A.N. Quick warning with The Support of Friends: I may not have a lot of time to update this story, so please be patient. I still have to work on Time of Need and Turning Life Around. Hopefully I will be able to update soon.

There are a few things to explain about this story:

There is no supernatural in this story (eg. Werewolves and vampires)

There is no rivalry between La Push people and Forks people (I don't think La Push people will ever come into this story…)

In this story, Jared is one of the main characters, this is mainly because I needed one more character and he was the first that came to mind (think of him as always being part of the Cullen family – though there will be no actual Cullen's in this story)

All the guys (Edward, Jasper, Carlisle, Emmett and Jared) are the same age. All born in the same year.

If any of this is too confusing or you want clarification, PM me and I will do my best to help you out!

Now, on to my new story!

BPOV

I walked through my front door and into the living room. Sitting there were my best friends; Edward, Jasper, Carlisle, Emmett and Jared.

"Hey, thanks for coming over without me being here." I said sarcastically.

"You're welcome. We knew you would love to see our beautiful faces when you walked in the door." Carlisle replied smiling back at me.

"Awww, you're just so kind to me." I said walking over to Jared and sitting next to him on the couch.

I had known these guys since we were six years old. We had been inseparable since then. We did everything together. Being the only girl in our group meant that I learnt to toughen up quickly; I didn't want to be called a pussy. That would have been too degrading.

I didn't really care too much about the fact that they came over when I wasn't home. We all did that to each other. It was a common occurrence to get bored at your own house so you would pick someone's house and walk over. Oh did I forget to mention? We all live on the same street, a few houses apart. It made things a lot easier.

I looked at the clock on the wall. It said it was 4.30pm. My parents would be home soon. I would have to start making dinner soon. They both worked long hard days, and I felt it was my way to repay them, so I cooked dinner every night.

"Are you guys going to be staying for dinner?" I asked, trying to think what I could make in big proportions. These guys ate so much food; I had to make sure they didn't go home hungry if they stayed.

"I can't stay; parents are enforcing a family dinner." Jasper said.

"I can stay." Edward, Jared and Carlisle and Emmett said at the same time. Okay so now I only had to make dinner for seven people.

"What should I make then? Give me some ideas. I am completely stuck." I said. The boys were used to me making dinner every night and they generally gave me a hand in deciding over email if they weren't over at my house already.

"Spaghetti bolognaise! That stuff is amazing! Especially when you make it, Bella." Edward said trying to sugar me up to make his favorite.

He looked so excited, like a little kid on Christmas, when I told him that I could make that for tonight.

"One rule though, everyone staying must help make dinner. Jasper, you can if you want, but as you are not staying you do not have to." I said, setting down the ground rules. The guys all agreed readily. If it meant they would get to taste test along the way, they would agree with anything.

"Okay, well time to get cooking!" I said, hopping up from the couch and pulling Jared with me. Jasper, not wanting to be a loner, followed us into the kitchen.

I started getting out the ingredients I would need while instructing the boys to get the pots and other equipment we would need out.

As Edward got out the biggest pot, he purposefully knocked Jasper on the head. Not enough to cause actual damage of course, but it was enough to start a war between all of us.

Everyone grabbed something to use as a weapon and then all joined in on the battle. The next day I was sure we would all have bruises. None of us were going lightly on each other. We were laughing the whole time.

In the middle of the battle, the front door opened and in walked my dad. His face showed no emotion but I could tell he was upset.

I was the first to notice him walk through the door. I had stopped joining in with the guys and slowly they noticed I wasn't taking part. They looked over to where I was looking and saw my dad standing there. He was starting to look like a zombie.

"Hey Charlie." Emmett said. There was an awkward silence in the room. The way we were standing did look strange. Jasper had a wooden spoon above his head; Edward had the pot mid swing and Jared was in the middle of ducking away from the pot. It did not look good.

"What's wrong dad?" I asked him.

"Boys, I think it is time you go home. Bella and I need to talk." Charlie said quietly, still not looking up from the floor. His voice sounded dead, there was no emotion.

The boys put down the cooking equipment, gave me a hug, said bye and left. They weren't sure what was going on, hell I didn't even know. Charlie had never acted like that in front of them before. He had never kicked them out of our house before. They were always welcome in our home.

"What's wrong dad?" I repeated.

"Bella, take a seat. Umm, I have some news for you." Charlie said sounding slightly off balance and very nervous.

I walked into the living and sat down on the couch. Dad followed me and sat down next to me.

"Uhh...Bella...um...today there was an accident...umm…there was a fatality." Charlie said, stopping to wipe his eyes. I was becoming extremely worried. Already guessing at what he was about to say.

"Just tell me Dad. What happened? Who died?" I asked getting more nervous by the second.

"Your mom, uh, her car was hit as she drove through a set of green lights. The guy in the other car drove straight through the red light and hit her side of the car. She died instantly. He got away with a few cuts and a broken leg." Charlie finished, in tears by this point.

Now it was my turn to feel emotionless. For some reason, I couldn't cry. I think it was because I couldn't believe what my father had just told me. I couldn't sit there any longer. I got up and headed for the door that would take me outside.

"Where are you going?" Dad asked.

"Out, I...I need some time to think." I replied as I kept walking, leaving my dad sitting there. I didn't know who's house Emmett, Carlisle, Edward, Jared and Jasper had gone to, I tried the house closest, Jared's.

I walked through the door without knocking and headed for the living room. There was no one in there. I heard noise coming from upstairs. I headed up the stairs and over to Jared's room. The door was open and Jared, Carlisle, Emmett and Edward were sitting around the room. Carlisle noticed me first. He got up and came over to me when he saw the look on my face. As he got close enough, I couldn't deny it or hold it in anymore. I broke out into tears and grabbed for Carlisle. He pulled me into a hug and held me there. Slowly he guided me over to Jared's bed where he sat us both down. The boys started asking what was wrong. Why had Charlie asked them to leave? What had happened?

I couldn't answer. I just laid there letting Carlisle hold me. The boys were not comfortable with the situation. They didn't know what to do or how to make me stop crying. In the end, Emmett started in with his usual antics and tried a few jokes. I kept on crying. I laid there holding onto Carlisle's shirt for a good 45 minutes. I didn't know it was possible to be able to cry for that long but it did slowly start to die down after a while. It had taken so much energy out of me to cry that much that once the tears had stopped, I fell asleep.

Carlisle POV

Finally the tears had stopped. I had never seen Bella so worked up. None of us had. Sometime after Bella had come over, Emmett ran over to Jasper's house to bring him over. It didn't matter that he was in the middle of getting ready for a family dinner. One of our best friends was majorly upset and needed calming. Our close group of friends had always been more protective of Bella. We had known her since we were six, she is the youngest of us all, and we protect her like we would a younger sister. I think there are a few of us though that thinks of Bella as more than a sibling. They wouldn't say anything though. It would ruin our close bond I think if a relationship started.

Jasper had always been able to calm Bella down whenever she was upset. She didn't even notice that he was there. She just kept a tight hold on my shirt. After what felt like forever, she fell asleep, probably mentally and physically exhausted after crying for so long. For the most part, Jared, Edward, Jasper and Emmett had kept quiet along with me. None of us had known what to do. I didn't think involving parents would be a good idea. Anyway Bella had come from her house where her father was. Something major must have happened between the two of them.

I just wanted to know what so I could fix it, and make her feel better. In a whispered voice Emmett asked what we should do now.

"Maybe one or two of us could go to her house and talk to Charlie. He should have an idea about what is wrong." Jared suggested.

"Considering the fact she came from there, to here, I think the reason she is so upset, has something to do with her dad. Not sure if he would be the person to ask. He may have been really angry with her about something." I replied, shooting his idea down.

"But did you guys see her dad's face when he walked in the door and when he told us to leave. He looked different. He looked like a zombie. Like he was there, but no one was upstairs. Know what I mean?" Emmett added to the conversation.

"Yeah I saw. Quick question. Doesn't Charlie normally pick Renee up on his way home? Where's Renee? I didn't see her as we were leaving Bella's." Jasper said. We thought about it. "I think something must have happened to Renee. We will have to wait until Bella wakes up. Hopefully she will tell us." I said.

From Jared's room we heard the garage door slam as it was shut.

"Can you ask your parents if we can all sleep over tonight? I don't think Bella is going anywhere soon. And I think she really needs friends around her at the moment." I sounded like a sap, but Bella meant a lot to me and I hated seeing her upset.

Jared got up and walked down stairs to greet his parents and ask if we could stay over. He came back a few mintues later saying his parents were fine with it and that they would order pizza.

The guys and I went back to talking about the normal type of stuff.

About an hour later, Jared's mom was calling us down for dinner. Emmett and Jared went down to grab the food. They brought it back up to us. His parents didn't know that Bella was upset. The way we were staying upstairs made it look like almost any other time we stayed over.

The guys and I were all starving so we dug in. Bella continued to sleep. I really wanted her to wake up soon so we could get some answers. Though she looked so peaceful at the moment, I didn't want to disturb her. We saved Bella three pieces of Hawaiian pizza and ate the rest.

As we were finishing it off, Bella began to stir in my lap.

"Bells? Hey, you woke up. Are you feeling better? Want to tell us what happened?" I asked keeping my voice to almost a whisper so as not to scare her.

By the time I finished asking questions; Bella seemed to be fully awake. She took in the room around her, saw all of us sitting there expectantly and sighed. She still looked so upset, but at least the tears were gone.

"What happened Bellsy? Why did your dad kick us out?" Emmett asked. For a minute it didn't look like Bella was going to answer but then in a voice we barely heard she goes:

"My dad kicked you guys out because he had to tell me something. Umm…there had been a car accident earlier this morning. My parents had decided to take separate cars today. Uhh…Mom was going through a green light and another car hit her when that person went through the red. She's gone." Bella said, the tears were back as she got it all out. By the end she was full out sobbing again. The rest of us were in shock. We had guessed something must have happened to Renee, but we didn't expect anything like what Bella had just said.

Renee was amazing; she cared about all of us as if we were her own kids. We couldn't even comprehend how Bella must be feeling. Though we were upset, Bella needed more of our support. Jared, Jasper, Edward and Emmett climbed onto the bed where I was holding her. I wouldn't have though it possible to get all six of us on the bed without it collapsing or one of us falling off. I stuck Bella in the middle and we all went in for a group hug. It may have looked extremely awkward to anyone watching but the close presence of all of us seemed to be having a calming effect on Bella who unclenched her fist slightly which was holding tight to my shirt again.

In the end, Bella lay across all our laps. We were all adding our own words that were helping calm her down.

I couldn't believe Renee was dead.

A.N. So what do you think? Should I continue? Are you interested in seeing more of this story?

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