Sam's POV

I walked into the kitchen the next morning and found Emily by the stove. She handed me a cup of coffee. "Thanks, Baby."

"Did you manage to get any sleep?" Emily asked.

"Not really," I said before taking a sip of my coffee. Sleep had not been in the cards for me last night. It took a good portion of the night just to get Jacob to phase back. It was nearly six hours before he was calm enough. Then we came back and spent two hours explaining him what being a part of the Pack meant to him. After all that was done, I tried to sleep, but I was just too damn angry.

I loved Bella like a sister. I felt everything for her that I felt a brother was supposed to feel for her. I loved her and I worried about her. I'd been furious with her. Last week was a prime example of that. And when someone hurt her, I got angry. I wanted to go out and murder Billy Black for walking out on her the way my father did me.

My anger at Billy knew no bounds. I always thought Billy Black was a good man. He'd been a good father to his three kids and he was a great chief. That was why I'd immediately dismissed the idea of him being Bella's father when it looked like it might be a possibility. I didn't think he was capable of leaving a child of his behind.

Billy had said that he didn't know that Bella was his at first, but I didn't believe that. I actually agreed with Edward. He didn't want to know that Bella was his. He didn't wanna have to explain to his wife and children that he'd slept with his best friend's wife and fathered her child. He didn't want the tribe to know that he wasn't the upstanding chief they all believed he was. Bella was an embarrassment to him. She was something he was ashamed him. And that made me furious.

"Sam? Sam did you hear me?"

I dragged myself out of my thoughts and turned to Emily. "What? No, I'm sorry, Emily. I was lost in my thoughts."

"It's okay. I think everyone is going to be like that for a bit. I was saying Bella hasn't come home yet," Emily said.

"I didn't expect her to have," I said. Bella was going through hell right now. It was unlikely she wanted to be around anyone, especially Jacob. It wasn't Jacob's fault and Bella knew that, but he was a reminded that she wasn't ready to deal with.

"Are you going to go after her?" Emily asked concerned. She felt the same way about Bella that I did.

"Not right now. She needs some time to herself right now. If she's not back by tonight, I'll go get her," I said.

"You really wanna wait that long? She needs us," Emily said.

"No. Right now she needs to be by herself. She needs time to think about everything that has happened without anyone else around to give her advice or invading her thoughts. That's why I wouldn't let anyone phase after we finally got Jacob back human," I explained. I had ordered everyone in the Pack not to phase. Well, not to do so intentionally. Even an Alpha command couldn't stop an accidental phasing. I knew at least Embry would be tempted to phase and try to go after her, so I made sure he wouldn't be able to. I understood his worry and I commended it, but Bella needed time alone.

Just then, I noticed Jacob come in from the living room. He'd spent the night on the couch. Actually, he'd be spending a lot of nights. I wasn't sending him home to Billy anytime soon. It wasn't out of spite, although I certainly had a lot of spite for Billy Black. I wasn't letting him go home he was extremely angry at his father and that anger would very likely trigger a lot of phasing in the future. It would be even worse if he was around him.

"Good morning, Jacob," Emily said with an inviting smile.

"Morning. I guess this means that last night wasn't an extremely vivid nightmare," Jacob said as he went over to the table and sat down.

"I'm afraid not," I said.

"So I'm a werewolf and my father's a cheating bastard. Wonderful," Jacob said sarcastically.

"Look, I know it's not an ideal situation…"

"Which part are you talking about? The werewolf part or the bastard father part?" he asked bitterly.

I went over and sat next to him. "Jacob, I know you're having a hard time dealing with your father's infidelity and finding out you have another sister, not to mention the whole werewolf thing, but it's going to be okay."

Jacob glared at me. "What the hell is okay about this? I'm a freaking werewolf! I turn into a giant dog and I have to spend my time chasing vampires. Yesterday my life was normal. I was just a regular guy and my father was a good man with three kids from the same woman, my mother."

Before I had the chance to reply, the rest of the Pack came barreling in. "Hey, Jake. How you doing?" Embry asked

Jacob just shrugged in response.

Embry sat down with us while Paul and Jared went towards Emily and the food she was making. "So did Bella come back?"

I shook my head.

"Ow!" I heard Paul yell.

"It'll be done in a minute. You can wait," Emily admonished him.

"Maybe one of should go after her," Embry said talking about Bella.

"No. If she's not back by tonight, I will go myself. Until then, we're all gonna let her be. Is that understood?" I asked firmly.

Embry reluctantly nodded his head.

"You've gotten close to her," Jacob said. It wasn't a question.

"She's been there a lot for me. The whole werewolf thing wasn't easy, neither was having to stay away from you and Quil. Plus we have the whole parental thing in common," Embry said.

Jacob frowned. "What are you talking about? You mean 'cause you don't know who your dad is?"

"Yeah, but it goes beyond that. You know that the whole werewolf thing is Quileute trait, right? So since my mom isn't, my father has to be Quileute, just like she knew hers had to be," Embry said.

Jacob looked at Embry for several moments and then jumped up and headed for the door.

Knowing exactly what he was thinking and where he planned to go, I got up and grabbed a hold of his arm just before he made it to the door. "No. You're not going anywhere."

"I'm going to talk to my father. Let me go!" Jacob yelled as he tried wrestle his arm free.

I held him firmly. "No! You're not going near him right now. Look, I know what you're thinking. Believe me, you're not the first one to wonder. The question will be addressed, but not now and not by you!"

"Please, Jake, let it go for now. You and Bella are already dealing with a lot. I don't wanna add to that now," Embry said. He had thought about it too obviously. It was hard not to. We already knew Billy cheated on his wife. Who was to say it was only with one woman. He could've very easily gotten with Embry's mother as well.

"Don't you wanna know, Embry?" Jacob asked.

"I really don't know. I loved your father like he was mine, so did Bella. Now she knows and it's tearing her apart. I'm not sure I want that to be me too. And are you sure you wanna know? I can see how much the Bella thing is hurting you," Embry said.

Jacob sighed and went back over to the table and sat down. "This really sucks."

"Yeah, I know," Embry said.

"Food's ready," Jared said as he came over with his plate.

"Cool. Come on, Jake, let's eat," Embry said. The three of us then went to go get some food.