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CHAPTER NINE: CONFESSIONS
Bella POV
Billy and I were sitting by the lake in silence until he asked the question.
"What happened Bella?"
"With the Cullen's?"
"Yes."
I took a deep breath. I didn't want Billy to think any less of me, but then again, I know he's proud of me for getting away from them regardless. "The fog cleared." I admitted. "I realized that after four years all I had was a degree, a ring on my finger, and a house I didn't really want to call home anymore. I still care about Edward and the Cullen's, I always will, but I needed to do what was right for me. The dreams made it impossible for me to be happy with the life I was leading.
"Dreams?" Billy pressed.
"I was having dreams about Jake. About our past, about what our future could be and I just couldn't pretend to be happy with Edward anymore. It's like there was something that I was supposed to be here for."
Billy had a look of understanding in his eyes.
"It was like if you didn't come back here and to Jake, you knew you would never be whole." He stated.
"That's exactly it. I literally had to come back here."
"What do you feel when your around Jake? What are your feelings for him?"
I figured now was a good time as any to let Billy know that Jake and I had imprinted. I seen Jake walking towards us. He was only a couple yards away when I stood up, leaned down to Billy's ear and whispered, "We're imprinted, DAD."
Billy looked at Jake as he closed the distance between us. I could see tears threatening to spill onto his cheeks. The smile that was on his face made my heart melt. He was so happy for us he was crying.
Jake walked up to Billy and squatted in front of him. "She told you." Jake said with a big toothy grin. "I told you she was the one dad. It's always been her."
"I'm so happy for you kids. You deserve to be happy."
"Thanks dad." Jake said. "Oh ah dad?"
"Son?"
Jake took a few steps behind us and brought an in-shock Charlie over to Billy.
"Jake! What's the matter with him?" I yelled.
Jake looked between Billy and myself. "Don't freak out ok?"
"Fine. But what happened?"
"We're imprinted Bell's. I had to show him. I didn't want you to live a lie for me. I don't want to make excuses for things anymore. I want him for once to know the whole truth and nothing but the truth. No more lies. You deserve more than that Bella."
I didn't realize that was crying until Jake wiped my tears away with his thumbs. "I love you Jake."
"I love you too. Isabella." Jake turned to Billy. "Dad please help me. He's in complete shock."
"Go son. I'll take care of this. I will tell him everything."
"Thanks Billy." I sighed.
With that Jake and I headed back to the car and drove back to Charlie's house.
"Do you think Charlie's ok?" I asked Jake.
"I'm sure he'll be fine. In fact, I'm certain that he's going to thank us for letting him in."
"I know." We walked into the house and went upstairs.
"Aaah" I said while falling onto my bed. "I can't even tell you how good it feels to be back in Forks. After four years or second guessing myself, for once I have no reservations about the choices I've made in the past 2 days. I'm happy."
I felt the bed shift as Jake laid down beside me. "I love you so much Bells. We're going to be really happy."
"Oh I know we will." I said with resolve, "Want to head back to your house and I'll make you some dinner?"
"That sounds phenomenal Bells, but it's not my house." She looked at me with an arched eyebrow. "It's our home." I finished.
She stood up and turned towards me with her hand extended. "Lets go home."
"I LOVE the sound of that."
The next couple of months were wonderful. We started to get comfortable in our life together. And Charlie was on cloud nine. He already thought of Jacob as a son, so to find out that Jacob was the one making me smile everyday made him extremely happy. It took him about a week or so to come around and start taking in every thing. But like Jake said, he was happy to be apart of our real lives. Not the fake one we always had to show.
This weekend, Jacob was gone. It was his drill weekend. Once a month, Jake goes to his unit to train. I take advantage of that time to clean Jakes house. When you have a house full of werewolves, it tends to get dirty. I was cleaning the kitchen when there was a knock at the door. That was odd. Everyone knew that it was Jakes weekend away, who would be coming to see me here?
I opened the door and there stood Leah Clearwater. I hadn't seen her at all yet since I had been home. She held what I did to Jacob against me more that anyone.
"Leah?"
"No, I'm Mary Fucking Poppins."
"Leah, If you're here just to drive me crazy and rain on my parade, just turn the fuck around."
"Wow, I see Vampire Girl got herself a mouth."
"I've got myself a right hook too if you want to keep running your mouth."
"Look, I didn't come here to fight. I want to talk to you about Jake." I stepped back so she could step inside.
"Leah, why are you here now? I mean, I've been home for three months now."
"I just got back."
"Where were you?"
"Canada."
"What the hell were you doing in Canada?"
"Getting away. I left as soon as you came into town."
"Wow, I must be pretty fucking repulsive. That doesn't matter. What the hell do you want Leah?" She took a few steps back and steadied herself as if what she was about to say was going to knock her on her ass. Or maybe she was afraid that I would.
"I want you to leave town." I seen red. How dare she come into my boyfriends house and tell me to leave. Who the fuck did this bitch think she was?
"What? Get the fuck out of here Leah, seriously. I don't want to hear this shit. I'm finally happy! I'm not letting him go for anything."
"I love him too Bella." She said with her head down.
I couldn't believe my ears. "What? What did you just say to me?"
"I love Jake." She proceeded to walk into the living room.
"What do you mean you love Jake? How could that have happened?" How dare she say that to me, and now even look at me in the eye!
"When you left, I was the one to pick up the pieces. I have spent the past four years catering to his every whim and need. You left him here to rot Bella! And I picked him up brushed him off and helped him move forward! I fell in love with him! He's MINE!"
I didn't know what to say. There was nothing I could do to change the fact that I left and now I'm back. I'm back for good. And no matter what Jake and I will be together forever and there is nothing anyone can do to change that. I remembered that not interfering with an Imprint was their most sacred law. "Even if I understood this and even though I feel bad for you, there isn't anything that can be done at this point."
"Bull shit there isn't Bella! You can leave and let us be! You'll just break his heart again."
"You are obviously not getting this Leah."
"No Bella! No I don't! I was the one that kept him together. I deserve to be with him! You don't even appreciate him! You crushed his soul you bitch!"
"I guess I'm the one that has to tell you this."
"Tell me what? That he loves you?" She screamed. "You are not even part of the tribe! Your relationship will never be accepted!"
"For one Leah, the Chief of YOUR tribe as given us his blessing! That's all we would need, but we do have something else. "It was my turn to stand my ground. I had no idea how she would react. "We're imprinted Leah."
The look of pure heartbreak filled her eyes and she began to cry.
"No. No. That's not possible. Your not a Quilette!"
"Yes Leah. I'm sorry that your hurting, but I love Jake. I can't and I wont let him go. There isn't anything that you can do, and nothing that I want to do but love Jake with all I have."
"I have to go."
"I understand. I'm sorry that you had to hear this from me. Does Jake know you felt this way?"
"Yes. I kissed him just 3 days before he was deployed! I wanted him to know how I felt before he left." My heart panged with jealousy.
"You kissed Jake?" Why wouldn't he have told me
"I told him how I felt and that I wanted to be with him. I told him that I wanted to have the kind of love that the rest of the pack has, and I wanted it with him."
"What did Jake say to you?"
"He told me that he wasn't ready to be with anyone. He told me he was never going to run right. What the hell is that supposed to mean anyway?" She screamed. I knew what that meant. I had said the same thing to Jacob the night we were at the movies with Mike. "I want to be his right one. I deserve to be his right one. Not YOU!"
"Leah, your right. You should go."
Yeah, I know I'm right. I can't be in this house for another second." She started walking towards the door, but turned around to face me. "I can't believe this is happening to me again. When you see Jake, tell him to choose a new second. I won't be back for a long time. I'm going to find my Imprint. I can't take this shit anymore, and I refuse to be made a fool of for a second time." With that, she took off.
"Leah." I yelled as she was running down Jake's driveway. But before I knew it, she was gone, with only a pile of clothes left on the tree line.
I felt bad for her, but I couldn't help but to thank god that Jake imprinted on me. I can't imagine my life without him now. A life without Jake? Just thinking about it made my heart ache.
I looked at the clock. Jake should be home in a couple of hours. Had time to go relax and lay in the sun on the back porch for a while.
I when in the bedroom, changed into my bikini, grabbed a towel, by iPod and went back downstairs. I grabbed my cell phone off the counter and walked out onto the porch.
I can't wait for Jacob to get home.
