In Her Arms.

Chapter Two.

Bella's POV.

"Why would Jake help Edward? I thought they hated each other?" I asked her, my head a mess of confusion and worry for Alice's well being around Edward.

"I did too. I'm not sure why I can't see him in my visions. All I know is that Edward is nearly here." She responded, knowing I hated lies. Edward always lied to me, telling me things were better than they were, thinking I was fragile and weak and frail. Just because I was human, doesn't mean I was weak. 

"What are we going to do?" I asked again, I hoped she would have some idea of what was going to happen. She'd known him for what? Sixty years? She has got to know something.

"I don't know love. I just don't know. He's never been like this before. He's never sought help from anyone who wasn't in the immediate family, never mind a manging mutt." I had to giggle at that. "What?" She asked accusingly against my giggles.

"You just said the word 'mangy', it reminds me that you're still a teenager." I paused, "Alice - "

"Shh, he's here,"

"MARY ALICE BRANDON CULLEN!!" 

"Yes, Edward?"

"What are you doing with my girlfriend?"

"I'm not your girlfriend. Jake, you can piss off too. If you dare come any closer I'll rip your fucking head off!"

"As if you could. You'd die before -" He stopped before he roared, "OW! YOU STUPID BITCH!" He lunged for Alice and I jumped in front of her, wrapping her in my arms. I don't know why but I felt an unbearable need to protect her. Be anything. Do anything she needed. Become anyone. A friend. A sister. A lover. I turned to Jacob and growled at him ferociously. Surprised at my capability to make such a threatening sound.

"Jacob, Edward, stop. Back away slowly." Another voice sounded. Male. Carlisle. Not a threat to imprint. "Alice, come here." 

"No!" A gruff female voice - wait, was that me?

"Okay," Carlisle spoke again. "Bella, calm down."

"You're telling her to calm down!? What good do you think that would be? She's human! She can't hurt any of us. She's weak and pathetic to think that she could even - " I had moved away from Alice and was now on all fours in front of her. How the Hell am I this high of the ground? Like seriously. Alice looks so small. I bet she'd be able to fit underneath my head comfortably. Need to protect what's mine.

Wait. Mine? Alice isn't - 

"Mine." I tried to claim but it came out as more of a growl. Jacob phased and he was smaller than me. How the Hell? What the shit is going on? I'm literally on all fours, and Jake's a fucking werewolf!?!?!?!!? How the shit??

"You can't be like this!" He snarled at me.

"Like what you manging mutt?!" I snarled and went to lunge at him but a soft and small hand caressed my fur. I stopped and a soft rumbling noise sounded when I curled my body around Alice. She giggled adorably and the rumbling noise got louder.

"Bella, are you purring?"

Wait, that noise was coming from me?

"Yes, Bella."

Can you hear me?

"Yeah."

  Huh. Do you have any idea what the Hell is going on then?

"You didn't know?"

No. I wouldn't've asked if I know.

"You're a tiger Bella. A big white tiger."