I made Edward park as far as possible. I didn't want to take any chances with Jake finding out where I truly was. Despite his banter he relentlessly agreed to drop me off by the forest's clearing. We stop and sit for a second in utter silence. Neither of us wants to make the next move. I look ahead and the only thing I can see are faint bushes covered in dozen of spider webs. They are highlighted by the car lights and gleam like fat rain drops.

"I'm sorry it got cut short." I finally say.

I needed to be said, something, anything needed to clear this silence. Edward turns towards me, cradling my hand in his. That is what causes me to turn to stare at him. He's so fair in the darkness of his car like a gleaming diamond. He smiles, casually, as if he wants me to realize everything is okay. We're okay.

"I had a delightful time while it lasted."

"I wish it could still last," I pout.

He rubs my knuckles with his long, strong fingers, and I desperately want to kiss his hand. It's silly, I know, but recently I don't know what's come over me. I seem to have no boundaries, no limits, when it comes to him. Maybe it's my transformation. Or maybe it's just the me I've been hiding for so long, finally, able to bloom.

"I am only but a call away, if you need me."

I want to tell him that I'll always need him. A part of me believes he's thinking the same thing. Why couldn't I read Edward's mind, dig into his deepest thoughts. Then I realized some things should probably be left untouched. I nod my head,

"My window is always yours." I smile.

I lean over placing a small peck on the tip of his lips. He places his hand on my chin rubbing it gently.

"Let me know if anything happens."

"It's Jake, he's probably got a hang nail or something,"

Edward smirks. "But," I sigh slowly letting myself get away from him. "I will let you know if it's anything major."

I break away from him getting out the car and closing it behind me. I run to the clearing as fast as lightening. I didn't want to make Jake wait any more than necessary then he would start getting suspicious. This dress would already give my lie away. As I get to the clearing I stop, turn, and wave good-bye to Edward. My vision can faintly see him nod his head.

Until Next Time… I think to myself.

I continue running until I can see our house in the distance. I couldn't go through the front door, no, then Jake would see everything. He would never believe I went out for a midnight run. No, I'd go through my window, change extremely quickly, then find him after that.

I get to my open window, silently, creeping in trying to be as stealthy as a fox. For a moment I curse the fact that Jake is as immortal as me. I'd be so much easier if I were dealing with a regular human. I have to laugh. Never in my life have I been so rebellious the girl sneaking out of her parent's house to meet a boy. In fact, my parents begged me to be social. If they could see me know oh the things they would say.

As I climb through my window I rush towards my dresser. I throw some shorts on under my dress tucking my dress under my shorts. It's just in time, thankfully, because I can hear Jake's footsteps just outside my door as I finish tucking my dress in. He swings open the door like a madman. His hair sweaty, his eyes filled with tension. I place my hands on my hips breathing rather oddly. He stares at me quizzically and I roll my eyes. "Okay, you look as if you just got hit by a bus." He raises his eyebrow.

"You look as if you just got back from a rave." I shrug.

"what was so important that I needed to be here immediately?" I cross my hands around my chest.

"Well I can see you had important plans."

"Stop it Jake I was running," He smirks.

"Running, did you think you'd find a dashing fairy in the forest? Is that why you're dressed like that."

"Okay, this is irrelevant."

I'm getting angry. I didn't come here to be accused. If I knew nothing was truly wrong I would have stayed with him…

"Whatever, different topic for later time. The real reason I called you here is because Bella's missing."

"What?"

"She's missing." His voice is more urgent this time.

"Are you sure she isn't playing dead in the forest again?" I say sitting on my bed putting my hair up in a bun. I'm kinda annoyed this is the second conversation I have had about Bella today. I mean c'mon could this girl stay out of a conversation at least once?

"That's not funny." I try to hold down a laugh that I desperately want to let out. I sigh.

"Okay, for real, how do you know she just doesn't want to you know be alone?"

"Because, I have this odd feeling like something bad is happening with her. Besides, Charlie said she never came home."

"She could be with Edward" I lie.

I know for sure that she's not with him. But, at least it would get me out of the picture. He would never guess we spent the entire night together dancing in each other's arms. He couldn't begin to imagine how alive I felt.

"She wouldn't be with that bloodsucker."

Is his only comment and I become completely annoyed. He's going off a hunch he has no real evidence. Plus, knowing Bella's track record she has a tendency to wonder off into the abyss and not come back for quite some time. Besides, she wasn't my problem, and, as much as Jake wanted her to be, she wasn't his problem either. He couldn't always protect someone who wanted to be alone. A part of me believed she'd never let him protect her because he would never be Edward.

"Jake, maybe we should wait. Maybe, she'll turn up tomorrow."

"But what if she doesn't?"

He begins pacing around my room. I follow him with my eyes.

"The police gives like 48 hours before they look for missing people." I add crossing my arms around my chest.

"Most of the time that's too late and I can't take that chance with Bella."

I sigh throwing my hands out towards my bed in surrender. I can see that he's worried. I know the feeling, being worried about someone you care about. It sucks, and I know Jake, he wouldn't stop worrying until he knew she was safe. Bella was one lucky girl. She had someone waiting so patiently for her, someone, who would love her despite her brokenness.

"Okay, well what should we do now?"

I cave because I will always cave when it came to Jacob. A part of it is guilt as well because I feel bad for lying to him. So I break and I realize that even if we spent the entire night looking for a girl I cared so little about I'd do it. That is what family did they put their loved one's needs before their own.

"We track her sent. I got one of her sweaters from her house if we pick up her scent we'll follow it."

I nod my head. I go to my closet grabbing my gym shoes. I place them on my feet looking towards Jake.

"Well, I guess there's only one thing left to say." He raises an eye brow to me.

"And…"

"May the best tracker win."

We've been at it for hours trying to pick up a scent that seems completely nonexistent. We began by her house and now we had moved all the way towards the forest. I was beginning to believe that Bella didn't want to be found.

I rest against an Oak tree closing my eyes for just a second. Jake and I weren't like Edward and the Cullens. We had normal tendencies like hunger and a need for sleep. I could feel my body shutting down my eyelids getting heavy. Jake could feel it too, I could hear his breathing becoming irregular his body begging for rest. He wouldn't stop though I knew he would keep searching until he found her. Until she was safe inside his arms.

"I haven't found anything," I whisper.

I close my eyes for just a second as Jake turns to face me.

"Neither have I," he saws through gritted teeth.

I open my eyes breaking away from the tree. I feel the soft bark underneath my fingertips as I begin walking around the tree, I'm trying anything to wake myself up. I stop, momentarily, as I get a whiff of something familiar. The smell isn't Bella's scent, no, but it's something quite pungent. It's a smell that I can faintly remember and it causes terror inside of me. I had never thought the Cullen's smelled. Jake, on the other hand, continued to tell me that they had a distinct odor for our people. An odor that only we could smell and it smelled quite awful to us. Apparently we let off an odor to them that they didn't necessary like either. It amazes me that Edward and I never faced that problem. He smelled normal to me like being home. I pick up this vampires smell immediately and it causes my senses to become quite keen. I go around the tree and Jake notices the distant look in my eye.

"Someone was here, someone's been watching her." I say looking around trying to follow his scent. I want to see exactly where he was. The question is why. Why was this vampire following Bella what importance did she have over him. Maybe Jake was right, maybe Bella truly was in trouble.

Jake growls as he comes closer to me he too catching a whiff of the vampires scent.

"I know this scent," he says through clenched teeth. He's getting angry I can feel his heartbeat speed up. He begins running and I don't understand what has him so upset. It must be a bad situation something awful must be occurring. I follow after him and before I know it he's gone wolf and he's running quite fast. The only way I keep up with him is that I have to rip through my skin and let the beast out. I do it. Despite my hatred for that part of myself I let it out and I'm neck and neck with him in speed.

Jake,

I say in my head. I'm scared and nervous about his rushed behavior that means that something is indeed wrong. I wanted to know I didn't want to be in the dark.

What's wrong?

It's Laurent.

The name brought a shiver up my spine. I remembered that vampire quite vividly his pulsating red eyes when he tried to taste me, suck the life force out of me. I was so scared then unaware of the thriving life that was going on around me. I couldn't imagine how Bella felt, how terrified she'd be. She is merely a human a small girl. I can even feel my heartbeat skip and I have more strength in me now than ever before.

It's here.

I can hear Jake's thoughts inside my head. We stop and stalk around the small area. Thank goodness it's dawn, and no one is outside, or else they would quite possibly be terror stricken.

We make the change back between in alley and luckily Jake has two spare shirts for me and himself. I will never get use to the fact of being completely naked after my transformations. Maybe it's because I rarely did my transformation I tried to stay clear of that as much as I possibly could.

After we are both clothed I stare at him.
"What now?" I ask.

He turns to the abandoned dance studio with a grimace on his face. He walks slowly towards the back door. It has been boarded up with planks but Jake's strength is no match for it. He yanks the door apart in one smooth movement. I clap my hands for him in a teasing manner.

"Show off," I coo as I walk inside the dark building.

It's quite creepy inside. Nothing is heard at first and the eerie silence is enough to make me want to turn away. This shouldn't be our fight. I didn't want to make new enemies but the kind, human side of me knows I could never leave Bella. That would make me heartless and that would mean that there is no human side left of me.

We can hear a faint scream towards the front of the dance studio. Then the scream is louder and more painful sounding. That is Jacob's cue he runs towards the opening of the studio and before I can call after him he's disappeared towards the front. I run after him preparing myself for a fight. We get in the front of the studio and there she is on the ground shaking like a leaf.

"Bella," Jake screams.

He runs towards her side crouching down next to her. She's shaking so profusely as she turns to see us. There is such terror in her eyes.

"Jake," She asks in disbelief as if Hell allowed no angels.

"I'm here," he whispers to her.

"Ah, now the party begins."

It's a voice I have never heard before. From the looks of Jake's face I am sure he has never seen this vampire before either. It's not Laurent, the vampire we had met previously, but a new fairer vampire with golden brown hair. His golden eyes scare me more than I could have possibly imagined. "Seem as if this girl has friends in both places. With the vegan vampires and the dogs." The vampire spits his voice like venom. Jacob growls and I have to place my hand on his shoulder to calm him down. We don't know anything about this new vampire's strength he could be a raging bull. We had to strategically plan this out perfectly. That is the only way we'd beat him.

"What do you want with her!" Jacob hisses.

The vampire jumps down from the top part of the ballet studio. He lands perfectly on his feet. He's so agile so graceful as he walks towards us. His reflection peering at us through the glass mirrors surrounding us.

"I merely meant to toy with her a bit." He says with a grin.

Jacob stands up ready to fit I can hear his thoughts feel his raging heartbeat.

"Jake, I thought he had my mom." Bella whispers.

"Yes, she thoughts I did. Stupid girl. It was quite easy to lure her here. I thought her stupid boyfriend would come to her aid, but, instead I got two better surprises."

"We don't want to fight." I say stepping forward. This is the first time he's seen me because I had been hidden behind Jake. He tried to protect, shield, the both of us. The vampire cocks his head to the side a smirk forming on his lips.

"If I would have known I'd be in such lovely company I would have dressed better."

"Leave her out of this," Jacob growls.

I place my hand on his shoulder trying to calm him down. Maybe we could reason with this vampire, maybe, just maybe no one would get hurt.

"We don't want trouble. Can we just take Bella and leave? Call it a truce?" The vampire claps his hands together and it echoes inside the ballet studio. It teases me seeing his reflection toy with our emotions like a human toying with a snake's dinner.

"There will be no taking of anyone."

"Then we'll have to force you to let us take her."

"Jake no you could get hurt."

"Listen to your pathetic human." The vampire warns his eyes taking a darker hue.

That is the last thing said before Jacob peels away his skin running towards the vampire. Everything is happening so fast I can see them collapse together like thunder. I can hear the ripping and the grabbing. I can see Jake take the vampire to the ground slashing and mauling his face. Then before either of us expects it I can see Jacob being flung across the studio crashing into the glass mirror. Shards of glass are shattered around him and I scream running to his side.

"Jake!" I call.

Bella tries to lift herself up but she's very weak. I bend down next to him. I can feel the rage pulling at me I can feel it taking over. Jake looks up at him and we connect, through instincts, I do my change as well. We both stand, stronger together, and we charge towards the vampire. I leap towards him and he dodges me running towards Jake. Jake slashes at him throwing him across the studio. He too flings but catches himself on his heels. I cannot believe the agility he has on his feet. He should belong in this ballet studio in more ways than one.

Before I know it I am flung across the room the breath knocked out of me. It takes a minute to process what is happening. I look up, from the ground, and see him bit down on Jake. Jake screams out in pain and I force myself with all my might to get up to help him. I run towards them leaping on the vampire's back. He thrashes under us and for a moment I believe we have him. It is a short lived feeling, however, because he throws me off and I land on a piece of glass. It glides through my leg like a cloth but the pain breaks a scream from within me. I watch as he attacks Jake banging his damaged body. That is what hurts more than anything because I cannot help him. I may lose him. I may die here today and I didn't even tell him the truth. That is what hurts more than anything.

"Leah," His voice seems like a dream. I know that I have to be close to death because there's no way he could have come here. I'm fading in and out. The visions all blurring together like movie images being fast forwarded. I see Bella collapse on the ground and I promise not to be as weak as her. I have to be strong I have to stay awake. But the tired feeling it overwhelms me. All I can remember is fire a blaze of crimson then complete and utter darkness.

I hoped you all liked this chapter! I tried to add a tad bit more action than fluff. I hope it turned out okay I was so nervous about it. I tried to keep some of the twilight theme inside of the story, but, I know it's so different. I wanted to play around with it a little bit. Comments are always welcomed. I appreciate everyone who still follows this story and comments. I love feedback and it truly helps me continue so enjoy!