Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. Or the Pack.

But I guess you can say they own me.... Oh, Paul... *Swoons*

Summary: Two years after the Cullens leave. Bella doesnt jump off the cliff by herself, she waited for Jacob. Bella was happy and loving her new life in La Push with Jacob and the Pack. That was until Jacob imprinted. Will the unique bond Bella and Paul have keep her sane or will she be pulled back into her zombie state? Why can't Paul and Bella stay away from each other? Is there a forgotten legend the wolves don't know about? How will Sam and Leah uncover what's truly going on? And why does this legend pertain to Paul and Bella; along with the future generations of Shape Shifters? Wolves... and possible Cullens.

AN: I do not have a Beta.... This is all me...

I hope you enjoy...

Leah Clearwater

"Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God."

"Where the fuck is she?!"

"We have to find her. Jesus Christ, I can't believe this is happening."

The voices of Paul's constant stream of curse words and Seth's mantra were ringing through my mind, along with all my other pack brothers' thoughts, as we frantically searched through the forest surrounding La Push and Forks. Seth, Paul, and I were searching east towards Forks, while Brady and Collin searched South, and Quil and Embry searched north, while Sam and Jared looked for Jacob.

Oh, Bella.

I inwardly sighed sadly. This cannot be happening again. But it was, and my heart was breaking for her.

It all started two years ago.

It's been two years since the Cullen's left, two years since Bella finally made it out of her zombie stage. Two years since my dad died and two years since I phased and became the first female werewolf in Quileute history.

Two years ago, if you would've told me that I'd become best friends and sister to the 'leech lover', well I'm pretty sure I would've ripped you apart; but I can't lie and say I'm not happy that we are, because I am. Abandoned as we are, we are like kindred spirits.

Sam left me, that leech left her. But it's worse for her, Sam didn't have a choice, that leech did, he could've stayed but he didn't. It's also worse for her, because she once again, lost someone she loved.

Jacob Black.

Growls vibrated from the pack brothers that were phased upon hearing his name in my thoughts.

This was all his fault. -me

Persistent little piece of shit. - Paul

At least we were thinking on the same wavelength. After a year of Jacob's constant badgering, Bella finally decided to give him a chance. They were doing great; of course, they had always had an easy relationship. So it was natural to them when they moved their friendship into something more.

Sam had warned him, told him not to get involved with her like that. Jacob should've listened; especially to someone who spoke from experience. But in the end he didn't, and Sam didn't Alpha command him not to.

Sam loved Bella and he saw how happy she was, so he couldn't forbid it. Their relationship was odd. Almost like a father and daughter relationship, more than a friendship one. Sam was the one to find her after the leeches left town, and a few months later, after Bella found out our secret, Emily took her under her wings. And now with the baby on the way, Emily and Sam are going to ask Bella to be the god mother. Losing Bella would kill Emily, and in turn kill Sam, and he couldn't have that. He would protect Bella, just as fiercely as he would protect Emily.

But like I said, Sam didn't put an injunction on Jacob and Jacob didn't listen to Sam's advice. So three weeks ago, when Jacob finally imprinted on Embry's 17 years old cousin, Raven, everything fell to shit. At first he tried ignoring it and no one knew what the hell was going on. Sam had to pressure him into spilling the beans last week. After that he started avoiding Bella, same way that carrot top leech did. He stopped coming to our home, he stopped coming into the diner; whenever she was around he would completely avoid her.

No talking, no looking, no touching, no nothing.

Bella, the perceptive woman she is, knew something happened, and when she came to me to confide in me, I couldn't say shit; because why? Mother fucking Jacob Black, used his Beta voice to command every single one of the pack members to not say shit. And he complains about Sam taking our free will, fuck him!

"Fuck You, Leah!"

"What the fuck is he doing here?!"

My thoughts and growls were echoed by the pack, from hearing Jacob's thoughts joining ours.

"I'm sorry Leah, he slipped past us." – Sam

"Get him out of here, we don't need him. Bella doesn't need him." – Me

I growled, at Jacob's internal whimper. Good, I hope it fucking hurts.

"It does!" - Jacob

"I don't care. Leave!" – Me

"I want to help look for her, this is my fault. I need to fix it." – Jacob

"You've done enough." – I thought in a monotone voice.

"I wouldn't be surprised if she goes back to the way we found her the first time, when that leech left her." – Paul growled.

The image filtered into our thoughts before they could do anything about it. The image came from Paul, Sam, and Jared in all different vantage points, making us see everything that happened in an almost 3D film kind of way.

Whimpers from the pack sounded through the woods, as we watched Sam, two years ago, finding Bella curled up in the woods, soaking wet and barely conscious. Then the scene changed, Sam laying Bella down on the couch in her old home and then he moved to stand with Paul and Jared in the corner of the room. Bella was shivering and sickly pale, all the while murmuring 'he's gone'.

"Please! Please, stop!" – Jacob's broken voice croaked and I could see him lying on the forest ground Sam and Jared's wolf form peering above him, watching him sadly.

I hadn't noticed the golf ball sized tears coming down my fur covered cheeks till Seth whined and nuzzled my neck before licking my cheek.

"We need to find her." - Me

"We'll find her, Lee-Lee." – Seth

"Sam" – I warned.

"Jacob, you will not help. Now phase back." – Sam's voice shook in the timbre of a command.

Finally Jacob's thought left, followed closely behind Jared and Sam. Their last thoughts were of how that'd like to kick his ass for not listening and how this was affecting everyone negatively.

It was, affecting us badly that is.

Currently, Charlie and Sue, who were newly engaged, were waiting for any kind of news with Billy and a nearly hysterical Emily and Kim not to mention a five year old Claire wondering where Auntie Bella was, back at home in La Push.

We had been searching for an hour now and we've come up with nothing. It was Emily that had told us she was missing, she called saying Bella hadn't come into work and that she was two hours late. Automatically everyone freaked out; Bella was never late to work. Emily and Bella poured their everything into their diner.

It had started off as a joke between the pack about how they should go into business together; their cooking was amazing. When Bella one day took it seriously and asked Emily if she was interested, and she was. So Bella and Kim enrolled at Peninsula College in Port Angeles and started on their business degrees, with me and Jared, since we were two of the oldest pack members. And Emily took extra cooking classes with Bella. And with the help with some of the elders, they got a building permit and everything they needed to start. Except for money, none of us were rich, but that too soon had been rectified by the inheritance left for Bella when her mother and Phil died in a car accident.

"Poor girl doesn't catch a break."

I couldn't help but agree with Seth's comment. But being the soldier she was, Bella moved on, and used the money towards finally starting the business. Young Swan Diner finally opened three months ago. The diner was their baby. We all poured blood and sweat into it, and the final product was worth it. It was quickly very popular in Forks, La Push, and surrounding towns.

"Ugh! Where the hell is that stealthy woman?" – Paul growled.

I barked a laugh along with the other pack members. Throughout the years, Bella had become a little stealthy. Always sneaking past us and sneaking on us; it was fucked up – especially when we had enhanced hearing.

"How the hell does she do that? She's almost as quiet as a vampire."

Seth's wondering made me falter.

Shit, that red headed leech was still out there.

With that thought out fleeting through my mind, we all turned a little more frantic, speeding up and sniffing the air like crazy.

"How the hell can we forget about that!!" – Quil's thoughts started shouting.

"She hasn't been around in months." – Paul tried to reason.

"But we all knew she wouldn't stop." – Embry whined.

"Mate for a mate, she said." – Seth was picking up his pace.

"Such bullshit." – Paul growled and he too picked up his pace.

I swear I think that man has a crush on her.

"I do not" – Paul snapped his jaw at me, as I snickered.

Paul and Bella had an interesting relationship. He was an asshole, and Bella was known as kind hearted, but when it came to Paul, she was plain vicious. She didn't let him get away with calling her a leech lover; she always had a 'dog reference' ready for him when he did. Their arguments could come out as a result of a little video game or him coming into the diner shirtless and shoeless. Don't even get me started on them playing poker; Paul insists that she is cheating but that's not the case, Bella had the perfect bluff face and she got into the knack of controlling her heart rate for it not to give away anything; and plus, Paul just fucking sucked. I'm pretty sure he's the one actually paying her college tuition with the amount he loses to her.

"You are probably right about that. But I do not have a crush on Bella Leech-Lover Swan." Paul grumbled.

"Whatever" – me.

I was about to retort further when I noticed we wondered in the Cullen's back yard because of the now faint sickly scent of the Cullen's reached my noise. We froze. Though the smell was horrendous, that's not what made us stop. Bella's strawberry and freesia scent hit us too.

"What the fuck is she doing here?"

Paul started walking cautiously towards the big Victorian house, while Seth and I stood frozen staring at the third floor, where we could see a female silhouette. I started moving forward also until Seth's voice halted me.

"Wait, don't you smell that?"

We didn't have to answer because we saw it in his head.

"Blood."

We quickly followed the scent to the front of the house and shifted back to human form. I threw on a dress, as the boys threw on their shorts. Bella's burgundy GMC Acadia was in the front of the house, and the smell of blood was coming from the porch. I quickly climbed up the steps and noticed the window by the door was shattered with blood dripping on the remaining glass, and the front door was wide open.

"She broke in?" Seth asked.

"Any other day, I would crack a joke about her breaking into a vampire's house." Paul murmured staring into the house.

"And I'm sure any other day we would have laughed, but… why is she here? Why is she doing this to herself?" I asked stepping through the doorway.

There was furniture everywhere, all covering in white drapes to keep protected from the dust. The only thing not covered in the open living room was the grand piano sitting on a platform. A white drape was sitting beside it on the floor and Bella's scent was on the bench and keys. We slowly made it through the living room to the stair case and started ascending it, following the sound of Bella's heart beat.

On the second floor, three doors were open. One room on the left had a large bed, while the rest of the furniture was covered in white drapes, except for the vanity. Walking towards it with the boys behind me, I noticed Bella's scent was on the seat and a picture of a small pixie looking vampire and Bella stuck on the mirror; Bella's scent was on that too. I fingered the picture, seeing the bright smiles on the two girl's faces. It looked like they were in a clearing, behind them, in the picture; you could see the other leeches. All dressed up in baseball uniforms and laughing, they were scattered across the field. It was the smile on Bella's face, which made tears well up in my eyes. I have never seen that smile, it was gorgeous. It was a smile that came from someone who never felt heart ache in their life and was filled with so much love and happiness.

Feeling a warm hand on my shoulder, I turned to Seth's sad eyes; he probably noticed the same thing. He nudged me out of the room, and we made it into the next room, also on the left. This room had an even bigger bed, but the same covered furniture as the last room. There was a football in the middle of the bed, and it had Bella's scent on it. I watched Paul pick it up, and toss it up.

"It's filled with cement" He murmured before showing it to us.

On the football names were written all over it, like auto graphs in the persons own hand writings. The names Carlisle and Esme had a normal cursive text, Jasper had a confederate flag under his name, Rosalie had a flower at the end of her 'e', Emmett was the biggest name written on it, Edward also had a normal cursive, Alice had stars drawn around her name and a halo above her 'A', and Bella had a butterfly resting on the 'B' of her name. On one side of the football was a large 'Best Summer Ever '05'. The 'Best' and 'Ever' was exaggerated and made bigger. I gulped and set the cement filled football on the bed making the springs creak.

Seth led us to the next room, which looked like a study but all the book cases were empty and covered with drapes; the only thing not covered was the big mahogany desk and the leather desk chair. Seth wondered over to the desk and picked up a picture frame. He gulped and passed it to me, Paul leaned closer to look, and we also noticed Bella scent on it. It was a picture. It looked like they were at a lake or something. To the left was what I knew to be Carlisle and Esme smiling fondly at the camera, beside them was what Bella described as Emmett and Rosalie, neither paying much attention to the camera and were sucking each other's faces, to their right was the tall blonde, Jasper, his arm around the pixie's, Alice's, shoulder, though her hand was wrapped around Bella's, while Bella was in the arms of the leech, Edward. All of them seemed so happy and once again I wonder why Bella was doing this to herself.

Putting the picture down, I quickly left the room and wondered up to the third floor. Only one door was open, but from what I could tell so far, I knew what room this was. I walked into it slowly, the boys hanging back at the door soundlessly.

There sitting on a black leather couch, was Bella. She was looking out the window wall into the forest. The moon shining down on her, making her look paler than usual. I smelled the blood more prominent in here. Looking at her, checking for injuries, I saw a long gash on her forearm, but most of it was covered in the jacket she wrapped around it.

She didn't turn and acknowledge that I was in the room; the only way I knew she knew I was in here was by her heart beat hitching. I turned to Seth and whispered low enough that Bella couldn't hear, to tell them we found her. He nodded and he and Paul walked back downstairs. I heard Paul stay in the living room as Seth made his way out side.

I sat down just as I felt the air shimmer, letting me know Seth phased. I sat there next to Bella, tears streaming down her face silently, and I waited for her to be ready to talk. I didn't have to wait long.

"Did you know every Alpha imprints?" Her voice was small, not the strong one I was used to, and she kept her eyes trained on the forest.

"What do you mean?" I asked, my brows furrowing, because I really didn't know what she meant.

"Every Alpha imprints. I've heard the legends, all of them, more than once, you know me - I love stories." At that she sent a smirk my way, making me smile small.

"I'd get Billy, and even Old man Quil to tell the stories over and over again. I think that's the only reason why that old fart likes me." Bella narrowed her eyes thoughtfully, stilling looking at the forest.

"I paid attention to every single one. Trying to retain as much information as possible, I love your legends. I don't know why I didn't pick up on this tid bit of information until it was too late." She murmured.

"Every Alpha imprints?" I asked more to myself but Bella still nodded her head.

"But Jacob isn't Alpha." I reasoned.

"No, but he's the rightful Alpha. Even if Jake was second command, and he gave Sam an order, Sam will feel the command like you guys do, but he'll be able to shake it off, not like you guys. But that can also lead to a fight; you can't have two Alpha's so when Jake does, it may just come to a fight. Jake will be testing Sam's power, Sam being the Alpha will not back down. Say Jacob was to embrace his rightful position as Alpha without consulting with Sam first… Sam will be caught off guard and not be able to step down willingly before a fight ensues. And if Sam doesn't step down… that means two packs." She said her speech not once looking my way and in a small monotone voice.

"Holy Shit" came from Paul downstairs.

"Where did you get all this information from Bella?" I asked, incredulously.

"Billy. Quil Sr. I can probably tell your legends better than Sam can." She smirked smugly.

"You never cease to amaze me, sister." At that she sent me another smile, though it didn't reach her eyes.

Like me and Seth, Bella was happy that our parents were getting married. We were glad my mother was moving on with her heart ache of losing my father and we were glad that her father was finally moving on about losing her mother all those years ago.

"We're the same now, Lee-Lee. I just don't get to turn into big horse sized wolf when I'm angry. But we're still the same. Abandoned." Her voice quivered.

"Oh, Belly." I whispered the nickname Collin, Brady, and Seth came up with for her as I pulled her into my arms. "You're not abandoned. You have me; you have Seth, Collin, Brady, Quil, Embry. You have all of us." I rocked her.

Tears started prickling my eyes at the mention of the pack.

I had been such a bitch, especially to Bella and the pack, the first year. But much like she did with Paul, Bella didn't let me get away with being a bitch. She made Jacob command me to sit down and listen to her and not phase. That shit had pissed me off, but she explained that I wouldn't listen to her if she hadn't made him do it, and she was right. She went on to tell me everything about the Cullen's, in great detail, and by the end where Sam found her and Jacob started healing her, I was crying and looking at her in a new light.

She was like me, broken and lost. And with that it started a beautiful friendship.

She's the reason I haven't been as bitchy to the pack even though I still have my moments.

She's my best friend, my sister.

And right now, her pain was my pain.

That same day she opened up my eyes and showed me that my pack brothers do love me, but my inability to let them in was what was getting them aggravated with me. I had thought I was alone but when really I had a pack full of brothers ready to help me at a moment's notice. And I'd be damned if I let Bella not realize that they were there for her also.

She had started sobbing into my shoulder, soaking my dress but I didn't care, I just continue holding her. A few minutes later, her heart rate slowed, as did her breathing, so I knew she was sleeping. At the same time I heard the patting of paws running onto the Cullen's yard. Four. Four sets of paws hitting the ground; letting me know that Embry, Quil, Collin and Brady were here. They entered the house quietly and talked to Paul and Seth in the living room. A few seconds later, I heard a set of footfalls climbing up the stairs. Paul popped his head in the room before coming into it fully.

His eyes flicked around the room before setting them on Bella, who was sleeping in my lap. He smiled a small smile before reaching to pick her up. I let him take her and told him to hold on, as I reached into her pocket and grabbed her car keys.

"Everyone's here. Sam and Jared are back with the elders and imprints. Jacob was being an ass and tried to come, so Sam had to send him home." He whispered softly as we made it down stairs.

I nodded my head and made my way quietly down the steps and passed by my sad faced pack brothers. We all quietly walked outside, Paul still holding Bella to his chest, I saw Seth stick a piece of paper on top of the black piano before he locked the front door before closing and making his way to the car. I climbed into the driver's seat, Seth in the passenger, Embry and Quil in the last row of seats, while Collin and Brady helped Paul into the first row of seats with Bella. Once they were situated I started the car and drove down the winding drive way.

Looking in the mirror, I saw Bella sitting in Paul's lap, her head resting on his shoulder, his cheek on top of her head, her legs were spread out in front of her on top of Collin and Brady, and both were watching her face with sad eyes.

I shook my head on how much Bella Swan did affect us. Collin and Brady kind of idolized Bella, and looked up to her, like sons would to their mother. Bella babied them though. They were the youngest wolves, phasing for the first time at 12. That almost shocked the elders, as much as me phasing did. They were so young. Now at 14, they followed Bella around like puppies, and she loved it. She snuck them extra cookies at the bakery and saved them extra food at our bon fires. Much like Embry, their mother didn't know about them being wolves, so seeing Bella as a mother was kind of like a reprieve for them.

Seth's love for her rivaled his love for me. And I was okay with that, because my love for her rivaled my love for him also. With siblings, you loved each other equally, and that's what Bella was to us – a sister. I never got jealous when he went to her for cuddling, because that wasn't me. He came to me for a good wrestle in the back yard and she never got jealous because that wasn't Bella. Bella and I went to each other to vent, Seth came to me to take out his frustration and I to him, and he went to Bella to cuddle and she to him. I was hard and Bella was soft; bad cop and good cop. He had the best of both worlds, if you asked me. A sister to fit each of his moods.

With Embry and Quil, they see her as much as a best friend as Jake is to them. They both held soft spots for Bella, being there when she was first starting to heal caused them to be a little protective of her. I also knew they both had little crushes on her, before Quil imprinted. Embry still does though, he wasn't in love with her, though he did love her, he just had a school girl crush on her. When she kisses him on the cheek, he'd blush and stuttered. It was adorable, but then again Embry was like that with most girls. It was cute the way he smiled shyly at girls and was constantly embarrassed around them.

Quil was protective of Bella for many reasons. Yes, he had a crush on her before he imprinted on Claire, and that was reason enough, but ultimately it was because of Claire that he was protective of Bella. Little five years old Claire loved spending time with Auntie Bella almost as much as she loved spending time with Quil. Sometimes, if she's gone a few days without seeing Bella, she'd throw a fit and cry until Bella showed up. On those days, Quil would personally go on a mission to find one Bella Swan like a mad man and drag her ass back to Claire. All the while Bella took it with a smile.

Jared was fond of Bella also. He was the one with the brains in our pack. They could sit at the diner and hold hour long discussions on anything from books to the latest action flick. Kim also loved her, so that made it a plus for him. Kim and Bella had an interesting relationship. Kim was a girly girl and Bella, well, she just wasn't. Kim made sure Bella got spa treatments and relaxed instead of taking care of everyone and made sure she had fun also. Bella made sure to rein in Kim once in a while, making sure not to waist all of Jared's money on shopping excursions and not go overboard with everything and anything.

So yes, Bella Swan affected each and every one of us. She had a father-daughter relationship with Sam. She made Emily happy with the bakery. She kept Paul on his toes, something no one could do, with their gambling and arguments. She took care of Collin and Brady. She kept baby Claire smiling. She was best friend to Quil and Embry. She kept Jared interested in his studies. She could calm Kim down just as easily as Jared, if not better. Jacob actually did love her, on his own free will. And she kept me sane and grounded.

Bella Swan was just as much a part of this pack as any of us.

I was so stuck in my thoughts that I didn't even notice we were already in La Push, in front of our house. I quickly shut off the engine of Bella's SUV, her other baby, I smiled thinking about the day she bought it. She made sure most of the wolf pack could fit in it before she handed over the money for it. It was an eight seat SUV, the interior was burgundy colored leather. It had a GPS system and was very comfortable. She and I usually gave Seth, Collin, and Brady rides to school every morning before heading to school in Port Angeles, since Brady and Collin lived a few houses down from us. I'd pick them up from school in my own car, while Bella headed off to the bakery since Emily ran it during the day and Bella during the evening.

The front door to the house opened up and Sam and Jared came out and made their way quickly to Paul's side of the truck. I quickly got out and made my way into the house and to my mom. I found her pacing in front of our couch where Charlie sat wringing his hands. Billy was sitting by the window watching the pack outside. I could smell something cooking in the kitchen and knew Emily was in there trying to get over her nerves and making Kim help her. As I came in their heads snapped in my direction and they gasped looking down at me. I looked down onto my dress; it was covered in tears and smudges of blood.

Right. "She has a cut on her arm. I think she may need stitches." I told my mom, who quickly nodded and went into her bathroom and started looking for her kit.

I heard more steps behind me and moved out of the way to let everyone in. Sam came in first, now carrying Bella in his arms while everyone trickled in. Kim and Emily joined us then and stayed in the corner, closer to the kitchen so they could stay out of the way. Sue came in and ordered Sam to set her on the coffee table. She made quick work of cleaning and closing up the gash in Bella's arm, then covering it up with gauze. All the while Sam sat on the coffee table with Bella's head in his lap, while he ran his hand through her hair every time she let out a whimper. Paul sat next to them, keeping her arm steady and levitated enough for Sue.

After that Seth picked her up and we took her to her room. I had him hold her up as I lifted her bloody shirt off of her. Pausing I rubbed my thumb on her hip, over the tattoo everyone in this house loved. A paw print. I felt myself smile and Seth snicker, while we continued changing her.

That tattoo was a result of one of the many bets between Paul and Bella. Paul bet that she couldn't make old man Quil blush and she bet that she could. If she won Paul had to get a tattoo of Bella's first name initial, and if she lost she had to get his initial tattooed on her. It was dumb and the elders did not approve; but being Bella and Paul they didn't give a fuck.

So a few months ago, for a whole day Bella hit on Old Man Quil nonstop, innuendoes and soft touches were thrown left and right. But nothing, the man didn't turn pink. Paul, everyone really, loved every minute of it. The reason they picked him was because Quil Sr. didn't like Bella, she had run with vampires before, but earlier what Bella said was true every time she asked, Quil Sr. would smile indulgently at her before delving into our legends.

Finally after hours of practically harassing the man, she sat down in his booth at the diner, across from him, with a complete straight face and asked a question that made every single person in the pack blush tomato red without so much as blinking.

"What happens if a female wolf was caught having sex with another wolf, doggy style by another wolf.. while they were doing it real doggy style, like real doggy style. Wolf form and all?"

I thought I about died, being the only girly wolf and all. Old Man Quil's eyes widened almost comically at her bluntness, if his heart beating dangerously wild wasn't making us a little concerned, we would've laughed. He started stuttering like mad. But it was his face that made Bella jump up and squeal. The man was horrendously red, boarding on purple.

After that she let him get free meals there for a month instead of the regular discount the pack and our families got. After much gloating Bella had a lecture from Sam, Charlie, and the other elders about respecting the tribal elders. Quil Sr. even went further and lectured me and the boys about that type of behavior. They also put a ban on Paul's and Bella's bets for a month, and to enforce it Sam put an injunction on Paul; effectively cutting them off, much to Bella's and Paul's chagrin. Though they did hold up their end of the bargain.

Two days later, the letter 'B' was tattooed behind Paul's ear. Of course, she went with him; we all did actually, though she held his hand the entire time. That whole day Bella danced around saying 'Paul's my bitch'. After he was done, she sat down on his seat and got the paw print on her hip, and made Paul hold her hand.

We eased Bella down onto her back, being careful with her arm, and got her comfortable. With a sigh, Seth and left the room and headed back down stairs. Everyone was still there; most of the pack was by the window. Sam and Paul were sitting on the coffee table, Paul staring off in space and Sam rubbed his hand threw his hair – a gesture he did when he was stressed. Charlie and Sue were sitting on the couch holding hands, Billy sitting beside them. Everyone looks worse for wear.

"She's sleeping." Seth answered the unasked question.

"You guys should head out." I murmured looking at the clock. 3:49 A.M.

"You're right, there's nothing we can do now." Sam sighed and stood up, holding up hand for Emily.

"Tell Bella, she doesn't need to worry about work. Sue offered to help out." Emily said.

They quickly said their goodbyes and left. Quickly followed by Jared and Kim, then Quil and Embry who said they were going to check on Jacob and took Billy with them. Collin and Brady lingered along with Paul. Paul offered them a ride home, since he was over waiting on Bella before Emily's call came and had left his car in our drive way. Soon that left just our family.

"Will it be like last time?" Charlie's voice quivered and he cleared his throat uncomfortably.

I stared up the steps as if I was trying to see Bella herself. I pursed my lips and furrowed my brows, crossing my arms over my chest; I looked at my soon-to-be step father.

"She's strong. She didn't really have anybody last time, no offense. This time she has plenty of brothers standing beside her. And... she has me. She'll make it through this. She's Bella Swan, she has to." I whispered the last part, shrugging my shoulders.

Charlie nodded his head before walking out of the living room and down the hallway that holds his and mom's bedroom and an office. Mom stood after him, with a sad smile she patted my arm lightly and leaned up to give me a kiss on the cheek and moved onto Seth doing the same, before walking to her bedroom.

With a sigh, I turned and ran upstairs where it held mine, Bella's, and Seth's rooms. I made it into my room and quickly changed, pulling on shorts and a t-shirt. I brushed my short hair to get rid of the tangles, before walking through the bathroom t and into Bella's room. When I entered Bella's room, I walked over to her bed and sunk down on it, pulling her body to mine. I was falling asleep when I heard her door open and close, the smell let me know who it was, as he made his way to the other side of her bed and sunk down on, before cuddling up to Bella.

"I love you guys." Our little brother whispered.

"I love you too." Came two murmured voices from both his sisters.

Yes, she will make it through this. I didn't care if I had to drag her through it myself with her kicking and screaming.

With that thought, I felt my mind drift off into the unconsciousness.

AN: Yes, Charlie knows about the pack and the Cullens... he's marrying Sue, people. How is she going to explain her daughter and son sneaking out at odd hours of the night, or their crazy eating habits and their heat?? She'd have to lie... A lot. and you can't base a marraige on lies...

So THERE, I have a perfectly logical reason why Charlie should know...

Anyway, Do you like???? Let me know...