Recap: "Sorry. There was a rabbit in the road." Embry said.
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Jake pulled up to the Cullen house on his motorcycle, seeing Dekan sitting on the front steps, studying a crack in the concrete steps. He took the book out of the side bag and walked up to the steps. Dekan looked up and smiled sadly. Jake took a seat beside her, handing her the book.
"It's from Emily." Jake said, watching Dekan smile and flip through the book.
"Can you take me back to Sam's? Everyone here is…busy." Dekan said, biting her lip.
"Yeah. Better go tell Alice or Jasper so they won't freak." Jake said. Dekan nodded and walked inside, finding Bella and telling her to tell the others.
Dekan walked back outside a few minutes later, seeing Jake sitting on his motorcycle, waiting on her. She got on behind Jake, wrapping her arms around his waist and resting her head against his back. He felt so warm, just like Embry did. Jake sped down the highway, back to La Push. He somewhat enjoyed feeling Dekan's arms wrapped around his waist. Who would have thought they would become something similar to friends so quickly? He pulled in La Push, heading for his house. He had something he wanted to tell Dekan. After a few more minutes, he pulled the motorcycle near his garage, stopping and turning it off. Jake helped Dekan off, but didn't let go of her hand. She looked up at him.
"I have something I want to say." Jake said, looking down at Dekan who was clutching her book.
"What's that?" Dekan asked.
"You aren't going to go through…pregnancy… alone. I want to be there. Embry's not going to man up so I want to. I know we don't exactly have the whole in-love relationship happening or whatever, but I want to do this." Jake said.
"You want to…to stick around? Embry's your best friend; I figured you'd take his side." Dekan said, confused.
"He is…was…he shouldn't have done that, it's not right. I don't agree with that." Jake said.
"Aw, Jake…I'd love it if you stuck around. Rosalie's already called dibs on being my baby daddy, or sugar daddy." Dekan said, laughing. Jake's eyes went wide before he started laughing.
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Ten o'clock that night found Dekan on the beach with a flashlight, looking through the pregnancy book that Emily had given to her. Dekan wisely skipped the pictures depicting natural childbirth; she took one look at those pictures and winced badly. So, she skipped that section. Dekan suddenly felt a wet nose on her arm and looked over, seeing the wolf that had walked her home a few days ago.
"Hey you." Dekan said, setting the book beside her and scratching behind the wolf's ears. The wolf leaned into the scratch as if it were enjoying in immensely.
"What are you doing all the way out here? Are you my guardian wolf?" Dekan asked, laughing. The wolf sniffed at the book and looked at Dekan, as if wanting an explanation.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't tell you, did I? I'm pregnant. But Embry broke up with me earlier and he doesn't know. I mean, Jake's offered to stick around, but I'm not going to force him. Rosalie said she's going to be my baby's daddy and all the Cullens have insisted I live with them…I don't know what I' do without them." Dekan rambled on, thinking the wolf could not understand a single word she said. The wolf just licked her face.
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Embry walked into the forest and sat down on a fallen tree, waiting for Sam to show. At ten o'clock on the dot, both Sam and Jake walked into the clearing where Embry was.
"What's all this about, Sam?" Embry asked.
"You know damn well what this is about, Embry. I've come to a decision." Sam said, crossing his arms.
"Okay." Embry said, a bit lost.
"You're out of the pack." Sam said, Jake nodding.
"What? Why?" Embry asked, standing up. "Why?"
"You know damn well why!" Jake said, glaring at Embry.
"You shut your fucking mouth, traitor! Why, Sam?" Embry yelled, really wanting to punch Jake.
"Who are you calling a traitor, Call?" Jake said, getting in Embry's face.
"You, dumbass!" Embry replied, shoving Jake back a few steps.
"Don't push him, Embry, or you'll run the risk of the pack attacking you." Sam warned, stepping closer to Embry.
"Like I have anything else to lose!" Embry shouted, punching Jake and then Sam.
Jake growled and charged at Embry, tackling him to the ground. Sam was on him a moment later, punching Embry and breaking his nose instantly. Embry kicked Jake, sending him flying backwards. He kept seeing Jake's arms around his Dekan and it only added fuel to his fire. Embry pushed Sam off when Sam had his head turned to check on Jacob. Embry scrambled to get up and tackled Jake to the ground again, rearing his arm back to punch him. Sam charged Embry, knocking him off of Jake and into a tree, cracking the tree nearly in half. Jake was shaking with anger as he walked over to Embry.
"You come near her again and I swear to God I will kill you." Jake said in a deadly tone, glaring at Embry's barely breathing body.
"That goes double for me." Sam said as he and Jake walked out of the forest.
Embry lay on the ground in the forest, wheezing. He was pretty sure his nose was broken, maybe even a few ribs. All he could think about was what Dekan was doing right now. Jake might even be back and holding her in his arms. Embry growled.
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Dekan was lazily petting the wolf, staring that the tide coming in. The wolf sniffed the air and got really still.
"What's wrong?" Dekan asked the wolf, looking around.
The wolf gave a whine, looking up at Dekan. Suddenly, the wolf grabbed the pregnancy book in its mouth and took a few steps backward.
"Aww no, don't take that! Emily gave that to me!" Dekan said, getting up and reaching for the book.
The wolf took off running and Dekan started running after him, screaming for him to drop the book. The wolf ran fast, but not too fast that Dekan lost sight of him. The wolf headed for the forest, the book still in his mouth. Dekan was getting out of breath, so the wolf slowed down only slightly. Embry lay just a few feet ahead. The wolf ran up and dropped the book near Embry. Dekan shouted an 'A-Ha!' and nearly tripped over Embry's body.
"Embry!" Dekan shouted, seeing his bloody and bruised body lying on the ground. "Embry, oh God, are you okay, what happened?" Dekan kneeled beside Embry, brushing the leaves and dirt off of him.
" 'm having that dream again…" Embry whispered, his eyes nearly swollen shut.
"You're not dreaming. What happened to you?" Dekan asked, tears coming to her eyes.
"Pretty angel…glad you look like my Dekan." Embry replied, raising his hand to Dekan's face.
"I am Dekan…come on, Embry, who did this to you?" Dekan said, taking her top shirt off and digging around in Embry's pocket for his pocket knife, opening it and cutting her shirt.
That seemed to snap Embry out of his trance. He tried to open his eyes as wide as he could; even so it only made Dekan into a blurry haze. Embry couldn't believe it. Dekan was here with him. He had just got his ass handed to him and Dekan was here. Worried about him. Trying to take care of him.
"You better go…Jake will be mad." Embry whispered, trying to sit up. Dekan's hand on his shoulder stopped him.
"Why would Jake get mad? He's not my boss." Dekan said, using the strips of shirt to wipe the blood off of his face and chest.
"You're dating him." Embry said, his voice managing to sound petulant.
Dekan stopped and looked at Embry. She started laughing, she couldn't help herself. Embry tried to glare up at her.
"I'm dating Jake? Since when?" Dekan asked, giggling.
"Earlier. You left me for him." Embry said.
"I didn't leave you for Jake. I didn't leave you for anyone. You left me for your girlfriends." Dekan said, her laughter stopping.
"You did. You broke up with me." Embry said, his forehead getting lines in it from thought.
"No, you broke up with me. No, I take that back. You made your mother break up with me." Dekan said, sitting back and narrowing her eyes. "Said you were busy with some girlfriend."
"You were my only girlfriend. My mom told me you wanted to break up with me. Then I looked out the window and saw you and Jake holding each other." Embry said, sitting up and pouting.
"The reason Jake was hugging me was because you broke up with me." Dekan said, shaking her head.
"What about earlier? He kissed the top of your head!" Embry asked.
"Yeah, because he felt sorry for me. He tried to tell you I was pregnant and your mom said you were too busy." Dekan replied.
"Mom didn't tell me anything. The only thing I knew was that Sam and Jake wanted to see me here tonight." Embry replied, not catching the pregnant part. "And Jaime is not my girlfriend, she's my tutor."
"So you're not dating Ja-" Embry said, then stopped. "Wait…pregnant? You're pregnant?!" Embry said, his voice rising.
"No I'm not dating Jake and yes, I am pregnant…" Dekan said, biting her lip.
"You're pregnant by…by me?" Embry said, smiling.
"Oh, technically yes. But Rosalie's already called dibs on being my baby daddy." Dekan said, chuckling.
"I'll ask about that later…but you're pregnant!" Embry said, pulling Dekan to him. Dekan held tightly to Embry, nodding her head.
"Yes…Jake tried to tell you earlier but your mom said you were busy." Dekan whispered.
"Mom didn't tell me anything…oh shit…I'm sorry…I'm so sorry." Embry said, holding her tightly.
"Embry…" Dekan said, the tears falling freely.
"Help me up…we've got a few people to talk to. Starting with the devil." Embry said, grunting as Dekan helped him up.
"The devil?" Dekan asked, trying to support Embry's large body.
"My mother." Embry said, looking down at Dekan. "I can't believe you're pregnant…that our baby is in there." Embry said, his bruised and bloody hand going to Dekan's tummy.
"Yeah…our baby. Surprise?" Dekan said, chuckling and bending over, picking up her book. "Who did this to you, by the way?"
"Sam and Jake. But they were right to. They thought I hurt you." Embry said as he and Dekan walked out of the forest.
"Because you broke up with me?" Dekan asked.
"Yeah. They knew you were pregnant and they thought I broke up with you." Embry said, trying not to put too much weight on Dekan.
"Well after we talk to your mother, we're going to have a talk with Sam and Jake and everyone. And you're going to go see Carlisle, too. You're hurt." Dekan said.
"Yes mama." Embry said, smiling.
"I like the sound of that." Dekan said, laughing.
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Author's note: Ta-Da! See, I came though! I'm not that mean, right? So, how do you all like it thus far? You think the drama's over? No way! Of course there's upcoming fluffyness and awww moments, but what's a story without drama, hmm? And of course there's the confrontation with Sadie. Oh snap! Review me? Please? It makes me uber happy! Mwaaaah!