Chapter 19

Through Cassie's eyes

I waited outside of Billy Black's house. I could hear Carlisle checking to see if I had set everything correctly, which I had- like I said, I'm good with bones.

The wolves and I waited outside. I'm not entirely sure why I was here; maybe I wanted to make sure he was okay. But why should I care? He's just one more werewolf, nothing more. You can't save them all.

"You can't save everyone." My mother always said that. But she was wrong, because I did save everyone, well, everyone in Forks. I was wrong about Seattle. Yes, I had saved a few, but the newborns had been there for so long.

"How could you?" Bella shouted at someone. I felt a tinge of pain for that person, until I looked up and realized she was talking to me.

"What?" I asked. She marched up to where I was sitting on the porch railing.

"You know damn well what you did. You let him get hurt!" She accused.

"Bella," Jared said, "If it wasn't for Cassie, Jake probably wouldn't be alive."

"No, go ahead Bella," I pushed, "Tell me how I purposely let your friend get hurt and then healed him." I stood up and folded my arms. "I'd love to hear your reasoning."

"You can't stand Jake or Edward! I'm surprised you haven't attacked either one of them! You need to stop it, Cassie, or so help me, I'll stop you myself!" She shouted. Carlisle walked out of the front door with Sam on his heels.

"He wants to see you, Cassie." Sam told me. Me? Why me? Didn't he love Bella? She should go talk to him, not me. I just came to make sure he was okay.

"Er, sure." I muttered and brushed passed them. Upon entering Jacob's room, I noticed that he had been set into some kind of brace.

"So, a werewolf and a robot. What else you got?" I smiled.

"Hey. I wanted to ask you about what you did out there." He said, getting strait to the point.

"What about it?" I stood awkwardly in the middle of his room, a polite three feet away from his bed.

"Why did you do it?" He asked.

"Do what?" I asked, feeling a bit self-conscious. What had I done wrong?

"Why did you save me? Bella always said you were 'evil.' She always said that, deep inside, there was something wrong with you."

"Evil." I mused. "Not the first time I've heard it." I said. "You know, Jake, no matter what I do or don't do, I'll always been known for being evil. I'll go down in the history books as evil. Little benders will learn not to be like me, because then you end up like this." I gestured to myself with a smile. "I always try to be good, I always grew up knowing the difference, but still, here I am, banished…" He listened to me silently.

"I don't believe I'm evil, do you, Jake?" I asked.

"I still don't get why you saved me." He said. I smiled, hoping I hadn't just said too much. I really wish I hadn't said any of that.

"Jake, I may be mean, but I'm not heartless." And with that, I left him to his thoughts.

You don't know how long I waited to say that line! The very last one was probably one of the first lines I conjured up a few months ago. I'm so excited I got to use it!

Okay, and that's the end of Eclipse! Breaking Dawn's chapters will be up soon!

LOViNyou: You know what? Yes, I will put Maia into the story, as long as you don't mind me adapting her to her situation and what not. And I actually had it planned in the beginning that Cassie would be an imprint, but I decided against it because… well, the ending. And I promise, you will be seeing more of a nicer Cassie in some scenes, as long as you don't mind a meaner Cassie in other scenes.

Happy New Years! My resolution? Finish the seven stories I've started. Don't worry, this one is done!

RXR