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Eyes Like Yours

Chapter Twenty-Nine - She's Mine

EPOV

I made sure to be up extra early this morning. Emmett would be arriving at nine, and I didn't want to leave Bella with too much to do or worry about after I left. While Bella slept in, I got Sammy ready for the day, and then organised a nice breakfast for us to eat together before I ran my 'errands' with Emmett.

At eight thirty, Bella came shuffling into the kitchen, yawning and shrugging on her bath robe over the top of her pyjamas.

"Good morning," I grinned at her from my spot at the stove.

"Morning," she yawned again as she leant over Sammy in his high chair and kissed his cheek. "What are you making? Smells great," she walked up behind me and peeked over my shoulder.

"I'm just finishing up some eggs and bacon," I told her. "Why don't you sit down and help yourself to the pancakes," I jerked my head at the table.

I quickly finished the bacon and eggs, and made myself comfy at the table. "Did you sleep well?" I asked Bella during our meal.

"Yeah, I feel quite good this morning actually," she nodded. "Thanks for letting me sleep in and getting Sammy bathed this morning," she smiled as she cut up a piece of pancake and fed it to our son.

"That's what I'm here for Bella," I told her.

'Hey," she smiled again and reached for my hand. "And thank you for staying with me last night," she squeezed my hand quickly and then sat back with a blush.

It had been a while since she'd blushed like that in front of me, and so I took this blush as a good sign. I took it as another step back to normalcy. And once I'd sorted out the Jacob situation, I was going to start working hard on forming a proper relationship with her.

"Oh, um, Emmett is going to be here shortly," I began to tell her. "I've just got to help him out with a few errands for an hour or two. Will you be okay here with Sammy for a while? Would you like me to call your mum and have her come over and keep you company?" I asked.

I didn't want her knowing what Emmett and I were getting up to, and I hoped that I had time to get outside before Emmett came in and started blabbing away. He was stupid enough to say something, and Bella was smart enough to start asking questions. I didn't want her to know now, because she would beg me not to help her. If she thought that I was just going to sit back and let the Jacob situation go on, then she was mistaken. I'd tell her later on though. But only after it was over.

"God, don't call my mother," Bella groaned. "Like I told you yesterday; I'm not a cripple. We will be fine here for a couple of hours. Won't we buddy?" she ruffled Sammy's hair a little.

Sammy just smiled a toothy grin and continued on with his pancake eating.

Looking at the pair of them now, I wonder for about the millionth time, what it was that I did to deserve these two beautiful creatures in my life. They really are the best things to have ever happened to me. And I'd do anything for them. And anything to protect them.

"Well, I won't be gone long anyway. And if you need me, just call me, and I'll be home right away," I told her. "And leave the dishes until I get back. I'll do them then," I hurried to finish the rest of my breakfast because I knew Emmett would be arriving any minute now.

When I heard the rumble of Emmett's jeep out the front of the house, I quickly took my last bite, and sculled down the rest of my juice. I threw my jacket on, kissed Bella's cheek and promised not to be too long.

I strode across the grass, and heaved myself up into my brother's massive jeep. I turned to him, and he brought his hand up. Pinched between his thumb and pointer finger was a small square of paper. A cell phone number was printed across it.

"This is James' number?" I asked, just to be sure.

"Yes," Emmett sighed. "Are you going to tell me what the hell is going on?"

"As soon as I finish making this call," I started pressing the number into my cell.

"Well, can you at least tell me where I'm supposed to be taking you," Emmett growled as he peeled onto the street and started driving down the road.

"Port Angeles. Take me to see Jacob Black".

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"So, have you actually been here when it's open?" I asked Emmett as we pulled up out front of Jacob's club in Port Angeles.

I'd been informed that Jacob and Leah lived in an apartment above the club, so I was hoping that they would both be here. It wasn't just Jacob I came for. Leah needed to be given a serve too.

"No. Me and Jasper thought about coming in once, but Rose and Alice put a stop to it when they found out that strippers danced here most nights," Emmett chuckled.

I laughed along at him, but he soon scoffed at me. "I don't know why you're laughing. Soon enough, Bella will have you wrapped around her little finger, and there's going to be a lot of things you'll no longer be able to do either," he sniggered.

I shrugged at him as we made our way to the side door of Jacob's club. "I don't mind, really. As long as I get to be with her, I don't care. She could lock me up and forbid me from leaving the house, and I'd still be happy," I told him. And it was the truth. All I wanted was to be with her and Sammy. Forever. I didn't care about anything else. As long as I had them.

"You think Jacob will stay away after this?" Emmett stopped me at the door.

"I hope so. He should know by now that Bella doesn't want anything to do with him," I started. "He's getting his bloody money, so he'll have no reason to come near us again".

Emmett didn't say anything. He just nodded a little, and then pushed open the already ajar door. He swung it open a little and we snuck our heads in and glanced around. Jacob and Leah were there, standing by the bar. Leah was drying some glasses, and Jacob seemed to be looking over some papers. Both were completely unaware of our presence.

The bar was empty; it wouldn't open up for another few hours yet. Midday, I think it said on a sign at the door. So Jacob and Leah were alone, and that suited me just fine.

Emmett coughed loudly, alerting the pair to our arrival. They both looked up; Leah flinched when she saw that it was us, and Jacob just looked confused. But he soon covered that up with his ridiculous smirk.

"Well, well, look who it is," he chuckled as he placed his papers down and crossed his arms across his chest.

I noticed that he stood up straighter and puffed out his chest; probably hoping that it would intimidate me. It wasn't going to work. I wasn't going to let this idiot pull anything over me. No bloody way.

"Unless you want your face pummelled into the ground, I suggest you shut it, and just let us do what we're here to do," Emmett stepped forward and added his own two cents worth.

I'd told him not to say anything, but Emmett had never been one to listen or do what he was told. Well, unless it was Rosalie doing the telling.

"Don't come into my work place and tell me what to do," Jacob scoffed back at us. Looking me directly in the eye, he sneered. "Now why are you and your meat-head of a brother here?" he turned away and sat back down at the bar.

Emmett leant in and placed a hand on my shoulder; hissing in my ear. "Give the scumbag his check, and let's get out of here," he shot a glare over his shoulder. "I'll wait by the door".

I stepped away from Emmett and strode over to where Jacob sat. Leah stood still like a post, and I could see her looking at me from under her eye lashes. She knows that I know what she did. I wouldn't be leaving until she knew what I thought of her.

I sat down on a stool next to Jacob and slapped a folded piece of paper down on the bar in front of him. "That's a check for the money you owe the Cisco's," I told him.

"I can't believe she actually asked you for the money," Jacob laughed as he picked up the check and looked it over.

"Bella didn't ask me for anything," I snarled at him. "She doesn't even know I'm here. So, you've got your money, and now I want you to back off. And this…," I trailed off as I reached into my pocket and pulled out another check. "This is another two grand. You know, the two grand that you pretty much bribed Bella for?" I threw it at him.

"Wow, she's told you everything?" Jacob snorted.

"Yeah, she told me absolutely everything," I nodded, looking Leah dead in the eye this time. She gasped a little and looked away from me.

"I bet you feel like a big man now…helping Bella like this. But Bella can't be bought, you know? She's never been the type of girl to get excited over material things," Jacob folded his checks and placed them into his shirt pocket.

I ignored the scum and just stood from the stool. He was trying to rile me up, and it wasn't going to work. I'd done what I'd come to do, so there wasn't much point in sticking around for any longer. And I was in no mood to stand here and fight with him.

"Look, you've got your money, and really, there's only one thing that needs to be done now," I stared him down.

"Oh really. And what's that?" he rolled his eyes at me.

"Back off," I spat. "Stay the fuck away from Bella. She's mine. I'll do anything to make sure she's happy and safe," I glared at him. I snapped my head to the side, and shot another glare at Leah. "And as for you; if I find out that you've so much as batted an eyelash at Bella, I will make sure you're locked up. Just in case you've forgotten, I'm a doctor and I have pretty good connections. All I need to do is click my fingers and you'll be packed off to the nut house you crazy bitch. You got me?".

Leah's bottom lip quivered, and her eyes started to fill with tears. I think she got the message.

I pushed myself away from the bar and turned my back on them. But just before I got to the door, I turned back and gave Jacob a smug look of my very own. "Oh, and before I forget, James will be by to pick up his family's check shortly, so don't even bother trying to keep it for yourself".

Jacob paled and stuttered. "James Cisco?" he asked. "You know him?"

I couldn't help but grin. "Oh, you don't know?" I chuckled. "James and I go way back. He was one of my closest friends back in school. I gave him a quick call before I got here, and told him I'd be dropping off his money," I winked.

"Son of a bitch," Jacob muttered under his breathe as he turned away.

I won. I doubt Jacob Black would be harassing any of us anytime soon.

"All good?" Emmett asked as we headed back to his jeep.

"Everything is fantastic," I smiled.

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Bella was resting on the couch when I got back to her place. I helped her sit up, and then sat down myself. I placed a pillow on my lap, and let her rest her head back down on my knees.

"I see that you done the dishes," I cast a quick glance into the kitchen. "I told you I'd do it once I got back," I scolded her lightly.

"It only took five minutes," she smiled up at me. "I was getting frustrated and bored just sitting here doing nothing," she groaned.

"What about Sammy?" I chuckled. "Couldn't he keep you company?" I looked down at my boy who was sitting on his mini couch watching TV.

"As you can see, he's watching TV. Meaning, nobody exists to him right now," she frowned.

"Maybe we should start weening him off it then," I suggested with a laugh.

"I blame my father and your brother. The pair of them are TV junkies I tell ya," she laughed too. "So, ah, did you and Emmett get done what you needed to do?" she then asked.

"Yeah. It's done," I nodded.

"Where did you go?" she wanted to know.

"We'll talk about it later, okay?" I brushed some of her hair away from her eyes stroked her cheek. "But right now, I'm going to go and run you a bath so that you can relax. How does that sound?"

"Sounds great," she grinned.

Her smile brightened her face considerably. It pleased me that I could make her smile. I can only hope to be able to do that everyday. Along with making her mine forever, I'd make it my new mission.

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