I woke up to find myself on the couch feeling disoriented and alone. Jake was not in the space next to me as he was last night. The house seemed empty. I was still dressed in my pajamas from yesterday and the house was cleaned.

I looked around the room to see the bowl from yesterday was empty. I guess I ate the rotten soup after all. The TV was on to a random channel and I watched the newsman ramble on about the possibility of a small storm. I got up from the edge and was surprised when I didn't feel Lightheaded. I went to the kitchen to see a note taped into the cabinet.

Bella,
I won't be there when you wake up but I'll be back soon. I made you some breakfast, do not throw it away! I even planted cameras to watch you! Cool huh?? Don't do anything rash.

Jake

Are you freaking kidding me?! He planted cameras to watch me eat? Oh, hell no! I walked up to the camera that was not cleverly disguised and the yanked it out of its socket. Damn cameras. I stepped on it, swept it up, and threw it away. What's Jake going to do now that he can't see me? I ate a little bit of eggs but they tasted off and made me feel nauseous so I threw that out, too.

Thinking of nothing to do, I got dressed in my blue sweater, black pants, socks, and I put my wet hair in a ponytail. When I was done, I went downstairs and sat down and stared out the window. Soon Jake came back but I barely noticed his presence. He walked around the room with a sad look.

"What happened to the cameras?"

"I broke them." I didn't even try to sound sorry, because I wasn't.

"You broke them?" Jacob raised one eyebrow at me.

"Yeah. They weren't cleverly disguised or hidden." I still didn't look at him but my voice sounded robotic.

"Did you eat at least?"

"A little?" I hesitated.

"No. Of course you didn't!" Jacob picked up a pillow and threw it at me, so before I knew what was happening, I was already on the floor.

"What the hell, Jake!" I struggled to get up. What the hell was wrong with him?

Jacob just sat there laughing his head off which made me want to twist his neck all the way around.

"I'm sorry, I just had to. You should of seen the look on your face!" He chuckled before he could stop himself.

I sat there fuming and gritting my teeth together to stop myself from launching myself at him. When Jake saw me like that he immediately stopped laughing and backed up.

"Look, I'm not really sorry, but I didn't mean to push you. Are you ok?" Jacob had his hands up infront of his face.

"Well let's see....I'm on the floor, my hair's a mess, I so want to rip you arms and legs right out of their sockets. So yeah. I'm great, jake." I put on a fake smile and he backed up even further.

"Now I'm scared." I rolled my eyes and got up wobbly, so I had to hold onto the arm of the couch to catch myself. Jacob saw me struggle and I could tell that he wanted to help me but was scared I would do something to him. That's ridiculous! I wouldn't do anything to the boy right? Maybe...I would probably torment him or something....Ok, maybe I would do something to him, even it if was for fun.

"Um, do you want to...go for a walk...in the...woods?" When he said woods, he whispered and I was up on my feet and heading to door in two seconds. Maybe that's why he whispered because he knew I would get excited like I did...yesterday? I don't know. I barely keep track of what day it was anymore.

When I got back to the green maze, I was ecstatic. It was a dream come true. What should I do first? The tree? The roots? Nothing, just lay on the ground and look up at the sky? I had no idea.

"Hey, Bella can we talk?" Jacob motioned to two stable looking rocks near a lake. I sighed. Do I get to do anything I want to anymore?

He and I sat on the rocks for a few minutes before he finally spoke.

"I just wanted to spend some time with you and I can see that you like the woods now."

"Yeah..." I fiddled with my fingers.

"Bella, come on! This is so sad! Tell me what's wrong with you!" Jacob shook me.

"Hey! hey, Jake! Stop it!" I couldn't exactly see where he was so I kept clutching air.

He laughed and let me go. "Please tell me. I'll make you a deal. If you tell me what's wrong with you, I'll tell you why I put those cameras in the kitchen. Deal?" He held out his hand and I just stared at it. Was that a fair bet? Ah, what the heck! I shook his hand and slumped on the rock.

"You start first" Jacob prompted.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

"It was when...he...left. I couldn't bare it. I stopped eating, sleeping, I stopped doing basically anything. I was dead, cold, and heartless. The only thing I liked to do was stare at the window and being alone. It started to worry Charlie and René...I didn't really care about anything and I had no feelings and remorse for anything I did." I explained.

Jake sat there starting at me with a face that reminded me of stone.

"Are you ok?" I shifted uncomfortably and the air was suddenly hard to breathe.

"Yeah. Why did you keep this from everyone? Me especially?"

"Because it's nobody's business!" I yelled.

Jacob took a deep breath and looked me in the eye.

"The reason I put cameras in the kitchen was because I was worried about you. I didn't want anything to happen to you. I know it was really creepy--"

"Yeah really, really, really creepy." I interrupted.

Jacob looked at me with a annoyed look and I was immediately silenced.

"Sorry. Go on."

"This may sound out of line, but I care about you and I wanted to make that clear, even if the way I did it seemed Bizarre. And it seemed that you took it the wrong way." Jacob glared at me which caused me to blush tomato red.

We sat there feeling uncomfortable for hours. Occasionally he would ask me a random question like my favorite color, favorite book, what I did in my free time, etc. etc. I would also ask him things like what he and Billy did together, why he spent most of his time in the garage, why he was so nosey and so straightforward with things etc. etc.

"So your 'tribe' of people like your family and friends are descended from wolves?" I look at him like he had two heads.

Jacob just laughed "Yeah, as weird as it sounds, it's true."

"Wow, ok. Um...I really miss Phoenix. I miss the heat, the lack of vegetation, my mom. Everything basically, but I also like it here in Forks. It's really weird and complicated to me." I admitted.

"I kind of get it. I lived here most of my life and I love it here. But I can't see what you mean about the sun. I don't really like heat that much." Jacob scoffed.

"It's ok. I'll see her some other day. And maybe I'll visit her in Phoenix or wherever she is." I chuckled.

"You changed a little bit since I saw you. Your acting more...human." Jacob smiled "I think I had that good affect on you."

I rolled my eyes and playful punched Jake in the arm but I punched him too hard and he fell into the little stream. I laughed my head off but I ended up coughing my guts out. Jacob crawled up from the steam, all wet and cold. He took me into his arms and held me tight.

"Are you ok?" I could feel his warm breath on my nose and ears. I had to close my eyes to stop myself from hyperventilating.

"I'm....fine..." My voice was small and faint, which was probably what alerted him.

Jacob put his hand on my forehead and frowned. "I think you have a fever. Come on. I'll get you home." Jacob tried pulling me away from him but I wouldn't budge.

"Bella, come on. let go!" He tugged but that didn't stop me. He was going to have to try harder than that!

Soon, he gave up and sighed.

"I win!" I smiled and he rolled his eyes.

When I felt tired, Jacob held me next to him and sat unnaturally still as to not wake me.

I was sure I was dreaming but I heard Jacob murmur something softly into my ear like...

I love you, Bella....

Then the darkness closed over me.