Author's Note:
Hey, Everyone! Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. Hopefully it's worth it! Oh and you'll notice I changed the name, sorry if that confused you. I didn't really like the last one. Anyways, here's the chapter, enjoy!

Previously:
"Jake, wait." She said softly and placed a hand on my arm to stop me.
I paused, the door half open, and turned to look at her, curious, hopeful.
Then it hit me.
Vampire!

Jacob's POV

"Holy crap!" The sickly sweet smell burned through my nostrils, knocking the breath out of me. The hair on the back of my neck sticking up.

That leech must have snuck through while everyone was at the hospital. I quickly shut the door and awkwardly tried to shove the key back into the ignition.

"What's wrong?" Bella asked; her eyes wide with anxiety.

"Vampire" I hissed as I finally got the truck started. "I've gotta get you out of here!"

"What about Charlie?" Bella said, glancing back at her house nervously, fighting to stay calm.

"I'll drop you off at my house and my Dad can call him from there, invite him over for dinner or something…" I mumbled, trying to focus on getting back to my house.

The ride home seemed to drag on for hours. Why can't this old truck go any faster? I just wanted to get Bella somewhere safe and then hopefully catch that filthy bloodsucker back at her house and rip it in pieces. Maybe things would finally go back to normal then…Maybe I could find out what she was going to say before it showed up.

As soon as we got to my house I rushed Bella in and quickly explained the situation to my Dad. Such horrible timing! Why did that leech have to show up now? Right after Harry died…As if there wasn't already enough to deal with!
I didn't have time to think about that now though. I had to let the pack know what was happening so we could take care of the vampire!
Quickly I ran out to the forest and phased. Come on, guys! We've got a bloodsucker to catch!

Bella's POV

I can't believe it! A vampire at my house! What was I gonna do! Not that there had never been a vampire at my house before, but this time was different. This one wanted to kill me! What about Charlie? And Jacob? I know he's going back there, what if something happens? That familiar fear started creeping in. I still couldn't be calm while Jake was out chasing vampires. What if she found him before the others got there?! What could happen to him? I felt my breathing start to quicken. No, Bella! Stop thinking about that! I'm sure they know what they're doing. They wouldn't do anything stupid. I took a deep breath in to try and calm myself. Focus on something else!
I could hear Billy talking to Charlie on the phone in the other room. I wish it hadn't happened like this, bad timing. They're both gonna be so upset about Harry and now there's a whole another problem…
And what's Billy supposed to tell Charlie anyways? Oh yeah, there's a vampire at your house, you should come over here while the pack checks it out. Yeah, you know, the pack of werewolves, Jacob's one of them by the way…

Sigh, maybe I shouldn't think about that either…I wandered into the kitchen and busy myself helping Billy with dinner. Even that didn't keep my mind from wandering though…
While at least there's one good thing about this whole thing, I can continue being indecisive about the whole situation with Jacob. Okay, so maybe that's not a good thing but I'm not sure if I'm ready for it yet. Or maybe I just don't want to be ready, I don't know. One day I'll figure it out. One day I'll give it a chance…

Just then, I heard Charlie's car pulling in. I shook myself out of my thoughts; I can't think about that later right now Charlie is more important. I rush to the door and open it before he has a chance to knock. Seeing the sadness in his eyes, I wrapped my arms around him.

"I'm so sorry, Dad!" We just stand there for a while. I can feel the tears coming to my eyes. I can't believe how he must be feeling, losing one of his best friends.

Slowly, he pulled away and looks at me with those sad eyes. In silence, we walked into the kitchen. Then as Billy and Charlie's eyes met you could see the understanding of a mutual hurt and loss; wordlessly communicating as only old friends can. I felt almost like I'm invading a private moment.

I looked away hastily, feeling awkward and slightly out of place. Hesitantly I moved towards the table and started setting the plates around it. While Charlie and Billy gradually made their way to the table, I brought the food to the table. We ate in silence, only speaking when necessary. Every so often I'd glance up at them, the quiet sorrow written across their faces.

I sighed soundlessly, too much sadness is bad for me, and it only brings back memories. Memories that I don't want to deal with; it hurts too much. As the memories lurked in, I start feel the searing pain in my chest coming on once again. Why did have to happen now? How could I be thinking about my own hurt while these two are sitting here so sadly? But there was nothing I could do. I could already feel the pain ripping through my chest. Noiselessly, or as noiseless as I can be tripping over my own feet, I walked out of the room.

I stepped outside for some air, hoping that would help. I sat down on the front porch, taking in deep, slow breaths trying to compose myself. The cool night air helped to calm me down some but it also reminded me that Jacob was out there somewhere. I wondered what happened… I hope everything is okay. I hate to have them out there risking their lives all because of me…

Just then, I felt warm arms around my body. I looked up and saw Jacob there. I smiled weakly. "Hey, Jake."

"Are you okay, Bells?" he questioned, looking down at me, worried. I looked down at myself and realized I had my arms wrapped around my body.

"Oh, yeah, I'm alright" I mumbled as I uncertainly pull my arms away from myself. "Sadness, it just brings back to much for me…"

Jacob's eyes filled with concern. "I'm sorry, Bella. I should have been here."

I looked up quickly. "No, it's not your fault. You were off catching a vampire to save my life. You were exactly where you were supposed to be."

I felt him sigh inwardly at the mention of Victoria.

I slowly pulled away from his embrace and looked up at him, curiosity creeping into me. "So, what happened? Did you catch her? Is everyone ok?" I asked, anxiously looking him over for any marks.

"We almost caught her. She was still there when we got to your house, looking for you or something…I think we caught her off guard to because she seemed surprised to see us. I think that's why we almost got her. But she ran, we landed up chasing her pretty far too, must have almost been in Canada. We will get her though…next time she comes close, she's dead "He said fervently.

I breathed a sigh of relief, at least the fight was put off for now. But then another question pulled into my mind. "Is everyone ok?" I asked, worried.

"Yeah, they're all fine. It was pretty close though." At this it felt like my heart stopped as I took a quick breath in.

"Paul was being stupid, you know cocky, and he got too close and she lunged at him. Sam ran up and knocked her away right before she got Paul. That idiot would have deserved it though, thinking he's so great and able to take on a vampire by himself…"

I shook my head and smiled softly. "Well, I'm glad everyone's alright. It's bad enough you guys being out there chasing vampires. It would be horrible if any of you got hurt protecting me." A chill ran up my spine at the thought.

"Don't worry, honey, we're good at what we do, no one's going to get hurt." Jacob said softly, gently grabbing my hand. "Unless of course they're being an idiot and in that case deserve it" He smiled my favorite smile of his and I couldn't help smiling back.

"You're probably right, but I'm still gonna worry every time you're out there."

He looked at me intently. "Bella, I'm not going anywhere. Remember that. I'm not going let some bloodsucker take me away from you." He said sincerely.

"Ok" I said smiling weakly, wishing I could believe his words. I know what a vampire was capable of and that kept me from truly believing it. "Well, we should go in, they're probably wondering where you are." I said, changing the subject. I slowly stood up and pulled his hand to lead him inside.

As we got into the kitchen I felt Charlie's curious gaze on our hands and I quickly let go. "Come on Jake, you must be starving. Sit down and eat." I said, trying to distract Charlie from where our hands once were.

"Yeah, there's plenty of food." Charlie said, smiling and shaking his head as if confused by what he saw.

I sat down at the table beside Jacob, watching him pile food onto his plate. Looking around that table I smiled contently. I felt it like home. Jacob was safe and so was I, at least for now…

After Jacob finished dinner, we wandered out to the garage, our old hang-out. We hadn't been here in a while. Not since Jake turned into a werewolf. So much had changed since then, but so much was still the same.

We didn't have much to do in there though, since he had finished building his car. So, we just sat down and talked about anything in particular. I caught up on the pack gossip and I told him about what I'd been doing lately. Which wasn't much anyways, all I'd been doing was hanging around La Push.

Then the Clearwaters came up and I saw the sadness in his eyes and I remembered. Harry's dead. "How are you doing, Jake, really? With Harry dying and everything…"

He shook his head sadly, "I don't know. It just doesn't seem fair, you know? He was like an Uncle to me. Why did he have to die? Why him?" He said passionately, angry at the injustice of it. I could see the tears coming to his eyes.

I jumped up and wrapped my arms around him and just held him for a few seconds. "I'm so sorry! I wish there was something I could do to make it easier. To make it hurt less." I cried out earnestly, searching his eyes for any sign of happiness or comfort.

"Thanks. That really does help." He tried to smile, but it didn't reach his eyes. "Just you being here makes everything better. " This time the smile was genuine and I smiled back. I knew exactly how he felt. Whenever I was with him everything was better. "Well then I'll be around as much as I can. I'll with you at the funeral tomorrow too!"

He smiled his smile. "Thanks. It really does mean a lot."

Gradually our conversation turned back to lighter subjects. After a while, I could hear Charlie calling me from the house. I couldn't believe it was already so late.

We slowly made our way back to the house. Smiling, laughing, simply enjoying each other's company.

As we got to my truck we took our time saying our goodbyes. "Well, I guess I'll see you at the funeral tomorrow." I said, finally getting into my truck.

"Yeah, thanks. Oh, and don't worry about Victoria tonight. I'll be around."

I tried to smile, pushing my worries to the back of my mind. "Thanks. Bye!" I said softly, driving away slowly, in no hurry to get home. Maybe one day I'll stop worrying but at least for tonight I'd just have to try and keep those thoughts from bothering me too much.

Author's Note: So what did you think? Different than what you expected? No Alice means no Edward, well at least no Edward now. What about whatever Bella was gonna tell Jake in the last chapter? Hmm…Anyways, tell me what you guys think!