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"Alice, what in the world are you doing here?" I choked out, my voice me rough from crying.
"We moved back silly! Esme got tired of Chicago and Edward has been driving everyone insane." She stepped back and looked at me, no doubt noticing my red eyes and nose. "Bella, what's wrong?" I knew that I couldn't tell her, I couldn't tell any of them, I really needed to talk to Jake.
"Nothing Alice, I was actually getting ready to leave. Maybe I can call you later after I get back and we can talk." Her face fell as soon as the words left my mouth but I couldn't feel bad for her, she had went for almost a year and a half without talking to me, a few more hours wouldn't hurt.
"Oh, okay. My number is still the same, so just call me when you get back."
"Okay, bye Alice." With that I shut the door and turned around to see a stunned Angela staring at the closed door behind me. I walked over toward her and made my way back up the stairs to the bathroom to pick up the papers and box from the pregnancy test, taking them to my room and hiding them in the closet for now. I definatly didn't want Charlie to find that before I told him, he would be beyond pissed and I couldn't blame him. I made my way back down the stairs to find Angela still in the same spot, staring at the door.
"Ang, are you alright?" Her head snapped back toward me and I could clearly see the shock on her face.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's you that I'm concerned about. You are in a seriously screwed up situation Bella. How are you gonna tell Jake about you being pregnant and the Cullen's coming back, more importantly all of them being back?"
"I don't know." Angela knew of my feeling toward him and that I had told Jake if they ever came back that I would more than likely go back to him, but now that I'm pregnant I truly don't know what to do. "Can you take me back to the school to get my truck? I need to go talk to Jake." She just nodded her head and made her way to the front door. I quickly went to the kitchen and left a note for Charlie letting him know where I was and then went out to join Angela in her car. The ride back to the school was quiet as I looked out the window wondering what I was going to tell Jake.
The drive to La Push went by faster than what I wanted it to. My mind was occupied with different scenarios of what might happen if I told Jake that I wanted to try and stay with him and others where I told him that even though I am pregnant that I was leaving him to be back with him. Of course the ones where I told him that I was leaving sent me into a panic because then I had a feeling deep down that he wouldn't want me anymore, that he would turn around and run back to Chicago. Once I was in front of Jakes house I sat there for a few minutes still running over everything in my head, I didn't notice when Jake came up to my window and tapped on it causing me to scream.
"Shit! Jake you scared me!" I pushed open the door and got out, as soon as my feet hit the ground he pulled me into a hug resting his chin on the top of my head.
"Sorry Bells, I didn't mean to scare you. You've been sitting out here for the past fifteen minutes and I was tired of waiting for you to come inside."
"Oh. I didn't realize it had been that long, it only seemed like a few minutes."
"It's okay Bella. You looked like you were thinking about something pretty hard." He pulled back to look me in the eyes. "What's the matter?"
"Jake, I…." I felt the panic flare up in my system and knew that he could see it on my face. "We need to talk. Can we go for a walk down on the beach?" His face morphed into one of concern before he nodded and we started walking that way. Jakes house was only a few short minutes from the beach and usually if we weren't hanging out in the garage then we were at the beach. After we reached the beach we walked a few more minutes in silence before it became too much for Jake and he spoke up.
"So, what do you want to talk to me about Bella?" I could tell that he was worried by the way he asked. I didn't want to keep him waiting but I didn't know what to tell him first.
"I have two things to tell you, one is definatly bad and the other one I'm not so sure about." I paused for a few seconds, "Which one do you want to hear first?" Jake stopped walking and pulled me into a hug.
"I guess the one that your not so sure about. I don't know why your worried Bella, you know that you can tell me anything." I felt the tears start to roll down my face as he said those words.
"I know Jake. I really want to believe that but I still don't know how to tell you this." He hugged me tighter before I managed to speak again. "Jake, I'm pregnant."
He pulled me back far enough that he could see my face and the tears rolling down it. His face was covered in shock no doubt trying to process what I had just told him, he opened his mouth like he was going to say something but it wouldn't come out. Finally he pulled me back into a hug and I heard him whisper next to my ear. "I'm so sorry Bella. I didn't…. I don't know what to say."
"It's okay Jake, I'm still trying to put it all together. I just found out before I came over here. But Jake, there is something else I have to tell you too."
"What is it Bells?"
"They came back today…. All of them came back today." I felt him stiffen next to me, he knew what I was talking about and I knew he didn't want me to leave him. " I don't know what to do. I want to stay with you because I'm happy but I know that with him back all of the old feelings that I have been putting away for a while are going to come back. I don't want to hurt you Jake, I'm so sorry" The tears were rolling down my face now and I could feel a couple hit the top of my head so I knew Jake was crying too.
"It's okay Bella. I knew that the day would come when they would come back, I just didn't think it would be this soon. If you want we can take a break for a while and see what happens, you know I will always be here waiting for you."
"But what about the baby? Charlie is going to kill me as it is, it won't help if we tell him that we aren't together."
"I know that Bella, but I will be there for you and our baby, no matter what." He pulled me in tighter as if to prove his point more. "It is all up to you Bella, I don't want you to feel like you have to choose me because your pregnant. If you want I can go with you to tell Charlie, that way maybe he'll want to yell at me instead of you."
"Yeah I want you there to tell Charlie about the baby. I'm scared though Jake, what if he runs back to Chicago and doesn't want me? I don't want to get hurt."
"If he runs then that's his problem, you know that no matter what I will always be here. Even if you want to go back to him now. You know I will always love you Bella." I felt more tears roll down my face and I couldn't help but cling tighter to Jake. We stood there for a few minutes before Jake pulled back and kissed me on the forehead then started walking toward the truck. He walked over to the passenger side and opened the door and stood there waiting for me to get in, I stopped and just looked at him.
"Where are we going Jake?" I had a feeling that I knew where he wanted to go and I knew that it was going to be hell.
"Back to your house, we've got to talk to Charlie." Instead of arguing I just got into the truck and waited for him to drive to my house. The ride there was quiet, neither one of us knowing what to say. As we pulled up to the curb I felt my stomach turn as I saw Charlie's cruiser in the drive, I barely had the door open before I threw up. Jake was around the side of the truck faster than I thought possible. "Are you okay Bells?"
"Yeah, I just really don't want to do this. I guess I don't have a choice." He didn't answer just helped me out of the truck and walked with me toward the door. As soon as the door was shut behind us I heard Charlie yell from the living room, where he was more than likely sitting in front of the TV watching the latest sports game.
"Is that you Bells?"
"Yeah, it's me and Jake." I rolled my eyes at the thought, who else is going to come into the house without knocking? I felt Jake link his fingers through mine as we walked into the living room and took a seat on the couch next to Charlie's chair. "Dad Jake and I need to talk to you."
His eyes never left the TV as he answered. "Bout' what?" I let out a frustrated sigh, it wasn't often that I sat down in the middle of a game and tried to get him to pay attention so he had to know that it was important.
"Dad, I'm serious. This is really important, can you stop watching the game for two seconds!?" Charlie's face matched mine as shock overtook my features, I couldn't believe I had just practically yelled at him. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell." He put the TV on mute and turned slightly in his chair to look at me.
"Ok, since this is so important now that you have my full attention what did you want to talk about?" Suddenly I was nervous and didn't know what to say so I looked down at my jean covered legs. "What is it Bella?" I slowly looked up at him and tried not to let the tears fall over my eye lids.
"Well um… I… Jake and I…." The more I tried the more I couldn't spit it out.
"Just spit it out Bella, your making me miss the game."
"Fine, I'm pregnant." As soon as the words left my mouth Jake hugged me tighter to his side and watched as Charlie's face turned from normal to pink to red to an almost purple. We sat there for what seemed like an eternity as his face slowly turned back to normal. Finally I couldn't take it anymore and had to speak up. "Dad? Say something."
"I… Bella… How could….. When.." Well it's good to see that I'm not the only one that gets tongue tied when I'm nervous or upset. "Are you serious?"
"Yeah dad I am. I wouldn't lie to you about this." I made sure to look him in the eye when I told him that so that he could tell I wasn't joking with him. I was never good at getting away with anything in the first place so I knew he would be able to tell if I was telling the truth. He finally took his gaze away from me an looked over at Jake, acknowledging him for the first time since we sat down.
"When did this happen?" He looked back and forth between the two of us waiting for an answer. Jake was the one to speak up this time.
"It's been about a month and a half ago. Sorry Charlie, I wasn't careful enough, this is all my fault." I could hear the amount of guilt that Jake felt for getting me pregnant, it only made me feel worse.
"No, it's not just your fault Jake, it's Bella's too. Both of you should have been more careful. So what are you guys going to do now?" I looked over at Jake and tried to let him know that I wanted to be the one to tell Charlie we were going to take a break but apparently the message didn't reach him because he blurted it out.
"Well, Bella and I are going to take a break for a little while. Not sure how long that will be though."
"Oh… well then I guess since you have it all figured out then that's it." With that he turned back to the TV and un-muted the sound. I couldn't believe how easily he took the news, I figured that he would have yelled and screamed. I grabbed Jake's arm and led him back out to the truck to drive him home, the ride was once again silent as we drove. As soon as we pulled up to his house he pulled me into a hug across the seat and squeezed tight.
"Again, I'm sorry Bells. I know that this isn't going to be easy and if you need anything please call me. I'd do anything for you."
"I know Jake, and I'm sorry that they came back. I'll call you later and let you know what's going on." He squeezed me tighter and I heard him whisper 'I love you' next to my ear, it broke my heart knowing that I was hurting him and I could feel the tears start to fall over and run down my face as he got out of the truck. The whole way home I couldn't help but think of how I wish I had never met him so that I could be happy with Jake and not have to break his heart. I made my way up the stairs and crawled into bed before crying myself to sleep. Calling Alice never even crossed my mind that night.
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