Disclaimer: Twilight and its characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. I do own the story line and whatever original characters I create though so please no stealing. I am not getting paid for writing this fic; it's purely for my (your?) entertainment haha.

Chapter 6: Close Calls, Guests, and more Guests

As I looked over the cliff at the waves crashing far below us, I started having second thoughts. "Bells, maybe we should wait awhile the water is too choppy today. We could-"

"I'm jumping" she interrupted in a quiet yet firm voice, "with or without you." I turned in surprise; Bella never interrupted me. Looking closer at her I saw changes that I hadn't noticed before. Her hair was back to its mahogany hue and silken texture. It whipped about in the angry sea breeze that roared up the cliff face. Her once dead and hollow eyes were chocolate again, and glaring determinedly at me. 'She was back' I thought as I glanced over the edge again, 'who am I to take that away from her? She's had such a hard time lately, it's the least I can do.'

When I met her glaze again she looked worried. "Bells, haven't you ever heard of the saying "friends don't let friends do stupid stuff… alone?" I grinned maniacally when she flashed me a small smile before slipping out of my jacket and shoes, leaving me in jeans and a t-shirt. After folding my items carefully and placing them on a rock next to Bella's things, we stood bravely at the edge of the cliff. "One" I whispered, grasping Bella's hand tightly.

"Two" her quiet voice answered as her hand gave mine a reassuring squeeze.

"Three" we both smiled as we jumped off the edge of the cliff together.

Weightless. Free. That's what it felt like as we tumbled towards the water below. Adrenaline coursed through my veins, sharpening my sight and hearing. Were those rocks always there? How did I not notice the giant barbeque skewers at the base of this cliff? They're so conveniently positioned too; I wonder if anyone ever fell on one before?"

Just as we hit the water, the sound of a wolf howling rang out from above us. 'Oh crap' was the last thing to cross my mind as the cold Northern Pacific water swallowed Bella and I whole. If I had thought the water looked rough from atop the cliff, the reality was much, much worse. Wall after wall of freezing cold water crashed against the rocks behind us, making it difficult to swim ashore. Sometime between bracing for impact and the actual impact, Bella and I became separated. When my head finally broke the surface of the water, I peered around for my best friend.

Panic. Hysteria. Fear flooded my mind when I saw no sign of Bella anywhere. "Bella? Bella! Shit!" I cursed taking a deep breath of air before diving back down into the fray. There was no sign of her underwater and I was really starting to panic. The current was very strong; maybe it pulled her out to sea? Or straight under? Shit.

"Bella!" I called again to no avail. I was prepared to dive under again when large, warm hands grabbed me from behind. Spluttering and coughing up water everywhere, I turned and looked into the face of Black. His eyes were wide and he looked scared for a moment before he yanked me flush against his chest. He growled low, pressing me tightly to him. "Are you crazy?!" he demanded, eyes wild.

"Let me go!" I pushed against his chest frantically, tears and seawater starting to blur my eyesight, "Bella! Bella! Where are you?"

"Bella?" he asked confused until he took a huge whiff of the air around us. "Shit" he cursed and a moment later he dove underwater. Taking a breath myself, I decided to check for Bella near the rocks at the base of the cliffs. Seconds passed like hours, days, as I searched for my best friend. I didn't know if Black was still helping me. I was too focused on finding my friend. What if I was too late? What would I tell Charlie? Renee? 'Oh god I killed her!' I thought as a huge wave rushed forward, forcing me to swim under it to avoid it.

As my head bobbed among the waves, I could hear Black's voice shouting "Hina!" frantically. "Black! I'm here!" I called over the roar of the waves and a moment later Black appeared hauling a pale Bella in his arms.

"Can you swim to shore?" he asked seriously, his eyes intently studying my expression. When I nodded, he gazed into my eyes one last time before he turned and high tailed it back to shore.

It was a difficult swim. These werewolves must have super strength or something because even weighed down, Black still cut swiftly through the swirling current like it was nothing. I could tell he had slowed down for me, in case I needed help too and for that I was grateful. After what felt like hours we finally reached the safety of the shore. I managed to weakly haul myself to where Black was doing CPR on my best friend. Collapsing next to them I relaxed, my head lolling to face the angry water we had just escaped from. Is it just me or was there fire dancing across the surface of the water? Reaching a hand up to swipe the salt from my eyes I tried again and this time the fire was gone. 'Hmm very strange.'

"Breath dammit!" Black snarled drawing me back from my musing of the magical flame on the water. He sounded almost desperate as he continued to do ten chest compressions before leaning down to seal his lips over hers. He repeated this cycle one more time until, music to my ears, Bella coughed up water right into his face as he was preparing to breathe air into her. If she hadn't almost drowned less then five minutes ago, I would have probably laughed at the face Black was making then. Instead I crawled over and pulled her into a bone-crushing hug. "Bella, you loser, we are never EVER going cliff diving again, you hear me?"

She laughed weakly, "Amen to that."

We both groaned in protest when Black pulled us in for a bear hug, his face mere inches from ours. "You both have got to be the craziest girls I've ever met" he said quietly into my hair, his breath causing shivers to rake along my body, "I don't know what I would've done if I'd lost either of you."

Luckily Sam saved us from following up that awkward comment. "Jake! Get them to safety! I'll be at the Clearwater's" his voice boomed from the tree line all the way across the beach to us. Black nodded and in the blink of an eye, Sam was gone.

"Come on, lets go back to my place before you both freeze to death" he joked but I could see him look at Bella with concern. She was shivering like crazy and her skin looked deathly pale. Together we walked back up the beach to Black's house, while Black went to get the truck and the rest of our clothes.

After Bella changed into the dry clothes Black gave her it was my turn. I tried not to dwell on the fact that her sweater and pants were obviously female while the pair I was given was definitely… not. The shirt that I pulled on was a big and tall, as in too big and tall to be anyone other than Black's while the shorts were thankfully a pre-wolf pair so it actually fit quite comfortably. Walking down the hallway towards the living room, I paused at the sight before me. Bella lay curled on the couch fast asleep while Black sat on the ground in front of the TV, which was muted so as not too wake her. He smiled widely when he saw me standing there in his clothes, typical male. Ignoring my glare he motioned to the empty spot next to him, "Have a seat, you had a long day."

"Thanks… for rescuing us today" I flopping onto the floor carelessly, "How did you know where we were?"

He shrugged and stretched out his long legs in front of him. "You know how Charlie and Harry are hunting us?" he emphasized with air quotes, "Well while they were hunting us, we were hunting the blood sucker, who it turns out was hunting them."

"So… Victoria was hunting Charlie who was hunting you hunting Victoria?" What the hell?

"Pretty much. We were so close to getting her too until she jumped off the cliff and into the water."

Damn talk about tough luck! If only she hadn't jump off the cliff and into the- "Wait water?" I gasped turning to find Black's face mere inches from mine, his eyes dark and swirling.

"Yes into the water" he drawled leaning closer. "The very same water you and Bella happened to be swimming in AT THE SAME TIME" he growled low in his throat. My eyes darted towards Bella, who was thankfully still asleep. "Now what do you think would've happened" he continued, "If that leech had found you both before I did?"

I shuddered at the thought. "You don't have to tell me twice, I know it was a dumb idea-"

"Then why did you do it?!" he snarled quietly.

"I did it because… I wanted to help my friend" I answered truthfully taking the time to stare defiantly back at him. His eyes softened for a fraction of a second before they steeled over again. "I'm pretty sure Bella didn't mean to join her as bait" he scoffed turning back to the television.

Anger threatened to swell up within me, only Bella lying asleep behind us kept it contained. "Of course you wouldn't get it. After all you do make a habit of abandoning your friends in favor of a bigger and better crowd. Why should Bella be any different?" I murmured turning away from him as well.

"That was different and you know it? I couldn't go against Sam's gag order!"

"That's not my problem! My problem is the girl that broke all over again when you left her! Do you have any idea how difficult this year was? Not only for her" I added under my breath. "She fell to pieces not once but twice this year and I had to sit by and watch while she slowly rotted away. So excuse me if I'm willing to do everything in my damn power to fix her" I finished still refusing to look at him. I could feel his gaze on me, almost willing me to turn and lock eyes with him once more. If anything that angered me even more. 'Just who the hell does he think he is?'

Softly, so softly I almost missed it, he mumbled a low "I'm sorry." When I dragged my eyes away from the TV, Black had his hands rubbing his face wearily, "You're absolutely right, and you have every right to be mad at me. I built her up and just dropped her when all this shit happened. I could have handled it better, but I didn't and for that I apologize. For everything" he stressed. When I remained silent, he continued in a rough voice "Hina… I'm sorry I was such a dick to you. I honestly don't know why I did it. Something about you just made me crazy."

Wow, he apologized. And do you know what the strange thing was? A part of me felt inclined to accept it. The other part wanted to flip him off, pick up Bella, and go back home. He certainly wasn't making my decision any easier. His whole person practically oozed remorse and sincerity, while his expression looked like a wounded animal. "Please say something," he begged quietly.

"Apology accepted, Black" I murmured turning my attention back towards the TV, "Now put a sock in it, I'm trying to watch the show." He grinned and thankfully we fell into a semi comfortable silence. A few times I noticed his hands would twitch in my direction but thankfully, he kept them to himself. Accepting his apology took enough of my patience, I'm just glad he didn't decide to test the limits. Just when it was becoming almost bearable to sit next to him, the front door creaked open and a worn looking Billy wheeled himself into the living room. Immediately Black knelt in front of him, his hands resting over Billy's gently. "Dad…"

Billy shook his head sadly, "Harry passed away at the hospital." Tension that had not been there until Billy arrived home snapped and before my eyes Black started to cry. It was quite a site, seeing such a large man (boy?) weep openly in his father's arms. I suddenly felt extremely uneasy. A friend of their family had just died and here we are intruding on their mourning. "Billy I'm truly sorry for your loss" I murmured not wanting to interrupt Black's crying session, "I think it's time Bella and I headed home-"

"Ok just give me a minute, I'll drive you home" Black answered gruffly as he dragged a large hand across his face, wiping away his tears.

"No need, I can drive us back."

"Nonsense" he replied walking over to gently wake Bella up, "After what happened today, I'm not taking any chances. Someone will always be near you both in case of an emergency."

"Don't you think that's a bit much, Black?" I frowned, scurrying around the room collecting our bags and clothes, "I mean come on… body guards?"

"Security" he growled when Bella refused to wake up, forcing him to hoist her up into his arms. "What part of you almost died isn't clicking in that pretty little head of yours?"

"Ok I get it, I get it. Ant. Boot" I sighed walking over to stand in front of Billy's chair. After placing a soft goodbye kiss to his soft cheek, I followed Black out to the truck. He waved me off when I moved to get the door for him, easily opening it himself with one hand, Bella balanced easily in his other. 'Wow, that was pretty awesome. I wish I had super strength.'

An amused voice called from inside the truck, "You gonna get in or what?"

"Don't get your pelt in a twist, Black."

The ride back to Fork's was pretty awkward. Bella was still asleep and without her bringing us together, we sat in silence. He opened his mouth to say something a couple times, only to change his mind at the last moment. After ten minutes of this, I decided to check my phone. "Crap" I hissed when 7 missed calls, 4 new voicemails, and 12 text messages flashed across my phone. "What's wrong?" Black asked.

"Nothing" I frowned scrolling through the text messages from my mom and siblings, "My family's just wondering where I am." Hn, wondering was an understatement. They were worried as hell, and that wasn't counting my twin. I winched at the angry voicemails. 'I think I'll send them a text instead of calling.'

'Hey Mousey, sorry I didn't txt back earlier… on my way home now' I texted Noa quickly. A second later he replied, 'Where the hell were you?!'

'La Push with Bella… long story, tell you later'

'Just get home' he practically growled through the phone. Crap I'm in trouble, just what I needed. "Any chance you can drive slower?" I asked staring out the window at the trees blurring past.

"Sorry, I need to start my patrol in half an hour" he replied sullenly, "And it's not really safe if I take my time getting you both home. Is your family that bad?"

"Nah my mom and sister, Ahi, aren't that bad. My twin on the other hand…" I dropped off ominously hoping he'd get the drift. He swallowed harshly and I watched amused as the speedometer steadily crept higher and higher. In no time he pulled up to the curb in front of my house. "How did you know where I lived?" I asked suspiciously although I knew the answer already. It had been him howling outside my window that night! What a jerk!

"Is that really important?" he asked stepping out of the truck and appearing next to my door faster than a normal person. 'Oh that's right, he's not normal.' He smiled and held the door open for me, "What matters is I don't smell any leeches nearby."

Ignoring his offered hand, I hopped out of the truck with my bag of wet clothes. Bella was just starting to wake up so I whispered a soft goodbye to her before starting my trek up the short walkway. When I noticed Black following me, I stopped. "Is there a reason you're walking me to my door? I don't need a chaperone you know."

He grinned, brushing past me onto the front porch, "I'm just double checking, can't be too sure."

Rolling my eyes I stepped around him and up to the front door, "Mmhmm. Anyway this is me" I motioned silently behind me. Suddenly he looked nervous. "So Hina I was wondering-" he began but was cut off when the door behind me flew open and revealed my angry twin. When his eyes narrowed into slits, I winched just thinking about what he was seeing. My hair was slightly ruffled and not it's usual smooth waves, I was dressed in clothes that were obviously not mine, and I was standing out here with a guy that screamed dangerous. 'This was not going to end well.'

"What happened and who the fuck are you?" Noa asked in an icy voice, his eyes dark and glaring daggers.

"Bella wanted to go cliff diving and it didn't end well" I joked halfheartedly, shaking my bag of clothes in his direction, "and this is-"

"My name's Jacob Black and you are?" Black interrupted in an equally glacial tone.

"I'm the over protective twin" he growled taking a threatening step forward.

'Ok it's time to end this.' "Noa calm down" I soothed placed a hand on his chest to keep him back. He frowned but remained where he was. "Thanks for dropping me off Black. I guess I'll see you around?" I ended lamely. At his nod, I turned to walk through the doorway only to have Black's voice ring out, "Hach awi Kwopatit."

Noa and I turned, him in anger, me in confusion. It had to be Quileute, and Black seemed to be smiling so it must be something nice, right? "Ugh… ditto?" I asked more than said. I didn't have to worry though because a moment later his face broke out into a huge smile that glowed from the inside. He looked like a kid in a candy store. With his smile still planted on his face he turned and walked back to the truck. I'm assuming, I didn't get to see them leave. As soon as he was a foot away, I was dragged into the house and the door was slammed shut. Looking around I found myself in the foyer, my twin towering over me. "What was that?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Mousey" I walked up the stairs quickly. If I could just make it to my room, I could hide in there until he gave up asking me these ridiculous questions. I overlooked Noa's strength though, when he barged past the door to my room easily.

"You know damn well what I'm talking about! I thought you said he hated you? That did not look like hate Sissy."

"He had a change of heart?" I asked gathering my toiletries and clothes, "Now are we done here, or are you planning on following me into the damn bathroom?"

"Whatever" he relented, "Just stay away from him, ok?"

"I can try but he's pretty much stalking my best friend. It's a little hard."

"I'm sure you could find a way if you wanted too."

"Fine whatever! Now get out I'm going to take a shower" I glared weakly at him. He rolled his eyes but left leaving me in peace for the first time that day.

The next evening seeing as I had nothing to do, and Bella was home alone since Charlie was down in La Push with the Clearwater's, I decided to keep her company. Noa was using the truck so I had to trudge through the empty streets and light drizzle towards her house. When I neared her driveway, a shiny black car parked across the street caught my eye. It stood out like a sore thumb compared to all the other rust buckets on this street. Almost like the Cull-… Realization hit me like a brick and I ran up the steps, wrenching the door open. I could hear Bella's low alto from the kitchen accompanied by a bell like soprano. "Alice! What're you doing here?" I asked running into the kitchen to embrace the tiny girl seated at the table, "and where the hell have you been?"

"She slept over last night" Bella smiled over her plate of lasagna.

"I had a feeling you both would do something stupid so I came back to check things out" Alice chimed, her golden eyes shining. "Just you or…" I trailed off staring meaningfully at Alice. When she shook her head, I sighed. Oh well.

"Anyway" Alice smiled twirling around on the bar stool, "What's up, Hina? Anything new?"

"She knows" Bella murmured quietly staring at me with a tiny smirk on her face.

"Knows what?" Alice frowned, clearly not used to being so far out of the loop. I decided to take pity on her. "That you and the rest of the Cullen's are vampires."

She turned so fast all I saw was a pale blur. "What?! How?! Bella!" she cried at an almost inhuman pitch. Bella just shrugged.

"It was actually Paul's fault, Emily to if you really think about it" I grinned, a small part of myself enjoying her frustration. It wasn't everyday someone could get the jump on Alice. It's best to enjoy it while it lasts.

"I repeat… what?!" she whined exasperated.

"Oh Alice, there is so much we need to tell you" I grinned walking over to sit on a seat next to her, "Where shall we begin? Oh I know! There's pack of adolescent werewolves living down the street!"

"What?" she shrieked. After getting her up to speed with everything that's been going on in Forks lately, she looked ready to either faint or attack something. "They are extremely dangerous! New wolves especially! They can't control their emotions well, you could have been hurt!"

"Mmhmm true story" I snickered, rubbing circles on my growling stomach. That story time really got me hungry, I wonder if they have any food around here?

"What happened now?"

"You might as well tell her, I'm going to get something to eat" I motioned to Bella as I made my way over to the fridge in hopes of making a sandwich. As Bells filled her in about my little altercation with Paul, I ate my sandwich quietly over the sink. Everyone jumped a foot in the air when she suddenly cried out "Oh God! What is that awful wet dog smell?" We shared a weird look, 'what is she talking about?'

Suddenly the front door burst open and standing there was a wild looking Black. Without making a sound he flew through the house until he spotted me near the sink, half a sandwich hanging out of my mouth. "Black what are you-" I began but was cut off when he pulled me into a bone crushing hug, his face nestled in my hair. I'm starting to sense a trend here.

"Are you alright Kwopatit?" he whispered into the crook of my neck, his breath teasing the fine hairs there. Oh my, that felt nice… Wait what?

"Why wouldn't she be alright?" Alice hissed from the doorway, her perfect face pinched in anger and disgust, "I would never hurt her!"

"Stay where you are leech" Black threatened her, his body shifting until I was completely hidden from view, "I'm warning you."

"You're warning me? And who are you calling a leech you walking flea bag!" This was getting out of hand quickly. I couldn't see Alice, but she sounded pissed off now. Black wasn't faring any better. His whole body was tense, like he was ready for an all out supernatural grudge match here in Bella's kitchen. 'Shoot we're in her kitchen! Can't have a giant wolf tearing up the police chief's house.'

"Black! Down boy!" I hissed slamming my fist against his back to get his attention. He barely spared me a curious look over his shoulder. When I switched to pushing, he frowned but eventually moved to the side allowing me room to breath. "Good boy. Now, what're you doing here?"

"I was patrolling the area when I caught a fresh scent" he paused to shoot a hateful glare at Alice, "I decided to followed it here."

Alice leveled him with a glare of her own, "That still doesn't explain why you're here, dog boy."

"Dog boy?! You wanna have a go leechette-"

"Talk is cheap, little boy. Do you know who I am-"

"Is this the face of someone who gives a flying fu-"

"Ugh! Such vulgar language! It that anyway to speak on the presence of ladies?!"

"The only ladies I see are Bells and Hina-"

"What do I look like chopped liver?! I'm a lady too you no good, stinky-"

"Oh my god are you both serious?!" I screamed in frustration, only to be ignored as Alice and Black continued to bicker back and forth. If I didn't have a headache due to their combined shouting, I would have to say that watching Alice and Black go toe to toe with each other was kind of funny. When Bella jumped in to try and break the two apart, this whole situation turned downright hilarious. 'Almost like a bad joke… So a human, a werewolf, and a vampire beef it out in a living room…' I laughed quietly eyeing the scene before me. Before I could continue my joke, Bella's house phone started to ring. Since she seemed a bit preoccupied, I walked over to answer it. "Everybody shut up! Hello Swan residence."

"May I speak to Charlie?" a cool cultured voice spoke quietly over the phone. Strange, this guy sounds really familiar.

"I'm sorry he's not here he's planning a funeral. Do you want to speak to Be-" her name trailed off lamely when the dial tone hit my ears. Silence. "Hello?" 'Huh, strange' I mused, turning around to stare at the other's in the room. "He just hung up on me."

"Who was it?" Bella asked.

"Some guy looking for Charlie" I started to shrug but paused when I saw this look pass over Alice's features. Her eyes glazed over and she had a far off look on her face. It only lasted for a moment but that was more than enough. Alice gasped and stumbled back into a wall. "It was Edward! He thinks you're dead" she turned wide gold eyes towards Bella, who lost what little color in her face she had, "He's going to the Volturi! He wants to die to."

"What?!" we yelled in unison, while Black just stood there picking crud out of his ear and examining it. Dude, who does that?

"What do we do Alice?" Bella cried, launching herself at the little vampire who easily caught her.

"We go after him" she said, her voice full of determination. They shared a loaded look and the next instant, Alice is out the door with Bella following behind her at a much slower pace. Everything was moving so fast! Edward, dying, Volturi, leaving?

"What's going on?"

"Leechward thinks Bella is dead so he's tryna off himself. Bella and Elvira wanna go and save him" Black replied nonchalantly, almost like he was talking about the weather.

"Oh my god!" I panicked, attempting to elbow my way past him to follow the two out the door, "Bella you can't be serious! What about Charlie? He'll lose it if you leave!"

Bella paused, the conflicted look on her face reflecting off of the car's glossy surface. "I need to do this. I'm sorry," she whispered before slamming her door shut in our faces. I continued to stare at the passenger window, worry etched on my face. What if something happened and they got hurt? Or worse.

"Don't worry I'll take care of her Hina" Alice called over the hood of her car, pale face serious.

"Take care of yourself too, Alice."

She smiled sincerely one last time before climbing into the car and speeding off down the road. We stood there watching them drive away until the taillights faded and the darkness returned. Without waiting for Black, I walked back into Bella's house and looked around. Bella's plate lay forgotten on the counter next to Alice's now empty barstool. How had it all gone down hill so fast? I sighed and walked about the house tidying up as best as I could. After turning all the lights off and locking the door I walked home, Black following behind dutifully. We walked in comfortable silence, neither one in the mood for idle chitchat. A million things were running through my mind. Edward. Bella. Alice. Trouble. I barely noticed when my feet hit the familiar wood of our front porch. Although I didn't have to turn around to know he was there, I did anyway. "What do we do now, Black?"

He shrugged, "Wait for her I guess."

Waiting, that's what I was afraid of.

It's been four days since Bella left with Alice to save Edward. Four days! She was lucky I covered for her. 'Oh hey Uncle Charlie! Bella? Nope haven't seen her… I think she went on an impromptu shopping trip with Alice? Why didn't I go? That's a very good question.' I groaned internally, that had to be the worst cover story ever! And the best part was that he totally fell for it. A tiny part of me felt bad. A much larger part was worried. Did something go wrong? Maybe they got lost? Now that I think about it, I didn't even take the time to ask where they were going! Fail.

Another tiny part was focused entirely on the upcoming softball season. With all this wolf crap going on, I completely forgot about my conditioning. Imagine my horror when I looked on the calendar and noticed that official softball practice was starting the following day after school. Luckily, I was in shape. It also helped that the other girls voted me captain.

"Hey Hina your phone's ringing" Molly, a red haired junior, called from the dugout where she was tying up her laces. The other girls were already goofing off around the field. 'I don't think they'll mind if I answer it.'

"Ok ladies! I'm gonna take this, and you all are going to start warming up! Yay!" I smiled at their grumbling. We all knew they were just as excited as I am. I picked up the phone during the chorus of 'Locked Out Of Heaven'. "Hello?"

"Hello Hina," a cool voice answered, "It's been awhile."

"Oh my god Edward!" I hissed jerking the phone back to look at it in shock. The name 'Bella' and a picture of us laughing together flashed across the screen. "Edward! Where are you? Where's Bella? Alice? Are you ok? What's going on? I've been so worried about you all!"

"That's why I'm calling you. Our plane just landed in Seattle. We'll be there in a few hours."

'They just landed? Sheesh, where exactly did they go?' "Um ok thanks for the heads up Edward."

"It's the least I can do, Hina. Well goodbye."

"Bye. Oh wait Edward!"

"Yes Mahina?" He sounded amused.

"If Charlie asks, Bella and Alice went on an impromptu shopping spree, ok?"

"Simple yet effective cover" he chuckled lightly, "And Charlie believed that?"

"Yes he did! I can be very persuasive. And besides it's not like I had time to come up with a better story. Taker's can't be chooser's, Eddie."

"Of coarse not. Well Carlisle just arrived with the car, I have to go now."

"Oh wait, Eddie?" I asked nervously. Did he hang up already?

"Yes?"

"I haven't forgiven you yet." For breaking my best friend, for abandoning her, for everything.

"I know. I hope someday in the future I can regain your trust" he answered softly.

"I hope so too Edward. Have a good drive."

"We will. Take care Hina." And then he was gone and the spell was broken. The sounds of my teammates shouting for me broke the haze that Edward's unexpected call had on my mind. They were safe, and on their way home. I'm so relieved. Now I can focus solely on making my team number one in our bracket. No more distractions. "Alright, alright! I'm coming" I grinned, feeling as if a ton of weights had been lifted off of me, "I hope you're ready to sweat your asses off, girls."

As I walked over to my truck, I glanced through all the missed calls on my phone. There were five missed calls and two voicemails: three calls and one voicemail from Bella, and two calls and one voicemail from an unknown number. I decided to listen to the unknown voicemail first. Shallow breathing raked through the tiny speakers causing me to drop my keys in shock. 'What the hell?' I quickly grabbed my keys off the ground and unlocked the door, while deleting the stupid message. 'That was such a waste of time.'

The other one was worth listening to. Bella had arrived at Charlie's just in time to get grounded for the rest of her life. "At least he didn't take my phone away," she snorted quietly, "Call me when you get this." I don't think she'd mind if I called her back when I got home, preferably after a bath. 'It's not like she's going anywhere' I laughed, gunning it down the road, 'And lord knows I need a bath after that practice.'

"Whoa, hold up! What happened?" I asked shocked. I was currently freshly bathed and talking on speakerphone with Bella while sitting on my bed up to my ankles in homework. "And slow down this time!"

"The only reason they allowed us to leave is because Alice had a vision that someday I'll be a vampire."

"Is that what you want?"

"If it means being with Edward for all of eternity then yes. I want to be a vampire too."

"Wow, can you say melodramatic much?" I tried to keep my tone light. I'm so happy this conversation was over the phone and not in person. There would've been no way to hide the worry evident on my face. She wanted to be a vampire? Suddenly schoolwork lacked importance. Hearing that my best friend's life goal was to become the bride of Dracula was a lot to think about. How can I even attempt to finish my homework after that?

"But it's not like I'll be changed now so don't get too freaked out now-" she started but a loud thud interrupted her. The noise was Black of all people climbing into my room. Through the window. Did I mention my window is really small?

"What the hell?" I growled quietly, hoping no one heard his unorthodox entrance, "Are you insane? My siblings are right next door!"

"Look we have to talk" he replied sinking heavily into my desk chair. He gazed around the room quickly, like he was trying to commit it to memory or something. That's a scary thought.

"Well I'm busy talking to Bella so… yeah you need to leave."

"Bella?" he asked suddenly reaching out and plucking the phone off of my bed. He then started to argue with her after switching the speakerphone off. He talked to fast, all I really caught were words like "danger", "you're", "an", "idiot", and my name. As I waited for Black to return my phone, I doodle aimlessly on a blank piece of paper. By the time he hung up the phone with an angry growl, anime versions of my family and friends scattered the page. To my dismay even a little face of Black stared up at me with big eyes. I folded him up quickly. "Why'd you hang up? I wasn't done talking to her."

He ignored me. "Look promise me that you'll stay away from the Cullen's."

"What? No! They're good people!"

"People? People! They're vampires. They could hurt you!"

"They haven't!"

"Yet" he countered. "Look, just humor me please?" he asked softly.

"I don't see why I should, we're not even friends" I grit through clenched teeth. I don't understand why he thinks he can control me all the time. It's infuriating.

"How can you say that?" Oh I think he's getting angry. "Not friends? I apologized! I'm trying here."

"I just don't get your angle."

He frowned, "Angle?"

"Yes, your angle. What do you gain?"

He mumbled something quietly before sighing and looking into my eyes. "I just want to do good by you." And I could see the sincerity. It was there in his eyes. Along with something… else. Something that should not be there when he was looking at me.

I turned away from him, so he wouldn't see the traitor blush on my face. "Well… its… you're freaking me out! It's strange and I don't like it!"

I looked up at him when his voice dropped an octave. "Well get used to it, Kwopatit, because I'm upping the antics" he stared me down with this smoldering, predatory look in his eyes before turning and disappearing back out my window.

"What was that?" I wondered, walking over to peer out the window. There was no sign of Black anywhere. 'Maybe I just imagined that whole thing? Yeah, that makes perfect sense. It was a figment of my imagination.' A loud howl cut through my thoughts like a knife. "Crap that was real" I groaned shutting my window with a snap, "there goes my good mood."

A/N:

Whoa… look at all the reviews! Hahaha! I'm so happy that a majority of you all like Hina and think she is funny! In all honesty, I was more excited to write this A/N because of all the new reviews/follows/favorites this story received. I wanted to especially thank the two reviews (you know who you are) that thought Hina was turning a little psychotic and ignorant, I found them very helpful.

I tried to make Hina's reaction to finding out about Jake and the pack as normal as possible. Personally, I would lose it. That may be where she got it from lol. I wouldn't be worried about her becoming some ubber ignorant witch person who's mean all the time though. It really depends on the situation. So… yeah scary Hina will probably be back in the spotlight a couple more times during the course of this story but rest assured that it will come and go depending on her mood.

Oh and if you haven't noticed, this was the last chapter of New Moon… just saying lol… sorry about the long wait! I'll try better next time, though I'm not sure it'll work. My minds split between writing up drafts for a ROTG two-shot, a Teen Wolf fic, Thor/Avengers fic, and S&M one-shot that'll take place sometime in the future. Not to mention all the other ideas swirling about up there. Sheesh talk about A.D.D. Mer…