Chapter 13

I heard the faint sound of someone landing beside us. We were dead.

"Jake decided to stay up at Billy's for a while. It's hard... Since his mother died in a car accident when he was a kid, Billy was the only one left for him." Dad whispered looking straight ahead.

"Rachel? Rebecca?" Mom asked him. "Why weren't they at the funeral today?"

I flinched from the word. Jacob would sure take long to heal now.

"No." Dad answered in a cold, hard voice.

The subject was not reached since that day.

***

Jacob changed since that day. Changed not in a good way, or a bad way. He changed in a scary way.

He almost didn't spend time as a human, which, before the passing of Billy, he did.

He also didn't talk at much anymore. Not even with me.

And I know it had only been two days, but even when he was worried he would say at least hi to me. Or 'are you okay, Ness?'

This past two days:

Nothing.

I finally decided to go to him. I searched for him like a maniac in the house. I was sure he was in here, I always knew where he was even if he hadn't told me.

"Outside." someone whispered quickly. Dad, I think.

Thanks Dad, I owe you.

There he was! Jake was sitting on a treebench of an Oak tree. It was not big enough for him, it looked like it could snap with the tiniest of movements.

I took a few steps back and jumped to the brach where he was sitting, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing his cheek.

Are you better?

He shook his head with a light smile on his lips and sighed.

Should I leave? Rose needs my help with a dress she wants to make, anyways... I would understand...

"No. Stay. Please?"

You sure?

"Yeah." he paused and looked at my eyes. "I need you now, more than anything. More than I need oxygen."

I smiled a little at him and gave him a peck on the lips. I sighed in relief.

I thought you were'nt going to come back... That you were too angry with what she did... I stopped mid-thought and rethought what I was going to show, feeling his shake under me. I thought you would leave because of the vampires.

"I'm not that easy to get rid of." he said smirking. "'Sides, if I leave, who's going to kill those ugly leeches that are comming to fight?" he joked and gave me the lightest punch on the shoulder playfully. I chuckled lowly.

Jacob Black, you are the most crazy person I've met. I joked. He laughed and raised his black eyebrows at me.

"Oh, I'm also annoying to others." he chuckled and pointed at the house. "Especially, Blondie."

I rolled my eyes and sat next to him on the fragile branch. I had to tell him something, but I didn't know how... I gulped and took his hand.

Jake?

"Yeah?"

Do you think we're... That we have the slightest chance of...  I gulped loudly again. Surviving this?

"Well, not alone. But since you have a lot more vamps helping you plus us, I think you will." he said as he smiled. I sighed in relief. It felt like I'd been carrying a big heavy truck instead of the driver's license.

I really hope we-

Jacob and I flew out of the tree top in less than half a second.

"Nessie!" I heard Dad yell. Alice and Esme were with him in a second.

"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" I screamed.

"The Volturi!"

I suddenly heard a loud screetching noise. We all froze for a brief second, then I heard the faint scream of dad:

"BELLA!"

Then Alice's harsh command:

"JACOB! GET THE PACK HERE! COME ON!" Jake put me on his back and took me far away in the forest. He set me on my feet after a little ride.

"Stay here." he hissed as he transformed to a wolf. Leah, Sam, Seth, Quil, Embry, Jared, Collin, and Paul were suddenly with us.

A brown wolf growled at a black one. Quil to Sam, I think. They kept growling at each other, until I heard the faint sound of someone landing beside us.

 

Jane, Alec, Felix and Demetri.

 

We were dead.