juliet swan could barely recall a day in her life where she wasn't connected to the hip of her best friend, leah clearwater. life was simple, repetitive, and quiet-just the way juliet liked it.
when her distant twin sister bella moves to forks at th...
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Juliet's hands were clutched white around themselves as she listened to Charlie's panicked phone calls. Bella was gone. She'd left a note saying that she left with Alice because something was happening with Edward, and that she'd be back. Charlie was angry that she left, worried that she hadn't called, and just wanted to find her. Juliet, on the other hand, couldn't help but think of the worst. She wanted to run back to La Push, back to Leah, but there was no excuse good enough she could think to give Charlie. For now, she'd just have to wait.
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"Leah I'm terrified." Juliet admitted. "What if something happened? What if she's dead?"
"It's gonna be okay, Jules." Leah's voice was soothing, but it didn't do much for Juliet. "Why don't you come down here? That way you can get out for a little while, come see me."
"Where are you?"
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Pulling up to Sam and Emily's house made Juliet's nerves spark, though in a different way. She realized, for the first time, that the pack would've definitely already known about Leah imprinting. The thought of someone else knowing about her and Leah upset her. Part of her selfishly wanted to keep it a secret, and the rest of her was just worried about what people would think. However, when she saw Leah walk out of the house to greet her, her nerves slipped away.
"Jake knows what happened." Leah said as soon as Juliet was out of her truck. Her eyes widened, and her heart began to race.
"Where is he?" Leah nodded back towards the house and Juliet followed close behind her. Inside, Sam, Emily, Jared, Paul, Embry and Jake were all gathered around the table. "Jake what happened?" Jake looked up, his expression almost guilty.
"Jared, Embry and I went over before the funeral." Jake began, and Juliet slipped into the seat across from him, Leah at her side. "Just to see how long the bloodsucker was staying, if the others were back." Hate dripped from his voice, and he took a moment before speaking again. "It had left, but came back while I was there. Apparently it can see the future, and it saw Bella jumping off that cliff and thought she'd killed herself."
"Wait, wait, wait." Juliet's eyebrows furrowed together. "When did Bella jump off a cliff?"
"She didn't tell you?" Juliet shook her head.
"We don't talk." Juliet glanced down at her hands, almost feeling guilty herself. "Not a lot anyway."
"She was cliff diving, it was so stupid of her." Jake sighed. "Anyway it saw her and thought she died so it came here. Anyway it came back to the house while I was there. Apparently something was happening with him, Edward." Just saying his name made Jake look like he wanted to be sick. "He thought Bella was dead so he was going to kill himself or something. Bella left with the other one to Italy, to save him."
