Chapter 10: What to do about Bella?

Things got more difficult after Jacob changed. Bella was calling for him at least ten times a day; they finally had to resort to telling her that Jacob was sick at the moment. Because she had excluded all of her other friends and Jacob was ignoring her, Bella had been home a lot more lately and had apparently decided it was all Nina's fault that Jacob wouldn't talk to her.

On the bright side Nina had finally found a house just at the edge of La Push reservation, it was just a bit out of her price range but Charlie offered to kick in the rest since he would be there as well; they had still yet to talk about the living situation with Bella, but they were hoping they could do it soon. Thankfully the process was going by quickly and she would have her home in a week's time.

Jacob was not handling things well, he was moody and whiny all the time, no one else in the pack wanted to be stuck with him. Jacob was sure that if Nina would just let him see Bella he would imprint on her and then she could know about them and they could be together.

And Jacob got his chance to see her almost a week later when the pack had tracked down a vampire, and Bella just happened to be around when they caught it. When they got there and Jacob looked into her eye though, nothing happened and he was heartbroken. They were able to kill the leech, but a new problem arose in Bella running home and telling her father about the wolves; thank god Charlie already knew about them, so the only thing to come about her crying wolf was for Charlie to take off the La Push to check on Nina.

The pack had just made it back to Sam's house when Charlie came rushing through the door looking for Nina. The boys were all on adrenaline rushes from killing the vampire and the house was in joyous chaos, all except Jacob, who was sitting in the corner sulking.

As soon as Nina saw Charlie step into the house she stood from her seat, ran and leapt into his arms and they just held each other. They both needed the reassurance that the other was safe.

"When Bella ran home and told me what she saw I was so worried about you." He murmured into her shoulder

She hugged him even tighter before releasing him slightly and pulling away, "What did Bella tell you she saw?" Her question had all the boy quieting down to listen

Charlie shifted uncomfortably with all the attention on him, "She just said that she saw a bunch of giant wolves in the forest that you all were chasing something."

"Was anyone else there when she told you this?" Nina asked worriedly, they didn't need humans searching the woods for them while they were patrolling.

"No one but Harry Clearwater." Charlie replied and the whole pack let out a sigh of relief before going back into their jolly mood, until Jacob opened his mouth and ruined it.

"Now that Bella has seen us, can we tell her about the pack?" he looked towards his big sister with the most adorable puppy dog face ever.

Embry pointed at him, "Hey foul play! Jake, you can't use that face just to get what you want from Nina!"

Jacob turned and scowled. "Shut up, Embry." before turning back to Nina and Charlie.

Nina let out an exasperated sigh and was about to answer until she felt Charlie place a hand on her shoulder to stop her, "Jacob you need to stop this, your sister has already told you several times that Bella is not to know about the pack, and yet you don't seen to respect her enough to listen. Now I'm going to tell you, I do not want my daughter involved in this. Bella is not a strong girl, mentally; the last time she got involved with the supernatural it nearly destroyed her. She becomes obsessed with the boys she associates with, first the leech and now you. You need to let her go, you didn't imprint on her and if I were you I would consider myself lucky."

Charlie took in everyone's shocked face and paused slightly before focusing back on Jacob and continuing, "I love my daughter but, Bella is selfish and rude, she's vain and oblivious to other peoples feeling. She is only using you as a placeholder for Edward Cullen. I don't want to see you hurt by my daughter, so you need to just let her go Jacob. One day you are going to imprint on a lovely young girl and you are going to be so grateful you gave Bella up."

Jacob was shaking by this time but Charlie's next words had everyone freeze, "The fact that she treats your sister and alpha like mud on the heel of her shoe should be enough to deter you from her but you don't seem to realize exactly how mean and hurtful she is to your own flesh and blood."

Nina stepped in at that time and faced Charlie, "I didn't realize that you knew, I was trying to keep the peace between us for you. I don't know exactly why Bella doesn't like me, but she has been hostile since the day we met, and since Jacob's been ignoring her it's only gotten worse."

Charlie nodded his head; he knew how badly his daughter had been treating his girlfriend. He knew what Bella was like and he had been wrestling with what to do with her since he found out about the Cullen situation, but now Charlie had finally decided what to do about his daughter.

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Charlie took Nina home with him that night were he told her that he had made up his mind on what to do with Bella, "I'm sending her back to her mother."

Nina looked up at him wide eyed, "Charlie, are you sure that's what you want to do? You were so happy to have her here, and be able to spend time with her."

Charlie sighed and dropped down on the couch with his head in his hands, "I know but there's nothing I can do for her. Bella is out of control, she's dating vampires and putting herself in danger constantly, she is practically obsessed with your brother and went into a five month depression when that vampire left her. She will be safer with her mother in a sunny state where vampires usually don't go; besides, she never wanted to spend time with me anyway. And maybe if she's not here, Jacob can move on and find his own imprint."

Nina hugged her boyfriend, "I'm sorry sweetie, I know you love Bella and that this wasn't an easy decision to come to."

Charlie let her hold him for a few more minutes before releasing her, "I need to call Renee and talk to her about my decision."

"Alright why don't I start dinner for you while you do that." She gave him a kiss on the check and walked into the kitchen to give him some privacy. Nina felt horrible for Charlie; Charlie never got to have an actual relationship with his daughter. Renee took her away when she was still a baby and when she finally came to live with him she was distant and wouldn't give him the time of day.

Charlie didn't get off the phone until Dinner was nearly done. He and Renee had both agreed to Charlie's decision and Charlie would be telling Bella tonight. When he walked into the kitchen to tell Nina this she offered to leave so he could talk privately with her, but he refused saying he would need her there for the aftermath.

Bella came down when Charlie called her to come eat dinner with them. It was a quiet affair, the only sound heard was silverware scraping against plates, and when it was over Bella immediately ran for the phone.

"Bella what are you doing?" Charlie asked as he handed Nina his plate and she started washing the dishes.

Bella rolled her eyes and answered, "I'm calling Jake." before turning back to the phone.

Charlie grabbed the phone from her hands and put it back on the hook ignoring her protest, "Bella, come sit down. We need to talk."

She gave her father a confused frown but followed him into the living room nonetheless. He sat down on the couch and motioned for her to sit beside him.

"Is there a problem Char- Dad?" She asked and her slip up only re-enforced Charlie's decision. Even after a year of living with him, she still wasn't calling him dad and that hurt him immensely.

"Yes Bella there is. I want you to know that this wasn't an easy verdict for me to come to. When you made the decision to live here I was so excited, but in the time you've been her you haven't tried to spend any time with me and you shoot me down every time I attempt to try and spend time with you, you get into all kinds of trouble and you've become horribly obsessed with not one boy but two, this kind of obsession is not normal at all, it's not healthy. You've been hateful to my girlfriend and are completely selfish and rude to everyone you come in contact with here. That is why I have deicide to send you back to your mother."