A/N: Hey guys. I know, I know, big delay. That's OK though because I'm back and I certainly didn't forget about you guys. Hope you like it and as I always say: REVIEW!
~JACOB~
As I ran back into the night, I couldn't stop myself from realizing that I was single handedly killing her. I mean Edward, well, he had his own problems, but he couldn't help it. I could drag her back to where she was supposed to live, among her peers, worrying about the party scene rather than what an evil and psychotic vampire's next move might be. I had the power to make Bella normal, and yet I was letting her run off… because I was selfish, because I didn't want her to hate me. I'd rather have her remembering me as her best friend than hating me because I saved her life, or her human life anyway. I was an idiot, a selfish idiot.
The forest was growing colder and more isolated with each stride, but I refused to pay any attention to that. I had greater things to worry about.
It was then it began to smell. The dreaded scent of the Cullen family, but ten times worse and ten times more rotten, was stalking around somewhere in the shadows. I knew I was in the presence of a vampire, and not only a vampire, but an active, killing vampire.
"Why'd you leave Juliet, Mr. Romeo? That's not how the story works!" I saw the flash of dazzling red hair making its move around my body, invading my turf, and even my being. I had never felt more invaded.
"You're a silent little creature, aren't you? That's OK. We're going to be fabulous friends, I just know it. All I need you to do is… do away with the issue," she slivered her way up behind me, putting a freezing, disgusting arm over my shoulder.
"Do away with…. What are you talking about?" I asked. I was utterly repulsed, but that didn't mean I wasn't curious. What was the problem? We both wanted the Cullens dead, right?
"The Cullens, silly. If you get rid of them, I'll return your perfect little angel back to you," she replied.
"What are you talking about? You have Bella? Where is she? I thought you wanted to off the Cullens, not her! She's just a human, you could go kill anyone else, not Bella!" I protested.
"I don't have Bella…. yet," she smirked, "but that doesn't mean I'm going to just let that little idiot live. My plan was to kill her, it was only fair after what her mate did to… never mind. The point is I'm willing to show her a little compassion, per say, if you're willing to slaughter her little friends."
"The Cullens are pretty clever. You're probably never going to get to them, especially before the one who you want dead is one of them and just as indestructible," I said with great regret. It nearly burned my lips to speak highly of the Cullens and reasonably about Bella's future in the same sentence.
"Silly Jacob. That's why I've got you. I need you to make sure they're all dead before any of that ridiculous stuff happens, or Bella…. Well I'll have to spend some good quality time with that special girl," she grinned widely and in a flash was gone, leaving me with a hell of a lot to think about.