A/N: This is my first Twilight fic so I hope this goes fairly well. I have a rough draft set up already so I'm going to try to post a chapter every couple days. Reviews would be extremely helpful so if you would leave me a little something so I know how I'm doing. For the record I own none of the characters, I just want to use them in my own selfish ways =) ok now on to the story!

Chapter 1

Bella's POV

Two weeks have gone by now. Two whole weeks since I have seen my best friend, my personal sun and the only man that had managed to help me want to start living again. Jake had told me that he came down with mono so I could understand him not wanting visitors but for two whole weeks? I just didn't get it. I would do anything to see him again. For him to just hug me and tell me that everything would be alright. If I didn't have him then things would surely never be alright.

I can remember back to when me and Jake first started hanging out after….he left. I had found these motor bikes at the junkyard and I just knew that he would love to fix them up. It was going to cost a fortune to make it happen because they were almost down to scrap metal anyways but I felt so at ease when I was in the garage with Jake. We could talk about anything or just sit in silence and I could listen to the sound of him working, It made me feel like I was almost whole again. Almost me again. That first day was the best. We had just got the bikes in the garage when a couple of Jake's friends had shown up. I think it was Quil and Embry. Quil was extremely loud and outgoing but in a fun way. In some ways he kind of reminded me of Emmett. It hurt for a minute but then as the boys started to joke around the pain eased. The other boy, Embry, he was the total opposite. Quiet and reserved but I liked it. They were both attractive but I felt like I clicked so much better with Embry. He just sat in the back and observed, just like myself. It was nice not being the only quiet one. I really thought me and him could be great friends.

Then Jake gets sick and I don't hear from him anymore. I had tried to take him soup and to check up on him but Billy just reassured me that he was fine and that I should just go home. I almost couldn't believe how Billy had acted, It was like I was just totally unimportant and it didn't matter that I even came to see my best friend.

I was getting absolutely fed up of people treating me like I was nothing and that I could just easily be swept under the rug. 'No worries, it's just Bella. Her feelings aren't anything to us so why should we care about her.' I highly doubted that anyone had said that but that's sure how it was feeling. I wasn't letting it happen anymore though. I was done with being a pushover. I was going down to La Push and I wasn't leaving until I had some answers.

Just as I stepped outside the sky opened up and the rain started to fall. I knew it was just my luck. Possibly even a sign telling me that this was a terrible idea and that I should have kept my crazy butt in the house but

to hell with thinking logically. I wanted to talk to my best friend and I wasn't leaving until I got to.

The drive seemed to take forever. I guess that's the way it goes when you have your heart set on something. It's a way of your body pumping itself full of adrenaline so you can't back down. Well I wasn't backing down. I had made up my mind and I was sticking to it.

I pulled up at Jake's house and jumped out of the truck running up to the door with my coat pulled over my head in a small attempt to keep the rain out of my face, it wasn't working very well. I got up to the door and knocked. Again with my luck, Billy answered the door.

"Bella he's sick."

"Billy please. I really need to see Jake. If he's sick then I'll leave. I just need to see him. Please."

"Not today, he needs his rest." He replied.

"Sorry Billy. I have to." I walked around Billy and headed toward Jake's room. I could hear Billy yelling something at me but I couldn't hear him. I was on a mission and I only had one goal. Get my best friend back. I made it to Jake's room and was expecting to see him laying in bed horribly sick but he wasn't. He wasn't even in the room at all. Then I heard it. Jake's laugh. God how I had missed his laugh. I look through the window and it's one of the last things I had expected to see. Jake, walking with Sam and his cult.

That was it. I had enough of the lies and the bull crap. Jacob Black was going to give me answers and he was going to give them to me now.

I walked out the back door and started walking their way. The hood to my coat was completely forgotten and I was soaked in no time. The laughing came to an immediate halt as soon as the group of guys realized that I was headed their way. I could usually read Jake like a book but today his face was like stone. No emotion at all and I think that may have hurt worse then not actually talking to him for two weeks.

"Jake, can we talk?"

"I thought dad told you I was sick."

"He did. And I can tell you obviously feel terrible. Can we please talk?"

You would think that standing in front of six half naked, very large men that I would feel a little intimidated. I was. I didn't know three of the guys personally. I knew the one was Sam but I was unsure of the other two. Jake, Quil and Embry were the biggest shocks though. They had all grown about another foot, put on at least 30 pounds of muscle and had filled out in all the right places. Not to mention they all had some weird matching tattoo. What in the world was going on?

"Look he doesn't want to talk to you. Can't you understand that?" Was the reply from one of the guys that I didn't know. I wasn't sure what I did to make him so mad but for some reason he just hated me without me even talking to him. For some reason that just made me even more mad. I didn't come here for some guy to judge me and for him to speak for Jake. I came to see my best friend.

"No you look!" I walked right up in the unknown man's face and pointed my finger right in his chest. "I am so sick of the bull crap that you guys are pulling. Jake didn't want anything to do with your little group a month ago and now he's following you around like a lost puppy! What in the hell did you do?" I yelled every single word but for some reason all the other guys just found it hilarious. Minus the brick wall of a man that I was poking in the chest. He was vibrating and had a very strange look on his face. Like he was in pain and very thoroughly pissed off. Great Bella, piss of the psychopath. Not the best plan of action.

When the laughing had started to die down and the others noticed shaking boy things got serious really quickly. Sam pulled him back toward the woods but he was fighting with him to get back to me and the group of guys. It was actually very terrifying. Once they were out of sight I risked a look at all the other guys.

Jake looked very sad. That's when my heart was starting to break. His eyes were filled with sorrow and what almost looked like pity. I hated that look on him. Jake was too good of a person for the face he had on right now. I went to the next guy there who was the other guy with no name. He also had this look of pity on his face. Was the pity for me or for the shaking guy that Sam took off with? Next was Quil, he was still laughing. Go figure. Leave it to Quil to find humor in any situation. Lastly was Embry. The moment we locked eyes it was like the world had just stopped spinning. He now meant so much more to me than just one of Jake's friends. I wasn't sure why but I now wanted to spend every waking moment with this guy. He was my everything. Now that's strange, why in the world would I think that? I don't even know Em that well. His face mimicked my exact same feelings and I hadn't the slightest clue why.

Quil was the first to say anything. Between his laughs all you could hear was "Oh God Em! Jake is going to kill you!" Then immediately back to laughing.

"Jake man I swear I didn't mean to." Embry was pleading with him. "It just happened. I wasn't trying or anything. I mean she is a great girl and hot as hell and funny and smart…oh fuck man I'm so sorry." His face was so red from blushing that you could barely even tell that he was naturally dark skinned. I just became more and more confused as the guys spoke.

"Seriously Em! What the fuck man, you're supposed to be my friend and you go and pull this kind of shit.?" Jake was furious for some reason. He was in Embry's face and screaming, again with some more confusion, and I hated that Jake was screaming at him like that. There was no reason to be yelling like that. I'm sure that Embry didn't do what Jake thought he had or if he did I was sure that he didn't mean it. Jake was now pushing him and Embry had his hands up showing that he wasn't trying to fight back but Jake wasn't taking the hint. He just kept yelling and pushing. Next thing you know Jake slugged Embry right in the face and had busted Embry's lip. Now I was furious.

I stormed up to Jake and walked to where I was between Jake and Embry. I looked absolutely dwarfed between the two of them but I knew that was the only way I was going to be able to make my point heard. I put my hands on Jake's shoulders and I shoved him as hard as I possibly could and…nothing happened. "Jacob Black! What the fuck do you think you are doing? He is you're friend! Stop being a fucking prick and say you're sorry!" Everyone came to a stand still because Bella Swan did not cuss. It just didn't happen, so they knew instantly that I meant business. For Jake though he was still in such a rage he must not have caught on because he just continued to glare daggers at Embry behind me and didn't even spare a glance my way. That just fueled my fire even more.

That's when Jake did his worst move yet. He grabbed me by the back of the head and pulled me up against him and kissed me. It was hard and forced and absolutely horrible. I'm not sure what he was trying to prove but it all it did was make me more angry and I'm guessing someone else was just as mad as I was because I could hear growling behind me. Growling? What the heck? It almost sounded like a dog, no it would be bigger. Like a wolf growling. That made even less sense then Jake kissing me. However I suppose Jake heard it to because he stopped kissing me and looked at the source of the growling. Instead of looking scared like I thought he would, he looked smug. What in the world? I had enough, I was about to do the second most stupid thing in my life (First was dating the undead). I voluntarily broke my hand; on Jacob Black's face.

It was a blinding pain and all I can really remember was screaming and then passing out. Great, I try to make a point and I faint. Way to go Bella.

I was only out for a couple minutes because when I came to I was still lying on the ground in the Black's backyard. I also noticed that I had two very concerned looking Quilite boys hovering over me.

"Bells are you ok?" Jake asked.

"How's your hand feeling?" Embry followed.

I was a little dumbfounded and had no idea how to respond. It wasn't until Quil yelled "EARTH TO BELLA!" That I even thought about replying to any of them.

"Seriously Quil? There is no need to yell." I tried to make it sound serious but with my tone of voice and the fact that I was laying on the ground still, it came out a little weak. I couldn't help but laugh afterward. It was actually kind of a funny situation, except for the fact that my hand still felt like it was on fire and as soon as I looked down then I understood why. My hand was twice it's normal size and a very unattractive purple color.

"Umm do you think one of you guys could take me to the ER or something. Jake's face really hurt my hand. Hey wait, Jake you don't even have a mark on you." I used my good hand to move his face back and forth and I couldn't see the smallest bruise or cut or anything. "Go figure, just my luck."

The guys all started to laugh again at my comment. "Yea Bells I'll give you a ride" Jake said. Just as the words left his mouth though I heard that growling noise again. It was coming from my right side. I look and all I can see is a massive Embry crouched dwn beside me. "Uh well actually I have some stuff to do so maybe Em could give you a ride. Is that ok? If not then I'll totally take you, just say you want me there and I'll be there."

"It's ok Jake, Embry can take me." I smiled up at Em and held my good hand up so he could help me stand. Instead of taking my hand though he just bends down and picks me up bridal style.

"Sorry I just don't want you to trip or something and hurt your hand more." Em said with a small smile. He really was extremely attractive and I found myself smiling back at him without event thinking about it. It just came naturally when it came to Embry. He just made me smile.

"Hey Bells do you think it would be ok if Em brought you back here so we could all talk for a bit after you get your hand wrapped up? I kind of, well we kind of have some things that we need to explain to you."

"Yea Jake that's fine. We will be back as soon as I get done. It shouldn't take too long though, I'm pretty sure all the nurses know me by name." That got another laugh from all the guys. About that time Sam and unknown guy 1 came back out of the woods and the mean psychopath comes up to me.

"Sorry." Was all he had to say and I took it so sincerely. The roll of his eyes was what gave it the extra push…not.

"Yea ok, Hey Embry can we head out of here. My hands starting to hurt again."

"God yea. Sorry Bella, I'm really messing this protection thing up already." It was all said under his breath so I didn't really catch the last part but he looked really disappointed. I wish I could make him smile again. He looks so much better when he smiles. Where are all of these feelings coming from? I have only met this guy twice in my entire life and for some reason I hate the thought of him being unhappy. Ok there really was something in the water out at La Push.

Sam looked extremely confused. "What happened?"

Quil was the first to speak up. "Well first Em imprinted then Jake kissed Bella and then Bella broke her hand…on Jake's face. It was pretty epic." About the time he finished all of the guys were staring at him like they wanted to beat the living you know what out of him.

Embry bellowed "What the fuck Quil?"

"Shit my bad dude. Umm well, wolves out of the bag now huh." He gave me that genuine Quil smirk and I knew that he had opened his mouth when he wasn't supposed to.

I gave my best doe-eyed, innocent look to Embry and I asked "Hey Em, what's an imprint?"