A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the wait. I had a bit of reader's block and a lot of homework. This chapter was really fun to write, as always. Once again I plead for you to REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW. Hope you like :).
Jake was stubborn, but it was time for reality.
"Jacob, if you don't leave, they'll hurt you!" He just glared sarcastically back at me as if the very thought of this was ridiculous.
"I'm serious! They're stronger than you might think… and they're just so fast! I don't approve of it, but-but they might kill you!" I begged.
"Bella, do you know what we were made to do? We were made to kill vampires, to protect our people. If anything, they should be scared of us!"
"I don't want to be part of this- this eternal battle. Especially when one side is the man I love and the other is my best friend," I protested.
"You could love me Bella," Jacob replied so simply that I thought I might implode.
"Do you think it's that easy? That I could love you just like that? Edward is my soul mate!" I shouted.
"Edward should have died twenty years ago! I love you, Bella. I'm sick of pretending that it's not true for the sake of you feelings. Well, now it's for the sake of saving your life, we were meant to be together."
"How can you say that so easily? You have no idea what I'm feeling and when!"
"No Bella, you have no idea what you're feeling. It's infatuation, not love."
"Sure," I said with a certain amount of venom, "but how do you know?
"I know because I think I've imprinted on you," he replied with a hint of regret.
"Imprinted?" I said, genuinely confused now.
"It means I could never love another. I'm stuck with loving you, the one who's run off with the vampire. We are soul mates. Edward should not even be here. He's a freak of nature, an outcast, a hazard."
"Oh, is that right, dog?" Edward added cleverly. How in the hell had he gotten here? Had he been listening the entire time? My cheeks burned deep red from the embarrassment.
"Don't worry, Bella," he said, "He's a great public speaker, but I know you don't believe a word.
"Unless you in fact do, in which case we'll talk," he whispered. He truly felt this way, but I knew he didn't have the pride to say it aloud. I shivered from the prospect of this statement nonetheless.
"Let her speak for herself! She knows we're soul mates. She's in total denial of it because of you, because you and your bloodsucker family were made to be appealing."
"You have not imprinted on her, Jacob. You might want to have, that might have been convenient, but I know first hand that this has not in fact occurred."
"Why can't you just think for yourself every once and while instead of taking the words out of my head," said Jacob.
"See Bella? He's a fraud," Edward added with dignity.
"Jake? Can you please leave? We don't want you here, all of us, and that includes me. I don't want you to get hurt. You over estimate yourself," I pleaded.
"Sure, fine, go off yourself. But the moment he hurts you, or worse, the moment he changes you. I'll be here and the war will begin. I love you now, Bella. But I could never love one of them. Remember that," and then he was gone, out of my life, forever?