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Isabella Black Chapter 12

Jacob's POV

I woke up to the sun shining over my face and took a deep cleansing breath, and rubbed my hands over my face. Today is a new day, and I was engaged to the goddess laying next to me. I rolled over scooping Bella in my arms and pulling her to me. I only remembered everything else that had happened and where we were when she whimpered in pain.

"Shh, I'm so sorry Bella I forgot. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"It's OK Jake, I'm just a little sore," She whispered sleepily against my cheek. Her cool breath washed over my face and I shuddered in the shear pleasure of it. I pulled her to me more gently this time and started to rain kisses all over her face until she smiled and started to wake up slowly.

"Jake," It came out as a groan. "I haven't taken a shower in days and I'm all disgusting and gross."

I rolled my eyes, "So, I don't care. I want to be able to kiss you every minute of everyday."

She sighed, "How about you help me get in the bath and get dressed and then take me downstairs. I know the rest of the Cullen's are probably having a fit over not being able to see me yet, especially Alice." She laughed lightly and threw the comforter off of her trying to get up.

"Bella, sweetheart, let me help you or your going to hurt yourself." I walked around the bed and scooped her up gently in my arms bridal style. I smiled to myself at that thought. I couldn't wait to carry her over the threshold after we were married. I carried her into the bathroom and sat her on the closed toilet while I ran her a warm bath.

I grabbed a bottle of bubble bath from the side of the tub and inhaled. Strawberry…Bella's signature scent. I held the bottle up and looked over at Bella curiously. This was after all Edward's bathroom.

She blushed and then cleared her throat. "It's Alice's, she must have put it in here along with the change of clothes and other girly essentials on the sink."

"Ah. OK."

With the water ran and the tub full I turned to Bella. I could feel my cheeks flush as I contemplated my next question. "Do y- you need m- me to help you get in."

I saw her cheeks blush too and she said, "Umm, I think I can manage it from here." I nodded and turned to walk out of the door but her hand on my arm stopped me. "Can you tell Carlisle that after my bath I'm going to need him to re-bandage me?"

"Yeah, sure." I leaned down to kiss her on the forehead.

"Love you Jake."

I smiled wide, "I love you too my dearest Bella."

Then I walked out of the bathroom closing the door behind me and waited until I heard her get in the tub and make sure she was alright. Then I went downstairs to face the Cullen family. They were sure to be a little disappointed.

Edward POV

I heard Jacob coming down the stairs and tensed for I knew there would be some gloating. He didn't say anything yet, and he just stood there hovering behind the couch. The rest of the family was there too and everyone's thoughts were jumbled.

"Carlisle, Bella is taking a bath and she wants you to come up there to re-bandage her when she gets out."

"No problem Jacob."

I was watching him talk with Carlisle and then he turned to me abruptly. "Edward…do you think we could take a walk?"

"Umm sure." I turned to Alice then and said, "If we're not back when Bella is done with her bath please take it easy on her OK?"

Alice crossed her arms and pouted as if what I said was preposterous. Then we headed outside and into the front yard.

We walked in silence for minutes and I couldn't tell what exactly he was thinking or what he wanted because his thoughts were flying a mile a minute and I couldn't make sense of it all. "Jake, you're starting to give me a headache. What's with the scrambled thoughts?"

He looked up at me confused until I tapped my finger to the side of my head. He hesitated again and then he spoke, but it wasn't what I expected him to say. "Edward, I'm sorry. I know you really love Bella too. I just wanted to say that I really hope you will stay in Bella's life. She needs a friend. I also know that your family is the closest thing she has had to a family and I can't and won't ask her to give that up. The pack might not agree with this however and the treaty may stay in place, but I was hoping you would at least grant me permission to come on your land with Bella. I- I-"

He started to stammer and I noticed he was blushing about something. My curiosity got the better of me, "What is it Jacob?" I sighed frustratingly.

He took a deep breath and started to speak but his thoughts finally cleared and I heard it in his mind first. I was hoping we could put our differences aside and be friends, for Bella's sake. "I was hoping we could put our differences aside and be friends?" It was a question when he spoke out loud like he knew I was going to disagree with him.

I couldn't help it I had to finish his statement for him, "For Bella's sake of course."

Jake blushed in embarrassment and nodded, "Of course."

"I don't see why we can't act amicably towards each other. You're not too bad of a dog," I laughed at my statement and heard him chuckle next to me.

Then he said, "Your not so bad yourself leech." I laughed out loud and clapped him on his back.

"Just take care of our girl OK? Make sure she has the life she deserves…the one I know I could never have given her."

"You know I love her so much, I love her more than anything and there is nothing I would deny her." Jacob was looking me dead in the eye now, and all I could hear of his thoughts was exactly what he just said out loud.

I smiled for I knew he would do everything is his power to keep Bella safe and happy. He would love her, and she chose him. As much as it hurt that she chose him I knew that we would always be friends for as long as she lived and she would always be happy.

Jacob and I walked around a little bit more outside talking about different things, I think purposefully shying away from the subject of Bella. We had both said what we needed to say and I was happy she would be happy. I was actually OK with Jacob now. I wouldn't exactly call us friends, but we were working out our differences.

Before I knew it we were walking back towards the house talking and laughing. When we got to the stairs Jacob turned to me with a serious look on his face. "What is it Jacob?"

"I just wanted you to know, that even if they don't let you all onto the reservation at first I'm going to push to at least let you on, but even if they don't go for that, I don't care what they say I want all of the Cullen's there for the wedding if it happens to be on the reservation."

I smiled at Jacob's thoughtfulness, "Thanks Jacob, that would mean a lot Bella and to me. I'm sure it will mean a lot to my family too." Then I heard some other thoughts coming from his head as he hesitated on what to say next.

I wonder if I should just go ahead and ask him. Bella is probably going to kill me, but I really want to put the option out there.

I went suddenly stiff at what it could be that he wanted to ask me. "What is it? Ask me what Jacob?" I tapped my head when he looked at me in confusion, but it was quickly replaced with understanding.

"Well, I'm going to ask Sam's wife Emily if she would like to help Bella plan the wedding, but I also wanted to ask Alice if she wanted to help as well." I chuckled lightly at what he was saying. I knew Bella would threaten his life for bringing Alice in on this, but it was sweet that he thought to include her.

Then he spoke again, "Of course Rose is welcome to help, but I get the feeling she wouldn't want to. Also we will need a home base for the time being until the council decides about the treaty so we they would need to meet here."

"That would be fine Jacob, you know your welcome here."

"Great, Thanks! Now to be there bearer of bad news to Bella," He said and I chuckled. "Oh, and we have to meet with our father's this afternoon and tell them, which by the way can I make a couple of phone calls real quick?"

"Sure, you know the phone's in the kitchen." We walked in the house laughing and smiling and as soon as we came into the room everyone turned to look at us all stunned. We both looked at each other and busted out laughing.

Bella was the first to speak, "Is everything alright?" She was already downstairs and sitting on one side of the couch. Jasper was sitting on the other end with Alice at his feet her legs crossed underneath her. Esme and Carlisle were on sitting close together on one of the love seats, and Rose and Emmett were engrossed in a competitive video game about racing.

I plopped down in the empty chair as I watched Jacob walk behind the couch and kiss Bella on the top of her head, "Everything is find sweetheart, and there is something I want to discuss with you, when we get to your house, I just need to make a couple of phone calls real quick. I'll be right back." He kissed her cheek this time and strolled into the kitchen.

We all watched Rose and Emmett's little competition on the television screen while we waited for Jacob to come back into the room. We knew Bella would be leaving soon, we just hoped she'd come back.

Jacob's POV

I hung up the phone having called Charlie and my dad and told them to meet us at Bella's house at one o'clock. That would give us some time to go to town and pick up something for lunch. It was already ten o'clock so I needed to go in there and do what I had to do. I knew Bella was going to kill me for offering to let Alice and Rose help along with Emily on the wedding plans. I also knew that even though she would probably be a little upset, Bella wasn't the type of girl that really cared about things like that. I just didn't want her to have to worry about it.

I figured we would be getting married this coming up summer after Bella's graduation. I still had another year left of high school, but I would be turning eighteen before the wedding anyways and I doubted the Billy would have a problem with it. I had been saving up money since I learned the value of a dollar and only used it when I bought parts for my many automotive projects. I knew she had saved up a healthy chunk of change too and we would be financially stable for a while. We just needed to start looking for a place to live at on the reservation. Maybe…

I couldn't help but wonder what would happen when she went off to college. Should we wait to find a place until she returned to Forks? Should I transfer to a high school near where she goes to college. Should we wait to get married? No that wouldn't work for me…for us. I would talk to her about all of this before we talked to everyone else.

I walked back into the room and everyone turned to look at me. "Bella, sweetheart, we might want to get going I called Charlie and Billy and they are expecting us to meet them at the house at one. I thought we could stop and get a couple of Pizza's in town before we headed to your house."

"OK, I guess your right, we should get this over with as soon as possible. She turned to address her second family, "Wish me luck," Then she chuckled lightly. Alice came up to her automatically when I helped her stand up.

"Oh, Bella, please say you'll come back and visit me, visit us. You are still my sister. I'm going to miss you so so so much. Please are you going to come back?" It looked as though she would be crying if it weren't for the fact that I knew vampires couldn't cry.

Bella laughed and addressed her sister, "Yes, Alice I still promise to hang out with you and visit you, you are still my sister too." I could see tears welling up in Bella's eyes as she hugged Alice and then turned to hug Jasper. They didn't really say anything to each other except he told her he'd always be her wiser older brother and gave her a wink.

Then she turned to Emmett who grabbed her up in a humungous bear hug but didn't squeeze hard enough to cause her any pain. For that I was grateful. She laughed and giggled while he place kisses on each of her cheeks. "Em you truly are a big teddy bear of a brother. I love you." Then she snuggled into his chest and hugged him tight.

"Love you too Bells," He said and then put her gently back down on her feet ruffling her hair playfully. She turned warily to Rose and put out her hand to shake it.

Rose surprised us all by gently pulling Bella into a warm hug, despite her cold skin. "I'm glad you are apart of my family. Don't go too far, K?"

The tears kept flowing from Bella's beautiful chocolate brown eyes as she hugged her sister and nodded in agreement.

Next was Carlisle and Esme. She hugged Esme and kissed her on the cheek. "You'll always be the best mother figure I've ever had!"

"You are very sweet dear. You will always be welcomed in our home dear, and I will always think of you as a daughter. Oh, just make sure you visit OK?"

"I will."

She sniffled and then turned to Carlisle. "Thank you for everything Carlisle. You are a wonderful father, to me and to the rest of your children."

"Thank you Bella, do come back OK?" She nodded and he pulled her in for a long hug. "I love you, you will always be my daughter."

"I love you too Carlisle."

Last but not least, Edward. She glanced back at me and I nodded for her to proceed and then she warily walked up to Edward. He didn't hesitate to pull her in for a hug and kiss her on her cheek. I stayed patiently where I was and let her say goodbye. He mumbled something into her ear but I figured it was just a goodbye so I decided to let it go.

Bella's POV

I hesitantly walked up to Edward to say my goodbye's. I knew I wouldn't be back for a while, but I knew this wouldn't be the last time I was here. I could never leave my second family fully. I loved them too much. I didn't quite know what to expect from Edward. I didn't expect him to give me such a loving goodbye like the rest of the family, but then he pulled me towards him in a tight hug.

He kissed me on the cheek and whispered something in my ear so low I knew the only ones that could hear it would be the other vampires in the room. "I love you and you will never be a sister to me and always more than a friend. I'll see you soon."

"Bye Edward."

I turned to everyone and waved and then Jacob came up to me and grabbed my hand to lead me out the door. He turned then to everyone to say, "Thank you all for everything. Especially for helping to save Bella. You truly are good people." Everyone said bye to us and we stepped out into the cold morning air.

"Time to get this over with," Jacob said kissing my head. He settled me into the passenger seat of his little Rabbit and went around to get in on the driver's side. Then we were heading to town to grab a couple of pizza's.

By the time we got home is was about fifteen minutes until one. Charlie and Billy would be hear soon. I busied myself by getting plates and cups out for everyone and setting the table. Jake was being awfully quiet and I put it down to nerves. "Hey Jake, sweetie?" I walked up to him putting my arms around his waist and leaned up on my tip toes to brush a soft kiss across his lips. "Nervous?" I asked him with a slight twitch to my lips.

He looked at me long and hard for a few moments and then smiled my favorite lopsided smile and answered, "Terrified!" He finally pushed away from the counter and wrapped his arms tightly around me. He kissed me on top of my head and sighed then spoke, "Bella, we need to talk, preferably before we talk to the fathers."

I suddenly froze. Oh, God! Was he having second thoughts? I couldn't tell what was going through his head. What I wouldn't give for Edwards talent to read peoples minds right now. Jacob must've seen the shock and worry on my face and understood because he suddenly pulled me tighter and kissed me. This kiss was so full of passion I could feel all of his love for me as our lips danced together in the dance of love. When he pulled away we were both breathing heavy and he put his forehead against mine.

"Bella, don't you ever think for one second that I would willingly give you up. I love you baby and I WILL marry you no matter what happens through lunch. You WILL always have me, do you understand?" I nodded slowly with tears of happiness welling up in my chocolate brown eyes.

"T-then what is it?"

Jacob sighed and then began, "I just though we needed to come up with a game plan to tell our fathers. I mean we know we are getting married and I assume that the summer after you graduate is fine with you. There is just one thing. You know I'm one year behind you, which means when you graduate I still have one year of high school left."

I interrupted him for a second, "Jake I wanted to show you something." I went upstairs real quick and grabbed an opened envelope out of the drawer in my desk and came back downstairs. "I made a decision while I was laying in the bathtub this morning. I knew this was here but…" I watched him open the letter I had previously opened and read it. Then I saw realization dawn across his face.

"Bella-" He looked at me and smiled. God, I loved that smile!

I smiled back and started telling him what I thought about. "I know it's going to be a little bit of a drive but I will only take classes two days a week and probably get a part time job." I looked down at the acceptance letter for Seattle University in his hand and continued. "I figured we could get a place on the reservation for the two of us for now and you can finish high school, and then go to Seattle University with me. Billy said that's where you wanted to go anyways that's why I applied."

I came up to Jacob and put my arm around him as his smile got even wider. "You had all this figured out huh?" He smirked down at me and then gave me a playful kiss on my nose. "Well I know they have a good mechanics program but what are you going to study." He chuckled lightly as if to imply that I hadn't thought about that.

I smiled wider at him, "I'm going to study English and maybe get my degree in teaching. I might even take some cooking classes or something for a hobby." I loved that idea so much. My life was so happy right now. Then my smile fell as I heard the door to the cruiser close and realized Charlie and Billy were here.

Charlie's POV

I just pulled up to the house and had to park behind Bella's truck but beside Jacob's Rabbit. I got out of the cruiser and went around to set up Billy's wheelchair and help him into it. Eventually we were coming through the door of the house. It was really quiet, and we headed to the kitchen. I walked into the kitchen with Billy on my heels and saw Bella there with a frown on her face.

That wasn't a good sign. Jacob had contacted me earlier at work to say they would be here and wanted us to meet them because they needed to talk to us. I realized by looking at Bella that I hadn't seen her in so long and she had been hurt. Dr. Cullen had assured me she was fine, but I went up to her and pulled her in for a tight hug anyways.

"Dad- Can't- Breathe-." I chuckled lightly and pulled away.

"Is everything OK in here Bella?" I looked between the two of them to make sure they weren't in any kind of argument. Last I checked they were together. They were such a cute couple I'd hate to see them break up. I watched Bella nod at me before I asked her, "How are you feeling, you know from the accident?"

"Fine, dad. I'm fine, just a little bit sore." I smiled and kissed her on the forehead and earned a smile from her.

"Well, Jake," I said turning to him, "You said you and Bella needed to talk to us. Let me take off my coat and we can eat before the pizza get's too cold." I went and hung up my coat in the hall closet and came back to sit down at the table. Jacob and Bella were already sitting there together and Billy was pushed up to his spot. I took the only other seat available next to Billy but across from the kids and we all dug into the food.

After I had finished my first slice of pizza and took a healthy bite from a second I wiped my face with a napkin and then looked over from Bella to Jacob and back again. Neither one of them at really eaten much of their first slices and their hands were entwined and sitting on the table. They both looked nervous and sweating bullets.

Oh my God! It just hit me. The news they wanted to tell us…how could I have been so stupid to let them share a hotel room for a weekend. I tried to calm myself down, I was just overreacting. Yeah, that had to be it. I glanced over to see Billy fidgeting in the silence and decided to just get to the bottom of it.

I cleared my throat and suddenly felt three pairs of eyes on me. "Umm, this news you wanted to tell us…?"

Jacob followed me by clearing his throat. He looked at Bella who nodded in encouragement and smiled at him. Then I saw their entwined hands tighten and he took a deep breath. "Charlie, I just want you to know that I love Bella with everything that I am. I would never do anything to hurt her, and I will always be there for her." They both looked at each other and took a deep breath.

Suddenly I saw something glint in the light and my focus was again drawn to their tightly entwined hands. There was a ring on her hand, and it was on a certain finger. My eyes widened in realization, but I wasn't the one who spoke first.

I heard Billy say beside me a little stunned, "You're engaged!"

They both smiled and I let out a sigh of relief at what I had originally thought their announcement was, "Oh, thank God!" They both looked at me in confusion and all I could say was, "I thought you were going to tell me you were pregnant." I looked towards Bella and shock hit her face quick. I was still a little stunned and then it hit me. I looked at Billy and knew we were both thinking the same thing. We turned towards both of the kids.

At the same time we both said, "Absolutely NOT!"

Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Hopefully I will have more time to write but I wanted to re-read all three Twilight books again before Breaking dawn came out. Hope everyone is liking it so far.

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