Chapter 1
He just wanted to slap the shit out of her. She was always moping and looked so dead. She wanted to let him win and Sam knew she was a fighter. God, everybody gets their heart broken and it's not the end of the world. He sat down with a beer in the lawn chair watching his pack mates joke around and have fun. It's been a month with the Cullen's gone and it was definitely something to celebrate.
His dark eyes followed the small girl as she walked inside to sit, what he hoped was food inside. He got up slowly and stalked inside silent as ever. When she turned around all she saw was a bronze chest. She looked up slowly meeting his dark brown eyes which were set hard.
"What are you doing?" His lip curled upward in a snarl. Bella looked confused and back to the food she set down with a look that said what does it look like? "Putting food on the table?" Sam shook his head glaring at her. "That's not what I'm talking about Bella." He grabbed her arms forcefully and backed her into the wall. He was nose to nose with her. "This. You're killing yourself over something that was never alive. You're letting him control your life even after he's gone. Everybody gets their heart broken Bella. Edward. Yes I said his name. Say it."
Her eyes widened and watered not used to hearing his name in over 1 month, she never spoke his name since he left. Sam growled at her. "Say it. Edward." Bella shook her head frantically, not willing to utter his name because she knows her world will crumble. Sam stood leaning away from her with a look about his face. He would never do this to her if it wasn't for her own good.
"Then don't come back here till you say it to my face. Listen Bella, he's never coming back, he never loved you like you thought. No don't say shit about defending him because Bella if he loved you, if you really were his mate he'd never leave you even if for protection." He leaned forward once more bending to her level. "If you were my mate, I wouldn't leave you for your protection, I would be able to protect you just fine. If you were mine I could never leave you because just like vampires, wolves mate for life. If you were my mate, I'd never put you in a position to be harmed. Think about this Bella. We are like vampires in mating and vise versa. You're stupid for letting him get to you, you're selfish for letting yourself rot away like the corpse you think you are." Grabbing Bella's arms again his eyes changed from the chocolate color to the golden yellow hue.
"You think you're weak because he treated you as such, you think you're broken because he broke you, but really Bella, you're acting like a little bitch whose world revolves only around them. Do you forget you have a father? Mother? Family? Jake? You have all of this support, more so from the pack since we aren't even human. You know why we hate you so much? Because you're acting like you don't care, you're losing yourself to a worthless piece of shit that doesn't give a damn. He wants this Bella. He wants you to depend on him even when he's gone so that when he comes back, which I'm sure he will, you will fall into his arms so he can use you in every way possible. And we both know you never like feeling like this. Suck it up Bella and grow a fucking pair."
He wiped the tear from her eye as she looked at him with a little more than death in her eyes. "I still meant what I said. Leave. Don't come to me until after you have thought about what I've said and until you're able to say his name. That includes no Jake, no pack. You need to do this yourself." He walked away from her and back outside. Everybody was talking low having heard every word. Seconds later Bella came out behind him, her face flushed red and embarrassment written over her face. The loud roar of her truck faded as she left.
After a few minutes everything went back to normal, although a few faces looked worried but Sam knew she was fine. Emily came next to him with a worried look on her face. "Did you have to be so hard on her Sam?" Sam took a pull of his beer nodding. "Of course, it's tough love. I will not have a weak mate."
AN: Just so that no one is confused, Sam and Emily are not mated. He did imprint on her but it wasn't what his wolf really needed which will be explained in later chapters. Sam and Leah never got back together as they realized there was no point.