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Chapter 5

Bella had let a whole week pass without speaking to either Edward or Jacob. It didn't stop either of them from trying however. Jacob consistently called the house asking for her; so much so that Charlie eventually got tired of it and told him that Bella would call him when she was good and ready. Edward had tried a different approach. Pointedly stopping by every day after school to bring Bella her homework and try and get into the house to see her.

Charlie was wonderful with this situation by now considering what happened with Edward before. He graciously thanked him for taking time to drop off her homework but she wasn't ready to go back to school yet and that she would call him when she was ready to talk.

Eventually Bella had to tell Jacob about the baby he thought didn't exist, and she was going to need to break up with Edward, eventually. The first thing she needed to do now was decided what to do about the baby. Naturally now that the baby actually existed (she had taken the extra pregnancy test after Jacobs's tirade) she needed to get into the clinic to be seen. After all Bella read about babies online it was vastly important to make sure she was taking the right types of vitamins etc.

After two weeks had past Bella finally got up the nerve to call the doctor.

"Thanks, I'll see you at two o clock, yes thank you for your time." Bella sighed heavily and replaced the phone on the hook.

"What was that about?" Charlie asked startling her.

"What? Oh nothing dad don't worry about it." Trying to cover it up Bella hurriedly went about tidying up the kitchen.

"You do know that I know that you're lying to me right?" He asked sitting down at the kitchen table to look at her.

"Yes dad, I know. I just can't tell you right now. Let me work this out and then we can talk about it I promise. I've got to get going though okay?" This time Bella stopped him with her hand when he opened his mouth to protest. "I'm just going to run out for a little bit don't worry."

He watched her silently as Bella moved into the hallway to retrieve coat.

As she opened the front door she was surprised to see Jacob standing there.

"Jake…"

He turned and smiled at her. "I hadn't even knocked yet. I was starting to worry about you…" he said lamely shuffling his feet. "I had a feeling about coming here to see you today; you can send me away in person now if you like."

"No you're just the person I need to see despite the fact that everyone is constantly worried about me!" She quickly pulled the door shut behind her, as Charlie was still snooping around, and pushed him out onto the walking path. "Let's take a drive!"

"Uh no offense Bella but the last time we 'took a drive' together it involved something I would rather not repeat again…" his face turned scarlet as the words came out and he coughed awkwardly to clear his throat.

Bella however stopped dead in her tracks. "Excuse me?"

"Well you know the baby thing. It just scared me that's all, I wouldn't want that to happen again anytime soon…" he opened up Bella's truck door and helped her up into the seat and shut it behind her. He moved around to the other side and let himself up into the truck.

After Bella was silent for a few minutes he finally looked over at her to see thick tears rolling down her cheeks. "Bella what's wrong?" he asked suddenly reaching over to take her hand.

She snapped it away from him as she sent him a glare as she wiped the tears. "Well tough break Jacob, you are going to be a father. I was going to tell you that before you so happily blurted out the fact that you don't want kids."

Jacobs face instantly turned red. "The test was negative. And on top of that how do I know that baby is even mine? You were sleeping with Edward too."

"Two blue lines are positive! You just misread it, so I took the other one and guess what Jacob, that one was positive TOO! And another thing, I KNOW IT'S YOURS!" she reached into her coat pocket and withdrew a little white stick and threw it at him. "How can you even ask me that? Edward isn't even human, and besides Alice can't see my future which makes that baby part wolf."

"We're off to a great start again." Jacob said sarcastically as Bella headed for town.

An hour later they were both sitting inside the doctor's office pamphlets in hands. They had been told congratulations and scheduled a follow up appointment six weeks later for a guesstimate due date.

"Well congratulations Jacob." Bella said pulling on her coat in the waiting room.

He heavily pushed open the door to the lobby and sighed. "Leave it to you to get snotty about this."

When she opened her mouth to rebuke he held up a hand.

"Wait."

Jacob scanned the area around him, and saw the silver Volvo in the parking lot.

"Edward." Jacob said with a feral note in his voice. He immediately changed his thought process to something different, to hell with the leech reading his memories. "Bella go and get in the truck."

However Edward was already out the door of his car and walking swiftly through the parking lot. "Bella. You can't pick up the phone to let me know that you are safe, and yet here you are out and about with him?" he asked when he neared where they were standing.

"Edward it's not what you think…" Bella started to say.

"Oh really Bella? I think it's exactly what he thinks!" Jacob piped in angrily. Here she went again; they could be closet friends, closet lovers, and now apparently closet parents. When was Bella just going to fess up to what was going on here?

Edward looked angrily at Jacob, and then turned his gaze back to Bella. "Enlighten me. What is going on here Bella?"

This time both angry faces turned to face Bella, and she could feel the hot scrutiny. 'Just come clean!' her mind shouted. This whole thing could just end and be over with, yet she couldn't force the words from her mouth. She felt hot all over, the anxiety creeping up the back of her throat. Since when had she become such a liar?!

"Bella?" Jacob asked softly. There was no way he could take this anymore. How many times was he going to let her kick him in the side before he finally crawled away for good?

She turned slowly to face Jacob. "Help me." She mouthed slowly before her eyes rolled up into the back of her head and she slumped forward. Jacob caught her in slow motion. Holding her tightly to his body he faced Edward, "Just go away already come on. She chose me so just leave."

Edward's face was impassive as he searched desperately through Jacob's cloudy memories searching for a clue. Where was he getting this from? Bella was his girlfriend, one who hadn't been a very good one in a while but still his girlfriend none the less. Who was Jacob to tell him off?

"I'll take her home." Edward said stepping forward.

"To hell you will!" Jacob said standing with Bella in his arms. "Get away from us you damn leech alright?"

"Does yelling make you feel like you're getting your point across better?" Edward took a step around Jacob, placing himself between both of them and the truck.

"Get out of my head." Jacob seethed. Thank heavens for his ridiculous strength he thought as he adjusted Bella in his arms.

"Since when had you become a personal spokesperson for Bella, Jacob?" Edward took another step towards them.

"You won't do anything rash in public." Jacob taunted as people had started to gather around them. Even without his hearing he could have easily picked up the fact that people were whispering about a lover's quarrel. "Just call it a day and go home."

Edward sneered, ant it was a horrible expression from his beautiful face. "I'm tired of just waiting! Waiting for her to call, waiting for her to come over. I won't stand for it any longer until someone tells me what is happening once and for all."

Since Jacob had known Edward, he did understand. Bella was leading on both parties in both directions. He had only issued her one command, break up with Edward. Obviously she hadn't done that, but hadn't she tried by pushing Edward away from her? "She needs to go home Edward can't you see that?" he said lifting her in his arms.

"She had a mild panic attack, so I'm sure she'll come to just fine. Jacob, tell me what is going on here? Please." Edward was only going to ask nicely once. Despite not having a heart, it was breaking inside of him. He was going to lose the only person that he was sure was put on this planet for him.

Jacob chewed his bottom lip nervously. "I can't Edward." And with that final note he walked around Edward to the truck and opened the door with one hand, lifting Bella up into the truck and shutting the door behind him.

Edward felt the anger bubble up inside of him. Jealousy, hatred, disgust, and anger were all swirling around inside of his chest. He glanced around and saw that more than a dozen people had surrounded them. Carlisle was surely going to hear about this at the hospital and Edward would have some explaining to do.

As Jacob drove Bella's truck out of site Edward stormed back to his car and threw himself into it. He drove home recklessly and soon enough his house came into view. As he charged his way up into the house he threw open the door hard enough to jar it off its hinges and he bellowed Alice's name.

She appeared in an instant, Jasper by her side already calming the area around them. "Edward?" she asked softly tipping her head to the side to look at him.

"Alice. Tell me where you see Bella in your visions. You've been avoiding me, and filling your head with nonsense when I'm around. Where is Bella?" Edward was much calmer now thanks to Jasper.

"Edward…" Alice started.

"Tell me." He demanded once more.

"Edward I can't see Bella at all regardless." She said with a touch of betrayal.

He moved closer to Alice. "You can't see her at all?"

"No."

"Then what do you see?"

"Nothing, Edward. Not a thing."

"But…"

"It's similar to how I can't see Jacob's pack."

Edward turned away from Alice and Jasper to stare out the front door to the woods. Bella was spending all of her time with Jacob. She didn't want Alice to be able to see her when she was sneaking around. Hurt stung all of his insides as he choked on his air. She hadn't truly needed to break up with him, because she had no intention of letting him know where she was.

He glowered and whispered for Emmet. As his big brother entered the room Edward seethed. This was far from over.

Back at the reservation Jacob laid Bella in his bed. He retrieved a cool cloth and placed it on her forehead as she started to come too.

"Jacob?" she asked softly rubbing her face with her hands. "What happened?"

"You passed out when we were assaulted by your other boyfriend. He said sharply tucking her into the bed. "Stress like that isn't healthy for the baby."

Bella couldn't help but blush furiously. She did it again. Not only had she clammed up but she passed out when she had one moment to get it all out in the open. "Jacob."

"Please don't tell me you're sorry anymore okay? You have some big decisions to make." He moved around the small room and closed the blinds above the bed. "Bella, I want you to stay here on the reservation with me during your pregnancy."

"What happened with Edward?" Bella said sitting up.

"I don't think you broke up with him did you?" Jacob said opening the door to his room and stepping out into the hallway. "Get some sleep; we'll talk tomorrow about the leech infestation."

He left Bella alone in the dark room. "This can't get any worse." She said aloud as she fell back onto the pillow. For the first time since she found out about the baby she couldn't help but move both hands down to her belly and touch it gently. "We'll work this out baby Black."

Jacob stood silently in the shadows of the hallway. With an unusual feeling in his heart he sent an unseen smile in her direction before he left the house and phased on the fly as he took off into the woods. Immediately his brother's voices flooded his head. As simply as he could he shared all of the news of the baby and a chorus of congratulations filled the silence.

"Bad news though Jake…" Sam's voice called.

"That leech and his big bulky brother are hanging around the border impatiently." Embry's voice shared.

"Yeah we have a problem." Jake agreed. "A big problem."