I began to cry as I continued to stare at the little blue plus sign on the stick. I had curled next to the bathtub hugging my arms and rocking myself back and forth. I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
Because of my lack of judgment I hurt so many people.
What was I going to tell Charlie? What was I going to tell Jacob? How could I tell him that he was going to be a father at sixteen?
It had been over two weeks since that fateful night, and Jacob and I hadn't spoken since then. I caught Mike's bug that had been going around, after the twenty-four hours had passed, I figured that things would go back to normal. I had called Jacob's house and was surprised to find Billy answer. He quickly answered my questions saying that Jacob had mono and that I shouldn't come to the rez for awhile. Before I could even protest, he hung up on me. I shrugged it off, figuring that he was worried about Jacob, so I gave him the space he asked for. But the days had flown by without so much as a word from Jacob, and I was starting to worry. I was constantly calling them, but never got an answer. I tried to calm myself by saying I was overreacting and that I shouldn't smother him, after all I was the one who wanted space so badly after our night together. And to be honest, I had my own health to worry about.
Even though a few days had passed since my stomach flu, I was still feeling muddy. I just assumed that maybe I had gotten a cold and didn't think much of it, until I cleaned out the bathroom, I was organizing the bottom of the sink and my eyes fell on the unopened box of Tampax. I immediately froze as I thought back to my last period. I quickly did the math and I realized that I was late. I was four days late. Maybe I was overreacting, but never in a single day of my life was I ever late, so I went online to check out any types of sickness that could be the cause of it.
I had only taken the test as a precaution, pregnancies were the only common source that I could've been late. I didn't think that it would actually turn up positive.
But here I was staring at the little stick that had forever changed my life.
After a few minutes I decided it was time for me to stand up and get over my little pity party. This wasn't just about me anymore. I was now responsible for another life. My hands instinctively went over my stomach.
'Don't worry.' I thought to the little life inside me. 'I'll figure this out, I promise.'
First things first, I needed to go to La Push. I had to tell Jacob, he had a right to know and not over the phone.
I grabbed my keys and marched purposely to my car.
It was quiet on the Rez, not a soul in sight, then again it was pouring rain outside and all of the normal people were inside their houses. I drove up the Black's driveway, splashing the muddy puddles as I got out the door. I looked around trying to find Jacob, and when I finally saw him I did a double take.
This was not the Jacob I remembered. This Jacob had cut off all his hair, and he had gone through yet another impossible growth spurt and he was now sporting a tattoo on his arm.
"Jacob?"
Jake's head jerked in my direction and his eyes widened and not in the 'Bella what a pleasant surprise' way, more like the 'What the hell is she doing here?' stare.
He continued walking trying to pretend like he didn't hear me, but I wasn't having any of that.
"Jacob wait!" I cried out running to him.
Being the klutz I was, I tripped over a rock and started falling to the ground, but suddenly a warm pair of arms caught me just in the nick of time. I looked up in surprise and saw that Jacob had caught me.
For a moment neither of us had spoke, we just stared at each other. Finally Jacob decided to break the ice.
"You shouldn't be here Bella." Jacob said setting me upright.
"Well it's not like I had a choice." I said accusingly, "I haven't heard from you in over two weeks Jacob! You don't call, you don't visit, and I've been worried sick over you!"
"Well don't!" Jacob snapped. "I don't need you worrying over me! So just go back home!"
"No!" Bella snapped back. "I'm not going anywhere until I get some answers!"
"Well too bad!" Jacob snarled. He tried to walk away from me again, but I grabbed his shoulder and forced him to look at me.
"Jacob please," I begged, "Why won't you talk to me?"
"It's none of your business." Jacob said.
"It's Sam isn't it?" Bella asked. "He got to you didn't he? What did he do to you Jake?"
"Don't talk about Sam!" Jacob snapped. "It's not his fault! He's been helping me!"
"Helping you with what?" Bella demanded. "Jacob what is going on here?"
"I told you it's none of your business!" Jacob yelled. "Bella just go back home! Go back to Forks and stay out of my life!"
"Jacob!" A voice called out.
He and I both turned over to see Sam, and his…followers waving him over. Like Jacob, none of them had shirts on and were wearing black cut-off shorts. Jacob turned back to me and for a moment I thought I had seen a flash of pain in his eyes.
"We shouldn't be friends anymore Bella." He said to me. "I don't…I don't need you in my life right now...I don't want you in my life."
My entire world seemed to freeze right then and there. It was like I was back in the forest all over again. Every word he spoke, was another stab in my heart. I suddenly couldn't breathe, I couldn't think. I had to get out of there. I had to be somewhere else. Anywhere else.
I nodded wordlessly as I somehow stumbled back to my truck, I unlocked the door and got in the driver's seat. I was hardly even aware of driving. The only thing on my mind were the words that Jacob had spoken to me, once I had crossed the border of La Push it was as though every single emotion that I had felt suddenly burst all at once.
I pulled over and curled into my seat as I started to cry loud, gasping heart-wrenching sobs. I hugged my stomach, as though I was trying to protect the child growing inside me from all the pain that I was carrying right now. I screamed for all I was worth, trying anything to make this pain go away.
It was weird, I could've sworn that I had heard a wolf howling in the distance.
Well, there's Chapter 2! I hope it was informative! I also hope the timeline was realistic! I'm not too sure how long it takes to discover you're pregnant.
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A shout out to the first reviewer of this story, jkhollywood!
