A/N: Well thanks to the last Chapter this story's now had over 100 reviews, wow!! You have no idea how happy that made me :) So please, please keep them coming! Now this Chapter marks the point where my story meets Breaking Dawn, it is set in Jacob's POV but I will reassure again that nothing will be told from Jacob's POV! This is Edward's POV when Jacob comes to the Cullens and realises the true reason for Bella's 'illness', all speech in this chapter comes straight out of Breaking Dawn, as I'm sure you will recognise. Hope you enjoy and please review :)

Special dedication for this chapter: Nicola and Sofia, for being my fellow Twilight/Edward lovers, for reading the work and giving me the courage to post stories that otherwise would never see the light of day, aswell as giving me constant encouragement and inspiration, without you both there would be no story! Team Cullen girlies :)

Jacob Black was the bane of my existence. There was no doubt about it. I owed him everything of course, he kept Bella sane during the months we spent apart, and I was forever grateful for him for that. What ate away at me was the bond they now shared as a result, knowing if Bella hadn't found me when she had then she could well have been Mrs Black now rather than Mrs Cullen. I saw how deep her and Jacobs bond ran and it tore me apart inside, knowing that there was another man other than myself that close to Bella's heart. It was a fact Jacob loved taunting me with everytime he was close to me, he'd flaunt his sick fantasies in his mind to me, the memories him and Bella had shared. The last time me and Bella had seen him at been at the wedding reception, his reaction to the news that Bella would soon be joining me in eternity hadn't gone down well with him, me and Carlisle had long ago realised that changing Bella would nul the vampire/werewolf treaty and there could well be a fight on our hands. Emmett as always had got excited by the prospect of a fight, and even I, in the animalistic part of my brain was eager for a fight. Me and Jacob, with nothing to stop us, I would have Bella and he would have nothing, every little bit of pent up anger I felt towards him would spiral out of me uncontrollably until one of us lost, preferably him, then off I would go home to Bella, and then we could have our happy ever after.

All of this daydreaming was before our nightmare began, when I was still arrogant enough to believe I had done something so miraculously right to deserve Bella, now I was humble enough to appreciate what I had broken. I knew that Jacob would show his face at some point, we had palmed Charlie off with the excuse that Bella was ill, too ill for visitors. But I knew that would not deter Jacob, unlike Charlie he would not accept our human excuses for Bella's disappearance, I knew the conclusion he would jump to and I welcomed for once his visit to our house. Jacob was the only person besides Bella who could truly hurt me, his thoughts burned me like no others. To see fantasies of Bella in the perverted minds of Mike Newton and cronies was nothing compared to seeing them in Jacobs mind, knowing they nearly came so true. It was the one thing that truly haunted me in my relationship with Bella, that night when I had held her as she cried for Jacob, sobbing as I had never seen her before, I was convinced no person could live through that much pain. Seeing her mourn the loss of her friendship to Jacob so severely broke me, constantly had me questioning her decision; did she really want me? That was the question that plagued me whenever he was around.

The day Jacob Black finally decided to visit us was just like any other day at that moment. Bella was now in too much pain to move considerable distances so we had made up a bedroom for her in the front room, she much preferred that to Carlisle's library/hospital room. It was still normal she laughed, and allowed us to be around her, me and Rose now kept Bella constant company, her pain worse now than ever as her pregnancy progressed and the child grew stronger. She had no appetite and no ability to keep any human food down, her only source of nourishment from the IV which she so hated. Yet she still somehow believed she had it in her to survive this demonic pregnancy, something I had little faith in now. I tried to inject some positivity in me when she was awake, but as soon as her eyes shut for the night, the despair would return and I would count each breath she took, panicking if one came later than the other. Relief would wash over me every morning when she would open her eyes once more, and she would give me her own dazzling smile, my own lifeline in a time of uncertainty. I was sat by Bella as usual when I heard Jacobs bike pull up, Rose heard it too and we both exchanged looks rather than tell Bella who was arriving.

What does the dog want?

For reasons unknown to even me, Rosalie's hatred of Jacob was second only to mine and I had to stifle back a laugh at her thought before Bella heard. I could hear Carlisle open the door and talk to Jacob

"I heard it Bella's made it back alive".

The sarcasm was dripping in his speech, just as I had predicted he had come to make sure that the treaty was still valid, although I had little doubt that secretly he would be disappointed we hadn't changed Bella. I was so distracted by Jacob that I didn't realise that Bella too had heard him.

"Jake" she said, her eyes and face lighting up fully for the first time in days. My heart sunk, I had done my best to try to forget the effect Jacob had on Bella, but here it was, right in front of me. "I want to see him".

"Bella" I said warningly. "Do you really think that's a good idea?".

She frowned at me, and I wished I could see that smile back on her face, or at least be the cause of it. All I seemed to get these days was that frown, I wanted the old Bella back, my Bella, and certainly not at the expense of Jacob Black.

"Why not? Are we keeping secrets from Jacob, too? What's the point?" she said, taking my hand in hers. Her skin was so warm under my own marble like fingers, it brought me the reassurance and comfort it always did, aswell an unwillingness to deny Bella anything she wanted. I merely nodded, saving my words for the explanation that no doubt Jacob would demand once he saw Bella.

She smiled and the smile I so loved returned and my heart sunk even further into my chest. Damn Jacob Black.

"Come in, please Jacob" she said, as loudly as her voice would allow her, which considering she was barely drinking was just above a croak.

I held my breath, unnecessary really but it allowed me to prepare myself for Jacobs entrance and the thoughts he would present to me.

Jacob strode in with all the cockiness and arrogance I had come to expect of him, he was obviously prepared for a fight, but as he entered and saw us all he literally froze to the floor and I swear that just for a second, his jaw hit the floor. It was me that was in his thoughts, my expression, according to him I looked half crazed, yet again I had to stifle back a laugh, if only he knew the half of it I thought to myself. At least he registered my pain, that might earn me some sympathy in the confrontation that would follow, if he knew that this was killing me as much as it was Bella. His thoughts turned to Bella as he slowly began to realise just what it was that could cause me this much pain. There was relief both physically and within his thoughts as he realised Bella was still human, but I knew that relief would soon go.

He took in Bella's appearance and for a second, just a second he brought the illness story as he truly saw her as we all had to. The dark circles under her eyes from tormented nights sleep, her cheekbones protruding due to her rapid weight loss, her stomach was covered by a blanket so at least we were spared a couple of moments before the true rage would start. I hoped Bella would see enough sense not to tell Jacob of her condition, but I knew from what she had said when he was at the door that she would. Unfortunately for the rest of us Bella had failed to grasp just how dangerous the rivalry between the werewolves and us was, and as Carlisle had pointed out on many an occasion to me, it was a rivalry intensified by myself and Jacob over Bella, I had little doubt that if Bella revealed her true condition to Jacob that he would tell the rest of his pack and there was a chance they would void the treaty. Carlisle had confided in me that when he had made the pact that he had promised not to change any more humans and so far we had kept this promise, but there was nothing about a pregnancy of course, and we had no idea how the werewolves would take this news, he had warned us all to prepare for the possibility of a fight, and this perhaps would be one fight I wouldn't mind losing to Jacob Black.

Rose got up and stood in front of Bella, as if trying to protect Bella from Jacobs view, but it was no good. Jacob knew from past experience that Bella and Rose had never got along and he was questioning Rose's proximity to Bella. But Rose's position came into use just a second later when Bella emptied the contents of her stomach into a basin Rose had the good sense to to hold under Bella's chin. I moved closer to Bella to try and comfort her, but Rose held out her hand so to stop me. It was confusing Jacob, I could see it in his raised eyebrows and his scrunched forehead, I didn't need his thoughts to tell me that.

"Sorry about that" whispered Bella.

I moaned, the guilt resurfacing like it did everytime Bella was ill as a result of what was growing inside her, made worse by the apology.

I rested my head against Bella's knees desperately trying to seek comfort from her touch, as if she could read my thoughts she reached down and put one of her hands on my cheek, as always her touch calmed me and brought back coherency to my thoughts and to the present situation. Just in time aswell, Rose was making no secret of her dislike to Jacob much to my amusement, and I realised that in few seconds I was wallowing in my own self pity that Jacob had moved closer to myself and Bella, as if preparing for an attack, Rose had positioned herself between the sofa and Jacob and was now hissing at him, I would have to remember to thank Rose for doing a job that I was not currently up to.

"Rose, don't. It's fine" whispered Bella's voice.

I groaned inside, didn't she realise how vulnerable she was making us all, by showing Jacob what she had become, I'm sure that for months now his worst nightmare had been her becoming a vampire and entering eternal damnation, how he would feel about a half vampire/half human child at the cost of her was beyond my imagination. I could see Rose didn't want to expose Bella either.

Edward.

I nodded, nothing would happen to Bella, it wouldn't be Bella that Jacob would want to hurt, it would be me. Rose slowly moved, positioning herself by Bella's head in a defence move, ready for the attack if the time came.

"Bella, what's wrong? Are you allright?" he asked taking one of her hands in his, the movement brought the anger and jealous in me to the surface and I had to curl my hand up into a ball to stop myself from reaching out and hitting him square in the jaw. Instead I did my best to avoid looking at him so all temptation would disappear.

"I'm so glad you came to see me today, Jacob" she said.

That was all it took for another moan to escape my lips, I had tried to suppress it but hearing say she was glad to see him was all it took for the sound to escape my lips. I knew that she would have needed to see him before the end, but to hear that she was glad to brought back to me all the memories Jacob had taunted me with so many times in the past. Of the life she could have had, a life free of the torment she was currently in. The memory Sam Uley had of Bella, in the forest after I had left her chose that moment to resurface in my mind, the one Jacob had taken such great joy in tormenting me with. I buried my face into the blanket covering Bella before letting out another moan as the memory of Bella's pain, not unlike the one she was currently in ran through my mind. Sensing my own pain she stroked my cheek, gently and reassuringly.

"What is it, Bella?" asked Jacob, still holding onto her so tightly I noticed when I turned my gaze back to the room.

Bella looked around, the whole family was gathered in the front room, waiting for whatever was going to happen next, she was waiting for one of us to giver her the seal of approval, but one none of us gave it to her she made her own mind up.

"Help me up ,Rose?" she asked, turning to Rose.

I was glad it was Rose she asked and not me, I didn't think I had it in me to present herself in her current condition to Jacob, and I would need all my strength to defend myself against his accusing thoughts that would no doubt follow.

Rose herself was still ready for the attack, her lips were pulled out over her teeth, exactly as if she was hunting and was primed over the throat of a wild animal. She'd need a second to calm down before she was ready to do anything, thankfully Bella in her current state was in no way fit enough to do anything unaided so therefore had the necessary patience.

"Please Rose".

By this time Rose's anger had subsided enough to allow her to help Bella, and Rose moved to put her arm behind Bella to allow her to support Bella's weight.

"No. Don't get up...." whispered Jacob. He was horrified at how weak Bella appeared.

"I'm answering your question" she snapped, I had to hide a little grin, taking pleasure from the fact she was now snapping at Jacob as well as me.

Rose was able to stand Bella up, I hid my face in the cushions, too cowardly to meet Jacobs face, ashamed of what I would find there. It was bad enough hearing it in Jacob's thoughts as he took in her appearance. It took him a couple of seconds to work out just what was wrong with Bella, the giveaway came when Bella cradled her stomach. Just like the rest of us he couldn't believe it, he was putting a timeline together of the last time he had seen her and now, it didn't make any sense. For once I agreed with him, it didn't make any sense. Then his thoughts turned poisonous as normal, he hated the fact that there was a part of me growing within her, the mere idea was making him sick. Any other time I would have loved to have evoked such a reaction in him, but for once I was on his side on the matter. Slowly he was putting the pieces of the puzzle together, her thin figure yet the protruding bump.

…..Because whatever was inside her was taking her life to feed its own...

Careful Jacob I wanted to warn him, there had to be a limit a person could reach, and I was sure I was already nearly at the end of mine, I had little doubt in my own mind that whatever Jacob would think next would push me over the edge.

Because it was a monster just like its father.

Harsh, but no less than I had come to expect from Jacob. At least unlike Bella he had always seen me as what I truly was.

I always knew he would kill her.

My head snapped up as soon as I heard his thoughts, and the anger and adrenaline began coursing through my body, there were many things I was prepared to accept blame for. But killing Bella was not one of them, that had never been a part of my destiny, I had done everything in my power to avoid killing her, if anything that was the reason we were here now. The vision Alice had seen saw me and Bella in 2 different fates, me killing Bella or us in eternity, neither were ones I would have chosen but I had accepted the one I could live with the most, and even then it was a daily struggle.

Within a second we were both on our knees and as the anger within me grew and grew towards Jacob Black, every bit of hatred I had in me at that moment bubbling to the surface as I stood up. I didn't want to fight Jacob at that moment, I had expected to have to grovel and plead, but here I was ready to fight.

"Outside Jacob" I snarled.

If Jacob wanted a fight then I would give him one, and for once, I didn't care what Bella thought if he didn't make it out alive.