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Chapter Six

Bella's POV

Bella knew where she would go. Back to Forks. She would move in again with Charlie, make up with Alice and the rest of the Cullen's, and try to forget that she had ever fallen in love with a vampire.

It was the perfect plan. She knew that Edward had left Forks already, and so it would be a pain-free town. But, of course, there was a big problem. There always had to be a problem.

They drove here in Emmett's car. And only he had the keys. No taxi would bring her that far, and she simply didn't have enough money with her. Bella thought about this whilst sitting in the hotel lobby, sipping a soda. She had tears in her eyes that wouldn't seem to go away, no matter how much she blinked. She loved Emmett with all of her heart, but she had still had the strength to leave him. To make him happier.

Suddenly and idea came to her. Bella jumped in her seat and fished her phone out of her bag. She scrolled down her contact list until she saw the number she was looking for. She pressed the call button and pressed it to her red ear.

"Hello?" said a gruff voice.

"Hi. It's me, Bella. I need you to pick me up. I'm in Seattle. Near the Seattle International Airport. Please." She pleaded.

"Bella! Of course! But why do you want to come back?" he spat the last part.

"I – erm…can I tell you later?" Bella was quiet, miserably remembering the previous night.

"Sure, sure. I'll come now. But – wait. Will he be with you?" the voice asked through the phone.

"No, he won't. This means a lot. Thanks, Jacob."

Emmett ran up the stairs at ten times a human's pace, bursting open the hotel room's door. He ran to the bathroom…only to find it open. He looked inside, but Bella wasn't there.

"Bella?" he called, walking around the hotel room. He checked every room, and started to worry. His hands shook and without thinking he ripped the plane tickets in his hands. Her bags and shoes were gone. She was gone.

"Bella!" he yelled. He remembered Laurent and his friend, and snarled suddenly. The feral noise filled the room and echoed off of the walls. Emmett raced out the door and to the stairs, where he grabbed on to the rusty black rail and dropped down the gap in the spiral of stairs. He landed swiftly on two feet at the bottom, but already running. Running into the lobby, head snapping around. There were too many human scents here. He couldn't pick out Bella's, although he did smell her a few times.

Emmett burst out of the hotel and into the sun. He didn't care, he just kept running until he was finally safely under the shade of trees in the forest. Where had she gone? She couldn't have gone back to Forks, because, knowing Bella, she would definitely not want to be around Rosalie. But she had barely any money, let alone a car! Emmett looked at his hands and noticed that he had his fist clenched around a piece of paper. He hadn't noticed it before, but he remembered grabbing it from the hotel room. He let go and smoothed out the wrinkled paper.

Emmett.

I see you have not gotten over Rosalie. So go back to her. You love her, and so why are you pretending to love me?

I'm sorry.

I

It was scribbled down in Bella's messy handwriting.

The rest was ripped and ruined. Just like Emmett's heart. He cried out and ripped up the note into tiny pieces. She couldn't be going to Forks. Not if she wanted Emmett to go to Rosalie. But then, he thought, Bella would do exactly what Emmett expected her not to do. Confusing, but that was just Bella.

He ran towards the highway, making sure that he didn't get in the sun. He started running along the highway, towards Forks.

Jacob's POV

Jacob's smile was huge, nearly going off of the sides of his cheek. He couldn't believe it! Bella had finally gotten some sense and dropped the (second) bloodsucker! He knew she would get it one day. Jacob could protect her better. He was sure. And he wasn't a danger to her, he wouldn't suck her blood. And now, after such a long wait, Bella would be his. Jacob had never stopped loving her, he just couldn't. He knew that she loved him too. He was exited; so much so that when he arrived at the hotel Bella had instructed him to he ran in, looking around for the girl he loved. His breath ran out of him as he saw her there. She was the same as ever, short, brown haired, and smiling. But behind that smile was something else…a look of terrible misery. Jacob ran up to her and enveloped her in a huge bear hug.

"Bella!" he whispered. She froze.

"Jake…can't…breathe…" she muttered. Jacob pulled back and laughed.

"Hey, Jacob! How are you?" Bella smiled.

"I'm okay. But -" he paused. "But what about you Bella? What happened?" Jacob led her to his car, which hadn't changed a bit. Oh, except from the huge scratch on the hood. After a fight with Paul, the Rabbit was lucky to get out only with one scratch. Jacob opened the passenger seat for her and jogged around the other side to get in the driver's seat.

"Well?" he demanded. Bella sighed, smile leaving her.

"I guess we…broke up." She looked down. Jacob noticed a tear in her eye. He started the car and drove smoothly out onto the highway.

"What? He broke up with you? I knew those bloodsuckers…"

"Jacob! No, no. It wasn't like that." She took a deep breath. "I broke up with him. Sort of. He – he said that he loved…Rosalie." And with admitting that she burst into tears, leaning against the dashboard. Jacob, still driving, murmured words of comfort to her.

"Its okay, Bella. I'm so, so sorry. We all knew he would do this someday." He stopped when he realised he had said we. As in his pack. They all knew that Bella had left with that leech and they only expected them to end it. It took a bit longer than Jacob had thought, but at least Bella was safe from him.

After a few minutes of crying, then ten in silence, Bella finally spoke.

"Thank you, Jacob." She murmured.

"That's alright, Forks isn't that far." He replied.

"No, that's not what I meant. I chose him over you, both vampires…yet you're still here for me." She smiled and took Jacob's hand.

"I will always be here. No matter what." He held her hand tightly, but suddenly there was a huge thud as if someone had just landed on top of the car…

"Crap…" he muttered, leaning to look in his mirror. "Must have been some branch…" but his eyes widened in horror when he adjusted his mirror. He pulled the car to a stop.

"Bella, get out!" he yelled, getting out his side. Bella complied, fear dominating her face. Jacob ran around to her side and started to shake. In front of them stood a vampire. The same vampire from the elevator a few days ago. Bella gasped and stepped back, bumping into the car. They were at a truck stop, with no one around.

It was broad daylight, and the vampire was…sparkling. Her breathing was uneven, mostly gasps. As the vampire pounced towards them, Jacob changed into a wolf. Bella squeezed her eyes shut and held on to the car, not wanting to see this fight. There were snarls and growls, a few snaps and screams of pain.

Bella opened her eyes to see the woman slowly approaching, dodging Jacob's bites. There was something about her arm…she looked closer and nearly fainted. She didn't have an arm. A jagged line was drawn on her elbow where it used to be. Jacob, now a russet wolf, was lunging at the vampire he caught her off guard, and got his deadly jaws around her neck. Bella gasped as there was a snap. The woman's face turned into a mask of complete horror and disbelief. She let out a final ear-splitting screech and her head…fell off. It bounced once on the ground, a sea of red curls surrounding it. Jacob snarled and raced off into the woods.

Bella stood, staring at the head on the ground. Suddenly there was movement from the ground. The vampire's headless body was rolling around, dragging itself with one arm. She gasped and screamed, backing away. The body managed to grab its arm and reattach itself. Bella knew that if she waited too long the head would be back on the body and she would be killed. Jacob wasn't here to protect her. But she couldn't move. She was frozen with horror.

Come on! A voice whispered inside of her. You're a coward, and that'll kill you. You can't rely on anyone – not anyone. Not even Jacob. Your best friend has left you to your doom in the middle of no where with a vampire that will soon kill you. So do something. Bella started to shake as she managed one unsteady step forward. Breathing in gasps unevenly she took another. And another. Finally she made it to the head, where to body had nearly found it.

Still shaking incredibly, she lifted her left foot, slowly and carefully drawing it close to the twitching head. She closed her eyes and kicked as hard as she could. She felt hair touch her bare skin where her jeans didn't quite cover her ankles. Yelping, she opened her eyes and saw the head speedily rolling down the road and on to the side, landing in some bushes. The bushes twitched for a moment, but stopped. The vampire's body was still moving. Rolling and crawling blindly. Bella remembered how to kill a vampire. You have to rip them up, she remembered. And burn all of the pieces.

But she had nothing to start a fire, and the body, except from a head and arm missing, was intact. At that moment, Jacob, in his shirtless human form, came running out of the trees holding a long stick. The end of the stick was on fire, and slowly spreading down. He waved it around unsteadily and threw it on to the body, where it caught fire easily. Bella gasped and slid down to her knees, sobbing. She threw her face in to her hands, bent over. She was surprised no cars had come along. Jacob was by her side quickly.

"Bella?" he crouched next to her, draping a long arm around her shoulders. "Are you alright?" Bella finally stopped crying, and nodded. She let him lift her up and carry her into the car, where he set her down in the backseat. She lay down across the three seats and slowly drifted to sleep. She was dimly aware of Jacob being gone for a minute, doing something outside. A bright light flashed behind the car, but went out quickly. It was orange…like fire. Soon Jacob got in the car and looked back at Bella.

"I'm so sorry about that, Bella." He murmured. "I should've guessed that you would attract some sort of danger…" he grinned and started the car. She didn't remember anything after to that. Just sleeping…

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