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It has been a month and a half since Quil was attacked. He had made a speedy recovery which was good. He had to spend 2 weeks in bed but after that he was basically as good as new. I still hadn't forgave myself for leaving him out their alone. And I never would but for Quil sake I went back to acting like I normal did around him before the attacked. I didn't complain near as much as I used to about patrolling. Mainly because we didn't have to patrol as often. We hadn't caught a new scent since Quil was attacked. We did however figured out(with help from Edward.) that the leech that got away was James. The one who attacked Bella shortly after she came to Forks. The Cullen's were shocked. They didn't know how he was alive. Either he somehow came back to life or there was a shape shifting vampire out there who happened to take the form of James. Either way we were all worried. I was sitting in my living room kinda watching a show about ghosts when I jumped from a loud pounding on my door. I got up and answered it.

"Hey Bella, I wasn't expecting you." I said with a smile.

"I know Jake. This isn't a bad time is it I just couldn't wait to tell you." She was talking so fast I had to take a second to process what she had just said.

"No. It's fine. Come in." She came in and stood in the middle of the living room bouncing up and down like she had to many cups of coffee.

"Bells are you o--" I was saying as I tried to calm her down. But she cut me off.

"My mom is in remission. The cancer is gone." She said with tears in her eyes but smiling at the same time.

"Oh my gosh Bells, I'm so happy for you." I said as I scooped her up in my arms and gave her a big hug.

"Cant breathe Jake."

"Oh sorry." I said as I loosened my grip on her but still keep my arms lightly around her.

"I know its so incredible. Anyways, we are having a party for her at Edward's house and I would love for you to come." I stopped smiling.

"Oh come on Jake. For me. I want my best friend to be there. And my mom wants to see you again. Please." She said making puppy dog eyes at me. I just stared at her for a few minutes.

"Fine." I finally said.

"Thank you,thank you,thank you." She said and gave me a hug. She then went to sit down on the couch .I followed.

"No problem. Anything for you Bells."

"Anything?"

"Yeah." I said with a questioned look on my face. What was she up to.

"Well I was wondering since you are the worlds greatest friend you could ask Cassie if she would cater . My mom loves the food at her restaurant and I want to make this party really special."

"You know Bells, you could ask Cassie yourself. She doesn't bite." Bella raised an eyebrow at the last thing I said. "You know what I mean." I said pushing her playfully.

"I know. But I don't know her that well and I don't want her to fill obligated to say yes."

"Why would she fill obligated to say yes?"

"Because, we are best friends and she might think that you might think she doesn't like me if she says no."

"So you want me to ask her so she fills obligated to say yes to me because I am her boyfriend."

"Okay lets stop saying obligated. But yes basically."

"Give me your phone."

"What? Why?"

"Just trust me please."

"Fine." She said as she handed me her phone. I quickly put Cassie's number into Bella's phone.

"There. Now you can call her and ask."

"You suck." She said as she took back her phone and stood up.

"No,no. I believe that is what your boyfriend does."

"Shut up."

"Where are you going?" I asked as she started to walk to the door.

"I have to go. Sorry. But my mom is coming here to stay for a few days. Maybe longer."

"What do you mean maybe longer? Did she and Phil decide to move to Forks."

"Ha! Like my mom would ever willingly move to Forks. No I just say maybe longer because of the wedding." My heart shank. I had completely forgotten about the wedding. I didn't say anything I just walked over to her. I positioned my arms on either sides of the door which Bella was now backed against.

"Bella. Can you honestly tell me that you can go the rest of your life without this." I lend down and kissed her softly on the lips. I know that I said I wouldn't mess things up between Cassie and me but I could not help myself. She was talking about marring that leech again. I had to do something. I expected her to hit me and end up hurting herself but that didn't happen. Bella pulled me closer. Bella finally pulled away after a minute so we both could breath. She had tears pouring down her face. I brought both my hands to her face, she pushed them away and ran out the door. I ran after her. She was almost to her car when I caught up with her. I grabbed her arm and spun her around to face me.

"Bella, we need to talk about what just happened."

"No we don't. I was a lapse in judgment."

"Oh please Bella. You know you wanted that kiss just as much as I did."

"You are right. I did want that kiss. But now I can answer your question.... Yes Jacob. I can live without your kiss. Because I have Edward. I don't want anyone else but him. But I do want us to be able to be best friends again without unwanted feeling getting in the way."

"You seem really happy with Cassie and from what I have heard and when I have been around her she is really good for you Jake. I know she makes you happy and you love her. So just let go. I am going to be with Edward and only him. I love you Jake. But I'm not in love with you. Just try and let yourself love Cassie completely. Please." My heart felt like it was crumbling. I like ever word she said a piece of it was falling off into nothingness. I knew that it would be the hardest thing I would ever have to do but I knew she was right. All I manged to get out of my mouth was "Fine." She gave me a hug and then took off. I don't really remember anything about the rest of the day. It was just a haze. The next thing I knew I was waking up to a sharp blow to the ribs.

"Rise and shine Jakey." I heard what was Embry's annoying voice say.

"If you ever wake me up like that again. I will make sure you don't see daylight for a week."

"Oh I'm scared now." Embry said sarcastically

"What time is it anyways?"

"10:00."

"P.M.?"

"Uh no stupid. Does it look dark outside?"

"Man, I sleep good." I said with a smile as I sat up in bed.

"Glad for ya." Embry said.

"So I was think we could work on my car today. Its been messing up lately."

"Sounds good to me."

"Me too." Quil said as he walked into the room.

"Where were you?" I asked.

"Aw man I had a atomic burrito and it just didn't settle right. I was using your bathroom. I'm warning you don't do in there for at least an hour."

"What?" I said and let a growl escape.

"I just kidding. I went to get some doughnuts for breakfast. There in the kitchen if you two are hungry." Thats all he had say. I was out of my bedroom before Quil or Embry and Quil was standing right by the door. Quil was smart and got a dozen doughnuts for each of us. We ate them in the living room and watch a movie. I ran up stairs to get my phone when I notice I had a missed call. It was from Cassie but she left me a message. I put the phone up to my ear to hear the message.

"Hey Jake, its me. Um could you call me sometime. I need to talk to you. I'm going to be at the restaurant all day so call me around 2:00 or so. I should be able to get away for a little bit. Anyways I love you and talk to you later. Bye."

"So what did you do yesterday Jake?"

"Uh pretty much just laid around the house. Bella came over."

"Oh yeah. What did she want?"

"Her mom is in remission. They just found out and Bella is having a party for her."

"Oh and she thought she would invite you to a party with a room full of blood suckers." Embry's voice said from under the car.

"Well yeah. But she wants Cassie to cater it. She wanted me to ask her but I told Bella she would have to."

"Very brave. Your girlfriend and the girl you are madly in love with talking alone. This should be interesting." Embry said.

"Bella wont say anything to Cassie."

"Well lets hope not. I don't want to have to deal with depressed Jacob again." I ended that conversation on that note and talked about other things. I have to admit I missed being able to just hang out with my two best friends and not worry about the wolf part of us. We spent the rest of the day either in the garage or in my house. I hoped to have more days like this.

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