Chapter twenty one: Carlisle

After last night and the talk with the wolves, I decided to stay with Jacob over night. He needed me more than anyone knew. All the stress with his father and the Cullen's was taking a big toll on him and it hurt me to see him like this.

Billy was already gone in the morning. He probably went fishing with his friends. For all Jacob knew, his own father didn't want to see him for awhile. They didn't want to start fighting again over me, especially when I'm right in the other room.

I was the first to wake up. There was a note for Jacob in the kitchen but I ignored it. It could say something I didn't want to read. Grabbing a glass of orange juice, I headed back into the bedroom.

Jacob was just waking up when I sat back down. He laid his head on my lap while I played with his long hair. I leaned down and kissed his head.

"Sleep good last night?" I asked breaking the silence.

"Yeah, I know you didn't," He replied sitting up.

How did he know I didn't have a good night? Besides having a bad dream, my night was good. Jacob had his arms wrapped around me the whole time.

"I heard you whimpering a little bit in your sleep. Bad dream?" He sat up now so he could look into my blue eyes.

I nodded. "Yes, but it went away so don't worry," I kissed his lips in reassurance.

"Okay. I just want to make sure my baby is alright," he kissed my lips back.

"Whenever your around, I'm fantastic,"

Jacob grabbed my leg and pulled it around him so I could straddle his waist. "I love you Avril, so much,"

Wrapping my arms around his neck I replied, "Jacob, I love you to."

"I promise one day I will marry you," He kissed my nose.

I kissed his nose back. "And when you do, I promise to say I do,"

A knock at the front door interrupted our romance. Jacob groaned and headed to the door wearing only his boxers. He didn't come back for awhile but when he did, he looked pissed off. He pulled on a black t shirt before going back out. I pulled on black and white pleated pajama pants with a black beater before following him.

In his living room was not only Bella but Edward and Carlisle as well. I sat on the couch, holding my knees close to my chest. Bella sat next to me while the three men decided to stand. Jacob must feel so young right now, the rest of us were at least two or more years older than him. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Edward half smile at my little joke. Still an ease dropper.

"May the three of us speak in another room?" Carlisle asked Jacob. He turned to us girls. "Nothing against you two, it would be nice to talk to them without any distractions. Billy would have joined but he said his temper isn't controlled yet,"

Jacob nodded. "Yeah, we can go in his room. Hopefully that will piss him off even more,"

I giggled. "Good luck," I wished the three of them as they disappeared around the corner.

Bella jumped up from the couch and grabbed herself a glass of water. I followed her and glanced at the note Billy left. Opening it up, I could read his chicken scratch writing.

Jacob,

Carlisle and Edward are coming over this morning to talk to you and Edward about this whole situation. He asked if I would join but I declined. I need some time to think. You've made some poor decisions lately and you need to fix them or something is going to change. Maybe you should take some time off and hang out with the pack like you used to. It would give you a chance to control your anger better and take on some of the responsibilities you forgotten. I'll be home after fishing.
-Billy.

Bella read the note over my shoulder. She rolled her eyes and threw the note away. I grabbed my glass of orange juice from earlier and finished it off with one gulp before grabbing some more.

We sat on the couch and didn't even bother turning on the TV. I could tell we both had the same idea in mind, if we were quiet enough maybe we could hear the two talking. But we couldn't hear anything. In my mind I felt like Jacob did not want to be back there. It was so hard for me not to run back there and save him.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Bella asked curiously walking towards the hallway.

"Probably telling Jacob he has to learn to control his anger, blah, blah, blah," I replied laying down on the couch.

Bella scratched her head. "I know this is going to sound weird but everyone seems to blame Jacob for the fighting. Edward eggs him on all the time. I don't understand why he gets a little punishment. Jacob just takes it all without even saying anything. I don't know how he does it but it drives me insane!" She paced around the living room still rambling. "I yell at Edward all the time telling him to keep his mouth shut. When he doesn't listen the two fight! Then when its all over, Edward gets off scotch clean and Jacob is to blame,"

Her rambling did make sense. The two of them both put equal input into the fighting. Jacob explodes first but Edward causes him too. I wonder why Jacob doesn't say anything. He doesn't need all this stress, Edward deserves half the blame.

"Do you think they can hear us talking?" I asked sitting up quickly.

She shrugged. "If they are listening, yes,"

"Finally! The perfect one is not so perfect after all!" Jacob's voice boomed throughout the house.

That answered my question, they did hear us. Well Carlisle at least. Both of them were finally getting what was coming to them, equally.

They continued to talk for another hour. Bella and I played every game we knew. Hide 'n seek was a failure but the other little games we could play was successfull. We ended up playing at least ten games of rock, paper, scissors. Now that we had nothing else to do, we sat around in the living room, complaining how bored we were.

Edward came out of the room first. He pulled Bella into a hug and whispered something in her ear. I looked the other way as they started to kiss. Bella giggled and let Edward hold her in his arms for a minute.

"So what's going on?" I asked.

Edward turned his attention to me for a minute. "Carlisle is talking to Jacob and then we will have this all sorted out,"

I mouthed "Oh" and continued to stare a the cieling while I laid down on the floor.

Another half hour passed before Jacob finally came out of the room. I jumped into Jacob's arms and wrapped my legs tightly around his waist. He kissed my forehead before sitting down on the couch.

"Miss me much?" He joked playing with my hair.

I pushed him lightly. "What did he say to you? What's going to happen between you and Edward?"

Jacob grinned from ear to ear. "Carlisle is giving us one chance to end this all,"

"And?" I urged him to continue.

"If Edward agrees, me and him can have an old fashioned cage fight. We get to fight for only five minutes to get our anger out and if we continue to fight afterwards, one of us have to leave town. Carlisle did not want a war to break out so he is considering my idea. It depends on what Edward agrees or not," he explained still grinning.

I crossed my arms over my chest. Why in the hell would Jacob agree to fighting Edward? I know I should vote for Jacob to win but I have a strong feeling that Edward could kick his ass. There seemed to be no competition. Vampires are naturally stronger than werewolf's I think. This was going to end badly.

If Edward does win the fight, Jacob will complain till they can fight one more time and he would probably be in so much pain that I could barely nurse him to health. But if Jacob does win then he would continue to brag about it till the end of time. No matter which way the fight will go, it will not be a good idea. Who would honestly think that having the two of them beat the living shit out of each other would actually solve their problems.

Bella was gone before she could even address what Jacob said. She must have stormed off to the bedroom to yell at Edward like I was about to do with Jacob.

"Are you insane baby!? That has to be the worst idea I have ever heard!" I exclaimed. "You two are not going to fight each other. We can deal with this in a nice non violent way,"

"Avril, Carlisle let me suggest something and I told him its the only way. Just please?" he begged.

"No," I shook my head. "If you do that, I am not supporting you,"

Jacob looked stunned. He was so shocked that I wasn't going to be there for him. "Why not? Your my girlfriend. You have to be there and cheer me on,"

I rolled my eyes. "Have you seriously not noticed yet? I believe in peace and love. I'm against all violence. Hence why my whole room has peace signs every where and-" I held my necklace out in front of him. "And why I wear this peace necklace everywhere. I can't believe you would forget something like that,"

Before Jacob could continue to talk with me Carlisle came out. This was really the first time I got to meet him and he was so handsome too! Just like Edward, he was godly looking. For a guy, being a vampire would be a perfect way to get any woman. Carlisle is just so amazingly handsome.

He asked me politly to join him with Bella in the back. I nodded my head yes just so I could get away from Jacob for awhile.

Edward left the room when I entered, Bella was sitting on Billy's king size bed. Carlisle explained quickly of what was going on. Both Edward and Jacob agreed to fight for five minutes but it was up to us girls if we would accept it or not. The boys must have known right away that if we said no, it would be a no.

"It's great to finally meet you. When Edward came home he said the knew girl in town was one of the funniest people he has met. You are a huge thinker he says," Carlisle said.

Edward actually talked about me!? Quick someone call the newspaper, lets let the whole world know that Edward actually was talking to his family about how awesome I was. So Edward really was a sweetheart. No wonder Bella fell in love with him.

I blushed automatically. "He said that? We bicker all the time. That's a huge shock actually," I replied.

"He shocks all of us sometimes. But what do you girls think of this cage match?"

Bella didn't answer first. She must have been thinking about what she was going to say. I knew exactly what to say, no.

"In my belief I believe violence is wrong, so I don't want the two fighting to solve something that can be handled in another way. But if Jacob really wants this, than he can do it. I just won't be there to see it," I said playing with the string on my pajama pants.

Carlisle nodded. "Understandable. What about you Bella?"

She looked up from the ground still undecided. "I'll go along with whatever Edward wants to do. They seem to know how to handle it and if its the only way, then let it be," Bella said looking at me.

I hope she wasn't thinking I was mad at her from the expression on her face. We both can disagree and still be good friends. I'm not the type of friend who gets angry if no one agrees with me. That would be very stupid.

"Let's go talk to the boys. Who knows what they are doing out there," Carlisle said standing up from the chair which was by the big bed.

Bella and I nodded, following him out the door. Edward was sitting on the couch but Jacob was nowhere to be found. I peaked in the kitchen and still no Jacob. He must have left to get away from Edward. I hope he gets back soon.

Just as I walked passed his bedroom door, I felt someone wrap their arms around my waist and pull me into his bedroom. I turned around to see Jacob with his hair in a pony tail, now half naked. He kissed me gently on the lips before pulling me on the bed with him.

Jacob trapped me under him and we continued to kiss on his bed. I wrapped my legs around his waist, so he couldn't leave me. He smiled and started sucking on my neck. I giggled at him while someone started to knock on the door.

We didn't answer it but continued our make out session. I heard snippets of Bella explaining to the two out there how Jacob and I weren't coming out. Carlisle's voice was louder and he told us something along the lines of he was going to get back to us on the plan.

Once we heard the front door close and the house growing quiet, Jacob took me as his for the morning and the rest of the day since we weren't going stop, at least that's what Jacob wanted to do. I guess he really wanted to get away from talking today and I was not going to stop him.