Chapter 8 Escape from Switzerland

Jun 12, 2008 01:33

Here's Chapter 8! Enjoy the bad words and manliness!

Title: Escape from Switzerland
Author: Jill
Characters/Pairing: all normal E/B E/R C/E A/J
Rating: R (NC-17 at times) 
Spoilers:  New Moon and beyond so don't read if you haven't read New Moon
Summary: It's a bad Jacob fic so please do not proceed if you like Jacob.
Authors Note: I do not own the Cullens or Twilight...*sigh*

Chapter 7
Chapter 6
Chapter 5
Chapter 4
Chapter 3
Chapter 2
Chapter 1

Bella’s POV
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It was difficult to let Edward go so soon after I had just gotten him back. I understood though, completely, Edward’s reasoning behind going with Jasper to talk with Jacob. I also understood the reasoning behind Edward’s willingness to “talk” with Jacob instead of just killing him right off the bat. He knew I would worry not so much about Jacob, because whatever feelings I may have harbored for the werewolf disappeared the day in the woods, but I would worry myself sick if I knew Edward was on his way to La Push with the full intention of breaking the treaty. If that were the case, Edward would have never been allowed to leave the house.
    But Edward and Jasper had left. I was glad that neither of them had departed on their own, I would never have let Jasper go without some sort of backup. He was a vampire, and a very strong one at that, but I didn’t care how tough Jasper was, I had no idea how many wolves were going to show up at the “meeting” and I had no intention of sending Jasper off on his own. The same went for Edward with one added detail: if Jasper went with Edward there was less of a chance Edward would lose his cool and break the treaty. Jasper had given me a nod as he and Edward had left the house. A nod as if to say “don’t worry, I’ll take care of him.” I had guessed Jasper could sense the worry rolling off of me and thick waves and I had mouthed a silent “thank you” in response.
    And now I sat, cross-legged, on the Cullens’ plush couch staring hopefully out the window. Alice was perched on the chair beside me her eyes closed deep in thought. She was obviously waiting for Jasper and Edward to come back into her sight. She said she was almost positive they would come back safe but, like all of Alice’s visions, the future could change. The only sound in the Cullen household was Emmett’s occasional sigh. He had wanted to go along with his brothers but the decision had been made that Emmett would be too intimidating for the wolves at this point in time. It obviously made Emmett nervous to be away from his “little brothers” for a long period of time; especially when Alice couldn’t see the outcome of the situation. Emmett let out another long sigh which snapped me out of my reverie,

“Emmett, if you sigh one more time I’m going to kill you.” I  said quietly to him. Emmett paused, then let out a booming laugh,

“Bella, A) I’m already dead…kind of. B) You can’t kick my ass, I’m a vampire and you aren’t.” He smiled at me and I didn’t even realize the impact of the next words to come out of my mouth,

“You just wait until I’m a vampire.” I almost whispered. His smile faded and his eyes looked questioningly at me. I looked at him with all the determination I could muster, the idea of being strong, and being with Edward forever, had certainly crossed my mind.

“Bella?” Emmett asked still giving me a strange look,

“You just wait.” I repeated, and focused my line of vision back out the giant window. I saw Emmett nod in my direction and go back to his waiting. I chanced one glance at Alice, a small smirk played across her face, she had obviously heard my unintentional outburst.

Edward’s POV
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I looked at my brother, his eyes were focused ahead as we ran to La Push. It was a short run but it seemed like it took an eternity to get to the meeting point that we had quickly arranged. It hadn’t taken much to convince the wolves that we wanted to meet with Jacob. Aside from the shock that I had returned, along with the rest of my family, my “eagerness“ to check up on all that had happened while I was away plus a fabricated story concerning Victoria and Bella’s safety was enough to get the idiotic mongrel riled up enough to agree to meet with myself and my brother . I also figured that the reality of his actions had finally sunk in and that he was going to go to whatever lengths it took to try and make up for the pain he had caused. Nice try mutt. Jasper and I slowed to a trot as we edged closer to our destination,

“You didn’t have to come Jasper. I could have handled the situation on my own.” The treaty line broke into sight and Jacob stood towering, waiting for us. A deep snarl broke free from my chest as I glared ahead at the creature who had caused my mate so much pain. My mind was working in a very primal way and it frightened me slightly,

“Yeah, because YOU won’t cross the treaty line.” My brother said very sarcastically. I shot him a look but was rewarded with a wave of calm, “And you aren’t allowed to try and block me either, Bella said.” I sighed and focused ahead. Jacob Black looked nervous, good, let him be nervous. Let him fear the vampires,

“Cullen.” He nodded towards as we came to a stop right on the line. I intended to be as calm as possible in this discussion; “intended” being the main word,

“Black.” I returned the nod. Jacob was even taller than I recalled, he towered a few inches above me and even looked down slightly at my brother. Jacob nervously played with a clod of dirt along the treaty line,

“So why did you ask to meet me? Something about Victoria, is that why you’re back?” He asked without making eye contact. This was great, he knew what he had done but he had no idea that I had even the slightest inkling of what had occurred. A small smile began to play across my lips,

“Something like that. Anything happen while I was gone? Anything I need to know about?” I was going to give him a chance to come clean. A chance to prove to me he could admit to what he had done. He glanced up nervously, I could smell the sweat accumulating on his palms. I could smell the sweat, along with the intoxicating smell of Bella mixed with the revolting smell of dog. The bastard, he hadn’t even showered; I felt a growl begin to build in my throat but, thanks to Jasper, I didn’t allow it to surface. Jacob Black looked at me and shook his head,

“No, nothing happened. Did you catch news of Victoria on your way back into town?” He asked, as nonchalant as if we were discussing the weather, asshole. A small chuckle escaped my lips as I paced slightly in front of the wolf,

“Really, nothing happened?” I could feel my fear escalating quickly. The primal instinct I harbored to protect Bella was building inside me faster than Jasper could control,

“No, nothing happened. What’s up Cullen why did you really want to meet me?” He was almost growling now as I continued to  pace back and forth. Jasper looked at me, a hint of terror in his face,

“Let me in Edward, don’t try and block me, you promised.” Jasper said in his thoughts. I looked at my brother, half worried myself,

“I’m not trying to block you.” I whispered so that only Jasper could hear. Jacob didn’t even notice the small exchange that had happened. The wolf was getting increasingly annoyed with our presence,

“I said nothing happened Edward now why the hell did you want me to come out here?!” He shouted. I stopped,

“So you say nothing happened. Then why the hell did I find Bella in the mere moments before she tried to kill herself? Why did I find her covered in bruises and cuts? Why was she sobbing over and over telling me what you did to her?” I whispered to Jacob in the most menacing voice I was certain any creature on the earth had ever heard. Jacob leapt back with a growl, I felt Jasper instantly closer to my back than he had been a moment before that,

“Bastard. How did you know? Why did she tell you?” Jacob snarled, his eyes flickering back and forth between my brother and myself.

“Why did she tell me? Because she knows I love her! Because she needed to tell someone who would fix it for her!” I began yelling as Jasper attempted to calm me down. It wasn’t working, the vampire was beginning to seep through my carefully sculpted façade. The dog let out a booming laugh,

“Love her?! HA! You have the most warped view of love I have ever seen Cullen! You left her, in the woods, sobbing, broken. You left her here and I had to mend the pieces back together! You left because you didn’t want her anymore. You knew you could leave at any point in time, go on and live your existence and eventually Bella would wither and die and you would never have to think about her again!” Jacob’s words cut through me like the strongest of blades,

“Don’t you dare…” I began to snarl,

“Don’t I dare what? Tell the truth?! About how you dropped everything and left the greatest thing that ever happened to you?” His words were getting to me and Jasper had no effect on me anymore. The hurt rolling off my body was enough to stop any calm feelings that might have been sent my direction. I knew the mutt was right, in a sense, about me leaving the greatest thing to happen to me; and that, I would never forgive myself for. This argument was escalating quickly and that frightened me, I did not want to break the treaty but wasn’t sure if I could stop myself,

“Oh what’s a matter? Did I hurt your leech feelings?” Jacob teased. I heard Jasper growl behind me. It was obvious Jasper was more concerned now with protecting me and himself as opposed to stopping me from doing anything foolish. I sensed an ounce of fear in Jacob’s voice; it wobbled ever so slightly as if he were trying to psych himself up to say the things he truly wanted to say to us.

“Did she tell you?” Jacob asked as he began to pace along the line, which, in turn, made me begin to pace,

“Tell me what? How you violated her?!” I nearly roared,

“How she begged for it!” Jacob shouted. I twirled around and crouched ready to pounce at such an outburst from the werewolf,

“How dare you..” I snarled low and deep. Jacob merely glared at me through his dark eyes,

“Oh she begged, she begged for my warmth, for my hands. ‘Give me what Edward won’t…fuck me like Edward never will.’ She felt so good Cullen, so soft, so warm. I got to her first…how does that make you feel?” The words struck me like a bolt of lightning to the chest and before I knew what I was doing I had leapt for the treaty line. Jasper leapt for me and stopped me just in time,

“That’s not fair Jacob!” Jasper roared as he struggled to put me upright, “Don’t listen Edward, it’s a lie, you know it.” Jasper said in his mind. I brought myself back to a crouch,

“How can you say something like that about her?!” My voice boomed in the woods, reverberating off the trees. Jacob’s eyes narrowed in a despicable fashion. I hated him, I loathed him. But I knew, I couldn’t kill him. Not today, not now.

“She prefers me.” He said simply. This was childish, I wanted to fight him man on man, creature on creature. This trading of childhood “she likes me better” was getting on my nerves. My true vampire was coming through and I wanted nothing more than to rip his throat out and feel his blood on my hands. Then, it all happened so fast. Jasper’s words followed by Jacob’s retort,

“Then how come, Jacob, the only way you can get Bella to be with you is by practically raping her?! You little fucker.” Jasper could no longer control his own emotions, thanks if part, probably to the anger rolling off of me. Jacob glared at Jasper, he was thinking of something horrible, something to get at my brother,

“Answer me this Jasper. How come your little pixie whore of a wife couldn’t stop it from happening? Did she just not care or…is she broken?” The sneer was wide on Jacob Black’s face, yet he had no idea the damage he just caused his entire tribe with his own words, fool. I frantically turned toward my brother,

“JASPER DON’T!!” I roared as Jasper flung himself at Jacob. Jacob reacted and met Jasper midair. They tumbled to the ground, thankfully, on our side of the line. Primal roars ripped through the jumbled mess of creatures as I joined in hoping to pull Jasper out of the scrap before he could destroy Jacob. This wasn’t the time or the place for this, I really had the intention of meeting Jacob to just talk. Everything had escalated so quickly that it was just a big blur of arguments until Jacob had gone too far. Jasper was justified in wanting to defend Alice but this was not the place for revenge. The two were tumbling together, fighting like animals, as I jumped into the mess, Jacob kicked me in my eye as I tried to grab him and I felt a blow to my jaw which didn’t phase me in the slightest as I tore Jacob off of my brother and threw the wolf across the line,

“ENOUGH!!” I heard a booming voice behind me as Jacob Black hit a nearby tree but sprung lithely back to his feet. The voice belonged to my father,

“Leeches!” Jacob spat blood from his mouth. We all three glared at each other, chests heaving with air we didn’t need as Carlisle came around to look me in the eye. I took a step forward toward the line and Carlisle put a stony hand on my chest

“Edward I said enough!” He shouted at me. I felt as if I were being scolded by the teacher for rough housing on the playground. I heard Jacob laugh,

“Do you have to have your daddy come bail you out of trouble Edward? Can’t fight your own fights?” Jacob sneered. Carlisle turned to the werewolf who automatically shrank back,

“You, leave. Tell your family that your actions are cause for war. As far as were concerned, you broke the treaty. The deal is over.” Carlisle growled. I managed to bring myself to the treaty line as Carlisle tended to Jasper who was trying to sort out his emotions. Jacob Black glared at me,

“Know this, your life will be mine by the time this is over.” I then turned and walked towards my father and brother. Rosalie was right, we would fight.

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