A few things happened at once, too fast for Bella to comprehend.

First she watched wide-eyed as Jake, in wolf form was headed for them, and the only thing she could think

of was protecting Seth. She felt herself jumping in front of him, and in the next instant she was being tossed aside, and behind him.

Landing hard on her arm was all it took to bring her back to reality, as she heard it crunch, she cringed, and grabbed it instinctively.

Cursing silently, she stood in time to see the two giant wolves ripping one another apart, growling and snarling fiercely in what she knew

may possibly have been nothing but expletives, had they been in human form.
Staggering down the steps, still cradling her injured arm with her other hand, she screamed as loudly as she could

"STOP THIS DAMMIT, NOW!" Of course her screeching was lost amidst all of the noise they were making.

She was trying to figure out what in the world she was going to do, she knew better than to try to break it up, they healed extremely fast, she didn't.

And she was breakable. Very.

Then she spotted the water hose out of the corner of her eye, and she ran for it. Praying every step she made that it would work before they completely

shredded each other, and ruined their friendship. Turning the water on with her good hand, gripping the hose temporarily in her other one, she turned it on them

full force and blasted them with ice cold water.

Finally they stopped, mid fight and turned on her stunned. She dropped the hose, and fell to her knees, gripping her arm, tears streaming down her face.

At some point, and she wasn't sure exactly when, they phased back and were at her side, not that she cared at this point, much for Jake's reaction.

He went to grab her arm to examine it.

"Bells I am SO sorry."

"Screw you Jacob Black, leave me alone."

"Sure, sure, just let me see your arm first. I think it needs to be set. Seth run..." then Seth, who had been sitting beside her, just studying her face with a look of pain frozen on his, interrupted Jake's command.

"No, I'll take her to the hospital.I'm not leaving her." He said deeply.

Finally risking a glance at him, tear stained face and all, when she stared at him, she expected the feeling she had experienced earlier to be gone. For it to have been just that she was lonely, and needing physical connection. What she got she wasn't ready for, yet again. She gasped, pulled away from Jake and threw her good arm around Seth's neck, cradling her other arm against his chest gingerly. Her face buried in his neck, whispering against his skin.

"Don't leave me, please don't .. don't go."

Holding her closer,rocking her very tenderly, he said confidently "Nobody will move me from your side, Bella. I'm right here honey."

He looked concernedly over her head at Jacob and, he nodded.

"Sweetheart, Jacob needs your keys, he's going to drive us to the hospital, so they can look at your arm. YOU are my main concern right now, okay?"

She nodded and said softly, still pressed against him "The keys are in my right pocket."

Trying to reposition her so he wasn't putting any pressure on her injured left arm, he finally managed awkwardly, and wrestled her keys out slowly, tossing them to Jacob.

Standing with her in his arms, cradled against his hot chest, she giggled and he looked down at her startled, then to Jake.

"Hey don't look at me man, she's weird. You SURE you want that for eternity,bro?" Jacob said laughing.

"Shut UP Jake! Is she in shock, you think?"

"No, Seth, I'm not in shock, I just think you might want to put some clothes on before we go to the hospital. The BOTH of you. Though I'm sure the nurses would love it" She said wryly.

Glancing timidly down at her, Seth smiled, then blushed the deepest red she had ever seen. She reached up with her right hand and touched his face, smiling sweetly.

Jake just grinned widely, shrugged, and trotted off towards the house to get dressed.

Seth sat her down on her feet as easily as he could, looked torn, and brushed his lips against her forehead.

"I'll be okay" She winced as she tried to move her arm, test it out since things had finally settled down. Nope, still very, very hurt, she thought. Great.

"I won't be five minutes, promise." He said as he headed inside to get dressed.

She felt instantly, like a part of her had been removed, once he left her side. She had heard it was like this, but nothing could have prepared her for it.

"Oh I'm just being silly, that's all. Clingy, since I'm lonely." She said aloud, to nobody in particular. No sooner than she had uttered those words, he was back at

her side, swooping her back up into his arms. He had put on a band t-shirt and jeans,all she could think was DAMN.

He brushed his mouth against her ear, and practically growled, but softly.

"I like it when you look at me like that. Keep doing that for, OH the rest of our lives, and I promise to dress like this more often." He pulled back and winked at her, grinning sexily. Her heart skipped, and she forgot why she was in his arms. Remembering only that it felt SO good. That is, until Jake headed towards them and started talking, causing Seth to jerk, putting pressure on her arm. She cringed and mouthed OW OW OW , her forehead creasing with the pain.

He looked down and realized what he had done. Immediately smoothing her forehead with his fingers, and apologizing profusely.

"Oh I'm such an idiot! I'm so sorry Bella!"

"It's okay, I've felt worse, believe it or not. I had almost forgotten I was hurt."

He chuckled at her shaking his head.

"You won't do sweetheart, you won't do."

Jake sauntered over, and still grinning like the cheshire cat, jingled her keys in front of him.

"Let's take Bells to her home away from home, the hospital! I bet they have a whole wing dedicated to you. You should feel honored!" He laughed heartily.

"JAKE!" Seth bellowed.

"Oh lighten up DAD, this is how me and Bella are. You'd better get used to it. Besides, it's not our first time at the E.R, is it Bells? They should know us by name around there. Favorite colors, and all that too." He just continued chortling, climbing into the truck.

Seth opened the door and got in first, easing her in and onto his lap. She leaned her head against his shoulder.

Jake started the truck, and they drove off towards the hospital. She started to get nervous. The closer she got to the boundary line, the more she panicked.

"Why the Forks hospital? Why not .. well..any OTHER one?" She practically yelled.

They both looked at her confusion passing their faces, until it dawned on them both at once.

And they both spoke their thoughts aloud, not needing to be in wolf form.

"The Bloodsucker."

"Cullen."