"Jacob you're back, it's good to see you after so long, whats it been? Two years now since I last saw you." said Sue, Seth and Leah's mom.
"Yeah, about that, probably closer to 3 though."
"Wow, three years. I was sorry when I heard about your Dad passing, he was a good man."
"Thanks Mrs Clearwater, yeah, he was a good man."
"Actually its Mrs Swan now."
"Oh" said Jacob "Good, Im happy for you, When did this happen?"
"Shortly after you left."
"Well, good, It's good that you found someone." said Jacob hitching up his bag "I'm sorry, but I really cant stay and chat, I gotta get back to my daughter, she's being babysit by a neighbour and it'll cost me a fortune if I stay away for too long."
"Oh you have a daughter now, what's her name?"
"Abigal."
"Oh, Thats a nice name, you must bring her over so I can met her some time."
"Yeah, I will once we get settled in. It's been nice seeing you again, but I really can't stay a moment more, say hi to Charlie from me."
"Its been nice seeing you too Jacob, take care of yourself now and come over for dinner sometime, bring that little girl of yours too."
"Sure Mrs Swan." said Jacob waving, walking into the store, Lost in his own thoughts of what food he would need to restock his fathers old house, he bumped into Carlisle and Jasper dropping his shopping list in surprise.
"Sorry," he said, picking up,the list "oh, um, hey Mr Cullen, Jasper." he said realising who he had bumped into.
"Jacob." nodded Carlisle and Jasper. It was awkward, Jacob was not sure how to act around these people he hadn't seen for more than 2 years.
"So, um, how you been? Not looking any older I see."
"Good, see you haven't aged a day either."
"Wolfy perks."
"Heard you have a daughter now."
"Yeah, her names Abigal." said Jacob with a small smile.
"It's good to see you've moved on with your life, and are happy?"
"Yeah I am, Abigal brings happiness and joy to my life."
"Thats good to hear."
They were silent for a while everything awkward again, So Jasper and Carlisle turned to go "Goodbye Jacob, nice seeing you again after so long."
"Um Carlisle, can I talk to you before you leave? There's a few things I've been meaning to say to you."
"Yes, what is bothering you Jacob?"
"I just wanna say thanks for um, looking after me all those years ago, after you know- when I was kinda down."
"It was no trouble, so you're doing all right now? Everything fine? No more bouts of sickness?"
"Yeah, I'm doing great, no more weird temperature fluctuations, none of that stuff for a long time."
"Thats great, you had me worried for a while there after you left, Esme wanted to check up on you but we decided it would be for the best if we just left you to forget about all about us and live your life without the any reminders of your past."
"Well thanks for that, Kicking me out of the house was totally the best for me, leaving me all alone to fend for my self, just dumping me in the wide world after avoiding it for so long. Yes I can see how that would have helped me get better, my so called friends abandoning me, leaving me all alone." said Jacob, Sarcasm heavy in his tone.
"Jacob, it wasn't like that, we could see how much staying here was holding you back and it worked didn't it, made you better."
"Yeah, but at what cost. You know some nights I would wake up, and it would be so much worse then living with you guys, this tearing pulling sensation would take hold of me, till I couldn't almost breathe. I don't know what I would have done without Lisa to help me through it all, she would sit up with me till I had calmed down again, saying soothing things. She didn't fully understand why I was like this, why I would disappear for ages or would get angry for no reason, but she was there, she never left or she kicked me out because "it was too much for her to handle"."
"Jacob you have to understand that letting you stay any longer would have made you worse, it was the only way you could get better."
"Really? How could you think kicking me out of the only place I had left to stay would have made me better?"
"Jacob-"
"Bye Carlisle, you can go stick it, I don't need your half hearted help anymore." said Jacob walking out, slamming the door of the shop.
Carlisle now regretted going along with Rosalie's idea of kicking out Jacob to get him better, seeing how angry Jacob was at them all. But he knew he was not the one Jacob was truly angry at, he was angry at Edward, but as he had not yet got the chance to vent his unresolved feelings at Edward, he had to vent his feelings somewhere, and that happened to be Carlisle.
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Jacob left the grocery store getting in his car, backing his car out the grocery store parking lot and who other should he literarily run into, none other than Edward.
"Oh my god are you okay? You just came out of no where." Jacob froze, getting out of the car to help the person. Only then to realise who it was.
"Edward." Jacob finally forced out.
"Jacob." Edward said back with less venom, looking up from the floor.
Jacob was at a loss for words, he hadnt seen Edward in nearly 4 years, here he was and Jacob had nothing to say to him. Jacob took a breathe turned away, tearing him self from Edwards gaze and got back in the car.
"Jacob wait! Let me explain!"
"I don't want to hear it, move out of my way!" said Jacob, becoming light headed all of a sudden. Feeling too sick to drive he got out of the car, to get some air, feeling caustrophobic inside of the car as the pull to Edward flared up again, causing his heart to ache.
"Just let me explain, I had to-" suddenly Jacob dropped to the ground, blacking out. Edward caught him before his head hit the road.
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"Where am I?" said Jacob awakening up with a jolt.
"You're at my house"
"How did I get here?"
"I carried you, you just blacked out and you needed to get somewhere safe."
Jacob backed up from Edward, moving to the other side of the couch as far away from Edward as he could, growling softly, a habit which sometimes leeked over from his wolf nature.
"Jacob, it's okay."
"No, stay back, you stay away from me; dont you come near me." Jacob got up to leave, but he was hit with an intense bout of nausia, almost blacking out again, causing Edward to reach out to steady him. Jacob breathed through it, but he backed away, once he realised who was steading him.
"Please Jacob, just hear me out, you must at least listen to the reasons I left before you decide anything."
"I told you I don't care, just leave me alone, move out my way so I can leave."
"Jacob you're not well, you need to rest."
"Ill be fine I just need to get away from you."
Edward was confused "How could I be making you unwell?"
"My body is not happy with me resisting my imprint for so long, and now that your back again and so close, its being reminded. Like a drug addict who has stayed away from drugs for so long, completly sober, than taking that drug once again, my body is going into relapse."
"So being near me is like a drug to you?"
"To my body yes. I'm done talking to you, just move out of my way before I make you move, you've caused enough hurt already."
"Listen Jacob, I'm sorry, but it was necessary."
"Screw you Edward, I'm done waiting for you to move, I'm leaving wether you move or not." said Jacob going wolf, pushing past was left looking after Jacob dismayed, he didn't know what he expected, but he hoped that Jacob would have at least listened to what he had to say.
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Jacob ran off, back to his car. He changed back to human form, leaning against the car heavily. He then got back in his truck once the 2nd wave of nausea passed. The pull flared up again, telling him to go back to Edward, but he ignored it he had to get back to his daughter, anything else just wasn't as important.