I'm sorry for not updating, but my dad died and I just couldn't think about the story. Well here is the next chapter and I'm very sorry for the wait. As usual review and let me know what you think whether it's good or bad. Characters belong to Stephenie Meyer and everything else belongs to me.
Chapter 7
BPOV (Billy)
I came back from fishing with Charlie still not knowing whether or not I should tell them what I know. "This couldn't
possibly be happening, but then again there were other things about our legends that turned out to be true." Entering
the house I could tell that Jake was there by his loud snoring. That boy could probably sleep through a hurricane. I
chuckle to myself before going into the living room. "He may not be able to handle what I'm thinking is happening to
him. He has already been through enough being in love with Bella just to lose her to Edward, then he imprints on her
daughter, and now they are having problems because of a legend that may or may not be true. How am I supposed to
tell him this? More importantly what if I tell him and it isn't even what's happening with them and I cause more problems
instead of solving any? This is a very hard decision I'm going to have to make." Suddenly I hear a loud thump that stops
me from speaking my thoughts. "Jake must have fallen out of his bed." I chuckle. "Well the interrogation begins."
JPOV (Jacob)
Rolling over in my bed, which I immediately found out was a mistake, I hit the floor. "Damn. I really have to get myself
a bigger bed." Lifting myself off the floor I hear my dad having a conversation, but I can't hear anyone else in the house.
"Guess he's talking to himself. Well it's time that he and I have a conversation. I got to get to the bottom of this thing
that is going on between Nessie, Leah and I." As I walk out of my room he stops talking like he is waiting on me.
Stretching as I walk into the living room I greet my father. "Hey dad. How are you doing?" He smiles and tells me that
he is doing fine. He and Charlie caught a lot of fish and were thinking of having a fish fry next weekend. I know that he
is stalling telling me all of this, but I don't want to be rude so I listen. It also gives me time to think of how to approach
this subject better than Ness did. Lost in my thinking my father asked me something, but I never heard him. "Jake are
you listening to me?" I blink. "Sorry dad. I didn't hear you. What did you ask me?" He just stares at me for a minute
before talking. "I asked if Nessie talked to you about what she came to talk to me about." He looked like he was hoping
that she hadn't and that she had all at the same time. "Yes dad. She did. She also said that she got the feeling you were
keeping something from her. Were you? Dad if you know anything it would help us a lot. There is something else that
has happened that she doesn't know anything about. I think that maybe I have imprinted on Leah. Now I know that is
impossible, but I can't help these feelings that I'm having for her. I feel like I love her." My dad gasped before
composing himself. Then he started mumbling incoherently. I couldn't make out anything he said but it sounded like he
kept saying "This can't be true." What the hell was he talking about? What couldn't be true? In that moment I knew that
my father knew something he wasn't telling us and I was going to find out what it was before I left this house. "Dad
what are you talking about?" He looked up at me and said "Jake I don't think you ever imprinted on Renesme. You are
what we call a Guardian. It is almost like imprinting. The person you are destined to protect pulls you towards them and
you always feel a pull until you protect them from whatever it is that they need protecting from at the time. It could be
years that you protect them or days. No one knows exactly how long, but once you have done your duty the pull starts
to go away. My guess is that after the altercation with the Volturi you had done your duty and that is why this is
happening. It doesn't just disappear overnight apparently it takes a while for the pull to disappear. I didn't know that it
was what you were going through until you just told me about Leah. That is why I didn't tell Renesme about it when she
came. I didn't want to say anything then it turns out that it was something else. I would have caused an even bigger
problem for no reason." He stopped talking then, but my head was spinning. I really didn't know what to think. The girl
that I have protected, befriended, and loved since she was an infant is not my soul mate. What kind of game was life
playing with me? Why am I being jerked around like this? First Bella rejects me for a vampire and now apparently her
daughter and I were only meant to be what exactly? I mean how much am I supposed to go through? I couldn't take any
more for today. "Jake are you alright? Son I'm sorry that I didn't know. I thought you had imprinted. We all did. If Bella
had a boy it would have been clear to me what you were and I could have saved you more heartache." I looked up then.
"Dad are you saying that a Guardian can be assigned to a male or female?" He simply nodded at me. "You see Jake;
there never was a female wolf like we have now so a Guardian was to protect a male or female child that needs
protection. Usually the child that needed protection was meant to do great things in their life." I thought over this some
more and actually did start to wish Bella had a boy instead. Something else my dad said entered my mind just then and
startled me. He said that he wished he could have saved me more heartache. I realized that I wasn't feeling heartache
but relief. It was like shackles had fallen from my feet and I was free. Then another realization hit. I had to break this
news to not only Renesme but Leah as well. All of a sudden I was scared. I was going to have to hurt Renesme and
possibly be rejected by Leah. "Yeah this wolf thing really is complicated." I sighed. I told my father that I would see him
later and headed to the woods. I took off my clothes tying them to my leg and phased while running. Thinking to myself
that tonight was about to get a whole lot worse. "I hope I'm not killed tonight." I knew that Edward with his mind
reading would be able to hear our conversation, but with vampire hearing they all would be able to hear even without his
talent. This was going to be a long night. Then again they might be happy with this news. I stopped at the edge of the
woods to put my clothes on. Suddenly I started thinking about what to say to her. How could I tell her this? Would she
be devastated or relieved? Without realizing it I had sat on the ground and started thinking a mile a minute not noticing
that I wasn't alone anymore. Then the smell hit me as he began talking. "Hello Jacob." Edward said. "I should have
known better than phasing this close to the house." He just chuckled lightly. "Yeah well your thoughts were pretty loud."
I looked up at him and without speaking he knew what I was asking. He shook his head no. "I didn't say anything to
anyone. I told them I was going for a walk. It isn't my place to tell her or anyone anything. We have come to think of
you as family and believe me when I say that none of us will fault you or be mad at you. I heard from your thoughts that
even the pack didn't know about this being possible. Look I don't know how my daughter will take this but I know that
you care for her even if it is just as a friend and wouldn't want to see her hurt. What I'm trying to say is that I
understand you don't want to hurt her. I also hate that you are hurting behind this too. You were there for my family
when we needed it even if it was just for my daughters' sake and my family and I will forever be grateful for that. Well I
guess that was all I came out here to say. Her window is open and she's in her room. If you want to avoid the family I
suggest you go in that way." He laughed as he was walking away. I asked him what's so funny. He turned back slightly
and said "I never thought I would be telling a guy to sneak into my daughters' bedroom instead of stopping them." We
both laughed then and he disappeared into the house. I got up from the ground and went around to her window. "Well
here goes." I leaped into the air.
A/N: Well now you know what is happening between them. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It is kind of a long one but I thought you deserved it for being so patient and loyal. I also thank you guys that have reviewed for your reviews. They give me encouragement. Please review and let me know what you think of this one. Going to try to start working on the next one after I post this one today. Wish me luck.
