EPOV:

Fall

I arrived at Bella’s truck and for the millionth time wished I could see into her fascinating mind. Had she chosen him over me? I knew she said she would never miss being human, but I still was not sure that she would be satisfied as a vampire forever. “I’ll kill Jacob if he hurt her!” I opened the door to see that Bella was sobbing with her head on the steering wheel. Thank goodness she had pulled over instead of trying to make it home in this state. I gently lifted her into to my lap and turned her so I could stroke her face. “Bella, love, what is wrong?” I asked. She just turned her head into my chest and sobbed harder.

“Do you want to go to my house?” Again no answer; I was beginning to wonder if I should just make a decision without asking her when she croaked out “Charlie.” “Are you sure you’re ready to go home love?” I lovingly stroked her back out of her face and behind her ear so that I could see her eyes. They were red rimmed and full of pain. She nodded so I placed her in the passenger seat, adjusted the seat-belt around her, and then strapped in myself. As I pulled back out onto the highway I didn't speed for once. I wanted to give Bella as much time as she needed to pull herself together before she faced Charlie.

Hold up there you go again
Putting on that smile again
Even though I know you’ve had a bad day
Doing this and doing that
Always putting yourself last
A whole lotta give and not enough take

But you can only be strong so long before you break…

So fall go on and fall apart
Fall into these arms of mine
I’ll catch you every time you fall
Go on and lose it all
Every doubt every fear every worry every tear
I’m right here
Baby fall

As soon as I pulled into the driveway I helped Bella out of the car and walked her to the door. She looked like her heart was breaking. This pained me because I knew she loved Jacob Black or she wouldn’t feel like this now. My heart ached to take her pain away no matter that it had stopped beating almost century before. She had pulled herself together enough so that silent tears were running down her face but no sobs escaped, I wasn’t sure how long that wall she had put up would hold. It already seemed to have a few cracks as little hiccups escaped every now and then. “Meet me upstairs,” she whispered. I could hear the pain in her voice as though she had shouted, thanks to my superhuman hearing.