JACOB HAS BEEN AGED UP TO 18!! HE IS THE SAME AGE AS BELLA!!
jacob loved bella effortlessly, his affection was constant and unwavering.
bella, left wounded by edward, didn't realize she had started to open her heart for him.
cannon divergence
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it had been almost a year since the cullens had left, and bella only realized since her birthday was coming up quicker and quicker. the idea that the cullens had been gone for so long was foreign to bella.
in the first 3 months, it felt like everyday was the day they left. the ache was constant and bitter. but with the support of her school friends and jacob, it had dulled.
she doubted that it would ever go away, she'd always be affected by them and their leaving. but now she had learned to treat her wounds. jacob had been nothing but understanding of her healing. he'd brought her bandages and held her hand during her bad days.
jacob stayed by her side for most of the following year, except for those 3 weeks of march. she'd been invited to see a movie with her friends, who had told her that she could bring jacob.
he'd told her to leave him and spend the night with angela. bella was squeezed in the very back of angela's moms car—the third row that folded down— her knees were pressed painfully into the row in front of her.
when they arrived, bella called her dad and informed him of the change of plans. he took it very well, and told her he'd drop off some clothes for her in half an hour.
while they waited, the other girls pulled bella into the kitchen to bake some cookies. while they were making the dough jessica asked angela about ben.
"oh! uhm he's really nice, but i don't think he's into me like that. he probably only took me out since eric asked me and—yeah." lauren laughed at her, dorky and much realer than most people in the school have heard. "he's totally into you like that! you're blind even with the glasses girl!" jessica nodded eagerly and ate another handful of chocolate chips.
angela sputtered and deflected into jessica by saying "well what about mike?" and jessica frowned heavily and sighed. "i don't know..i think he's into bella. i mean, i saw him try to put his arm around her. he didn't even look my way! like at all!" bella offered her a sympathetic look. "for the record, i don't want him."
at her remark lauren cracked a small smirk, and said "oh we know isa, don't worry." blushed heavily, and turned her head away from them. the group of three laughed at the poorly hidden embarrassment.
charlie arrived about 10 minutes after they pulled the cookies out of the oven, and happily took 3 before he left. once he was gone, they continued to tease teach other about whatever floated through the conversation.
***** (jacobs pov)
when the movie ended, all i could remember was how that newton kid thought he had some claim in bella. my bella. i recalled the way my body heated up. the red hot feeling of rage that crashed through my body.
