Struggling to be Honest

JacobxBella

Rated M

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

Struggling to be Honest

Chapter 6

Bella held onto Seth tightly as he swerved in between the cars and lanes on Jacob's motorcycle. She hoped Seth could get them to Port Angeles in time to find Jacob so she could tell him that she chose him instead of Edward.

"Faster Seth, faster!" Bella called over the wind in her ears and the engine of the motorcycle.

"I'm going as fast as I can on this thing, Bella! But I also don't want to wreck and hurt us both! We're not wearing helmets, remember?!" Seth called back. Bella then remembered that they indeed were not wearing helmets. Her only protection was Seth if anything happened. Therefore she held onto him tighter and watched the signs on the highway go by. She was happy when the first sign with the words 'Port Angeles' came into view. It wasn't long before Seth veered off the highway and onto the road that led them to the city of Port Angeles.

Coming upon a red stoplight, Seth asked, "Where do you think that they may have gone?"

Bella thought for a minute before answering, "The movie theater. Do you know where that is?"

"Yeah, I do. Don't worry, I'll get us there on time and you can confess your love for Jake," he answered a cheeky grin on his face as he looked back at her. The brunette smiled back and loosened her grip on the young Clearwater a bit as he revved the motorcycle and drove onward once the light turned green. Five minutes later they arrived at the movie theater. Seth pulled off to the curb and allowed Bella to hop off the bike and rush inside the theater. Bella didn't have to worry about being stopped, as many people walked in with pre-printed tickets or to use the bathroom; so as far as the employees knew, she had to pee really badly. Then again, they probably didn't care one way or another that she didn't have a ticket. It was then that Bella realized that she didn't even know what movie theater that Jacob and Leah might be in. Now that she thought about it, the two Pack mates might not even be here.

A hand landed on her shoulder and she turned to see Seth standing behind her. Looking around he said, "I saw Jake's Rabbit, so they're definitely here."

"Great, but what movie could they possibly be seeing right now?" Bella asked anxiously. She was in a hurry to find her best friend and not knowing what showing room he was in couldn't delay her in her confession.

The young Shifter shrugged before answering, "I don't know. They both like action movies and they're playing at least six of them right now."

Bella gave out a frustrated cry as she griped her hair. They were on a wild goose chase. How hard was it to possibly find two overly tall Quileute people? Deciding to just start searching, Bella grabbed Seth's wrist and pulled him into the first showing room that she saw was playing an action movie.

As soon as they walked inside that room, Jacob and Leah walked out of the one across from it, laughing at how disappointing the movie they had been watching was. The movie wasn't over; it was just so bad that they walked out. Leaving the theater, Leah said, "Well, other than watching a sad movie, there are other things to do around here."

Jacob smiled and said, "Yeah, there are. Hey, I saw a mini golf course on our way here. Do you want to go?"

"Sure thing. Besides, I'd love to kick your butt at mini golf any day," Leah said, a playful smirk on her face. Jacob laughed and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, guiding her back to his precious car. He couldn't help but notice the looks that they were getting. Then again, they did tower over regular people by at least four inches or more. But some of the looks they received were envious and lustful. Reaching his car, he opened up the passenger door and held it open for Leah to get inside.

"M'lady," the young Black said in a British accent, giving a deep bow. Leah rolled her eyes before replying in the same accent, "Why, thank you, good sir. Such gentlemanly behavior."

"Thank you," Jacob said before they both busted into laughter. Leah got inside and allowed Jacob to close the door before he ran around to the driver's side, getting inside, cranking the car, and pulling out of the parking lot. They drove on about ten minutes talking about different things, purposely avoiding the topic of Bella and the wedding. Leah noticed that Jacob seemed to almost be like his old self again. All she had to do was keep him occupied and make sure he didn't drift off into a depression over losing the leech lover. And as time went on maybe, just maybe he would fall for her and they could try to make a relationship work.

Did she have a crush on the intended Alpha? Yes, she would admit that she did. And she found him much more interesting than Sam had ever been to her. Besides, they could help to heal each other after losing the ones that they had hoped to be with forever. Jacob was a good friend, but she knew he didn't like her that way, as he was still raw over Bella. She would just have to wait until he got over her, and hopefully then he would want to give them a chance.

Jacob pulled into the parking lot of the mini golf course and the two of them got out of the car, allowing the young man to lock it before they headed over to the golf club booth. They both signed their names and paid to have a club and ball for a game, though Jacob paid for Leah even when she told him not to. Pretty soon they were playing a rather competitive game of mini golf. At one point, Jacob had knocked his ball into Leah's, causing it to go off of the course and fall into the water below. The look on her face was priceless, causing Jacob to start laughing.

"Jake, really?! Now I have to go get another ball! You know a ball is two dollars each!" Leah said with exasperation. Jacob told Leah to hold on before he took his wallet out of his pocket and handed it to her. He had forgotten his phone at home, so he didn't have to worry about getting it wet. Dropping his gold club, Jacob dropped down into the water and started searching for her red ball. The water was murky so it was hard to see from the surface. Holding his breath, he dove down under and didn't resurface until he had found a red ball, not necessarily Leah's, but it would do. Climbing back onto the course, he held it up in her face with a satisfied grin on his face, clothes clinging to his body. Leah looked at Jacob's wet torso, the drenched white t-shirt sticking to him and defining every ab and muscle he had. Oh yeah, he was hot and even she could appreciate it. How Bella couldn't, she would never know. But Leah didn't just like Jacob because of his hotness (even though it was a factor), but because of his caring and determined nature.

Taking the ball back, the she-wolf said, "Thanks. Now let's finish this game. I believe I was three strokes ahead of you." Jacob chuckled before telling her to bring it on, and they continued on until the course was over. As she had said, Leah had won and the two of them decided to head back to the Reservation, but not before stopping to get something to eat. They were both walking back to the Rabbit when they were stopped by an elderly woman with her young granddaughter.

"Excuse me," the woman's gentle yet strong voice said. Jacob turned towards her and said, "Yes, ma'am?"

The old woman smiled and said, "I just wanted to say that you both make a beautiful couple."

Leah and Jacob both blushed a bright crimson through their tanned skin, embarrassed at such a compliment, though it wasn't true. They thanked her before getting into the car. They sat there for a while in silence before Jacob broke it with an awkward laugh. Leah joined in with her Pack mate's laughter as he cranked the car and pulled away from the mini golf courses and to the nearest restaurant.

Meanwhile Seth and Bella had searched every show room that was showing an action movie, not finding Jacob and Leah in any of them. Bella was saddened that they hadn't found them. She was running around looking for Jacob, and he was off running around with Seth's sister. Sighing in sadness, she sat down on a cushioned bench in the lobby of the movie theater, placing her face in her hands. Her eye started to burn and that was when she remembered she was wearing makeup. She needed to get the makeup off of her face so she didn't look like a made up doll anymore. Looking up at her companion, she met his concerned gaze.

"Do you want to keep looking?" he asked. He knew the girl was frustrated. She had jilted her fiancé and ran off looking for his enemy to be with him instead. And now she couldn't even find him.

Bella shook her head and said, "No, not right now. I think I want to head home and get this makeup off. I'll go back to Jake's house later, and hopefully he will be there and will hear me out. It'll be a miracle if he does after I turned him away to get married."

"Well that, and if he does with you still wearing that gaudy ring," Seth said. Bella remembered then that she was still wearing the engagement ring Edward gave her when he proposed. She needed to give it back to him, as it was his mother's when he was still human. Standing up, she asked Seth to take her back to her dad's house. The young boy nodded and the two of them walked over to where Seth had parked Jacob's motorcycle, climbed on, and drove away back to the highway to head back to Forks.

Some time later, they had reached Forks and Seth drove Bella home. He slowed the bike down and turned into her home's driveway, stopping the motorcycle so Bella could climb off. She thanked him and watched him drive away before heading inside. She had been glad when she saw her father's police cruiser when they had pulled up, so when she walked in, she walked straight to the living room where Charlie was sitting on the couch watching a Mariners game.

Charlie looked up when he noticed his daughter enter the living room. He gave her a smile and patted the space next to him, silently asking her to sit. Bella did so and laid her head over on Charlie's shoulder, letting him hug her to give her some comfort.

"Rosalie told me you left to go and talk to Jacob. Did you finally choose him?" Charlie said. Even though he knew the answer, he wanted to hear it from his own daughter's mouth. Bella nodded and said, "Yeah, I did. I wanted to tell him that I made a mistake and wanted to give us a chance, but he wasn't home. Seth took me to Port Angeles to try and find him, but we couldn't."

The police chief didn't like how dejected the girl sounded. He hugged her tighter before saying, "Don't worry, he'll return soon. He promised not to run again, remember?"

Bella nodded and said, "I know, dad. He hasn't run away, he's just avoiding me. After all, he thinks that I'm married by now. I need to give Edward his ring back and apologize to the rest of the Cullens."

"Speaking of which, that boy stopped by looking for you, but I sent him away telling him you were with Jake. He didn't look to happy, but I was enjoying it," Charlie said, sounding satisfied with himself.

"Thanks, dad. Well, I'm going to go get this crap off of my face, then go back to the Res to see if Jacob has returned home yet."

"That's fine. By the way, your mother is coming over tomorrow to talk to you. She said something about needing to talk some since into you about leaving a man at the alter or whatever. I didn't really care."

Bella nodded before standing up and heading up the stairs. She detoured into the bathroom to wash her face, scrubbing the dried make up off until it was all gone. After drying her face with a face towel, she left the bathroom to go into her own room only to stop in her tracks. There sitting on her bed with relieved yet irate look on his face was her ex-fiance, Edward Cullen.