A/N: There we are! All my Jacob fans should be appeased by the end of this chapter! I'm kind of squashing Eclipse and Breaking Dawn together and changing up the plot a bit. You'll get a taste of it at the end of the chapter.

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Chapter Eleven

The Jacobean Era

Bella liked to drink. Anyone who'd been morbidly depressed for more or less six decades liked to drink. So in an effort to stave off the depression inherent in missing her daughter's birthday, she drank like a fish and looked at the pictures Hannah had given her of the party. Her red headed friend ran off all of the sudden about two hours ago and Bella had spent that time getting as drunk as physically possible (which really wasn't that drunk. The Dien body naturally fended off any toxins other than its own. Getting drunk or doing drugs was so hard most Dien didn't bother.)

The first picture was of Allegra pouting in Edward's arms. She looked miserable in her pretty pink dress and Edward looked upset, because she was upset. The second picture was of Allegra curtsying, pulling the back of her dress up and giving a toothy smile to the camera. The third was of the four year old Razzante triplets vying for Rosalie's attention. The fourth of the rest of the Razzante boys vying for Allegra's attention. The picture showed her ignoring them in favor of Oliver. It just figured. Even Bella's baby knew who she'd be spending the rest of her life with.

Most of the rest were of Allegra playing on the carnival rides and opening her presents. Bella's favorite pictures were those of Edward taking care of her girl. There was the one where he pulled the diamond bracelet out of her mouth. The other picture of him yanking her off the side of a massive teeter totter. Him cleaning off the cinnamon roll from her forehead. Him hovering over her while she jumped on the trampoline.

He was proving himself worthy in those pictures. He was proving her right.

Bella took the picture of him pulling a diamond ring out of her mouth and stuffed it into her purse. That was her baby all right and her overprotective vampire. They were perfectly matched. Allegra was a disaster waiting to happen and Edward was anal. They truly were perfect for each other.

Hannah shuffled back into the bar and sat down next to Bella with a huff.

"That baby of yours is trouble with a capital T," she said. Bella smiled.

"What'd she do this time?"

"Oh, it wasn't her fault." Hannah grabbed Bella drink and gulped down the rest of it. "She's just too much like you as a human. Just attracts trouble."

"Hmm. What was it?" Bella asked, slightly annoyed that Hannah wasn't just telling her. Allegra was still her daughter after all.

"Some near by Native American tribe is filled to brim with shape shifters. They found out that your vamp boyfriend and his family was back in town and flipped a shit. So the family called me for back up. I got Lucien to send in his pack. Pretty effectively scared 'em off."

"Did you find out which tribe it was?" Bella had a pretty good idea, but wanted a confirmation.

"The Quileute tribe. Some guy was yelling about you being dead and then Kaatya kicked his ass. They left after that. Lucien had a few of his kids stay behind in case the tribe grew some testicles and actually tried something. But I think that Kaatya just wanted another go at that Jacob-"

"Jacob?" Bella asked. "Jacob Black?"

"Yeah," Hannah said. "You know him?"

"He was my best friend back in Forks. What was he doing? Yelling about me being dead?"

"Yup, I told him that Allegra was your daughter and he assumed that you came back, slept with Edward and either died in child birth or was murdered by Edward when he smelled your blood while giving birth. Guy's got a sick mind," Hannah muttered. Bella was silent for a moment, staring open mouthed at her friend.

"He thought I was dead? How could he have come up with such a hair brained idea?!" The concept was inconceivable. Mostly because she wasn't dead. Bella was sure that if she was dead, she'd feel differently about the entire situation.

"To hell if I know. Edward said something about him not believing for one second that you'd leave a child you had with another man with a bunch of bloodsuckers. It almost turned into a fight when they found out about her. Edward said they weren't anywhere near letting it go, but with Lucien's back up it should be fine."

"They have the upper hand, right? The Cullens have more people on their side then the Quileutes, right?" If they didn't Bella would be heading back to Forks sooner then she thought she would be.

"Oh definitely, I wouldn't have left if they hadn't." Bella sighed in relief. She was mad as hell at Jacob, but at least he wouldn't be able to do any damage until she got back. And then a not so pleasant thought struck her.

"Why exactly did Kaatya attack Jacob? She always seemed so level headed to me," Bella said, confused.

"Yeah well, Jacob oh dumb ass of Dumbassville decided to charge Edward and Allegra once he figured out that you were 'dead'. Kaatya stopped him before he got even half way over." Bella stood up.

"I'm gonna kill him!" she exclaimed. The bar went quiet. Everyone was staring at her with wide, horrified eyes. Every last one of them was terrified she was talking about them. Hannah rolled her eyes at the horrified patrons and pushed Bella back onto the bar stool.

"There's no need. Kaatya whacked him into his place and Lucien used his scary Alpha voice to drive the point home. If those shape shifters get anywhere near that house, Lucien's kids will be all over them."

Bella sighed and ordered another drink. It was going to be long four weeks if all she had to rely on for her daughter's safety was twenty seven hyperactive Werewolves.

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Edward tried tapping his foot to alleviate some of the stress. It didn't do any good, but managed to put Charlie at ease. To say that the police chief was surprised to see him, Carlisle and Jasper was the understatement of the century. Bella was completely right, of course. Charlie didn't ask any questions about how they looked, he just assumed that they were the same as Bella. Edward had called him a few days before to tell him they'd be visiting with his granddaughter. He was thrilled of course and demanded to talk to her on the phone.

He was very surprised by Allegra. Only one year old, talking, reading, writing. It was a lot for one so young. But he chalked it up to Bella's surprising intelligence.

The whole visit was going much better than Edward imagined. He was keeping a close eye on Charlie's thoughts, Jasper was managing Charlie's emotions and Carlisle was keeping him talking. It was difficult to think too hard on any topic at the rate Carlisle was going. Edward was pleased that his father had Charlie so distracted. It kept the police chief from noticing Edward's obvious stress.

Leah and Seth were sniffing around the edge of the house, carefully avoiding Anya, McKay and Kaatya, who'd come with the Cullens. Their thoughts revolved around Allegra's odd smell and any plans they could create at a moment's notice in case 'the bloodsucker's got hungry.'

Their suspicion was not what caused Edward the most stress, it was the fact that they thought Allegra was a baby vampire. An immortal child. That would be bad if anyone who knew what that actually meant found out. It wasn't the kind of crime they held a trial for. It would mean the deaths of all his family and the attempted murder of his daughter. He was sure that no one, not even the Volturi, would be able to hurt his baby, but without the family she would be at their imaginary mercy until Bella got back.

It was risk he couldn't take.

Just imagining her all alone, subject to whatever experiments they decided to do to determine what exactly she was, made him horribly angry and terribly scared. She would be scared, crying, begging for her Daddy and Daddy wouldn't be able to do anything to help her. To make her feel better.

It was as heart wrenching as it was horrifying.

Allegra was currently laying on her stomach coloring with the crayons Charlie had gotten her for her birthday. She absolutely loved them. When she opened the present she made sure to let her Daddy know about every feature that she loved. "There's a hundred and fifty colors and their all different! And I found one that's even sparkly! And there's a crayon sharpener in the back. And it's got a nifty handle so I can take my crayons everywhere. And…" The list went on.

Edward listened carefully. He always listened when she spoke to him, but the recent danger made him very sentimental about her. He wanted to remember every little thing she ever said to him, in case….

In case when Bella came back she decided that it was too dangerous to raise a child surrounded by vampires and shape shifters and took Allegra away. He wouldn't blame her, hell he might even encourage it. It would break his heart as surely as it would kill him, but if it meant that Allegra was safe he could live with it. Or at the very least die knowing she was safe and whole somewhere.

Edward was pulled from his unhappy thoughts when Allegra scrambled onto his lap. She pressed her hand to his neck, showing him what he looked like from her point of view. He looked miserable and scared. She wanted to know why.

"Daddy's worrying about silly things, Allegra," he whispered low enough that only she, Jasper and Carlisle would hear. She smiled and held up the picture she'd been working on. It was a very crude version of the painting of Bella.

The actual painting was hanging on the wall between his and Allegra's rooms. Edward's heart hurt every time he walked past it but Allegra liked it so it stayed up.

Jasper gave Edward a hard look. All his worrying had taken a toll on his brother. Jasper was already mad at him because Alice started looking for Bella in the future again and was getting the same results she did before Allegra arrived. It didn't matter much to Jasper that Edward had asked her not to bother (not because he didn't want her to and more so because he didn't want her to be upset) she was still tried, gave up and then got sad for giving up. The pattern repeated everyday that either Edward or Jasper couldn't distract her before she started searching.

Spending so much of the day dealing with Edward's melodrama was doing nothing for Jasper's mood. He growled quietly when Edward's fear was replaced with guilt. "Don't be stupid, Edward," Jasper hissed.

"What?" Charlie asked.

"Edward's just being an idiot," he muttered, unhappily.

"Oh." Charlie chuckled lightly.

The police chief wasn't too happy with Edward either, but those feelings revolved more around jealously and anger. He was jealous that Bella gave Allegra to Edward to take care of instead of him. Charlie knew very well that Edward and the rest of the Cullens would take better care of her then he ever could, but it didn't stop him from feeling bitter about it. He was angry because he still blamed Edward for Bella leaving.

It was a never ending cycle of jealously, anger and grief and Edward didn't blame Jasper one bit for being on edge about it.

Edward froze when he heard Jacob's thoughts coming around the corner. His thoughts were calm, sad and slightly wistful. He was remembering Bella, he was thinking about Allegra and how much he wanted to get to know her. He wasn't in love with Bella, not anymore. Everything in Jacob's world had become exponentially more complicated since the Cullens had returned.

Edward forced his mind away from Jacob's thoughts while he shifted back into his human form. The boy didn't come to make trouble so Edward would be cordial but he wouldn't happy about it and he certainly wouldn't be letting Allegra anywhere near the shape shifter.

Edward quickly and quietly informed both Carlisle and Jasper about Jacob's arrival and the peace making thoughts running through his head. With Jasper mood the way it was springing anything sudden on him was a bad idea. He was having hard enough time dealing with all the emotions running rampant around the room and fighting his blood lust to control himself should anything unexpected happen.

Edward, Carlisle and Jasper were all looking at the door when Jacob knocked. Charlie, startled (he hadn't been expecting anyone, what with Sue visiting friends on the reservation) got up and answered the door.

"Hey, Charlie," Jacob said, glumly. Jasper groaned quietly, another melancholy mood to add to the already uplifting environment (note the sarcasm).

"Jake!" Charlie exclaimed, surprised. According to Charlie's memories, Jacob hadn't been around much since Bella left. He came for Charlie and Sue's wedding but was a ghost for most events taking place at the house. "Come on in, meet my Granddaughter." He was so proud, so happy. It was refreshing, for Jasper anyway.

Jacob walked slowly into the room, careful not to make any sudden movements. He wanted to talk to Edward alone and projected those thoughts right into Edward's head. Edward muttered softly to Carlisle.

"Charlie, I was wondering if you could show me some of your fishing rods? I've been thinking about taking up the hobby myself and was wondering…" Carlisle swiftly and deftly directed Charlie out of the house and into the garage, where his fishing equipment was stored.

"Thanks," Jacob muttered. He sat down on the couch across from Edward and as far away from Jasper as physically possible.

Edward nodded slowly, never breaking eye contact with the young man. Allegra pressed her hand into his neck and asked who the newcomer was. "This is Jacob, Allegra," Edward said. "He was a friend of your Mommy's."

Allegra perked up and tried to wiggle off of her Daddy's lap, but he wasn't having any of that. Edward held onto her and kept her a still as possible. She pouted both physically and mentally letting her Daddy know that she wasn't happy. Edward curled her into his chest and rubbed her back soothingly, it didn't do much good, but it made him feel better.

"What exactly do you want, Jacob?" Edward asked as soon as Allegra settled down.

"Bella was real torn up when you left," he said softly. "I was mad at for you a long time and then I thought… 'Hey, maybe I could be what he was for her. Maybe I could make her Bella again.' I couldn't, I know that now. She made it clear who she wants-"

"Where did all this tolerance come from?" Jasper snapped. He thought very pointedly of Jacob's attack a few days ago.

"Kaatya stopped my house later on that day. As it turns out I had it all wrong, not too big a surprise, but hey." Jacob shrugged and went on. "It turns out I was all wrong about a lot of things. For the past five years I thought I was in love with Isabella Swan. I thought that if she'd have just stayed, I could have gotten her to love me like she loved you, Edward. But I couldn't have, because I didn't love her." He nodded, feeling embarrassed and stupid all at the same time.

"That's very nice to know," Edward said, curtly. "You still haven't explained how this enlightenment came about."

"Like I said, Kaatya came by. She told me all about Bella getting pregnant with some guy and then deciding she wanted it to be your baby. She also told me that we were life mates, meant to be together forever. It sure simplifies thing," Jacob added thoughtfully.

"What does this have to do with Allegra?" Jasper asked. Jacob was feeling better now that he was thinking about Kaatya and that improved Jasper's mood, thus lightening the tone of the entire conversation.

"Just because I don't harbor the same feelings for Bella that I used to doesn't mean that I don't still care about her. She obviously loves her baby, I mean how could she not, she is Bella after all. She'd love a lion if she could." Edward sighed at the irony. "I know that she probably already knows all about my freak out a few days ago and is probably pissed to the high heavens at me. I was hoping that if I made it up to her daughter she wouldn't be too mad at me."

Edward grumbled unhappily. Jacob was looking longingly at the baby in his arms and the baby in his arms was thinking longing of climbing on the tall man across the room. It was a no win situation. Allegra wanted to climb on Jacob, mess up his hair, show him her drawings. He was her Mommy's friend that meant, in Allegra's one year old mind, that he was her friend too. She'd treat him accordingly.

Edward loosened his grip on his daughter. Allegra wiggled out of his arms, fumble gracelessly to the floor and crawled over to Jacob. Both Jasper and Edward kept a close eye on their interaction. Ready to snatch her away at the mere hint of danger. But there was no need. Jacob was letting her climb all over him, catching her when she wobbled and righting her. She pulled on his hair and demanded to know what exactly he liked most about her pictures.

Edward was starting to relax for the first time that day when Jacob remembered something. Something very important.

"I almost forgot to tell you," he said. Jacob was smiling even though the news was nothing to smile about. He just couldn't help grinning like fool at Allegra, no one could in fact. "My pack came across a strange scent the other day. One we haven't smelled in years, since before Bella left. It was a female bloodsucker."

Edward could see it flowing through Jacob's mind. The hard, cold scent pushing him and his fellow wolves along. A tangle of bright red hair caught in the bark of tree. Bare foot prints in the mud.

Victoria.