Chapter eighteen: Issues.

Just like Jacob said, Billy wasn't home. Instead a few of his wolf friends were over. I didn't know why he didn't tell me earlier about this. Maybe he wanted it to be a surprise of some sort.

He took my hand after getting out of the car. Sam was already at the door before Jacob could even grasp the door handle. I walked in the house first, seeing only three other boys and one girl in the house. Thank god it was Embry, Quil, and Seth. But Leah was another story, she hated me.

I sat down on the couch next to Quil. Leah was glaring a few feet away. Jacob pushed past Leah to his bedroom. He motioned me to follow him and I did.

"What's going on Jacob?" I asked as soon as he closed his bedroom door.

"Sam wants to talk about the issue with Edward and I. Were going to try and solve it without a fight," Jacob replied, pulling me into a hug.

"So then you two can be friends?"

He chuckled. "I highly doubt Edward and I could ever be friends. There is too much history between us,"

I rolled my eyes, taking a seat on his bed. "How long can they wait for you to explain to me?"

"Avril," He sighed. "I'll tell you later but for now I need you to call Bella and see if she and Edward can come over. Sam wants to speak to him,"

I pulled out my cell, quickly dialing Bella's number. It went straight to voice mail. Her and Edward must be pretty busy if she turned her phone off.

"There busy, I'm sorry. I'm not going to keep bugging them,"

Jacob glared at the wall next to him, punching it with as much strength as he could. I jumped as soon as his fist connected with the wall. He managed to leave a big dent in the wall. Before I could say anything to him he left the room, closing the door behind him.

I almost felt like crying. How could Jacob get so angry at me? Its not my fault Bella doesn't answer her phone, she's busy is all. Maybe today was the only day they could figure this whole thing out.

My heart jumped as I heard the doorknob turn, hoping Jacob was coming back. Leah walked into the room, glaring at me. My whole body felt limp from the disappointment. She leaned against the door staring at me.

She opened her mouth to say something but I stopped her. "What did I do to you Leah? Ever since we first met you've hated me. Did I do something that I don't know about? Because if I did please tell me. It's really hard to deal with Jacob's short temper and then your attitude. This is all so new to me and your not helping one bit. All you do is say rude comments and glare at me. What can I do for you to stop?" I could feel the tears sliding down my cheeks. This was too much for me to handle at the moment. I just broke down.

Leah's face softened and she sat down next to me. I continued to cry, forgetting that she was there. "I'm sorry."

I shot my head up, looking at her shocked. Leah just said sorry. What was going on?

"I know I can be a real bitch. You don't deserve that. And I know what your thinking. I just said something nice, a big shocker. But just seeing you break down like this reminded me of when Sam left me for Emily. I feel bad now,"

I continued to let the tears fall. "Its so hard you know. Jacob is always fighting with Edward and he makes it very hard for me to hang out with him and Bella. And now because I can't get a hold of them he goes and punches a hole in the wall! What did I do? Am I doing anything to him? Does he not like me anymore? What am I supposed to do? I don't know what to do," I rambled on to one of the people I never thought I would.

She didn't even know what to do. All she really knew how to do was be mean and understand a heartbreak. But nothing like this. Leah patted my back, hoping it would work.

"Uh I don't really know what to say. It's different being a wolf then dating one," she laughed awkwardly. "And I never imprinted before so I don't know how Jacob feels for you. But I can tell by the way he looks at you that he loves you. I'm pretty sure you didn't do anything either,"

"But after I told him I wouldn't help anymore he just exploded!"

Leah's eyes grew the size of dinner plates. "Did he transform into a wolf real quick or something?"

I noticed her expression and half smiled, the tears still running down my cheek's. "No, his anger got the better of him but he wasn't trembling or anything. I don't know what I would do if I pissed him off so much he transformed in front of my eyes. I would probably die,"

"Do you worry everyday that he will get so angry at you and transform?"

Her question caught me off guard. Never once in my life have I thought about me being able to get him that angry. I've seen how quickly he could get angry when Edward was around. But what if I could do that to him? Would he really hate me forever? Would I really lose Jacob forever? I can't think like this.

I felt myself cry even harder than before. Leah tried to put her arm around me but I ran out of the room. Everyone watched as I ran out the house, crying my eyes out.

My car was only a few feet away. I felt my body being grabbed and I stopped running. The man turned me around and I was staring straight into Jacob's brown eyes. He moved my hair from my face before picking me up bridal style.

Sam opened the front door for us. Jacob brought me back into his room. Why did I have to keep coming back to this room?

Jacob rocked me in his arms as he sat on the corner of his bed.

"Baby, what's wrong?" Jacob cooed.

Leah was standing in the doorway. She knew exactly what was going on with me. I looked at her with tear stained eyes and she explained to Jacob what our talk was about. The whole time she explained to him, he looked so sad, like the whole world was against him and he couldn't do anything.

He loosened his grip around me and dropped his head. I watched a single tear slide down his cheek. Leah left as soon as she finished talking, leaving us alone.

I sat up, still sitting on his lap. Jacob turned his head, his hair falling in his face. He wouldn't let me see him. Why couldn't I see my own boyfriend cry?

"Jacob, I'm sorry," I said, placing my hand on the side of his cheek.

He grabbed my hand, kissing the back of it. "No, I'm sorry. I didn't know. I promise to never get that mad again,"

Jacob pecked me on the lips, that's all I would let him do. "Don't hold back any emotion around me, that's dumb. I'm just scared you'll leave me Jacob. And I never thought being Edward's friend could bring so much trouble,"

"Bella had the same problem with the two of us. It doesn't seem to change does it? We just need to get a hold of the Cullen family and sort this out. I promise it will get better,"

"Fine, but I'm going to go home. This is very stressfull you know,"

"Okay, let me walk you out,"

We laced our fingers together and walked out of his room towards the front door. Leah smiled and waved goodbye, I returned the gesture. Everyone looked astonished at her behavior but she reassured them she was still the bitchy Leah they knew. Only I knew the nice side she had.

My mother was home by the time I walked in through the door. She was making herself a glass of wine when she spotted me. I forgot to fix my makeup in the car realizing just now that it was running down my face from all the crying.

She motioned me towards her and I went. Kelsey pulled out another wine glass and poured me half. I took the glass and sipped it slowly.

"What's wrong honey?" Kelsey said gulping her wine down.

"Just some stuff happened between me and Jacob. Were good now, don't worry," I replied.

"Are you sure? You look pretty beat up,"

I rolled my eyes. "I just did a lot of crying. I thought for like a minute Jacob was going to break up with me but his cousin Leah reassured me he wasn't," I couldn't tell my mom Leah was a friend or she would automatically think he was leaving me for her no matter what he said.

"That's good because I have some good news,"

Of course she had good news. She only drank her expensive wine when something amazing was going to happen, especially if she gave me some.

"We have to go back home to Maine to get the money your father owes me from the divorce. I know you really wanted to go to California but I don't want to face him alone,"

I groaned. There was no way I was going back home. After moving to Forks I figured I'd never have to go back ever again. Why can't I just go to Cali and she can go home with Charlie! Oh my gosh, what a perfect idea.

"Mom, I really don't want to go back home. I would die if I had to see everyone again." I started, taking another sip of wine. "How about you go get the money with Charlie and you can send me, Bella, Edward, and Jacob to California for a week. I promise we'll be good,"

She thought for a moment, grabbing more wine. I knew my idea might be successfull because she had a little smile on her face. Bringing Charlie into this was an awesome idea.

"Let me talk to Charlie and see what he thinks. I thought Edward and Jacob don't get along?"

Oh shit, I totally forgot all about that. I'm pretty sure they could stand each other for at least one week. Plus Edward couldn't be in the sun which was another bad thing. Maybe Bella can figure something out.

"They are good now. Just hurry up and call him mom!" I said, not even giving her another second to think.

I shoved her cell into her hand. "Calm down Avril, I don't even know if Charlie would be down to help me,"

"Oh he will, don't worry about it,"

As soon as she started talking to Charlie I rushed in my room to Bella. Hopefully she would pick up this time and we could get this all figured out.