Unloved Unwanted Chapter 3: Agreement, a twilight fanfic

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Jacob POV

"JACOB, STOP!" Sam roared out his command. My legs buckled under his authority, and I released the demon's arm, falling to the ground.

At the same time, I heard another voice screaming, "She's not dead. Bella's not dead."

Turning my head toward the voice, I hoped against all odds that there might be some truth to her statement.

The tiny, dark haired female ran over and slid down beside Edward. The doctor had already darted over to examine his arm. Brief satisfaction flared through me when I saw the damage I'd inflicted before Sam's command. His arm was almost completely torn off. He sat as still as a stone, almost like the pain didn't reach the world he now existed in.

The little vampire grabbed his face in her hands and forced him to look at her.

"Edward, Bella's not dead. The wind threw the jacket in the ocean. She attempted to leave in the truck, and it wouldn't start. She caught a ride from an older couple."

I phased back immediately, not caring that they would see me naked. Paul gave me his jacket to wrap around my hips.

"What did you say?" I demanded gruffly.

The girl looked up at me in disdain. "Bella didn't commit suicide. She left with a couple."

"And just how would you know this?" I asked.

At the look on her face, I knew. I turned to Sam, "He reads minds, and she sees things. Like the legends tell us, they do have powers.

"Come on; let's go back to Charlie's so that I can talk with Bella. I have to settle things tonight. To think any differently is crazy. You can leave now, you've done enough damage," I said to him, and tried to not think about the damage I had done as well.

The small vampire looked at me with what looked like pity in her eyes. "She isn't there. She's left Forks and doesn't plan to come back."

She looked down to the vampiric trash that stared back at her, frozen.

"Edward, you have to snap out of it. I can't see anything for some reason. All I know is that she was headed toward California. We have to get on the road, before she gets too far ahead of us."

"You aren't going anywhere near her, bloodsucker. Haven't you done enough - driving her from her home?" I ranted. I felt my brothers, other than Sam, standing at my back in a show of solidarity.

"Jacob, we're as guilty as anyone else for what Bella must be feeling," Sam said in his damn reasonable voice.

Sam's words forced scenes to the forefront of my memory that I didn't really want to share with the mind reader.

"I'm not going to change."

"It's still the other one, isn't it? I've got loads of time."

"You shouldn't waste it on me."

Then, the most recent memory washed through me.

"I'm sorry that I couldn't … before …I wish I could change how I feel about you, Jacob. Maybe … maybe I would change. Maybe, if you gave me some time … just don't quit on me now, Jake. I can't take it."

I hated that he saw the memories for two reasons. Now, he knew that she still loved him, and it highlighted the level of hurt that I had also inflicted on Bella. To his credit, he didn't even respond outwardly to the information. He stood, putting his hand on the tiny girl's shoulder. It was like they were silently communicating.

"Edward," the hot blonde one said, drawing his attention as she ran to his side.

He looked into her face, and the frozen look slowly faded. It was if we didn't stand before him. The family began orienting themselves around him, and we all took a couple of steps back to get away from the stench. I grimaced as I saw that his arm was already healing through the tattered remains of his shirt. I wished I'd gotten a hold of that pretty face of his. Maybe Bella wouldn't love him so much if he looked like Emily. Unfortunately, it didn't even look like my teeth were going to leave a scar.

Sam turned to the doctor, "Dr. Cullen…"

The leech corrected him, "Carlisle…please."

Sam stammered for a moment and finally forced out, "Carlisle, Bella may be in grave danger. We have already destroyed another of your kind who threatened her."

The family of parasites gasped, but Edward added from my thoughts, "They destroyed Laurent."

"Laurent was the male?" Sam looked toward pretty boy, and saw a positive nod.

"We destroyed Laurent in a meadow outside of town. A red headed female has been attempting to get into town, and we aren't certain who the target is. I have been wondering if Bella might be, since the male kept referring to someone coming back for her."

Edward straightened up to his full height and looked at Sam. He said in a horrified voice, "She's been that close to Bella?"

Sam nodded. Edward turned toward the tiny one. "Alice?" he begged.

"I can't see anything, Edward. Everything went blank just after I started trying to call you. Which reminds me…" She drew her hand back in a blur and smacked him across the cheek. His face flew around from the blow.

"A phone is meant to be answered," she stomped her foot, "and if you ever consider going to the Volturi again, so help me, you won't need them!"

I waited for him to tear her to pieces; instead, he lowered his head in what appeared to be shame - like they could even feel that. I saw all of his "family" - I mentally snorted at that name - look to him, horrified.

The one I think they considered their mother dashed before him and looked up into his face. After a minute of silence, he said, "Esme, I'm sorry, but I can't live without her. It took me long enough to figure that out, and when I assumed she was gone and that I was just minutes too late, I could think of only one solution."

He sobbed when she continued to stare at him. "I'm sorry! I just have to find her to see that she is okay. When we get her home, I'll explain everything."

The doctor said, "Okay, Alice and Edward are with me. Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper, will you please go on to the house and get it opened?"

"We need to know the couple's names and address. The license plate was XVW 2105," the one they called Alice stated, looking toward the bigger guy.

As the group began heading for their cars, the doctor turned toward Sam. "Thank you. For stopping what could have happened. My son regrets the actions he took in regards to Bella, but I can tell you that he wouldn't have left her in the woods unprotected. He left to protect her, against every desire of his heart."

I snorted, and was echoed by my brothers, when he made reference to any of them having a heart. Sam turned to glare at us, and I was instantly warned by his expression.

"We'll go back and smooth things over with Charlie. I doubt he'd welcome you with open arms right now."

'Carlisle' nodded his head in a sign of acceptance and then turned to get in his car.

"WAIT!" the words tore out of my throat without any forethought.

The leech turned to me. I couldn't believe what was about to come out of my mouth, but I realized that with the future seer they had the best shot of actually finding Bella. I didn't want Cullen having the opportunity to be with her first. "May I go with you?"

I heard the gasp from the group behind me and saw Sam's expression. "I promise on my honor that I won't cause problems. I'm afraid Bella will run if she sees him."

Edward answered softly from just beside the car, "As if she will be too happy to see you either."

I started to rise to the bait but calmed myself, knowing that Sam would see this as the first real test of my promise.

The doctor looked over at Sam, and then his children, meeting their gazes. Finally, he turned his gaze to me. "Jacob Black, I made an agreement with your ancestor long ago to not hurt anyone of your tribe unless we were provoked. I take my word seriously. If you give your word in earnest, you're welcome to accompany us."

As I started to follow him, I realized I had a serious problem. "Paul, give me your clothes." He looked pissed, but he was closest to my size. I was lucky he was in sweats, so I would be able to fit in them.

Within a minute, I was sitting in the back of the Mercedes as the doctor drove away, leaving my brothers behind. Sitting beside a tiny, pissed-off vampire and behind the creature I hated with every ounce of my being. To make matters worse, the car stunk. My only happiness was that I would be able to find Bella with them, and the realization that I probably smelled bad to them as well. As they began to formulate their plan, I looked out of the window with a degree of happiness, knowing that my presence would make them as uncomfortable as I was.

Edward POV

"JACOB! STOP!" I heard the other man roar. Feeling Jacob's massive jaw loosen, I knew I had lost the opportunity to meet oblivion. Pain radiated from my shoulder and arm, but honestly, I was frozen in numbness with the realization that my destruction had been postponed.

I heard Alice screaming, "She's not dead! Bella's not dead!" She and Jasper must have just arrived.

I couldn't find the energy to turn my head to her. She was probably attempting to trick me into saving myself so that she could find a way to turn my resolve away from self-destruction.

She slid down in front of me, and I felt Carlisle beside me, touching my arm. Alice grabbed my face, forcing my eyes to connect with hers. Then, I began to see her visions as she looked to me and said, "Edward, Bella's not dead. The wind threw the jacket in the ocean. She attempted to leave in the truck, and it wouldn't start. She caught a ride from an older couple."

I heard Jacob demand gruffly, "What did you say?"

Alice looked up, incredulous at his tone. "Bella's didn't commit suicide. She left with a couple."

"And just how would you know this?" Jacob demanded.

Then, realizing that the truth, he said, "He reads minds and she sees things. Like the legends tell us, they do have powers. Come on; let's go back to Charlie's so that I can talk with Bella. I have to settle things tonight. To think any differently is crazy. You can leave now; you've done enough damage. "

I knew he was talking to me, warning me away from her. I was slowly thawing from my shock, having seen the truth of Alice's visions. Bella was out there somewhere. As soon as I could stand, I was going to find her and plead with her to take me back.

Alice's small voice said, "She isn't there. She has left Forks and doesn't plan to come back."

Alice looked back to me. "Edward, you have to snap out of it. I can't see anything for some reason. All I know is that she was headed toward California. We have to get on the road, before she gets too far ahead of us."

Jacob snarled out, "You aren't going anywhere near her, bloodsucker. Haven't you done enough - driving her from her home?"

"Jacob, we're as guilty as anyone for what Bella must be feeling," I heard the man called Sam say.

Then, I was treated with an immeasurable gift. Jacob's hold on Bella was not as strong as I had feared.

"I'm not going to change."

"It's still the other one, isn't it? I've got loads of time."

"You shouldn't waste it on me."

It was all I could do to keep from smiling when I saw the last vision, but Bella's face and her unhappiness pierced my long dead heart.

"Edward," Rose said, having placed herself before me.

I'm so sorry for my attitude. Please forgive me. But you have to go now! Snap out of it! Find her, and then don't let her go. I'll support you, in whatever decision you make about her.

I couldn't believe the change in her. She still wasn't one hundred percent okay with everything, but she really was being sincere in her desire for Bella to be part of our family.

Emmett and Jasper stepped over to join us, as Carlisle continued to manipulate my arm. The pain increased as the healing progressed, but it was a small price to pay for my involvement in this fiasco.

Sam turned to Carlisle, "Dr. Cullen…"

"Carlisle…please," he said in his patient voice.

Sam forced out, "Carlisle, Bella may be in grave danger. We have already destroyed another of your kind who threatened her."

My family gasped, wondering if the Volturi had heard of our fight with James and sent scouts. I answered their unspoken question. "They destroyed Laurent."

"Laurent was the male?" Sam looked toward me, and I nodded to him.

I went rigid with horror. "She has been that close to Bella?" My attempts at following her had failed. I had thought she was on a different continent.

Sam nodded.

"Alice?" I begged her to tell me what she saw.

"I can't see anything. Edward. Everything went blank just after I started trying to call you. Which reminds me…" She drew her hand back in a blur and smacked me across the cheek.

"A phone is meant to be answered" she stomped her foot, "and if you ever consider going to the Volturi again, so help me, you won't need them!"

I was ashamed that I had worried her, and could hear my family's horrified thoughts. Esme was immediately in front of me.

Edward, how could you? Your death would destroy your father and me. Can you imagine how your siblings would feel? I love Bella too, but you are not even allowed to think that way! Do you understand?

I stood quietly for a few more seconds, absorbing her pain. "Esme, I'm sorry, but I can't live without her. It took me long enough to figure that out, and when I assumed she was gone and that I was just minutes too late, I could think of only one solution."

You would do that to me; after all we have been through, even before the others came! You wouldn't let me give up when I was overwhelmed with my memories, before Carlisle and I figured our relationship out. You left me, without any way to contact you. You didn't contact me for months; I had no way of knowing if you were okay. Now I find out you contemplated ending your life and you expect me to just sit back and accept this?

Her anguish stunned me. "I'm sorry. I just have to find her to see that she is okay. When we get her home, I'll explain everything."

Carlisle began to formulate a plan. "Okay, Alice and Edward are with me. Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper, will you please go onto the house and get it opened."

"We need to know the couple's names and address. The license plate was XVW105," Alice told Emmett, letting him know that his computer skills were needed in tracking the couple down.

As the rest of us headed toward the cars, Carlisle told Sam, "Thank you. For stopping what could have happened. My son regrets the actions he took in regards to Bella, but I can tell you that he wouldn't have left her in the woods unprotected. He left to protect her, against every desire of his heart."

I heard the pack of adolescent males snort, just before hearing Sam state, "We'll go back and smooth things over with Charlie. I doubt he'd welcome you with open arms right now."

"WAIT! May I go with you?" Jacob called out. It was the first sign of panic in his voice. Then, he infuriated me by adding, "I promise on my honor that I won't cause problems. I'm afraid Bella will run if she sees him."

Having seen his thoughts, I felt he needed a little reminder of his own responsibility. "As if she will be too happy to see you either," I mumbled, not even looking at him to see his reaction.

Carlisle looked to me in question. His presence may help to calm her. It's your call.

I shrugged my shoulders in a manner that only another vampire would have caught, and Carlisle turned back to where I knew Jacob stood.

"Jacob Black, I made an agreement with your ancestor long ago not to hurt anyone of your tribe unless we were provoked. I take my word seriously. If you give your word in earnest, you're welcome to accompany us."

I heard him state to one of the other werewolves, "Paul, give me your clothes."

Within a minute, we hit the highway, headed south. Carlisle was already pushing double the speed limit. Alice sat in the back seat, pissed off in equal proportions that her visions were still missing and that she was the one having to sit in the back seat with the "stinking mutt." I read Jacob's thoughts. He was correct. We were as uncomfortable with him as he was with us. I worried for a moment about Alice being so close to a werewolf and a young one at that. She must have sensed my concern.

Oh, please. Even if he was able to get a good hold on me like he did you, it's not like he is going to be able to set a fire and accomplish anything before you two would destroy him. A simple fact you chose to ignore on that cliff, even if they would have started something, there were too many of us to complete it. I would have put you back together myself. I might have waited a bit, however, because the thought of kicking your ass around for a little while does sound inviting.

Carlisle looked over, catching the quirk of my lips, and breathed a sigh of relief. We were going to find Bella and make sure she was back in Forks safe. Then, I would have to start the process of convincing her of my undying love.

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