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Collin POV (I told you it would be some else's POV! And a very different someone too)
"Hey, Jake!" I called, barging in through the Cullen's front door. "Sam wants to—"
"I can't believe you said that, Jacob!" Edward snarled. "We put so much planning into this and you ruined it."
Jake held his hands out in front of him. "Whoa, just calm down for a minute, k?"
"I wanted them to think of us as hostile vampires they didn't know. I didn't want Renesmee to think of me as an abusive father. I would have never treated her that way if we were going to just tell them the truth," Edward growled in frustration.
I watched both sides arguing. Jacob stood stubbornly on the left side of the room, Seth and Leah standing behind him. Embry and Quil were getting up from their seated positions in the corner to join them. Edward was standing across from Jake's pack, his family watching them protectively. I knew if things got out of hand, the other vamps would step in to help.
"Jake, seriously. Just admit it. You screwed up," I interrupted.
Jake turned toward me angrily. "Collin, go away. This isn't any of your business."
I huffed and retorted, "I may be young, Jake, but I'm not stupid."
Embry placed his hand on Jake's shoulder. "Come on now. What you did was wrong."
Jake seemed to be torn, but finally sighed and admitted, "Sorry, Edward. Won't happen again."
"Alright then. Thanks for the apology," Edward muttered, leaving to join his family.
"Sure, sure," Jake mumbled. "No what do you want Collin."
"Um," I muttered nervously. "Actually I'm kind of just the messenger, but it'd be better if we could talk alone."
"You know what that means, Edward," Jake shouted as he closed the door behind us. I figured he didn't want the vamp to tell everyone our business. I could understand why too.
Jake led me through the forest and its many hackneyed trees. I could hear his pack following us, but I didn't object because I didn't think it would matter if they heard the news as well. What did they think I was going to do anyway? Harm Jake? Yeah, an alpha against a patrolling weakling. It wasn't going to happen, and they had no need to worry.
Jake stopped all of a sudden, and I would have run into his back if I hadn't caught my foot on a bush and almost tripped. I righted myself by the time he spun around, and I found myself preparing to tell him what I had to. It wasn't going to be easy. "Jake…"
"Just spit it out, Collin," Jake barked, obviously annoyed about being proven wrong by a Cullen.
"Your dad got hit by a car!" I blurted, surprising even myself. It sounded different out loud. It sounded…final.
"What?" he breathed. I could almost see the little wheels turning in his head as he processed what I had just said.
"Your dad's in the hospital," I added quietly. "He's gonna die, Jake."
And then it was over. I had come to say what I had, and now I just stood awkwardly, watching as Jake realized what I had meant. Without warning, he stripped off his shorts and phased, running through the woods blindingly fast. I didn't even have time to react before he was gone.
I heard as Seth came to stand at my side, everything from his stance to his breathing filled with shock. I looked at him from the corner of my eye and recognized a similar pain to Jake's in Seth's eyes. I knew he saw Billy as his own family, and this was hitting him hard too.
"I have to go, Collin," Seth said, taking off as Jacob had done. Only Leah, Quil, and Embry stayed. All of them seemed out of it. Well, except for Leah.
"Damn. Now we're left with a house full of bloodsuckers."
"Can't you have any sympathy," I seethed. "Jake's dad is dying and you're here complaining 'cause you have to spend a few hours with people you hate. Grow up, Leah."
She seemed astonished that I had spoken up since I was usually so quiet, but from the looks Quil and Embry were giving her, I could tell they agreed.
"Fine, I'll wait for Jake to get back," Leah declared, running off. It was obvious she was still fuming about the vamp situation, but she would just have to get over it.
"Where are Renesmee and Bella anyway?" I asked Embry and Quil as we headed back to the Cullen house.
Embry shrugged. "Last I heard Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and Alice were taking them hunting. They don't like the animal blood though, so I can see the Cullens are going to have a tough time."
If they didn't adjust soon, I could see Sam getting furious. He wouldn't agree with the Cullens bringing two dangerous bloodsuckers to the area, and I'm sure they understood this as well. "Let's just hope they get under control soon."
"Yeah," Embry mumbled, not really listening. "Well, we better tell the Cullens about what Jake's up to."
I took that as my signal to leave. "I have to get back to Sam anyway." Without another word, I phased and ran back to La Push.
Sam, I sent telepathically, I have something to tell you. It's about Bella and Nessie.
