Not So Happy News
AN: There be lots of angst at first between Jake and Bella. Before people complain and say Jake wouldn't just bail on Bella, i ask that you remember the fact that he is still just 16. The reality is most boys Jake's age bail on the chick they impregnat. Also the imprint bond between Sam and Emily was faked by Harry, and broke after his death. This is AU of Eclipse meaning no Nessie, Bella never married Edward, The Cullens dealt with the Volturri. In Fact I am not planning for the Cullens to be involved.
Pairings: Jake/Bella (eventually) Sam/Leah, Paul/Rachel, Quil/Angela, Jared/Kim
D/C: All the known Characters, places, things belong to Stephenie Meyers. I am also not making money off of it.
Part One
BPOV
"Pregnant!" I whispered faintly to myself as I stared at the blue lines on the stick. I was in the bathroom of my small apartment in Forks, Washington.
I just graduated, two months ago and let Edward go. Jake and I barely see or speak to each other, I haven't seen him since the night of my Graduation party. We lost our virginity to each other, and the awkwardness after wards was so intense that we haven't been in contact since.
I dialed up the number for the clinic in La Push.
"La Push Medical Clinic, how may I help you?" Leah's voice came on the phone.
"Leah this is Bella I need to make an appointment to get a pregnancy test done." I said with a cringe.
Leah, Sam, Paul, and Seth were the only ones I kept in touch with. Sam and Paul were like my over protective big brothers. Leah was the one who told me about Jake sleeping around with other girls. Which was another reason I didn't try keeping in touch with him.
"I am going to kill Jake!" Leah snapped as she typed in her computer.
"It takes two to make a baby." I reminded her lamely. I didn't know what I was going to do now.
"Well I can fit you in in an hour. Don't worry I got your back no matter what sis." Leah said.
"Thank you, see you in a bit." I said then hung up.
I felt tears roll down my face as I wondered what to do. I haven't seen my dad since our blowup over me moving out. I am only 18, too young to afford a child, I can barely afford this apartment with the crap job I have.
And then there is Jake, I don't even know if he would want to have this responsibility added on to his duties as a Shape Shifter. Not to mention he is only 16, and still in school. Abortion is out of the question, this tiny life is innocent of our indiscretion. Which leaves adoption or keeping it. I got changed in a pair of gray sweats, and pulled my hair up into a ponytail.
On the drive over there I was trying not to think of the baby, and what I was going to do with it. Times like these I wish I had my best friend with me, he would tell me to breath and that everything would be OK. But he is too busy with other conquests. I pulled into a parking spot at the clinic and took a deep breath before exiting the truck.
Inside the waiting room I saw Sam there talking with his Lee Lee. I was really happy they found a way to break the false imprint he had with Emily. Those two just fit and complimented each other so naturally. Something I only had with Jake but he wasn't with me anymore.
Sam turned and I saw the angry look in his eyes and took a step back thinking it was me he was angry with. Sam's glare softened as he came over and hugged me.
"It will be alright little one, Leah and I will always support you." Sam said.
Hearing those words helped me relax a little, Sam always knew how to make me feel better about myself. I looked at Leah and she just nodded with a smile, Sam slowly let me go and I walked over and signed myself in.
"Lee I will be back I got a pup to put in his place!" Sam snapped going into Alpha mode.
"Give him hell for me!" Leah called with a smirk. Sam nodded as he left the clinic, I kind of felt sorry for him.
"Alright mom is waiting back in exam room one for us. As a heads up Charlie is at Billy's reading Jake the riot act." Leah said as she led me back there.
SPOV
'oh hell no! There is no way the little shit stain is hurting our sister!' Wolfie snarled inside me.
I could barely keep him contained when she came in the clinic smelling of a combination of her and Jake. She looked like she hadn't been doing well at all, while Jakie boy was pursuing any pussy that smelled good to him. I about lost my shit when I hugged her.
'Oh he will pay! Lee Lee told me about Charlie heading over there!' I replied to my wolf.
Wolfie claimed Bella as pack the day we pulled her out of the woods. Paul was the only one of the pack at the time to support me in Bella sitting. When she started hanging out with Jacob we were relieved she was getting better.
Then Jacob phased and misinterpreted my orders, I only meant that he couldn't see her for a while. Not that he couldn't contact her at all. She surprised even me when she confronted us a few months back, and slapped Paul.
I am so grateful when she figured out that Emily wasn't my true mate. I have my Lee Lee back after I groveled for a couple months. 'I never did like that skank!' Wolfie snarled.
I still haven't forgiven Harry for finding a witch and placing a spell on us. After his death the spell was lifted and the muffin queen went back to her rez. Lee Lee still refuses to move in until the bed I shared with Emily was burned.
I heard loud yelling, growling, and fighting as I arrived to see Paul and Seth having to restrain a very angry Police Chief. Jake was cowering behind Embry, Quil, and Jared.
"How do I even know the spawn is mine!" Jake yelled and I lost my shit.
Quil, Embry, and Jared were smart enough to move aside as I blurred over there and grabbed Jake by the throat.
"My niece/nephew is yours I could smell your scent in her belly!" I growled.
"Jacob Black you will do right by my daughter or else!" Charlie snapped as Paul and Seth let him go.
"Or else what?" Jake snapped, though I could see the faint shred of happiness in him.
"Or else you are finding another place to live. I will not have the future of my tribe be in jeopardy because you didn't think to wrap it up!" Billy said in clipped tones.
"I am too young to be a father!" Jake snapped and my eyes narrowed.
"You think she isn't to young! She is the one who will carry her child for nine months, who will have to face the stares of condemnation from the narrow minded busybodies! And you were giving me shit for leaving when I did." Rachel said as she exited the house I saw out of the corner of my eyes the smile she sent Paul.
"Even you are against me Rach!" Jake exclaimed as I let him go.
"I love you baby bro, but right now you are being a selfish prick! I am surprised and disgusted at your attitude. What happened to being in love with your Bells? Or did you change your mind after you finally had her? Think about that before you do something truly foolish." Rachel snapped.
When everyone but The pack, minus Leah, left I looked at the other three who sided with Jake. Even though I wasn't meant to be permanent Alpha, I am not going to let Jake destroy us with his immature actions.
"You three have a choice you can continue enabling Jake's behavior or you can help me support our sister? Your choice" I said using my Alpha Timber compelling them to make a definitive choice.
"Jake you are my bro and I love you like one. But I am afraid that I am with Sam on this one." Embry said as he came and stood next to Paul.
"Same with me man! I don't get how you go from being all about Bella to not even talking to her." Quil said and stood next to Seth.
"Well I don't like Bella, never really have, but abandoning a girl after you got her knocked up just isn't right." Jared my Beta said as he stood on the other side of Embry.
"So much for friendship." Jake said and I could hear the betrayal in his tone.
With one last look at us he went inside Billy's house.
"So what do we do next?" Jared asked.
"Now we support Bella in every way we can. Right now she is at the Clinic getting a pregnancy test done." I said as we got to planning how best to help our sister.
BPOV
"Hey we got your back B." Leah said as we headed into the exam room where an aged version of Leah in a lab coat was waiting for us.
"Hello Bella, lets get started by checking your vitals, and we will go from there." She said.
After she checked my vitals she got ready to draw my blood. I whimpered at the size of the needle
"So I get to be an aunt huh? I am so going to spoil my niece or nephew." Leah said distracting me so that I barely even noticed when my blood was being drawn.
She went on to asking me to be her maid of honor at her wedding to Sam which was back on.
"Of course I will as long as you and Sam be my child's God Parents." I said then saw Sue leave to send the vial to the lab.
"Why do they need so much blood?" I asked.
"Well it is easier to test for pregnancy in your blood as opposed to urine." Leah answered.
Instead of going back to the desk she stayed with me while we waited for the results. When Sam said that he would support me, he helped me decide to keep my little one.
"You do know you are moving in with Sam and I right?" She asked and I sighed, I didn't want to burden any of them more than I already did by getting them hurt while they fought the newborns shortly before I graduated.
"Leah.." I began but was interrupted.
"Sam and I worry about you being in that crappy apartment by yourself. Now that you have the little one to consider." Leah said and I couldn't refute her logic.
"Fine but I am paying rent." I said and Leah nodded with a smirk.
Sue came in with a serious look on her face, with a manilla folder in her hands.
"Well you are pregnant, that is the good news if that is how you want to look at it. What concerns me is the fact you weigh very little and seem to be anemic." Sue said.
"I can barely afford to pay rent, so I barely have enough for food outside of the bare basics. Did it harm my baby?" I asked scared that I already harmed my unborn child.
"There is still time to correct the weight, I am ordering you on a high protein diet, I also want you to eat more foods rich in iron. I am writing you up a prescription for Pre-Natal vitamins. I want you to rest as much as you can." Sue said and I nodded.
"She is going to move in with Sam and I mom. We will look out for them!" Leah said to her mom who nodded with a smile.
"Alright lets move on, Do you remember the date of your last period?" Sue asked and I thought back on it.
"May 15, 2006" I answered with a blush on my face.
"So that puts the conception around June 1st, 2006. and the estimated due date around Feb. 1st, 2007. You are approximately eight weeks along. I will schedule your next appointment in two weeks. And the appointment for your first scan in Four weeks." Sue said with a smile.
I smiled at her, I am glad that her and Charlie seem to be dating now. Sue and Seth moved in with Charlie after I moved out. Sue left the house to Leah and Sam who had all but moved in with her. Neither one wanted to live in that house.
"Please stop by for dinner one of these nights, Charlie misses you terribly." Sue said as we got up and left the exam room.
"Alright, I will call him when I get home. I hope he isn't too disappointed in me." I said.
"Leah you can go ahead on home, it is slow right now anyways." Sue said as she headed off to her office.
"Lets go start packing my things." I said as she went to get her purse.
"Glad you are seeing things my way B." Leah said and we got in my truck, I saw her text her fiance.
During the drive to my crappy apartment we were discussing light hearted topics. I am glad I have her in my life as a friend and one day step sister. We saw Jake sitting on the front stoop of my apartment.
JPOV
'You fool why are you denying us our mate!' my inner wolf snarled much the same as he has been since I made love to my Bells.
I am just not ready for the commitment that the wolf wants. I am only 16 going on 17, I know it isn't fair to Bella but I just can't be there for her and our pup the way they deserve.
'I am not ready to be a father right now.' I replied.
'no one is ever really ready to be a parent, right now our mate is suffering because you are being a foolish pup! Go to her and explain to her if you must! But this can not go on anymore! Levi's Great Grand Pup was right in castigating us.' he said, before going silent.
I decided to go see her and talk to her, I would be lying if I said a huge part of me wasn't happy about her carrying our child. But I am only just a kid myself, OK I will admit that sleeping with those other girls wasn't smart. I followed her scent to a small apartment building in the poorest part of the city.
'She is not staying here!' I ranted to myself, my wolf echoed my sentiments. I didn't have to wait long before I heard her truck pull up. Out stepped my sick looking mate, I could smell our pup and hear its strong heart beat.
"Bells can I talk to you alone for a minute?" I ask her. Bella nodded to Leah to go on ahead.
"Say what you have to Jake." Bella said in a flat voice that made me and my wolf wince.
"I screwed up big time when I bailed on you after taking your virginity. I compounded that problem even more by sleeping around with other women. My wolf wants you as his mate and I was afraid that he would claim you as his." I explained even though I knew it wouldn't change the facts.
"Jake you hurt me so much when you bailed on me and then learning that you were sleeping around made me feel cheap! I will forgive you this time, but it will be a while before I can even consider you a friend again." She said.
"Can I still be in our child's life? Whether I am ready for parenthood or not I did help put you in this mess." I said the truth that I was denying to myself.
"Of course you can be in his or her life Jake, barely seeing my dad growing up, I know how important a dad is in a child's life. Lets just take baby steps and go from there OK?" She asked.
"Works for me, and for what it's worth none of them compare to you. I hope to one day be worthy of your forgiveness." I said as I phased before heading out to the woods.
BPOV
I watched as Jake phased, a huge part of me wanted to cut him out of our lives. But the larger part of me wanted to try for our child's sake. Now I appreciate how hard it was for my parents being so different and trying to make it work.
I meant what I said though, much as I still loved him, right now I can't trust that he won't bail on us when the going gets tough. I take a breath and walked in to see that Leah had most of what little I had packed up. OK I was envious of her being a Shape Shifter, I want to be that graceful and fast.
"You made the right decision, it is hard right now because the pain is still new." Leah said as she finished packing things up.
"Thank you Leah for packing for me. Is it bad to still want to be with him even after he bailed on me?" I asked her as we started packing my truck up.
"I never stopped loving Sam, even after he was tricked into being with the Muffin Queen. I was angry and furious with him but I never stopped loving him. I am glad I didn't give up hope on him. Jake is still only 16, despite his physical maturity he isn't ready for the responsibility of raising a child." Leah said as we drove with the big load over to La Push.
"You think there is still hope for us?" I asked her, I wanted to believe there was but I just don't want to get hurt again.
"Only you and Jake can decide that. He loves you but is it really enough to commit yourself to him. It took me two month's before I allowed Sam back in. I don't regret opening myself back up to him, but my situation was different. Don't force yourself to forgive him just for the child's sake. OK?" She asked as we pulled up in front of her and Sam's home.
I saw the entire Pack plus Rachel Black there. Sam came up to me and dropped a key in my hand.
"Sam what's this?" I asked.
"I want to rent my house out to you, I don't want to live in it anymore, and I know you love the place." Sam said and I felt tears in my eyes as I hugged him.
"How much a month?" I asked wondering if I will need to get a second job to help me live off of.
"$350 a month Heat and utilities included. I also want to hire you part time as the secretary for my construction company." Sam said and I smiled as I could afford that more than the $500 I was paying and that did not include heat and utilities.
"We all pitched in and scrubbed the house down, we left the furniture there for you to look over and decide whether or not to keep them." Rachel said and hugged me.
"Alright when can I start?" I asked my new boss. I hated working at Newton's and was glad to have a better job lined up.
"next week is good, I want you to get settled before I add more stress to your shoulders." Sam said.
We all got into our respective vehicles and drove to my new home. The cottage looked different, empty now of the plants and stuff the Muffin Bitch had planted. After we got my load in the house the others minus Paul and Rachel left to get the rest of my things.
I looked at the walls and wanted to repaint them. The furniture downstairs I decided to keep, purely because I can't afford to replace them. I looked at the master bedroom and right away decided to get rid of the mattress but keep the frame. The other furniture in the room I decided to keep. The spare room I decided to be the nursery, I will do later for my little one.
I saw Rachel and Paul cuddling on the couch, and I was happy for them and jealous at the same time. I came and sank into the armchair across from them, I reclined back with a sigh.
"I am sorry about what my brother did Bella." Rachel said and I turned to her and gave her a wry smile.
"Jake visited me before I came over here. I forgive him for what he did, but I am not yet ready to trust him with my heart yet. I will however allow him to see our baby whenever he wants." I said as I yawned.
"Wow I would have sooner kicked him in the balls than forgive him if I was in your situation." Rachel said and I giggled as Paul reflexively crossed his legs.
"If I wasn't pregnant and he wasn't a supernaturally strong being I would have. But I don't want to sprain an ankle or a wrist again hitting him." I said grimacing at the remembered pain.
Rachel leaned forward intrigued, I guess Jake didn't tell her about me punching him. I spent the next hour telling her everything about my return to Forks. She in turn told me about her life in college, and why she returned.
After the others returned and unpacked and put away my things where I directed, we ordered pizza. After I finished I remembered I was supposed to call my dad. I decided to do that now, I reluctantly stood up from my comfy chair and picked up the cordless.
"Hey dad." I greeted him when he picked up.
"Hey Bells? How are you holding up?" He asked and I spent the next hour talking to my dad about everything that happened today.
"You handled this better than I did at your age. I am glad you decided to keep the baby, I would have supported you if you had decided on abortion or adoption. At least you are renting a better place for you and the baby." Dad said.
"He hurt me dad really badly when he bailed on me after we..um...played scrabble. I wanted to cut him out of our lives, but I can't do that to little Lila or Alan...Hey I named the baby!" I said randomly at the end.
"And they are normal names too. It is good to put Lila or Alan's needs first, but don't force yourself to forgive him. Well I got an early morning so I will let you go...When do you want to come for dinner?" Dad asked.
"Tomorrow night all right? I miss and love you dad." I confessed to him.
"Tomorrow it is and I love and miss you too." Dad said and we hung up.
I was pretty tired so I headed up to bed.
