"Alice!" Bella exclaimed, looking over her shoulder "Delphine!"
"You're... alive." Alice muttered with tears of joy. Delphine watched the two in confusion.
She's clearly confused, but Bella hugs her with tears of joy.
"Oh my God, Alice. You're here."
"I heard voices- I didn't think it was you but you're alive." Alice told her, clearly still reeling
"You keep saying that." Bella tells her in confusion
"I saw you - a vision of you - you jumped off a cliff. I knew I'd be too late but, I called Delphine and-"
Delphine angrily pushed past Alice, shouting at Bella "Why the hell would you try to kill yourself?!"
"I didn't" Bella tried to defend herself "I was cliff diving."
"....What?"
"Why?!" Alice added
"Um... fun?" The human muttered
"That was fun for you?" Alice asked in a slightly condescending tone
Delphine threw her hands up angrily and muttered "My god"
Bella shrugged and looked at Alice "Until I hit the water."
"I have never met anyone more prone to life-threatening idiocy... and what is that hideous wet dog smell?" Alice complained, holding her nose.
"Oh. Probably Jacob." Bella told them casually "He's kind of a werewolf"
Alice looked horrified, but Delphine sniffed the air. Though she didn't tell the others, she could only smell a slight musk, something warm and seemingly inviting
**********
As Bella makes herself hot chocolate, Alice paces through her kitchen
"Werewolves are not vicious." Bella tried to argue
Delphine shook her head, leaning against the kitchen counter with her arms crossed "Until they lose their tempers."
Bella sighed as she sat down with her hot chocolate "They saved me from Laurent, they're protecting me from Victoria-"
Alice turned to her in shock "Victoria? I didn't see her. I didn't see you get pulled from the water either."
"Maybe your visions are allergic to dogs" Delphine snickered at her own joke
Bella sat her mug down angrily "It was Jacob who saved me. More than once. I couldn't have made it without him. You have no idea what it was like"
Delphine raised her eyebrow and put her hands up defensively. She and Alice looked up as they heard the door open. Alice grabbed Delphine's hand and said "Well be out hunting" before dragging the taller vampire from the house through the back door.
Jacob entered Bella's house and immediately wrinkled his nose in disgust. Bella watched him and spoke in an apologetic tone
"Look, Jake, I'm sorry I-"
He interrupted her rudely "This place stinks to hell."
"You're welcome to leave" she told him in retaliation "In fact-"
He interrupted her again "How many Cullens are here and how long are they staying?"
"Just Alice and Delphine. And they'll stay as long as they want."
"Are the rest coming back?" He demanded an answer.
"Not that I'm aware of." She told him in a slightly upset tone at the thought "Anything else?"
"That's it."
Bella scoffed "Better go report to Sam."
Jacob turns, starts to leave. He looks back, sees her anger
turn to hurt. He stops for a moment, before sighing.
"I've done it again" he commented as he turned to her "I keep breaking my promise not to hurt you."
"It doesn't have to be this way." She said in a pleading tone.
He moves back to her side, looking into her eyes with sadness.
Jacob shook his head, feeling rejected "Yeah, it does."
"Am I gonna lose you this time, Jacob?" She asked him softly as she stood from her spot at the kitchen table
He doesn't answer that, but he presses his hand to her cheek.
"It was easier when we were both human, wasn't it?"
They look at one another, Jacob's hand still on her face,
his eyes searching hers.
Slowly, he starts to bend toward her lips. She doesn't pull
away. She misses him too much, needs him too badly. This
time, she'll let it happen. A kiss is a centimeter away...
Suddenly, the phone goes off with a shrill ring , making them both jump. Jacob, the closest to it, doesn't move his face, just keeps looking into her eyes as he reaches for the phone, answering,
"Swan residence"
Bella smiles at him softly as he held the phone. But he instantly bristles, voice going cold when he heard who was on the other line.
"He's not here. He's busy planning a funeral..."
Then the line goes dead, and Jacob hangs up the phone angrily, commenting "Filthy bloodsucker"
"Wait, who was it?" Bella asked, confusion evident on her face. "Dr. Carlisle Cullen" he said in disgust.
"You should have let me talk to him." Bella told him angrily.
"He didn't ask for you-" he stopped suddenly
Jacob's eyes go wild, his body stiffens, starts trembling as he looks over Bella's shoulder, looking at something behind her.
"Step away from me, Bella." He demanded
Bella turns to see what he's reacting to - Alice. She
stands in doorway looking empty, despairing. Bella
immediately hurries to her side.
"Alice, what's wrong?" Bella asked feverishly "Where's Delphine?"
"...Edward." was all she said, in a mysterious, dazed voice.
"What about him?" She demanded "What happened?"
"I just saw him in a vision." Alice told her "He... thinks you're dead."
"That was him calling, not Carlisle." Bella turned to Jacob in disgust
"Bella, he's going to Italy... to the Volturi..." Alice told her.
Delphine walked into the room, looking ready to kill "WHERES THAT MUTT WHO CAUSED THIS?" she shouted "I SWEAR WHEN I FIND HIM-"
Her eyes met Jacobs and they both paused, seemingly dazed and shocked.
"...what the hell" was all that Delphine muttered
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Devils Tongue- Jacob Black
FanfictionDelphine Hale. A masterpiece A work of art A total bitch She has many names, most of which come from those who don't like her. But with her sharp tongue and inability to keep her mouth shut, trouble is always not too far behind her, especially when...
