Sorry it's so short!
Chapter Nine
Month Three
I glared at Jacob as he hooked up a computer in his bedroom. There was no way in hell…
"You haven't filled out college applications yet," Jacob told me. "You graduate this month." I rolled my eyes but didn't relinquish my glare. He knew my plans yet he was pushing this on me.
"No, Jacob," I growled. "I don't need to fill anything out yet. Not for at least six months."
"Bella –"
"No!" I shouted, jumping up from the seat I was in. "We agreed, Jacob!"
"It's not for me," Jacob said. "Charlie came over the other day and kept dropping hints about college, Bella. He barely accepts us and he's still pretty upset about you being pregnant. Just humor us men alright?" He grinned at me and I felt my heart melt. How could I ever stay mad at him?
"Fine," I sighed. No use in arguing. Jacob was right after all. Charlie was still fuming over everything. "But you know, I suppose it's better than you got me pregnant and not Edward." I wiggled my eyebrows at him and to my amusement he growled. "Oh come on. That's not even possible anyway. If Edward did ever get me pregnant though, Charlie would be after him with a shotgun."
Jacob scoffed and crossed his arms over his chest. "The leech isn't human," he snarled.
"And you are?" I snapped. I winced cautiously and immediately felt bad. I had hit a nerve.
"But I'm not dead."
"Who cares if they're dead? They still have feelings!"
"Obviously not if they didn't care about leaving you!"
My world stopped at Jacob's words and the hole in my chest tore open. "You know what I think?" I asked Jacob, trying to prevent my voice from shaking. "I think that you're just jealous that Edward even loved me at all."
"He didn't love you," Jacob spat. "They aren't capable of it."
"How would you know?" I shouted through my waterfall of tears. "Maybe he didn't want to leave but he had to! Did you ever think of that, Jacob Black? Did you? Or maybe –" I paused, thinking for a minute. "Or maybe the others didn't want to leave. I know for a fact Alice wouldn't without a fight."
"It's pointless arguing with you," Jacob sighed.
"Why?" I asked; sarcastic amusement filled my body. "Why is it pointless, Jacob? Because you know I'm right or because you don't want to admit that if he hadn't left we wouldn't be together?"
"Why are we even fighting?" he asked. "It all started with you not wanting to apply to college then it turns out to a full-blown war about the lee—" I looked at him as if I was signaling for him to not even say the word. "The Cullens."
He said their name like it was a disease when in all actuality, it wasn't. Despite everything that happened that day in the forest with Edward, I still loved that family. I may not love Edward the same but I was always going to love him. No matter what.
"He had told me that it'd be as if he'd never existed," I murmured to him. My tears were beginning to subside and my face no longer held its angry red color. "Maybe we should make that possible – together?"
Jacob nodded but didn't dare say a word while he took me into his arms and hugged me. When we pulled away he was smiling but it didn't reach his ears like it usually did. "I'm sorry for everything," he whispered. "I should learn to accept that he will always hold a part of your heart. I just hope that I own the majority?"
I laughed and kissed his pouting lips. "Most definitely."
