Author's Note: Alright! On a roll for this fan fic! Whoohoo lets see how long this will last for me!

Chapter 4

Paul POV

It broke me, seeing Bella so broken. I linked out to Sam and the rest of the pack, letting them know how Bella was faring. She surprised me when she suddenly became rigid and took off. The glance i got of her face will forever be embedded in my memory.

Her look of pure fury, there was nothing but anger and hate in her eyes when she ran off.

"Where did she go?" Sam asked me.

"She took off in the direction of the Cullen house."

"Fuck! Shift, we need to get to her before she crosses the border." he orders all of us.

She looked murderous when she took off. I thought to the pack. Letting the image of her broken then the image of pure hate and anger flash in my mind for the pack to see.

I still can't believe that they broke her like that!

No one should ever have to deal with that kind of pain. It doesn't help that her mom basically told her it was her own fault for them leaving her.

The thoughts of the pack ran through my mind as we ran in the direction that Bella had taken off minutes before. Being a werewolf had its pluses, like catching up to Bella a few minutes later. Just about all the other wolves shied away from her glare. The look on her face could kill anyone if she wanted to.

I wasn't sure who this Bella was, but she sure wasn't the Bella i helped put back together two years ago. This Bella was broken, fixed, and somehow broken again. The air around her screamed dangerous, her posture showed strength. She wasn't scared, she just kept darting around assessing the situation, trying to find an out.

"Bella, please, please come back to us." Sam sounded almost as broken as she was a few minutes ago. Almost.

We all shifted and pulled on our shorts, not worried about flashing her, she was in no state to care about it.

"Bells, come on. I promise that they will pay for hurting you the way they did, but this isn't the way to do that." i reached out a hand towards her.

Fear washed over her face as she registered what i said. Whatever had her in this state seemed to snap and let her go. Her face crumpled into a mask of pain, as she started to fall to the ground. It all happened in slow motion, watching her fall, and all of us rushing forward to catch her before her knees hit the forest floor.

The bad thing about everything going in slow motion is that it seems to take forever for something to happen. Seth was the one that caught her just as she was about to hit the ground. We all breathed a sigh of relief knowing that she wasn't hurt from a fall that any of could have kept her from making.

Her sobs wracked her body, it was like two years ago all over again. We all felt her pain, the despair, the abandonment, all of us pitched in to take care of her. Tried our damn hardest to put her back together. Seeing her like this hurt all of us. None of us could look at her without want to take a chunk out of Glitter-Butt Fuckward.

Bella

Hearing the promise Paul made me released me from that revengeful state. I crumpled half from the pain washing back over me, but half in relief that they helped save me from myself.

What a first day home from the academy. I deal with Sparkle Butt and his family, help Jasper out of the catatonic like state that he had been in since they left, tell the pack that I'm leaving again at the end of the week, and almost go hurt myself more trying to hurt marble vampires. Why did life have to be so fucking complicated!

The arms around me were Seth's and i knew he couldn't quite deal with my dead weight yet, compared to the other wolves, he was a fucking twig. I patted his arm, getting him to let me go so i could sit.

Paul and Sam had other ideas, so instead of sitting on the ground, i wound up being carried my Sam back to the bonfire. When we were pretty close i started squirming, i couldn't let my dad see me like this. Once i was on my own feet, i straightened my ACUs out and walked back to my truck.

"You guys don't need to follow me, I'm not going anywhere. I just need a minute. Please." I said to the three wolves following me.

"Look, Bella, I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry. When you said that you were leaving again, i froze. We just got you back and the same time we get you back we find out that it is a short lived happiness. Come back to the bonfire with us, please." Jake is all but begging me to come back to the party that was still going on.

"I want to and I will. Just give me a few minutes to compose myself. In fact, take my truck, i will walk back to the party. Now i have to go back to get my truck. It's a win for all of us." i tell them.

The three of them break out in huge grins.

"Let me change into the clothes i brought with me first. I wasnt going to spend the whole night in my uniform, just wanted to make a really good memorable re-entrance into the pack." i said, grabbing the small bag out from behind the seat.

I walked into the woods far enough that i was hidden by the ferns and underbrush so i could change. Once i was in my Army sweats and workout shirt, i slipped on my tennis shoes and walked back to my truck. I tossed my bag back into the cab of my truck and proceeded to pull my hair out of the sock bun i had kept it in all day.

"Oh, that feels better!" i sighed as the tension that had been building on my scalp was released. "Go to the party, i'm gonna do a quick run and meet up with you there."

"I will go with you. They are back and i don't want anything to happen to you." Paul voiced. He left no room for arguments.

With a sly grin, i looked at him and took off in the direction of Sam's house. Hearing him curse, i laughed and continued my sprint. From where my truck was parked to Sam's was about a mile and a half. As soon as i was close to the house, i turned sharply and did a lap around and jogged for a second waiting for Paul.

When i heard his pants and loud footsteps behind me, i took off to the beach where the party was. Before too long, I broke out of the woods and skidded to a halt in front of a rather stunned pack and my dad. Charlie knew what i was up too, the rest of the pack was clueless.

A wide wicked grin spread over my face as realization hit Sam in the face. Swatting the closest wolf to me, Jared, i screamed "YOU"RE IT!" and took off down the beach.

After my breakdown earlier, i really just needed to relax and this definitely helped calm me down. Messing around on the beach with a bunch of wolves and my dad was the best welcome home i ever thought i would get. When Paul broke through the woods, I ran up and jumped on his back.

"Giddyup! Come on Paul, run!" I was all but screaming in his ear.

He took off after he saw that just about the whole pack was running in our direction trying to catch me. The runs I pushed myself through everyday at the academy really boosted my endurance so keeping slightly ahead of the pack when they weren't using their supernatural speed was pretty easy.

"Why are they chasing us Bells?" Paul asked over his shoulder.

"I kinda started a game of tag when i got back here. By the way, what happened to you? You were on my heels when i left Sam's." i answered.

"You sprinted away from me just before i caught up to you and it took me a minute to realize that you weren't there." his response made me giggle.

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"Seeing you that relaxed again was nice. You should hang out with them more before you ship out." Charlie said to me as we walked into the house at 1 in the morning.

"Yeah, i think i will. It was nice to let my hair down and have some real fun that didn't end up with someone unconscious or covered in blood. That wasn't what i was trying to say. It was fun to just hang out, not train my fighting skills to get better." i laughed at my mistake.

Charlie smiled and headed to bed. I was hot on his trail, heading to my room when i realized that there was someone outside. Without alerting dad I walked back downstairs with my bat in one hand and a switchblade in the other. Making sure that Charlie was asleep before i went outside to see who the hell has the gall to show up at 1 am in the morning just as my dad and i are headed to bed.

"Bella?" i whipped my head in the direction of the voice that just whispered my name.

"Who the flying fuck are you and what the living hell are you doing on my property at 1 a-fucking-m in the morning?" i asked, politeness was out of question this late at night.

"You don't remember me?" the silhouette asked me sounding hurt.

"Well maybe i would if i could see your fucking face, you creepy asshole. Who the hell has a conversation with someone and expects them to recognise the voice rather than having the balls to show their face? I have talked to alot of people in the last two years, you are going to have to let me see you in order to place you." i growled out.

My irritation level was higher than normal. When they didn't move, it shot higher.

"Look, fucker, i don't know what games you are trying to fucking play with me right now but i have had one hell of a long day, i am going back to my bed that i could have been in 15 minutes ago if it weren't for you! Good Night. Maybe in the morning you will have some fucking balls and i'll be able to see your face." i said, turning on my heel and marched inside and up to my bed that was screaming my name.

Ugh, only a few hours to sleep. Oh well, that is what happens when you lose track of time catching up with friends and family you haven't really seen much in two years. As soon as my head hit my pillow i was asleep.

It seemed like twenty minutes later my morning alarm for my workout went off. Groaning as i hit the dismiss button on my alarm clock, i got out of bed and threw on my sweats and a t-shirt for my run making sure i have on a tight sports bra and the spandex shorts i wear at the boxing gym. Seeing Charlie up at the same time as me was a different surprise.

"Morning dad. I'm going to get my workout in. i really slacked off yesterday and need to train a little harder today." i said grabbing an apple and biting into it.

"Okay, just be safe, kiddo. Love you, i'll see you later. Should be back around dinner time." he said nodding and taking a drag of coffee.

"I will be, love you too, and okay, see you later!" i grabbed my keys and headed out the door.

I checked and made sure my reflective belt was secured around my waist and took off down the road. Running was my meditation. It cleared my head so that i could think straight. I let my instincts take over and started sprinting down a dirt path. Looking up i cursed to myself. My subconscious led me to the Cullen resident.

Turning back and running back the way i came, i heard someone say my name but i didn't stop. I didn't let myself stop until i was in town and clutching my side with a stitch and trying not to fall over. Seeing black spots cloud my vision, i walked carefully over to a bench and sat down with my head between my knees.

Someone touched my back and i punched them in the stomach for touching me.

"Don't fucking do it unless you want to lose your fucking hand!" i growled out.

AN: so who do you think is touching her? And who was the mysterious person that showed up in her yard at 1 in the morning? R&R later Lovelies!

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