Bella's Point of view

August 7th

"David, I really don't think it's a good idea to start something here," I warned, stepping back a bit from Edward, and him. I didn't want in the middle of this, not knowing that my baby could possibly be in danger. One wrong move and my life could be over.

"Not now Bella, I think this guy, needs to get some things straight," David hissed, locking a deep glare on Edward.

"You need to explain nothing, I saw enough in your thoughts," Edward spoke a growl sliding down his lips. "And you can just forget about it,"

"He can read my thoughts?" David grumbled, a flash of embarrassment touching his face, but it had been masked away with a look of anger.

I nodded silently, realizing that Alida, Paul, and Elijah had noticed us, pausing in the middle of their training, watching the three of us curiously.

"That's right, and I don't appreciate the way you were thinking about my girlfriend," Edward said, his voice sounding straining to keep a polite tone.

"Cry about it," David said, a tremble running up his spine, making his whole body quiver. "I'm allowed to think whatever I want,"

"What the hell are you doing David," Paul demanded, marching over to him, with a glare on his face. But I could obviously tell that he was more concerned for the safety of his child than anything else in this situation. Just judging by how he angled himself between me and the both of them.

"Back off Paul, I'm just laying down the facts for the leech," David said with dark eyes.

I couldn't help but cringe, listening between them, letting myself hide more behind Paul; not out of fear, but just needing the comfort to know he was here for me.

"What going on?" Alida asked with an impatient look on her face, standing between the two of them, her bright blue eyes piercing into each of their expressions, probably recognizing their tense stances.

"He was thinking of you, in very…detailed… unspeakable actions," Edward spoke between clenched teeth, his hands tightened into fists.

Alida now turned her gaze to David, a look of annoyance, and disinterest in her expression. She kept her stance stiff, and uninviting.

David stuttered for a second, for once, he didn't at all act as the smooth, calm, and cool guy that he always was around everyone else. He looked like a young school kid, scared, and timid.

"Do you think you could practice some self-control," Alida spoke, her tone not so calm, and peachy, she actually sounded almost uncomfortable.

With a breath, David began. "I don't believe I could even a little bit of control, when it comes to beautiful women, like yourself,"

Edward hissed, his eyes looking as dark as the night, and for a minute, he almost looked as though he was about to push Alida behind him, and attack.

This wouldn't be good.

Alida just rolled her eyes, nudging Edward gently before turning back to David.

"Then perhaps you should find yourself a beautiful woman, and focus on her, not me. Because frankly, I'm happily in a relationship,"

Edward's eyes now moved to Alida's a warmth filling in them for a minute, but Paul still seemed to be a frozen statue in front of me, keeping his eyes locked on the scene, waiting…

David's eyes narrowed as Edward hugged Alida to his side, a haunted look filling his eyes, and a pinch of possession danced across his expression.

Something told me this gesture had reopened some old wounds of his.

"Get your disgusting claws off her," He forced through his lips tightly, looking like he was barely keeping control over himself. And judging by how his body began to shake violently, he was going to turn in any second.

Edward now let out a warning growl of his own, and went to push Alida behind him, but as David leap forward, his body transforming so quickly, that the action couldn't be caught with human eyes alone, Alida had jumped forward as well. As if her instincts had told her to get forward, and protect, which made sense, it was a normal alpha tendency.

But I gasped as Alida was hit, getting the effects of the phase.

In a flash Edward was tackling the dark colored wolf with an enraged growl, throwing forceful, death punches. David had whimpered a few times, falling to the ground, but he always would come right back up, taking bites and swipes at Edward.

Paul growled, running forward, and phasing as well, getting in between Edward and David, which had my heart pounding hard in my chest. Anxiety crawling its way up my spine, as I watched the fight develop into a full of wrestling match.

"Bella, what happened?" Bonnie asked scurrying over to where Alida had fallen to his knees, holding her arm with a cold glare on her face.

I raced over to the both of them, noticing the slight trail of blood that slide down Alida's mouth, and the various cuts, and bruises painted against her arms and legs. But luckily there seemed to be no other damage.

"David was thinking about Alida, inappropriately, and Edward was getting very upset, and things just got bad, very fast.

Elijah had by now, walked over to us, his eyes taking in Alida's injuries, and for the first time, I noticed a trace of worry, and fury, fill his eyes. He was clearly concerned for Alida.

With a dark glare towards David, I watched as Elijah turned in their direction, his fists clenched, then he was running towards all of them. If it had been possibly, his whole body would have been nothing but flames of hatred as he dove into the group of them, pushing each of them to the ground.

"Enough," He shouted so loudly, the echo had to be heard for miles into La Push.

Edward, David, and Paul now paused, sitting on the ground, staring up at Elijah in shock, and slight irrigation. Even I took a step back, unable to believe that Elijah had such a loud voice. He had always been the mean quiet guy, that hated being around anyone, and who always had something to complain about.

"You, are supposed to be my sister's protector, you are supposed to be mature, and just turn the other cheek, and move on, it's not like this little rat would stand a chance against her own imprint," Elijah shouted, his eyes locking on Edward with a glare.

Edward didn't speak, he just looked away now, a guilty look on his face as he looked back to Alida. Within seconds he was up, and at Alida's side, analyzing her quickly.

"And you, you hurt, my fucking sister, you haven't even met her, and your already acting like a complete moron, and even worse, you hurt her. If you ever, land another hand on her, I'll hunt you down, and I'll kill you," Elijah threatened, getting in David's face with a growl rolling off his chest.

David shrank back, but kept a hard look on his face, glancing over at Alida and Edward, before getting up, and running into the woods.

Elijah now turned his attention back to Paul.

"All I have to say to you is, if you want to really keep someone safe, you better be able to do more than just hit someone, because whatever it was you were trying to do, stop the fight, or cause even more of a fight to go on, it didn't work, so get your head out of your ass, and solve issues without your fists,"

And with that Elijah shot Alida one more glance, before turning and walking his way down towards the beach, still looking just as tense as everyone else, even though his voice had been so controlled.

Paul growled lowly, but looked away from everyone.

Quickly I went over to his side, wrapping my arms around his shoulders.

"Don't listen to him…"

"He was right, I do have to learn how to protect you better," Paul muttered, holding me closer to him, his hands rubbing soothing circles on my back.

"Are you two ok?" Alida's asked, surprising me as she appeared to be standing right in front of me.

Bonnie was still applying some kind of lotion to Alida's arms, as she had to come over, but she kept her eyes on the cuts, muttering statistics to herself. She usually did this when she was trying to think of a lot of things at once, and at the same time, remain calm.

"Yes, we are fine, it's you that I'm more worried about," I said looking Alida over, noticing that most of the cuts were already healed, almost completely.

Edward stood behind her, his arms around her waist, and his chin propped on her shoulder, a concerned look touching his features.

"Oh please, I'm fine, nothing is broken," Alida said shaking her head.

"I had no idea Elijah was your brother," Paul muttered, raising a brow as he watched silently between us.

This had been news to me as well. They never seemed to socialize, and they looked nothing alike. Today was the first day, that they showed even a hint of being related.

Alida sighed, glancing away for a second, before looking between the two of us.

"We share the same mother, different fathers. We used to spend a lot of time together, we did everything together, and he actually had been a rather happy, normal guy,"

Bonnie sighed as well, looking at Paul and I.
"I remember those good old days, before anyone knew about wolves, before anything like this happened," Bonnie nodded.

My eyes widened a little. "What caused him to become so… bitter?"

"He fell in love, with a girl, they had been alone… and she had mentioned to him, that she would be moving to the other side of the world. He lost his cool, and he phased for the first time. She had been in his lap at that moment, and she was killed." Alida spoke, her voice staying steady, but I could hear the effort she was putting into it, for her to not show an inch of emotion.

What a horrible feeling that must have been… I couldn't even imagine, and what had just happened, where Alida had gotten hurt, no wonder he had been so unbelievably upset.

"That's awful," I said quietly, letting my eyes fall to the ground.

"Ever since that incident, he has done nothing but blame himself, hate himself, and just fell apart from the inside out, Elijah will never be the same man again," Bonnie said, finishing up on Alida's wounds.

This was a lot to think about, and I had to admit, it was almost scary to think about… there being a time where you could have everything that you have worked so hard to get, taken away from you.

I was about to speak, but suddenly, Amber and Alissa came running over to us, eager smiles on their faces.

"Emily just went into labor, that baby is coming now!" Amber chirped in excitement.

My eyes widened, and a smile quickly was placed back on my face.

"Well, come on then. Let's go support her," Alida said, smiling a small smile at the both of them, before her and Edward followed after Amber.

Alissa paused, looking between me and Paul.

"You two ready to get married?" She grinned.

"As ready as I'll ever be," I responded, looking up at Paul to see his eyes focused on mine.

He chuckled, leaning down and kissing my cheek.

"We are more than ready," He said confidently, making Alissa laugh, and with a cheerful smile, she began to lead us towards Emily's house.

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