Chapter Five

History Repeating

Jacob had fallen asleep and let out a loud snore with every breath he took. Though I wasn't planning on sleeping, if I were it would have been impossible. I watched Jake sleep, like the many times before when Edward watched me sleep. I always wondered what was so fascinating about watching me sleep. What thoughts my motionless, drooling form brought to mind, but I understood now. Jacob looked so peaceful and childlike. He was innocent and defenseless like this. It reminded me of the Jacob that I knew before the wolf had taken over. The Jake I knew before there were such things as werewolves and vampires. The Jake that used to make mud pies with me.

I love Jake, I really do. And I knew that deep down he had good intentions for kidnapping me…or well his view of good intentions. No matter how messed up the means, Jake has always had me wellbeing at heart. But right now, he was hurting me more than he was helping me. The road to Hell was paved with good intentions.

I knew I had to leave. I couldn't stay in this run down cabin with Jake. No matter what the reasons were for keeping me here. It was my wedding night. My honeymoon. I was supposed to be with the love of my life right now. I was supposed to be with Edward on a plane heading to some romantic tropical getaway. This was my only chance. It was now or never. I just needed to be quiet enough not to wake him.

I slowly sat up and brought my legs over to the edge of the bed. I froze when the bed's mattress springs creaked. I bit my lip and held my breath. I turned to see if Jake woke up. He didn't. I let my breath out slowly as I sighed a relief. I proceeded to stand up and tiptoed over to the door, pausing every time he stirred in his sleep .I prayed that he wouldn't wake up.

I finally made it and unlocked the door's deadbolt. Thankfully the creak of the door opening coincided with one of his roaring snores. I never thought I be so happy to be in the woods and not in some dingy old smelly cabin.

Now the question was which way to go? I looked around and nothing looked familiar. The sudden howl of a wolf startled me and I felt my heart drop to my feet and back up to my throat. I took a deep breath to calm myself.

"It's just an animal. Don't mess with it, it won't mess with you" I lied to myself.

I headed north. Or at least what I thought was north. I wished I paid more attention in girl scouts when I was younger. I started running, or something that resembled running. Any physical activity in the tight dress and shoes I was wearing out in the woods was a joking matter.

I didn't realize how out of shape I was until I needed to stop for a breather after just ten minutes. I found a fallen tree branch and took a seat. Looking around everything all looked the same. I couldn't tell if I had made any progress or if I had just been running in circles the whole time. With my luck it was probably the latter. The sound of a branch snapping quickly brought me out of my thoughts.

"Who's there?" I questioned aloud before realizing how stupid I sounded. If whatever it was wanted to kill me I just told them I was here and put out an open invitation to the open all you can eat Bella buffet.

I heard another snap, and another, and then another. Whatever it was was getting closer. I got up and found a tree to hide behind. I heard it again, but behind me this time. I spun on my heel and let out a sigh of relief when I saw what it was.

"Oh hey there little bunny", I smiled. The moonlight shining down between the trees lit up the area in front of my where a brown jack rabbit stood periscoping me out. I reached down to pet it and the little dirt devil took a bite out of my hand and hopped away.

"OW!" I yelled after it. "That's right, you better run Thumper!"

I quickly tried to stop my hand from bleeding. I was pretty sure that carnivorous bunnies weren't what Jake was talking about when he said he wasn't the worst thing in the woods but I'm sure whatever he was warning me about would probably be attracted to the helpless bleeding human.

After a few tries I was able to rip a part of my dress off to wrap around my hand. Alice would die if she knew I destroyed my dress and was bleeding all of it. They make the tearing of clothing look so easy in the movies. It wasn't.

I started walking again, tripping over the occasional twig. How can the smallest obstacles be so hazardous? I can see a tree or a branch, but a twig or a rock? I'm a goner. Sometimes I wish I stayed in ballet; maybe then I'd be a little more graceful.

The more I walked the more I convinced myself that I was lost. I was never going to find my way out of here. Then something dawned on me. Alice can see me now that I am know where near Jacob. If I make a decision, then she will see the outcome.

Now I just needed to think of a decision to make. Up until now I had kind of been winging it; I didn't think, I'd just do.

Before I could think of something to get Alice's attention so that Edward could find me, someone beat him to it.

"I've been looking for you." A tall, beautiful, blonde woman with eyes that matched Edwards came out from the shadows. She was a part of the Denali clan that lived in Alaska. At that very moment I couldn't think of her name but I remembered meeting her briefly at the wedding.

"You have? Oh thank God! Is Edward with you? Is he on his way? I'm so lost! I'm so glad you're here." I smiled gleefully until my face hurt and gave her a hug. "Ow, you're hurting me." I laughed. She squeezed harder. "What…What are you doing? Let go of me!"

"Laurent is dead because of you!" She hissed, releasing her suffocating embrace. "He didn't do anything to you and you killed him!"

"No, he was going to kill me. He-"I tried to explain before she cut me off.

"He wanted to be like me. He wanted to be like my family. He wanted to be like the Cullens! He was a good man!" She seethed her words full of hurt and venom. "He loved me!

"I'm sorry…"

"He was the only man I've loved! And you took him from me! You killed him! Why? Her voice started to break. If she could cry, she would be. I felt her pain. I couldn't fathom the idea of Edward being dead. When he went to the Vulturi I wanted to die when I thought he had killed himself. But this was different. This reminded me of Victoria and James. Victoria went mad with rage when Edward killed James. I couldn't handle that history repeating itself.

"He wouldn't want you doing this. He wouldn't want you grieving the way you are. He wouldn't want you do whatever it is you're about to do right now…He wouldn't want…"

"Don't you dare tell me what he would have wanted! You don't know anything!" She roared and lunged toward me. It was then that I knew what choice I had to make.

Run.