Broken ➳Jacob Black [Book 2]

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Three Months Later...

Kate and Bella walked to the Jeep Kate got for her birthday in silence like they did going to school every morning for the past three months. Kate had her cup of coffee in her hand as she normally did trying to fight the fatigue that plagued her from Bella's nightmares. She had taken to getting up so that Charlie didn't have to and it was taking a toll on her body. Most of the time when she went to Jacob's she took a nap before going out to the garage to work on the Rabbit.

Charlie stopped them before they opened the door, "Hey, it's freezing out. You guys running a little late again aren't you."

Kate gave Charlie a small smile, "We'll be fine dad. We always are. Aren't' we, Bella?"

When Bella gave no response Charlie sighed, "Alright. That's it. You're going to Jacksonville to live with your mother."

Kate looked at Bella who looked as if she was just slapped. Bella gasped for air trying to find words to argue with Charlie.

"I'm not leaving Forks," she told him.

"Bells, he's not coming back," Charlie told Bella softly, "It's just not normal, this behavior. Quite frankly it's scaring the hell out of your mother and me and it's killing your sister. Baby, I don't want you to leave, I don't. But just go, go to Jacksonville and make some new friends."

"I like my old friends," Bella defended.

"Bella, you never see them anymore. Isn't that right, Kate?"

Kate looked between the two, "I'm not getting involved."

"I do," Bella tried to find an excuse, "I'm going to go shopping tomorrow, with Jessica."

"You hate shopping," Charlie told Bella.

"I need a girl's night out."

"Alright. Girl's night. Shopping. I like it. Go buy some stuff," Charlie said.

Kate rolled her eyes, "Can we go to school now?"

Charlie gave Kate a tired look before nodding. She and Bella got in Kate's Jeep before talking.

"Bella you haven't talked in months and now you want to go out with the girl who talks the most in the world?" Kate asked her sister.

Bella didn't respond.

"Unbelievable..." Kate muttered, "Well you'll have to tell me all about it."

On Monday, Jacob and Kate were working on the Rabbit like they always did talking about their days. Jacob was honestly surprised to hear that Bella went out on Saturday.

"Shopping?"

Kate shrugged, "Yup, she even bought a shirt to prove it. I don't know how she did it."

Jacob laughed, "You should've gone."

"Why?"

"So you could tell me all about it."

"My life does not revolve around me telling you gossip, Jacob," Kate sighed exasperated.

Jacob gave her his trademark grin, "Then why do you keep telling me."

Kate threw an old bolt at his head, which he easily dodged while laughing.

"I don't want to get my hopes up or anything but her nightmares stopped too," she told him.

"What? You can actually sleep now?" Jacob mocked.

"I know, crazy concept that you sleep at night...whatever will the world do now that Kate Swan has gotten some sleep?"