I do not own Twilight.

Jacob POV

I inhaled slightly. All the familiarities of the woods came back to me, the thick forest, the sound of the sea crashing against the rock, and of course the pain and misery I had been put through the last few months. Stop feeling sorry for yourself you idiot. She has chosen. Let it go!

I was now at the border of La Push. I have only been gone a month but everything seemed different yet familiar. I knew the pack was out patrolling, they may have even caught on to my scent. Well I guess it is now or never. I thought. How will they react to me coming back. Sure Sam had given my his blessing but still I had that gut feeling I had betrayed them by running off like a coward. Quickly I stripped my pants off and tied them to my string. Here goes nothing.

I phased into a argument between Quil and Paul.

'You are fucking crazy man, Catwoman can kick Wonder Woman's ass any day' Quil demanded.

'Are you crazy? Wonder Woman rolls with fucking Superman! Catwoman can't do shit to- JACOB?' Paul cut off.

'Hey guys um I'm back' Everyone was in complete shock. I knew they'd hate me.

'Yeah right Jake like we would ever hate you. We are just surprised you came back so soon' Embry said.

'Yeah man, but its great to have you back!' said Seth.

'Yeah it like totally made my day' Leah said sarcastically.

'Ah Leah I knew there was a reason I was coming back. I could never forget your love' I laughed.

'Jake, are you back for good? Everything taken care of?' Sam asked. A picture of Bella clouded my head. I cringed.

'Yeah Sam. I'm over that shit' I said truthfully. Sure it still hurt she had chosen the leech over me but it was her choice and I was not going to let her ruin my life anymore. I had to intention of telling her I was back. I wanted nothing to do with Bella Swan anymore.

'About time man! We were taking bets on how long it took for you to start buying tampons and watching The Notebook over and over' Paul laughed.

'Sorry Paul but you are going to have to continue doing those things on your own' I shot back. The rest of the pack laughed. It felt good to be home.

'So captain, where do you want me?' I asked Sam.

'You should really go home Jake. Billy is going to be thrilled you are back' Said Sam.

'Alright guys I'll catch you later then' I said.

'Yeah you will. Come over to my house when you are done, I just bought The Beatles Rockband.' Seth told me.

I waited for a protest from Leah telling Seth to stop inviting us to his house, but none came instead she was thinking about some chick flick she recently saw. I guess she was happy I was back after all. 'Keep dreaming loser' she told me.

I made it back to my house and phased. I pulled on my dirty jeans and tried to fix my hair a bit. I didn't want to scare my dad into thinking I was sleeping on the side of the road the entire time I was gone, even though I kind of had. I opened the front door to find Billy watching TV in the living room. I had forgotten how small this place was, but it was extremely welcoming after a month of staying outside.

"Hey Dad," I said. Billy turned to look at me and instantly his face light up.

"Jacob you're back. Thank God I was starting to get worried," he said. I walked over and hugged him. We talked a little about my trip and how I felt about everything that had happened.

"I'm over it dad I promise." I told him.

"Well good son, I am proud of you. Charlie has been asking about you nonstop since you left. He is not to pleased Bella chose Edward instead of you. He can't believe she is planning on marrying the guy right after high school. But they were kind enough to send us a save the date," Billy said bitterly. I walked over to the kitchen table where there was a blue envelope. I opened and pulled out a magnet with a picture of a smiling Bella and Edward with "Save the Date" printed across it. I looked at Bella, she looked beautiful of course but the butterflies did not form in my stomach as they would have a month ago. Well at least she looked happy. That's all that really matters.

"Hey dad I'm going to take a shower then head over to Seth's," I said.

"Alright son. And scrub real good you smell like skunk," he said. Ah it was good to be back.