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Revelation

BPOV

My hands were shaking violently as I kept my eyes trained on the ground, my breath froze in my chest, my blood ran colder, waiting for Jake to respond to what I'd just revealed. I'd just told him the truth, the secret I'd kept from him for all of five years, and though it felt wonderful to not have that weight pressing on my very heart anymore, I was anxious to hear and see his reaction. What would he do? Would he yell at me? Would he tell me he hated me?

Nothing happened for a while but still I wouldn't breathe and soon Jacob slowly began backing away from me and I risked bringing my eyes to his face. His mouth was agape and his eyes wide with shock, but his eyebrows furrowed roughly with disbelief. He was looking at the ground…and he understood. Those eyes, those eyes I loved so much…the eyes I'd seen my future in at one point in my life, were filled with strong emotion…most of it was hurt, pain…rejection. I could tell by his expression that he knew now what I was so afraid of him finding out.

"But…," he whispered, seemingly unable to finish his thought.

Embry remained unchanged, a calm expression on his face. He seemed almost…smug. I glared at him.

"You knew…didn't you?" I breathed, my lip trembling.

He nodded. Jake glanced over at him for a millisecond, and then drug his eyes slowly to mine.

"You…left when you were…when we could have…," he whispered, the raw hurt in his eyes making me feel weak at the knees.

Jake backed away from me again, his back making contact with the trunk of a tall tree. He rested tiredly against it.

"Jake, I'm…I wanted to tell you, really, I just-"

"You just WHAT, Bella? How could you…just leave when you knew that you were…that we had…," he interrupted, his entire body beginning to tremble with rage.

Embry stepped forward to hold Jake by his shoulder, fearful of him losing control in his angry state, but Jacob growled at him and he stepped slowly to the side, close enough to intervene if Jacob lost control but far enough away that Jacob remained comfortable at the distance.

"Bella, we were…we were in love! How could you just desert me and…take our child away from me?" he brokenly accused.

I closed my eyes and gritted my teeth against his words and the pain I knew I'd brought upon him. He looked like he was on the verge of crying…that or bolting. Either way, I knew this was nowhere near finished.

I summoned what courage I had left, the courage of someone who had single-handedly raised a child alone after leaving the love of her life behind, and found my voice again.

"Jake, let me explain," I pleaded as his gaze became cold and hard again. His eyes darkened with fury.

"Explain? What reason could you possibly have for leaving?" He asked desperately.

"I-"

"I mean, how could you-"

"I WAS AFRAID!" I screamed, angry tears falling from my tired eyes.

Jake froze and the rest of the pack did, as well. Embry looked almost apologetic, but his expression remained calm.

"I was afraid…of what was happening to me. I've never had to think about having kids. I didn't know what to do, and I didn't know how to tell you or what you'd do. I was afraid…you'd leave me," I cried, my knees shaking with the sheer effort of holding my body up while so much emotion was running through me.

"What…so you left me because you were afraid that I'd leave you because you were pregnant?" he asked angrily, taking a step toward me.

"…I guess. That and I was terrified of the thought of telling you. I knew what…you'd do," I whispered, not meeting his eyes.

"And exactly what was that, Bella?" he seethed.

"You would have dropped out of school, gotten a job…," and suddenly I lost control and took a step toward him, raising my voice, "I mean you were sixteen, Jacob! I was only eighteen, but I made it through having a child. I didn't want you to miss out on school and the life an average sixteen year old has!"

He was ready with his comeback to my comment, taking another angry step toward me as he shouted, "Bella, I wasn't an average sixteen year old! I probably would have gotten a job and dropped out of school, but only because it would have been what I wanted to do. I would have done it because I loved you and I wanted the baby," Jacob retorted, walking toward me until he was standing directly in front of me, his beautiful face inches from my own. I felt my heartbeat speed up, which I'm sure he heard. But, if he did, he didn't show it.

"You wanted the baby?" I breathed.

"I would have, if you would have told me about him," he snapped.

It hurt to have Jacob so angry at me, but I knew I deserved it. I took it with my head up, almost welcoming it, just because I knew Jacob would feel better after letting his anger out and I would feel better having Jacob yell at me for quite a long time…maybe the rest of my life, because that's what I deserved.

"Alright, Jake, I admit it. I messed up. I know you hate me, but…you won't have to put up with me for much longer, anyway," I told him dejectedly.

Jacob sighed, frustrated. "Bella, I don't hate you. I don't trust you and it will take time for you to gain back my trust, but…I could never hate you."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I'd been so sure that Jacob would hate me and never want to see me again. My mouth feel open in shock, and I found I had nothing to say to that.

"What do you mean about not having to put up with you for much longer?" he asked sternly.

My heart skipped a beat. Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said anything about that. After all, if I told them, I knew what would happen. They'd try to fight, and they'd be slaughtered.

I felt tears on the corners of my eyes.

"I have to stop them…before they come here. If they found out about you all, they'd kill the entire tribe. I won't let that happen. They don't know about Zach yet, so I'm going to leave him here, but Damon, unless I can talk him out of it, and I are going to intercept them before they get here."

Jacob stood a little straighter and defiantly narrowed his eyes. "We can fight them. Our pack has grown since you've been…gone."

"No, Jacob, you don't understand. The Volturi would defeat you. You wouldn't even stand a chance," I frantically dissuaded him, panicking at the thought of the wolves going up against the league of vampires.

"Bella, the pack has grown since you…left. We're very strong, unstoppable really. We can take on these vamps, so don't worry about us," Jacob scoffed.

Jacob acted like there was nothing to fighting the Volturi, but he knew nothing about them. Edward had told me about the Volturi and I had witnessed their strength myself. I couldn't let Jacob and his pack fight for me with the possibility of some of them getting hurt.

"Jake, these vampires…they've been doing this for centuries. They know what they're doing, and even though they've never come in contact with werewolves, they will kill you," I tried to persuade him to let it go, but his brow remained set.

"Bella, this is what we do. We're made for killing vampires. We can do this, so just let us," He retorted.

"No, Jake, this is my battle to fight. It's went on for too long, and I am going to stop it," I sternly returned.

Jacob remained quiet, but his expression told me that he wasn't going to let this go. I sighed, unable to argue with him anymore. I let my eyes fall to the forest floor, not wanting to look at him. I got the feeling the meeting was over, but I kept my mouth shut. I'd let Jacob decide that. After all, he was the one leading this thing now.

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