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Bella POV
It's going to be ok. It's going to be ok. I kept chanting in my head, reminding myself that it was going to be ok. It was going to be ok, right? I looked over at Edward, and it looked like he was doing the same thing.
"Do you want to come in with me?" I asked, turning to face Edward, almost afraid of hearing no. He turned to look at me, uncertainty written all over his face. Was Edward Cullen actually afraid?
"I don't know." He said, evenly spacing each word. Weighing them, while the idea of meeting my children churned in his mind. I grabbed his hand and squeezed, probably leaving bruises.
"I'll be right back. Ok? I love you." I said kissing his cold lips.
"Take your time. And I love you too." I said against my lips and then kissed me again. I pulled away and unbuckled my seat belt.
I took three deep breaths to clear my head then opened my car door. The ten steps from my car door to the house door was the longest walk I've taken since my wedding day. I could do this.
I could see my children and not breakdown. I could tell my children how much I love them, explain to them that I love them, that Jake loves them, but we just didn't love each other. I could give the speech that my parents gave me when I first realized that they weren't getting back together. I could do it.
I knocked on the door and waited for either Sue or Charlie to answer. Waiting for someone to come to the door I shifted my weight from foot to foot, glancing behind me, and meeting Edward's eyes. I gave a little smile then heard Charlie shout that he was coming.
The door opened up and their stood Charlie, with Sue hot on his tail. I walked in and quickly shut the door behind me so he wouldn't notice Edward waiting in the car.
"Hey Bells. How are you doing? You don't have to knock, you know that." He said pulling me into a hug.
"I know dad. I just needed a second to collect myself that's all. Where's Eli and Masen?" I pulled myself out of the hug and stepped around Charlie and Sue and into the kitchen. My little girl stood in the kitchen on a stool, covered in chocolate, mixing bowl in one tiny hand and whisk in the other.
I almost lost it at the very second. Then her little chocolate brown eyes looked up at me and a big smile spread across her face. I can do this without breaking down. My children and I can survive without Jake.
"MOMMY!" She screamed, putting the mixing bowl and whisk down and jumping over the stool. She ran over to me, throwing her arms around my legs. I slipped the apron over her head and picked her up, hugging her close to my chest. I felt tears pricking at my eyes, but I told myself I wasn't going to cry.
"Mommy, guess what Mammy and I made today?! Brownies, lots and lots of brownies! And we gave them to Uncle Seth and I said 'Uncle Seth, you'd better share with everyone or I'd tell Daddy and Uncle Sam not to play wolf with you anymore!' and he told me he'd share, because he likes playing wolf! I want to go over and see Uncle Sam and Aunt Emily. Mommy can we pwetty, please go over there?"
She looked up at me, with the look. I knew the look that she gave me. She knew it worked on Jake. One look into those chocolate pools and he would crumble. I couldn't crumble anymore. I had to be strong not just for myself but for my children.
"I don't know sweetie, I have some friends coming over and they want to meet you and Masen. Speaking of your brother where is he?" I asked turning around so I was facing Charlie and Sue.
Sue looked over at Charlie and a look of guilty played across his face.
"What?" I asked. Extremely confused. I wish Edward was in here, so he could read their minds. "What?!" I asked for a second time. My emotions went from confused to nervous and I wished another Cullen was here, to calm my nerves.
Sue cleared her throat and looked up at Charlie, nudging him with her shoulder.
"Well, Bells he's been spending a lot of his time with Seth. And well…Jake came by this morning to get Seth and go down to Sam's. Masen begged them to take him with. So Mas went along with them."
I almost dropped Eli from the shock. Charlie just let him go, even though he knew I was spending the day with them. My blood was boiling.
"You let him go! Why, you knew that I was coming to get them and you let Jake take him! Charlie, why would you do that?!" I never call him Charlie to his face, but I was pissed. I gripped Eli closer to keep myself from breaking down. This wasn't fair.
"Bella, I tried stopping him. I told him that you were coming to get them and he snapped at me and said that Masen was his son and he could take him if he wanted. He said that you were taking them to meet the Cullens and he doesn't want his children around them. Bella I don't want to get in the middle of this, but you two can not be fighting like this, think about Masen and Elizabeth. All this fighting and hatred isn't good for them."
Charlie was right. This hatred and fighting wasn't good for them. They can't be seeing their parents hating each other. I put Eli down on the floor and walked over to the counter. I picked up the phone and punched in Sam's number, knowing that's where Jake is staying.
It rang and rang, and I was getting frustrated because no one was picking up. I slammed the phone back down on the cradle, feeling the anger seep into ever inch of my body.
"Bella what are you doing?" Charlie asked, shuffling Eli and Sue into the living room.
"I'm calling Jake and getting my son back." I said between my teeth.
I picked the phone back up and redialed Sam's number. It went through another round of rings until the automatic voice told me to leave a message. I slammed the phone back down on the cradle, getting more angry by the minute.
"Bells, calm down, or I'm going to have to buy a new phone." Charlie said, putting his hand on top of my hand that was resting on the counter. I kept my eyes focused on the phone, so I wouldn't start crying or throw the phone.
"It's going to be ok, Bells." Charlie said, kissed me on the forehead then walked into the living room.
I picked up the phone again and hit the redial button. It did another round of ringing, I was about to hang up when I heard someone pick up. "Hello?" I heard a husky, pissed off voice say. Paul.
"Can I talk to Jacob please?" I said, trying not to sound too much like a bitch. I don't know what Jake has told the pack yet, he might have turn them all against me.
"Yeah hold on a second." I heard voices in the back ground, and then the phone being shifted from Paul's hand to Jake's.
"Hello?" Hearing Jake's voice through the phone brought a flood of memories back and I had to remind myself that I wasn't going to have a break down. I can do this without breaking down. My children and I can survive without Jake.
"I want my son back Jake and I want him back now. I know Charlie told you I was picking up the twins for the day so why the fuck would you take him? Plus we talked about him being around the pack, I don't want him around the pack."
"You'd prefer him hanging out with a bunch of bloodsuckers?- Because I'd rather my son be around the pack then with a bunch of leeches."
Bringing the Cullens into this, made my blood boil even more.
"Bring him back Jake or I'll come over and get him myself. I'm not kidding either, you know that I'm not kidding."
"Masen wants to stay with me Bella. Let him spend the day with me and you can get him tomorrow."
I tightly shut my eyes and clapped down on my teeth, hearing my jaw pop.
"Jake I made plans for today. I have classes tomorrow and studying and I don't have time to drive back down here. You on the other hand don't work on Mondays and you LIVE DOWN HERE."
I heard him cursing under his breath , and I knew I won this battle.
"Come down and get him then, I'm not going up to Charlie's."
Ok maybe the battle was half won.
"Whatever. I'll be there in ten minutes have him ready." I said hanging the phone up before he could even reply. I took three deep breaths to clear my head and wiped away the tears that started falling from my eyes. I can do this without breaking down. My children and I can survive without Jake. I had to remind myself yet again.
When I knew that I was good to go I walked into the living room and gave Charlie and Sue a weak smile. I walked over to Sue and picked Eli up off her lap.
"Ready to go baby girl? We have to go down to Uncle Sam's and get Masen. Where's their bags?"
The couch squeaked when Sue got up. She walked over to the dining room table and grabbed the twin's bags. Charlie stood too, and walked into the kitchen.
"Here you go sweetie. Are you ok? I have to talk to you about some things, about the pack. Do you think we could talk after you come back. Charlie's going down to Billy's." Sue said in a low voice. Charlie still didn't know about the pack, or the Cullens or the never ending battle waging between the two.
"Yeah I'm fine. Sure I'd love to talk." I said with another weak smile. I shifted Eli so I was holding her in one and grabbed the bags with my free hand.
"I'll be back around eight. They'll be bathed and in Pjs. Thanks a lot guys, for watching them while we figure this stuff out. I got the divorce papers today and I still have to meet with the attorney to set up a custody hearing and-" I was cut off when I heard a crash outside.
"What the hell?" Charlie asked, walking towards the door, Sue and I following. When we got to the door, he flung it open to see Edward pinned to the ground, with Jake on top of it. Sam and Embry were standing a few feet behind him, while Seth stood on the porch, with a tiny, scared, Masen in his arms.
"Stay away from my family! Do you hear me leech, STAY AWAY FROM MY FAMILY!" Jake was screaming in Edward's face.
I handed Eli to Sue and shoved past them, grabbing Masen and handing him off to Charlie, shoving all of them in the door and slamming it shut.
I marched past Seth, down the porch steps and stood at Jake's side. I shoved him in the arm with all the strength I had. Sam and Embry ran up to me, grabbing me by the arms, trying to drag me to the porch. I managed to wiggle out of their grasp, and run back down towards Jake.
Jake still had Edward pinned on the ground, one hand digging into his arm and one hand wrapped tightly around his throat. I heard the windpipe cracking little by little. I looked into Edward's eyes, and saw the life in them starting to fade. I screamed my lungs out hoping to get Jake's attention , it didn't.
I managed to shove his arm again, hoping it would loosen his grip, it didn't. "Get off of him, you big idiot!" I screamed. Jake let go of Edward's arm and with very little effort, shoved me back. My butt hit the ground with a loud thump and a cry broke out of my throat.
That got Jake's attention. He glanced over at me, murder in his eyes. When he noticed that I was crying, he jumped off of Edward and ran over to me.
"What the fuck is he doing here! You know he's not suppose to be on our land! You brought him here! You were going to let him around our children? What if he bit them!? Huh. Think with your head for once instead of your hormones!" He shouted into my face, while grabbing me under the armpits picking me up.
"I'm taking the kids and we're leaving. No way in hell are they going anywhere near a Cullen." Jake started pacing, back and forth, back in forth. I noticed Edward got up off the ground and walked over to me. Sam, Embry and Seth walked into the house to give us some privacy.
Edward brushed himself off, and then grabbed my hand, lifting it up to his mouth and kiss my knuckles. Jake stopped in his tracks and growled, a ripple shaking his whole body.
"See this is what I'm talking about! I can't believe you are actually with him! You don't care about me or our children. You are just a selfish little brat!" He took two steps towards us, when I heard the door swing open then heard a loud click.
"Now that's enough Jacob Black. I suggest you run on home, back to that girlfriend of yours. Bella come get your kids and go home. Jake I don't want to see you around Doctor Cullen again, you hear me?"
There stood Charlie on the porch, shot gun in hand. Embry and Sam walked past him, hopped down the steps and grabbed Jake by the arms. "Come on lets go." Sam whispered to him.
"He broke the treaty. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip his head off right now. He's going to be with my children." With the last part his voice rose loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Because your children are on the porch watching you right now, scared." Sam said, all of us looking over to the porch. There stood Eli hid behind Charlie's legs, while Masen stood holding a mock gun like Charlie.
With that Jake, Sam and Embry made their way down the dirt road out of my view. I let go of Edward's hand and walked up to the porch. I stood in front of Charlie give him a silent thank you look.
"Please be nice. Six years ago…it was a miscommunication and I forgave him. He's back now, back for me." I whispered. Charlie nodded his head and leaned the gun down against the house. We watched as Edward awkward walked up to the porch, nodded at Charlie, and grabbed the two little bags off the porch floor. He then walked down the porch and slide into the front seat of the car.
I picked up the twins, told Charlie and Sue that I loved them and walked down to the car. I placed both of them in their car seats, buckled them in and slide into the front seat. I took three more deep breaths and started the car. I can do this without breaking down. My children and I can survive without Jake.
A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry I didn't update sooner, I was actually going to update yesterday, but my boyfriend took me out for valentines day, (I hope everyone had a good VDAY!) so I didn't get to finish. I was going to add more to the chapter but it seemed really long already, so I'm starting a new one right now. Reviews are always welcomed and if I get oh lets say 20 reviews, I will add the new chapter tonight! Thanks guys :]