Your Pain Is My Misery ~ Jasper Hale

Make up

Bella knocks. Then knocks again. Finally, Billy answers.

"Hi, Billy. I know Jacob's sick but -"

"He's out with friends." taken aback Bella pauses.

"...Oh" Bella looked sad, but Violet just narrowed her eyes.

"He what?" Violet asked angrily. Bella grabs her arm silencly telling her to calm down. Violet scoffed. God was everyone just jerks?

"I'll let him know you came by."Billy starts to close the door, but Bella stops him.

"Wait -- he's got mono, right? That's what you told my dad."

"You should go on home, Bella." Violets eyes widened as she noticed how he avoided the question.

"Excuse me?" She asked mad. But he just closes the door.

The two girls looked at each other, mirroring expressions of disbelief.

Bella climbs in, slams the door, pissed. Violet right behind her.

Bella starts the truck.

"What an ass." Violet muttered, referring to Jacob" Bella then turns it off. Deciding, she tosses the keys aside and sinks down into her seat to wait. Violet giving her a confused look.

"Well he has to come home at sometime" Violet rasied an impressed brow.

"Somtimes I forget your smart....probably because you make alot of stupid decisions"

***

Rain now pours down. Billy, inside, pulls the curtain back, looks out at Bella with sympathy. Then closes the curtain.

Bella looks out the passenger window at Billy. Suddenly, there's a knock at the driver's window. She spins to find Jacob standing there. But his face is shockingly different. His hair is cropped short. No friendly smile. No warmth in his eyes. Just a hard, brooding resentment. Bella is taken aback. She climbs out of the truck to find behind Jacob stand Sam Uley, Jared, Paul and Embry. They're oblivious to the rain, wearing minimal clothes.

"Okay. Is there a abocrombi photoshoot happening I dont know about?" Violet muttered from in the car. Then she got out of the car.

Joining the two but standing a few feet back.

"You cut your hair." Bella said.

"Go away." Jacob turns away. Sam leads the group toward the house. Jacob follows. Violet notes his sure-footed strides; his awkward growth spurt disappeared overnight.

Bella grabs his arm.

"What happened to you?" He stops, turns back. The others wait on the porch for him. They're out of earshot, but won't leave him alone with her. She lowers her voice.

"I can help." His face is hard as he shakes his head. He's not talking.

"Sam got to you. What did he do?"

"Sam's trying to help me, don't blame him."

"Then who?" Bitterness seething.

"How 'bout those filthy, reeking bloodsuckers you love? The Cullens." Violets eyes widened

"I... don't know what you're -- "

"You know exactly what I'm talking about."

"Jacob." Jacob glances at Sam, who gives him a look. Jacob takes a breath, trying to calm himself.

Thats when she felt it. At first it was subtle, so she took a step forward. Then it hit her like a brick.

She gasped in pain as it hurt, but Bella and Jake didn't notice.

"I can't be friends with you anymore."

So much pain. So much more that she had ever felt from one person, radiating from him.

"Jake, I know iv been...hurting you but if you give me time -- "

"Stop. Don't. It's not you -- "

It didn't make sense. The pain was conflicting, instead of a singular storyline it was all over the place. Like when she was in public but even more chaotic. Like a crowd of peoples pain was focused in one brain.

Jakes brain.

"It's not you, it's me?" God."

Violet then noticed somthing...

"It's true. I'm not... good."

The familiar pain she felt, back in that medow.

"You're wrong --"

That was Jacobs....

"It doesn't matter. This is over -- "

And that creatures pain.....was now what she felt on high.

"You can't break up with me...I mean your my best friend. -- you promised -- "

It was him.... she turned and saw the others. Her eyes narrowing. It was them

"I know. I promised if keep you safe, this is me kissing that promise. Go home, Bella. Don't come back." He practically runs away, joining the gang, leaving Bella, standing in the rain.

Bella turned and gave the blone a frown, tears in her eyes.

"Violet-"

"Go wait in the car" Violet interrupted, her tone icy. But very obviously directed at the boy she was glaring at. Bella nodded sadly, and began her way.

Violet marched angrily towards him. He turned a gave her a cold look.

"Violet" he said, a tone of warning.

"Shut the fuck up.. im tired of you supernatural dickheads thinking you need to protect Bella by breaking her heart." From the corner of her eyes she saw the boys freaking out. The same panic in Jacobs eyes as he narrowed his eyes.

"What are you"

"Iv been around you enough to know your pain. Now, you are full of...more. And I guess now you fucking turn into a dog." He took a threatening step forward

"Wh" she stopped him, lifting her hand and waving the question off.

"Doesn't matter. What matters, is you need to get your ass in gear and stop being a hot-headed Dick, apologize, beg, and maybe shell forgive you" she turned to see several boys holding a guy back as he glared at Violet. He trashed around trying to come at her. Violet just glared and lifted her hand up. Flashing a middle finger and marching straight to Bellas truck.

Violet went from being a sad lonely girl to a ball of anger and absolutely no fucks.

Not sorry about it.