A/n. I'm back! Yay! I have a feeling that this story will come to an end fairly soon… around thirty-ish chapters and epilogue…. Buuuuut…. I need some ideas for a sequel. SOOOO leave a comment and let me know what you want to happen in it….

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Jess xO

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note-torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

Embry

Mate, what happened? Quil asked as I phased. How was the appointment?

I growled as I thought back on it.

Holy shit! She did what? Quil stopped running and just stood there.

She was pregnant, six months ago and she never told me! I thought back.

Dude, I'm sure she has an explanation. Quil suggested as he started running again. I ran too… but in the opposite direction. I had to get as far away from her as possible.

I don't care; I don't want to be near her. I replied harshly

Aww man, you don't mean that. I could tell that Quil was trying to get me to go talk to her.

I'm just trying to help. He defended.

I don't want your help, just leave me alone. With that I phased back and ran naked into my house managing to get in unseen. I pulled on the first pair of shorts I saw and sat on the end of my bed.

How could she not tell me?

How could she lie?

How could she pretend it had never happened?

Did she not love me enough to tell me?

I had so many questions that I needed answers to. I couldn't talk to her, hell; I don't even think I could look at her I'm that angry. She my imprint… what did I do wrong? I broke down in tears; I hadn't cried properly since the last time she left me… although she didn't leave me this time, I left her. I would go back eventually; the imprint would make sure of that. And of course I would be there for my baby; I'm not going to be a drop kick like my father. I would provide for my baby, and I would love my baby no matter what. And as for that Jonathon guy… it's a good thing I didn't know where he lived, or he would be dead. I just couldn't believe she had lied to me… all this time.

"You need to talk to her." Paul tried reasoning with me… Paul!

"No I don't!" I replied angrily.

"Yes you do." He argued. Man him being with Rachel had turned him into a pussy.

"Paul… shut the fuck up before I give you a smack." I glared at him before grabbing the bottle of vodka off the shelf after deciding that another beer would not be enough. I had a few swigs before Paul took it off me.

"Dude, don't act like that. Drinking till you're fucked will not make everything go away."

"I can try." I took the bottle off him and he threw his arms up in defeat. He sighed and left through the front door leaving it open behind him. I heard him mumble "he won't listen to me, you try. You're a chick; I'll think you will have a little more luck than I did." I groaned and waited for the new arrival to come in and lecture me. It was Emily. She handed me a small square of paper and sat down on the couch next to me. It was the picture of my baby; I must have dropped it when I ran out. I smoothed it out then put it on the table infront of me. I looked at Emily to find her watching me carefully.

"Aren't you going to tell me that I'm making a mistake and that I need to go talk to her?" I asked raising my voice slightly. She shook her head. Well I wasn't expecting that.

"Why not? That's why you're here isn't it?"

"Because she told me what happened and I don't blame you for being mad." I raised my eyebrows in surprise.

"But… she also told me why she did it and I think she has a point so as for me I am on the fence. I'm not on your side nor am I on hers. I know it may not seem like it at the moment, but you guys will get back together." I scoffed at that and she pointedly looked at me. "You will and you know that. She is your soul mate and you love her no matter what stupid decisions she makes."

"How can you be so sure that we will get back together?" I asked.

"Do you love the baby?" she replied.

"Of course I do."

"Do you love Izzy?"

Pause.

"See, I'm right and you know it. And I will be there saying I told you so, Mark my words I will." I put my head in my hands and tried to think happy thoughts. I used to think of Izzy, but now that would just make me hurt even more. I tried thinking of my unborn child, it seemed to work which is good and my shaking subsided.

"I want you to promise me that you will work on things with her." she gave me her best motherly look and I almost caved. She had done so much for me over the years and never asked for anything. Now when she asked for a favor I didn't think I could follow through.

"I'm sorry I can't do that just yet. I don't think that I can trust her. But that doesn't mean that I won't be a father to my baby."

"I know you'll make a great daddy Em." She gave my shoulder a quick squeeze and I smiled for the first time in days. She left and as soon as she did the smile slid from my face. I looked at my baby's picture and I suddenly couldn't wait until it was born and I could hold my tiny son or daughter in my arms. I felt alone for the first time since I had become a werewolf, but after my baby was born I would never be alone cause I will always have my child to love and care for.

Seth's pov.

"Hey Seth, do you want to hang out for a while today?" Izzy asked over the phone. I'm surprised she called no one had seen her for about three weeks. She sounded terrible. Her voice was hoarse and cracking as she talked, it was barely louder than a whisper.

"Sure thing, I'll be around in like ten minutes. Is that okay?"

"Yeah that's fine see you soon."

Click.

Five minutes later I found myself knocking on her door.

"hey Seth." I looked at her and I felt bad. She was almost unrecognizable. I pulled her into a hug when I saw the tear tracks down her face, she must be crying a lot.

"Are you looking after yourself Izzy?" I asked stooping my head so our eyes were level.

"What do you mean?" she asked as she left me standing in the doorway. I watched as she curled up in the fetal position on the couch.

"Are you eating? Showering? Going outside?"

"I'm eating and of course I'm showering. But no I haven't gone outside since- since…" she choked up ad I could tell she was trying to fight back the tears. I sat down on the floor next to her and rubbed her shoulder as she cried into the seat. After about ten minutes she stopped crying and tried to breathe deeply causing her to get the hiccups.

"Up you get Izzy."

"where are we going?" she asked as she wiped her face.

"We are going to Sam and Emily's then maybe down to the beach. You need some fresh air and people. Most definitely people." I put her shoes on her feet and pulled her up.

"Will Em- he be there?" she asked in a whisper.

"No, he's patrolling. He won't be there. Everyone misses you Iz, they are your family too, and they love you. Especially Kim." She chuckled lightly and I smiled at the small sound. She reluctantly left the house and I helped her into my truck. We were there in minutes. I threw my arm over her shoulder as I led her into the house.

"Seth? Is that you?" Emily called from the kitchen.

"Yeah, and I brought a guest I hope you don't mind." I called back. She walked out wearing a flowery apron with a pot of what looked like beef stew. When she saw Izzy she squealed and threw the pot at Brady who was standing next to her. She ran at Izzy and hugged her as tight as she could.

"Izzy, you're here! Why didn't you answer my texts, or calls, or the door?"

"Sorry. I just didn't feel like being around people." Emily smiled sadly at her before hugging her again. Brady was glaring at Emily's back. I watched him as he glared then looked down at himself he shook his head before shrugging and bringing his arm up to lick it. I cracked up laughing and the girls looked at me like I was crazy. I nodded towards Brady and they both turned to look at him licking his arms. Emily looked disgusted while Izzy gave a half smile.

"What? It's not like I'm going to waste it." he said as he left the room.

"So crude." Emily muttered as she took Izzy's hand in hers and led her to the kitchen. She pushed her down into one of the seats at the table and put a big plate of food infront of her. Izzy made a face and pushed it away.

"I'm not really hungry. Thanks anyway though Emily."

I gave her a look that said 'you have to eat it or I will make you'. She seemed to get the idea as Emily was giving her the same look. She sighed and pulled the plate back towards her picking up a knife and fork. Emily put a plate of food infront of me as well although mine was easily five times the size of Izzy's.

"So Izzy how are you?" Emily asked as she busied herself with cooking more food.

"I'm alright I guess." Izzy had a few mouthfuls of food and pushed her plate away from her.

"You sure?" Emily asked cocking her eyebrow.

"Yeah I'm fine."

"Oh… I was just wondering. You look a little pale…. With a greenish tinge?" she said as she looked at Izzy's still full plate. She shrugged and dropped all the food onto my plate.

"Yeah just feeling a little nauseous is all." she said as I laughed.

Izzy pov.

"Hey beautiful." Sam walked into the room taking Emily's face gently in his hands. He kissed both of her cheeks before kissing her sweetly on the lips. She smiled and they whispered I love their 'I love you's '. Then I noticed Embry standing by the door. I looked away as soon as we made eye contact.

"Hey Izzy. How are you?" Sam asked turning to me keeping his arms around his wife.

"I'm fine." I replied monotone.

"How's the baby?"

"As good as ever." I heard a sigh of relief from behind me and I knew automatically that it was Embry. He still cares for his baby, that's good. I was afraid that he wouldn't love it seeing as he doesn't love me anymore. Now that I think about it, it's a horrible thing to think that he wouldn't care for his baby just because we had a fight. I avoided looking at him as much as I could but I could sense his eyes on me. After five minutes I couldn't take it anymore, everything had gone quiet and Seth, Emily and Sam were all looking back and forth between Embry and me. I don't know what they were expecting but whatever it was it was not going to happen. I stood up from the table so fast that the chair went flying backwards. I walked past him and out the front door trying my hardest not to touch him. I failed and my bare arm brushed his, there was a jolt of electricity which only made me walk faster. I could hear Seth yelling out for me but I kept walking. My eyes were blurring up and I couldn't see where I was going. I kept walking though nothing would stop me now. I heard someone following me quietly, I didn't want to be followed, I sped up. When I heard them speed up too I started running. I stopped after about twenty minutes, my breathing came in short bursts and it felt like my chest was being ripped in half… again. I collapsed onto my hands and knees. I threw up four times, someone was there holding my hair back for me, I leaned back into their chest. Wow that sounded familiar then I remembered what happened the day he found out. Thinking of this made me throw up again. I started to struggle against whoever it was holding me. I kicked and screamed and cried. They held onto me tightly. I tried to pull myself away. I pulled with all my strength but whoever it was just pulled me into their chest and wrapped their arms round me securely. I stopped fighting there was no need; I wasn't going to get away no matter how hard I tried. I sobbed into their chest as they hushed me.

"Its okay Izzy, it'll be alright. I'll look after you." said the person. Seth.

I collapsed into him and he sat down on the ground with me in his lap. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he rocked me back and forth till my tears had run out. After that we sat in the forest for about ten minutes in silence. Seth stood up still holding me in his arms and swiftly but gently weaved through the trees and we ended up back at my house. Seth opened he door and carried me up to my room. He lay me down on the bed and lay down beside me. I curled into a ball, hugging my knees to my chest.

"How can he act like that?" I whispered.

"Like what?" he asked as he sat up again.

"Like we never happened. Like I'm just one of the gang. like I'm not his soul mate. Like I'm not the mother of his unborn child."

"He's just upset at the moment. He'll come round. He loves you no matter how mad he is. It won't be like this forever."

"I hope not. I miss him." I mumbled in response.

"I know you do. He just needs some time to cool off and think about you and the baby, and then he'll be back."

"Seth?" I asked quietly.

"Yes?"

"Can you do me a favor?" I asked as I turned my head back to look him in the eye.

"Anything…" he started.

"Just shoot my face off then I won't have to deal with any of this."

"… But that." He finished. I groaned loudly and he laughed.

"Can I ask you another favor?" I asked a little louder.

"I'm not causing you any harm whatsoever." He stated.

"Damn… can you come to my appointment with me next week? I'm due for another ultra-sound."

"Of course Izzy, I'll be there to hold your hand. Is it true that the jelly stuff is really really cold?" he asked as he screwed his face up in concentration.

"Colder than a vampire." I made a lose comparison, I'd never touched a vampire so I wouldn't know. He shuddered and wrapped his arms around me. He really was the greatest guy friend you could ever have. He's very in touch with his emotions, so much so that every know and again I doubt whether he actually is straight. I fell asleep after about ten minutes thanking god for all the wonderful people I had met here. Seth was keeping me really warm which is a good thing; I can't help but feel a little awkward though. I mean it should be Embry's arms around me not Seth's. It should have been Embry looking after me when I cried. But most of all, it should be Embry coming to the appointment next week.