Chapter 2

Jacob POV:

The week fallowing mine and Edwards fight was hectic. At least it was for me, Edward spent most of this time on the phone talking to Bella. At first it didn't bother me because I knew that Edward needed this time to come to terms with his and Bella's failed relationship and the way things ended. I spent my week tying up loose ends. Edward and I were were both in college so I went down and transferred our transcripts to a college in Alaska that Alice suggested. I also handed in my resignation to my boss at the mechanic shop I worked for.

I also had to go into town and buy boxes to have our stuff shipped to the new house. I was in and out of the house everyday doing busy work getting ready for the move. Edward however hardly did anything. Every time I came home he was sitting in the same chair, talking on the phone to Bella. I went to bed every night alone. Edward and I hadn't spent a night apart in almost a year, and I was starting to feel lonely. I told myself that Edward needed this time to reconnect with her, but it still hurt that I went to bed alone and woke up alone.

One the third day I came home and found Edward still on the phone, and decided it was time to spend some time together. Walking into the living room where Edward was sitting on the couch, I leaned over and kissed the top of his head. He didn't even stop the sentence he saying to acknowledge me. Trying again I leaned down and kissed him right behind the ear. Usually kissing him their drove him wild, but he just leaned away from me and continued to talk. I was a little hurt, but I told myself to be patient. He had just gotten his family back. Determined to get some of his time I finally leaned over and wrapped my arms around his neck from behind. I just needed to feel the connection that we had. I was feeling a little abandoned and I just wanted a few minutes of his time.

With my arms around his neck, I gently took hold of his ear with my teeth and sucked his ear lobe into my mouth. I expected him to moan or turn his head and kiss me like he always did. What I didn't expect was for Edward to pry my arms from around his neck and stand from the couch. He didn't even turn to look at me as he walked to the sliding glass doors and out onto the deck where he continued to talk. Rejection burned through me all the way to my heart. It felt like he had slapped me, that probably would have hurt less then him rejecting me. The tears welled immediately and I quickly wiped them away. I refused to be some winy little girl who cry's every time their boyfriend ignores them.

Standing in the middle of the living room I watched Edward throw his head back and laugh at something Bella said. I hadn't seen his beautiful smile in so long, and it hurt that I wasn't the one who put it there. The goddamn tears started again so I turned and made my way to the bedroom. I finished packing the rest of our belongings as I tried to keep the tears at bay. Something inside, a voice in my head kept telling me that I was losing him. I tried to ignore it but it only got louder. When I was finished packing it was dark and I was exhausted. I needed a shower and a good nights sleep.

I walked out to the balcony where Edward still stood talking on the phone. I walked up behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist and leaned my head on his shoulder. "It was good talking to you too Bella. I can't wait to see you." He said into the phone. My heart stuttered for a split second, and I winced from the pain that it caused when he said things like that. He hadn't even spoken two words to me in three days. My eyes started to burn and I knew the tears were probably going to spill this time. It sounded like he was finally going to hang up so I unwrapped my arms and quickly wiped the tears from my eyes. "goodnight sweetheart, I'll see you in a few days."

Edward turned to me with a huge smile on is beautiful face, and that was when I noticed that his eyes were pitch black. I sighed in defeat, because I knew that he wouldn't be spending the night with me again. I lowered my head and squeezed my eyes shut to stop the tears once again. "Hey baby, sorry I was on the phone for so long. Did you get much of the packing done?" My voice came out a little strangled as I told him yes. My heart broke a little more, because he hadn't so much as kissed me in three days and the only thing he wanted to know is if the packing was done. Edward walked past me into the house, and I fallowed him into the bedroom and sat on the bed as he changed clothes. Once he was done he grabbed his keys off the dresser, and with one brief look back at me told me he would be back in the morning, that he needed to hunt.

As soon as I heard the car pull away from the house I finally broke down. The tears came in waves, and the pain was so bad that I had to clench my teeth and ball my hands into fists. The part that killed me the most was, Edward was a mind reader and had always been able to know what I was feeling. If he had been thinking of me or paying attention at all he would have known that I was dying inside. He would have known that I needed him. Crawling up on the bed, I buried my head in the pillow and cried myself to sleep.

Two days later found Edward and I boarding a private Jet that Carlisle had sent for us. Nothing had changed in the last two days between us. Edward didn't lay with me as I slept, he didn't kiss me or hug me or even pay much attention to me at all. We talked occasionally as we packed the rest of the house. When the moving truck arrived to drive our belongings to Alaska, we silently carried every piece of our lives together and put them in the truck. My heart ached every single second, but I refused to let myself cry anymore. I sort of shut down, much like Bella had done when Edward left her to make her safe.

The plane ride was only a couple hours, but I slept almost the whole way. I woke up to Edward shaking me gently awake. When I opened my eyes his face was only inches from mine. "wake up sleepy, were here" he said with his beautiful crooked smile. For a split second I thought he was going to lean in and kiss me liked he used to every morning. His eyes stayed locked on mine, as if he were searching for something. I smiled lovingly at him and started to lean in, but abruptly he stood and started gathering up the things he had brought with him on the plane. Clamping my eyes shut, I set my jaw to fight back the emotions that were threatening to overtake me.

After gathering my I pod and carry on bag, Edward shockingly took my hand and we left the plane. We were met on the tarmac by the whole family. I had to smile at their excited faces. Even Rosalie looked excited to see us, well not me, but probably Edward. When we got close enough Edward dropped my hand and embraced his father in a tight hug. Alice almost knocked me over as she flew into my arms. I had to drop my bag and wrap my arms around her as I stumbled back a few steps. Everyone chuckled at my shocked face as Alice wrapped her little arms tightly around my neck. "Welcome home Jake" she whispered In my ear. Suddenly I was overcome with emotion and my throat felt thick. I had had my emotions pushed so far down in the last week with the way Edward was acting, and when Alice lovingly welcomed me home, my emotions sprung the surface. "thanks Ali" I managed to get out with a shaking voice. Esme was the next to step up and gently wrap me in a hug. "Welcome home sweetheart" she said with a proud smile.

From the corner of my eye I saw Edward wrap Bella in a tight embrace and swing her around. Her legs came up to wrap around his waist as they held each other. My eyes quickly lowered to the ground. Why did that hurt so much? I asked myself. Then I remembered that Edward hadn't so much held my hand in a week until today. "Jake, Dude, how the hell are ya?" I heard Emmett shout as his hand slapped me on the back. I looked up and tried to smile the best I could. "Hey Emmett, I'm good. How are you?" I could feel eyes burning into my scull and looked up to see Alice concentrating really hard on my face. Her eyes went to Edward, who still held Bella and then back to my face. "Were good man, been waiting on you and Eddie here to come home." he leaned really close and lowered his voice "I need someone else to wrestle with, Jasper isn't much fun ya know, being all emo and stuff." he stood back and rolled his eyes playfully and then a huge smile broke out on his face. I looked over to Jasper, carefully avoiding Alice's eyes to see Jasper glaring daggers at Emmett. I tried to smile as Emmett broke out in hilarious laughter at Jasper's face.

"Come on dude, you can ride with Rose and me. You guys are gonna love the new house." I picked up my bag and started to fallow Emmett to the car, but stopped short when I saw Edward and Bella holding hands, walking toward Carlisle's car. I tried to drag in a breath, but it felt like my lungs had collapsed. I had to bend over for a second with my hands on my knee's to catch my breath. The pain I had been though the last week in Canada was nothing compared to watching Edward hold Bella that way. When I stood up the car door was closed and Carlisle was driving away. I could not believe that he left me standing there without even telling me he was riding with Carlisle or even asking me if I wanted to ride with them. It was like he didn't even care.

Turning towards Emmett and Rosalie's car I started after them. I kept my head lowered as I walked by Alice and Jasper who still stood in the same spot. When I passed Jasper I heard a small grunt and turned to see Jasper bent over, and his hand clenching his stomach, like he was trying to hold himself together. His face was contorted in pain. I was confused for a second and then remembered that Jasper felt emotions. Quickly I almost ran to the car and jumped inside. That was just what I needed, Jasper knowing that I was hurting so bad. I was going to have to keep a better reign on my emotions.

The ride to the house took about an hour. Rosalie drove and never once looked or even spoke to me. Emmett filled the quit by telling me about the house, It sounded really beautiful. Each couple had their own bedroom and bathroom. Emmett told me that Esme was looking forward to putting the kitchen to use. She had stocked the kitchen with all kinds of food and drinks she could find. Normally just hearing about food made me hungry, but this time it didn't. Actually I hadn't eaten in two days. Normally Edward would freak out if I didn't eat every few hours, but never once did he notice me not eating the the last two days.

The sky was dark, and I was exhausted. Emmett had gone quiet and Rosalie turned on the music as I closed my eyes and leaned my head against the window. She seemed to know that I needed some quiet time. I would have been shocked by her being nice, but I was too numb to feel anything at this point. When we pulled up to the house Alice and Carlisle's car's were already there and everyone was inside. My body was sluggish as I climbed from the car and walked into the house. Alice and Jasper were sitting on the couch watching the Huge flat screen TV on the wall. Alice gave me a sad smile and Jasper leaned into whisper something in her ear. I didn't see Edward or Bella anywhere as I looked around the spacious house. Esme and Carlisle greeted me at the door and quickly gave me a tour of the house. The bedrooms were huge and each bathroom had a tub big enough for two. When Esme let me into my room I was shocked. The room was huge. There was a fireplace at the end of the king size bed. The back wall was all glass, and the view of the Forrest was beautiful. The deck wrapped the whole way around the house and each bedroom had sliding glass door's. "wow" was all I could muster as I looked around.

"Are you hungry dear?" Esme asked after I set my bag on the bed. I was a little hungry, but I just wanted to be alone for a while. "um...no thanks, I think I just wanna lay down for a while." She smiled sweetly and turned for the door. "Esme" I called after her. She stopped and turned around. "Um...do...do you know where Edward is?" she looked thoughtful for a second and then nodded. "Yes, I think he mentioned something about hunting with Bella." I tried to keep the pain off my face as I looked down and nodded. "would you like me to have him wake you up when he gets back?" she asked. I shook my head without looking up. "No, that's alright, thank you anyway though." She stepped forward and placed her hand on my cheek. I looked up and her eyes were so caring that I almost lost it. I will not cry in front of her. I told myself. "Sweet dreams dear" she said and then turned and left. The door closed just as a tear slipped down my cheek. He left to hunt and didn't even wait for me to get to the house. A week without him, The way he held Bella at the airport, and leaving to hunt without telling me. All of it hurt so bad that I thought my chest was going to explode.

After changing into pajama pants and brushing my teeth I crawled in bed. I thought back to the last time Edward and I had made love. We were so happy to finally have a free night from my work schedule and school. We decided to have a date night at the movies, and even thought it didn't go as planned, we still ended up making love. Edward was almost giddy after I explained that Bella was changed and living with his family. He held me all that night, and when Bella called the next day, that was when this whole thing started.

Suddenly I shot up in bed. Oh god. It was so simple. It was right in front of my face this whole time and I hadn't even considered it. The talk we had after the fight, the three day phone call, the hug, and the hand holding. Edward wanted Bella back. How could I have missed it? She was a vampire now. She was his equal, she was strong and fast and beautiful. Of course he wanted her back, why wouldn't he? They were finally free of forks, and her parents and the pack. Nobody stood in their way, not even me, because Edward had shown me in the last week that he had given up on us. I flopped back on the pillow and covered my face with my hands. I started crying angry tears then. I had given up everything to be with him. I gave up my father, and my pack and my home, and yet I couldn't bring myself to hate him. I was so incredibly in love with him.

I fell asleep with tears on my cheeks, and woke up some hours later with tears still falling. I woke up to sounds coming from outside the door to my bedroom. It was a whispered conversation.

"He's in pain Edward, what did you do to him?" I heard come from Alice.

Edward chuckled then "Don't be silly Alice, Jake is fine, he is just a little tired from the move he will be fine"

That hurt, because obviously I wasn't fine and he hadn't even noticed.

"Oh really Edward, then how come when you and Bella skipped off to the the car at the air port holding hands, that Jasper almost fell over from the pain coming from Jake huh? Why did his face look like he had just lost his dog when Bella wrapped her legs around you? Why did he spend an hour crying after Esme told him you left with Bella to hunt and didn't even wait for him to get to the house?

Silence.

I was a little shocked. I had spent all of 5 minutes with Alice on the tarmac at the airport and she knew everything I was feeling. I spent a week in pain with Edward, my imprint and he was oblivious.

"Jasper said he could feel the pain coming from him before you even got off the airplane Edward. Tell me something, What was Jake doing while you were on the phone for three days with Bella?

Silence again.

Alice was getting angrier by the minute, and her voice was getting higher.

"Sounds to me like you need to spend a little more time on your relationship and a little less time catching up, because let me tell you something Edward. I had some visions while you were hunting and not all of them end with you and Jake together."

My breath caught and my heart stopped. He was going to leave me. He was going to go back to Bella. Alice could see it, just like I could. I could feel the sob about to come out so I buried my head in the pillow, but of course they could hear it. The door flew open and instantly Edward was on the bed. I was laying facing the door, so I turned my body away from him. Edward gently laid his hand on my arm, but I shook it off.

"Baby, I'm so.."

"Go away Edward" I cut him off. I didn't want his apologies, it was too late.

"God Jake, I wasn't even thinking. I've been so stupid..." his voice started to crack, which only made me angry.

"I said go away Edward" I said into the pillow.

"Baby, please let me explain...It's not what you think"

He tried to lay down behind me and wrap his arm around me, but I was too angry. I threw his arm off of me and stood from the bed. I walked over to the dresser that all my clothes had been put in and started to pull on some jeans. I started to put a shirt on before Edward snatched it from my hand. I hadn't phased in almost a year, but I was pretty goddamn close right now. Edward must have heard that and took a few steps back.

"I don't want you to leave Jake, I want to talk to you. Please."

I didn't want to have this conversation in the house where everyone could hear it, but it looked like I had no choice.

"No Edward, you don't get to talk anymore. You haven't so much as touched me in a week, and after a three day phone call the only thing you can say is 'is the packing done yet?' What the hell is that Edward? Then you leave me standing at the airport without so much as a glace back to see if I was OK. Then your gone before I even get here. I was so exhausted after the flight that I just wanted you to hold me."

I had to look at the ceiling to keep the goddamn tears from falling. God, when did I turn into such a girl? Edwards face was...well it was a lot of things. He looked shocked, guilty and sad at the same time.

"Did you know that I haven't eaten in three whole days because this has all been eating at me? I have been trying to figure out what I did wrong, If I somehow pushed you away. I have cried alone in bed more then I have ever cried in my life. I'm done Edward. I'm tired of crying, I'm tired of waiting to maybe get a small piece of your time."

Alice stood in the doorway looking sad. She nor Edward said a word as I picked up the carry on bag I used on the airplane and pulled clothes from the dresser and put them inside. Edward stood frozen as I walked to the door and hugged Alice. I turned to see that Edward's head was bowed and his eyes were shut.

"You have what you need now Edward. You have your family back and you have Bella."

I took a deep breath as my bottom lip trembled.

"You can finally stop feeling bad for hurting Bella, and have that life you always wanted."

I looked to Alice, who had her face in her hands and back to Edward who was now looking at me.

"I love you. Goodbye" I said, and then made my way past Alice and down the stairs. The rest of the family stood in the living room. Emmett was looking at the floor, with his arm around Rosalie. Carlisle stood in front of the fireplace holding Esme who's head was buried in his chest. Bella sat on the couch with her head in her hands. Her shoulders were shaking and I could tell that she was crying. Alice had fallowed me down the stairs and made her way to Jasper standing by the kitchen door. I could hear her sniffling as she too buried her head in his chest.

"Um...is it OK if I go back to the cottage in Canada to stay until I can get on my feet?" I asked Carlisle.

"Of course Jake, that cottage is yours and Edward's, but I wish you would just stay here. We all want you to stay. We build this house for all of us to live in, that includes you."

Looking around Everyone was looking at me but Bella. She still sat crying on the couch. I wasn't sure if she was crying because I was leaving or because she thought she had destroyed my relationship. I guess it was only fair because, after all I had been the one to take Edward from her.

"I'm sorry, I can't. Could someone give me a ride to the airport, I have enough money from my job to get a plane ticket."

Emmett let go of Rosalie and stepped up. But, before he could say anything everyone jumped as we heard a large crash from upstairs. Edward was the only one upstairs and I knew how bad his temper could get, I just hoped he didn't destroy the house. Carlisle let go of Esme and made his way to the stairs.

"Emmett please help me calm Edward down. Rosalie please take Jake to the airport"

Carlisle and Emmett disappeared up the stairs just as something else crashed upstairs. Rosalie to her credit didn't scowl or roll her eyes at me. She simply picked up her keys and walked out the door. I said a quiet goodbye and gave hugs to Alice and Esme. Rosalie was waiting for me in front of the house. I climbed in and soon we were speeding down the road for the airport.

The drive was very soothing. Rosalie knew I was in pain so she didn't talk. Like before she turned on the radio very low and just drove. Half way there Rosalie's phone rang. She had a short conversation with who I assumed was Carlisle and then hung up. Soon we pulled up to the same airplane that flew Edward and I to Alaska. This was the Cullen's private jet.

"Carlisle said to have a safe flight and to give you this."

She pulled out a credit card and handed it to me.

"Carlisle said you are family, and we take care of our family."

I gave her a small smile and took the card. I had no intentions of using it, but I didn't want to make her feel bad.

"thanks Rosalie" I said getting out of the car. "Be safe" She said and then she drove away.

Five hours later I was walking into our now empty cottage. The couch and bed where the only things still inside. I was glad the bedding was left on the bed. Luckily some of the towels on the shelf in the bathroom were left so I could take a shower. I badly needed a hot shower and about two days of sleep. I still felt pain in my chest every time I breathed telling me I was suppose to be with my imprint and I missed Edward like crazy. But, I decided it was time to be a man and step up. I would get my job back and get back in school, I would stand on my own two feet.

I allowed myself this one last night to cry and to hurt for Edward. Memories of our first kiss and the first time we made love on this bed ran through my head. Our first date, our first fight, The dinner he made me after I aced my first semester of classes. I thought about all of it. We had come so far and done so much in just over a year. The honey moon was over though, and the world had given me a huge reality check

I fell asleep finally, too tired to cry anymore.

The next morning I woke up to a banging noise. Sitting up in bed I listened for the noise again. I heard it again and noticed that someone was knocking on the front door. Pulling myself out of bed I pulled on a T shirt and made my way to the door.

Standing on my door step was none other then Bella Swan.