The day after, I started cooking what it would be apology muffins for Jake very early. I tried to be as quiet as I could to keep to my own business, but people not sleeping in this house wasn't the right contributing factor for private time. Soon enough, Esme walked in on me breaking the third wooden spoon trying to get the mix ready.

"It helps if you hum" she said smiling tenderly at me. She stretched out her hand and I handed her the spoon.

"I'm just…thought Jake would appreciate…after I bit him" I smiled ashamed hiding my hands in my pockets, frustrated I couldn't do the same with my whole face.

"I'm sure he's fine, but these he'll love" she said stirring the batter evenly with the half a spoon I had left. She helped me pour in the cupcakes and I decorated them bright red when they were ready. I asked Bella to come along and give Jacob my present. She agreed and we were on our way with the sun far above our heads still not fully morning.

"He'll love the color" said Bella laughing. I couldn't help but laugh too. We headed to a shed where Jacob normally worked on his bike and knocked to nobody's answer. We still giggled as we walked to the house, stopping on our tracks when we saw him striding towards us. "Hey, speak of the devil!"

"Ahem…I made these for you" I said presenting a wrapped box. He took it, looked back and grabbed my arm, hard. He then led us just far beyond the shed we had knocked on a minute ago.

"Jake, what's wrong?" asked Bella looking confused. Jake still wouldn't let my arm go.

"There's a problem" he said sternly finally letting go. He looked around as if he was afraid there might be somebody snooping around. "The pack's not happy. The whole tribe is angered"

"What do you mean? Why?" I asked.

"Because of you"

"Me?"

"What about her?" said Bella.

"When Bella turned you, you were just outside our territory so the pact remained intact, even though my father wasn't too happy about it. They couldn't do anything because technically there was no treason…" he made a pause making sure I was following. "But you attacking me…"

"She didn't attack you! You volunteered to help her!" said Bella slightly outraged.

"I know…but the fact she wounded me and I let her"

"Let me?"

"I mean…I didn't do anything about it. To my pack, I was defeated or surrendered. Neither presents much pride for me being their leader" Bella understood, but me…I was still trying to figure it out.

"What are you gonna do about it?" asked Bella.

"I've suggested a meeting, but there's no telling. This may be out of my hands" he handed me the box back and walked away.

"I'll try and talk to the leaders once they've had their meeting" said Carlisle.

"So, they get to decide?" said Emmett.

"They have to come up with something they think will solve the problem and our job will be to see that it serves both parts" said Edward.

"So, basically what I said" Emmett smiled, but his face was wiped at Esme's stare.

"Whatever happens, we'll figure it out" said Alice who was sitting next to me. "What could they ask us to do?"

"Give out hunting territory maybe" said Rosalie.

"I believe we should be ready to…leave folks" answered Carlisle.

"That's outrageous! Your lives are here. What about Reneesme?" I yelled.

"She'll be alright as long as we stick together" said Edward, while Bella nodded.

"What about your father then? I don't think he'll be alright with his only daughter and granddaughter going away from him!" I stood up turning to each and every one of them. "How could you actually be considering this!?"

"We're used to come and go" said Jasper.

"It's different now!? Stop pretending…" I felt something aching in my throat, which made me stop on my tracks.

"What's the matter?" said Alice worried trying to catch my attention which at the moment was all over the place.

"Her mind's racing again" Edward pointed out.

"Stop it!" I said turning to him. Before I noticed I had though, Jasper had me by the arm. I let go gently staring at the front door. "I have to figure this out" the words came out of my mouth while my eyes were still fixed on what lied outside the front door. I walked slowly away from them.

"Someone's coming" said Rosalie.

"Edward why don't you open the door?" said Carlisle. He stood beside me, stopping me from going any further, putting his hand on my shoulder. A couple minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Edward looked back to us all and answered.

"Good morning. I'm looking for…Dr. Cullen?" said a young man reading a piece of paper on his right hand, standing just outside the door as if he was going to burst in looking for Carlisle.

"Sure" replied Edward. "A moment please" he then walked back where everybody waited. "There's a young man looking for you. Probably from the hospital because he's asking for a doctor"

"It's him" I said. "The scent I've been recognizing. I have to see who…"

"Wait. Why don't we see what he wants with Carlisle first?" said Edward.

"What does he want?" asked Bella. Edward said nothing. "Please, wait" he pleaded. Carlisle went to answer the door and I sat back down. I had arms around me, Emmett and Alice were close by ready to grab a hold of me and for good reason; I wanted to run to this person and…and…I wasn't even quite sure what I would do once I reached him.

Carlisle came back soon enough, but he wasn't alone. The young man followed him to the living room. I couldn't help it; I stood up immediately and stared.

"Sam?" the man asked. "Why didn't you go back?" he walked slowly towards me. I meant to run, but that would expose us all. "I was so worried…" he said flailing his arms around me. His scent was earthy, like fresh dirt. Everybody was close to panicking; no mortal had come this close to me since I turned.

"I… was…" he let go disappointed. "Decided to stay"

"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked tearing up; the rest of the family slowly left the room to give us some privacy, but stood well within reach in case things turned awry. "You just…disappeared "

"I…had nothing to go back to" I said trying to avoid the welcoming smell coming from him. "I didn't think anybody would care" I turned around trying to distract myself from the urgent feeling of my thirst. I felt angry at him, but at the same time I wanted him closer. It was confusing.

"We're friends, right?" he asked.

"We were I guess" I tried to sound pleasant, but my smile seemed to offend him instead.

"You guess? Don't I mean nothing to you?" he made me turn and face him. My thought cleared for a moment, his eyes deep into mine. He tried to kiss me and I recoiled. "What happened?"

"Were we together?"

"Don't you remember?"

"Just answer!" I said raising my voice.

"No. I was stupid enough to fear your family and what they could do to you if they found out I loved you" his cheeks bright red. His scent was growing stronger.

"I guess is late now, go home" I said turning to open the door for him. I held it open till he exited, but he didn't leave.

"Please, let us talk about this"

"You need to leave and don't come back" I felt afraid around him, my head started to swirl again. I dug my nails on the edge of the door, wishing he would go as far away from me as possible.

"I'll leave, but I won't go back. You need to talk to me…please"

"I'll think about it" I said, now utterly confused of whether I wanted him to go or not. He walked away reaching his car and left giving me one last glance.

"Are you alright?' Alice ran to me as soon as I shut the door.

"I don't know…what's happening?" I put my head in my hands and sat on the floor against the wall.

"He came looking for you. He thought Carlisle might know something because he was your doctor. I guess he did some research in the hospital" said Edward kneeling beside us.

"But why would he come all this way?" I said exasperated.

"Dunno. Were you involved?" asked Alice.

"I can't remember clearly, why?" I said hitting my head on the sides.

"Maybe something to do with your brain when you fell off the cliff?" said Bella tentatively. "You were in pretty bad shape when I found you"

"It's a possibility" said Carlisle when we told him our theory. "There really is no telling for sure" he paced for a moment. "Maybe even your empathic abilities are adding to the confusion in your head" he patted my shoulder. "We're your family. We'll figure this out together" I hugged him and felt my thoughts settling down.