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Chapter 3:
Bella was so confused, she had never seen Edward so angry at her specifically. That and he had put his hands on her upper arms, his gripping hold had left black bruises in the spots. There would be no way to explain this to the wolves at the bonfire. Her best friend Jake would go psycho, hell even Paul would have a meltdown. She had secretly had a relationship with Paul while Edward had left her. And while they had feelings of what they thought was love, with everyone finding their imprints, the two of them had decided to split in case of Paul imprinting. He didn't want to be the one to hurt her, while she didn't want to give her heart away and be left behind. They were still good friends, even maintaining their private relationship a secret somehow from all the other wolves. The newcomer Peter put her fiancee on edge. Bella wasn't even sure she was in love with Edward,but felt she couldn't speak with him about these it for fear of him freaking out. She had been questioning her feelings for him since they had gotten back together even going as far to speak to Jake about it. Jake had mentioned hearing about how vampires glamoured people, Bella had told Jake she didn't think she could be glamoured because her mind was blocked and very silent to Edward.
"Bells, you home?" Charlie called up the stairs. "It's gonna be a cold one tonight, the winds picked up and it's definitely chilly, make sure you grab yourself a sweater or a jacket to wear to the reservation." "K, let me change real quick and I'll be down so we can go. The casseroles are sitting side by side in the oven. Grab those and the bags of the marshamallows from the cupboard to take with." Bella called down. Her dad could never understand why she supplied enough to feed a mini army, but there was never any leftovers no matter how much food was there. The imprints mixed with a few of non imprints always traded off responsibilities of bringing different things to these events, hence Bella bringing what Charlie thought was a hundred bags of marshmallows. She was the marshmallow bringer for tonights' smores. It didn't take them very long to get to Billy Black's house where they were all meeting up them walking over to First Beach. "Bells!" Jake picked her up and swung her around with a huge hug. She tried not to whimper when he accidentally squeezed her upper arms," Jake your squeezing me too hard." She tried to play it off like he was too rough. "You stink, couldn't shower before coming down here." he playfully smirked at her knowing he could goad her. "Hey, mister hot and sweaty 24/7, your lucky I came at all. I could always go back home and take that casserole I made." Bella snarked right back at him. "It's not the casserole with the steak meat in it, is it?" Jake questioned. "Maybe." "Okay I'll be a good boy Bells. The guys are already at the beach setting up the grills and the open fire. We were just waiting on you and Charlie." Jake said while loading the wagon they had. He had to bring the wagon along due to having to push his dad's wheelchair through the trails since no one else here would be strong enough.
This was possible the biggest bonfire that Bella had ever been to. Something big must be going on that's for sure. She took the things that they had brought and dropped them off next to and on the table that was prepped and waiting. "Hey Bella, I'm glad to see you, big night tonight. I really didn't think you were going to be able to come." Emily called out while setting up the table for utensils and plates. "I didn't think I was going to either, but Rose helped me out of staying at the Cullens house earlier. I promised dad I would come not to mention Jake. Didn't want to look bad bailing out. " Bella grinned at Emily. Emily was one of the friendliest, most genuine girls that Bella had ever met even with the scars across her face. When Bella had met Emily she didn't even flinch or bother to ask. It was Emily that had brought it up asking if she was even slightly curious as to what happened or freaked out by it. When Bella had explained anything regarding the supernatural didn't even bother or phase her in the least anymore and the fact she knew that Em was Sam's imprint, she figured it had something to do with that. "Oh Bella, before you go too far, Sam wanted to talk to you about something. He wouldn't tell me what." Bella gave her hand a wave in acknowledgment wandering off to go find Sam.
"What's up Sam? Emily said you wanted to talk to me?" Bella tried to ask as quietly as she could with all the wolf hearing around. Paul walked up and put his arms around Bella, it was out of habit for him at this point. He knew it looked weird, but everyone just figured he had a soft spot for her. He always seemed to turn into this affectionate person where she was concerned. "So we smelled some new bloodsuckers around the borderline, do you have any idea who that may be?" Sam was very alert and attentive when it came to his tribe. Nothing snuck past the wolves that they didn't want sneaking. "Do the cullens have visitors or is there a new threat that we should be worried about?" Sam asked. "Jasper got some visitors earlier, family is what he calls them. They are red eyes, but they are well aware of the treaty from what I know of. They aren't bad people Sam, at least I don't get that vibe from them. Jasper told them about the lines and they even said they wouldn't hunt anywhere near here. It's a mated pair, Sam. Charlotte and Peter are their names." While speaking about what sounded like fondness for the two Paul had shivered against Bella, even going as far to nuzzle his nose into her neck and take a few deep breathes to not phase. His grip around her waist even tightened, just a bit for him to realize she was right there in front of him, not enough to hurt her. "Paul, what the fuck man?" Paul looked at Sam eyes blazing yellow and wolfish looking. "Paul, step away from her man, before you hurt her." "It's okay Sam, he's not hurting me. His wolf is wanting to make sure I'm fine. It doesn't bother me." Bella shrugged while slowly moving away from him. "I'm fine Paul, relax."She reached up on her tip toes and gave his nose a kiss than started to saunter away to get her spot next to Jake and her dad. "Don't even fucking ask." Paul walked off towards the fire as well, irritation rolling off him in waves.
Billy started off the bonfire the way they always did, after everyone was finished eating, they spoke of the cold ones and the spirit warriors. Retelling the tales of old. "This is the biggest bonfire we've held, as we have added on new imprints, new pack members, and even including what I consider family." Billy stated while giving both Bella and Charlie a quick glance. "I am handing over the floor to Sam, he's the real reason we have called this bonfire. Sam simply smiled at Billy. "We have all been called here today for a simple celebration of life. I have big news for everyone." He brought Emily into his arms before he continued on with his small speech. "Emily and I are expecting two new pack members." He winked across the group. The hoots and yells could be heard throughout all of La Push. "Way to go man, You don't do nothing half assed." could also be heard along with lots of congratulations. Emily was beaming finally able to rub her hands against her stomach. "Congratulations Emily." Bella leaned in to give her a close hug. "Thank you Bella, I'm glad I can finally show how I really feel." She laughed. "I've been so damn sick in the mornings, with everyone coming and going, I have to febreeze like crazy so they don't smell the puke." Bella scrunched up her nose at the mention of puking, but smiled in Emily's way. "What's the deal with you and Paul? I have never seen him so affectionate towards anyone." Emily gave Bella a sly glance. "Changing your mind about being with Edward?" Bella grimaced because she really was having second thoughts about him now that he seemed to become controlling and hurt her. "No, Emily, still going to be marrying him. Paul and me just have that weird quirky relationship, what can I say?" She shrugged her shoulders before wandering back to her dad. "Ready to go Bells? Charlie asked her.
Over at the Cullen's Emmett and Peter had destroyed half the foyer from their pranks while Bella had been at the bonfire. They were being throuougly chastised by Esme for destroying her beautiful home. The punishment was to fix it all back the way it had been originally by only looking at pictures, while Emmett's punishment was no sex for a week from Rose. "But Rosie." Emmett whined following behind her. "A week is forever. I can't last a week without you Rosie." "Should've thought about it before you destroyed the foyer,huh? I told you two to knock it off hours ago, but neither one of you listen." She pointed her fingers at both Emmett and Peter. Charlotte was snickering sitting in the chair in the corner of the living room. Peter gave her an evil glare, while Char held her hands up in mock surrender. "Baby, it's all Peter's fault. I didn't even do anything." Emmett tried again while giving his wife the puppy dog eyes. Peter started to bluster and say something until Rose smacked Emmett upside the head. "It was the both of you, so the both of you will be fixing Esme's house. Get to it. Bella's supposed to be by today and she doesn't need to see that your sheningans." At the thought of seeing his mate again Peter put a determined look on his face before starting to repair things. He didn't want Bella to think that he couldn't be serious when needed. After yesterdays events regarding Edward, he also didn't want her to think he was that violent.
