Chapter 4 – Disaster A Familiar Friend's Return
Jacob's POV
A beam of light shone through the window, had I really denied myself sleep to stare at my angel all night? I quietly exit the bed, careful not to wake Kaitlyn. I yawn as I enter the kitchen, looking for something to make for us. I throw together some ingredients into a large frying pan and in the end, I re-enter the bedroom carrying two plates holding omlettes. I place the plates on the small nightstand beside the bed and lay back down beside Kaitlyn, cuddling up next to her. It's sounds crazy, but in the fifteen minutes I was gone, I missed her. She stirs a bit, letting out a tiny moan. I start from her finger tips of her right hand and kiss a path all the way to her lips. As I reach her mouth, she moans again, then I can feel a smile stretch across her lips. I pull back smiling myself.
"'Morning babe." I greet her when she opens her eyes.
"'Morning my love." She whispers, smiling from ear to ear now.
I reach over and grab a plate, the one with the most amount on it and hand it to her as she sits up. "Awe, you're just the best Jake, thanks." She says while leaning over to briefly pecked my lips. I just smile, I couldn't believe how much of an appetite she had, she could definitely eat me under the table. She looks at the clock and then to me, I could see the stress in her eyes, she was afraid that we were late for school again. "What day is it?" She asks, her tone a bit worried.
"It's Saturday, don't worry." I assure her, she relaxes, letting out a small sigh. The past four days had been a blur, but we managed to keep up in class and now it was time to slow down, at least for the next two days.
"Thank god." She breaths. A familiar green tent graces her skin, the same tent I've seen the last four days and off to the bathroom she runs. I join her, standing beside her to hold her hair back, as last night's dinner demands an exit.
"Babe, let's face it, you need to see the La Push..."
She cuts me off as I'm patting her back lightly, "No doctors."
"But you said that the last hundred times I've suggested it, there's something wrong..."
She cuts me off again, "Look... Emily put it in your head that I was pregnant, but the pregnancy test confirmed that I wasn't. I know what you're hinting at, I can see it in your head... no matter how much you want it to be true, I'm not pregnant... nor will I ever be pregnant... I can't have kids and you know that."
"Yeah, but what if the test was wrong? You need to see a doctor... for the baby's sake." I say while rubbing her stomach.
She smacks my hand away, "Jake..." She says in an annoyed tone, "I love you to death, but if I hear the word baby come out of your mouth again, I'm going to have to kill you."
"Kaitlyn be reasonable, ok... let's say this isn't due to a ba-..." her shape look cuts me off, "I mean due to the aforementioned issue, then you still need to see a doctor cause women don't just puke their guts out on a daily bases, do they?" I say to her, not really questioning what women do. Seeing that she was finally done dispelling previously digested food, I get her a glass of water and help her to her feet.
She wiggles free from my grip, "Oh Jacob, I'm fine... I just have the flu or a stomach virus. I'll be right as rain in a couple days, you'll see." She reassures me.
One month later...
I sit next to her, seeing another great dinner going to waste. "Will you go see the doctor now?" I ask while holding her hair back... once again.
"Ugh..." Is all she manages to get out before the next round of food attacks her throat... looking for an exit.
"Kaitlyn, you're sick and you're getting worse! Listen, you missed your last two periods, you eat more than the whole pack, most of your day is spent in the bathroom... I mean just look at your feet, they are twice their normal size!" I take my hand and rub her stomach, "Admit it, there's a baby in there."
That was all it took, she exploded on me, throwing everything she could get her hands on at me while yelling, "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!" She chased me out of the house, stopping at the door.
I turn to look at her from the yard, "There, I'm out! And for the record... mood swings is another sign that you're..."
She cuts me off sharply, "It's not mood swings, it's called the Jacob Black Syndrome and apparently there's not cure... it just drives you crazy... ugh!" She slams the door before I could get another word in. I shove my hands in my pockets and start to whistle as I head to my dad's house, guess I'll be staying there tonight.
Kaitlyn's POV
I slam the front door, feeling the need to re-open it and run into his arms. I hung my head, I felt so stupid for the way I acted. I crawled back into bed, I knew Jacob was just trying to help, he's only concerned for my health since I had been sick for over a month now. I let out a sigh and reach for the phone that rested on the nightstand. I dialed a familiar number and listen as the dial tone started to ring.
"Hello?" I heard Emily's voice.
"Hi Em, it's Kaitlyn." I respond.
"Oh! Hello honey, how are you feeling?" She asks in a concerned tone.
"'Bout the same and to make things worse, Jake and I just had a fight... he's probably staying at his dad's tonight." I inform her through a frown.
"Awe, that's horrible, you shouldn't be so hard on him, stress isn't what you need right now." She says, I knew she was implying that stress would hurt the nonexistent baby I was carrying.
I let out an annoyed breath, "Emily, I'm not pregnant, what is it with you and Jacob?"
"Kaitlyn, is that what the fight was about?" She asks.
"Yeah, all I've heard from him, for over a month now, is that the pregnancy test was wrong or I'm so sick that I need to see the La Push doctor. He's right about one thing, I'm sick alright... sick of having the same argument with him, he's driving me nuts!" I practically yell the last part in the phone.
"You know Jake's just worried about you. He's right about seeing a doctor though, there's something going on with your body and you should get it checked out. He also could be right about the test too. They do give false readings sometimes, it's been known to happen to people before. I really wish you would go to the La Push doctor and let them run a blood test on you, just to make sure you're not pregnant... then once that's confirmed, then they can start to find out why you are having all these symptoms." Emily said, starting to have a motherly tone now and it comforted me, but I still didn't like the idea of seeing a doctor.
"Emily, when I turned 14, loads of weird things happened to me. You know what I'm talking about... but I phased slowly, instead of being sick for a day or two, I was sick for a little over a year. Doctor after doctor ran every test known to man, some tests very painful, only to find nothing wrong with me! It wasn't til I actually phased to a wolf, a few months after my 15th birthday, that my mom realized what was going on. I don't want to go through that again.. no doctor!" I protested.
"But Kaitlyn, the doctor here in La Push knows about the werewolves, he's studied them and knows everything about them. It wouldn't be like anything you went through before... he's a great doctor and besides, how do you know your not pregnant... all signs point to that..." I tried to interrupt her, but she continued, "I know, I know... but it's possible." She said in a firm voice.
"It's not possible, I was born infertile. I can't have kids!" I did yell at her this time, to get my point across. Lowing my tone, I added, "You and Jacob are so stubborn."
"And so are you. I'll go with you, if that makes you feel better? Look at it this way, it will cure the problems you're having, even the one between you and Jake right now." I could hear a smile, she knew she was right and I knew she wouldn't give up.
I let out a sigh of defeat, "Fine, Monday, come over about..." She cuts me off.
"He works weekends." She said, sounding pleased.
"Ok then, meet me here in the morning, at 8 o'clock." I reluctantly agree, at least Jacob would be happy.
"See you in the morning!" Emily almost sang due to being so happy that I agreed.
"Yeah, bye." I said hanging the phone up. What had I expected calling her. I knew she would be in Jacob mode. I guess it was easier hearing it from her cause she was older than me or Jake, she sort of was like a second mother to the whole pack... even Sam. I let out a huge breath while throwing the covers over my head.
Jacob's POV
I reached for the door knob to enter my dad's house. As I opened the door, I seen my dad's smiling face, he was happy to see me... as always. I stepped in the house and closed the door behind me, when I turn back to my dad, he was looking around me at the door.
"Hey Jake, haven't seen you in a while... where's Kaitlyn? He asks.
Sometimes I think my dad likes seeing her more than me. I shrug at his question, "Probably home with her head in the toilet." The smile fades and disappears off his face.
"What happened, you two have a fight or something?" He asks, hoping that it was a fight, he knows she's been sick and he's just as worried as I am. I slink over to the small couch and sink down into the cushions. My dad eyes me now, awaiting a response.
"Yeah dad, we had a fight." I finally answered. I really didn't feel up to talking about this. I know things will be better in the morning, I just didn't like the fact that I wouldn't have her in my arms tonight. I stood up, "Dad, I really don't want to talk about this, everything will be fine in the morning... if you don't mind, I'll be staying here tonight." I informed him.
"Sure things Jake, you're always welcome here anytime." Billy said while looking up at me.
"Ok, I'm going out, I'll be back later." I tell Billy while making my ways to the door. I exit the house, closing the door behind me. I love my dad, he was always there for me, but I just didn't want to have this conversation with him. He watched me mope around for years over Bella and even though it was a small fight I had with Kaitlyn, it hurt just as much as it would have if I lost her forever. I didn't want to upset my dad again. I found my way to First Beach, I usually ended up here when I needed to think or cool down. As I stepped out on the sand, I noticed I wasn't alone. I saw a dark figure up the beach, a little too far away to make out who it was, but the shape suggested the person was female. This person must have seen me, they were making their way in my direction now. I bent down to scoop up a handful of multicolored rocks, skipping them one by one into the ocean's surface. I looked over to the approaching person again, they were close enough now that I seen who it was and my mouth dropped open... I had to take both hands and rub my eyes, making sure I wasn't seeing things.
"B-Bella?!" I managed to push out through the confusion.
She smiles wide now, standing only a foot away from me, "Hi Jake... wow, you look great!" She says while her eyes take in my whole seven foot four inch, three hundred and ten pound body, "Looks like you're grown since I last saw you, think you'll ever stop growing?" She teases.
"Umm... I guess not." Was all I could get to come out.
I must have had a mean look on my face cause she looks down shyly saying, "I know you told me not to come here anymore, just to leave you alone... I can see you're not happy to see me, but I just had to come see you... I missed you."
"No, no... it's not that... Well I mean yes... I've been kind of upset about something else... this really isn't helping." I couldn't really decide how I felt at that moment.
"What's going on that's got you so worked up, Jake?" She says while sitting on a dead tree along the beach... our tree, the one we sat on when she first came to La Push after moving to Forks. She pats the spot next to her.
I let out a sigh, moving to sit beside her. As I sit down, I hopped this wasn't the wrong thing to do... I always had problems figuring out the right things to do... but I did need someone to talk to. It was always so easy to talk to Bella, so I began, "Well, you see... I met this girl named Kaitlyn and I imprinted on her. It's just like the legend said, I was drawn to her, couldn't think about anything but her. Anyway, there's something wrong with her, she's sick and I keep pushing the issue that she's pregnant... but she insists that she can't be. I'm just worried about her, it's slowly killing me cause she won't go see a doctor and I have to watch her getting worse by the day..." I trail off, thinking about Kaitlyn, wondering if she was ok right now.
Bella breaks through my concerns, "Wow Jake, I'm so happy that you finally found someone, but why are you here if you're so worried about her?" She cocks her head to the side while asking this.
I shrug my shoulders, "She kind of kicked me out... we had a fight." I say, sadness tickled my tone.
"Awe Jake!" She throws her arms around me. I know she was just being supportive, but it felt good to be in her arms again. She still felt the same, even her smell was the same. I took a deep breath, her scent filled my nose.
Something moving caught the corner of my eyes, I turned my head to focus on what it was. I saw a figure standing there and as my eyes adjusted, my mouth snapped open again and I immediately stand up... shaking Bella's arms off me. Kaitlyn had a look on her face that resembled anger and I looked down to her hands to see them shaking. I knew this wasn't a good idea. Bella already noticed that we weren't alone anymore.
"Calm down Kaitlyn, it's not what it looks like." I reason with her. I'm sure it looked really bad to her, she probably already read my thoughts.
"Oh?" She raises an eye brow, "So you didn't run into the arms of another woman for comfort?" I could hear the acid in her voice as she fought back the tears that formed in her eyes.
"Well... no... not exactly." It was the truth, I didn't, not really.
She was still fighting back the tears, but she placed a hard mask on her face, "So... what you're telling me is that my eyes deceive me, right?" Her eyes shoot over to Bella, then back to me.
"Um... something like that?" It wasn't a question, I didn't know what to say. She was twisting my words and the situation around. But I did sort of imply that it wasn't what it looked like.
"Now I suppose you'll convince me that what I heard you thinking earlier was just my imagination?" She lowered her eye brow and looked intensely at me. I knew that wasn't a question, her arms were shaking now.
"Please Kaitlyn..." I moved towards her, arms reaching out, I wanted to wrap them around her, to prove that she was the one I loved and wanted.
"Don't come near me Jacob Black." Her firm voice had a strong warning to it.
I dropped my arms and stood there between Kaitlyn and Bella. If Kaitlyn did phase and attacked, I'd be able to hold her off long enough for Bella to get out of La Push... maybe, but would the border and the treaty matter to Kaitlyn? Would she chase Bella down til she caught her? What would Bella's blood-suckers do if Kaitlyn did go after her? I couldn't find that out.
"Honey, you're taking all this the wrong way, I didn't need to be comforted, she thought I did and she just gave me a hug." I cracked a small, unsure smile, hoping she'd just calm down.
"Ugh, honey? Don't call me that." I could see the fury entering her eyes, her whole body shook now, it came in waves, I knew she would phase soon. "So let me get this straight... we had a fight, you end up here where the girl you were deeply in love with, the girl that ripped your heart out just so happens to be. Then instead of sticking to your word and telling her to leave, you confide in her about our problems. When she wraps her arms around you..." a huge shiver raced through her body when she said that, "you forget about me, enjoying her embrace. Now you're searching through the choices you have to save her life. Is this sounding right to you or am I way off here?"
"Kaitlyn, please don't hurt her, she's in love with her blood-sucker, she's not a threat to you. You know I'm totally and completely yours, I'm so in love with you that not even death could keep me away from you!" I yell at her to try and force my words to sink in her jealous, stubborn mind.
Her body now shook so much that the rocks at her feet chattered together, "OH YEAH?! LET'S FIND OUT!!" She yells to me as a huge white wolf takes the place that Kaitlyn once stood.
Bella's mouth flew open, her eyes as big as fifty cent pieces. The moment I tried to avoid happened and I knew I couldn't hold off Kaitlyn. Even when she wasn't mad, she could easily fight off three wolves without a problem. I looked up to my dad's house, seeing him in the door way with a phone to his ear. The yelling must have caught his attention and I hoped he was calling the pack. I turned to Bella, yelling for her to run... she jumps up and takes off. Kaitlyn's eyes shift to her. That was my cue, I explode in my own wolf form, stepping in the way so Kaitlyn had to focus on me.
"You know the guys won't make it here in time.. I can take you down and tear her apart even before her leech can get here." Her thoughts were pressed in my head.
This let me know that Edward was on his way here too, but Kaitlyn was far more talented than him, in every way, "Kaitlyn, you would hurt me?" I thought to her, lowering my head and rubbing my nose across her right front leg. She let out a furious growl, but her eyes were sad, that growl must mean that she didn't want to hurt me. In wolf form, human emotions were dulled, only animal instinct remained and since there was no threat around anymore, Kaitlyn started to calm down. Just then a thought hit me, What would Kaitlyn do if Edward showed up? I knew she was in my head, but her eyes still looked calm... well calm enough. I hoped that Edward was listening to my thoughts too, "Edward, please don't come here, get Bella and go home!"
"He'll come anyways, he isn't happy, he saw my thoughts." Kaitlyn informed me. "Bella will follow him, I won't have to leave La Push." She almost laughed at this thought and I realized why she hadn't attacked, why her eyes were clam. She was just waiting... listening. Sam knew this too, he appeared behind Kaitlyn, running full speed towards her. When he got close enough, she just turned slightly, raising her paw. She got a hold of Sam and sent him flying at me. We collided with a loud thud and rolled down the beach about twenty yards. Kaitlyn walked past us, with a grin on her face. Sam turns to me with a pissed off look on his face.
"What have you done?!" Sam thought.
"Sam, I tried to stop it, it looked like she was calming down a little in wolf form." I tried to defend myself.
"How many times do I have to say it, she's not like us! She's special, her gifts set her apart from us in more than one way. She doesn't lose human emotion in wolf form cause she can still see and hear everyone else's!" He yelled in my head while jumping to his feet.
I jump to my feet too, looking at Sam and pushing my question in his mind, "What are we going to do now?"
Sam thought for a minutes, "I have no idea, but if we don't do something, she'll start a war. She's at the border now, waiting on Edward and he's close." Sam informed me.
Sam and I took off through the sand to enter into the forest that surrounded La Push. I couldn't see into Kaitlyn's head now, she must have blocked us out. Suddenly, a great howl filled the air, followed by a short yelp. "KAITLYN" my thoughts screamed. I pushed my legs faster, pushed my body to it's limits. She was hurt, I could smell her blood on the air now. If that leech hurt her, I'll kill him myself! As I made it to the spot they were, I saw Kaitlyn, naked and in human form, laying on the ground. She was curled up in a ball with her arms around her lower stomach, there was blood everywhere.