Title: Almost Lover (Part II)
Ship: Jacob/Bella
Rated: PG-13, for language
Spoilers: Eclipse.
A/N: The second part was inspired by the prompt "Stuck in a Moment". I wrote the whole fic at once, but I was listening to U2 at the time, and it helped with the second half.
Table Link: here
Summary: Edward issues an ultimatum.

V

The car was completely silent and cold. Bella shivered and tried to wrap her arms around her body, but that just made her wrist hurt worse. She gave a little whimper of pain and Jacob glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.

"You know, your wrist wouldn't be broken if you had just left me alone."

"My wrist wouldn't be broken if you had opened the door and stopped acting like a three year old."

"I'm the childish one? Why don't you make up your mind, Bella? First you want him, than you lead me on, and than you take him back after all the crap he pulled. Don't blame me for your mistakes."

"You know, it was a mistake. I canceled the wedding when he said it was either him or you. For some stupid, unknown reason I chose you. "

The car slowed down, and eventually came to a lurching stop. Bella sat in the silence, waiting for him to say something, anything.

"You came to my door every day, yelling at me to open it, calling me childish, and spoiled and ignorant. I didn't want to open it. Maybe you can forgive easily, but I wasn't willing to take a chance. You chose him Bella… and then the wedding was canceled, and I didn't know what to think."

"Maybe if you had opened the stupid door, you would have found out," she grumbled.

Jake thought for a moment, and Bella wished she could read his mind. He seemed to be struggling with something. "So…you called off the wedding? Because you chose me."

Bella pouted, a sour look on her face. "Yes."

Jacob reached across the seat, pulling her snugly against his side. Bella struggled at first, but eventually leaned into his embrace. She wrapped her one good arm around Jacob's neck and pulled his face close to hers. He buried his fingers in her hair, and kissed her sweetly.

There was a crack of thunder, and the sky seemed to open up. Rain poured down and pounded the car. Bella pulled away and smiled. Finally, it had rained.