I am running through the forest alone and scared. Did I mention that I am a big furry monster? Four paws and a white tail. One minute I my dad says "Bella, you are not my real daughter," and the next I am a big, white monster and my dad is dead on the floor.
I have been running for two weeks. I'm now in a town called Forks. I don't know where I am going, I just feel like I need to keep moving. I find myself on a beach staring at a LOT of people. Nine very tall, lean tan men; three older tan men; two petite and tan girls; eight pale, golden eye people, four female and four males.
I started backing up to leave when one of the tan men walked forward with his hands up in the air.
"We will not hurt you. My name is Sam. Can you understand me?" I nod my furry head. Every one else just stares at me.
"Are you alone?" he asked. Again I nod.
"Can you phase so we can talk?" I tilt my head. There is a way to turn back. I shake my head.
"Do you know how?" Again I shake my head.
"Do you know what you are?" Once again I shake. Everyone gasps than stares.
"Ok, think of happy stuff and think of your human body." I did and opened my eyes when I heard everyone gasp. Everyone is staring at me and my very naked self. I quickly sit and bring my knees up covering myself.
"Umm I don't suppose anyone of you have a shirt or something I can get?" I say to the staring people.
"Hear you go" Sam says throwing me his shirt. "Thank you" I reply.
"Uhhh do you happen to know what I am?" I ask, looking at Sam.
"Yes I do. Why don't you tell us about yourself" he says.
"My name is Bella and I am 17. I was with my father and he told me I was not his real daughter that I had a twin brother and my mother left him with my real father. The next thing I knew, I was a furry monster and my father was dead on the floor… so much blood. I did not know what to do. My mother left me when I was just five years old so I have no one now. I have been like this for 2 weeks; just running." I start crying hard, thinking of my father. One of the pale women came to me and she held me.
Once I started to calm down, I looked at the woman. "Thank you."
She smiles and says "You welcome dear." I look at Sam again.
"Can you tell me what I am please? As of right now I don't know who I am and what I am going to do." He smiles and points to the logs by the bonfire.
"Please come and sit and I will tell you everything." I walked over and sat down.
He explains the history of werewolves and vampires. He also says that females never phased before, so that explains why they were all shocked when I turned human. I just sat there with a shocked look. Are they for real?
"Ok, so I am guessing that Hollywood versions are not true since there was no full moon when I turned." They all smiled and laughed at that.
"Can I know all your names?" Sam stands up and introduces everyone.
"Over here we have my girlfriend Emily; next is Jared and his girlfriend Kim; then Jake, Embry, and Quil; then Seth; Brady & Collin are twins, and here we have Paul." I could not turn away from Paul. Those dark black eyes felt like they were staring into my soul. I need to be near him and protect him. He is my world now; only he holds me here. I am taken out of my trance by Sam as he clears his throat. I look at him and he has a knowing smirk on his face.
"Hear we have the elder's Billy, Joshua, and Charlie. And next we have the vampires: this is Carlisle and Esme; Edward and Leah; Emmett and Rosalie; Alice and Jasper."
Emily and Kim are small, tan women with brown hair; Emily with blue eyes and Kim with brown eyes. Sam, Paul, Jared, Jake, Embry, Quil, Seth, Brady and Collin are all very tall and tan men, all with black hair. Sam has black eyes and so does Paul. Jared and Jake have brown eyes. Collin and Brady have hazel eyes. Embry and Quil have blue eyes. Seth has bronze eyes. All of the vampires have golden eyes and are all pale. The three older men are all tan and have black hair and brown eyes.
"It is nice to meet you all. I am sorry if I interfered in your bonfire."
Billy walks over to me "It is ok. May I ask what your mother's full name was?"
"Renee Wolf. Why?" I ask looking at him curiously.
Suddenly Sam and Joshua scream "WHAT?" while looking at me with happy faces.
I look at them and ask "What is it?" They respond with "I am your father" and "I am your brother" at the same time.
"Are you for real?" I ask.
"Yes, 17 years ago I was with Renee. She never told me she was pregnant. She just left and nine months later she showed up with Sam saying she cant take it anymore. I had a test done to make sure he was mine and he is, so I took him. I need you to know that if I knew you existed I would have taken you in as well. She never said she had twins," he said with tears in his eyes. I don't know what came over me but I ran to him and hugged him. He held me tight as we both cried.
Sam joined us saying. "I have a sister" over and over again.
"Bella will you stay with me and Sam? I want my daughter home where she belongs." Joshua asked me.
"You want me even after what I did to…" I did not get a chance to finish before Sam said "That was not your fault. Please say yes. I want my sister home."
"Yes I will. Thank you. I thought I would be alone. That maybe I deserved being alone after seeing him dead" I said, crying once again. I hear a growl and look over to see Paul with so much pain in his eyes.
My dad followed my gaze and asked him "Paul, do you want to hold her?" He did not have to ask twice. Paul was by my side pulling me into his lap. I looked at him and we stared into each other's eyes.
"Bella, maybe we should explain why you are drawn to Paul," Sam says.
I tear my eyes away from Paul and say, "Like, how I am pulled to him, or how just after meeting him I love him more than anything, and how I know he is in pain because I am?"
He smiles and says "Yes just like that. You see, we wolves have this thing called imprinting. It is where a wolf finds his soulmate, and when he sees her for the first time, they are drawn to each. Nothing else matters but her. Paul imprinted on you and you on him."
We all left to go to our own homes. The girls made plans for the weekend for a shopping trip. As I say bye to Paul, I can't help but feel the ache in my chest. Sam said I can sleep in his room and he will take the couch for tonight. That we would go shopping for stuff for my room tomorrow.
The next week went great. I was in school now with the wolf pack and the six vampires. The other kids stay away from us. We are considerd the freaks. I wake up to hear that all of them are down stares waiting for me. Today is Monday a new week. Me and Paul have not talked about us being together yet. We just hang out. While taking a shower I sing the song I wrote thinking of Paul.
Used to be that I believed in something
Used to be that I believed in love
It's been a long time since I've had that feeling
I could love someone
I could trust someone
I said I'd never let nobody near my heart again darling'
I said I'd never let nobody in
But if you asked me to
I just might change my mind
And let you in my life forever
If you asked me to
I just might give my heart
And stay here in your arms forever
If you asked me to
If you asked me to
Somehow ever since I've been around you
Can't go back to being on my own
Can't help feeling darling since I've found you
That I've found my home
That I'm finally home
I said I'd never let nobody get too close to me darling'
I said I needed, needed to be free
But if you asked me to
I just might change my mind
And let you in my life forever
If you asked me to
I just might give my heart
And stay here in your arms forever
If you asked me to
If you...
Ask me to, I will give my world to you baby
I need you now
Ask me to and I'll do anything for you baby, for you baby
(If you asked me to...)
I'll let you in my life forever
(If you asked me to...)
All ya gotta do is ask me to
All ya gotta do
All ya gotta do
All you gotta do, is ask me to
I'll give you my world
I'll give you my world
Everything, everything baby.
Just ask me to
If you asked me to
I'd change my mind
I'll change my mind
(If you asked me to by Celine Dion)
I want to open up to Paul more. I want there to be more between us. But what if he can't handel what I have to say. What if when he finds out about my past he wont want me anymore. I am scared that he will think less of me.
Walking down the stairs all eyes are on me. "What?" I ask.
"Why is it that no one knew you could sing so beautiful baby?" Paul asks making me blush.
"It was nothing."
Alice then ask "What song was that. I never heard it before?"
I say "Well, I did not hear it per say, I kind of wrote it." All mouths fall open.
"Paul, can I talk to you before we go to school?
"Yes come on." He takes my hand and leads me to the car.
"I want to know where me and you stand."
"What do you mean?" he says.
"Do you want there to be more between us. I want there to be more. I want to be with you. As in being my boyfriend." I look at him waiting for his answer.
"Yes that is what I want as well. I love you. I want you to be mine Bella." Paul says with a big smile on his face. I kiss him softly. Now I need to find the right time to tell him my past.
"Okay can we go to school now please?" He says "Yes" and honks the horn. Everyone heads out.
We all walk into school. Paul's arm wrapped around me. He leans down and kisses my cheek.
He walks me to my first class. Class goes by slowly. The bell rings and Mike corners me.
"So baby, you wanna hook up or what?"
"No Mike, I don't and don't call me baby again. My boyfriend Paul will not like it one bit," and I walked around him, out the door. After two more classes, it is time for lunch. I walk across the field to the lunchroom barely making it to the door when Mike pulls my arm asking me again.
"Mike, you are an ass! I said NO! Deal with it. I don't like you and don't want you." Before I had a chance to get away I feel his had slap my cheek. It did not hurt but I had to play the part so I flung my head to the side anyway.
"Ever touch me again and you will be hurting got it?" I take my arm away from him and walk into
the lunchroom finding my wolfe pack and the Cullen's already sitting there. I sit next to Paul
trying to calm down, hoping Paul does not find out what happened. It will piss him off.
Angela, a friend of Mike's group comes over and asks "Bella, are you ok? I saw what Mike did to you."
"I am fine Angela; thank you." She walks away and all eyes are on me. Paul and Sam look pissed.
"What did he do to you?" they both asked.
"Okay I'll tell you, but both of you need to calm down. We don't need you two killing him. Okay?" They nod their heads. So I tell them everything. They are beyond pissed off. They see Mike and walked over to him, more like stormed to him and each took an arm.
Sam says, "If you ever touch my sister again, you will be feeling more pain than you ever imagined. Understand me?" Mike nods.
Paul adds "Stay away from my girl Mike. Don't talk to her, don't look at her, and don't EVER TOUCH HER. Do I make myself clear?" Again Mike nods. They both walk back to our table. Paul pulls me into his lap.
"You ok baby?" "I am fine he did not hurt me. He can't hurt me. But thank you both for protecting me." I kiss Paul softly.
Finally school is over. As I am heading home I decide to tell my daddy about the vampire. "Daddy can I talk to you please?" He comes to my room and sets down. "What is it baby girl?" "Is
anyone here?" he looks at me and shakes his head. "Okay dad what I have to say well it is not good. There is a vampire that is after me you see when I was 10 I was raped and beaten by this vampire. You see he wants me to be his human pet he calls it.
"You need to tell the others they can help with this baby girl." My dad tells me.
As I set there staring at my pack and the Cullen's I realize they are all family. Esme has
became like a mother to me Carlisle a second father. Alice, Rosalie, Leah, Emily and Kim are
all my sisters. Everyone else are brothers to me. My daddy tells them what I told him. Everyone has faces off fear, sadness and anger. And Paul and Sam are shaking. I touched there cheeks and they calm down.
"I know you are mad that I kept this from you but I have only been here a lilttel over a week I was not ready to share this with you guys yet. And I am sorry but it is not an everyday thing to open up about. I am over it. I just don't want to bring him here."
"Bella we will protect you. You are safe here. There are 9 wolves and 8 Vampires I think
we can handle him." Sam says.
"I was going to go away so he does not come here."
"You are not going anywhere baby. We will do everything we can to keep you safe. Take a walk with me baby" Paul says I look at him "Okay"
He takes my hand and walks me out to the beach.
"Baby I wish you would have told me what happened to you. But I understand and I am not mad at you baby. I need you to know that if there is anything you want to tell me you can. I love you Bella and I want to protect you and help you with anything that I can. I want you to be able to trust me with anything." As we sit down me on his lap I realize that I should be able to tell him anything.
"I know baby and I want to. I want to open up to all of you. You mean a lot to me. I love you so much. It is just I berried it a long time ago and never had to remember it till now. I am afraid what will happen if I open those walls again. What if you or someone else feels different about me after you hear what he actually did to me?" I say starting to cry.
"Baby is that what you are afraid of? We all love you none of us will judge you or think different. It is not your fault you did not ask for what he did to you. As for me you are my world and always will be. Nothing you say can change that."
"Give me some time please I will tell you all of you. I just need some time." He holds me tight as we look into the sky. He leans down and kisses me softly my fingers run through his hair as I deepen the kiss. I feel his tongue running along my lips asking for permission to enter and I gladly open for him. I moan as his tongue enters my mouth the taste of him is so good. We pull away to breath. "I Love you Paul." "I love you Bella."