I hope you enjoy this chapter and please let me know what you think. No flames. I would like to see how many more reviews I can get before November 9th, so please review. I love the reviews I get it, it makes me want to write more. Disclaimer: All the characters belong to the author. Except any of the characters I came up with, along with the story line. The story line is all mine. Remember no flames, but please review.

July 20th, Seven days later

New Orleans, Louisiana

Bella sat beside Jacob's bedside. She had tears running down her face as she looked at his bruised and battered body. It had been seven days since they had brought him in, she remembered how his pack almost did not let her see him and how Edward had refused to let her see him, even when his pack had finally agreed. Bella felt horrible seeing him like this, he had woke up three days after they brought him up here. Avelina had made sure to knock him out with one of her potions. It was suppose to help him, but Bella hadn't seen any improvements. Mr. Ateara had to tell Jacob everything about his family and how he was a werewolf, but that he would turn when he was twenty-five. He also told Jacob that Edward was a vampire and that Avelina was a witch, but left it to Bella to tell him what she was. Bella had explained everything and at first Jacob seemed too distance himself from her, but then warmed up to the idea that Bella was half vampire/half human. She told him that she felt bad that he was hurt because of her and she would do anything to make it up to him, but he told her that it was okay. She cried most of the time she talked to him; she spent every waking moment by his side. Edward was not too happy about that, he tried to tell her to go do something fun and not be waiting by the mutts beside side. Edward could tell that they were becoming friends, very good friends, like they had been friends forever and that nothing had happened between them. He did not like that, he wanted her to forget about the mutt, but he could see that the mutt made her happy and that's the only thing he wanted for her, to be happy. Bella had not noticed that Jacob was watching her, he watched as she kept wiping at her eyes and how her nose was a dark pink color.

"Bells." Jacob spoke above a whisper. His voice was still hoarse.

"Jake," Bella said while wiping at her eyes again. "Your awake…do you want me to get you something to eat or drink?" Bella asked.

"No…I am fine," Jacob said while taking Bella's hand. "How long have I been a sleep?" He asked her. He did not like seeing her cry; it made him want to comfort her.

"Okay," Bella sniffled. "Just two hours…I think its nine now." Bella rambled on. It was nine at night and the whole house was downstairs talking and drinking.

"Hey…come on," Jacob said while squeezing her hand. "I am okay."

"No you're not and its my fault." Bella said while crying more.

"Bella…it's not your fault."

"Yes it is." Bella insisted.

"No its not…I should have listened to you when you said we should leave." Jacob said while rubbing a circle into her hand with his thumb. She smiled at him, but then a frown appeared on his face.

"But if you weren't trying to impress me…then this would not have happened…so it is my fault."

"Were you impressed?" He asked her with a smile. He hoped that she had been, even though it had been ruined.

"Yeah…I was having fun." Bella said while smiling.

"Good…then I did my job…I was trying to impress you and get you to forgive me for what I did to you in our past." Jacob explained. He wanted Bella to fully forgive him for his wrong doings. He never meant to hurt, he was just doing what his father told him to do and that was to be a good boyfriend to Leah.

"I already did." Bella said while wiping at her eyes, as a stray tear fell from her face. She felt horrible, she really believed that it was her fault; she noticed how lately her emotion was all out of whack. One moment she would be laughing and then the next she would either would be pissed or sad. Mostly she had been sad a lot lately.

"Well I suppose could say that you got me back with all this." Jacob tried to laugh, but his broken ribs were killing him. Bella slapped him across the arm and then her eyes widened when he moaned in pain.

"Oh I am so sorry Jake." Bella said while crying more and touching his arm gently. She could not believe that she had just hurt him again.

"Don't be…I am fine…really Bells." Jacob said with a smile. He wanted to make her feel better.

"Just don't say that again…you didn't deserve this." Bella said while touching Jake's chest has she pulled his blanket more up on him. She planned on making him better, even though his pack wanted her to quit. She did not understand why his pack did not like her, but they didn't.

"Only thing I am glad for is…that you're okay," Jacob said while smiling more at her. "Come here." Jacob said while motioning for her to lay down beside him. She could tell that he was still tired for his eyes were starting to drop.

"No…you need your rest." Bella said while shaking her head no.

"Bella…I am fine," Jacob said with a laugh and pulled on her arm gently. "Lay here with me." Bella shook her head no and gave him a small smile. He pulled on her arm again, pulling her out of her seat. "Just lay with me." He begged. She smiled and finally gave in, by sighing. She got up and moved towards the bed, she laid down beside him and felt him take her hand in his again. "Thank you Bells."

"Your welcome…you should sleep." She said while kissing his shoulder, as she turned to face him. He was already fast asleep and she smiled up at him, letting herself fall asleep, until she felt two strong arms picking her up. She quickly opened her eyes and came face to face with Edward who was looking ahead of himself. "What are you doing?" She whispered. Edward ignored her as he carried her out of the room and towards the room they were sharing. "Edward…put me down," Bella begged. "I was asleep." He laid her down on the bed and crawled up beside her. He placed his head on her chest and placed one of his hands on her stomach. He could feel her freeze under his touch and it fueled him more with anger. He was getting aggravated that she was spending so much time with the mutt and liked when the mutt touched her, but when he tired to touch her; she would freeze or push him away. "Edward what are you doing?" She asked as she heard him begin to purr. He still did not answer her and she was becoming aggravated at him. She pulled on his hair and could hear him hiss at her.

"Princess quit…just go to sleep," Edward growled lowly at her. "It would not have done you any good to sleep in that room." Edward said while snuggling closer to her. Bella just stayed awake while she felt Edward's breathing slow down; to the point she knew that he was asleep. She tried to move, but the grip he had on her was tight and she knew that he was not letting her go tonight.

July 22nd

New Orleans, Louisiana

Bella held Jacob's hand as they walked out to the end of the dock out on the bayou and Bella helped him sit down because it was still hard for him to walk or to sit. She felt horrible every time she saw him struggle with the smallest task. She took a seat beside him and leaned back on her elbows and he smiled at her. She had walked with him and with a few of the pack members and even Edward, but he just glared at Jacob the whole time and it annoyed Bella to know end. She was glad to be walking with him alone this, his pack was busy doing something and Edward was helping Avelina, so she got alone time finally with Jacob.

"Tell me when your ready to go in?" Bella said while touching his hand and smiling at him.

"Bella…quit worrying about me." Jacob said while grabbing her hand and holding it.

"I can't quit…but I will try," Bella said while sighing and laying back on her back, letting the sun shine down on her. She watched has Jacob laid back too and turned his head towards her, smiling. They listened to the quietness and even the animals moving around. There was no one but them out there and Bella was glad for it, she enjoyed spending alone time with Jacob. Little under an hour, Bella set up and looked down at Jacob who was still laying on his back.

"What wrong Bells?" Jake asked while folding his arms behind his head.

"Nothing…it's just peaceful out here," Bella said while sighing. "I wish I could horseback riding." Bella said while smiling down at him.

"That would be nice," Jake said while sitting up, but Bella had to help him. "Does Avelina have horses?" he asked.

"I think so," Bella said while standing and stretching. "She as a barn out back of her house…what to go look?" Bella asked while looking down at him.

"Sure." Jake said while reaching out his hand for Bella to help him stand, even though he hated showing Bella that he was weak. He stumbled slightly and bumped into her. She quickly wrapped her arms around his midsection, trying to keep him up straight.

"Are you –" Before Bella could finish; Jacob had leaned down and kissed her lips. At first she tried to pull back, but after a few minutes she relaxed into it and began to kiss him back. He placed both of his hands on either side of her face and she grabbed a hold of his shirt with one of her hands. She let her other hand slip under his shirt and she trailed her hand up and down his chiseled chest. He pulled back and looked down at her with a peaceful smile on his face. He kept his hands on her face and brought his lips back down to her forehead, leaving a light kiss there. "What was that for?" Bella asked while looking up at him while biting her lip. Her cheeks were turning pink from being so nervous.

"I have wanted to do that since I saw you at the pool party…I just figured you would never forgive me." He said while kissing her again and she kissed him back with as much passion as he had kissed her with. She could not believe that she was kissing him or that he had wanted to kiss her for so long. She had the hugest crush on him back in high school, but he was always picking on her and she just figured that he would never want anything to do with her. This time he gently directed her back down to sitting on the dock. She leaned up on her knees while running her hands under his shirt and he placed his hands on her hips and it sent a little shock running up her spine. She felt him rubbing circles into her hip bones. He began to kiss her neck and she froze, something about that action made her pull back. Something about him kissing her neck, sent a pain through her neck, like it was bad to be kissed by him there and she did not understand why. "What's wrong Bells?" He asked. She looked at him and felt bad when it look like he was worrying that he had offended her.

"Nothing," She said while kissing him on his jaw and moving down to his neck, leaving light kisses in her wake. She could not believe she was making out with him in the bayou. "My neck is sensitive." She said while laughing and placing her hands on his shoulders.

"Is that a good thing or bad thing?" He asked with a smirk,

"Bad," She whispered, but could tell that it made him sad. "I am sorry Jake." She said while kissing him again. "This is a lot to get use to. I enjoy my time with you…a lot."

"I'm glad." He said while taking one of her hands a kissing each fingertip. "Do not worry…your very special to me."

"So you do not have a problem with me being what I am?" She asked while watching as his eyelashes flutter together. He was very good-looking to her and hope that he felt the same way.

"Bella I do not care…if you do not care that I am going to turn into a werewolf on my 25 birthday." He said while smirking at her.

"I don't care all how hairy you get." Bella said while laughing.

"Princess…where are you at?" Both Jake and Bella could hear Edward calling for Bella. Bella quickly pulled away from Jacob and looked over her shoulder at where she could see Edward walking towards them. Bella stood up quickly and helped Jacob up when Edward got closer. She dusted off her pants and then held out her hand for Jacob to hold on to. He took hold of her hand and smiled down at her.

"Edward what are you doing here?" Bella asked him. Edward came to a complete stop in front of them and smiled at Bella, but as soon as he saw Jacob holding his Bella's hand, he began to glare at Jacob.

"You've been gone for a while and I got worried," Edward said while holding out his hand for Bella to take. "Come on…its about time for dinner." Bella shook her head no and pulled Jake with her as she passed by Edward, but that did not last when Edward roughly grabbed her arm and spun her around to face him. Bella tried to push Edward back, but nothing was working.

"Dude let go of her." Jacob said while beginning to move towards Edward.

"Mind your own business mutt," Edward growled while snapping his gaze abound Jacob. "This is between me and her."

"I know what you are…and you do not scare me." Jacob said in deadly tone. Edward pulled Bella closer to him, burying his nose into the crook of her neck.

"Make him leave Bella…or I will make it hard for him to heal." Edward whispered against her skin. Bella place both of her hands on his chest and pushed hard against him, but he didn't even move a muscle. "I am not kidding Princess…make him leave or I will hurt him." Edward growled, but it was only low enough for her to hear. The growl he used on her was the mate growl, because he wanted her to listen to him. He wanted her attention and he wanted the mutt gone. He was very protective of her and even more protective now that she was carrying his child and with the mutt being so close to her, it sent him into over drive.

"Jake." Bella mumbled.

"Yeah Bells." Jake said while getting closer to her, but Edward growled more. Jacob could not understand why the vampire was acting the way he was. He knew that Edward had a thing for Bella, but could not understand why Edward was threatening him.

"Don't Jake…just go on up head and I will be right there…Edward needs to talk to me." Bella said while trying to turn around to face Jacob, but Edward would not let her. He held her tightly to his chest, while growling softly.

"Are you sure Bella?" Jake asked her. "I don't trust him."

"Yeah…he won't don't do anything to me." Bella mumbled while Edward pulled her closer to him.

"Okay…I will right up there," Jacob said while pointing to a tree up the path they were taking. "Just hurry up because my ankle is beginning to hurt." He laughed.

"I will." Bella mumbled more. Bella could tell when Jacob had left, because Edward had quit growling and was beginning to purr. Bella quickly pushed against Edward's hard chest and looked up at him. "What the hell is your problem?" Bella seethed. It only made Edward madder.

"My problem," Edward growled. "Why do you always have to spend time with him?" He asked while growling.

"He is my friend Edward." Bella said while turning her back to him.

"He's also a werewolf…his kind is not welcomed with our kind."

"Our kind…I am not even like you Edward," Bella yelled. "I am my own fucking kind…I am the only one of my kind…Jake as not done anything wrong and he's hurt and he's my friend." Bella said while twisting around to face Edward again. Edward quickly grabbed Bella and pulled her to his chest, burying his head into her neck, placing a soft kiss there but then biting her. She screamed in pain and he bit harder.

"You're the Grand Princess of the Vampire world…your in line to become Queen…we do not associate with werewolves." Edward growled against her neck. "I am only protecting you…do you know how the late Queen Elena died?" He asked her.

"Yes I do," Bella growled back. "But Jake had nothing to do with that…neither did his pack," Bella said while shaking her head. "I have grown up knowing these people…I am different in my views and if the High King as anything to do with it…I won't be queen."

"That's what Charlie is trying to do right now…he is trying to protect you and you keep putting yourself in dangerous positions." Edward said while sliding his hand to her side and letting half of his hand to rest on her stomach. He could hear the heart beat of his child beating quickly, because its mother was upset.

"What if I don't want to be?" Bella asked him while trying to pull away from Edward, because she was becoming unnerved by his touch.

"Princess you do not have a choice…I am sorry." He said while kissing her forehead.

"I need to get Jake back up to the house." Bella said while trying to pull away from him, but he would not let her.

"The mutt is fine…just stay here with me for a few minutes," he said while pulling her to the edge of the dock.

"Edward…your acting like a child," Bella said while shaking her head. "I don't have time to deal with you and take care of Jacob too." That did not sit well with Edward and he began to growl again. He placed his fangs on the mark he left on her neck and pressed into her skin. She whimpered at the pain it was making.

"You better have time…I am suppose to be protecting you and how can I do that when you're running off to play nurse with the mutt." He hated that she was choosing the mutt over him; it made him wonder what she would do when she found out she was pregnant.

"Edward please quit." She begged as she tried to pull away from him, because he was scaring her and she could not understand why he was acting the way he was.

"Sorry Princess…but when you take him back up the house…come back down here…I want to spend some time with you." Edward said while taking one of her hands him and kissing the back of her hand.

"We will see…I am getting hungry and Jake needs help."

"Don't worry about food…just meet me down here." Edward insisted.

"We will see Edward." Bella said while turning around and walking towards Jacob. Edward watched as Jacob took Bella's hand in his and watched as Bella helped him up the path. Edward knew that he needed to watch his moods and keep his angry in check, but she was his mate and she was pregnant with his child and the mutt was making him mad. He wanted nothing better than to kill the mutt, because that would solve everything. Even though he knew it would not because Bella would be so mad at him. After almost an hour of waiting for Bella to come back to down the docks, he finally gave up and head back to the house, where he found his mate asleep beside the mutt. They were curled up beside each other on the couch in the living room. He could hear the wolves talking about how Bella was a problem and how he would not be too happy finding his mate there.

"She beautiful…but it would seem she likes another." Avelina said while smiling at him as she came into the room and pulling a cover off the back of the couch and placing it over Bella and Jacob.

"Yes…you do need to get a better handle on your mate." Mr. Lahote said while he walked into the room.

"Mind your own business wolf." Edward growled at Mr. Lahote, who put his hands up and backed away.

"Don't growl at one of my men vampire," Mr. Ateara growled back at Edward as he came into the room. "It is not our fault she likes our Prince and not you." Edward just hissed at him and reached down for Bella, placing his hand on her shoulder.

"Leave her Edward…she is doing what she should be doing…everything is in place," Avelina said while placing her hands on her hips and staring Edward down. He just hissed at her. "Its getting late…all of you need to head to your respectable rooms…I will not tolerant you guys fighting…when the people you are fighting over have no idea why." Avelina spoke calmly. No one moved a muscle, until they all felt pain radiating throughout their bodies. "That won't be the only thing I do to you…now move," Avelina said through clenched teeth. She watched as a bunch of men pushed a shoved at each other as they were trying to get out of the room. Edward stayed behind and kept staring at Bella. "Your not special Edward…get moving." Avelina said while sending more pain towards him, he buckled over, holding his stomach as more pain radiated through him.

"But she's mine." Edward said in a pained whispered.

"I know this Edward…I have known forever," She said while sighing. "But she is okay…so go to sleep and you will see her in the morning," Avelina said to him, but he glared at her. "I will not be having you ruining the future I have seen…so go." Avelina seethed.

"Fine." Edward growled as he walked out of the room huffing. She could hear him talking to himself as he went up the steps. She took one more look down at the couple and smiled. She knew what was happening between them and it made her smile, because everything was right on track.