Chapter 4

Bella stood and looked to Billy. "Did you know?"

"I just found out, when he walked into the house. Bells, he just found out about a lot of stuff. A lot of things dealing with you and Gabe. I have to go over some stuff with him." Billy said looking over to Bella, who was nodding.

Hardening her heart she looked to her second father and smiled wryly. "Billy, I may love him, but that still doesn't mean I've forgiven him. Gabe and Aiden were my life and now that he's gone, Aiden is my life. I am going home. I need to go see to my son. I have a feeling that Aiden will shift soon. His heart's been beating faster than normal. Sheila said that that was what happened to Gabe the first time. I think that all this stress is getting to him. I have to go lay out his clothes for tomorrow. Will you be here tomorrow?"

Billy nodded as she bent down to give him a hug. "What do you want me to tell him?"

"That I won't see or talk to him. The others will help keep him away. I'm leaving in two days. No one knows but you, Sam and Dad. So keep it to yourself. I don't want anyone following us. My son is my first priority. We're going to Oklahoma, for a little while. I'll be in touch, Papa." Bella said smiling sadly.

Billy was at a loss for words and settled for the first words to pop into his mouth. "Okay, sweetie."

Jacob phased and was assaulted by everyone speaking at once.

What the fuck is he doing back? - Jared

He's dead meat. I swear once I get my claws into him his ass is dead – Leah.

That stupid son of a bitch. I swear Leech once you fucking stop; I'm going to kill you. – Embry

Just leave her the fuck alone, you fucking murderer – Paul

You ass is mine you fucking, stupid motherfucker! – Seth

All of you shut up! – Sam

Everything went quiet as the wolves all ran after the red headed leech, which they had been after. Jacob watched through Leah's eyes as she gained on him.

"You stupid pack of mutts! You'll never get me, you're too fucking slow. I promise that by the end of all this, Bella will be mine." Edward yelled as he jumped off the cliff and into the water. Leah came to an abrupt stop as did everyone else.

You will not fucking touch her! - Leah shouted, knowing he could still hear her.

Leah turned and ran back toward the reservation.

Collin was pacing. Jacob and the rest of the pack watched, through Collin's eyes, as Bella came into their view, walking toward the house. Collin's eyes looked her over and he went to phase back and the connection was lost.

Collin came back around and walked over to Bella, hugging her to him; she hugged him back and sighed. "It was him again, wasn't it?"

"Yeah, babe, it was. He jumped into the ocean. He's pulling the same thing the Red headed bitch did." Collin said letting out a breath. "Are you still going?"

"Yeah, I am. Aiden needs to see his family too. His father would have loved it, to see him with his grandfather and Uncles. Even if Bok doesn't really show his emotions, but it would do him some good." Bella said smiling to herself.

"You saw Jacob, huh? Well, what do you think?" Collin asked looking down at her.

"I can't, Col. I just can't. I love him, I really do, but I can't do it. How can I be with someone that would doubt me? It was good to see him, but I don't want to start anything with him." Bella said as she led Collin into the house.

"You can't run away from it forever. But I'm still a little apprehensive about you going by yourself." Collin said following her into the kitchen.

"Why? Afraid I can't take care of myself?" Bella joked, but quickly dismissed it when Collin's face became stoic, yet tense. "I was teasing Collin."

"Don't joke about something that serious, Bells. Seriously I don't like you leaving like that."

"I know, but I have to. You, Billy, Dad, and Sam are the only ones who know where I'm going. So please Col, don't start. I'll be fine when we get there, his grandfather and Uncle's still shift. It's the only way I know that they can get him to come to terms with it and try to keep him from shifting out in the open. You guys phase out of anger, theirs are their strongest emotions, which is mainly happiness, or sadness. So I've got to get to the bottom of this for the sake of my son."

Jacob walked up to Sam's and sat on the porch. Embry, Quil, Jared, Paul, Sam, Leah and Seth stood in front of him and he sighed. "Can it wait?" He asked.

"NO! It can't." Jared answered looking at him hard.

"Fine. What do you all want to know? Why I'm back?"

"Yeah. That's what we're all wondering. This saves you from having to keep retelling it." Sam said as he sat next to him on the porch.

Embry sat down on his other side as they waited patiently.

"When everything happened I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to deal with it. I just wanted the pain to go away. I couldn't live with the hurt from her choosing him over me. I was acting on a selfish whim, I know. I just didn't want to feel it. So I figured since she wasn't here I didn't want to be, either. So I just kept going and going, moving from state to state. After traveling for about two years, I ended up in Brazil, strange I know. I met a Brazilian man named Kadaj, one day while looking for a place to take a bath, cause I gotta tell you, I stunk." Jacob joked as he started to remember his friend. "So anyways I ended up staying with them for a while. I had, honestly, only meant to stay for a few months but time passed. When I finally looked at a calendar, it had already been six years. What else do you want me to say? I came back."

"You didn't just leave, Bella, you left all of us, Jake." Embry said as he looked to his friend.

"You all didn't need me moping and I figured this way you didn't have to hear me whine." Jacob said seriously.

"You may have seen her tonight, but I can guarantee you…you won't see her again for a while." Paul said cracking his neck from side to side.

"What do you mean?" Jake asked curiously.

"She may love you, but you don't know what's going on…so just leave her alone. She doesn't need more complications at the moment." Paul said looking to the door where Emily now stood.

Everyone turned to look at Emily and noticed the tears in her eyes. "Bella's gone." Emily whimpered.

"What do you mean gone?" Jared asked urgently.

"I mean she left. She took Aiden and left. Collin's with her." Emily said crying. "Why would she leave so suddenly without telling us?"

Sam tensed for a moment and then relaxed. He got up and went to Emily and hugged her. "It's okay, Em. I know where she's going and if Collin's with her, we have no reason to worry. He's her personal protector. She'll be back soon."

Emily nodded sullenly and turned to go back into the house, but stopped and whipped around to glare at Jacob. "This is all your fault. If you hadn't have come back, she'd still be here!" Emily gritted out angrily. "I'm going to bed."

Jacob winced when she slammed the door and slumped his shoulders. He felt Sam's hand pat his back.

"It's not your fault she left. She's been planning it for months. But she left earlier than we expected." Sam said sighing.

"I've gotta go and tell Charlie and Mom. Then I've got to go see how my husband is doing." Leah said as she walked away.

"Give Ray my love!" Quil quipped as Leah's hand flew up to flip him off. "Aw…not now, maybe later, Lee."

Jared, Embry and Paul smacked him upside the head. "Shut up, dumbass!" They said in perfect unison.

Everyone chuckled and then got serious.

"You imprinted on her, didn't you?" Seth asked a little apprehensive.

"Yeah, I did." Jake said smiling to himself.

"Why now?" Embry wondered aloud.

"I don't know. But I've gotta go check on my dad." Jacob said getting up and walking away.

"I'll go with ya. I gotta tell him some stuff." Paul said walking after Jake.

Sheila stood next to the window and rubbed her belly subconsciously, so the infamous Jacob Black had returned? "I swear to you little one, that boy is not coming anywhere near her. Especially since I planned on her leaving tonight, I don't like that she's going alone. But she'll be safer around my family than this erratic schedule here. I just hope she could make it there safely. If anything little one, your auntie has already talked Collin into going with her." Shelia said to her stomach, laughing at how well she knew her friend.

As Sheila turned to go back into the bedroom the door swung open and there stood her husband in all his male glory. Naked from the chest up and looking so damn sexy. She didn't know if she wanted to sleep, from all the exhaustion of the pregnancy, or jump his bones, due to the hormones running through her right now. So she opted for a truce. Walking up to him she wrapped her arms around his torso and kissed his chest.

"Come to bed, I'm tired and I need my space heater." Sheila said smiling as he wrapped his arm around her and started walking, making her follow. Looking back she felt something was different about her husband. Something was off and she wanted to know what, but saw the weariness in his eyes and decided now would not be the time.

Me: It's short I know. But I appreciate all the reviews that were left. It brings me joy to know that I can give you something good to read. I do not own twilight and all that it entails.