Time Heals All

004

The following months were hard on both Swan girls, after the Cullens up and left, Bella took it very very hard. She hardly left the house if it wasn't for school, and wouldn't talk to anyone, pushing her friends away and pushing Lucy away even harder.

"Bella, please come downstairs. I made us some dinner." Lucy begged, trying her best to get her older sister to do something, anything.

"I don't want it." She grumbled.

"You have to eat bells," she protested. "You've barely eaten anything, yo-" Bella cut her off.

"Would you just shut up already?" She snapped. "God you are so annoying! No wonder Jake complains about you all the time, you never stop nagging at people." Lucy recoiled at the sudden yelling, her eyes welling with tears as Bella continued on. "It's your fault Edward left! If you hadn't have been there everything would have been fine, why don't you just go jump off a cliff and die already!" And with that Bella sat back down in her chair and stared out the window once more. As quickly as she could, Lucy left the room. Slamming the door behind her as she ran down the stairs, pushing past her father who had his arms open and ready to console her.

"Lulu!" He called after her but it was no use, she was out the back door and into the woods faster then he could blink. She hated Bella, she hated her with every fiber of her being now that the Cullens had left. She never let Lucy go a day without her knowing how she truly felt, how much she hated her and how it was all her fault the Cullens left her here alone. Lucy always told her she wasn't alone, Bella had her, but it was never good enough for her. She wasn't a bloodsucker so she didn't matter to Bella anymore.

Lucy ran and ran until she finally reached Jacobs house, the light on in the garage letting her know where he best friend was.

"Jake?" She called out, sniffling as she opened the door.

"Hey," He half smiled, he looked taller then before. "What's wrong?"

"Bella is what's wrong." She sniffled as Jacob huffed in annoyance.

"Not this again." He grumbled.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She snapped, wiping her wet cheeks with her sleeve.

"All you ever do anymore is complain about Bella. Bella won't do this, Bella did this, Bella said this to me can you believe that?" He turned to face her, his face red with anger. "I don't care Lucy! I don't care about what Bella says to you because she's probably right! God!" He yelled exasperated. "You are so annoying, all you've done since you've been here is complain about one thing or another. That's all it ever is with you is complain complain complain." Lucy felt deflated, her heart shattering into what felt like a million tiny pieces. Her best friend and her older sister couldn't care less about her, she wondered if they ever had to begin with.

"I...I just wanted my friend Jacob." Her voice barley audible when Sam opened the door to the garage.

"Well I'm not your friend Lucy! Now get out of here!"

"Jacob calm down." Sam snapped, protective over Lucy and the fact that Jacob could shift at any time. He had only just started to show signs, but Sam wasn't taking any chances, especially with Lucy.

"No! She needs to know how I truly feel about her. She doesn't care about anyone but herself! She doesn't care that Bella is practically a zombie now that the Cullens are gone, she doesn't care about how anyone else feels."

"You know that isn't true." Sam snapped back, but Jacob wasn't having it.

"Get out of here Lucy! And don't ever come back!" Lucy went to head for the door but Jacob thought she was trying to hug him. For some unknown reason Jacob smacked Lucy across the face making her fall back into the rabbit, her eyes forming more tears now as Paul appeared out of no where.

"Paul stand down!" Sam shouted frantically seeing how close Paul was to shifting right then and there.

"Don't you ever lay a hand on her again Black! You hear me!" He was in Jacobs face now. "You touch her again and you're as good as dead." While Sam tried to deescalate the situation Lucy made her way outside, Billy having come outside onto his ramp just in time to hear what Jacob had been yelling at her. He wanted to stop her, but he knew she wouldn't listen, her eyes had glazed over as she continued to walk away from the house and into the woods once again. This time back to her own home, tears continued to fall onto her cheeks but she didn't care. No one wanted her around anyway, she felt alone.

Two of the most important people in her life told her exactly how much they didn't care about her and she had no idea what to do. As she walked back into the house Charlie tried to talk to her, but she couldn't hear him, it sounded like she was underwater. Her room was her save haven, she locked the door and changed into pajamas before looking at her cheek in the mirror. Her eye had already started to bruise from when Jacob hit her, his hand was the size of her face so she wasn't surprised.

"Lucy?" She jumped at the sound of Paul's voice, she hadn't closed her window so she knew how he had gotten in.

"I'm fine." She whispered but he knew it was a lie.

"I know." He didn't want to push her, spotting the black eye she was now sporting. "Why don't you run downstairs and get some ice?"

"I don't want any."

"Well," he sighed lightly. "What do you want?"

"I..." she thought for a moment, her mind flipping between her options. Just being around Paul made her feel better, but she didn't want to bother him, so she looked up at him, a stray tear slowly making its way down her cheek. "I want to be alone right now."

"Are you sure?" He hated that answer, he had hoped she would ask him to stay.

"I'm sure." She mumbled, her voice distorted as she began to cry again. She hated this feeling, two people she thought would stand by her no matter what just left, they did what they said they would never do and she hated them for it. She never wanted to see them again, she never wanted to talk to them again, she just wished they would disappear from her life forever.

"Call me if you need me." He whispered taking her small hand in his for only a moment before leaving the same way he came. He wanted to rip Bella and Jacob apart for treating his imprint like that, but he knew he couldn't because that would hurt her even more. As he walked into the tree line, he looked back up at her window and just as he was about to shift and run back to his house for the night he heard her gasp.

"Paul" She called out, not loud enough for everyone in the house to hear her but just enough for him. He was back at her window motioning for her to move away in what felt like a second. The moment his feet touched her bedroom floor she hugged him, crying into his chest as he wrapped his arms around her. He picked her up, moving to the bed and pulling back the comforter before getting in and covering them both up.

"Everything's going to be okay." He whispered, but he wasn't so sure. "You're going to be okay."