Bella's POV

"I'll always love you, thank you being there for me and Ari, especially after how I treated you." Embry tells me. He's about to leave for his honeymoon with Stacy. It's been a year since I met her and she's one of my best friends. I still hang out with Emily but our parenting styles are so different it's hard to hang out with the kids, making it hard to hang out at all.

She's kind of like always in her poor kid's face while I'm happy as long as I can see them. Leah is much more like me.

"You've always been there for me too Embry. And I do love you, besides Quil you're my best friend and I want you and Ari and Stacy in my life forever. Now go before she worries. Ari will be fine; you know she's always fine here."

"I've never left her for a whole week before."

"I know but she'll be fine. She loves all of us and I'm pretty sure Lacy is planning on using the fact that Ari is sad to make Quil do lots of extra stuff with them this week." I tell him and he laughs.

He kisses Ari good bye and tells her to be good and tells me he'll call me every night to check on her.

"Yeah you do that but mostly just chill out." I tell him pushing him out the door.

I offered to keep Lucas too but I'm kind happy he's staying with his grandparents. He and Ari fight like crazy and then Derek gets involved because even as young as he is, younger than her, he's very protective of Ari.

I walk back into the house and Ari is whining that she's hungry and Derek is whining that he wants to go outside and Lacy is whining that she misses Aidan.

"Aidan will be here in a little while. Daddy and Jake are going to go fishing so Leah's going to hang out with us." I tell her and then she scowls at me. "What is your problem, child?" I ask her.

"I want to go fishing!"

"Of course you do. You'll have to ask daddy." I tell her and she smiles and says OK. Because we both know daddy never tells her no.

"Come on Ari, let's go make lunch and then we'll sit outside and eat it." I tell her and she runs into the kitchen yelling she wants peanut butter and honey. So gross. That would be my husband's fault. They all love it though.

We're eating on the picnic table on the backyard when Quil and Jake and Leah and Aidan come out. Aidan begs for food so I give him mine.

"Daddy can I go fishing with you and Jakey please?" Lacy asks him with her sweetest voice and her big eyes wide and I try not to laugh at her total overdoing it.

Quil looks at Jake like please don't make me tell her no and Jake laughs at him and tells Lacy of course she can come.

She runs off to get her stuff. Jake goes in after her.

"Baby can you please bring home food tonight? I'm tired and I don't want to cook." I ask Quil.

"Of course I can but are you OK? I don't have to go. Are you sick?" He freaks out.

"Baby I am just tired. You go. Trust me you taking Lacy will make my day much easier." I tell him.

Ari, Derek and Aidan pretty much entertain themselves and without anyone trying to play dress up with them or put make up on them they are generally pretty happy kids.

"You're sure? You've been tired a lot lately. You're not pregnant are you?" He asks it like it would be horrible but I know he would be happy. I wouldn't be not happy; I would just die of exhaustion.

"I highly doubt it. I think it's just that Derek has been extra energetic lately and Ari is going through the whiny phase and Lacy is, well Lacy." I tell him kissing him.

They leave after he asks me a billion more times if I'm sure I'm fine and Jake brings me another sandwich since his kid ate mine.

"Does he always flip like that when you're tired?" Leah asks amused.

"He's been over worried about everything lately. I'm not sure what his deal is. I think it has something to do with Jake and Embry getting more and more bitter towards each other. They're like brothers to him and I think them always fighting just puts him on edge or something. He's been a lot worse since Jake wasn't even invited to the wedding."

"I am so sorry Bella, I've tried talking to Jake about it but he won't even consider letting go of this dumb thing." Leah tells me.

"What is Jake's problem anyways? I mean I could understand if Quil hated Embry but I really don't understand Jake." I ask her.

"Nobody really understands Jake. This could be totally wrong but I think it's because he was your best friend and now he's kind of last of the 3." I look at her confused so she keeps talking. "You were his best friend but when you first moved here you kind of clung to Embry because he was what you needed and while you were clinging to Embry you somehow fell in love with Quil. So Quil is your boyfriend then your husband and Embry is your best friend, the one you run to when you're scared and Jake is just kind of there but not really needed. So then when you and Embry started fighting Jake thought he would be the one you ran to but by then you didn't really need anyone other than Quil and Embry was just kind of a habit you know? And then you forgave Embry and neither you or Quil really care that he's in love with you, which is totally not normal by the way, and Jake kind of feels… I don't know? Screwed over."

"That's a very detailed theory Leah." I tell her a little stunned.

"I spend a lot of time with the subject."

"Well you need to convince him to get over it. Embry having feelings for me never bothered us because we knew he would never do anything about it. Leah I love Jake but lately it feels like I have to choose between him and Embry." I tell her trying not to cry.

"And you would choose Embry. I think Embry is your soul mate in a way. Like Jake is your best friend because you grew up together and you and Quil balance each other out and you love each other and you're awesome together but Embry is the one that always got you. But this really has nothing to do with me so why don't you convince him to get over it? When is the last time you and Jake did anything together, just you two?"

"Um, I really don't remember. But he has you and work."

"Don't blame this one me Bella."

"I'll call him." I tell her knowing she's right.