Hello all. I am sorry I didn't post an author's note at the first chapter, but it was kind of quick and I forgot. I have a deep feeling some of you will not like the decisions the characters make, so I am going to say it now: The decision's that they do make-bad or good-is all building blocks for some part in the book. They are also used as lessons. If most of you didn't like how it started off, please be patient. It will get better I promise. You have no clue how hard it was for me to put Nessie as a prideful, confused girl who doubts the decisions she makes, Kaleb as somebody with no remorse for what he's done, and poor Jacob being confused with all of the mess they are in. I am very excited for this story and I hope my readers are too. If you are confused, or if you want to express your opinion, please don't be afraid to tell me. I like how my readers post their opinions because there may be times when I might put them in my story- so be on the look out. Again, give this story the time and patience you have given my other two. I love you all and hope you will enjoy Forever Ours

Oh, and chapters will be posted whenever I get the chance. I've hit the busy months and have had very little time for writing and typing. So with that, be patient with my posting skills. I will try to post as much as I can.

And with that being said…I bring you chapter two.

Chapter 2

Kaleb's point of view

At first, I felt sorry for Nessie. And Jacob. What can I say? He's my Alpha.

Jacob looked horrible. No other way to put it; and Nessie being gone isn't helping either.

Those two week she was with me was the best time of my life. Those two weeks I could say that Nessie was mine.

Deep down part of me was feeling guilty for doing this. Jake trusted me. He gave me the position as Beta. He could have given it back to Leah. He could have made Sam, Quil, Embry, Paul, or anybody Beta. But he said he had a good feeling about me and thought I could handle it. Then I steal his girl.

But the competition part of me won. I wanted to go over to Jacob's house right now and brag that I told to his Renesmee when she didn't want anything to do with him.

I knew she did though. Deep down she loved Jacob and that love would never go away. But she loved me too. She knows I'm not tied down to the pack like Jake is. She knows I can quit when he can't. I can give her the life she's always wanted.

I wanted to see her. I missed her. But what would Jake do? I've learned to have new respect for how bad he can hurt somebody.

Jake hadn't commanded me to stay away from Nessie. Yet.

But him trying to rip me to shreds wouldn't be forgotten. And my brother's, and Leah's. and Quil's, and Embry's. Basically the whole pack whopped my butt.

Jake stripped me of my Beta title. My new title is: Omega! Lowest of the lows. I guess you don't steal your brother's love of his life, much less your alpha.

When Renesmee hung up on me. I thought I said something wrong. Then I realized I did. I tried to tell her over the phone to choose me. Very romantic, right? I shouldn't have told her how Jake really was. I should have just said "yeah, he misses you…" Or at least tried to divert the conversation to something else.

Do I regret what I did? No. Do I regret hurting Renesmee? Yes. She says the reason why she left was because she wasn't going to choose between Jacob and me. Do regret betraying Jake's trust…maybe. To a certain limit. I think Nessie should have told him about her and me. Not my stupid brother.

But hey, can't disobey your Alpha.

I can't get out of my head what Jacob told me. He tackled me to the ground and commanded me to show him every single detail. He yelled me that I disobeyed his trust and that I could kiss my Beta position good-bye.

That's when I really started to avoid him. I didn't realize how crazy Jake was until he was without Nessie. He reminds me of a person on drugs and he's going through a withdrawal.

You wanna know the worst thing is? A few days ago I had it out with Kyle. So, he packed up Leah and left, taking Kierra along with him.

I'm all alone now.

I think everybody quit talking to me. Only except Nessie.

Sometimes I wondered what Nessie saw in Jacob. He was always watching her every move. She would have to sneak out just to go somewhere. She never had a choice in loving him. She's afraid that if she chose me, it'll destroy Jake. He's already bad off, so why not give it all to him?

I sat here thinking about all of this. I've never told Jacob about all of this. Nessie won't do it, so why not me? Yeah, he might kill me afterwards but why not give it a shot?

You know what? I think I am! I am going to go over there and tell him how it was his fault Nessie left, not mine.

I got up with determination, walking to the door.

Maybe this isn't such a good idea. Jake's the strongest. He can easily kill me. But he won't. Because he knows if he does, that would devastate Nessie.

I got braver…until I started thinking how the whole pack could kill me because of this. Jake's beating made me wish I was dead.

This is actually a pack civil war. Almost everybody sided with Jake. Only a few new ones sided with me, and that caused more tension between us.

But with Jake being rightful Alpha, we're all stuck together. But since we're all basically brothers, this is just a big family feud with Billy and some of the other Elders as the mediators.

Okay. Bad choice in wanting to brag in front of Jacob. He won't take second thought of killing me then.

If Nessie came back, how could we all be able to be in the same room together? How can Jake and I be at least in a miles radius within each other? How can we be in the same room at Kim and Jared's wedding?

Most of all: who would Nessie choose?

I imagined if the beautiful Renesmee chose me. I would fulfill every promise I would make to her. Whatever Nessie asked me to do; I would do it in a heartbeat. I would give her anything in the world.

But I knew Jake would too.

"Kierra, do you-" I started but remembered that I have this old empty house to myself.

Pain surged though my chest. I missed my little sister. I missed her giggling laughter throughout the house. I've focused all my time with fighting for Nessie's heart, I've ignored Kierra.

I growled in frustration. I can't have one single thought without thinking of Nessie! I was addicted to her as much as Jacob was. We both loved to be near the bomb so we can be there for the explosion. While everybody else is taking cover, we're the idiots that don't. We get excited when a natural disaster strikes. Nessie is a drug to me and Jake. We can't live without her, and we're mad when we don't.

Jacob has always been worried about Nahuel when he really should have been worried about me. I slipped every now and then, but why didn't he notice?

Because he was so worried about Nahuel stealing Nessie from him. Then after he found out the half leech didn't love "his girl," Jake thought everything would be okay.

Boy was he wrong.

I didn't know much about the "Bella, Edward, Jacob love triangle." I do know some of the guys joked that Nessie was Bella, Jacob was Edward, and Nahuel was Jacob. Now I've taken Nahuel's spot. And like Jacob many years ago, I didn't plan on loosing the girl I had my sights on.

I couldn't stay in this house any longer. I wanted to phase but Jake was probably out there and I wasn't ready to confront him.

I decided to jog over to the beach. Tourist would be packing up for the day but I'm sure they wouldn't mind me running around only in shirts and a muscle shirt.

I ran over there as fast as I could, enjoying the speed. That's always how I liked things. Fast. Maybe if Jacob came after me again, I can haul butt away from here.

At first people thought Leah and I would hook up after they saw that we would race and joke back and forth together. Sometimes she would win. Sometimes I would.

That all stopped when Kyle imprinted then got jealous.

Everybody was packing up. Old people were holding hands, walking back to their cars. A two year old was kicking and screaming because he didn't want to leave. A young blonde-thirteen maybe-and a local boy who looked like his head was smaller than his body was kissing her. I guess we should be expecting him to phase pretty soon.

Ah, the days of summer.

"Hey." I heard a familiar voice say from behind me.

I stopped, at first thinking that it was Jake, but sighed in relief when it was only Jared and Kim.

"Hey." I said back. "Out for a late night walk?"

"Yeah. We just came back from Abby's. Have you heard from Nessie?" Kim instantly asked. Jared said Kim was hoping to get in contact with Nessie. Both really want her at their wedding.

I didn't know what to say? Could I lie to her?

"Ah…" I stumbled.

"Is she coming back?"

"I really don't know?" I answered. That was the truth. I didn't when Nessie was coming back. I just talk to her.

I noticed Jared was glaring at me. It looked like he was ready to kill me as much as Jake was.

"You know what, Kaleb? Why don't me and you take a walk? Mano to Mano." Jared said, grabbing me by the neck and dragged me down the beach.

He dragged me far away from so Kim wouldn't be able to hear us and then threw me on the ground.

"Hey! Why'd you do that?!" I shouted, getting up and dusted sand off of me.

"Have you really talked to Nessie?" he growled.

Could I pull it off and lie again? All of them will eventually find out once we all phase. Even Jake eventually will.

It sucks to be a wolf sometimes.

Maybe I should just run off as I planned to do the first time. At first I wanted to quit because I saw Jacob willingly give up his life to save mine. That meant he was willing to give up a life with Nessie to die for someone who betrays him.

Then I tried to get Nessie to leave Jake and go cross country with me. I wanted to her to tell Jacob that night that she was going with me. I wanted her to tell Jake the truth: that she loved me too.

And you want to know the sad part? I wanted all that to be the same night that Jake saved my life.

"Yes! I've spoken to Nessie." I answered, knowing my silence had given me away.

"Seriously! Haven't you thought about all of this?!" Jared yelled angrily.

"Yes, I have." I snapped back.

"Then why are you trying to get a girl you can't have? You haven't even thought about how much you've dragged people into this!"

"Why do you care about if I talk to Nessie?" I yelled, shoving him.

"Because she isn't yours! You have no right to talk to her!" Jared yelled, shoving her back.

"She has a choice in all of this! I can't help it if she found someone who wants to give her a choice. It's not my fault she left."

"It's your entire fault! You've taken the one thing that Jake wanted! You've betrayed your brother and your alpha! You've split this into a civil war!" he shouted. We were in each others faces, preparing to rip one of us into shreds.

"Stay out of my business!"

"Your business? You've made this everybody's business! The pack, the imprints, the Cullens, and especially Jake! And it was all because of you falling in love with Nessie! You only cared about yourself! You still do! Maybe it is a good thing Kierra left with Kyle!"

That struck a wrong never and I phased. So did Jared.

We rolled into the woods, snapping at each other the whole way.

The good thing though about being the lowest of the pack is that you can get into a fight whenever you want. The bad thing is that you still get the blame even if it wasn't your fault.

"Both of you stop!" a certain voice commanded.

Great. The one person I've been avoiding decides to stop me from killing Jared.

"You're lucky I'm not killing you." Jake growled towards me. I shrunk down as if I were invisible.

"We're not that lucky." Quil thought, taking his position as Third in Command on the side of Jake's flank.

After I was booted, Jake wanted to assign Embry as Beta. But Karli begged Embry not to take it, so he didn't. That's how Sam got a high position back since he knew how to run the pack.

To be honest, I kinda miss my Beta position.

"You would still have it if you weren't in love with somebody you shouldn't be!" Jake shouted. I shrunk down even more.

"Can't help who you fall in love with, Jake. You should be the one to know." A newbie-Koda-thought. He was one of the few who had my back.

"Quiet. You're not in this conversation." Alpha Almighty ordered. "Why are you two fighting?" Jake asked Jared and me.

He should already know.

But that's the thing about Jake. Since Nessie left, she left a cold, heartless man behind.

Do to the Alpha orders; we had to show him everything. Jared showed him our conversation. I had to show him before that. Even when I talked to Nessie.

As Jake saw that, I swore I thought I saw the slightest bit of vulnerability in his eyes. Maybe he was hoping I talked Nessie into coming back. He craved to hear her voice.

And we had to be on the joy ride too.

I saw a flutter of disappointment in Jacob's thoughts when he realized she wasn't coming home. He needed to see her.

Anger flooded through him as he saw even more of my thoughts of her. How I wanted to see her. How I wanted her to choose me over him.

Jake wanted to kill me on the spot, but his role as Alpha stopped him. That and he knew if he killed me it would hurt Nessie. Both of our hands were tied. If one of us kills the other, we could kiss our chance with winning Nessie's heart out the window.

Alpha Almighty seemed to have agreed because I was still breathing.

"Jared, I'm glad you care about your brothers, (that sounds like a snide comment, huh?) But I'd be even happier if you didn't put you own two sense in. What goes on between Ness-Rensmee, Kaleb, and I goes on between the three of us. We don't need this to be blown out of proportion more than it already is." Jake thought. "That goes for the rest of you. If Kaleb or I ask for the advice, you're more than welcome to give it. Other than that, please don't say anything."

That last part sounded like he was begging. It sounded like it was for him than for the "pack." Maybe he's hurting more than he's putting off.

"You." Jake growled at me. "Phase back and meet me at my house."

Jake stayed silent for a few more minutes then we felt him phase back to human.

Alpha orders cannot be disobeyed.

I ran to Jake's house scared of what he was going to say or do. I was afraid of what I was going to say or do. Could Jake ban me from speaking to Nessie-No. He knows I can bring Nessie's face as much as he could.

A new hope spread though me. Jake can't touch me. He can't kill me. He can't hurt me. I have a connection with Nessie. He knows he could loose her if something happens to me.

But that could go the other way too. If I do anything to Jake, forget being with Nessie. I may have a deep connection with her, but Jake has one that goes way beyond understandable.

It sounds very manly to hide behind a girl, isn't it?

"Kind of?" Seth thought.

"Shutup." I growled back.

"Good luck, bro. You'll need it." Noah(newbie)thought.

"Thanks." I mumbled then phased back to human.

I ran a little on two feet to Jake's house. I stopped when I saw him standing in the woods with his back to me.

"I thought you said to meet you at your house?" I asked like an idiot.

"I'm Alpha. I can do whatever I want." Jake said coldly.

I think we've all grown use to his cold, sarcastic tone of voice. Embry and Quil said he was like this when he was loosing the battle against winning Bella's heart.

But now this time around, it's worse.

"Kind of throwing your weight around, don't you think?" I asked. Jake stayed silent. "Decided to kill me yet?"

"I'm thinking about it; but you've got a point. I kill you, I'll break her heart. And even though she doesn't…want me, I still can't hurt her."

"What if me and you go at it and I'm the winner by some chance?"

Jake just stared ahead, not answering.

I was shocked our conversation was staying this calm…despite our cold harsh tones to each other.

"I've already lost her, remember? You should. You were the one who took her away." he growled, now looking at me.

I shared his cold glare back towards him.

"Why put the blame on me? You were the one completely oblivious to it all! You didn't know what she was confused! You were the one who didn't give her a choice! That's all that she's wanted was a choice in all of this!" I growled back.

"You don't know her! You never have!"

"I don't? Where was she when she was scared before her graduation? Who did she believe the most when she thought you were dead? Where was she afterwards? Where was she the two weeks you were too coward to own up to what you did? She was with me!" I shouted. I've got a lot of balls to be saying this.

Jake was tense, and so was I. But I wasn't done. Not quite yet.

"You don't understand all of this, do you?! I've tried giving Renesmee a choice! That's all I ever wanted her to have! I made sure to tell her that she had a choice! That if she wanted somebody else, she can be with him! I-I thought she was fine with everything. She told me that she was okay with all of it! She told me that I was the only one who she'd ever love! But you screwed that up! You were the one that took her away! She wants you, not me."

Again, I could easily see the vulnerability and tears in Jake's eyes.

"Nessie has never done one thing for herself. I was the one who just gave her a choice in what life she wants. I'm not tied down to the pack as you are. If she wants to pack up and move, I can go with her. You've got to stay. You're the true Alpha. I'm not going to be one."

Jake took a step back. He was probably going through everything in his head; but I still wasn't done.

"Believe me. She wanted to tell you. I wanted her to tell you! I wanted her to tell you the exact night you were bit. I wanted to take her away from all this danger while you bring her into it!" I shouted. "But she's too nice. She wanted to spare poor Jacob's feelings. I know I can give her something to make her happy-"

"I make her happy!" Jake accused.

"Really? If you made her happy then why did she leave?" I asked with a smirk on my face. I just might be winning this battle after all.

Jake seemed at loss for words but he knew I was right. He knew if Nessie was happy with just him, she wouldn't have feelings for me.

"YOU DON'T KNOW HER LIKE I DO! You don't understand what it is like to have the feeling of having your heart ripped out your chest! You don't know what it's like to loose something that has been the center of your world! Kaleb, you did that. You stole something that wasn't yours! You should have backed away! How can you even love her when she is my imprint?" Jake asked as I saw more vulnerability seep in. His cold hard stare slowly faded away while the broken heartedness replaced it. Hurt was written all over his face.

I didn't have the answer because I didn't know myself. None of the other guys felt feelings for Nessie like I do. Yeah some of the unimprinted wolves would look but they didn't look much. Even they had respect for our brother and Alpha.

I was just different.

"I bet you couldn't go through the pain I go through everyday. You couldn't handle what I feel. If you feel what I feel, maybe you would loose that sarcastic, idiotic, immature smile before I do it myself." Jake growled.

"You wouldn't want to hurt Nessie now would you?" I couldn't help it. I've already got the ball rolling. I can't stop it now.

"I would back off of the comments." he warned. I backed off.

"If Nessie chose you, which she probably will, I've got to see her happy and safe. Give that to her." Jake pleaded, his eyes glazed over. I don't think I've ever seen Jake come close to tears. Or let them come at least and not care at least.

I was shocked he was saying this. It was like he knew what Nessie was going to do.

"Wha-what do you mean? You're giving up that easy? " I asked shocked.

"I'll do whatever it takes to make her smile. Even if it means letting her go." he answered.

"But you're the big, tough Alpha. You've always said you're going to fight for Nessie. But now you're not?" I said in a cocky tone of voice. "You say she's supposedly yours."

The angry cold glare that we've all came to know hardened his face.

"Kaleb! Just for that, yeah, I'm going to fight for her! You think I'm giving up on a girl that I've been waiting so long to be with! You're one stupid idiot to think that since you professed you love to her, you'll get her?! I said I would do anything to make her smile. If she wants you then I have to let her go. I won't be happy about it but…I'm not giving her up to you, though." Jake yelled as if he had something stuck in his voice.

"But you just said that she will probably pick me! Make up your mind, dude!"

"But that doesn't mean I'm giving up! Listen for one! That girl is my soul mate! She's my best friend! She's my whole world! I can't go a single day without her! And her telling me she doesn't want me is killing me inside! You being in the picture isn't helping much, either." Past the angry cold stare, I could see the pain and loss. I think he was finally opening up.

"May the best man win." I challenged, sticking out my hand.

Jacob took my extended hand and started shaking it. He had that sort of grin of amusement that you get when you know your about to hurt somebody you desperately hate.

Jake stopped but his grip on my hand got tighter. Bone crushing tight. I should have known he was going to do this when he had the "I hope you die" look.

The pain sent me to my knees, but he didn't let me go. He was tightening it so hard; I could feel the bones in my hand become crushed.

"What the-" I started, but his foot connected to the side of my face, sprawling me on the ground.

"Don't phase." Jake ordered. I could feel the waves of his command vibrate over me. I couldn't phase.

I growled under his command. I don't know what hurt worse: my hand, my face, or the sickening feeling of me not turning into a wolf when I need it.

Jake grabbed me by my neck and picked me up off the ground. Jake was a good five inches than me. And a lot stronger too.

"You're lucky I'm only doing this."

"You said you hurt me then you hurt Nessie." I rasped.

"No. I said if I killed you then I hurt Nessie. Believe me, I want too, but I am going to be the better man and take Renesmee's feelings into consideration. I'm not selfish like you."

I guess he was back to the psychotic dead man walking.

Again.

"Really? You surely surprised me. Give the BS to someone who doesn't know you." I said.

That made him even angrier, so I'm kind of regretting it now.

"Go before I do decide to kill you." Jacob slung me to the ground and I took off.

I took the back way home, making sure the tourist were long gone.

I stormed through the door, breathing heavy. I wasn't for sure if I was under the gag order anymore, but I knew I couldn't phase. I couldn't have everybody swarming my head. Jake probably felt the same way.

There was a chance Nessie could choose me over Jake. I mean, an imprint has never not picked their imprinter but isn't there a first time for everything? I might actually have a chance in this!

Jacob says he'd do anything to make Renesmee smile. Could I do that? Could I have a deep connection with her as Jacob has?

The simple answer is: I couldn't. They have the imprint where I don't have anything at all.

I went to my room to get some sleep, hoping that it would clear my mind.

I wished Nessie was here. I missed how she was able to make herself right at home. Her smile lighting up the room. How she always had that peaceful serenity about her. How she can change a tense room to a calming one in seconds.

Or better yet. I miss my parents. I missed my mom. Surprisingly, I missed my dad. I missed my brother and sister. I missed my grandparents.

I hated it when I was alone. I was scared like all of us. I'll admit that I'm scared like Jake is.

I made a big mistake. I'll admit that. See. This is why I hate being alone. My brain thinks too much. And I do have a heart. I do regret. I wish I can do this a different way.

Ever since my mother was sucked dry, I've had the weight of the world on my shoulders. I took care of my brother when my father shut the whole world out after her death. Then I was taking care of both Kyle and Kierra. I never had time to do anything stupid.

Now I can.

But for how long. How long do I have before I break down on my knees? Like I thought, Jake already broke, Nessie's coming close to breaking down, but how long do I have before I loose it?

When does this stop?

I might as well give up on sleeping.

I rummaged through my kitchen to see what food I had. I settled for a bag of chips, half a box of cold meat lover's pizza. I plopped on the couch and started eating.

What was I going to do? I'm sitting here doing nothing when I need to be doing something. Maybe I could call Nessie again? No. Jake would finish me off this time.

Or…maybe I can try and find her. It can be simple. I just have to call the Cullens then-BAM-I'd know where she was at. I keep saying I'm going to quit the pack, and all of us need answers from Nessie. It would be a good logical excuse right? We don't fully understand her shouting "I DON'T WANT YOU!" at Jake. Well, the others don't understand. I do.

But Renesmee said she didn't want me wherever she's at. What if I go up there and she shouts the same thing she did to Jacob? It could be a possibility that she truly left because she didn't want two men fighting over her.

Could there be another?

Sometimes I'm even left for confused. There's times I think I have a shot with Nessie. Then there's time when I know I'm going to loose so I might as well save myself the heartbreak.

But the thing is…I love the heartbreak. It gives me more to fight for.

Oh well, my cards are on the table. And Jacob's are too. Now it's the wild card's turn to play.