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My way to bring two characters together, which if things had worked through their natural order, would have ended that way in the real books.

Writing is hard work and my respect for the professional author or those

Hoping to make it their career, knows no bounds. I bow to you.:)

Certain things were too unfair to Jacob and the wolves from the beginning.

To Hurt To Heal

Chapter Three

(Bella's POV)

The first thought to hit me when I opened my eyes the next day was of Jake, I admit I felt wonderful seeing him again, complete as if I was reunited with the other half of me that I didn't know was missing, that is until I saw that girl sitting so close to him and the memories of what I saw that fateful day bombarded my head like someone taking a sledge hammer and using it to beat it into me.

Now the evidence of her obvious pregnancy made me truly strengthen my resolve to remain as cold and aloof to him as possible, I know now the only way to stay that way will be to stay away from him, because the pain of his betrayal still felt as fresh as it did the day it happened.

Damn, I sit up quickly when I remembered I told him he could come over so we could talk. The feel of his breath on my neck and his lips on my ear when he asked sent chills through me, I had almost gave him, turned around and hugged him, telling him I would forgive him anything, but I have to stick to my resolve, I will not allow him to betray, humiliate and hurt me again.

I ran my fingers through my messed up hair, stood and began spreading my bed, I intend to stay busy and try not to think of him, not until he is here and I have to deal with him. After finishing my bed, I grabbed everything I needed to take my shower, dress and start my day. When done and had everything put away, I grabbed the laundry basket from the bathroom and went downstairs to the laundry room where I left the basket. I plan on doing some laundry and of cleaning this house from top to bottom after I've gotten something to eat, whether it needed it or not, anything to stay busy until he got here.

The first thing I saw when I got to the kitchen was a note and money on the dining table; I picked them both up, putting the money in my pocket.

Bella,

I had to run into the office today, there is some paper work I need to get done. There isn't much in the house to eat, I really haven't had the time to do any grocery shopping, besides you know me, I usually just grabbed something at the diner.

Here is a few dollars, buy what you think we need.

Be careful today and I'll see you later.

Charlie (dad)

Well, I wasn't surprised by that, my dad wasn't very good with shopping. I knew I saw some milk in the refrigerator when I put the food from the bonfire away last night. I took it out and one box of cereal, then bowl and spoon. While I ate thoughts of Jake tried to invade my mind again, but I beat it back. I refuse to think about it until I had to.

After eating I rinsed out my bowl and went and started a load of laundry, then grabbing my purse and keys, I went out to my truck. When I stepped outside I turned to lock my front door and when I did I felt cold chills running up and down my spine, and not in a good way, it felt as if I was being watched, hunted. I shook it off as just my imagination; I will have enough to deal with just getting in that truck, because memories of Jake were here too.

With determination I got in the truck and started it, pulling out of the driveway, refusing to remember how he use to smile at me and watch out of the corner of his eyes, with a grin in place or how good he felt and smelt when he would hold me close the times he insisted he drove, even the first kiss we shared was in this truck, there was so much love, passion and joy in that kiss, I would of never guessed the person who kissed me like that, as if I was the most precious, most important person in his life would betray me the way he did,

More important that all that were the laughter, the dreams we shared of what we hoped

Our future would be like, and in all our hopes and dreams there wasn't one outcome where we weren't in each other lives, first as best friends then it became more.

Great, just great, I thought as I pulled into the shopping center and parked, there goes my resolve of not thinking about him. Is there anywhere his memory isn't implanted?

Getting out the truck, I walked into the store and grabbed a basket, grabbing everything I needed, which includes items for the pot roast I planned on making tonight. I could just reheat the food from the bonfire, but this will be another thing to keep me busy.

When I got home and had all the groceries put away and the load of laundry in the dryer starting another, I began attacking the house with a vengeance and as much as I tried, the memories of Jake still bombarded, especially of the times we walked on first beach together, holding hands or of when he held me in his arms while we sat on our favorite drift wood on the edge of the water, just talking, I forcible replaced those memories with the memories of what I saw in his garage, so every piece of furniture I dusted, even as I scrubbed the bathroom, I dusted and scrubbed a little harder imagining it was Jake's or that girl's face and it did give me a measure of satisfaction, though I wish it was really them I was attacking, well the girl more than Jake because that one bad memory couldn't

Really replace all the good.

I had finished cleaning the house and myself again, then went to start the roast when there was a knock on the door, my heart jumped to my throat and beat a little faster, this must be Jacob, I pulled myself together and went to answer it, but when I opened the door, it wasn't who I thought it was.

Well, this should be interesting. I thought as I looked at the girl that was a part of my hell.

"Hello Bella, I hope you don't mind me stopping by." She greeted, smiling as if we were

Friends though I must admit the girl had nerve showing up here. I crossed my arms at my chest and leaned against the door jam, saying nothing.

I guess she realized that I wasn't as happy to see her as she seems to be to see me, with her phony smile. I just kept staring, giving her not a word or smile, then hers fell. "Can I come in?" She sounded almost unsure of herself, which must be new for her.

I moved away from the doorjamb and folded my arms across my chest, still unsmiling. "No." I replied with calm. "Just curious as to why you would be here."

"Well, I did want to come and introduce myself, since I didn't get the chance last night." She stopped and looked at me, smiling again, but it slipped when she realized I still wasn't returning the smile.

"Is that so?" I replied, wanting her to get to the point of her unwanted visit.

"Anyway." She continued. "I'm Liza, Jacob and I are very close friends." I noticed she put an emphasis on close. "I've heard a lot about you and heard you and he use to be close too and I thought to avoid any awkwardness, I would introduce myself, mainly. I know Jake still wants to be friends with you even though you two can't be close as you use to be, it's just …"

My arms fell to my side, my hands balled in a fist, trying to restrain my self from punching the shit out of her. It's then I realized that this girl is lying, by the way she's

Edging, the nervousness in her voice and the way her eyes kept looking around. It's almost as if she is afraid she would be caught here. There is something not right about

this girl. I looked down at her stomach, something seemed, not right there too, it seems

Off, wrong somehow.

I interrupted her babbling. "I think I know what you're trying to say." I told her blandly. "Since you and Jake is an item now and he and I are old friends, you see no reason why we couldn't all be friends. Did I get that right?" I ended sarcastically, as I studied her, allowing the memory of that day in my thoughts, picking it apart, studying it frame by frame.

She smiles in relief. "Good, I'm glad you understand and I'm sure Jake will be happy to know there are no hard feelings, because even though things didn't work out between you two, your friendship still means a lot to him." Then she touched her stomach, bringing my eyes to it again. What is it about the shape of her stomach that seems off? Have anyone actually seen her stomach or been with her to a doctor's appointment, if she even went?

I looked her in the eyes. "I never said I understood, in fact, I don't even understand what you're doing here, no matter what you say your reasons are. If I wanted to be introduced to you I would have done it last night." I glanced at her stomach again, then looked in her eyes. "By the way, how far along are you?" this time I made sure she knew I was examining her stomach. "You're about what, six seven months pregnant?"

The mask fell from her face. "no, the doctor says I'm just showing a lot sooner than most women." I raised an eye brow and looked at her stomach skeptically. That seems to fluster her. "Look, I was just trying to be nice, trying to make things easier on everyone. He is in a relationship with me, but he still misses his friendship with you, I …"

I interrupted her again. "I got that, you want us all to get along like one big happy family, but that will never happen."

"I don't see why not." She replied. Is she dense? "Just because you saw something you weren't meant to see, you ….."

"Wait, what did you say?" I asked in shock. "You knew I was there?"

"I saw you just as you turned to leave. We felt bad and didn't mean to hurt you, but we can't help how we feel for each other. Jacob says it would be best if we didn't bring it up again, hurting you more than you already were, but now I think it best we just cleared the air."

She looked at me as though she was desperate for me to believe her and behind that, fear? I don't know what it was, but something tells me this bitch is lying. That baby wasn't Jacob's, in fact I'm starting to doubt if this girl is really even pregnant.

"Jake knew you were coming here today?" I asked, hiding where my thoughts were taking me,

"Yes he did, he asked me to come." She took a breath. "I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive us both, well, mainly him because you two were close." Then she smiled a smile I wanted to slap off her face. How gullible does she think I am?

"You want us to clear air? Okay let's." I gave her a smile that was as phony as hers was, but didn't try to hide that fact. "We can go find Jake, and then we all can clear the air together." The way she stared at me, told me she wasn't expecting that.

"That's a good idea." Her voice told me otherwise. "But after this I have a doctor's appointment. I can stop by after and we can go down to the rez. Together."

"Yeah sure." This girl really does think I'm stupid. "Though I'm guessing I shouldn't hold my breath?"

"What are you trying to say?" She was trying to sound indigent but failed.

"I'm not trying to say anything; I'm straight out saying it." I looked at her for a second trying hard to push down my anger. "You're a lying slut." Trying to sound as calm as I could through clenched teeth.

"What?" She asked in confusion

"You heard me." I replied, teeth still clenched. "I know Jake and one of the things I admired about him is, when he makes a mistake he faces up to it, not send someone else to deal with it for him, especially not a girl, so this must be your own idea and the only thing you have accomplished is to make me doubt what I thought I saw in his garage that day." I rolled my eyes, mainly at myself. "In fact I'm almost sure, I allow the insecurities

And doubt I was feeling at that time blind me to what really happened."

"What do you mean doubt what you saw?" She asked in a calmness I knew she wasn't feeling. "We were in his garage, and in his car." She sounded desperate again.

"Yes you were, but I didn't see who you were with, so it could have been anyone, anyone could have gotten in that garage, that car, it's never locked."

Her mouth moved but nothing came out.

I continued. "Maybe it will be a good idea for all of us to get together and have this talk, after all, you said he still wants to be friends and clear it air." I said with false sweetness.

"You know no one else would do something like that in Jake's car. I don't see how you can disbelief what you saw with your own eyes." She replied, trying too hard to make me believe.

"That's just it, I saw you not who you were with, besides Jake can and will explain it all to me himself." I stepped outside and right in her face. "There is one thing I'm sure about now, Jacob, the boy I love more than life, would never in a million years, do something like that or anything to hurt someone he says he loves and cares for. About that, I am the stupid girl you take me for me to believe he would do something like that." An idea popped into my head. "Those actions are mainly what the Cullens would do." Then I thought better of that statement. "No, not at all the Cullens but Edward and Alice, definitely."

I stepped back, watching every expression that flew across her face. "They're not friends of yours are they?"

Her eyes moved around nervously. "I have no idea who those people are." Then she huffed. "Fine, whatever. I have things to do, when I return to the rez. I'll let Jacob know I to make peace but you didn't think that would be possible" Then turned to leave.

"Yeah you do that. But he'll be coming by later to talk and clear the air, so don't bother." I felt like laughing out loud at her dramatics. "And another thing." I said stopping her in her tracks. "If Jake and I do get back together again, even if it's just as friends, he will need to get you out of his life, as long as you're around he and I will never be."

She looked shocked. "He would never agree to that." She replied, not sounding too sure of herself now.

I grinned without humor. "That will be up to him. I see you as a lying conniving slut and as long as you're around him, he can damn well stay the hell away from me."

She didn't reply, just turned, and walked swiftly to her car, getting in, the tires actually squealed as she drove away.

I shook my head with a grin, feeling lighter than I felt in a while, for once I was having doubts about what I had seen that day. I should have given him the chance to explain, Jake wasn't the type to give in to his hormones or have sex for the sake of having it. How many times has he held back with me, not because I asked him to, but because he knew I wasn't ready and he was right.

Yeah, for the first time doubt assaulted me. I was about to close the door when I glanced to the side and stopped, cold chills ran through me, standing there, close to the woods was someone I never thought or wanted to see ever again, Edward Cullen.

No, no, no. what is he doing here? I must be seeing things, but no he was standing there just watching me. I closed my eyes, still hoping it was a figment of my imagination and when I opened them he would be gone, but when I opened my eyes he was still there, and walking towards me.

"NO!" I screamed and closed my door, pressing my back against it and sliding down to sit on the floor. I sat there very still hoping he would go away. After a few minutes when I didn't hear anything, I slowly stood and looked through the peep hole and saw nothing, and then I went to every window in the house and looked out, still nothing. Shaking my head convinced it was my imagination.

The last time I saw Edward and his sister, Alice. It was a week after I had found out what they really were but since they tried to control the predatory part of their nature, I decided to give Edward a chance, until the day I saw him viciously a man, one of their kind, because he says the man was stalking me and meant to cause me harm. I didn't see it that way, I remember thinking he was trying to warn me about something.

After that day I didn't feel I could trust them anymore, they took too much of an interest

In me, a simple human girl and started feeling threatened by them. I made an excuse about having to meet my dad somewhere then jumped in my truck and went straight down to la push and Jacob, from there I called Edward and told him it wouldn't work between us and told him and his sister to please stay the hell away from me.

They never turned up at school after that and through the grapevine I heard they had left the area. So what he is doing back here. I wonder if they all were back if it's for good, maybe they're just passing through. That still doesn't explain what he was doing here. I thought I made myself clear on that matter.

I was seriously thinking about going down to la push instead of waiting for Jacob here but I brushed that thought aside as I went around making sure all windows and doors in the house were closed and bolted.

Pushing the thoughts of the Cullens out of mind I went back to the kitchen to prepare dinner and hoping Jacob would hurry and get here.

(Liza's POV)

I pulled up in front of the black's house, and got out, calling myself all kinds of fool, instead of giving her more doubts about Jake and making her believe that Jake and I were now together, Bella is now doubting what she saw that day and had the nerve to call me a liar. Yeah I lied, but how would she know that, she doesn't know me, and then she had the nerve to say she wanted me out of Jake's life if he planned on being in hers, well, we'll just see about that. I turned to lock my car then turned back around to go into the house, and screamed.

"Jake, you scared the hell out of me." I told him holding my chest. Damn, he has even gotten bigger since he became a wolf last night. Yeah, I know about the wolves, his cousin who I dated was also a wolf and I only found out about that because I caught him phasing once, they had no choice but to tell me everything and swore me to secrecy. Only imprints and council members and family are really allowed to know.

I had hoped his cousin would imprint on me, but he never did, so why would I be faithful to a man that would one day leave me for his so called soul mate, yes there isn't a guarantee that he would imprint or if he did he would leave me for her, but to be honest, I found Jacob better looking and more exciting than his cousin and had my sight set on from the first moment I saw him, but he never gave me the time of day. Yeah, I know how he thought of me and only gave the respect due to his cousin's girl. I thought being here, I could change his mind about me, but his opinion of me seems to have gotten worse instead of better.

I know if it weren't for his family, and my pregnancy he would kick me out of his house

without a second thought.

"Where have you been?" He asked frowning down at me.

"I had to go into forks for a few things." I replied, a little nervously, it's a good thing I did stop by the store… my thoughts stopped there as I noticed the way he was looking at me. For a minute my breath stopped, could he be imprinting on me? I have heard about it. Is that what they look like when they are in the grips of it?

Before I could hold my tongue, I burst out. "Not imprinting on me are you?" Shocked at what I just asked, but grinned cockily to play it off.

He grinned evilly at me. "You would like that wouldn't you?" He moved closer. "No way in hell, thank the spirits, but even if I had, it wouldn't mean a damn thing to me, everything in me belongs to Bella, every breath I take, every beat of my heart belongs to her, you…"

He stopped talking suddenly, and seemed to sniff me. "Why did you go see Bella today? Don't bother trying to lie to me either." He said menacingly.

"What makes you think I went to see her?" I replied nervously

He brought his face down to look me in the eyes and I gulped, fear gripping me, even though I knew he wouldn't hurt me, at least not while I was pregnant. The way he looked at me still made me nervous.

"You smell like her." He growled through clenched teeth.

I was just thinking of a good excuse when Jared came running out of the woods, before looking at me with hate, he turned to Jake. "Sam needs us to meet him at the border, it seems we have had some visitors."

Then he ran back towards the woods waiting for Jake, not even glancing at me again. I knew why. I was shocked when Jake grinned evilly at me, then looked over at Jared, where he stood waiting then back at me.

"You're lucky my cousin doesn't know about that. You really are quite the slut aren't you?" Then he relaxed and smiled naturally, the first real smile he ever had for me. "When I get back I expect to find you packed, you'll be staying with Sam and Leah for a while."

Before I could reply he ran off towards Jared and they both disappeared into the woods. I stood there even after they disappeared from view, realizing another of my secrets had got out. This is not good, not good at all. I forgot they could see each other thoughts while in wolf form, my one saving grace is, I was the only one who saw Bella as she ran off that day, but I knew if Jake and Bella ever got the chance to talk, he will know everything.

Then what he just said penetrated my thoughts, who does he think he is, I have no intentions of going anywhere, besides he promised his cousin and Billy won't allow him to put me out, just wai…

Before I could finish that thought he was back at the edge of the woods. "If you're not packed by the time I get back I will do it for you." He got a serious look in his eyes. "Don't bother appealing to my grandfather; he agrees this will be for the best, especially

now." Then he was gone again.

I was so angry, I wanted to scream and stamp my feet until I got my way

But I knew that would do no good so I walked into the house quickly and was relieved to see that Billy wasn't home, so I walked straight to Jake's sister's old room.

Walking in I closed and locked the door behind me, sitting down heavily on the bed, trying to think of ways to solve the mess I made of things, though I doubt there is anything I could do to make it right and frankly once he and Bella talked, that would be that. I have to find a way to stop Bella and Jacob from talking.

I remember when my sister Chloe tried to do to them what I'm doing now. I'm sure Leah

Is dying to welcome me into her home and making my stay as pleasant as possible, yeah right, in my dreams.

Chloe wasn't smart enough and was caught, besides she had no true feelings for Sam like I do for Jacob, she just wanted some of the money all wolves got, when they first phased, from the council, money set aside in trust since the immergence of the first shapeshifter, being protectors of La Push, they could never leave to work anywhere else, this is their job, they are allowed to visit other places on a vacation but they'll always have to come back.

Jacob, being the literal prince of La Push and great grandson of the greatest Alpha ever lived; he will get a check not just from the council but from a trust his great grandfather

Had set up for him.

How do I know all this? From one of the wolves of course, while I had him in a delicate position. The other wolf involved has since imprinted, so he or anyone else won't bring up the subject for fear of hurting his imprint. I was amused though that he actually thought because I had sex with him, I was serious about him, the only man I would give up my freedom for would be Jake, but he wants nothing to do with me, at least not yet, I have no intentions on giving up on him.

A plan started forming in my mind, the same trick I pulled on that other wolf, and as long as I can keep Bella and Jake from seeing each other and talking, it should work. I packed everything I had brought here with me, just in case, but feeling a little lighter and sure my plan would work, I got up and collected everything I needed to take a quick shower, before putting my plans in motion, but first I made a quick call to find out exactly where Billy was.

Hanging up the phone I smiled to myself. It seems Billy and Harry went fishing, knowing them they won't be back till after midnight. I grinned as I picked my things up and went to the shower, humming to myself.

Wow, it seems this story is taking different turn from when I first wrote. I must confess I'm liking it better now. It's still saying what I want it to but the journey is a little different.