Sometimes Knowing Hurts

Who Was It?

(Anna POV)

The past week has been rough for everybody. Jacob and I haven't been able to see Bella because we have to patrol and look for Victoria. While the pack and I are hunting Victoria, Charlie and Harry are hunting us. Bella's nightmares are starting to come back without being able to hang out with Jake. We are actually chasing after Victoria right now. Victoria got a hold of Harry but Jake rips her off. Jake and I end up being the only ones that follow after her. We chase her to a cliff edge and she jumps off into the water. I end up smelling Bella, so I read her mind and see that she is about to jump.

"Jake, we got to go now! It's Bella!" I say through the mind link as we take off running for the beach. Jake is able to phase back and change faster than I can so he goes into the water after Bella. Before I phased back I see through the mind link that Harry had a heart attack and didn't make it.

"Bella. Please. Breathe! Breathe! Come on, Bella. Breathe," Jake says as he gives her mouth to mouth. Bella starts coughing up water.

"Bella? Bella, can you hear me?" I ask her.

"Jake. Anna," Bella says.

"What the hell were you thinking, huh?" I ask her even though I already knew.

"I just needed to see something," Bella answers.

"Take her home. I'm gonna go help over at Harry's place," Sam says as he passes by before heading into the woods.

"What happened at Harry's?" Bella asks and I could see the confusion on Jake's face as well.

"Harry Clearwater had a heart attack. Billy and our Dad are at Harry's place with his family," I answer.

"Is he okay?" Jake asks.

"He's gone," I answer.

"Come on, I'll give you something dry to wear and drive you both home," Jake says. We go to his house and get Bella some clothes then we head to Bella's and I's house. Bella is sitting between Jake and I but not touching us. She is shivering. "Hundred and eight degrees over here."

"God! My hands are freezing. It must be nice, never getting cold. It's a wolf thing," Jake says sharing a glance with me.

"It's not. It's a Jacob thing," Bella says and I roll my eyes. "You're just warm. You're like, your own sun."

"This is better. Now that you know about me," Jake says.

"But?" Bella asks.

"You saw what happened to Emily. Sam got angry, lost it for a split second. Em was standing too close. He will never be able to take that back. What if I get mad at you? Sometimes I feel like, I'm gonna disappear," Jake explains.

"You're not gonna lose yourself. I won't let that happen," Bella says.

"How?" Jake asks.

"I'll tell you all the time. How special you are," Bella says and I almost lose it.

"Thank you for everything," I say opening the door to the truck seeing as we had stopped.

"Wait!" Jake says and I slam the door closed smelling it too. "There's a vampire."

"How do you know?" Bella asks.

"I can smell it," Jake answers.

"Get her out of here," I say before hopping out of the truck.

"That's Carlisle's car! They're here," I hear Bella say.

"Bella, it's a trick. Stop! You gotta come with me," Jake pleads.