Hey guys! Well, I'm pretty sure you're all anxious to see if Jacob actually imprinted or not! Well, enough of my talk, enjoy the chapter!
CHAPTER 7: DIFFERENT PATHS 1
"I'm really sorry, Bella. I thought he already told you." Embry seemed very upset about making me unhappy.
I looked at him, unbelieving. "You don't believe me, do you?" He looked at me incredulously.
"Well, after all these years of being with him, I thought he would never imprint on someone. It just seems...unlikely." I gave him a hesitant look, not sure to actually take him seriously.
"Fine, don't believe me. He should be telling you himself anyways." He walked away, slightly fumed that I hadn't taken his word.
I walked into the kitchen and started preparing for dinner. It felt ordinary, other than that occurrence with Embry. I mean, this was what I was dreading from the day I knew about imprinting. Although, I never knew it would happen. I doubted it, even though I knew it was possible. But, at the bottom of my heart, I knew that the moment he did imprint, he would forget all about me. No matter how much he told me he loved me, I could never compare to his true love.
"Bella." Jacob kind of shouted my name, which startled me.
I turned around to look at him. He had tears in his eyes.
"Jacob, what's—"
He broke down. His sobs were loud enough for the whole reservation to hear. I immediately ran to his side, comforting him. "Jacob? Jacob, what's wrong?" I didn't know what to do, he had never acted like this before.
When he finally calmed down, he told me he was so sorry for doing this.
"I didn't mean for anything to happen like this, Bella. I'm so sorry." He put his head in his hands and continued to sob.
Now I knew for certain.
Jacob had imprinted.
He suddenly embraced me in one of his almighty bear hugs. My lungs were nearly squeezed of air, but he quickly let go of me.
I let this new information finally sink in. I stood in shock next to Jacob.
He slowly stood up next to me. "I'm so sorry, Bella." He gave me a kiss on my forehead, then left through the front door.
I stood there, thinking of how drastic my life was going to change. I looked down at my belly and thought of how I was going to give birth alone now. I put my hands on the growing life-form inside of me. It was almost time. Maybe a couple weeks to go.
My eyes suddenly became blurry, they spilled over, tears streaming down my face. I sank down against the wall, thinking of how bad my luck was. First he leaves me, now Jacob leaves me. Of course, I couldn't blame either one of them. I was defected, an unusual human not fit for love. What was I doing here? I had a baby growing in my stomach, Jacob's baby. How could I have let it get this far? I ruined Jacob's life, I only knew that it was just a matter of time before he really found his true love. I was just a placeholder, a Joker in a deck of cards, rarely used.
Walking to my bedroom, I held steady by keeping my hands glued to the walls. I felt like falling, falling deep into a pit and never to return. I sat on my bed, letting the salty tears continue to leak from my eyes. I didn't feel like wiping them off. There was no point.
I sank into bed, letting the pain wash over me. Why couldn't I be loved? There must've been somewhere in my life where I messed up to become like this...
2 MONTHS LATER
The hospital ride was scary. I was put into an ambulance when I collapsed at the supermarket. I knew it was time to have my baby. I could feel him pushing his way through, or trying to at least. The people inside the ambulance told me to take deep, slow breaths. It was kind of hard though, considering that I had pain every five minutes.
By the time we got to the hospital, I was sweating profusely from head to toe, and I haven't even gave birth yet! I was put onto a bed, which was very wide. The doctors were ready to help me give birth. They told me to push, and so I did.
After a couple minutes of hard labor, I finally heard the wails of a newborn infant. I laid my head down on the pillow, relieved that I was finally done. They asked me if I wanted to see the baby, and I said yes. They handed him to me in a baby blue blanket with little stars all over. He had a little hat on, to keep his little head warm. I looked at him and fell in love with him. He was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen. He had beautiful green eyes---though I don't know who he got them from—and his face was the cutest thing. His hair, though under a cap, was still visible. It was a dark brown, and it seemed to have some natural highlights in them. I cradled him in my arms, thinking to myself about how great it was going to be to have a child like this.
"Ma'am, what are you naming him?" The nurse in pink asked me.
"Oh, well, I guess I haven't really thought of a name..." How strange, I was planning to have a baby for nearly 9 months and I hadn't picked a name?
"That's alright, we'll give you some time to decide." She left the room without another word, to leave me in my thinking.
I never really gave thought to what I wanted to name my child. I always knew I would have to name him, but...the time seemed to pass quickly...almost too quickly. But now it was time to decide. What would I name him? It has to be something perfect, a name just right for him.
I took another look at my baby, thinking of a name. Then it came to me.
I'm going to call him Jayden.
I liked the name. It was unique, different from any other name. It was perfect for him.
"I'll call you Jayden." I told the little infant in my arms. I kissed his forehead sweetly.
Just then, the nurse in pink came in.
"Have you figured out what you will name your child?"
I smiled, then said, "Jayden."
She seemed to think it was a good name, and so she wrote it on her clipboard. "Jayden Black."
"Jayden Black." I repeated. It sounded like a very good name.
Right after the nurse was done scribbling on her clipboard, she looked up at me and said, "You have a visitor. Would you like for me to send them in?"
Who would be visiting me now? "May I ask who it is?"
"A young lady. She said she was a close friend of the family."
"Did she give a name?" I asked curiously.
"No. Would you like for me to ask?"
"No, no. No thank you. Can you please send them in?"
She nodded once, and a couple seconds later, a lady entered. I knew her, but I was surprised to see her.
"Alice!" I said in excitement.
"Oh, Bella! It's been too long! I came at just the right moment! A newborn baby! I've never seen one before! Well, except for on t.v."
I laughed at her amazement at the small creature in my arms.
She looked at it sweetly. "Oh, Bella. I'm so happy for you. What a sweet baby boy. Jayden, you named him?"
"Yes. I like the name." I smiled up at her.
"I like it, too." She smiled back at me.
I sighed. "I'm so glad you're here! But I'm kind of confused of why you're here—"
"I can't come and visit you after I found out you just had a baby?" She questioned me critically.
"Well, I guess you can—"
"Exactly. So anyways, do you have a place to stay? Besides the hospital, of course. Like afterwards..." Her voice trailed off, showing too much of what she already knew.
"No, I guess not." My voice surprised me. It showed all the sadness that I held in. Alice detected it at once.
"Don't you for a second feel any remorse or sorrow, Isabella Swan. You had no control over what happened. Besides, you don't need him to raise a beautiful child when you have me!"
She was trying to cheer me up.
I sighed, and said, "Are we going to your house?"
She frowned slightly. "Well, I guess if we do, I'd better clean it up. It's probably a little dusty, seeing as in we haven't been there in a while."
I flinched at her comment. She noticed that as well. "Sorry. I know you're kind of...touchy in that area. I'm sorry we haven't come to visit. He told me not to come, told me that I might 'complicate' things." She heaved an annoyed sigh. "But I'm definitely going to be around a lot more often, 24/7 if you need me to be." She smiled happily at the thought.
I gave a weak smile. I only had one person on my mind at that time.
Alice gave another annoyed sigh. "He misses you, too."
I looked up at her quickly.
"He wanted to stay away because he thought you were happy with Jacob. Looked how that turned out." She rolled her eyes. She didn't seem to like him very much for falling in love with someone else.
"Then why hasn't he come back?" I asked with a small voice.
"He has, just without you noticing." She shrugged her shoulders.
"Is he...coming back?" I asked weakly.
"He has to, especially now that you don't have Jacob anymore." She said it so... harshly.
But the thought of him coming back made me...happy. I wanted to see him, to see his angel face once more. I want to be held in his arms, I want his stone cold lips to crush against mine, even if it was for the last time. All I needed was one more, to last me forever. Hopefully it would.
Hope you guys liked the long chapter! I sure had fun with it! Well, as you obviously can tell by foreshadowing, Edward comes back! Now, before I say anything else, if you wanted to see Bella stay with Jacob, I have the same story but different version! It's called Arising of a New Sun. Go check it out if you like! Bye!
