Thank for all the reviews and for adding this story to your favorites. You all really rock and I appreciate everything! Here is another chapter of the story. Warning: This chapter is really depressing, don't say I didn't warn you.
I don't know what surprised me the most. Jacob loving me was the most bizarre thing I heard all day. We were not even in a relationship, so how the hell did he love me? I was a hypocrite, a little part of me knew I loved Jacob but I didn't want to address that fact. That thought had been stored in the furthest part of my brain hoping never to be thought again.
Billy had went back to watching the football game. He had this smirk on his face and his finger was tapping his knee nervously. The front door opened and Jacob, the guy who loved me, walked in the door. He was shirtless and scars were going down his chest. His face was turned down in a scowl and his chest was heaving up and down.
" What the hell happened son," Billy asked turning his attention away from the game.
" Nessie scratched me while she was delivering the baby and the baby's father is a dick," Jacob exclaimed sitting next to me on the couch. So he went to see Renesbitch without telling me? I mean I know we aren't together but damn, we had something going right? I clenched my fist together and stood up. Jacob and Billy gave me a confused look as I walked off into Jacob's room. I slammed the door and laid face first on his bed. I started pounding my fist against the bed and screamed into his pillow. Right now I probably look dumb as hell throwing a temper tantrum but something just came over me.
" What's your problem," Jacob asked coming into the room. I could tell he was still fuming about what ever happened to him earlier. I lifted my face from the bed and glared at him. He sat on the bed next to me and stared out the wall.
" Why didn't tell me you were going over there," I asked him. At first he shrugged his shoulders and laid back on the bed. He put his arms behind his head making his biceps bulge out more. " You could at least answer me."
" I said I don't know Leah. Stop pushing the issue," He was now staring up at the ceiling. I was getting madder and madder by the minute. I picked up a pillow and threw it at Jacob's face.
" You are an asshole."
" Thanks." he looked over at me and tried to keep the scowl he wore on his face. I just stared at him and remembered what Billy told me earlier. Should I ask him about it or just leave it alone? Jacob suddenly started to smirk at me and grabbed my arm. He brought me down to lay on his warm chiseled chest. " We fight too much Lee."
" Half the time you start it though," I said listening to his heart beat. I sound really cheesy.
" No it's you. You always get so mad for no reason."
I sat up and rolled my eyes at his comment. "So I don't have a reason to get mad ever? You do stuff that you know will piss me off," I replied. His abs were looking more defined today. Damn!
" You are sexy when you are pissed, so of course I do stuff purposely. You must not be too upset if you are checking out my body." Jacob could be so vain at times. Although he was right about me checking him out, he didn't have to go blurting it out. I picked up a pillow and hit him in the chest. " Come here." Jacob grabbed me and pulled me back down to him.
" Jake can I ask you something," I asked not noticing that I was tracing the lines of his chest.
" Yea shoot."
"Do you l-" I was cut off by Billy yelling from the living room. Me and Jacob hopped up from the bed and ran into the living room to see Billy on the floor. His body was shaking and he was holding his heart.
" Oh my god!" I ran to the phone and dialed 911. Jacob ran over to Billy and held him trying to stop the shaking.
Hospitals have always freaked me out, especially since my dad died. The worst part about hospitals were the waiting rooms. The waiting room is where most people find out a loved one had passed on. It is where I found out my dad had gone away.
Jacob was staring at the white walls and his breathing was heavy. I softly placed my hand on top of his and he glanced up at me. He grabbed my hand and held it tightly, his thumb making tiny circles on the top of it.
" What happened," my mother asked as she came into the waiting room followed by Charlie.
" He just was shaking, I don't know," Jacob replied. He shrugged his shoulders and hung his head. I placed my free hand on his back and tried to comfort him.
" I hope he is alright," my mother replied sitting next to me and smiling lightly. I returned a weak smile and laid my head on Jacob's shoulder.
" Is everything ok," Sam asked running in with the rest of the pack behind him. He looked at me and Jake's intertwined hands and then back at Jacob.
" I don't know,' Jacob replied with no emotion in his voice. I hated to see him like this and I was just praying that Billy was ok.
" Man we are sorry," Embry stated patting Jacob's back. Jacob looked up at Embry and nodded his head. He tightened the grip on my hand and hung his head again. A doctor walked into the waiting room with some papers in his hand.
" Hey Jacob um your father is in stable condition but he is in a coma. He has severe Type 1 diabetes and his glucose level was really low. We are doing everything we can to make sure he stays stable," the doctor explained. Jacob sighed in relief but his face still showed worried he was. The doctor put a cool hand on my shoulder. " You take care of him," he said nodding toward Jacob. I turned to Jacob and threw my arms around him.
" Everything will be fine." I could feel him squeeze me tighter signaling that he agreed with my remark. I heard Sam growl from his seat and I saw Paul hold him back.
" Maybe you should leave if you can't handle the heat," Seth exclaimed standing up. My mother stood up with him and tried to calm him down.
" Seth you stay out of this," Sam got out of Paul's grasp and walked over to me and Jake. " I can't take this any longer. I agreed to be Beta just to protect the people of this town. I did not agree to see PDA from you two."
Jacob let me go and pushed me behind him. I peeked out from behind his shoulder to get a glimpse of Sam. His chest was heaving and his fists were balled tightly. Jacob was beginning to shake and his fists clenched together.
" I don't give a damn what you agreed to you bastard. If you have a problem with me and Leah then avert your eyes to something different," Jacob replied. I put my hand on his shoulder trying to calm down the shaking. Paul and Jared stepped behind Sam and began to pull him back.
" Come on guys this is not the time," Charlie spoke. Sam and Jacob ignored his remark and continued to glare at each other.
"He is right Jacob just come outside," I started to pull on his shoulder. As much as I wanted to see him tear Sam to pieces I didn't want it to happen here, not right now.
" You can't be with her," Sam growled.
" Says who? You? Sam go to hell," I replied moving from behind Jacob. I hated to hear Sam talk like he was still with me. Jacob grabbed my arm and tried to push me behind him. Embry and Quil were on both sides of Jacob and Seth stood on the side of me. My mother and Charlie just stood away from us waiting on one of us to phase. Sam was still glaring at Jacob. He walked away and punched a hole through one of the hospital walls. Paul and Jared followed him out of the hospital. Jacob looked down at me and walked towards the hospital doors.
" Go see how he is doing," Seth whispered. I nodded and headed in the direction Jake went. He was standing in front of the hospital facing away from me.
" Jake," I whispered approaching him slowly. I was not good at comforting people when they were down. I felt so awkward when people cried or when they were really pissed off. He turned around to look at me and smiled weakly. He reached out for my hand and I gratefully took it. Jacob's jaw was clenched and his eyes were no longer that chocolate brown, but instead they were as black as coal.
" Why does Sam always do that," he asked. I shrugged my shoulders slightly and gripped Jacob's hand tighter.
" He is an ass," I stated nonchalantly. I began to think back to what Billy had told me earlier. Did Jacob really love me? Or was this just some kind of joke? " Can I ask you something?"
" Yea you didn't get to ask earlier."
" Um your dad told me something earlier that really shocked me. It actually scares the hell out of me. He told me you-"
" Jacob come quick!" Seth rushed outside the hospital doors. Jacob looked down at me, sighed, and turned to run back through the hospital doors. I followed him to the waiting room where a doctor was standing. By the look on his face I could tell the news was not good.
" What happened? Is my dad okay?" Jacob asked getting in the doctor's face.
"The doctor's facial expression saddened. "We don't know if he will make it. I am truly sorry."
" You just said he was stable! Do something, my dad can't die! No do something!" Jacob cried out sliding down the wall to the floor. I rushed to his side and pulled him into a hug to calm him down. It hurt me to see Jacob break down like this, he was usually the strong one. Jacob cried out louder and yelled many profanities. Quil and Embry put hands on his shoulders and gave him that manly pat on the back. My mother just sank into a hospital chair and put her head on Charlie's shoulder. He even looked like he was about to break down, this would be the second best friend he might lose. This reminded me so much of when my dad died. Jacob was still sobbing and yelling and his body was beginning to make everything shake.
"Get him outside," Quil said helping me lift Jacob to his feet. We rushed him outside before he phased right there in the hospital. As soon as we got outside closer to the woods, Jacob phased and ran.
" Jake wait," I called out preparing myself to phase.
" Lee give him some time," Seth said holding me back.
I went to the Blacks' residence hoping I would say Jacob there. The house was still the same way it was when we left. I sat on the couch and put my head in my hands. When would the madness stop? Why were all these bad things happening to me? I know life is not full of sunshine and unicorns, but damn. I heard the door softly close and my head shot up. Jacob's eyes were blood shot red and his shoulders were slumped.
" He's gone Leah. My dad is gone," Jacob said softly sitting next to me. Oh no not Billy. This is some sort of nightmare that we would all wake up from right?
" Jake I'm really sorry. I know how it feels, but know that you have people here that care for you," I said taking one of his hands. Tears began to caress my cheeks and I held back a sob. Jacob looked up into my brown eyes with tears falling from his own. He laid a warm hand on my cheek and wiped one of my tears away.
" I love you Leah." Jacob said still holding my face.
I'm sorry I had to kill off Billy, please don't hate me for that. But like Leah said life is not all about sunshine and unicorns. This will only make Jacob stronger, even though right now it does not appear that way. Next chapter I will try to incorporate Nessie and the other pack. Wish me luck on that. R&R please.