worried look. He laughed.

"What?" Edward asked, confused.

"Let's just say I haven't had the best experiences with other people making me food. I'll make my own." I said as I headed towards the kitchen.

"Are you sure Bells? There really good." Jake said, following me into the kitchen.

"No, I'll make something for myself." It was quiet for a bit and I thought he'd left but when I turned around he was still there.

"I'm really sorry for not telling you Bells. I just knew you'd freak out because of this fight you guys had and this was really something I wanted to do." There was a long pause. "Come on Bells, just say something." He finally said when he figured I wouldn't respond.

"Jake, I know you didn't want to hurt me, but there was a lot more than a fight. We need to talk more about it. But not right now. I'm starving!" He looked like he was about to protest but he shut his mouth and nodded. I turned back to fixing my meal.

After we'd all eaten and gotten cleaned up, we sat around Jake's living room. There was nothing else we could do to avoid talking about what none of us wanted to talk about. It had to be done. And Edward deserved to know my story too. But I was not going to be the first one to share.

"So, how do you guys know each other?" I asked. Jake looked up at me uneasily, trying to calculate how I'd react. I already know they knew each other from the fighting world, but I kind of wanted to make him suffer through his explanations. Unfortunately Edward stepped in and ruined my fun.

"We'd seen each other at a few fights." Short, sweet, and to the point. Looks like he didn't want to have this conversation either.

"How are you involved in the fighting world?" I turned my interrogation to him.

"I was a fighter for quite a while Bella." He said, his eyes going cold. Oh-kay.

"How long have you been fighting Jake?" I decided that going back and forth would be the best approach. They both owed me some answers.

"Three years." He said quietly, looking away.

"WHAT! How long have you been training with Sam and James?" I demanded. The 'fight' between them and me had been going on for just about that long.

"Um..." he looked down and shuffled his feet. "since about a week before you quit." He said, still not meeting my gaze.

My mouth dropped open in shock. I'd tried to stay for a while after the 'incident'. I think I lasted about a month. My best friend had been going behind my back and training with them since three weeks after the incident. He'd been training with them since after they transformed into the scum I hated. I had jumped up out of my seat in anger at how long he'd been fighting. My vision turned red and I could feel hot tears streaking down my cheeks.

"THAT LONG!" I shrieked. "YOU'VE BEEN LYING TO ME FOR THAT FUCKING LONG!" I started pacing around the room taking deep breaths to calm down. Once I could speak without screaming or crying I finally turned back to him. "Jake, I wouldn't care if you killed a thousand people and cut them up into tiny squares for fun, as long as you didn't keep it from me. Jake, we've been best friends since we were in diapers, you should know that you can tell me anything." I stopped and took another deep breath. "I guess I can't fully blame you though, I kept something from you too."

I turned back and faced him. There was a long pause where I waited for him to make some kind of response.

"Jake, for god's sake say something." I finally said.

"You mean you wouldn't have been mad at me? I could have told you? Wait, what do you mean you kept something from me too?"

"Of course you could have told me. I might have tried to talk you out of it, but I couldn't be truely mad at you. It only really made me mad that you didn't tell me." I purposely avoided the last question. I should have known better than to think Jake wouldn't noice that though.

"What do you mean you kept something from me too?" Jake demanded. I looked down at my hands.

"I never really told you what happened the night the whole 'incident' with James and Sam started."

"Bells?" I found that I couldn't look up at him. "Bella." He said pulling my chin up for me to look at him. "Bella look at me." I finally looked in his eyes. He was so worried. "Bells, what happened that night." he demanded gently. I burst out into tears and he pulled me into a hug. "Shh Bella, it's okay. Shh, tell me what happened."

VERY IMPORTANT A/N: I seriously need some reviews. I think last chapter was pretty cool and had an amazingness cliff hanger an I got maybe two reviews and one was to my dog. I lose motivaton pretty easily but I really want to do this story so I'm begging you all for some reviews. All you have to do is tell me what you want to happen or what you think is going to happen or something I need to work on. So PLEASE review. I will not update again until I get at least two meaningful reviews. Yes, I am being a bitch. Deal with it.

-Jenny C. (Taylor'sgirl15)