AN: Please see chapter one for story summary, warnings, and disclaimer
For the next couple of days, Jacob kept waking up and then falling back to sleep.
It wasn't until that Monday that he was actually awake enough to hear what was being said.
'Of course the first time I'm awake enough to hear what's going on, it has to be with Edward,' Jacob thought keeping his eyes closed enough so that Edward couldn't see them.
Edward had thought that he may have heard Jacob's mind, but he wasn't sure anymore. He'd only slept a combined total of eight hours since Friday. He knew that his family was worried about him, but he couldn't and wouldn't fall asleep until Jacob was awake again.
Edward was currently sitting in the chair by the bed with his hand on the bed. The last time he'd tried to touch the baby, Jacob had slapped his hand away. So well in fact that it'd left a bruise on Jacob's hand, or so he thought. So that everyone wouldn't freak about the bruise, Bella had come up with that idea when she saw that Edward was going to try to feel his baby. Bella felt horrible for having to do that to Edward, but she didn't know of anything else that could be done.
Before he said anything, Edward made sure that Jacob wasn't awake.
"I know it's not your fault that your mommy keeps ending up in the hospital. Please try to keep your mommy safe from now until you're born. I don't think Grandpa Billy can handle anymore of these hospital stays," Edward said.
Either can I.
Of course Jacob wasn't happy about being called a mommy, he hadn't realized though that Edward hadn't said the last part, he'd actually thought it, not said it. Of course before he could think too much on it, he was fast asleep again.
The next time Jacob awoke, the sun was shinning brightly in the room. He looked over and was shocked to see Seth sitting in the chair.
"Seth?" Jacob croaked out.
"You're awake!" Seth yelled happy to see Jacob awake again.
"Yeah I'm awake," Jacob said groggily.
"Just hold on a minute," Seth said getting up to retrieve the glass that had been brought into the room for Jacob.
"Thanks," Jacob croaked out when Seth helped him take a sip from the glass.
"No problem," Seth said setting the glass back down.
"So how do you feel?" Seth asked mentally kicking himself for asking such a dumb question.
"Weak," Jacob said telling the truth.
"Well that's bound to happen when you sleep for a week," Seth said.
"A week!" Jacob exclaimed trying to get up but finding Seth was able to hold him down.
"Yes a week. Mind you, you haven't really slept the whole time. You keep waking up and then short times later falling back to sleep. Carlisle said that it could take a week or longer before you actually stay awake," Seth said sitting back down on the chair by Jacob's bed.
"So where is everyone?" Jacob asked when he noticed that Seth was the only one in the room.
"Billy hasn't come over yet. He'll probably be showing up within an hour. The vampires are all somewhere around here. I swear they now live here," Seth said.
"Don't call them that," Jacob said.
"Why? That's what they are," Seth said.
"Still, it's just like them calling us mutts. We're…well I'm more then just a mutt," Jacob said.
"Ok who are you and what did you do with Jacob Black?" Seth asked getting a bit worried with the way Jacob was talking.
"It's still me, I guess I just had too much sleep," Jacob said smiling.
"Hmm," Seth said.
"So what they end up doing to them?" Jacob asked.
Had he and Seth been listening really hard, they would have noticed that someone had just walked into the door. That person just so happened to be Edward.
"They only got suspended for one game and three days in school suspension. Can you believe that?" Seth asked pissed off that they just got slaps on the wrist for what they'd done to Jacob.
"Yeah, they rule the school. They're not going to make the school look bad by letting everyone know that the quarterback and his friends beat up a kid just for shoving his girlfriend down," Jacob said rubbing his stomach when he felt the baby awaking for not the first time that week.
"Well, we're going to pay them back for what they did to you. Just a little reminder that they're not as tough as they think they are," Seth said with an evil smile.
'The hell you are! This is our fight! Not yours!' Edward thought pissed off that the mutts thought they could fight a fight that didn't involve them.
"Seth, don't do anything stupid. It's not worth it. They all graduate this year and will be out of everyone's hair after this year," Jacob said.
"Yeah, let's just let them hurt someone else. That's a great idea Jacob. If we don't stop them then who does? Who's to say that they won't hurt someone else?" Seth asked not happy that Jacob wanted to just let it go.
"You think you can fight them? Hell I couldn't, so what makes you think that you can?" Jacob asked.
'I was wondering if he could stand up for himself,' Edward thought to himself.
"It won't just be me, and the fact that in werewolf form I'm a lot stronger then human form," Seth said.
"So you're just going to kill them so they can't hurt someone else? What's going to happen when they find their bodies? Then they'll just start a man hunt again like they did when those vampires were after Bella. So what are you guys going to do when the killings lead to you?" Jacob asked pissed off at his ex best friend for not thinking of all of this.
"We're not going to kill them. What the hell is your problem?" Seth asked pissed off to be getting lectured by Jacob of all people.
"My problem is that you guys don't think before you act! You can't go off half cocked and scaring the football team!" Jacob said not happy.
"Someone's pissy," Seth said.
"I'm sorry, I have been. I just don't want to see you guys get hurt because you want to get revenge on those scum bags," Jacob said.
"Trust me, we're not going off half cocked. We have this planned out. And we're not going to kill them, just scare the shit out of them for life," Seth said.
"So I'm not going to have to read in the paper tomorrow how three of the football team members got killed by wild animals then?" Jacob asked.
"Trust me, Sam won't let us kill them, maybe drawl a little blood, but not kill them," Seth said.
"Good," Jacob said.
"Hey do you want me to get Carlisle?" Seth asked.
"No, I'm fine," Jacob said.
"Are you sure? You keep rubbing your stomach," Seth said standing by the curtain that had been pulled so that no one could see in if the door was opened.
"I'm sure, she's just being active," Jacob said smiling fondly at his stomach while rubbing it.
"Oh, well if you're sure," Seth said coming to sit back down.
"Yes, I'm sure," Jacob said still smiling.
"So you can feel the kicks?" Seth asked.
"Yeah I've been able to for awhile now. But until just recently I've been able to feel it when I rub my stomach too. If it makes any sense at all," Jacob said flushing red in the cheeks.
"Yeah actually it does," Seth said smiling.
"Did you want to feel?" Jacob asked noticing that Seth's hand seemed to be itching to feel the baby.
"No," Seth said pulling his hand back when he noticed where it had been heading.
"It's fine. I know just your curiousness getting the better of you. It's normal," Jacob said.
"Are you sure?" Seth asked not wanting to piss Jacob off anymore then he already had.
"It's fine," Jacob said.
"Ok," Seth said letting his hand come to rest on the bed.
"I promise, she can't come out and bite," Jacob said smiling and laughing a bit.
"I know that," Seth said moving his hand maybe two inches towards Jacob's leg.
"Here," Jacob said grabbing Seth's hand and putting it on his stomach.
'So he doesn't have a problem with the mutt touching him, but he does me?' Edward thought to himself.
"I feel sorry for Sam and Emily," Seth said chuckling while removing his hand.
"Why do you say that?" Jacob asked putting both of his hands on his stomach now, instead of just having his right hand.
"If she's this active at five months, I can't imagine what she'll be like when she's born," Seth said chuckling.
"She's six months old now. And I have a confession to make. But you can't tell anyone," Jacob said.
"Dude, you know I won't. What is it?" Seth asked.
Before Jacob could tell him, Billy and Sam came through the door. Edward had heard Billy's wheelchair from down the hall, so he decided to leave before Billy got up there.
"Se…Jacob! You're awake!" Billy exclaimed happy to see his only child was finally awake.
"Yeah, dad," Jacob said.
"How do you feel?" Billy asked coming over and grabbing his son's hand.
"Weak, but other then that, I feel so-so," Jacob said.
"Has Carlisle been in to look at you?" Billy asked.
"No, not yet. He doesn't even know I'm awake," Jacob said.
"I'll go and get him," Seth said.
"Can you shut the curtain first?" Jacob asked.
"Yeah we always do," Seth said still heading towards the door.
"No, I meant the curtain to the window. Carlisle can't come in here when the sun's shinning," Jacob said.
"O…k," Seth said confused as to why he wouldn't come in with the curtain opened.
"They sparkle when the sun's out. Or that's what Bella told me once," Jacob said.
"Hmm," Seth said going over and shutting the curtain.
"Thanks," Jacob said.
"Don't mention it," Seth said heading back out of the room.
"Have I really been out a week?" Jacob asked his father.
"Yes," Billy said.
"Oh," Jacob said hoping that Seth had been fibbing about that.
"Please don't do that to me again," Billy said.
"I wasn't trying this time," Jacob said.
"I didn't say you did. I don't know about you, but these hospital visits are starting to get a little old," Billy said.
"You don't have to tell me that. Considering that I'm the one that's always stuck in the bed. I'm tired of it too," Jacob said.
"Well hopefully the next time we find ourselves here, you'll be having a baby," Billy said.
"Yeah hopefully," Jacob said sounding gloomy now.
"Hey you ok?" Billy asked concerned for his son.
Before Jacob could answer his father, Carlisle walked into the room followed closely by Seth.
"How are we feeling?" Carlisle asked picking up Jacob's chart from the end of the bed.
"Weak," Jacob said.
"Well that's to be expected since you have been in this bed for the last week," Carlisle said.
"So I've been told," Jacob said letting his hand drop from his stomach.
"Later today, Edward…" Carlisle said trailing off when Jacob interrupted him.
"You mean that Edward's still alive?" Jacob asked not sure if he should be happy or saddened by that.
"Yes, he's very much alive," Carlisle said.
"Ok, cool," Jacob said.
"I'll fill in everyone later," Carlisle said when everyone just looked at them confused.
"Like I was saying Edward and I'll be coming back to get you up and out of bed. I want you walking around today," Carlisle said.
"Why can't I help you?" Seth asked.
"I don't want to sound rude, but the reason that I want Edward's help is that should Jacob start to fall, then he or I can be there to catch him," Carlisle said.
"I can catch him too," Seth said.
"But you're not fast like us," Carlisle said.
"Not as fast," Seth said.
"Not this fast," Carlisle said already standing by the window before anyone could blink.
"Can we be alone with him?" Sam asked irritated with Carlisle.
"For now, yes. I'll be back in a couple of minutes with breakfast for Jacob though," Carlisle said.
Without another word, Carlisle left the room to head to the cafeteria to go get breakfast for his patient.
"After you get out of the hospital, I want you to come home with me," Billy said.
"We both know that, that can't happen," Jacob said.
"I'll find a way. I see now that you staying with the Cullens' wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done for you," Billy said.
"Dad, don't blame yourself for it. Besides if it wasn't for them, then I would probably be dead," Jacob said.
"Don't talk that way," Billy said.
"Well it's true," Jacob said.
"Still don't talk that way," Billy said.
"I'm sorry," Jacob said.
"It's fine," Billy said.
"You know Emily and I would love to have him stay with us. If you want, he can stay with us for awhile," Sam said.
"I would rather him be staying with you then with them," Billy said.
"How does that sound, Jacob?" Sam asked.
"That's fine," Jacob said trying to act like that's what he really wanted.
Before anything else could be said, Carlisle came in carrying a tray of food.
"That's all I get to eat?" Jacob asked looking down at his dry toast and orange juice.
"Yes, I don't want to over tax your stomach right now. IF you can hold that down, then I'll bring you more for lunch," Carlisle said.
"What's wrong?" Seth asked seeing the pained look on Jacob's face.
"I have to pee," Jacob said.
"Go ahead," Carlisle said.
"What? Are you nuts?" Jacob exclaimed.
"Jacob, you have a craftier in, so you won't wet the bed," Carlisle said.
"That would explain the pain down there," Jacob said.
"So go ahead," Carlisle said.
"Can everyone turn around?" Jacob asked embarrassed.
So without a word everyone did turn around for Jacob.
"So when can this thing come out?" Jacob asked.
"Not until you're up and walking on your own. So I figure about another day, possibility two," Carlisle said.
"Great," Jacob said not liking that thought.
"Well if there isn't anything else, I think Edward wanted to have a word with me," Carlisle said.
"What no butter either?" Jacob asked not wanting dry toast.
"Sorry, just want to make sure that we don't over tax your stomach," Carlisle said.
"Fine," Jacob said starting to pick on the toast.
"I'll come back with Edward around noon," Carlisle said.
"Ok," Jacob said watching Carlisle leave the room.
"Ok, so who has the butter?" Jacob asked thinking he could smell it.
"No one," Billy said.
"Dude I could have sworn I could smell it," Jacob said.
"Your sniffer must be off," Seth said.
"Seth, be nice," Sam said.
"What? I'm just saying," Seth said.
"Its fine," Jacob said.
Until lunch time, Jacob was left alone with his friends and father. Once the news got out that he was awake, Jacob found his room full of his friends.
Right at noon, Edward and Carlisle came into the room to get Jacob up and walking. Everyone left the room to give Jacob some peace and quietness because they knew that he didn't want anyone seeing him that way.
It took a good hour before they even got Jacob up and walking. Carlisle had to unhook Jacob from all the monitors, including the heart monitor. Not wanting to push Jacob too much, Carlisle didn't let him walk around too much. Being the gentlemen that he was, Edward stepped out of the room while Carlisle hooked Jacob back up to the monitors.
"Tomorrow morning, Edward and I'll be back to get you up and moving again. I'll warn you that it could be a week before you get out of here," Carlisle said.
'The hell it is!' Jacob thought.
"Ok," Jacob said.
"Well I'll go get you lunch and I'll be back in a bit," Carlisle said leaving the room.
It wasn't until later after Billy left that Jacob got some shut eye. Everyone else left early to go put their plan into action. Little did Jacob know, but the plan had been added to. He wouldn't find this out until the morning.
Next chapter: Find out who all was involved and what they did to those guys.