This chapter will be dedicated to two people. First, to cathykid for finding my chapters engaging. I hoped I was not the only one that found the pack life intersting! Second, to Brittz303, for appreciating my effort and being understanding on my views.

Everyone welcome Scooby Lady on board as my second beta for this story!

It was February twentieth. It was Friday, but we didn't have school due to a teachers in-service.

I was playing baseball in the backyard with Silas, and losing horribly. I couldn't catch or throw the thing if my life depended on it. Silas didn't mind digging the ball out of the bushes, though, so we were doing fine.

The back door opened and Jacob poked his head out the door. He grinned and asked, "Where's my little Baby Swan?"

Silas smiled and darted across the yard, jumping into Jacob's arms. He hugged him, "Hi!"

I laughed and made my way over there. Jacob kissed the top of Silas' head fondly.

I asked, "What brings you over here?"

He beamed, "I finished the Rabbit. I wanted to know if my two favorite people would honor me with their company today."

Silas eagerly accepted, "I wanna go! Can we mama?"

I took him away from Jacob and set him on the ground. "Go find your shoes."

Silas darted into the house. Jacob wrapped his arm around me and led me inside.

I felt like I was back in Phoenix the second his arm wrapped around me. "Why are you so hot?" I asked in surprise.

He smirked. "I think it's my devilishly good looks, but maybe it's the hair."

Rolling my eyes I hit him in the arm. "You know what I meant."

He nodded and sat on the couch with me. His eyes were suddenly very serious. "Sam says it's going to be tomorrow."

I understood what he meant right away. This was his last day as a human. Tomorrow, he'd start whatever weird system it was to become a werewolf.

Jacob spoke again, sounding very sentimental, "I wanted to spend my last day with you guys. I wouldn't do it with anyone else."

My eyes unwillingly started to tear up. I laughed a little at my own silliness and moved an arm to wipe them away.

Jacob's large hand gently grabbed my wrist and pulled my arm down into his lap. His smouldering brown eyes looked deeply into mine and he leaned closer to me.

My heart began to jump erratically in my chest. It was a natural reaction, I couldn't help it even if I wanted to.

Did I want to?

The racing heart was my mind's way of telling me that I felt something for this boy. This mechanic of mine who had carefully been molding me back together. Just a little bit at a time, but it was better then I ever hoped for.

Jacob gently kissed my cheek, stopping a tear in it's tracks as it started to slide. My face burned, but it was not from embarassment.

He smiled gently at me and then used his hand to wipe my eyes dry. I did blush this time.

"Mommy!"

The moment was broken by Silas as he came running into the room. He jumped up between me and Jacob and pouted. "I can't get them tied!"

I think I was grateful for the distraction. I still felt broken inside. I still needed to heal before I could even think about relationships. Not just Jacob either, but Jasper as well. I had plenty of things that had to be mentally sorted out, and I wasn't ready for any of it yet.

In my few moments of thought, Jacob had tied Silas's shoes for him.

I suggested, "Why don't we go to Port Angeles and watch a movie?"

Jacob shrugged and headed out to his car. I held Silas's hand as we followed him out.

On Sunday, we went over to Angela's house. Silas ended up playing with her twin brothers, who were seven, while the two of us started talking.

She made a comment about this year's prom which got me to thinking. I asked, "How are things with Ben going?"

Even when I was paying attention at lunch time, I never saw much of Ben Cheney. He was too reserved to sit with us every day. Our table tended to get a little wild sometimes.

I was sure we'd rope him into the group soon enough, but until then, I needed someone else to keep me updated on what he's doing.

Angela smiled. "Things are going great. We spend most of our time together. I think he's really committed to us."

I asked curiously, for the sake of conversation, "What makes you think so?"

"It's going to sound a little strange," she warned me. After shrugging slightly she decided to tell me. "He knows how close I am to Issac and Joshua. He has no siblings, so he doesn't really know what to do with them, but he tries to hard when he's over here."

She smiled to herself and joked, "I think he'd make a decent babysitter if he ever needed the extra money."

We both chuckled a little bit. I was thinking, though.

I asked her, "So you think he's trying to prove to you that he can get along with your family?"

She nodded. "My dad likes him, and my mom says that she's happy for us."

Angela's eyes sparkled and she admitted, "I think it's getting serious. I feel so strongly about him."

I smiled. "That's good." I was happy for Angela and her almost-love with Ben. I didn't have a single doubt that if things worked out, they'd be more than just affectionate by the end of this summer. The two of them just clicked since their very first date.

I clicked with Jasper the day I met him. But Jasper was gone, and he wasn't the J name currently swirling around my head.

I'd always gotten along well with Jacob. In these past few months, I couldn't deny I had have felt some chemistry between us. It just felt so right when I was with him.

I could easily tell him everything. We could be doing absolutely nothing together, not even talking, but just being in his presence made me happy.

And, on a side note, he was really great with Silas. The little guy loved Jacob to pieces. He really should have a male influence in his life that wasn't a fourteen year old babysitter.

He needed something more stable than that. He needed a dad.

Could I imagine Jacob Black as my son's dad?

Yes.

Angela asked suddenly, "What are you thinking about, Bella?"

I decided that, out of everyone I knew, I liked and trusted this girl the most. I could talk to her about it.

"Angela, do you remember my La Push friend? The really big one?" I asked her.

She nodded.

I asked curiously, "When the two of us are together, what do you think?"

Somehow she seemed to pick up on where I was coming from. She smiled at me. "You two get along really well. Honestly, I haven't seen you so happy since the Cullen's moved."

I winced a little. Having her point out how insanely lost I have been without them was hard to hear.

She continued answering my question, her voice gentle as always. "We all knew you really had something going with Jasper. I can't imagine why. The kid scared me to death."

I couldn't hold back a small laugh.

"When he left, you acted like you were broken. It was difficult to watch. You started spending more time on the beach with that other boy, and I see the old Bella again. The one who can laugh, and the one who smiles."

I was glad she was so brutally honest with me. I didn't need sugar coating. I needed to hear exactly what my true friends thought about my situation. I knew what she though, I knew what Jacob thought, and that was the extent of friends I could consider true to me.

We spent the next hour talking about school related things, and then it was time to go back home. That night, I didn't get much sleep through all of my thinking.

A week more passed. I was going absolutely crazy with lonliness. When it was just me and Silas, it reminded me of those four terrible months that I was in zombie mode.

I jumped when the phone rang. I had been dozing on the couch.

Silas announced, "I got it!"

The ring was cut off abruptly and after a second Silas came bouncing in with the cordless.

He asked, "Where's grandpa?"

Dad was upstairs taking an afternoon nap, because he had trouble sleeping last night.

I asked, "Is that call for him?" Silas nodded.

I took the phone and put it to my ear. "Hello?"

"Bella? This is Seth." The other end answered. I wondered why Seth Clearwater would be calling for my dad.

I asked, "Is everything okay?"

He sighed. "For now. My dad's in the hospital, he had a heart attack last night. They stabalized him, but mom asked me to call and invite Charlie to come see him."

I frowned. That was terrible! Harry was one of dad's closest friends.

I promised, "I'll go get him right now."

"Okay, thanks Bella. Oh! And I have a message for you, too." Seth cheerfully announced.

A message for me? I asked, "What is it?"

He answered, "Jacob stopped by to see dad eariler and asked me to tell you he isn't sick anymore, so you can come and visit if you want. I didn't even know he was sick, he seemed fine to me."

My mind tuned out Seth's rambling. Jacob's little code was easily solved. He was in control enough for us to be around him again.

I glanced at Silas and felt my heart wrench. I was not going to risk his saftey yet. Mine was a completely different matter.

I asked suddenly, "Seth, are you busy today?"

He answered, "Nope."

I smiled and asked, "Do you want to make twenty bucks?"

A/N: Today, I recommend a one-shot. This One Is A Memory written by Lady Bracknell. It's an Tanya/Edward. No lemon, but a tiny bit of fluff-smut at the bottom. It's quite good, and worth a look! Even if you don't like Tanya. (Or, in some cases, Edward.) It shows a playful side to both of them that made me smile.