"I lied." He whispered. "And you believed me so easily…"

Pain struck in my chest. Like another whole was punched right next to the almost healed one. I suddenly didn't love Edward so much anymore. I pushed out of his arms.

"Okay. Since you're still alive, my job is done… I'm going home now." I turned around to walk out the door back to the parade, but he caught me at the arm.

"Wait, Bella… I want you. I want to be with you… I love you." He told me.

Even though it pained me to say it, "Well, I don't love you." Then I walked out. I met Alice at the stolen yellow car we came in.

"BELLA, WHAT HAPPENEND?!" Alice panicked.

"He's fine. He's alive. I want to go home now." I told her. She was completely confused.

"Doesn't Edward want to spend time with you?" she asked curiously.

"I don't want to spend time with him." I responded.

"Oh." She responded. I saw hurt in her eyes and facial expression. I knew how badly she wanted to be my sister. And as much as I loved Alice, it wasn't enough to stay with Edward. We didn't speak one word as she took me back to Forks.

When I got back, and I said a short goodbye forever to Alice (as much as it hurt), I called Jacob. "Hello?" Billy asked on the other line.

"Billy, it's Bella. Can I talk to Jake?" He gave an angry sigh. I couldn't blame him. I probably hurt Jake to death. "Please, Billy, I have to talk to him."

"What?" Jake asked angry and husky over the phone.

"Come over, or I'll come to you." I told him.

"Why? So you can show me how you saved the leech?"

"No. I need to talk to you."

"What is there to talk about?"

"I told Edward I didn't want him" I responded. It felt good, saying his name and not having the wind knocked out of me. I heard the phone go dead. "Jake? Hello?" I sighed and put the phone back down on the receiver.

I walked toward the kitchen to get a glass of water. Then I heard the door open. "Dad?" But it wasn't Charlie who walked around the corner.

Jacob's smile was from ear to ear. He grabbed my waist and spun me around in the air. When he put me down, I felt like I was in a movie; A beautiful man standing right in front of me, loving me. Then I looked at him and he looked at me; and his lips crashed down on mine. Sparks exploded in my mouth as Jacob kissed me like I was the air. I never felt such an intense feeling like this when I kissed Edward. It was like everything happy that ever happened to me ran through my head. But unfortunately, I had to breathe.

We stood there with our foreheads pressed together as we held hands. He occasionally lightly touched my lips with his. It was a perfect moment; there were no flaws. And I knew what I had to do to make it to the top of the world. "Jake?"

"Yeah?" He breathed.

"I love you." I breathed back. His mouth turned into an enormous smile, and we went at it again. I wished that he would kiss me forever. But I got to spend forever with him now.

"I love you, too, honey." He whispered against my lips.