CHAPTER - 3

Edward moped around in his room brooding about his apparent inability to find Jacob, he wondered if Jacob had moved on and the thought made him clench his hands into fists, no even if Jacob did move on he would win him back. If he had to steal, cheat, beg; kill then so be it, he would get Jacob back. He thought about how he had sent Jacob away without so much as an explanation and his mind drowned in guilt. He had most definitely caused a lot of pain to Jacob and he wondered if he would ever be able to make it up to him.

He still couldn't believe how foolish and naïve he had been to give up Jacob for her. So she had an irresistibly appealing smell and a closed off mind and so he had thought that he loved her, he believed he truly did love her and she loved him back but it was all a ploy to reach immortality for her as he soon found out. He had been devastated of course and he thought about how much pain he must have caused Jacob and flinched as he saw the image in Paul's memory replay in his mind.

"Edward" Alice called from downstairs; she couldn't help but feel guilty that it was her doing that separated Edward from his true mate and love.

"I think I found a clue" Alice shouted again and in less than two seconds Edward was standing in front of her with an anxious look in his eyes.

"What did you find?" Edward asked urgently, the sooner he found Jacob the better.

"His sister Rebecca lives in Florida, I'm thinking about paying her a visit…she might know something about him.." Alice said and Edward looked contemplative, what were the odds that Jacob's twin sisters knew where he lived. He had been shunned by his pack as soon as he had shifted and everyone knew about their relationship, Billy had kicked him out and Edward had told Jacob that he wasn't welcome in the Cullen's house anymore. He grimaced, Jacob had no one to help him, nowhere to live and no money in his hands, he had truly abandoned his mate and he wondered if he deserved Jacob after all that he had put him through. What if Jacob was happy now and he went and ruined it, he really wanted Jacob to be happy even if it was with another person, he would grudgingly accept it but he had to know the wolf was happy and safe wherever he was.

He realized that there was a chance of his sisters knowing where he lived and nodded his head as he went back upstairs to pack up his things and clothes.

Jasper came into his room with his own bag and when Edward raised an eyebrow he said "You didn't think Alice would let you go off on your own now, did you?"

Edward huffed and shook his head; of course Alice wouldn't let him go alone, she was afraid that he would run off to the Volturi anytime. He hauled his bag up with no effort at all and said "We'll go in Alice's car, if he is there by some miracle I don't want him getting away"

Jasper nodded his head and Alice was pleased to be taking her yellow Porsche.

"Come on sport, you're getting yourself messy" Emmett said taking his giggling niece in his arms and wiping her mouth with a napkin.

"But I like being messy!" Lucy protested as Emmett wiped off the chocolate smudge in her nose.

"Maybe but you know Rosie will kill me if she finds you like this" Emmett said indicating to the messy clothes stained with ice cream. He was never going to get his niece a stick ice cream again.

"Besides your dress is sticky, do you have a change of clothes?" Emmett asked and Lucy nodded saying "I'll go change before Auntie Rose comes, now let's play video games" Lucy grabbed Emmett's large hand in hers and walked towards the TV.

It was Emmett's turn to look after Lucy today as Rosalie was away buying a new house for them all to move away once everyone noticed that Jacob wasn't aging. They had tried to offer Jacob their money of course but Jacob just wouldn't budge and insisted that he could take care of himself and hence the modeling job. It wasn't really surprising that he'd become a hit among photographers and they all needed to plan a clean escape and maintain a low profile once they vacated the place. They were planning to move somewhere in Europe after two years when Jacob would be done with college and could get a job to support himself but Emmett couldn't help but think it was a foolish idea for Jake to be modeling when they all wanted to be in hiding.

He wondered how Edward would take the news of having a daughter, if he ever knew at all that is, they hadn't visited their family in four years and though both Emmett and Rosalie swore that they would not tell Edward about Jacob or Lucy there was always the possibility that if Edward read their minds he could easily know what they have all been hiding for so long. He watched the video game with no interest at all, he was focused on his thoughts and he always let Lucy win anyway. He couldn't help but feel that something was about to change in their lives.

Edward knocked on the door for a third time and he wondered again if he had the address right.

"Maybe, she's not home" Alice said quietly but they all heard the shuffling inside the room and straightened.

The door opened and a woman who looked to be about in her late twenties asked "Uhmm, can I help you?"

Edward knew from the black hair and brown eyes that this must be Rebecca and sighed with relief as he heard her thought about Jacob "Yes, I was wondering if you knew anything about Jacob"

Rebecca didn't make a move to open the door but gave them all an incredulous look, "Which idiot doesn't know Jacob?" 'I swear these kids are some stupid fan group, I'm gonna kill Jacob'

Edward, Jasper and Alice looked genuinely confused and Rebecca started rambling on saying "If you're his fans or something, I don't know anything about him so you can leave now"

"I'm sorry I don't follow you…" Edward said truly baffled now as he heard Rebecca snort.

"Whatever information you're trying to weed out from me is useless because I don't know where Jake lives; I don't know his number, now if you crazy kids would just leave…" Rebecca said impatiently and Alice and Jasper thought it prudent to walk away and Edward followed finding this situation to be totally confusing.

Edward then turned to Rebecca at the last minute and asked "I am Jacob's fan, would you mind giving me a picture of him?"

Rebecca huffed and said "Look kid, I don't know what you're on to, if you need a picture of him just get an Esquire magazine or something…I heard he was going to be in the front cover of GQ in next months issue…"

Edward said "I see…well thankyou Miss Black" and without waiting for another word Edward walked away and into Alice's car. He sat back in the driver seat letting out a sigh as he gripped the steering wheel and said "He is a model" in a disbelieving tone.

"Well it's not surprising, the boy is certainly a peace of work" Jasper said and Edward growled warningly but Jasper only chuckled and said "What? It's the truth and besides you're going to have to hear about it a lot if Jacob really is a model"

"From crazy hormonal teens nonetheless" Alice added and Edward gritted his teeth in annoyance.

"Karma really is a bitch" Edward said and floored the pedals not caring about the speed limits and Jasper mocked him with thoughts about Jacob and how many must want the wolf now. Needless to say he was more than a little miffed and he had to get his hands on the stupid magazines.

Atleast he knew the wolf had a job and a well paying job if what Rebecca had said was anything to go by. He must be enjoying himself with all the money and attention then and Edward grew angry at this thought but remembered that Jacob was a very shy person who didn't like people ogling at him, sadly he wondered if someone had forced Jacob to become a model as he grew angry again.

"Hey Edward, we should get one of those magazines, we'll know where he lives then" Alice said and Edward nodded his head as he parked at the next departmental store and Alice went to a nearby library trying to figure out as much as possible about Jacob.

"Edward cheer up, atleast in this way we would find him soon" Jasper said patting Edward's back. They browsed the store but none of the magazines said anything about Jacob and they gave up and headed towards the exit when they saw Alice carrying about three magazines in her hand.

Edward plucked it out impatiently and seethed as the front cover of the magazine had a photo of Jacob shirtless and it said "THE GUY EVERY GIRL WANTS" the other two were no better as he threw them away saying "He doesn't even like girls for god's sake!" he opened the door to the car and slammed it shut. Los Angeles it was then, he couldn't believe Jacob had gone to Hollywood of all places in the world.

I am turning this into a Humor/Angst fic, I suck at writing angst hehe…humor is more of my thing!

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