Chapter Two

I was driving Jacob to La Push to see his father, the entire drive he held my hand and refused to let go, and I was fine with that. I couldn't stop smiling; I'd missed him so much. He helped me from my truck, and I went with him to the front door.

"Hello?" I heard Billy Black's deep rough voice from the other room, and then the squeak of his wheelchair on the floor boards. "Jacob?" He stopped dead in the middle of the short hall.

"Hey dad." Jake walked slowly up to his dad and bent down to give him a quick hug. They exchanged a quiet conversation that I couldn't make out before they both turned and looked at me. Billy's eyes were weary, suspicious, though I had no idea why he would be weary of me.

Jacob was standing beside me again, and wound his arm around my waist pulling me close to him. He looked down at me with apologizing eyes. "Bella, I was supposed to be here for your wedding, to be your best man. But, now that I'm here I see that's impossible. Too many people will be there." His eyes were slightly red like he was about to cry.

"What do you mean?" I stuttered out.

"I'm in a bit of trouble Bella." He looked down at the floor ashamed. "I had to, uhm, steal, a few things, and I don't know how, but I got caught. I'm on America's Most Wanted list now." He grinned trying to make a joke out of it. I didn't laugh. "Bella I'm sorry." There was a loud rap at the door, and Billy moved to open it. Sue Clearwater walked in and hugged Jacob for a moment before looking at Billy.

"Jacob has to leave." Her eyes were watery as she turned to my best man. "Jacob, I'm so glad you're home, I was so worried about you. But the police will be here soon, I saw it on the news. They know where to find you. You can still get out of here." She sniffled and hugged him again. "You have to leave, now."

"Damn it." Jacob's hands tightened into fists.

"Ouch Jake, my hand."

"Sorry."

The hand he was holding throbbed, but wasn't broken. I was glad for that. "I'll come with you, I'll get you out of here." I looked at him and kept my face completely serious.

"Bella, you're getting married in nine days. You need to be here." He rolled his eyes.

"I'm coming with you, I can be home in time for the wedding.

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Charlie starred between me and Jacob for a minute before nodding his head. "I'll let Edward know what's happened. Don't miss your wedding Bella." He hugged me awkwardly for a minute. "Be careful, you know I don't like this. Promise me you'll keep each other out of trouble?"

"Promise, Dad. But we have to leave now. Give this to Edward." I started scratching a quick apology to Edward. Edward, I am so sorry. I won't miss the wedding, I'll be home soon. I have to get Jacob out of here, I can explain everything to you later. Don't worry about me, I'm with Jake. I love you, I'm sorry. –Love, your Bella. I felt teary eyed knowing that I'd be hurting him. But I had to help my best friend.

"Sure Bells." I hugged him quickly one more time before running out the door with Jacob tailing me.

We checked into a hotel and tried to ignore the starring guests, I tried not to think about what they were thinking. It wasn't too hard to guess. I threw my bag onto one of the beds and sat down. "So, Jake. What exactly did you steal that got you into so much trouble?" I raised my eyebrow when he smiled a little bit too widely.

"Three sports cars, and then I kind of accidentally crashed into some mall or something and ran." He shrugged still smiling. I grimaced. I could imagine all the people in the mall and how scared they would be when an extremely dangerous looking six foot nine boy that looked like he could break through a wall, came crashing in, in a stolen vehicle. I shivered.

He sighed. "Bella, I was kind of hoping I could see you in your wedding dress. You'll look so beautiful." He leaned his head back against the backboard of his bed and closed his eyes, trying to picture me I imagined.

"I doubt it. It's this crazy thing that Alice picked out. I'll be lucky if I can survive walking down the stairs."

He chuckled. "Bella, you'd look beautiful in sweats and an old worn out t-shirt, I don't think you'll have any problem pulling off a tailored gown." He starred at me with intense eyes. He stood up and was at my bed in half a stride; he sat down and took my hand in his. "Are you happy Bella?" He met my eyes with a guarded expression.

"Yes."

"I'm glad, I really am. But why him. Bella you could have any boy in the world, no one wouldn't want you. Why did it have to be the one person you would have to give up your entire world for?"

"Jacob, you know I love him more than anything." I grimaced again. "He's my whole world."

"You love me too though."

"Jake why do you have to make everything difficult?" I grabbed a chunk of my hair in each hand and tugged pointlessly.

"Hey stop it, you're going to hurt yourself." He pulled my hands away from my head and smoothed my hair for me, then trailed his hand down my cheek and pulled my chin up. "You never even tried to be happy Bella. How do you know he's what you really want if you've never had anything else?" He whispered. I shook my head trying to clear it of everything he'd said to me. I didn't want to hear it because I was afraid I might believe it.

Something suddenly flew into my mind out of absolutely no where. This would be the last time that I'd ever see Jacob. Once I left for my wedding, I'd become a Vampire, and he would never want to see me again. The familiar lump formed in my throat and tears welled up in my eyes.

"Bella what's wrong?" Jacob whispered trying to decipher my sudden mood swing.

"I'll miss you Jake, you'll ALWAYS be my best man." I emphasized the word 'always' trying to make him believe that I'd always love him and think of him as my best friend. "I'm so glad we came into each other's lives, Jake, thank you." I sniffled and starred back at him. His expression was pained. He wrapped his arm around my waist pulling me close to him again.

I took him by surprise when I turned into his side and shifted so that I was in front of him. His arm was still on my, holding the small of my back. My lips found his, and moved slowly. After he recovered from the shock, he kissed me too. His lips were soft against mine, as they moved in sink. He pulled me closer to him, pressing me against his body. I knew this would hurt us both, but I didn't think about the consequences. My hands clenched his hair, forcing him closer to me. Even though I was so close to him, it wasn't close enough. I pushed him backwards onto the bed and lay on top of him, kissing him hard. I felt him shudder beneath me, and I pressed against him harder, becoming more violent. My lips moved almost angrily now, and he did the same. Soon we were both gasping, but unwilling to break away from each other for even a second. But as I became dizzy, I pulled my face away from him.

He was smiling up at me. After we both caught our breath, his face turned serious. "Sorry to ruin the moment Bella, but I just wanted you to know. I still have time, even if it is just a few days. And I will be fighting for you, harder than ever."

I groaned. "Jake, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that. I'm going to marry Edward in nine days, and then I am going to become a Vampire." I sat up, and he did the same.

"Let's think about right now ok? Don't worry about my feelings later on."

"You started it." I mumbled.

He chuckled and grabbed me again. He pushed me up against the backboard on the bed and began slowly kissing my throat. I shuddered. "Jake stop, we shouldn't do this."

"Relax Bella." Jacob whispered into my neck, still kissing me.

"Jake really." I gasped having a little trouble with my voice.

"Just relax Bella, every thing will turn out for the best." And with that, my will power crumbled and I shivered again hitching my leg up around his hip, forcing him closer to me. After a few minutes he stopped and looked up at me, not letting go. "You're tired. I should let you sleep."

"Whatever you like." I mumbled knowing that either way, he'd get his way. Again he chuckled at my 'enthusiasm'. He pulled me around to his other side as he turned and lay down. I nestled into his side and finally drifted off into a restless sleep.

When I woke up I saw Jake standing holding my cell phone to his ear. "Let her sleep." He said before snapping it shut and looking out the window.

"What was that?" I said quietly, my voice thick with sleep.

He flipped around, "Did I wake you up? Sorry."

"No." He came and kissed my cheek.

Ooh, intense! What's going to happen? After that do you think she might choose him? What will Edward say? Is Jasper going to kill a human? o.O Omgoooosh. Haha find out. (Yea I know that was random, it probably won't happen. Rofl you'll see. ;) )Tell me what you think! R&R Please!!