Disclaimer: I am not Stephenie Meyer and therefore I do not own Twilight or the wonderful characters I screw with.
AN: I've had someone inquire on the relationships. While they'll become pretty obvious, pretty quickly, the basic ones are as follows. Bella x Jake (married), Bella x Edward (lovers), Jake x Leah (lovers), Leah x Seth (engaged), Alice x Jasper (married), Emmett x Rosalie (undetermined)
Chapter 1 – Waking Up (Jacob)
July 25th, 2011
As he woke up, Bella was growling to herself.
"Get up on the wrong side of the bed, Bells," he murmured softly.
"Fuck you, Jacob Black," Bella snarled as she grabbed her cell phone off the bedside table.
Oh fuck, what did he do wrong this time? She had been back to calling him Jake last night, and he didn't remember doing anything to upset her. Did he call out Leah's name in his sleep again? Shit if he did, because he didn't remember it.
"What's the matter, love?" he asked quietly, trying to correct the situation – no matter what the hell the situation was.
"Bullshit, Jacob Black, this whole goddamn marriage is a farce, and you know it," Bella snapped, grabbing her purse and heading out of the bedroom, slamming the door behind her.
He had no idea why she was so mad at him, though she hadn't lied. It had been three years since he had started seeing Leah, and two and a half since she had started seeing Edward. The thing was – they did love each other – they just weren't compatible as a married couple. The only thing that could possibly secure their marriage, and renew the undying love that they once had... was a child.
Sadly, Bella had already been pregnant five times – none of which had ended successfully. Only one time had she actually carried to term, and they had ended up losing their boy three days after he was born to SIDs, while three of the other four had been miscarriages, and the final a stillborn – three and a half months early.
William Charles Black had never had a chance to live. The loss of their son had been the main thing that had destroyed their already tenuous relationship. After the first two pregnancies had ended in miscarriages, they'd both gotten tested. He'd initially worried that he was the issue – it turned out that it was his wife's issue though. She could get pregnant easily enough, but her uterus apparently had a weak wall due to all the alcohol and crank that had been pumped into Bella's system when she'd still been in her mother's womb. It wasn't her fault – Jacob had known it even four years ago when he'd screamed at her that she was the reason for their losses, unfortunately, the damage was done the instant it was out of his mouth. When she'd ended up pregnant her third time and successfully managed to have their precious son, it had seemed a miracle.
After that, Bella stayed up and watched their son constantly, but she'd needed a break, and so he'd offered to watch him so she could sleep. Their son had been sleeping so soundly that Jacob had actually dozed off in the little nursery they'd set up. When Jacob had woken up to Bella's pained wail a few scant hours later, their son had already been cold. The doctors had assured them both that SIDs just sometimes happened and there was nothing they could have done, but they both still blamed him for it.
Her pain had been what had initially driven him into the arms of another – and his infidelity had been what had driven her to it.
Fuck. Jacob shook his head vigorously as he commanded himself to stop thinking of his screwed up life. He picked up his cellphone and dialed Leah's number. He'd have her come over and make his life better. Leah's soon to be husband, his brother, Seth, was still in school, so he didn't have to worry. He'd never find out – not that he didn't already know about the relationship Jacob had with his fiancée.
Jake had to stop thinking about his brother, too.