A New Kind of Love

The first part in the sequel. This chapter switches views from Bella, Jacob, and Edward. It attempts to show everyone's feelings with this new relationship. It also sets up how things are going to work out. Please comment and tell me if you like how things are going.

Bella

It had been a week since Jacob had come home, and things still weren't figured out. Our "relationship" was still undefined. We were taking things slow, to say the least. But I needed some closure on this whole thing. I needed to know how this was going to work out. And I needed to know now. Were my husband and best friend just going to fuck around all the time?

When Edward had told me about Jacob, I felt like the wind had been knocked out of me. I quickly pulled myself together and tried to understand. I understood what Edward was going through. It wasn't too long ago when I was torn between the two of them. There is just something about Jacob. His goofy personality, his crooked smile, his complete devotion, and his body; he could be completely intoxicating.

For now I was going to try to put Edward's happiness before my own. Ya I wasn't completely thrilled about the idea of Edward and Jacob. But I was less happy with the idea of both of them in pain. Edward, and even Jacob, has two of the biggest hearts I know. There was certainly enough room in Edward's heart for both me and Jacob. I loved Edward unconditionally, and I never wanted to see one piece of his heart broken. Hopefully shortly down the road I wouldn't have to worry about putting their happiness before mine; we would all be equally and utterly happy.

I just had to convince myself that this was what I wanted. This was going to work. I knew our relationship was strong enough to endure anything; we had already been through so much. I was ready to ride this crazy roller coaster that is our relationship. As ready as I was to accept this new addition, I needed to know what the heck was going on.

"Edward," I whispered as we laid in our bed.

"Yes, Bella?" he answered.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"Excuse me?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, I just need to know what the hell is going on with our relationship," I answered, "I'm here supporting you, but I need to know how Jacob fits in. How is this going to work?" I think Edward could feel the frustration and angst in my voice.

Edward cradled my face in his hand, "Bella I love you, I don't want to cause you harm."

"Edward, you aren't. I just need to know what direction we are heading in."

"Well I think its time we three figure this all out," Edward stated, "For good."

Later that week Edward, Jacob, and I went to Port Angeles to sort this whole thing out. I was oddly nervous. One part of me was excited to finally have some closure. But the other part was a little nervous to find out the outcome.

Jacob:

I was pacing back and forth in my room waiting for Bella and Edward to pick me up. I don't know why I was so nervous about this. I guess just facing Edward and Bella head on, was scaring me shitless. I had been over the Cullen's with Renesmee plenty since I had been back. But we hadn't talked about anything really. Our relationship was at a standstill, there had really been no headway. I was just nervous that things wouldn't turn out well.

Alright I wasn't just nervous I was fucking scared. I was scared that this was all going to blow up in my face. In an attempt to keep both Edward and Bella, what if I ended up losing them both? I don't think I could handle losing them. To have this temporary happiness and then have the rug pulled out from under me would be catastrophic. I just had to keep telling myself: "This is going to workout". "This is going to workout". "This is going to workout".

I heard Edward's Volvo pull into the driveway and I took a deep breathe. This is it. I took another deep breathe and headed outside.

Edward:

Seeing Jacob always seemed to lift my spirits. His crooked smile washed over his face as he walked to the car.

"Hey guys," Jacob said as he got in the car. I could tell he was trying to mask his nervousness.

"Hey Jake," Bella and I chimed at the same time. I pulled out and headed towards Port Angeles.

The car ride was relatively quiet. Awkward silence didn't even begin to explain it.

What did I get myself into? Jacob you are such an idiot. Why does your heart always lead you to ache?Obviously Jacob was worried about how all of this would end up. I was confident that we could find an easy solution to all of this. I shot Jacob a sympathetic look that let him know this would all be ok. Now if only I could know what Bella was thinking, I would be so much more at ease.

We sat in the restaurant in what was easily the most awkward silence ever. Bella just sat there staring at her menu. Jacob's eyes darted back and forth, while all that was going through his head was humming.

"Alright as much as I love this awkward silence," I sarcastically said, "Lets get the ball rolling. Now I don't know about you but I don't see too much that has to change"

Bella scoffed loudly, illuminating that she may not be as comfortable as she puts on.

"I think he's right I mean I'm already over all the time. I'm already super close to both of you. And I'm already like a part of the family. None of that is going to change," Jacob explained.

"Well there is one BIG thing that's going to change," Bella chimed in, "The fact that you too are going to want to…be together."

"Alright good let's talk about that," I added.

"Well obviously Edward, I don't necessarily want whatever you two have or are or whatever to be in my face all the time. But I also don't want you two to have to be sneaking around. That would defeat the point in you telling me or this whole conversation." She took a pause to gather her thoughts. "So, I've been uh thinking what if you two," she looked at both me and Jacob as she said this. She was obviously mulling over how she would say this. "Had like uh dates. You know this way you can be free to do whatever you do, have your alone time. But it's out of sight out of mind. You could take a weekend or two a month or whatever."

There was a long pause at the table as everyone thought this over. "I think that could work," Jacob broke the silence, "I think that's a very good compromise. But what if I want to see Edward and its not one of our weekends?"

"That's a good point Jake. If it's going to be a somewhat open relationship, it shouldn't feel like a joint custody agreement. What if Jacob and I will only be…intimate…with each other on our weekend trips; but if we need to see each other in between, just to be alone, we will be. This way Bella you would know we aren't really doing anything. We may just be talking, or lying together, or whatever. Obviously Bella my time with Jacob will not monopolize me, and I will always be here for you." I let it set in for a second before I started again. "Does that make sense? I don't want it to seem like I'm only thinking about Jacob here Bella. I mean you and I spend most of our days and nights together, and that's not going to change. I would never want that to change."

"I think that's best. It makes it open but still sets some boundaries. I say we just ease into this and see how things feel," Jacob added.

We both looked to Bella. I was trying so hard to read her. She swallowed hard, "I think I can do that. I just…I just don't want to lose my husband," she looked to me as she said that and grabbed my hand, "Or my best friend," she looked at Jacob and grabbed his hand with her free one.

"You never will," Jacob and I assured her in unison.

"I will always be your husband, nothing will ever change that."

"And I would never take that away from you," Jake squeezed her hand in comfort as he said this.

"Ok so let's take this slow, one step…one day at a time. Hopefully this will all work out," Bella muttered.

"So are you guys going to tell the rest of your family?" Jake asked.

"No," Bella and I practically yelled at the same time.

"I mean I just think that we should really totally figure out everything and see which directions things are going before we say anything," I much more calmly added.

"Oh when are you two going to take your dates?"

"Umm…the first weekend of the month?" I answered.

"Ok," Bella replied.

The first weekend of the month is this weekend, Jacob thought.

I smiled at him and gave him a look that said I know.

Hopefully this all made sense and its a logical direction for their relationship to go. Let me know though if you think things should change. Like always please comment! Oh and there will be some hot scenes in the near future.