Authors Note: This is a work in progress and I'm not sure how long it will be in the end. I originally started doing it for fun and then ouisa on the Lexicon told me about this contest on for people to put all the quotes from Eclipse together into a storyline. So now that is my goal! I'm going to post it every ten quotes and unfortunatly I am not Stephenie Meyer and I don't own teh quotes or the characters. The Eclipse quotes are in bold and they are said by the person saying it. read, review, and enjoy!
Edward, Alice, and I watched as Jake approached us, looking apologetic.
"Bella, we need to talk," he said, eyeing Edward and Alice.
"Anything you want to say to Bella you can say to us," Edward said, putting a protective arm around me.
Jacob turned to him and snarled.
"Why don't you go chase your red-headed girlfriend awhile," he taunted, clearly meaning Victoria.
"I prefer brunettes," Edward said, just as cold as his skin.
"Whatever," Jake said, turning back to me. "Look, Bella, we didn't mean to drive one of the bloodsuckers crazy. We didn't hurt that guy on purpose!"
"Well, in case you haven't noticed," I began, glaring at Jacob angrily, "We're a bit sensitive to blood around here. I'm sure you can understand that."
Jacob turned beet red and frowned.
"You're not a vampire."
"Yet." I said, looking over at Alice.
Jacob followed my gaze and smirked.
"So how many cars did you steal in Italy, bloodsucker?"
I sucked in my breath to see how Alice would take the news of Jake knowing about our trip to Italy.
"Only one really good one," she said, meeting his gaze without fear.
She looked over at Edward, a playful grin on her face.
"And speaking of Italy and sports cars I stole there, you still owe me a Yellow Porsche."
Edward grinned back and nodded.
"Don't worry, I haven't forgotten…"
My new cell phone buzzed in my pocket. With a glance at Edward and Alice, I whipped it out. It was Renee.
"Hey sweetie," she said, "Can I talk to you for a minute."
"Um..." I said, glancing at Jacob, Alice, and Edward. "Now's not a great time, Mom."
"Oh... why not?" she asked.
I rolled my eyes, nosy as ever.
"I'm with Edward."
There was silence on the other line.
"When I saw you two last... I noticed something." Renee said, as if I didn't just tell her I had to go. "There's something…strange about the way you two are together… The way he watches you—it's so…protective. Like he's about to throw himself in front of a bullet to save you or something."
Edward smirked at this comment. I blushed and hurried to hang up.
"Sorry, Mom, I gotta go,"
"Alright, call me!"
Jacob looked pointedly at me as I hung up with Renee.
"Well, can I talk to you or not?" he asked, clearly disgruntled.
"Tell you what," Alice said, moving gracefully in front of Jacob, "Give me a call and I'll set up a meeting for you."
"Sorry," Jacob said snidely, "I don't have any leeches on my speed dial."
"Hey Edward, have you seen the…" Emmett slowed down as he saw Jacob standing there.
Jacob snarled, clearly unhappy about the interruption.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't little Jakie Black," Emmett said, smiling broadly. "I'm really glad Edward didn't kill you. Everything's so much more fun with you around."
Jacob stared coldly at everyone, seeing that he was becoming outnumbered.
"Look," he said coldly, "When you're ready to stop acting crazy, come find me and we can talk this out."
I stepped forward, boldly enough for Edward to reach his hand out to stop me.
"Here's the thing… I've already gone crazy once. I know what my limits are." I said, knowing he would get the implication that I was crazy for ever trusting him.
He got it, with a snarl he turned away and began to stroll back to his car, his spine shuddering. I turned back to look at Edward only to find that he had gone. I looked at Alice who shrugged sheepishly.
"I'm sorry Bella," she said quietly. "He just… doesn't react well to you even talking to Jacob."
I groaned, looking in the direction of the forest. No doubt, Edward was going to have to go hunting after all of this stress.
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With both Edward and Alice gone, I sat with Angela and Ben, the only two who treated me with a little bit of decency after Edward had returned. Ben left early to finish some homework that he had left undone. I sighed, thinking about what had happened the day before.
"What's wrong?" Angela asked.
"It's nothing," I said, knowing that my voice didn't hold true.
"Come on," she insisted, "You need to get it out of your system…"
I looked at Angela in surprise. She was a lot more observant than I gave her credit for. I did feel like venting out all of my frustrations. I told her about Jacob's confrontation, excluding the fact that Edward and the rest of the Cullen's were vampires and Jacob was a young werewolf.
"Edward's only human, Bella. He's going to react like any other boy." Angela said, after I had explained the situation.
"I know," I said glumly, "I just wish that I could just sit down with both of them and tell them to get along…"
Angela laughed and nodded knowingly.
"Boys are complicated," she said.
"You have no idea," I answered back with complete honesty.
"Hey Bella."
I looked up to see Tyler Crowley smiling down at me. I sighed inwardly, knowing that Lauren was glowering at me at the end of the table.
"Hey Tyler," I said, warily. He hadn't talked to me in a while.
"I noticed Cullen was gone and I thought I'd use this opportunity to ask you to the prom officially," he said, sweeping back his hair.
Was he joking? By the look on his face and the sounds of Angela's pent-up laughter, I assumed that he wasn't.
"I'm still dating Edward," I said, putting emphasis on his name. Some guys never quit.
"Well… I figured," Tyler stuttered, "But… you know a change of pace…"
I felt a flush rising up my face. I felt incredibly angry that he was acting so stupid.
"No thank you…"
"Don't feel bad," Lauren said, slipping up behind Tyler. Her voice became a little louder as she noticed everyone turning to stare. "Freaks like to hang out with freaks, you know."
I heard some snickering and I felt my face grow red-hot. No one had ever insulted Edward before, at least not to my face. Well… except for Jacob but he had reasons too.
"Jealous much?" I asked my voice at the same volume as Lauren's.
Angela laughed and Lauren turned to face her, her eyes cold.
"What are you laughing at?" she asked, "You can't even date someone your own height."
Angela looked stunned. The lunchroom was dead quiet. I found myself standing up, enraged. Angela was the only decent human here!
"Take it back," I said, feeling suddenly murderous.
Lauren turned to face me. Tyler looked at me and back at Lauren as if wondering whether he even should have bothered with me. Her eyes narrowed and she flipped her hair in a very spiteful gesture.
"Why? It's not my fault that freaks flock toge—"
I was amazed at myself when I found my hand flashing in front of my face to hit Lauren's in a resounding smack. For a moment, we looked at each other, stunned.
"You bitch!" she shrieked, pushing me into the lunch table.
After a short wrestling match, I felt strong hands lifting me off Lauren. It was Mike and Tyler was doing the same with Lauren.
"Let me go!" she insisted.
"What's going on here?" A teacher called out.
Lauren and I glared at each other as a teacher I didn't recognize came over to us.
"Come with me," he said shortly. "Both of you!"
I winced, knowing what was going to happen next.
I pressed myself back into my seat, wallowing in self-pity. Lauren had gotten the better of the fight, much to my disappointment. She had only a cut lip while I had a black eye and a swollen nose that thankfully wasn't broken. I was sitting outside the principal's office, waiting for Charlie to come out. Lauren's parents had already came and went, but naturally, it took Charlie a bit longer to get here, as he was the sheriff.
"Sorry…" I said as he came out of the room.
He looked stunned and rubbed the back of his neck, as if in confusion. There was silence before he finally responded.
"I never thought I needed to teach you how to throw a punch. Guess I was wrong about that."
I grimaced at his obvious disappointment in me.
"Let's just go home," he said quietly, turning to exchange a few last minute words with the principal.
I drove my truck home in silence, following Charlie as he led the way. I was miserable, but thankful that Edward hadn't been there to see it. Once we arrived home, I walked up to my room, leaving Charlie to his thoughts. It was worse then having him angry with me. At least then, he would talk to me. I sat down, depressed. Pulling out my cell phone, I decided to spare Edward from knowing what had happened, at least for a little while. Dialing Alice's number, I crossed my fingers that he wasn't anywhere around.
"Did you win the fight?" she immediately asked as she picked up the phone.
I groaned. I should have known that Alice would have seen it.
"No and Edward doesn't know does he?"
"Nope," Alice said gleefully. At least someone wasn't disappointed in me. "You see when we hunt we have to have one person on duty to make sure that we don't lose control and run to massacre the village that is Forks."
I chuckled at this statement. "Well, I need you to do me a favor…"
"What's that?" I heard her ask, her voice wary.
"Try to postpone his coming to my house at least until I get a bit decent looking."
"You're asking me to hold my own brother hostage?" she asked, her voice in mock surprise.
"Will you do it?"
"Of course," Alice said. I was pleased to hear that she was in a very cheery mood. "This hostage stuff is fun."
"Great!" I said, relieved.
"Okay, but hurry up and get decent. He gets cranky when he's away from you."
I decided not to let her know how much hearing that pleased me. I said a quick goodbye and ran downstairs to get some ice. It was getting late already, so Charlie headed off to bed early, saying a quick, distant goodnight. He was still disappointed in me. Sighing, I gingerly placed the ice on my black eye and strolled back up to my room. I wasn't at all prepared to see who was there waiting for me.
"Hey. Nice nose,"
I gaped down at Jacob Black, who was sitting on my bed. I was even more surprised to see him shirtless. His body reminded me of Edward's and the thought made me blush.
"What?" he asked, his voice teasing. "Does my being half-naked bother you?"
I scowled, knowing it was my blushing that doomed me.
"What are you doing here?"
"I want to talk…"
I scowled at him the best I could while still keeping the ice over my eye. There was an awkward silence before Jacob spoke up again.
"What did you do to your eye?"
"None of your business…" I answered back, a bit sour about the fight.
Jacob stood up slowly and walked towards me. I backed up slightly, having a bad feeling about what he was going to do. I still hadn't forgiven him what he had done earlier on in the week. As he came closer, he put his hand on my face, looking at my nose.
"You're beat up pretty bad," he said, honest concern in his voice.
I stiffened under his hand.
"Jacob, just go away!"
I heard a familiar snarl coming from the window. Edward had returned, quicker then I had anticipated.