Chapter 2: Moving house

Bella writes to Carlisle to ask him a huge favour. Bella and Charlie say goodbye to their old home and memories.

Bella POV.

I stared around the piles of packed boxes in my small room as I sat composing a note to Carlisle. It didn't seem like it was 7 years ago since I moved here from Arizona as a shy teenager who would make a lot of bad choices, but it was and so much had changed in that space of time. I made the bad choice of getting involved with Edward, even though I still inexplicably loved him, he was a bad choice. He brought me into a world of pain and fear for my life, all because he loved me and my blood sang to him, whatever the hell that meant.

Jacob, I had took to looking at him as my good choice, because without that choice I wouldn't have my son. Even though he brought me into another world of pain, I didn't fear for my life with him, he made me safe. He broke my heart by leaving me, to be honest if I was still with Jacob, I don't think Edward coming back would have mattered to me, but I'm alone so it does.

I can't let myself be with Edward, no matter how much my heart is aching for it. Because loosing my son would be much, much harder than loosing him. I would loose my son if I choose Edward, because I wasn't going to let him be sucked into that world, full of vampires, blood thirst and death and Jacob certainly wouldn't let me do it. Even though I know he would hate himself for doing it to me, I know he would fight tooth and nail for full custody of our boy.

This is the reason why I tell myself that Edward was my bad choice, because no matter how much my heart wanted it, and it wanted it badly, I could not be with him any more. I was strong enough to walk away from him now, I can willingly do so. But I'm not, nor will I ever be, willing to walk away from my child.

I shook my head to clear it of the thoughts that were racing through my mind. Edward was once considered my true love, but now none of that's clear any more. My body seems willing to tie itself in every way humanly possible to Jacob, but my mind is holding back, because I still loved Edward and Jacob could still imprint. Sighing I pulled my notepad towards me and began writing a pleading letter to Carlisle.

"Bells are you ready to go, hun?" Jacob called to me as I finished the last of my letter. My heart gave a weird little leap as I heard his voice. Our bond was definitely getting stronger.

"Yes, I just need to get these boxes." I called back as I slipped the letter into the envelope.

"The guys are coming up to get them don't worry." He replied just then there was a loud rumble as they came hurtling up the stairs. I laughed and left the letter sitting on the windowsill, as I knew Edward would come by later to see the empty house.

"Ready." Jacob said as he stood by the door. The room had been cleared within minutes and only my bed and wardrobes were left. There was furniture that came with the new house, so we were leaving ours in the hopes of a quicker sale.

"I'm going to miss this place. There's a lot of memories in this room." I sighed looking around for the last time.

"A lot of great memories." Jacob said in reply, this caused me to swat him on the arm, knowing what it was he was thinking about, he just laughed in response. "I miss those times." He added and stepped forward, but I stepped back and looked away from him. "Come on Bella, I know you still love me, what do I have to do here?" He pleaded.

"I do still love you, very much, but I also still love him and that created a problem before." I replied honestly.

"Things are different now Bells, we have Jack and I'm more mature now." His voice was desperate and I could see in his body language that he had the urge to hold me.

"You're always saying that you're afraid of loosing me, but I have more reason to be afraid of loosing you." I said and he looked at me confused. "We could get back together, have more children, get married, and finally be happy, but there will always be that chance that you could walk by some random person and imprint on them. Then I'll be left again heartbroken and alone." I began crying as I revealed the fear in my heart and this time he didn't hesitate and he held me close.

"I can't imprint any more." He began, and this time it was my turn to look confused. "I choose to mate with you Bella and we have a child together now. The fact that I have a child with a woman that isn't my imprint breaks the imprint bond. If I were to ever imprint on a woman it would be immediately broken because my loyalty is to Jack, not to an imprint." When he finished he lent in and gave me a kiss. It was the most passionate, heartfelt kiss that we shared outside our relationship and it made my resolve fade away. "I love you, Bella. Don't ever forget that." He whispered and walked out leaving me too my thoughts.

I stood for a few minutes more contemplating what had just transpired between Jacob and I and what it meant for our future. It made me happy that I was the only one he could be with, but guilty at the same time, because he wasn't the only one I could be with.

Edward POV

I stood not far from he house and upwind so that the wolves couldn't smell me. They were all running around like maniacs talking about how happy they were now that Bella and Jack were moving on to the res, where they would be better protected. Something which Charlie agreed wholeheartedly on.

"Where are the two love birds?" He had joked to the guys and my heart gave a jolt of pain.

"In Bella's room." Sam had said. "Jacob wants to talk to her."

"Let's leave them too it then." Charlie had replied happily and they all jumped into the cars and transported them to the new house. This gave me the perfect opportunity to hear what they had to say clearly.

As I listened it became clear to me that I may had lost Bella forever, she seemed to be totally in love with Jacob, but she still professed that she loved me. I almost cried out in anguish when he told her than he would never imprint because they had a son together and then kissed her. I wanted to run up there and rip his head off, but in doing so I would cause Bella untold pain, and loose her forever. So instead I watched as they got into the last car together and drove off to their new home. When they had disappeared out of sight I jumped up to her window and took the note that she had left for Carlisle and left without so much as a look around. She had made new memories with Jacob in that room and they had forever erased the ones of us.

I arrived back home quickly and gathered everyone in one room. "She's gone, she now lives on the res." I began and held my head down in pain.

"We can inly hope that she will be safe there." Carlisle replied and everyone nodded in agreement.

"She left this for you." I said to him and handed him the letter, he looked at me confused before tearing it open and reading it out loud.

Dear Carlisle.

It has been so long since I saw all of you, that I sometimes can't remember what you look like. Rather silly of me I know since you never change, but it's true. I still sometimes think that meeting you all was just a dream. I have missed you all, even Rosalie and I have wondered for the last six years where you have all been, and if you even thought of me. Because I thought of you all, all of the time.

Things have changed with me, I don't know whether Edward has told you, but I have a son now. He's two and a half and his name is Jack William Black-Swan, bit of a mouthful I know but I had to name him Jack because it was the closest name to Jake, I could get without it actually being Jake. And William, well because Billy has been like another father to me, much like you Carlisle. I know that you all will, to some degree, will be worried about me mating with a werewolf and having his child, but there is no need to. Jacob makes me feel totally safe, he's never laid a finger on me and has never lost control in front of me. Plus, he is an amazing father, and I couldn't have asked for a better one.

I know that I am in no place to ask you of a favour, but I am in desperate need of this one, and I wouldn't ask if it wasn't so important, and that is why I am appealing directly to you Rosalie. You always wanted me to have a normal human life, and I am. But it's not me I'm asking for, it's my son.

For years now Victoria has been hunting me down, trying to kill me for what Edward done to her partner. She attacked me when I was seven moths pregnant, Jacob saved us just in time, but I went into premature labour and as a result Jack and I almost died. Since Jack has been born she had stepped up her game in trying to kill me, she has sent hoards of newborns in, but the wolves have killed them easily, but she still remains at large. Only now she has a new agenda, something we learned of a loose tongued new born, before Jacob ripped him apart. His exact words were 'Keep your son close, she's coming for him'. I can not begin to describe how frightened Jacob and I are at this prospect. She knows that killing him would be the worst pain she could inflict on me, and then killing me would be the worse pain she could inflict on you Edward, because she knows that a vampire's love for someone never dies.

The pack are strong enough to defeat her if they could catch her, but she's keen on having a newborn army with her everywhere and she takes to the tree's whenever they get close. It's starting to grate on the pack's nerves so they've asked for your help. Jacob is the alpha now and he's reluctant to do it, but will for the sake of Jack, and to be totally honest I'm scared for them all. I love them all so much and I don't know what I'd do if any of them died.

So I am asking if you'd all be willing to meet up with us, we will come to your house if you'd feel safer and we can work something out. I'm hoping that you'll all agree, because we need your strength and knowledge to end Victoria and Jacob and I will do anything to save our son.

Hoping you are all well,

Bella.

"We have to help her." Rosalie said first, much to the surprise of everyone except Emmett.

"I agree" he added, giving Rose's hand a squeeze. "He's just an innocent boy."

"I agree" The others had said simultaneously.

"Edward?" Carlisle had asked me and I took a deep breath before answering.

"She may not be my mate any more but I still have to protect her." I replied and walked out to my room.

"Great" He replied "I'll write to Bella to set up a meeting with everyone here, and we can provide some food for the wolves, to show them that we're not going to be hostile, even though they're on our land."

Bella POV

To say that the new house was big was an understatement. It was a huge three storey house, built with wood like the other housed on the res and painted a slightly off white colour. There was a huge garden that surrounded the entire house along with a white picketed fence and a large veranda circled the front and right hand side of the house. I gasped as I walked through the front door, it led to a huge open planned living room, dining room and kitchen area, each painted a different colour to separate the three rooms. To the right was the living room that was painted a light grey and had red curtains, cushions, throws and other nick knacks to break up the grey, at the back of that room was an arched entrance to the dining room which was painted a bright green colour with equally bright accessories, and was large enough to fit the whole pack in comfortably. To the right was another smaller sitting room, painted the same colour as the first, this one however had books instead of a T.V. Obviously meant for some quite time. At the end of this room was another archway, like in the main living room and dinning room which led to the kitchen. It was as long as the house and half as wide, it had a smaller dining table on the left hand side and the kitchen was on the right. It was painted a lovely lemon colour with white tiles and black worktops. The fridge, sink, dishwasher and washing machine were all stainless steel and in the middle sat an island with an aga placed in it.

"It's amazing" I said in awe.

"Jacob and the pack decorated it" My dad replied and led me up the stairs that were at the back of the smaller sitting room. On the second floor was my room, left white so I could paint it myself, my dad's room with an en suite, which I was glad of, the main bathroom which was painted a dark blue, and held a white sink, toilet a bath and a shower and still had plenty of space left over. And Jack's room which was painted light blue and beautifully decorated with white furniture.

"He's going to be so excited to have his own room" I said in awe.

"I decorated it myself." Jacob said proudly.

"It's beautiful." I replied and gave him a genuine smile.

"Right, you two enjoy the new house and I'll go pick up Jack" He said whilst blushing and scurried off down the stairs.

"Where's your room?" I asked confused not seeing another flight of stairs in sight.

"Ah" He replied and stretched up to reach a cord that was hanging from the ceiling, he gave a tug and down came an oak staircase. "After you my lady" He smiled and I giggled before walking up the stairs. At the top there was a little landing that led to two open planned rooms, first was a small sitting room, second was his bedroom, that also had an en suit. It was easily the biggest bedroom in the house and I was a tad jealous. It was pained red and cream and had a huge seven foot bed in the centre of the room.

"No fair why do you get the bigger bedroom?" I complained. I sat on his bed and he followed.

"In case you hadn't noticed I'm a pretty huge guy." He laughed and I blushed "Besides if you want this room, I'd gladly take the one beside Jack" He added and I blushed harder. He gave me the other room because he knew I'd rather be beside Jack.

"I'd rather be beside Jack." I replied

"I knew you would." He replied and gave me a kiss. He had only meant it as a light kiss, but instead I grabbed his head and deepened the kiss. It soon became heated and he broke away.

"Jacob please" I begged.

"I can't Bella. I can't make love to you unless you say you'll be mine, I'm sorry."

"I'm still unsure." I replied and he winced in pain knowing what I meant.

"Then I can't" he said regretfully as tears began to spring from his eyes. He hastily wiped them away and ran down the stairs leaving me sitting in his room, cold and all alone.

A.N. Just to clarify there are times when Bella says she can't be with Edward, then says there's a possibility because he heart still doesn't know what it truly wants. Please review and let me know what you think of the Bella and Jacob moments in this chapter.