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sweetkyo: Jake likes Maria, but he doesn't like that she isn't his. So Jake doesn't love her. No, Bella's Mom and Dad doesn't know that Jake hurts her. He never hurts her when he knows they're gonna see her parents, and even if he did hurt her before they went to her parents, she would cover up with makeup. hope that made since.

Ok, so here is the next chapter. I love this one the best so far. I'm glad I got this out so fast. I was amazed. lol.

On with this story everyone's been waiting for. I'll answer anyone's questions on my life or this story!

Tears of love

BPOV

I woke up to Maria squeezing rubbing my stomach. My eyes fluttered open and Maria was smiling at the baby kicking. It had become very active and I thought that my baby would be a night person since I got most of the attention at night.

I was almost 5 months pregnant and I wasn't showing as much as I should. I went into the doctor's about a week ago. He told me I needed to eat more. That the baby needed more nutrition but I thought I looked fat. My doctor, and many of my friends that Jacob had let me hang out with, told me that I was suppose to be fat which made me laugh. "Thanks guys." I had said to them.

Maria still had her hand on my stomach and the baby gave a big kick. She jumped and screamed quietly. I laughed at her and she turned and smiled at me.

"Hi mommy!" She exclaimed. I loved when she called me mommy. I felt so happy and it always made me feel overjoyed.

"Good morning, honey." I smiled but it quickly turned to a frown when Maria's expression turned to worried.

"Mommy? Are you alright?" she leaned over and touched my cheek. It hurt and I closed my eyes and winced. When I opened them again, tears were brimmed in Maria's eyes.

"I'm fine, honey." She looked down at my arm and touched the fingerprint marks on my arm. A tear escaped her eye and rolled down her cheek. I reached up and wiped it away. She lay down beside me and cuddled against me while I stroked her hair while tears rolled freely down her rosy cheeks.

"Mommy?" she asked as she played with my fingertips.

"Yeah?"

"He's hurting you isn't he?" she stated more than a question as she gazed into my eyes. A tear fell from my cheek as hers did the same.

"Don't worry Mari," I said her nickname with love. I stroked her hair and kissed the top of her forehead. "We'll get out of this I promise."

"Is he going to hurt me too?" she asked. I sobbed quietly beside her thinking about her fearing her father like I did.

"No, he won't. Do you want to stay here with daddy or your grandpa when I'm at my reunion?" I asked. Her eyes sparkled at the mention at her grandfather. She loved staying over there and ever since Charlie had married Sue Clearwater he had been a happier man and Maria love to see the two of them.

"I wanna stay with grampy!" she exclaimed happily. I laughed at her eagerness.

"Ok, I'll talk it over with your daddy and then we can get you ready to go over there tomorrow." As I said this she looked frightened. I started panicking. "No, no, he won't hurt me if I ask him." 'I hope.' I thought. Her expression turned to relief then to the big beautiful smile I was used to. I smiled in return and awkwardly struggled to get off the bed with the bump on my stomach.

Maria laughed and walked around the bed to help me up. "Thanks."

"No problem," she smiled, "So what are we doing today?"

"Well, today is Friday, so it's your last day of school for the week."

"Yay!" she yelled and punched her fist into the air. I giggled at her and walked to her dresser we painted bright pink to fetch an outfit for her today.

"Let's pick out an outfit for you." She looked through her shirts and found a yellow shirt with bright green letters on it saying 'mommy and daddy's little girl' and had a little cartoon girl with her arms intertwined and down at her waist. Her shoulders were scrunched up and her left foot was bent. She had pink hair and big blue eyes. She was posing as a shy little girl. I thought it reminded me of Maria. This shirt was her favorite shirt and she wore it all the time.

Maria looked through her bottom drawer and pulled out her favorite pair of jeans and got some underwear and put it on. She pranced over to her desk and sat down in the chair and stared at her reflection in the mirror.

I stood back by her dresser and admired her, reminiscing about how she had grown from a beautiful baby when Jacob and I had picked her up at the adoption agency, to a beautiful girl who loved makeovers.

The first time she fell I thought I was going to die. We were at the park playing on the orange jungle gym. She was really fast for her age running around the whole place. She hopped up onto the top step and was skipping around when she almost tripped but caught herself. Her hair, which was up in a messy bun, unraveled fell around her face when she caught herself. She stood up and her hair was flung over her face so all you saw was her wavy brown hair instead of her face.

She flipped her hair back with a huge grin and struck a pose. Her hand was on her hip, which she stuck out to the side. Her other arm was by her side. "Take a picture mommy." She said in a cute adorable 3-year-old way. Her hair looked like a supermodel's and she felt that she needed a picture to show how beautiful she was.

I smiled and took the picture. She was looking over the top of the jungle gym with a look of determination. I suddenly felt like something bad was going to happen.

"Mommy? Could I fly like tinker bell?" she asked, but before I was able to answer she was flying off the top of the platform.

"Maria no!" I yelled as she flew 6 feet to the rubber pavement. She was flapping her arms with a smile until she discovered that she couldn't fly. Her face turned into a frown as she realized the problem. I didn't get to her in time and her she was crumpled up on the ground. I started crying as I ran and kneeled down next to her.

I turned her over gently and saw that her arms and legs were covered in blood where she had scraped against the rubber. Her eyes fluttered open and tears flowed down her face as she realized she was in pain.

"It's alright." I coaxed as I tried not to gag on the rusty, salty blood smell. "Everything will be alright." I picked Maria up and carried her home as she cried to me to stop the pain. Her pleading with me made me cry. We got through it, she didn't have any broken bones, which was good, and her scabs went away shortly after.

"Mommy? Could you do my hair?" Maria asked pulling me out of my thoughts. I smiled and walked over to her. I pulled out the curling iron out of the lower drawer on the desk and I plugged it into the wall and let it heat up.

Maria had beautiful hair that was very easy to work with. I grabbed a brush and made sure she had all the tangles out as she was singing to herself. I curled pieces of her hair so that it looked natural.

"All done."

"Thanks mommy!" she said excitedly as she jumped up from her chair and hugged me around the waist.

I sat down and started doing my makeup that I had put in Maria's room for times like this where I slept in her room and was too lazy to go to mine. I covered up my bruise on my face and my arm. The bruise, which I felt on my back, was low enough that since I wear a one piece swimming suit, it wouldn't show at work.

I put on a little eye shadow and got up and took Maria's hand.

"Are you ready to go to school?" I asked as we walked down the stairs to get some breakfast to go.

"I just need my backpack, which is by the door."

"Do you want a strawberry pop-tart?" I asked as I searched the cupboards for what I needed. I looked down at Maria between my arm, which was holding open the cupboard door above me, head. Maria was nodding her head so I got us both a pop tart and headed for the front door.

"Jacob?" I yelled.

"Yeah?" he grumbled. At least he sounded like he was in a better mood today.

"I'm taking Maria to school and then I need to go to work today." I looked down at Maria and told her to wait there. I walked to Jacob's bedroom door and knocked on it. He opened it and smiled. So he was having a good day today.

"Ok, what time will you be home?"

"Umm, I think 4 if they let me off early like they said they would. Otherwise if they extend my hours like they have been lately, I should be home 4:30 – 5. But, Maria wants to go to her my dad's house tomorrow. Do you think that would be alright?"

I could see him thinking for a moment. "Sure. Just make sure you pick her up today. I have work till 6. What time are you taking her to you dad's?"

"I have to be at the reunion at 7 tomorrow, so I'm planning on going to Charlie's around 4 so I can hang out with them since I haven't seen Charlie or Sue for about two months. The reunion ends at 1 in the morning. Could I spend the night at Angela's house? We haven't had a girls day out in forever, so I was hoping that I could spend the night and we could go to the mall or watch movies all day like we used to."

I could see the frown starting to form on his face. "Now Bella, you know how I don't like you going out with other people."

"Jacob, you go out with your friends all the time. I need friends in my life as do you."

"But you know why I need to be with them."

"I may know why, but you still have fun with them when you're around them. I need my fun too. You must understand that, right?"

"I guess you could go. Do you want me to pick Maria up on Sunday?" Jacob asked.

"If you want to spend time with her like you should, go ahead. Or she could have her grandparents take her to school on Monday morning."

"If she wants to spend another night at your dad's then she can. Are you going to spend Sunday night with Angela too?" he asked sounding hopeful for some reason.

"Am I aloud?" I asked suspiciously.

"I guess. Stay out as long as you want. A couple more days after that wouldn't be bad either." Ok, now I was getting mad. I just didn't show it . . . yet. "I'm going to stay at La Push for awhile. I think for about a week if you don't mind."

"Why so long?" I asked.

"Mommy." Maria complained. "It's time for school." I looked back and smiled at Maria who was pouting on the floor with her knees tucked into her chest and her arms crossed.

"I want to hang out with my friends too you know." He smiled for the first time in awhile and I just couldn't help myself.

I pulled him into a hug and sighed. It took him awhile to respond, but he did. "I miss this side of you, Jake." I whispered against his chest. "I do too." He said as he stroked my hair.

A tear fell down my cheek and I internally cursed myself because it probably just messed up my makeup. I pulled out of the hug and stood on my tippy toes to give Jake a kiss. I went to give him a kiss on the cheek but he turned his head and it landed on his lips.

We both smiled against each other and I deepened the kiss. Maria was making kissing noises and was gagging. I laughed as I pulled back smiling. It was our first kiss for a long time, and it felt so right. I did not understand what was happening, but I liked it.

"Bye Jacob." I said, as I made my way over to Maria.

"Bye."

"Did you get your backpack, Maria?" I asked as I picked up my things.

"Yeah, mommy. Last day of school here I come!" I giggled at her and grabbed her hand as I opened the door and stepped outside. I saw something move in the big bushes to the left of me and I screamed.

Maria must have seen it too, because she clung onto my leg and started crying. I glared off into the bushes at whatever must have moved. I sat down beside Maria, and placed her on my lap. I leaned up against the brick of the house and comforted her.

"It's alright, no one's going to hurt you." She must have heard and understood my double meaning because she started crying harder and kept saying something I couldn't understand for awhile.

"But someone's hurting mommy. Someone's hurting mommy, I can't let her get hurt. No, I just can't. Mommy's my everything, I love my mommy, and mommy loves Me." Tears ran down my face and I cried with Maria as I thought about how we were going to try to get out of this abusive relationship I was in. Even if Jacob stopped being abusive now what makes me think that he won't do it again.

I picked Maria up and headed to the truck glancing back at the house when I heard the bushes move again. Lately, we've been getting yucky raccoons and possums, I could've sworn I saw a skunk the other day. Jacob would reluctantly go out and kill them for me, I haven't seen any for a day, so maybe they're back.

I opened the back door and buckled Maria in. I shut the door, making sure her hands were at of the way first, and got into the drivers seat. I buckled myself in, adjusted the rearview mirror and started the truck.

"Did you eat your pop tart?" I asked as I looked back to see that Maria had crumbs all over her face and shirt that I hadn't seen for awhile. I started laughing and Maria looked down at her shirt and smiled innocently.

"What?" she shrugged. I reached into the compartment beside my seat and pulled out a wet wipe that she could use on her face.

I handed it back to her. "Wipe your face off and when we get to school, I'll get the crumbs off." I watched her clean her face off. When she was done, she folded it neatly and handed it back to me. I put it in the little garbage back I kept in here. I backed out of the driveway and was off to taking my daughter to school.

I pulled up to her school and shut the truck off so I could take her inside. I got out and opened her door and unbuckled her. She was smiling when I set her down. Together, we brushed off the crumbs on her shirt and pants.

"Come on Maria, let's go inside. Now, I won't be off work until around 5, so you're going to have to go to the after school programs. Daddy said that you can go to your grandpa's."

"Yay!" I smiled down at her and kept talking.

"You can stay there for a few days if you'd like, and they can take you to school Monday if they would like. I'm going to stay over at Angela's so if you need me, your grandpa will know where to call. I'll also have my cell phone on me."

Maria was skipping beside me and telling me that she was excited. I dropped off Maria, telling the teacher she had to stay after school until I was able to pick her up around 5.

I went to my truck and headed over to Charlie's house. I got up to the house and I saw that my dad had heard my truck and was in the door smiling. I shut my truck off and headed over to meet him.

"Hi Bells, how are you?" he asked.

"I'm fine. How are you?"

"Just fine. Would you like to come in?"

"Sure. So, I was wondering if the two of you are doing anything tomorrow?" I said to Sue and Charlie as I sat down on the couch.

"No, we usually just sit here and watch TV." Sue said laughing.

"I see, that's interesting." I said laughing.

"Why do you ask?" Charlie asked.

"Would you mind looking after Maria for awhile? I'm going to my 10 year reunion and Jacob's going to La Push. She'd really like to see you guys. I told her that she might be able to stay here and she was screaming 'Yay' right in my ear." I said laughing.

"Sure, we'd love to look after her. What time are you bringing her over, and how long is she staying?" Charlie asked.

"I'm bringing her over at 4 and if I can, I'm going to spend the night at Angela's if she lets me," I laughed. "Or I'll find someone else I could hang out with. She'll need to go to school on Monday. I think that might be her very last day of school. It's weird how they do the school days these years."

"That'd be wonderful, we could go to a zoo, or a movie. It's going to be so fun!" Sue smiled. "You look bigger than last time we saw you. How many months are you?"

"I'm almost five months in a week."

"Is it Jacob's baby?" Sue asked.

"Of course it's Jacob's baby, who else would it be?" Charlie said.

"Well, no." Charlie looked stunned, so I quickly went onto explaining. "I got a sperm donor. We weren't having much luck." I glanced over to Sue who immediately understood having two werewolves in the family, knowing that I didn't want my baby to feel those changes.

"We'll love him or her just the same. Do you know what gender the baby's going to be?" Charlie asked.

"No, I don't want to know for about another month or two." I explained.

"What does Maria think of it all? Usually kids aren't too happy that a baby is going to come into their world and take over." Sue laughed. I smiled and adjusted my aching back.

"She's pretty excited about the whole thing. She really wants to be a big sister. She hopes it's a girl. "This morning, I woke up to her rubbing my stomach and feeling it kick inside of me. She was excited and I could see in her eyes that she already loved it."

"Does she know that she's adopted?" Charlie asked.

"I've told her a few times and she gets that her real parents put her up for adoption because they were too young to care for her. I told her they were 14, which is correct, but I didn't tell her that they died in a car crash and she was the only one alive. I also haven't told her that I knew her real grandma. She works at my work and she always wants to know how Maria is doing. I took some pictures into work the other day and Caroline cried when she saw how much she looked like her daughter."

"That's understandable. Maria shouldn't know that her parents died quite so soon. She might not understand very well, but I've noticed that Maria is almost as perceptive as you are, I was surprise when I found out you adopted her. She looks like you too." Sue said.

"I know, doesn't she? Well, I need to get to work, so I'll be here tomorrow around four. Thank you so much." I said and turned to leave.

"Maria?" Sue said I turned around and faced her.

"Did Jacob do that do you?" she asked walking closer to me. She touched my cheek and I winced.

"No, I walked into the side of the wall." I said laughing. Charlie laughed but Sue still didn't believe me. She touched my arm where he had gripped me too hard and she knew I didn't have an excuse for her. She gave me questioning eyes when she touched my arm and a tear fell from my eyes.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go." I turned around and walked out the door. The last thing I heard was "Bella . . ." In a concerned tone from Sue.

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