Lilliana Swan (Unedited)

Chapter 16

"That's a good thing, isn't it?" Bella asked

"Maybe. Or maybe it makes me less...human than the others. Sometimes I'm scared I might...disappear, you know? Who I really am/" Jacob said

Bella turns and looks at him.

"I won't let that happen." Bella said

Their faces are really close...and stay close, they could kiss they move close to each other but Bella pulls away.

"Thanks for driving - for everything." Bella said

I open the door and we move to get out, wind blows and I smell it and I can tell Jacob can smell it.

"Holy crap --" Jacob said

He abruptly pulls Bella back to him, then I shut the door and he starts the truck.

"There's a bloodsucker out there." Jacob said

"How do you know?" Bella asked

"I can smell the stink. I'm getting you out of here." Jacob said

Jacob whips the truck around the headlights shine on a black Mercedes is parked in front.

"Stop. It's not Victoria --" Bella said

"Forget it --" Jacob and I said

"It's Carlisle's car. They're here. Go back. --" Bella said

"It's a trick --" Jacob said

He's still flooring it -- Bella reaches around me and opens the door. Jacob slams on the brakes and Bella climbs around and out the door.

"Damn it, Bella --" Jacob said

Bella hurries up the road towards her house. Jacob and I head towards the house. But Jacob run's faster than me and beats her to the door.

"Stop. You gotta come with me." Jacob said

"It's okay. They're my friends --" Bella said

"They're not mine." I said

"Don't you get it? If a Cullen is back here, this is their territory. The Treaty says we can only defend our own lands." Jacob said

"-- It's not a war --" Bella said

"It is. And you'll only be afe in La Push. I can't protect you here anymore." Jacob said

"I don't need you to --" Bella said

"--You're about to cross a line --" Jacob said

"Only if you draw one." Bella said

She starts to move past him, but he stops her --

"I'm not letting you do this." Jacob said

"You don't have a choice. I don't belong to you." Bella said

I see that her words hurt him. But she also knows that she can't take them back.

"Bye, Bella. I hope you don't die." Jacob said

Bella heads inside.

"Wow Jake any more classy lines?" I ask

I then head inside. I hear Bella let out a little yell. But when I see what it was that made her yell I just laugh.

"Alice." Bella says

"Yeah." I say

"You're...alive." Alice said