Fire's Angel

Myths and Legends

Myths and Legends

BPOV:

I watched Alice's retreating form until she turned the corner down the street. Yes, I had heard Jacob shuffling his feet behind me, but I couldn't find it within myself to care that he was a bit on edge. When he cleared his throat, I finally turned with a sigh, waiting for the expected verbal thrashing that I was sure would come from him. And he didn't disappoint.

Trying to act casual, Jake asked as smoothly as possible while not making eye contact with me, "So... what's up with you and Alice there? You two seemed close." I rolled my eyes at his nosiness before walking past him and into my house.

"We are close, Jake. I don't really know what we are yet, but we are something. Is that a problem?" I turned to glare at him, expecting him to be a few feet behind me when he was, in fact, only a few inches away. He mumbled a quick apology after I regained my balance from stumbling away from him a little.

"I don't know if it's really a problem, Bella. But, I mean... I thought..." he let his sentence trail off, but I knew what he was alluding to. With a sigh, I replied to his unspoken comment.

"No, Jake. You know that we're only friends and that's all we'll ever be. I love you like a brother. Always have, always will." He looked down to his shoes as a dejected look came across his features. He mumbled something under his breath that I didn't hear. "What was that?"

He glanced up at me before straightening up, trying to be strong in his statement. "I said that she's a girl, Bella. And you're a girl. It's not socially common. Not to mention you just skipped right over me. You didn't even give me a chance, Bella." There was no way that he had mumbled all of that, but he only seemed halfway through the rant that started from my question. "I mean, seriously, why not give you and I a chance? We're perfect for each other. We're comfortable around each other, aren't we?" I nodded after he paused, not knowing exactly how much he was going to say. "And I even asked you to stay away from them, Bells. I know that you said it's your choice and all of that, but I really wasn't expecting you to start up a relationship with one of them..." he continued on in his rant. I hadn't heard the rest of it because I zoned out on his last comment.

A relationship? Is that what Alice and I had? Yeah, I knew we had something, but a relationship? Am I her girlfriend? Well, she did call me her Bella last night, though that could have just been a slip of the tongue. If Jacob hadn't interrupted while we were in the truck, I would have known. But as of now... what were Alice and I?

"Bella?" Jake waved his hand in front of my face, noticing that I had zoned.

"Oh. Sorry," I mumbled out. "What were you saying?"

He looked at me oddly before answering. "Just that the elders won't be happy to hear about you and a Cullen being together... What was that, Bella?" I waved off his question, more intrigued by his first comment.

"Why won't they be happy?" He shrugged his shoulders as if it was nothing.

"I've already told you that the Cullen's are trouble, Bells. The elders believe that even more than the rest of us do. So, when they find out, they may try to stop it, but I don't know." He rolled his eyes at the end as if even he found this absurd.

I nodded thoughtfully before leading him into the living room and onto the couch. He sat down at the other end as me, getting comfortable.

"What is it they have against the Cullen's, anyway?" I asked, trying to come across as nonchalant. Again, Jake shrugged.

"It's just some old story, Bella. The elders are really persistent about it being passed down through the generations. I'm sure you'll hear it tonight." He seemed bored with the topic, but I was intrigued.