Stephanie Meyer owns all except for Lindsy. I'm not sure how good this chapter is. I hope I did okay and you enjoy it

In A Tent Of Change

Chapter Ten

(Jacob's POV)

What's Really Going On?

It took everything I had in me to pull my lips from Bella's, looking up and seeing Lindsy standing there the first thought that went through my mind was, does this girl have a death wish? She knows how much I have been missing Bella and that this is first time in two days, I have been able to have my mate in my arms, well arm, since the other is out of commission for now.

I looked at her wanting to strangle her, but decided to be polite; after all, she was my friend. Right? "Hey Lindsy. What's up?"

She smiled. "just came to check up on you. I knew you wouldn't want me to leave without letting you know I was here."

Is she kidding me? "As you can see." I looked at Bella. "I'm doing great."

She then turned to Bella. "hello Bella. I know we have not officially met, I'm Lindsy a friend of Jacob's" then put her hands out for her to shake.

Bella looked at her hand then looked in her face. "I believe we were introduced before." she replied, but did not shake her hands.

I looked closely at her, she was never rude, in fact she always went out of her way to be nice to everyone, she dated and befriended vampires for heaven sake, so I know something was up. She looked at Lindsy with anger, I looked towards Lindsy and she had a sort of dare you smirk on her face.

Okay, I knew something was up now. I reached over and grabbed Bella's hand. "what's wrong babe?" I asked her

She looked down at our entwined hands as if in thought, from the corner of my eye I saw Lindsy move as if to leave. I looked right at her.

"Don't leave yet." I told her. "There is something going on her and we need to get to the bottom of it, if we are all going to get along."

Bella brought my hand to her lips and kissed it, before slowly letting go and standing right in front of her. "yes Lindsy, please stay. There is something we need to talk. All three of us."

Damn, my girl was pissed and by the look on her face, I am so glad I'm not the one she is pissed at. I have a feeling things are about to get interesting.

She suddenly had a panicked look on her, before masking it quickly. "I don't see what we could have to talk about." She replied calmly, a little too calmly.

Bella raised an eyebrow at her. "No? well, how about we start with that interesting phone call you had while in the diner earlier. You know, the one about your new hot boyfriend." Her hands balling in fist like she wanted to hit something or someone.

I turned to Lindsy, surprised. "I didn't know you had a boyfriend. How comes you haven't brought him around?" I asked.

Bella turned to me. "Why would she, when he is already here."

I was confused. "He's here? Wait, what are you talking about Bella?"

Lindsy said nothing, just stood there watching Bella calmly.

"I'm talking about the interesting conversation I over heard at the diner, of her describing all the things she and her hot new boyfriend did together. Her new boyfriend by the name of Jacob black."

She folded her arms under her breast and turned back to look at Lindsy. My gaze turned to her in shock as well.

"You were telling someone I was your boyfriend and Bella over heard you? My mate over heard you!"

I tried to jump out of bed but a searing pain brought me back down. Bella quickly sat beside on the bed. "Jake you can't be moving around like that, I don't want you re-opening your wounds." She sighed. "maybe we should not have this conversation now."

"Yes we should. "I replied. "I want to know it all."

I looked over to where Lindsy still stood and was surprised she did not get out of here while we weren't looking.

"Why?" I asked simply

She looked from Bella to me. seeming to try to work out what she would say. "I knew she was there I was doing you a favor."

I looked at her like she was stupid. "How is that doing me a favor? What if it had backfired. It's a good thing that Bella and I were best friends before everything else and love each other no matter what." I was angry. "it's a good thing she cares about my dad and I enough to agree to come here and help take care of me, if not, because of your little stunt, I could of lost my mate, the love of my life forever."

"I am sorry Jacob," she began. "I knew you needed her, but you also told me she could not make up her mind between you and Edward, so I figured if she thought she had competition, she might come around."

I was about to reply, but Bella would not let me, she softly kissed my lips. "You're not well and I don't want you to exert yourself." Then she stood in front of her again.

"You figured wrong. My mind was made up when Jacob and I was in the mountains. He is the one I chose. I might have been confused, but I have realized he is the one I would always choose. I came here to tell him just that the other day, until I saw your lips plastered on his."

"Well, you misinterpreted what you saw. He is my friend and I was just happy to see that he was okay."

She looked at me as if forcing me to believe her. At that moment I saw something pass behind her eyes, something that had me going over what my dad told me earlier. No, I don't believe a damn thing she just said, but something tells me, I need to pretend I do, at least for now, to find out what she is really about.

"Okay, I will take that answer for now."

She smiled, relieved. "thanks Jacob, I really didn't mean any harm.

Yes you did, I said to myself.

"Well, he might believe you but, I don't. I'm willing to let it slide, for now, for him, and the next time you get all excited about his well being, I'm sure a handshake or a nod in his direction would do just fine."

She stepped closer to Bella. "What do you mean by that?"

"I mean, keep your lips off of him." Bella stepped up to her.

"You the jealous type? What would be so wrong with a kiss on the cheek between friends." Lindsy asked almost threateningly.

"Yes I am actually and I don't appreciate any female not related to him by blood, putting their lips on any part of my man's body!"

Hot damn, my girl just claimed me aloud. I'm so happy I could burst, but I noticed how Lindsy was looking at her, calculating and menacing, she kept moving closer to Bella, almost as if she forgot I was in the room and witness to whatever she planned to do.

I was just about to jump up, to hell with the pain and throw her away from my mate, but did not get the chance.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Leah stood at the door.

Lindsy turned quickly and looked at Leah, confused, as if breaking out of a trance. "Do what?" she asked

Leah squinted her eyes at her. "You know what. Remember one thing, she is his mate, he is my brother that makes her my sister. You mess with her, you mess with me."

Lindsy looked at me. "I'm sorry Jacob." She apologized again. "I meant no harm."

Yeah right! "Don't worry about it. Maybe you should leave now and we all can talk again when I'm feeling better." Because I don't want you nowhere near my mate, until I am well enough to protect her, if you ever come at her like that again. I don't trust you and starting to think there is something to what everyone has been saying.

Of course the last part I just thought and did not say aloud.

"Okay, you know where I am if you need me." she said as she left

Leah came fully in the room shaking her head. "That girl doesn't give up does she."

Bella smiled at her and sat on the bed by me, while Leah took the chair. "if I didn't know better, I would think you actually liked me."

Leah grinned. "I never disliked you swan. I jus thought you were making the worst mistake of your life, choosing death instead of life. I mean, how you can stand cuddling up to something that's cold and hard as marble, which does not even have a heart to feel real emotion."

Bella looked down at her hands, then looked at me.

"We all knew Jacob imprinted on you and knew the pain he was in, knowing you were with his natural enemy, the thing that left you alone in forest, left you in danger to die. How could you have taken him back after that?"

My mate had a pained expression on her face. "Let's not start that now Leah, she…."

Bella interrupted me. "No, she is right. I did hurt you Jake, but I am willing to spend the rest of my life making it up to you." She leaned down and kissed me.

I heard a gagging sound "Okay, enough of that mush until I leave. I actually came here for a reason. Well, two reasons."

"What are they?" I asked

"One I came to thank you and make sure you were okay." She looks at Bella then back at me. "I can see you are and two is about that girl, Lindsy."

"what about her?"

"I don't trust her." she answered simply

"Yeah, I'm starting to feel the same way." I thought about telling them what I learned from my dad, but I'll save that for later.

"So, what are you going to do about her?"

"I need her to be watched at all times, especially when she is here. I definitely do not want her alone with Bella under any circumstances. Do you think you can watch Bella's back when she is not with me? I should be able to move around in another day."

She did not answer me directly, she turned to Bella. "Well swan, looks like you got yourself a shadow."

Bella smiled at her. "Thanks, I couldn't ask for a better one."

Then Leah smiled back at her, a real smile. Well, wonders never cease.

"I was going to wait and tell you all this another time, but I might as well tell you now, so you'll know what we might be up against. It's something my dad told me, something that happened a long time ago.

(Lindsy's POV)

I can't believe I almost lost control, I just hope Jacob believes my explanation for my actions. I thought when Bella heard my phone conversation, she would not want to see Jacob again. I under estimated her feelings for him, big time.

Everything would have worked out much easier if she had stayed away. Jumping in my car, I drove into forks, near the diner, I pulled out my cell phone and dialed a number, I knew as well as my own.

It was picked up quickly. "Yeah, it's me."

"What's going on, why aren't you with Jacob?"

"It didn't work, she is with him now and he told her."

"Damn, I was afraid of that."

"So, we go to plan B?"

"It looks that way, meet me tonight to go over the details."

"The same place?"

"yeah, be there at 9."

"Okay, see you then."

As I hung up the phone and began driving again, I got very excited and could not wait to put that plan into action.