Chapter 3: Heaven and Hell

Jacob, Bella and the pack make the arrangements to meet the Cullen's.

Jacob POV

Living with Bella was hell. There was not other way to describe it, well maybe one way. Heaven. It was heaven and hell. Heaven because I got to spend more time with my son, and that meant that I was happier than I ever had been, but that meant living with Bella too, and that was pure hell. I was so confused about my situation and didn't know what to do to resolve it. At first it was great, spending all this extra time with Bella only strengthened my love for her, but that's where the problem started. It had been two months now and things were only getting worse for me. I would sometimes catch her unawares, I always seemed to know when she was stepping out of the shower and I would turn up as she left the bathroom in nothing but a towel, this was all coincidence of course. But she started to dress in the bathroom soon after that, to save awkward situations, but it didn't help. I still couldn't get that picture out of my mind. The worst was during the night. Ever since Jack had that encounter with the leech, he'd been waking up every night screaming at the top of his lungs. The first night he'd done it, Bells, Charlie and I had all rushed into his room in a blind panic only to find him curled up into his giant wolf teddy sobbing softly, as time wore on Charlie stopped coming into his room with us as he knew he had it under control. But each night as I watched her lovingly sooth our son back into a peaceful slumber I fell more in love with her than I had ever been, thus creating my own sweet hell.

Bella POV

Living with Jacob was challenging, he would often catch me looking at him, just staring, usually when he was doing something with Jack, he would never say anything about it, he would just smile and look away. Little did he know that, that simple smile had me swooning at the knee's and dreaming of him at night. I was torture knowing he was sleeping in the room above me, rather than beside me where he could keep me warm. He had caught me unawares a few times coming out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel. I had resided to dressing in the bathroom to stop me from doing anything that I might regret, something that he made pretty clear the last time he didn't want to do. I couldn't help myself any more Jacob, it seemed, was the man I wanted now, and I know it had something to do with watching him with our son. Watching him being so caring and loving towards our boy only intensified my love for him. Edward was so far from my mind, that was until I got the reply letter from Carlisle, then all the old feelings came rushing back, I was definitely screwed up.

It had been a warm summers morning when I got the letter. I was sitting out the front with Jack and Jacob, planning Jack's third birthday party, when the letter arrived.

"Jacob, it's the reply from Carlisle." I had said upon receiving it. He had made sure Jack was OK playing on his own in the grass before coming to sit beside me on the veranda to read it.

Dear Bella,

It was so good hearing from you again and it does our hearts good to hear how happy you are now. We know how difficult it was for you in the beginning and for that we all apologise, you're family to us, and it wasn't easy to leave you behind like that.

We are all sorry to hear how difficult things have been for you and your family with Victoria hunting you and I would gladly like to inform you that we are all more than happy to help the pack keep you and your boy safe. As I said you're still family to us, and we do everything to protect family.

Jacob this part is to you as I know you are the alpha of the pack, we hope that we can work closely with you all to help get rid of Victoria, I myself am not one for killing vampires, but when it comes to family I will do anything. I know Bella and Edward are no longer an item, and she has a child with you, but to me she's still my daughter. We all love her very much. We are all in agreement to work together at our home, if that's OK with you, as our land is less dense with tree's and easier to work with. I would also like to request that you and the pack turn up in human form rather than wolf, as we don't there to be any hostility and would like to do you a feast to show that we are grateful for the meet on our land. Of course if you would feel more comfortable in wolf form, then we would completely understand. If you could get back to me as soon as you discussed it with your pack, then that would be very much appreciated, the sooner we can start planning the feast the better.

That's all I have to say for now, but Rosalie would like to add something for you Bella. Hope to see you all soon.

Love from everyone

Bella, it's Rosalie. I can not tell you how happy I am that you've decided to have a normal human life. I do love Edward, and I know it couldn't have been easy for you to make this choice, but I'm sure that little boy of yours helped, and made it worth while.

Now I have a favour to ask of you, and I know it would be a big one because I heard about what happened with Edward. But I would love to be able to meet your little boy, it has always been a dream of mine to have a child, and I can't and you don't know how happy I am that you have had one, even if it is with a werewolf. I just want to see with my own eyes that you are happy and living a normal human life. Is it too much to ask? Don't worry if it is, I know how Jacob feels about his son being around us. Anyway I'm looking forward to hearing from you, and seeing you.

Love you sis, Rosalie.

"Are you happy that they still think of you as family?" Jacob asked as I wiped away the tears.

"I am yes." I replied. "Does that bother you?"

"No." He replied honestly and my heart felt lighter. "I know how hard it is not to love you." He added and I blushed. "Besides it was Edward that hurt you, not them, I hold no animosity towards them."

"Thank you" I replied sincerely and hugged him. "What do you make of the letter?"

"Well the pack may not go for all of us being human at once, but we can take it in shifts. And as for Rosalie seeing Jack, I'm not too sure, you saw how upset he got at Edward."

"I know, but he didn't realise he wasn't a monster." I replied meekly.

"Look, as I said I hold no animosity towards the other's, I don't mind them seeing Jack if he can cope, but I don't want my boy anywhere near Edward." He said then got up to get Jack juice, leaving me to my thoughts.

Jacob POV

A while after my talk with Bella I had arrived at Sam and Emily's to talk to the pack and had brought Jack along with me. As soon as I set him down he dashed over to Sam, his favourite uncle, and climbed up on his knee.

"Hey kiddo" Sam greeted him and Emily gave him a kiss to the head and a muffin.

"Hey don't tell your mom you got that, Jack" I said and sat down on the only empty seat. "She'll have my guts for garters."

"OK" was his reply as he took a bite out of it.

"I guess the Cullen's replied." Quil said by way of greeting, he and Paul were the only ones who were against working with the Cullen's. "Yes and they want to meet with us all in human form." I replied

"No way" Quil, Paul and to my surprise Jared said in unison.

"I knew you'd say that and that's what I told Bella. They want to serve a feast for us to show that there's no hostility coming from them."

"That's very nice of them" Sam said and Jack nodded his head in agreement. I smiled at his cuteness before continuing.

"It is nice of them. And they still consider Bella family and love her very much which is making her very happy at the moment."

"We all love Bella too." Seth interjected and they all nodded in agreement.

"I know that" I smiled "and so does she. Which is why I know that you'll all agree for her sake and Jacks to do this. We can take it in turns to phase so you can all enjoy the feast" I finished and left no room for an argument. Not that there would be any, they were all doing this for Bella and Jack's sake. "One more thing. Blondie wants to see Jack. She always wanted Bella to have a normal life, and now that she is, Blondie would like to see for herself." I added

"What do you make of that?" Leah asked me

"As I said to Bella, I hold no animosity towards the others, just Edward and I am more than happy for them to see Jack if they wished."

"I thought you would've said no" Embry interjected

"They're willingly risking their lives for him. It's only fair that, if he can cope, they get to meet the little tyke."

"OK, but you know what happened last time Jacob, we don't want him to go through that again." Sam said protectively

"I know neither do I" I replied with the same protectiveness in my voice. "But if Blondie could come to our house to meet him, somewhere where Jack feels safe, then if he's OK with her then we can introduce him to the rest."

"OK she can come on our land, but let her know that we'll be watching the house."

"OK and I'll let her know that Emmett is welcome too, so she doesn't feel too outnumbered." The pack nodded their heads in agreement and I was thankful that they were doing this. It still amazed me how mature everyone became once Jack was born. It made everything so much easier.

Jacob POV

"Bella we're home'" I called as Jack and I walked through the door.

"I'm in Jack's room putting away his clothes." She called back. I smiled as Jack rushed up the stairs eager for a cuddle and followed him.

"Hi baby did you miss me" Bella said picking him up, she twirled him around and gave him a big kiss. I was in heaven watching them.

"Yeah momma, I had a big muffin" He giggled.

"Hey, that's supposed to be a secret." I mock scolded him and he just laughed in response. Bella laughed in reply too. She set him down so he could play with some toys and bent over to put his socks and pants in the bottom drawer, OK now I'm in hell. "I um, the guys agreed to the meeting and stuff and to Jack meeting Rosalie if he can handle it, so I am um, gonna go and write a reply to them." I stuttered, she looked up at me weirdly as I blushed.

"You want me to do it?" She questioned, not really sure what was happening.

"No, no it's fine" I replied and made a swift exit.

"You're daddy's weird" I heard her mutter to Jack, only for him to laugh in response.

I took a few deeps breaths as I reached my room and told my mind to forget about what it just saw, I needed to focus to write this darn letter.

Carlisle

It's Jacob here, I've had a talk with the pack and with Bella and we're all fine with the arrangement. However, the pack aren't all comfortable with being human, so we're going to taking it in turns to phase so we can all enjoy the feast. Which we are all entirely grateful for, it is very kind of you. I hope you're OK with this arrangement. Let us know a good time for you and I'll arrange it with the pack. Not all of them can be there at once, and some of the younger ones aren't used to working with Vampires, so they will be patrolling the res, and there'll be an older one with them from time to time to keep them in line.

Rosalie, Bella and I are both fine with you seeing our son, in fact if he can handle it I would like you all to meet him since you are risking your safety to help us keep him safe, which I am very grateful for. But after his reaction with Edward I would like to introduce him to you all slowly. So Rosalie if you agree then you're welcome to come to mine and Bella's home, this is where Jack feels the safest and the pack are fine with you being in the res. If it would make you more comfortable then Emmett is welcome as well, as the pack will be surrounding the house. They're all kind of overprotective of Jack, but they are all grateful for your help. They all love him and Bella so much and would do anything for them, as would I. If you are OK with the arrangement come over this Thursday at lunch, this will give me and Bella plenty of time to convince Jack that you aren't the bad guys. If you wait at the boarder of La Push Sam will escort you to ours.

If you are not comfortable with this at all, we can arrange a meeting in the town, where it's more neutral.

Thanks Jacob, Bella and Jack.

Satisfied I sealed the envelope and addressed it. Just as I finished the door opened and closed and Charlie announced his arrival home. I heard Jack bounding down the stairs to him and got up to follow, sighing as I went. We still had to discuss everything with Charlie and he was going to be the hardest to convince.

Rosalie POV

I could barely contain my excitement as I hastily wrote a reply to Jacob and Bella, I could hardly wait to see their son. Bella being human made me so happy and helped me put my past behind me.

Jacob,

Firstly thank you so much for trusting me enough to be around your son. If you ask Bella she'll tell you my story and you'll see why this is so important to me. I have no problem at all with coming to your house and neither does Emmett, to tell you the truth he's just as excited as I am. He and Bella were so close and he can't wait to see her smile again. Leaving her has been hard on all of us.

I hope Jack will be OK to meet us, just tell him we're not as scary as Eddy.

Oh, and Carlisle said that if Thursday evening is good for you then it's good for us. He said we can work around your schedule.

Looking forward to meeting your boy, Rosalie.

A.N. Well what do you think? Do you like the kind Rosalie? Just want to point out that this is set six years after new moon, so the pack are all maturer and are all willing to do what ever is necessary to protect the Alpha's son. Reviews please.

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