In every generation…
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After Bella discovered that Jacob was a werewolf and imprinted on her, she had a lot to figure out and Jacob, not matter how kind and gentle, wasn't making her job very easy.
"Bells, you and Jake made up, right?"
"Um, yeah. I think so."
"Then why haven't you gone over there?"
"Dad, it's just different. It's just awkward, you know? He was like my best friend and then he hated me, it's just hard to get back into the swing of things, okay?"
"Okay. As long as nothing bad is happening."
She tries spending time with Jake, but the feelings he has and the feelings she has might just be too much.
"You just can't understand how this is for me. I must sound crazy, but I worry about you all the time, I think about you all the time. We went running as wolves last night and the guys kept telling me to shut up, I think I drove them nuts from thinking about you."
"No, Jake, I understand. You feel like without me the world won't turn, the sun won't shine and there isn't any point in life. You feel like the only reason for getting up is that there's a chance you may see me. I'm sorry Jake but, I know exactly how you feel."
"You really still care about him."
"I think I really still love him."
Charlie seems to notice something at home, but his theories are in the wrong place.
"I'm sorry, Bells. But, it's just weird. You know I don't have much experience with teen girls, let alone raising them. Most of the troublemakers in town are teen boys, it's hard. I can't just threaten you with a night in jail—"
"I wasn't aware socializing was now a crime."
"It's just— Bella, there's been a lot of accidents up there. People have been getting killed, ripped apart. It doesn't look like an animal did it, the guys down at the station are thinking it's some teens on drugs. They're thinking that the drugs probably originated somewhere down on the reservation—"
"Dad, Jake and his friends would never do anything like that!"
"Isabella, you aren't involved in any illegal activity, are you? I shouldn't do this, but if you just tell me where it all originated from I'll make sure your name isn't brought up on any of the files. I know it's the wrong thing to do, but you're still going through a rough patch. It wouldn't be fair to you if you slipped on your path just because of that silly boy, he's not worth ruining your life."
"Charlie, I swear there is nothing going on down at the reservation beyond some illegal games of poker. I know Jake and his friends look like a rough and tumble group, but they all are really good guys. They can just give the wrong impression. I'm certain they would all willingly submit to drug tests and house searches, nothing funny is going on there!"
After some persuasion Jake gets Bella to come to a party with him down at the beach, just as friends of course, but the next day during school not everyone takes it that way,
"So, who were you dancing with last night?"
He was pretty cute. Nice snag and so quick too. I don't blame you though, I'm sure it's nice to have someone there to take your mind off that nastiness that was formerly known as the autumn and winter months."
"Jacob and I aren't dating, we're just friends."
"I don't know, you two were dancing pretty close last night. I didn't know you had it in you."
But, Bella has bigger things to worry about than misconceptions.
"What do you need Bella?"
"We have a problem. There's a new vampire in town. Victoria."
It turns out Victoria is now the counselor at Forks High, but Bella and Jake talk things out and life returns to normal, as normal was things can get. Bella asks Jake to take her cliff diving and to both of their surprise he says yes. But their adventure filled day is interrupted when the redheaded vampire shows up.
"You move on fast, Bella. I'm a little disappointed that you've been avoiding me at school. I think we'd have so much fun in counseling, you really have a lot of problems to work out. Get your, well, ex-boyfriend to kill my lover, ditch him and find a new and equally as dangerous one. I can nearly feel all the hate coming off from him. If I didn't know any better I'd say you wanted me dead."
Bella tries to push Jake away for his own safety, but to no avail.
"I can't leave you, I don't want to leave you. You're my imprint! I love you more than anything in the world. If saving you means that I have to die then I'm okay with that. You're more important than food and oxygen to me. Victoria came onto our land, she's a threat to us now. And now that the Cullen's are gone Forks is our territory as well, if she's in that town we have every right to protect it's citizens. Tough luck Bella, but you're stuck with me."
"I don't want to be stuck with you, if you stay with me you're either going to die or push me away when you're through. That's just how it works with me, spare me the pain, all right?"
Desperately, Jake pulls Bella into a kiss.
"It wasn't that bad."
A week after Victoria frightens the two at the beach she attacks Billy by pushing him off the cliff and into the water. His memory has weakened and he somehow has it in his head that Jake and Bella are older and married, much to Bella's displeasure and Jake's silent delight. Bella goes over to Jake's house to console him one night and falls asleep with him, she isn't sure how to handle it in the morning because she isn't exactly angry, just a bit confused. After a visit to the hospital, Bella and Jake return to her house to find a note from Charlie.
Trouble on the highway. I'll be home late. Call the station if there's an emergency and have them page me. If Jake's still there have him stay with you.
Jake, more than willingly, spends the night with Bella only to have her wake up terrified and guilty over the event from the night before. When Charlie returns home he informs them that a Forks High student was killed. FH valedictorian Katherine Butney was found dead in the woods, it appeared that she had slashed her writs, but Jake and Bella both knew better. Victoria was hitting closer and closer to home.
Bella realizes she needs to be strong. She's gonna get herself better. In the car ride to La Push she bravely returns Jake's grasp when he holds her hand.
"How'd you get so strong?"
"I run with wolves, something was bound to wear off at some point."
With their day off Jake and Bella finish the work on the truck and go out on a date. Just as friends.
The next day at school Victoria calls Bella into her office and reveals everything. Almost everything.
"This is all about him. He found me in South America and I figured him all out. He wanted you safe and happy. I came back to ensure that didn't happen. How am I doing so far?"
Bella runs to Jacob once she can get free and decides to tell Jake everything she knows, everything that can help.
At this same time, Edward decides to come back.
AN: This is for jazztasticness who was up front about being so conufused about where this story has been so far. I did my best to give the main points of the story. Also, if anyone can tell me where my quote up top comes from I'll give you a cookie. And a cookie means a quote from the next chapter. I'm posting this now in hopes that I can get myself to write and post a chapter before Monday morning.