Chapter two.

I was somewhat in a good mood this morning. I was actually getting to spend time with Edward completely alone for an entire day. I was ecstatic and got up out of bed like it was Christmas or something. It might as well have been Christmas, I was finally able to spend some quality time with the man I loved. Plus I knew there would be no interruptions, not from Charlie or Jacob. As I walked down stairs I could hear that Charlie was awake and making himself a cup of coffee.

I was surprised to find that Charlie had already made breakfast for the two of us and it didn't look half bad. "What's up pops?" I said rather cheerfully. Nothing could rain on my parade today, "Jake called this morning, Bella." Except that. "That's nice Charlie what did he want?" I said trying not to sound too annoyed. Charlie just continued to read the newspaper and eat what looked like food. I waited for him to respond to the question I had just asked but he seemed to be stalling for time. Finally he said, "Oh he said something about wanting you to meet him at the cliffs around noon-ish."

"Well that's not going to happen because I have to meet up with Edward in 20 minutes for our all day hang out event"

Charlie just gave me his "stern fatherly" look and folded his arms. "Could you at least try to see him? I mean he's been missing for weeks now, Bella. You owe it to him."

"I don't owe him a damn thing!" I screamed as I walked out the door, "I'll see you later tonight". I slammed the door behind me and stomped to my truck. "You owe it to him" kept going through my mind. Damn it, I thought, He fucking got to me! I got into the truck and started it up. As I pulled out of the driveway Charlie's words kept replaying in my head. Just as I got it to stop or at least just thought about other things and tuned it out, I noticed that I was coming up to the road that leads to La Push. I slowed down. I knew this wasn't even close to the way to Edward's house. My stupid conscious had made me involuntarily drive here. I checked the time…11:45. "Crap! I guess Edward could wait 5 minutes"

As I pulled into La Push I started to think about what I was going to say to Jacob. 'Where have you been?' came to mind, along with a bunch of other things that should be censored. I pulled up to the Black's house and parked behind the Rabbit. Jacob was home so there was no reason to drive to the cliffs. As I got out of the car I noticed that Billy was outside. I waved at him and smiled and he simply motioned to the house, which confirmed that Jake was inside. I nodded and walked inside. The house looked like a tornado had blown through it. As far as I could tell Billy and Jacob had argued and Jake lost his temper. I walked to Jake's room and knocked on the door lightly. "Jake?" I said as I slowly opened the door. The lights were off but the blinds were open so it wasn't dark. There was a lump on the bed that seemed to be breathing. I sat down next to it and shook it. "Jacob, it's me Bella, Charlie said you called so…" A groan came from the sheets and Jacob's head popped out from his cozy dwelling. "Hey Bella," he said in a drowsy whisper, "I just wanted to say I'm sorry about everything I said before. I was just being stupid and jealous and I'm sorry." His voice sounded tired and his eyes were bloodshot. "It's fine Jake, at least you're safe", I said while pushing back his hair, I couldn't help but become "Mommy Isabella". Just sitting there with Jacob my heart ached and I wanted to ask him if I was the cause of his disappearance. I watched him as he tried to wake himself up all the way and noticed that my mind began to wonder into what-ifs. I began drifting into memories of how happy I was with Jake when I thought that Edward had left me forever. But I quickly shook my head as if to get rid of all of those thoughts and now painful memories. Jacob then slowly sat up and rubbed his eyes. "What time is it?" he yawned. I looked at the clock and exclaimed, "Holy Crap! It's 12:15! Already?"

I grabbed my keys and got up to leave but found that I was unable to. As I turned toward my right hand I noticed that Jacob had grabbed it and was looking down at his blankets. When he looked up at me I saw that his eyes were welling up and then a single tear fell and hit his outstretched arm. "I thought that you had come because you chose me over him" he said softly. I could hear the disappointment in his voice and it made my heart hurt to hurt him the way I was. He looked at me waiting for an answer; I just simply shook my head and tugged my arm away. Jacob dropped his gaze as his hand fell onto the bed. I sighed and sat back down. "Jacob…I…"

"Get out..."

"Huh?" I heard him I just didn't expect those words to come out of his mouth. "GET OUT!" he screamed with all he had and I couldn't help but run out the door and then house to my truck like a scared little girl who had just been scolded by her father. Once I realized that I was outside and looked at my phone I called Edward and hoped he wasn't too mad that I was late. But the line was busy which meant he was calling my house and talking to Charlie. I hopped into my car and began to pull out of the drive. Billy waved goodbye and I could sort of see Jacob at the door of the house. I waved at Billy and drove off towards my house. It took everything I had to not look back into the rearview because I knew exactly what I would see. Just thinking about it I began to cry.

To be continued . . .