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 22

(2 Months Later…)

Bella sat on the toilet as she nervously stared at the white stick. She was supposed to urinate on the tip of it but couldn't bring herself to do so, and damn it if her bladder wasn't screaming at her to pee already. Yes, she had pregnancy test in her hand because she thought she may possibly be pregnant.

She realized she had missed her period two months ago, but she chalked that up to being stressed out from the Volturi, Edward, everything that could have stressed her out concerning the supernatural. Therefore, she didn't think too hard about why she missed her monthly friend. It was last month that she noticed something off about herself. For starters, Bella would sleep in, like way in. Like, three or four in the afternoon in. She then started eating more than usual, only to throw it all up five minutes later. And lastly she would find herself having to go to the bathroom about every fifteen minutes. Bella wondered what was wrong with her, even Jacob had been worried about her being sick. Later Bella realized what all of her symptoms could add up to.

The brunette had been spending time with Jane in her house while Charlie was at work and Jacob was patrolling with Seth for a few hours when she decided to call Leah. She asked the she wolf to buy her a pregnancy test (if she didn't mind, of course), and was surprised when she had agreed. She flushed when she remembered Leah saying, "With the way you two go at it, it wouldn't be a surprise if you were pregnant. We all saw what Jake did to you; you really are wild in the sack."

Now here she was waiting to take the test while Jane and Leah waited for her in her room. Taking a deep breath Bella held the white stick underneath her and released her bladder, waiting until she was finished before putting the stick on the edge of the sink, the tip held over the sink. Bella cleaned herself up and flushed the toilet before pulling up her pants and zipping and buttoning them, then she washed her hands. After drying them she sat on the edge of the bathtub and waited anxiously for five minutes to pass by. It felt like the longest five minutes of Bella's life.

Finally the pregnancy test beeped, alerting the brunette that five minutes had passed. Standing up she walked over to the sink and grabbed the pregnancy test, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. Opening her eyes, Bella gazed down at the screen that displayed one single word: Pregnant.

"What do you think Jacob will do if Bella is pregnant?" Jane asked Leah while looking through Bella's book collection.

Leah, who was waiting for Bella's computer to boot up, answered, "The idiot will probably be the happiest thing on this planet. It doesn't take much for him to get happy concerning Bella."

Jane nodded with a small smile on her face. In the two months that she had been human and living with the Cullens, she had found that she actually enjoyed being human. She found herself having fun and living, something she hadn't done as a vampire. However, Jane absolutely hated having the "bloody visit" she had every month. When it first happened it had absolutely terrified Jane and she screamed for Esme. Esme had appeared a second later and when she saw what was wrong, the mother vampire instructed Alice to immediately throw Jane's bed sheets in the washer while she took Jane to the bathroom, stripped her down, and placed her in the bathtub before running the water. After Jane had tearfully asked what was happening, Esme explained to her what happened to girl's when they grow through puberty and how it was going to happen the rest of her life until she went through menopause. Jane was not pleased to learn this but Bella helped her with ways to ease the pain and get through the next three to four days until her period dried up. She found herself turning to Bella for a lot, but Bella didn't mind and if Jane was honest, Bella had become like an older sister to her. There were times she still missed Alec, but she wouldn't give up her human life for anything.

Footsteps drew their attention and they saw Bella standing in the doorway of her bedroom, the white stick clutched in her hand. Her brown eyes stared at them for a moment before she asked, "Do you think Jacob will be okay with being a father right now?"

The two other girls stared at her for a moment before Leah said, "You're pregnant. Congratulations, Bella."

"Wow, you're going to be a mother," Jane said in awe.

Bella nodded as she looked back down at the pregnancy test, her mind suddenly flashing back to the vision she had that day on the mountain when she had begged Jacob to kiss her. The vision was just as clear to her now as it was then and she found herself smiling. Was she scared about becoming a mother at nineteen and out of wedlock? Yes, of course she was, but she also couldn't help but feel happy that she was having a child with the love of her life. She could have kicked herself that her heart tried to tell her this months ago and she ignored it. Oh well, everything was falling into place now. And with this new chapter that was coming, Bella decided that she was truly happy with how everything had turned out.

Leah left Bella's house fifteen minutes later, Jane catching a ride with her to La Push. Leah was on her way home to have a nap before patrolling later that night, and Jane wanted to see Seth. The she wolf could already see the adoration her little brother held for the former vampire, but now she was beginning to see the same affection being reciprocated from Jane. The light brunette still had a poker face that was hard to see through most of the time, but whenever she was with Seth, she seemed to smile more than whenever she wasn't with him. Therefore there was no doubt in Leah's mind that Jane did not feel the same towards Seth.

It wasn't long before she pulled up in front of her home and she was surprised to see Kai's car there. Leah and Kai had been seeing each other ever since that day she kissed him after the confrontation with the Volturi. It hadn't happened again, but Leah could fully admit that her affections for Kai were more than she thought they could be. Stopping the car and putting it in park, Leah cut it off and got out, Jane following behind her. Just when the she wolf was about to open the front door to her home, it swung open and revealed a Seth who was freshly showered and dressed .

"Hey, sis," Seth said before rushing past her towards Jane. He enveloped Jane in a warm hug and lifted her off the ground, whirling her around in a circle. Jane giggled softly and held on to the Shifter until he placed her back on her feet. "Hey, Jane! I missed you."

"You spoke to me this morning," Jane said, tapping her pocket where her phone was.

Seth nodded and said, "Yes, and I missed you immediately after hanging up the phone."

Jane blushed and allowed Seth to pull her over to the motorbike that Jacob had given him and got on it, Jane settling behind him and holding him tight. Seth revved up the engine before riding off with Jane, ignoring Sue as she appeared in the doorway and called after him.

Sue huffed and looked at her daughter, saying, "That boy is so smitten with that girl he can't even remember to clean his room like he promised."

Leah smirked and said, "Threaten to forbid him from seeing Jane for a week, he'll clean it."

Sue rolled her eyes as she and Leah entered the house. Leah spotted Kai sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of herbal tea and she walked over to the table. Kai looked up at her and grinned saying, "Hey, Leah."

"Hi," Leah replied. "What's up?"

Before Kai could answer, Sue said, "I took the liberty of alerting Old Quil that you have been Imprinted on by a Shifter from the Hoh Reservation. Mr. Whitfield is here to be in an audience with Old Quil."

"Mom!" Leah exclaimed flabbergasted.

"Don't worry honey, you will be there too," Sue said easily.

Leah glared at her mother and said, "That's not the point! How could you go ahead and tell Old Quil about Kai?"

"Well I thought he had a right to know. After all, it's not every day that you learn that another Reservation also have spirit Shifters," Sue said. "He is expecting you in fifteen minutes, so best to get a move on."

As Sue left to go to her room, Kai stood from the table and walked over to his irate Imprint. He gently placed his hands on Leah's shoulders and said, "Easy, Leah."

Leah spun around to face him and said, "She had no right! She could've just left this alone and let me enjoy your company in peace. She could have waited until I was ready to let the Elders know about you, but no! She can't even do that!"

"Are you ashamed of me?" Kai asked seriously.

Surprised at the seriousness of his tone, Leah answered, "No, of course not. I'm not ashamed of you, Kai. It's just that I've had so many bad experiences with relationships that I wanted to wait until I knew for myself that this one was right."

Kai's expression relaxed and he smiled, his grey eyes shining with affection for Leah. He hugged her close and whispered, "It will all be fine, you'll see. And I have no intention of letting you go, Leah. You're stuck with me and you won't be able to get rid of me."

Leah blushed as Kai kissed her forehead and mumbled, "Not like I would want to anyway."

The bear Shifter grinned at the she wolf's statement before taking her hand in his, threading their fingers together. He lifted their joined hands and kissed Leah's fingers before leaning down to attempt to kiss her lips. Kai had been trying to do that ever since Leah willingly kissed him, but she always evaded him. However he was pleasantly surprised when Leah's lips pushed against his in a soft kiss before pulling away.

Grey eyes stared down into brown for a while before Leah said, "Come on, let's go see what the old man wants. Honestly, he should be in the ground by now."

Kai chuckled as he followed after his Imprint, ready to fight for his right to be with Leah if need be.

Jane held tightly onto Seth as he rode the motorbike all through La Push. She couldn't help but look around the community in awe, nodded to the people that waved at them. Before long Seth slowed down at the edge of First Beach before stopping completely. After killing the engine to the bike they both got off of it and walked out onto the sand of the beach.

Seth reached over and took Jane's hand into his, holding onto her pale hand firmly. Jane blushed and smiled as they walked along the beach in silence. Now to other people they looked like a young couple in young live, but to them it was more like really affectionate friends on their way to becoming a couple. And with Jane being fourteen and Seth fifteen, it was already decided that they wait until Jane turned fifteen before officially becoming an item. Also, it would give them time to grow as young people and explore their feelings for each other, even though Seth already had a jump on that because of the Imprint, but Jane needed some more time.

They stopped walking and stared out at the ocean for a bit before Seth said, "Jane, I want to ask you something."

"Yes, Seth?" Jane said, letting the young Shifter know he had her attention.

"You're not just hanging around me because of my Imprinting on you, are you?" Seth asked nervously.

Jane turned her blue eyes on the tan boy before answering truthfully, "No, I'm not. I truly enjoy your company and friendship, Seth Clearwater. I understand I am supposed to fall in love with you because I am your destined mate, as what Bella has explained to me. But right now I truly do like being around you. You are really the only friend outside of Bella, Jacob, and your sister that I have and I treasure you, now more than ever because I had no one in the Volturi I could call a friend."

Seth stared down at Jane for a moment as he let her words sink in. It warmed him to know that she wasn't just with him because of the Imprint that joined them together. Jane truly just wanted his friendship at the moment and he was happy to give it. Grinning he pulled her into a tight hug and said, "I'm glad to be your friend too, Jane."

Jane blushed and smiled as she wrapped her arms around Seth's muscular-like body. The two of them stood and hugged each other for a few minutes before Jane poked Seth in his side, letting him know that she wanted to be let go. Seth let go of the light brunette and asked her if she wanted to go into town and hang out there. When Jane nodded he took her hand and guided her back towards his bike, dead set on going to Forks to spend more time with his Imprint. Unbeknownst to Seth, Jane was very happy to be spending more alone time with her happy go lucky Shifter.

Leah couldn't stop her leg from bouncing as she sat next to Kai in Old Quil's home. She and Kai had been there for thirty minutes already and had explained their situation to the Elder, and now she was ready to leave, regardless of whether the old man approved or not. Kai reached over and gently held Leah's hand in his bigger one, giving it a reassuring squeeze. This relaxed Leah for a moment and she sat and waited impatiently for Quil's grandfather to speak.

Old Quil regarded the two youngsters in front of him in silence, looking back and forth between them. He truthfully had never known that the Hoh Reservation had Shifters of their own, but he was certainly interested in learning more from their Elders. However he had never heard of a Quileute Shifter being Imprinted on, rather than doing the Imprinting themselves, but then again there had never been a female Shifter and Leah defied the odds of that, so he shouldn't be surprised.

Coming to a decision Old Quil said, "Leah, the gods have allowed this young man to Imprint on you for a reason. I believe this reason is to bring the Quileute and Hoh Reservations together and your future union will do just that."

Leah flushed at the implication that she and Kai would be married in the future while Kai grinned brightly at the thought. He could already see Leah dressed in a white dress and walking down the aisle towards him. Of course that wouldn't happen unless he could convince Leah to be his girlfriend, which he was still currently working on.

Old Quil nodded and said, "Young man, you should know that Leah can be a handful, especially now that she is the first woman spirit wolf we've ever had. But if you can prove yourself to handle her, not only as a Shifter in your own right, but as a man worthy of her, she is yours."

"I'm not some sort of possession, you old fart. Just slip on the banana peel already," Leah said, crossing her arms.

"Leah," Kai reprimanded. "I know you don't want to be here and be subjected to this, but show some respect. He is your Elder, you know."

Leah rolled her eyes and said, "That doesn't mean that I want him in my business. He only sees this as a spirit animal thing instead of an actual relationship thing; he doesn't really care."

"He cares about the wellbeing of his tribe and the protectors of it, which you are. It's the same way with my own tribe. They may annoy us but they only do so to give us wisdom and guidance for our own benefit."

"Yeah, but-

"Just know that I'm right and that you are cared for by Mr. Quil, whether you want to know it or not.

Old Quil watched their interaction closely, noting how Kai seemed to take a gentle yet dominant stance over Leah. He was surprised to see Leah submit, though it didn't show on his face while watching the grey eyed boy wrap an arm around the she wolf. Already Kai had unknowingly showed Old Quil what he wanted to see and the Elder had to admit he was impressed. No other young man could get a handle on Leah and he knew that Leah would be in good hands.

The old man gave them his blessing and dismissed them, watching as Leah quickly pulled Kai out of the house. Once the door was closed shut, he threw his head back and let out a hearty laugh. Whatever the gods were doing, they were doing it well.

Outside Leah let out a breath of relief before turning to face Kai. Kai was staring at her in question before asking, "What is it?"

Leah stared back at him for a moment before a smile spread on her face. She took Kai's hand in hers and said, "Let's go get something to eat in Port Angeles."

Kai returned the smile and nodded before pulling Leah towards him and kissing her cheek, chuckling as she spluttered in surprise. He pulled her back to his car and opened the passenger door for her, waiting patiently for her to get inside. Once she was seated and buckled in Kai closed the door and circled back around to the driver's side, a goofy grin on his face as he got ready to go on a date with his potential girlfriend.

Bella paced her bedroom floor while she waited for Jacob to show up. He had called her about twenty minutes ago and told her that he was on the way, leaving her some time to figure out how she wanted to go about telling Jacob the news. And now twenty minutes later she still didn't know what she was going to do.

A knock from downstairs alerted her that her boyfriend was here before she heard the door open, followed by Jacob's voice calling out, "Bella?"

"U-Up here, Jake!" Bella called back.

The sound of footsteps ascending the stairs was heard before Jacob appeared in the doorway of her bedroom. Jacob smiled and walked over to his girlfriend, enveloping her in a hug before giving her a sweet kiss. Bella instantly relaxed and melted against the seventeen year old. The two of them stood and kissed for a while before Bella pulled away with a gasp, allowing air to return to her lungs.

Jacob chuckled before asking, "How are you feeling today?"

Bella didn't answer for a moment before she said, "I actually found out what's been wrong with me."

"That's good. So what's wrong?"

"You may want to sit down for this, Jake."

Jacob frowned but sat on Bella's bed, waiting for her to tell him what she found out. Bella fiddled her hands nervously for a moment before walking over to her computer desk and picking up the pregnancy test. She held it out for Jacob to take, her hand trembling slightly. Jacob took the white stick from her and looked at it, his brown eyes widening as he read the single word on the screen of the stick.

He opened his mouth to say something but couldn't find any words to say. Finally finding his voice Jacob asked, "Bella is this for real?"

Nodding Bella said, "Yes, it's true. I took it this morning and it just made sense considering everything else I noticed over the past two months. I know you're probably not ready for this sort of responsibility and you already have Pack duties and responsibilities, especially being the Alpha now. I've been wondering if you even want this baby, I mean you're only seventeen. But regardless I want to keep it. I love it already, just like how I love you. We created this because of our love for each other and I think that-

"Bella!" Jacob called out, cutting Bella off in her ramble. He stood from the bed and walked over to his Imprint, placing his hands on her shoulders. Pressing his forehead against hers he said, "Of course I want this baby. I'm happy just knowing that you want it too."

Bella was relieved to hear this, but then she thought of how they were going to be able to provide for their baby. Voicing these thoughts to him, she said, "And on top of that we'll have to tell Charlie and Billy."

Jacob held Bella close and said, "Let's just take everything one step at a time, okay? And there is no reason to be scared, honey. It's a new challenge for us but one that we can accomplish together. It's Jake n Bells, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember," Bella replied, not realizing that her body was relaxing with every word Jacob spoke. He was right, they would conquer this new challenge together and love their child unconditionally as it grew in her womb and when it was born into the world. They would take it one step at a time and take things as they came.

Bella stood on her toes and pressed her lips against Jacob's, humming softly when he moved his lips against hers. The two of them stood there and kissed, lost in their own little world full of love for each other, the life that they created resting in between them inside of Bella.

They were going to face some trials along the way (like telling the parents that they were expecting), and were going to have their hands full later, but as long as they were together, they could do anything. And nothing would stand in their way and no one would tear them apart.

Author's Note: This story is almost finished, guys. The next chapter will be the last one. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Love, SehunsBae37.