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Chapter 20 – New Beginning

BPOV

I couldn't help pacing back and forth in my room, trying to work out why my feelings were so messed up. How could I still be in love with Jacob after all this time? I love Edward more than life itself, equalled only by my love for Renesmee. And yet, the thought of losing Jacob had brought me to my knees. I couldn't bear the thought of going on without him.

Thank God Leah had been there to snap me out of my panic attack. How had she known that I still loved him? I had to talk to her. Using my senses, I knew that she was outside talking to Carlisle. I had to walk through the open plan kitchen and lounge area, bumping into Edward who was anxiously waiting for me to talk to him.

"Bella my love," he said, moving to my side and pulling me into a bear hug. "Are you feeling yourself again? Should you be up and moving around." I felt so guilty that I was hiding these feelings for him, but I couldn't talk to him and explain them until I understood them myself.

"I'm fine Edward, I promise." I said, holding him tight for a moment, kissing his chest. "I really need to speak with Leah though. Do you mind?" Looking up into his eyes I could tell he was disappointed that I hiding something from him.

"Of course not," he answered with a forced smile. "I'll be waiting when you're ready."

I gave him a quick kiss and headed outside. Leah and Carlisle were mid-discussion about the effects of the wolf blood and possible ways that they might be able to test their theory. Since there was no vampire blood that they could use in their testing, the only other way would be for one of us to actually feed on the pack and that would never work for either party. They did taste truly disgusting and no wolf would never agree to being our guinea pig.

"Leah?" I said quietly. "Sorry to interrupt, Carlisle but could I have a talk with Leah?"

"Of course Bella, I should probably go and check on the kids anyway. Excuse me, Leah." He said, quickly disappearing into the house. Leah got up and started to walk away from the house so I guess she must have guessed what I wanted to talk about. She stopped when we were about a mile from the house and sat on a fallen tree, looking at me expectantly.

"I just wanted to thank you so much Leah, for everything," I began nervously.

"No problem Bella. I had my own interests at heart though." She confessed. "Jacob is my Alpha, or will be once I hand back over to him."

"Yes but if you hadn't been with me I'd..." How did I say this without feeling like I was betraying Edward all over again? "Look, I would have just freaked myself out completely and Jacob wouldn't have survived. And if he had of died..."

"A little piece of you would have died with him?" Leah finished for me with a smirk.

"Yeah, I guess. But how did you know Leah? I didn't even know." I still couldn't actually bring myself to say it.

"Look Bella, stop beating yourself up over this. Just because you still love Jacob doesn't mean you are betraying Edward in any way." She sounded exasperated that she had to explain this to me. "As part of the pack, I get to see what goes on in everyone's minds that they would never express out aloud. It helps me to understand others better.

"Jacob loves you too and that doesn't mean that he is betraying Nessie or that he ever wants to be with you again." Again I felt a little rush when she told me that he loves me too. How could that not be a betrayal? "This is why I had to leave Sam's pack. Sam Imprinted on Emily and I know that he loves her with everything he is. It hurt me so much when he left me for her. But do you know what hurt me the most Bella?" She asked and I had no idea what could hurt her more than losing her love.

"It's that I know for a fact that he still loves me as much as he ever did." I was shocked to hear her say that. Sam was more in love than anyone I'd ever known. He was totally devoted to his wife, so how could he still love his ex? "Knowing that no matter what I did, no matter how much he loves me he was always going to love her more..." Leah's voice trailed off and I was shocked to see a single tear run down her cheek.

"Leah, I'm so sorry!" I felt so terrible for her that she had lived for so long with this hanging over her, never able to move on and never finding her own Imprint to make her feel complete. "But how does that compare to me. I never Imprinted on Edward, I just fell in love with him."

"So you don't believe that Edward was meant for you? He's not your soul mate?" she asked, arching one eyebrow at me in amusement. "Bella, Imprinting is just pointing out our soul mate for us, not making them our soul mate. If you didn't still love Jacob, do you think there would be any chance that you would have encouraged him to pursue your daughter?"

"I guess not," I conceded. "So, me loving Jacob is what?"

"It's just part of life Bella," Leah explained. "Why should we be able to love more than one child, both of our parents but only one man? I really hope that one day I'll find someone that I can love as much as I love Sam so that I can move on. But some people are lucky enough to find a soul mate and that love is stronger than anything else. It doesn't cancel out all of our other loves, Bella; it just pushes them into the background."

"Wow, I'd never thought about it like that. Thank you. You're right, Leah. Edward is my soul mate, and I will always love Jacob too." I was so relieved that Leah had made this all make sense to me.

Heading back to the house, feeling that after all this time Leah and I might have become friends at last, I knew I needed to speak to Edward. As we arrived at the house, Leah turned and gave me a hug. "Good luck Bella. I'm thinking about Seth naked so you can be sure that he doesn't know, okay?"

"Thank you so much Leah," I said, hugging her again quickly before heading into the lodge. Edward was were I left him, reading a newspaper. I walked up behind him, knowing he could sense me there but was giving me a chance to begin when I chose. I leant over behind him to hug his back, taking a deep breath and sighing at how good it felt to hold him. "Edward, my love?"

"Are you ready to speak to me now Bella?" he asked quietly. I felt so bad that I had been hiding something from him and he knew it but had not challenged me.

"I am sorry that I have been so distant from you since you arrived," I began.

"Bella, I understand." Edward said around in my arms and pulling me down into his lap. "You nearly lost Jacob, it must have been so scary for you."

"Yes, I have never felt like that before Edward." I said looking away from him. "I totally panicked. If Leah wasn't there, I don't know what would have happened."

"You would have saved him Bella," Edward told me confidently. "You couldn't have let him die Bella, I know that."

"But Edward, I realised... Leah said..." I couldn't bring myself to say it to him.

"You love him?" Edward asked quietly. Taking my gasp as confirmation, he continued "Bella, I have always known you loved Jacob. Remember the night of the battle against Victoria? I knew then that you loved him. But it doesn't matter Bella. You chose me. And he chose Renesmee."

"So you don't hate me?" I couldn't believe that Edward had known all along.

"On the contrary Bella, I love you more!" With those words I knew that Leah was right, Imprinting or not, Edward is my soul mate.

SPOV

When I heard from Nessie via a phone message to let me know that everyone was ok and that she and Jacob were finally together, I was so happy for them both. I knew that I should be sad to lose Nessie but just as before, all I could feel was happy and optimistic. Now that all was right in my world, I knew that things would start to happen for me.

I had decided that I was no longer going to sit around and wait for my life to come to me; I was going to go and take it. I had already enquired about starting at the community college in Port Angeles next semester, and was planning to use some of my savings to take a holiday. I hadn't decided where yet. Maybe I'd just jump in my car and drive.

But first I had to clear the air with Jacob. As my Alpha, I had to make sure he was okay with me leaving. As soon as I got Nessie's message, I jumped in my car and drove through the night to get to Pocatello, the main town near where they were staying. I had to stop for petrol, so after filling up I walked to the local information centre down the block to get directions to the lodge.

As I walked into the information centre, I noticed a pretty girl working at the back of the office. I couldn't take my eyes off her. I was disappointed that she wasn't at the help desk so that I could talk to her. Walking up the desk, I tried to greet the lady there as politely as I could despite my focus being on the girl.

"Are you visiting the Reservation?" she asked me.

"Reservation?" I asked. I hadn't been aware that there was a reservation nearby and was amused that she would assume I was headed there. "No, I'm meeting up with some friends who are staying nearby."

"Oh, I'm sorry." She said, clearly embarrassed by her assumption being wrong. "You just look so much like Billy! Annie, come here and meet this man, doesn't he look like Billy?" she called and I was happy when the pretty girl stood and started to walk towards us. As she did she looked up at me and everything stopped.

I couldn't even think or speak. All I could do was stare at her beautiful face. Suddenly I became aware that I was laughing hysterically and the older woman was looking between me and the girl, Annie she said her name was. Annie... What a perfect name! Thankfully, Annie apparently didn't think I was crazy and was laughing right along with me, her eyes sparkling as she stared right on back at me. My Imprint was just perfect!

"Hi!" I said at last, trying to regain my composure. "I'm Seth."

"Annie." She answered me, reaching out to shake my hand. As our hands met, there was a jolt of electricity that passed between us. I knew it would happen from seeing it in the minds of the pack, but the feel of the real thing was so much more. She gazed at our hands in wonder, glancing up at me as if to check if I felt it too.

The poor lady standing beside us must have been feeling uncomfortable because she suddenly cleared her throat, and then made my day by asking "Annie, do you want to take your break now?"

Annie just smiled and walked around the counter, never taking her eyes off me. "Sure, I'll see you later Deb," she answered as we walked out the door.

"How long do you have?" I asked, anxious to spend as much time with her as I could.

"An hour, but if I'm late it won't really matter. It's quiet today." She answered with a shy smile, before nervously asking "Who are you?"

"Seth," I answered with a laugh. "I'm so happy to finally find you." I knew that she would probably freak out because I was being too forward but I didn't care. Now that I had found her I was never going to let her go. "Could you show me the way to the lodge? I'd really love for you to meet my family."

"Ummm, okay." She answered. "Are you sure you're not related to Billy?"

"Billy who?" I asked "Not Billy Black, he's a family friend."

"No Billy Reba, my cousin." She answered, looking thoughtful as she gazed at my face. "Are you Quileute?"

I was shocked that she could recognise my tribe, but thought maybe it was to do with the Imprint. "I am. How can you tell?"

"There is an old woman, Lydia, at the reservation who is Quileute. She has lived out there for as long as anyone can remember. Her children and grandchildren, we all look like her... like you." She answered me. We?

"You!" I was speechless for a moment. "You're Quileute?"

"Well, partially." She answered. "I'm mostly Shoshone."

"Either way, I'm just so happy I found you!" I replied as we turned onto the road where the lodge was.

"You said that before," she said and I knew I should back off so I didn't freak her out. "Does that mean you've been looking for me? How did you know I existed?"

"Annie, I promise to explain everything to you, just not yet." I said, hoping that she would accept my answer for now. "First I want you to meet Nessie and Jacob."

"Are they your brother and sister?" she asked.

"No, my sister Leah will be there too, but Jacob is my friend but he is like my big brother and Nessie is my..." how did I explain Nessie? I wanted to be completely honest with her about everything. "Well she is my ex-girlfriend, but she and Jacob are together now."

"Wow that sucks. I'm sorry." She said. "How long ago did you two break up?"

Complete honesty, I told myself. "Actually it was 2 nights ago, but they're meant to be together. I'm really happy for them. In fact, I kind of helped them get together."

"That must have been hard for you, Seth."

"Not really, I knew it was going to happen so it was kind of a relief that I don't have to wait anymore." I said truthfully. "And if I hadn't have ended it with Nessie, then I would never have found you!"

"I still don't get it, but I think I'm glad you found me too Seth." She said and I thought my heart was going to explode.

JPOV

"We are going to have to go and make an appearance soon Ness." I said, pulling away from yet another amazing make out session. This was how we'd spent the entire time since I woke up, aside from the occasional toilet break. Bella had arrived with food for us a couple of times, looking at us both like she wanted to say something, but just gave us the food and said again how happy she was for us.

We'd heard an argument yesterday between her and Edward about letting Nessie and I be in here alone together now that we were officially together, but Bella put her foot down like I'd never seen before. Thank God for Bells!

"No Jacob, please!" Nessie begged me. "I just want to stay in our bubble for a little longer."

"I'd love to Nessie, but I can hear Seth's car coming and I'm sure he'd like to see us after driving all this way." I could see from her face that she was excited to see Seth, and felt a pang of jealousy.

"Okay then," she said with a huff, lifting herself off the bed and trying to straighten her hair. "I need to freshen up before I'm seen in public though, I'll meet you outside in a few." She said, walking into the en suite.

I headed out to the main room of the lodge to find Edward and Carlisle deep in conversation. "Nice to see you up and well, Jacob." Carlisle greeted me cheerfully.

"Thanks Carlisle, I feel great." I said happily, and could tell from the cringe on Edwards face that he knew exactly why I felt so good. "I can hear Seth's car arriving so I thought we should come out and see him."

Edward took an unnecessary deep breath, before trying to say exactly what I was expecting, "Jacob, could I just say one thing about you and Nessie..."

"Edward, I already know." I cut him off. "Let me assure you that I am in no rush to push our relationship. I just want to take things slowly and get to know each other as a couple."

Edward just nodded, looking relieved that he didn't have to play the overbearing father role yet again. Then he cocked his head for a moment, a big smile suddenly appearing on his face as he announced, "Seth is not alone."

"What do you mean?" I asked, confused. "Has he brought my dad?"

"Just wait and see." Edward laughed, heading out the door to meet him. As I followed him out, I could see that there was a girl sitting beside him and both of them were beaming at each other.

"He hasn't?" I asked in amazement, unable to believe he had found her so quickly.

"He has! And I think you'll be quite interested to hear about her." Edward said with a knowing grin.

I ran down to where Seth was parking his car, staring at this girl. She was gaping at me, probably shocked by my size. She was quite pretty and oddly looked a little like Rachel. "Seth! Oh my God! Congratulations!" I shouted, pulling him from the car. He hugged me back quickly before running to the other side of the car to open her door for her.

"Jacob," he said as he helped her out of his car, "I'd like you to meet Annie. Annie, this is Jacob."

She just stood there staring for a minute. She seemed to realise she was staring and shook herself out of it. "I'm very pleased to meet you Jacob."

"Jacob," Seth said excitedly. "Annie's grandmother is Quileute! She lives on the Fort Hall Reservation outside of town!"

"Wait, what? You're Quileute!" I couldn't believe that Seth had found a Quileute girl to Imprint on so far from home.

"Yes, I'm part Quileute," she confirmed. "I recognised the physical trait's in Seth straight away, but now that I have seen you, Jacob... I think we may be cousins."

Yay! Seth has Imprinted at last. He really deserved it after being in the middle of Jacob and Nessie for so long.

I'm not sure how many more chapters this story is going to have; at a guess I'd say maybe 1 or 2 and an epilogue. With Nessie and Jacob finally getting their shit together, there really isn't much more to tell. I've started to wrap things up now and haven't decided whether or not to leave things open for a sequel or not? What do you think?

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