Okay, it's short, but I swear it's hard to balance everything. I hope you guys like it.

-Blaine POV

Blaine could not believe that Jacob had pulled a Cato. Though...in the end it did make sense. Many other forms of suicide would probably have failed, in fact he was surprised that it didn't work. Tearing open your stomach was usually the one sure way of doing it.

Jacob was talking to Sam, but the moment Blaine was visible his faced broke into a grin. He tried to sit up, but Carlisle ran forward and eased him back down. Emmett still took a defensive stance and stepped a little in front of Blaine.

None of this stopped Jacob's exuberance though, "Blaine, you came back." He said, his voice was little hoarse.

"He came back to see you Jacob, not to be with you, don't misconstrue this." Emmett said in a low voice.

"I know Emmett, but I'm still happy to see him." Jacob was still smiling. Blaine tried to smile back but he couldn't. This room brought back too many bad memories. Instead he simply sighed and started berating Jacob quietly.

"Jacob, what were you thinking? You cut your...Jacob I know you missed me but you can't just die." He really couldn't. After everything that he had gone through just so that Jacob could keep his heart intact, the man could not just take his own life now. It wasn't fucking fair.

"I really wasn't thinking, I was going more with my instincts. Blaine, the pain was like...I can't begin to describe it. Emmett?"

A strange look crossed Emmett's face, and his eyes shifted down as he agreed, "I have to concede this point babe. If you left me, I'd let you go, but I'd never recover."

Blaine could not believe that Emmett was taking Jacob's side. "But you wouldn't kill yourself right?" Blaine asked, trying not to think of a world-even the afterlife- without Emmett.

"No, I wouldn't kill myself, but only because it's nearly impossible. If I found myself in world without you-"

"Em, I don't think this is what Jacob should be hearing." Carlisle said interrupting.

Jacob wasn't saying anything, he was just staring at Blaine with the goofy smile on his face. He didn't even seem like he was even listening. He seemed to gain some bliss from being in the presence of Blaine.

"Okay Jacob fine, you were depressed, that still doesn't mean that you can kill yourself."

For the first time since Blaine had arrived Jacob's face fell. "It wasn't just depression ba-Blaine." Blaine was surprised that Jacob corrected himself from saying 'babe.' "It was guilt too. The things I did to you...I shouldn't be allowed to live."

Blaine opened his mouth to respond but Emmett took over, he had to remove his arm from Blaine, his hands had curled into fists.

"No Jacob. You don't get to just die. You don't deserve to escape that. After everything that you've done you deserve to live with that pain Jacob."

"Em, don't-" Blaine started, but Emmett shook his head.

"No. I'm not going to spare his feelings. I don't care if we have to stay here for the rest of his natural life, he does not get to escape this." Every eye in the room was on Emmett. Every one was in shock. Blaine himself was confused. This was not usually the conversation someone had with a person who had just tried to kill themselves.

Emmett continued, "Did you think you were the only one who feels guilty? You may have been the one who hit him, but I'm the one who let you do it without ripping your throat open."

"In which case I would've died anyway." Jacob said his eyes narrowing a little. Blaine knew exactly where this was heading...

"If I kill you, it's vengeance, if you kill yourself it's cowardice." Emmett growled.

Jacob shot up in his bed. "Blaine decided to come back to me on his own. Whatever happened in this house was between me and him, not you. Any apology I have to make to Blaine is also none of your concern, get the fuck out of my house!"

Emmett stood still for a moment, his breath coming out in a hiss. Finally, he shrugged and turned around. Blaine turned to follow. There was no way in any hell dimension that he was going to be around Jacob without his vampire.

"Wait, Blaine where are you going?" Jacob was once again trying to get out of bed, but Carlisle was holding him steady.

"Kicking Emmett out equals kicking me out. No offense to anyone, but I don't feel safe without Emmett. Bye Jacob, we can try again tomorrow."

"No! Wait, I'm sorry, Emmett you can stay. Please don't take him away from me again." Jacob begged, Emmett paused for a moment and turned around to whisper in Blaine's ear.

"If you want to leave, I won't stop you, but if he can keep his fucking mouth shut I'm willing to stay."

Blaine shook his head. He knew the Jacob would never be able to keep his mouth shut. He took Emmett's hand and walked out of the house. Jacob's pleas followed them outside.

Later that night he wished he had stayed. He had left behind a mess. Carlisle had called again and said that Jacob had needed to be restrained for an hour until they finally found a mixture of sedatives that had worked.

The good news was that Emmett's eyes were darkening and for the first time in their relationship, Blaine felt safe to let Emmett go hunting. Jacob was not going to come and take him away, Jacob was not going to attack Emmett in the woods. Everything was safe.

"Don't worry babe, I'll be on the property. I was thinking of talking a walk along the river anyway."

Emmett smiled. "All the same, I'm letting everyone know where you are. If you get a call from Carlisle or if Edward asks you to come inside will you do it please?"

Blaine sighed, he knew there was going to be a catch. He just wanted a night where he could walk in peace. Without needing Emmett as bodyguard, without having to look over his shoulder. Emmett's hunting trip offered this opportunity.

"Em, when I get my powers back I can change what I want with a single word. I can bend the laws of nature to my will. If I don't respect those laws as a mortal, I won't respect them as a witch. I just want to walk along the river. I'll be on the property, you have nothing to worry about."

Emmett agreed, though it was a little reluctantly. Blaine just rolled his eyes, Emmett worried too much.

After he kissed Emmett goodbye and the promise of the shortest hunt on record Blaine headed out the back door to the river. It was a mark of how familiar the Cullens were with him that no one said anything as he stepped outside. Though he was sure that Edward's eyes glanced in his direction, Bella was trying her best to unknowingly distract him.

Blaine reached the river and tried to find a good spot to sit down and meditate. It wasn't something that he did that often and he a lot on his mind that he needed to sort through. He tuned out all the noises around him and focused on his breathing. Making the light that was his breath surge throughout his body.

With his birthday date so close when he concentrated like this he was able to exercise some power. The rock he was sitting on and all the pebbles in the immediate vicinity started to vibrate slightly. He focused on this vibration and tried to transfer all of his negative feelings and thoughts about Jacob into them. It was a simple exercise that he had been taught when he was young to calm the mind and ease bad feelings.

Out of the darkness the sound of splashing came to him, but he assumed it was just the water pounding a new path against the rocks. It was not until a hand grabbed him that he opened his eyes. The pebbles hit the ground with a soft clatter as he looked into the angry eyes of Paul.

Okay, this is the beginning of the penultimate conflict of the story. It will lead to the finale of the story which at this rate should be about...15 chapters away. Now, I have a poll, as far as the story is concerned do you guys like Paul more or Jacob more? It will affect the story slightly. It won't affect the main plot, but it's still important.