Black Nebula

Old Friend

Looking at how mad he was, I thought I should be feeling the holes boring into my very core. I couldn't understand why he was so mad at me. I started to walk towards him but Edward held me back. I look at him startled, noticing that all of the students in the parking lot were looking at the motorcycle pack as well. Edward was growling at Jake and with one nod from Jacob, the pack left the grounds.

"What the hell Edward!" His body was still tense, even as he grabbed my arm and practically sprinted to the car. "Edward! Appearances!"

"Bella, there is something you don't seem to understand. And that's partly my fault. Mostly my fault." He said as we climbed into and started the car simultaneously. He scrunched up his nose, "Do you smell that?" There was a faint smell, very disgusting coming through the vents as we drove out of the parking lot.

I wrinkled my nose in response. I had smelled it when we were outside, but it seemed more poignant now, "Yeah," I said tentatively.

"That is the smell of vampires only natural enemy. The werewolf and Jacob is one of them."

"What!" I couldn't believe what he was telling me.

"Bella, do you remember last year when Jacob told you my family is not allowed on Quileute land?" He asked me in exasperation, and I simply nodded my head. "Well to make an extremely long story short, it's because there is a treaty between my family and his. His people are descendents of a warrior tribe that turn into wolves to defend their people from vampires. The elders here many years ago, recognized that my family was different than the vampires of their legends, and we formed a treaty with us. The terms of the treaty were that we couldn't enter their land, and if they heard of us biting a human or forming one, the treaty was off."

"But Edward, the treaty isn't broken! No one from your family bit me that was Laurent."

"Jacob knows." Edward whispered.

"Wait how does he know?"

"Think Bella, he was there." He turned to look at me as I was starting to put the pieces together. In the meadow, there was a wolf that looked sad. I vaguely remember thinking that it looked like it shed a tear. That massive wolf couldn't have been Jacob.

"It couldn't be!" I half whispered in astonishment. Though I knew the words he was telling me to be true, I still couldn't believe it. "Edward, I have to see him. Now."

"You can't honestly think I'm going to take you to see a young werewolf? Out of the question."

"And how do you plan on stopping me, Edward? Jake was my friend, he stayed when you left me."

"And if I had my way that wouldn't have happened."

Edward could be so dense sometimes. "And if you hadn't left it wouldn't of. Nobody told you to leave, you did that on your own. And now you have to deal with the consequences Edward. Jacob put Humpty Dumpty back together again, when you let me fall!" I was screaming at him, and I saw Alice holding her hands over ears. I felt guilty, but also good at the same time. Every argument I had for Edward was flowing out of my mouth and I couldn't be stopped. "Now whether you like it or not, I'm going to see Jake."

Edward was turning down the windy drive that led towards his house now. His nose was pinching in stress as usual. "Bella. Please?"

I knew that this was going to be useless so when he slowed down to park in front of the house, I opened the door and took off running. There was no use for him to chase me because I was faster than he was. My hair flew behind me and it was easy to remember how scared I was when I was riding on Edward's back. The run was exhilarating and there was no way I could hit a tree. I felt around my pockets and found my cell phone, grateful that it wasn't in the bag that I left in Edward's car. I dialed Jacob's number and only needed to wait two rings before someone picked up.