A/N: blah blah blah

Chapter 38

I leaned over and turned off the lamp on my bedside table. I closed my eyes and the events of the weekend consumed me. So much had happened so quickly. First I find out that the love of my life isn't dead, then I find out my best friend is a werewolf. What's next? Is my mom a witch?

The sad thing is, it all just seems to fit. I guess you could say I never really fit in and the bizarre things that happened this weekend really didn't faze me. Maybe it all hadn't completely registered or something? Who knows, maybe there's something wrong with my brain. It wouldn't surprise me.

I never really figured out why Jake wanted me to stay away from the Cullens. He said I'd had enough weirdness for one day, and I was fine with that. I'd rather hear it from one of the Cullens anyway. A part of me was scared of the possibilities that he had become. I guess the inner freak in me didn't care. Who was I to judge something that he couldn't help. I knew in my heart that I would love him no matter what. Heck, he could be the boogieman or something.

I snuggled back into my covers and let sleep overwhelm me.

I woke the next morning to scratching on my bedroom door. I rolled over and placed my pillow over my head trying to block out the sound. The scratching just got louder. I sat up and looked around my room trying to locate the noise. I zoned in on my door.

"What?" I growled a little frustrated.

My door opened to reveal Jake standing there with his hands behind his back. "Good morning to you too." He smirked.

"Do you know what time it is?" I asked him.

He nodded. "Yup, 11:30. Jeez Bella, get enough sleep?"

I shook my head. "Nope."

He rolled his eyes. "Well I guess you don't want your present then."

I lifted an eyebrow. "Present?"

He pulled a little ball of white and brown fluff from behind his back. "Happy no special occasion Bella!"

The little ball of fluff opened its eyes and yawned. I couldn't help but get up from the bed and reach out my hand to it. "She's beautiful Jake."

He grinned. "Well, I know you've been kind of down lately, so I got you a kid."

I stepped back placing my hand over my mouth. "Jake! Children do not make things better." I said with sarcasm dripping in my voice.

He held out his hands signaling me to take the puppy. I pulled her into my arms and she yawned and crawled up my torso licking my face. I giggled and kissed her head.

"What is she?" I asked Jake who was pulling out some papers.

"She's an American Cocker Spaniel." He said looking at the papers. "One of my friends was giving them away. It's weird though since she's full bred."

My mouth dropped open. "Full bred?"

He nodded. "With papers. All you have to do is pick a name for her."

I held her out in front of me so her pudgy face was scrunched up and her body was hanging below her. "What do you think?"

Jake shrugged. "I don't know. Fido?"

I shook my head. "You're a horrid name picker."

I studied her face and her body trying to find the perfect name. "I got it. Bailey!"

I looked up and Jake had disappeared. I heard stomping on the stairs and then Jake was lugging a dog carrier into the room. "Bailey sounds great. I was planning on training her for you."

I smiled. "That would be great."

Jake pulled me into a hug. "Thanks Bella."

I placed my head on his chest. "For what?"

He kissed my head. "For accepting me."

I hugged him a little tighter trying not to hurt Bailey. "No problem Jake." I paused. "Now, let's hit Petsmart!"

EPOV

I found myself frequently thinking about Bella. Was she okay? What if Jake hurt her? I would kill him. I tried to shake those thoughts from my mind. Jake cared for Bella and I knew he would never hurt her. I tried to pull my self out of the darkness that started to cloud my mind.

I went through the routine of glancing at the GPS and then taking turns here and there. Alice hadn't called back so I guess Bella made it out okay. Of course this also meant that she probably knew what I was. Doesn't that just suck. I knew I could never ask her to accept me for what I was. I was a monster.

A monster that was in love with on the one thing that was forbidden, a human. I took a right and pulled onto another country road. I found that I didn't need to hunt everyday. Thankfully my resistance was getting stronger by the day.

I reached behind the seat and stuck my hand in one of the many duffel bags. I pulled out a CD and slipped it in the player. The sounds of Debussy filled the car and remarkably I relaxed. I kept the song on repeat and zoned out on everything but the road. I wondered if this was what my life was to become, a lonely car ride thinking only of the past.

BPOV

I climbed into Jake's rabbit with Bailey on my lap. "You don't think Charlie will mind do you?" I asked Jake as I played with Bailey's floppy ears.

"Probably. Why wasn't he up yet?" Jake pulled out of the driveway and onto the road.

"I don't think he came home last night." I answered truthfully.

Jake burst out laughing. "Go Charlie."

I covered my ears. "Ewww Jake! That's my dad. I'm just going to believe that he spent the night at Billy's last night because he's going fishing today."

Jake tried to stifle his laughter but gave up and burst out laughing once again. "I doubt it. But okay. That's what we'll go with."

My phone buzzed in my purse and I reached for it. "Oh yeah, we probably need to get stuff for Thanksgiving Thursday." Jake added.

I stopped. "Wait, Thanksgiving is Thursday?"

He nodded. "Yeah, you didn't get the hint that you didn't go to school today?"

I slapped myself on the forehead and my phone stopped buzzing. "Jeez, I can't believe I lost track of time that much."

Jake snickered. "What did you think it was? Summer break?"

I shook my head. "No, I don't know what I was thinking."

My phone buzzed again and I once again reached for it. Bailey was wide-awake now and she was nipping at my hair while her toenails cut into my jeans. "Stop it Bailey." I scolded her. She just gave me her puppy dog face.

"Hello?" I breathed into the phone a little exasperated.

"Hey Bella!" Alice's voice rang through the phone.

"Hey, what's going on?" I asked sending a side-glance at Jake who was now gripping the steering wheel tightly.

"Nothing much. I was just wondering what you were doing. Maybe we could go fish shopping or something." She giggled.

I laughed. "I'm actually on my way to Petsmart in Port Angeles."

Alice gasped. "You're going fish shopping without me?"

I laughed again. "No, Jake got me a puppy!"

Alice took a sharp intake of breath. "Well I guess I'll meet you there then!"

"Alice, I don't think that's a good idea." I tried to tell her but she had already hung up.

"Leech." Jake whispered under his breath. I know he didn't mean for me to hear it but I did.

I groaned. "Jeez Jake, at least try to be civil. At least Alice talks to me. I have to have someone to talk to about girl stuff."

"You have Leah." Jake growled.

I shook my head. "Yeah, Leah who races dirt bikes on the weekend and could give you a run for you money when working on cars."

"You have Emi-." His eyes widened and he didn't finish his sentence.

"Emily? What about Emily?" Judging by the way he stopped talking I knew something was wrong.

"Nothing." He tried to cover up his flaw.

"Jake tell me." I commanded.

Jake sighed. "Sam lost control and she has a couple of scratches on her face."

I narrowed my eyes at him. "Only a couple of scratches?"

Jake shrugged. "Four large ones down her face."

I gulped. "Lost control?"

A/N: Okay, so the prettiest girl in la Push has scars on her face now. How sad? I really liked Emily too! Isn't it just like Alice to worm her way into a shopping trip. Remember that she also promised to keep an eye on Bella for Edward… I'll put Bailey's picture on me website!

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Kayla

P.S.- Sequel to "The Last Night" is up!