Rekindling What's Meant to Be

JacobxBella

Rated T

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or the franchise, as it belongs to Steph Meyers

Rekindling What's Meant to Be

Chapter 2

The entire rest of the day Jacob spent time with his newfound daughter, learning about her interests, her pleasures, her joys. Sarah reminded him so much of himself with her love of life and living things. It was as if she embodied his entire personality and none of Bella's, something he couldn't figure out whether or not was a good thing. And through it all, he couldn't help but wonder if Sarah knew the family she had grown up with were vampires and that her father was a Shifter. He wanted to ask her, but he didn't want to ruin the bonding they were having.

Currently they were watching a movie in the living room, a bowl of popcorn between them and cans of warm soda in their hands. They both were so engrossed in the movie that they were honestly startled when the front door opened and Billy rolled in, followed by Seth Clearwater. As soon as their eyes landed on Sarah they froze and stared wide-eyed at the preteen. Sarah stared back at them for a moment before saying politely, "Hello."

"…Jacob," Billy started. "Who is this?"

Jacob looked at Sarah before looking back at Seth and saying, "Seth, I need you to not stay. This is a family matter."

Seth nodded slowly, his eyes not leaving Sarah as he said, "Sure, no problem."

After Seth left the Black house with one more look at Sarah, Billy cleared his throat and said, "Jake."

Jacob took a breath and said, "Dad, this is Sarah, my daughter."

"Your daughter?! With who?!"

"With…with Bella."

Billy's eyes widened further in his head before his face turned completely expressionless. Giving his son a look that basically said he wasn't getting out of this talk, he said, "Explain."

Jacob spent the next fifteen minutes filling Billy in on everything that Sarah had told him upon her arrival. And throughout it all Billy almost couldn't believe what he heard. Bella had slept with his son before her wedding to the Cullen boy and became pregnant with his child. However he felt sickened that Bella had kept the knowledge of his granddaughter, of Charlie's granddaughter, a secret and didn't even let them know. He had missed out on twelve years of Sarah's life, years he wished he could have witnessed with her growing up, learning to crawl and walk, say her first words. He felt robbed and thought Bella selfish for doing this. But he wasn't going to dwell on it too much; he had someone to officially meet.

When Jacob finished talking Billy rolled over to Sarah and gave her a kind smile, softly saying, "Welcome Sarah. It's so nice to finally meet you."

"You too, Billy," Sarah replied with a sweet smile. Setting her drink down she leant over and wrapped her arms around Billy's neck in a close hug. "I'm so happy I finally get to meet you. Mom speaks highly of you and dad and this entire place. She said she named me after your wife because I look like her and wanted to honor her."

Billy hugged Sarah in return and replied with emotion in his voice, "You certainly do."

Jacob smiled at the sight before him, his heart warming at seeing his father and his daughter have this moment together. It was sweet that Bella had named their daughter to honor his mother, knowing how important she was to him and Billy. Just knowing that made him smile, but his mind wouldn't settle just yet. He had to ask about Bella, about whether she knew Sarah was here, and about how she was doing in regards to Cullen.

"Sarah, does Bella know you're here?" Jacob asked the preteen when she let go of Billy.

Sarah bit her lip, the action reminding him so much of her mother, and answered, "No, she doesn't. She was at work when Aunt Rosie took me to the airport and paid for my ticket. She probably knows now thought, because she knows I've always wanted to meet my real father. She just wouldn't let me saying it wasn't a good idea. And just talking about you would irk her husband."

Billy and Jacob shared a look, knowing good and well that Bella was probably on her way to Forks, Washington right now. They knew the little seer vampire had more than likely seen Sarah on her way here and told the brunette. They knew it probably wouldn't be long before she got there and came for Sarah. And when she did Jacob wasn't sure what he was going to do.

Jacob looked into his sisters' old room where Sarah was currently sleeping peacefully, the little radio in the room playing soft classical music. He couldn't help but smile as she twitched her nose in her sleep cutely. It was hard for him to believe that he had helped to create the lovely girl sleeping in front of him, the little girl that he never even knew existed until today. Even so, he loved her already. Sarah had already filled a space in his heart that had been empty for nearly thirteen years. The space wasn't completely full, but Sarah occupied most of it.

He watched her sleep for another minute before closing the door behind him and heading to the kitchen where Billy was waiting with cups of tea. Taking one he said, "She's sleeping now."

"That's good," Billy replied taking a sip of tea. Looking at his son he asked, "What are you going to do now? You've suddenly become a father and we both know Bella is coming to take Sarah back."

"I don't know, but I already know that I love her. And she obviously already loves us if she chose to fly from Colorado to see us."

"That's true, and this was obviously something she had been wanting to do. However she hadn't until now because she was respecting Bella's wishes to not come here. It seems to me that Bella did this to appease Cullen; that's something that hasn't seemed to change in nearly thirteen years."

Jacob was silent for a moment before saying, "Sarah told me that Bella has been trying to divorce the leech for the past two years."

Billy's eyes widened in surprise and asked, "Really?"

"Yeah, but he won't let her. And it's obvious Sarah seems to have no love for him because she calls him "the husband". And it seems there is no love lost on his part for her either. She told me he makes her uncomfortable and she woke up several times in the middle of the night swearing she saw him watching her in her room. But when she'd turn her lamp on, he wasn't there."

"He's watching her sleep?" Billy's voice was full of disgust.

Jacob nodded, he too feeling angry at knowing the leech was watching his daughter like he watched Bella. He made Sarah uncomfortable and she didn't like him, something he greatly agreed with. He wondered still did she know about the vampires and spirit wolves and such. How much did Bella tell her? How much had Sarah picked up on if she picked up any? Jacob supposed he'd have to ask her in the morning.

Thinking of the morning he said, "I was thinking of taking her to meet Charlie in the morning. I'm sure she'd love to meet her other grandfather."

Billy smiled warmly and nodding saying, "The chief would love that." His smile then turned sad. "He'll just be devastated that Bella kept her a secret from him."

"I know, but I want to do this for Sarah's sake. She's missed out on her real family for too long and I want to remedy that. She's practically a teenager already and I want to fill in as many gaps as I can."

"Yes, because it's unfair for Bella to be doing to Sarah what Renee did to her while she was growing up, only worse."

A silence flowed between father and son, neither of them wanting to speak any more on the topic at hand. They both silently agreed to leave the conversation at that for the time being and focus on Sarah when the morning came.

Bella's leg was shaking nervously as the plane began to descend out of the sky. She was about to reach the airport and soon be taking a taxi to Forks, a place she didn't think she'd ever see again. But she had to come back, she had to get her daughter and return back to Colorado. She couldn't believe Rosalie had taken Sarah to the airport without her knowledge and let her fly by herself. Even so, she knew it was mostly her daughter's doing.

Sarah had been wanting to visit Forks and meet the family she didn't know for years, but she wouldn't allow her to. She should have known her resourceful daughter would find a way, just like she had somehow gotten around being grounded for sneaking out at night to play with some coyote cubs when she was ten. She had been forbidden for sneaking out and playing with them at night; Sarah had used that against her by sneaking out and playing with said cubs during the day, the action catching her completely off guard. So she wasn't surprised she had gotten around her telling her not to go to Forks. And with Rosalie helping her, of course she'd be able to pull it off. She hadn't even known until Alice had called her frantically telling her she couldn't see Sarah and that Sarah wasn't at home. It wasn't long after that that Alice told her Rosalie helped fly her daughter off to Forks, Washington. Edward had wanted to accompany her, but she told him 'no', saying that with Sarah already not being fond of him, his presence would make things worse if he showed up with her. Also, she didn't want Jacob and him to have a confrontation.

Before long she had landed and gotten off of the plane, grabbed her baggage, found the exit and hailed a taxi to take her to town. And as she rode in the taxi to Forks to find a hotel for the night, she couldn't help but hope that she didn't see Jacob. She didn't think she'd be able to look him in his face again after thirteen years of no contact and not telling him they had a daughter. Dread filled her stomach, but she had to do this. She had to get Sarah and return home to Colorado. Forks had too many ghosts of her past that she didn't want to face. She almost wanted to laugh knowing she was now thirty-one years old and still running away from everything she'd rather not face. But it was the only thing she knew how to do, or should she say, the only thing she knew how to do right.

Sarah silently raised the window of the room she was occupying and as quietly as possible, snuck out of the window. She had put on the clothes she had on earlier and her tennis shoes so she wasn't sneaking around not wearing shoes or proper clothes. Once her feet hit the ground, she left the window open so she could sneak back inside and ran towards the woods near the little red house. Ever since seeing them earlier she wanted to venture into them, wondering what woodland creatures she'd come across. She had gone about five yards into the woods when she heard a noise behind her.

Turning around she looked through the darkness, wondering what it could have been that she had heard. It sounded like an animal moving around, making her wonder what kind of animal it could be. When she didn't hear it anymore she continued on her way, listening to the nightlife as walked. She had walked another yards when she heard the noise again, followed by a low huff.

Knowing it was an animal this time she turned and called out, "Hello? I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to be your friend." And she did; she absolutely loved animals and there wasn't one animal—wild or domesticated—that she hadn't befriended yet.

Sarah waited for a moment, and then got the shock of her life when a bear sized wolf stepped out of the shadows and into a patch of moonlight. The wolf was pretty gangly looking and had sandy colored fur. But its large brown eyes were so very inviting and she knew the wolf wouldn't hurt her. Chocolate brown eyes stared at it in wonder before Sarah smiled widely at it, completely fascinated. Walking over to it she instantly buried her hands in its soft fur and giggled as she snuggled into the large creature. The wolf purred and pulled away from her slightly to lick her face, causing her to laugh out loud in delight.

The wolf stepped back and crouched down, silently inviting Sarah to climb upon its back. Sarah quickly climbed on top of the wolf and held onto its fur tightly as it ran through the woods, dodging trees and taking powerful strides. And the whole time Sarah's joyful laughter filled the silent night.