I was woken up by the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. I stretched and looked at the digital clock on the table, 11:28. What is wrong with him? I thought. Where was he? I stood up and got ready to pounce, but when I saw his face I didn't think I could do it.
He looked like he was confessing to a murder. His face was twisted into a mask of agony and regret and he wouldn't look me in the eye. Jake was wringing his hands nervously. Whatever happened, it must have been really bad. I sat back down on the couch; his face was like a blow knocking me down. "Jake?" I almost whispered. "Do you want to talk?" He pressed his lips together and nodded.
I made room for him on the couch and he sat down. He placed one of my hands in both of his; they felt even warmer than usual. Jake took a shaky breath and let it out. "Bella," He began. "I imprinted." I froze. "I'm sorry." He said. I felt like I couldn't breathe. The hole, the hole in my chest that had been dormant for years, the hole that was more like a memory now ripped through me. I pulled away from him and curled up into a ball.
Jake stared at me, unsure of what to do. He had seen me like this before, long ago when he… Edward, I made myself think his name though it only made the pain more unbearable, left me. I sat there for a minute with him still watching me. Thinking about what this meant, what would happen to me. "Her name is Alexis," He began, though I wasn't sure I wanted to know about her. "She came in to the Garage to get her car fixed and…" He didn't need to continue. I knew what happened next.
I was… angry, angry at him, angry at this Alexis girl, angry at the world. The next thing I did even shocked me. I stood up and balled my fists. "How could you?" I shouted, tears of rage streaming down my cheeks. "What about me? What about Naomi?"
"It was involuntary," He argued weakly. A look of guilt crossed his face while I continued to rant.
"Why did you even bother to love me if it was going to end to like this? It was going to happen someday. You can't deny it." Jake put his face in his hands. He started to say something but I interrupted him. "I can't believe this!" Then, my voice lowered a level. "I'm leaving. I'm taking Naomi and leaving right now."
"Couldn't you wait?" He asked weakly. "At least until the morning."
"No Jake," I said my voice almost a whisper. "I can't wait."