juliet swan could barely recall a day in her life where she wasn't connected to the hip of her best friend, leah clearwater. life was simple, repetitive, and quiet-just the way juliet liked it.
when her distant twin sister bella moves to forks at th...
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"Now, explain." Jake's voice was as serious as the guys' faces had been as he looked back down at Bella. The other three shared glances, also looking between Jake and Bella for some kind of answer.
"Jacob, I don't know everything." Bella's eyes were raking across the room, desperately searching for any Cullen, no doubt.
"What do you know, then?" Jake insisted. Before Bella had to answer, relief washed over her face.
"Alice!" She squealed. Juliet saw Alice on the stairs, and she quickly was at Bella's side, an arm snaked protectively around Bella's waist. If there was on thing about Alice Cullen, however, she was far from intimidating-especially when standing against three giant werewolves. Alice leaned over, whispering something in Bella's ear.
"Uh, Jake, I'll see you later..." Bella said, avoiding his eyes as Alice began to lead her around the three wolves. Embry had moved, to keep clear of Alice, but Jake threw his arm out, his hand flat against the wall as he blocked them.
"Hey, not so fast." He said.
"Excuse me?" Alice asked, her eyes wide.
"Tell us what's going on." Jake insisted. Juliet hadn't realized it until now, when Quil shifted his weight, but he'd moved to stand between her and Alice. She moved forward a bit more, one of her hands resting on his back as she leaned around him. On the other side of Jake from Alice and Bella was Jasper, though he didn't look nearly as friendly as he did when she spoke to him earlier.
"Jake..." Juliet said nervously, trying to get him to back down. Jake didn't look back at her, but he slowly moved his arm back.
"We have a right to know." Jake said, glaring down at Alice. Jasper then stepped between Jake and Alice, his intimidating gaze unchanged. She felt Quil tense, and a glance at Embry told her that he had as well.
"Hey, hey!" Bella tried. "This is a party, remember?" No one was listening.
"It's okay, Jasper." Alice spoke. "He has a point." Jasper didn't move.
"Alice, what did you see?" Bella sounded like she was near hysterics, though Juliet couldn't blame her. She'd never felt any different from her wolf friends until now. Even when she'd seen them phase in front of her. Something about this, though, this was different. Maybe it's because they were in their human forms, face to face with two vampires-with five more somewhere else in the house, or maybe it's because they were in the middle of a bunch of clueless humans. Blissfully unaware of the very dangerous situation occurring directly next to them.
"The decision's been made." Alice turned to Bella, allowing the wolves to listen.
"You're going to Seattle?" Bella asked.
"No." Alice shook her head lightly. Bella looked like she was about to pass out in an instant.
"To Forks?" Bella obviously didn't want the answer, but she already knew it.
