Chapter Eight
Bella
Alice came and sat behind me before class and I knew I was in for a ticking off. "Isabella Swan, you stay away from Jasper. He's mine, just remember that". I turned in my seat to look at her. "One, my name is Bella, Two I haven't been near Jasper unless its been in the confines of Emmett's truck and Three, maybe you should spend more time concentrating on him and less on me. Then perhaps you wouldn't feel the need for the warning". I turned back round as the teacher came in and Alice walked back to her seat.
At lunchtime I sat with the usual crowd facing the Cullen table. A change from normal, Edward Cullen was looking at me and it was really spooky, his eyes looked hungrily at me. Angela who was sitting next to me whispered "Edward looks as if he wants to take a bite out of you, and Alice is glaring fit to burst". I sighed, "All I want is a quiet life Angie. What do I do?" Jessica who had heard our exchange piped up, "Why don't you just go over and ask what their problem is. I've never seen them even notice anyone before you came along Bella. You do have a weird effect on them I'll grant you that".
That afternoon Jake was waiting for me again, and I climbed wearily into his car. "Look Bella I need to talk to you. Talk properly". "I'm listening Jake" I sighed, but he shook his head, "Not here, not in the car, let me take you to dinner". I groaned, I'd got homework to do and I was really tired. I wasn't sleeping well. Rustling outside and nightmares were waking me up and I couldn't get back to sleep "Jake you did a real hatchet job on me to Charlie and I'm sick of your cloak and dagger crap. I just want a quiet life. So you go your way and I'll go mine and before you ask, No I'm not going out with anyone else, Cullen or other. So no long searching conversations just take me home now".
Jake had driven out of town and he screeched to a halt. "Rather be with your pale skinned weirdo's would you?" My patience was at an end. "At the moment anyone would look good against your moods and attitude. If you wont take me home I'll walk. He reached across to open my door, "OK Bella, be my guest". I stepped out "Bye Jake" and slammed the door closed. I turned and started walking, he drove alongside of me, "Sorry Bella. Please get in the car. I'll take you wherever you want to go. Come on Bella please". I looked in at him, "Not interested" and I walked on. The car swung around in front of me and he jumped out of his door grabbing me by the arm. "Bella, stop being stupid and get in the car". I tried to shake myself free at the same time he let go, and I went sprawling into the path of an oncoming car which Thank God! Had a driver with lightning reflexes. I heard Jake swear as the car door opened. I'd hit my head on the tarmac and everything was very fuzzy. From a distance I heard a voice, "What are you doing Jacob?" I heard a feral growl and a snarl, followed by what sounded like an animal fight. I staggered up and thought I saw a giant wolf struggling with a tall figure but as I walked forward the ground came up to meet me and everything went black and silent.
Jasper
As I came along the road I felt something and knew I needed to go faster. As I rounded the bend I saw a car parked across the road with two figures struggling. I stomped on the brake recognizing Bella as she fell into the path of my car. I wrenched the steering wheel hard down and hit the crash barrier with a screech and rending of metal. I was out before the engine died and approached Bella, only to be met by Jacob Black shaking in rage. "Calm down dog" I said but it was too late, he phased and jumped to attack. I avoided his body slam by less than an inch, one eye still on Bella who was attempting to get up. Her eyes were unfocused but she saw something. This time I grabbed him as he jumped and threw him backwards shouting her name as her head hit the black top.
Jacob ran into the trees and I went to her limp body. I felt my throat constrict as I breathed in the scent of her blood. Venom pooled in my mouth and I swallowed it with difficulty. As I picked her up and put her in my car which was still drivable, barely, he stepped out, naked now. "I'm taking her to the hospital Jacob. I suggest you calm down before doing anything else. You could have killed her". He snarled, "Yeah and who's to say you wont suck her dry on the drive Leech". I smiled, "Because I have more self-control than you dog" and I got in the car and started the engine. His brown hand came through my window gripping the steering wheel as his head came close to mine. "She's mine Leech so stay the fuck away". I looked into his eyes. "We'll see dog. She has a mind of her own". He grinned,"Yeah but if I tell her about your brother hanging around outside her bedroom window it might change things". I looked at him and smiled, "True, but he hasn't done anything and he won't. "But if we're playing Show and Tell, how about I tell her about your little secret" Then I pulled his warm hand from the wheel and took off. Leaving him standing in the middle of the road wondering if I meant what I'd said.
Bella
I was on the ground and there was a large wolf standing over me, snarling and snapping at a tall figure trying to reach me. I woke up with a scream to find myself in a hospital bed. Oh crap, I remembered falling after the row with Jake. I'd seen someone avoid me in another car but that was all. Was the wolf and the terrible noises all part of my dream or had they been real? Sense told me they were figments of my imagination but something deep inside told me not to be so ready to dismiss them. Wolves, huge wolves? My head hurt and I couldn't think straight so I closed my eyes again. When I woke next time Charlie was sitting in the chair by the bed but there was someone else there too, someone out of sight.
I opened my eyes wide and blinked, "Hey Bells. You OK?" I smiled weakly at my dad, "Just dandy Dad. What happened?" It was all mixed up in my memory. "How did I get here?" Dad looked embarrassed, "One of Dr Cullen's boys brought you in. Jake turned up too. It sounds like you two had an argument and you ran in the road. Jasper just clipped you and you hit your head". That didn't sound right somehow. "Jasper hit me?" I asked "Well his car did" he clarified. I tried to shake my head but it hurt too much. "Who said that?" Charlie looked over to the corner, "Jake did. He came to report the accident while Jasper brought you here".