Destiny

~26.2~

Jacob hung up the phone.
"Filthy bloodsucker", Jacob hissed as he hung up the phone.
"Wait, who was it?" Bella asked.
"Dr. Carlisle Cullen", Jacob spit out.
"You should have let me talk to him."
"He didn't ask for you..."
Suddenly, Jacob's eyes went wild, his body stiffened and he started trembling in the way that preceded a wolf-morph.
"Step away from me Bella", he demanded.
Bella turned to see what he was reacting to. Alice. She stood in doorway looking empty, despairing. Bella immediately hurried to her side.
"Alice, what's wrong?" she asked.
"Edward."
"What about him? What happened?"
"I just saw him in a vision. He... thinks you're dead."
"That was him calling, not Carlisle", Bella realized.
"Bella, he's going to Italy... to the Volturi..."
Suddenly the door to Bella's room slammed open and Bella raced in, shoving clothes into a bag. Jacob dogged her, protesting.
"Why do you have to go?"
"He won't believe Alice. He has to see that I'm alive."
Jacob stopped her.
"He left you, Bella. He didn't want you anymore, remember?"
"I still love him, and I'm not gonna let him kill himself out of guilt."
This wounded Jacob. But she can't stop to soothe him. She pulled away and continued packing.
"What about your dad?"
"I'm eighteen, legally free to go. I'll leave a note."
Alice entered.
"Got the airline tickets", she told her.
"You Cullens might hunt animals but those monsters in Italy don't."
"I'm well aware what the Volturi are."
"Then why are you taking Bella to them like a bottle of wine to a party?"
"Right, she's better off here withVictoria stalking her. The one you dogs can't seem to catch?"
Jacob growled, a shudder ripping through him. Bella interceded, stopping him from morphing by grabbing Alice.
"Let's go."
Alice flew to her car. But Jacob caught Bella's arm, not hostile, just pleading.
"Please, Bella. Stay here. For Charlie... for me", he begged.
Bella saw the love in his eyes; this could be last time she ever saw him. She hugged him but then pulled away.
"Bye, Jacob."
He was watching, agonized, as she raced to the car and climbed in. Bella tried to pull on her seat belt but Alice stopped her.
"Maybe Jacob's right", Alice suddenly said.
Bella tried to say something but Alice interrupted her before.
"No. You need to realize... the Volturi could easily see me as Edward's accomplice. And you're a human who knows too much and tastes too good. They could kill us all."
Bella's response was to yank her seat belt into its clip. Alice saw she won't change her mind. She shifted into gear and peeled out. Bella looked out the window for Jacob he was not there. She turned toward the woods.

Destinee was currently laying in her bed thinking back to her birthday a short time ago.

She woke with up to the smell of something sweet. Someone knocked on her door. It opened and there stood Charlie with a tablet with food.
"Breakfast in bed for the birthday kid", he chimed.
The teen looked at the tablet, smiling when she saw what was on there.