This may be the last update for a while... cuz, well... I'm sorry but I'm going on vacation July 4th weekend AND then I'm going to camp until mid August. Now, I definitely answered some stuff here... and you guys are still concerned that it's JxB!! Alright, I said it wasn't definite that it would be ExB in the beginning, but just to settle you all down- It'll be ExB. It's been planned like that since the beginning, since before I began to write down my ideas. Bella and Jake are good friends, best friends, like siblings, but there is no romance between them! Kay? Kay. So remember, no matter what Bella says and the pack does, IT WILL BE ExB!! I don't want you all freaking out on me, I think I lost some readers because people thinking it was JxB. Still, there is some Edward bashing, i will not deny it! When you review, put "BD4E" somewhere, whether it be the beginning, the end, the middle... wherever. You'll see why soon :)

This is dedicated to MikalahStarrUley (whoo! Sam is here!) for being my beta, even though I didn't send it (maybe I should just beta this myself and throw ideas off of you! That usually what I do anyways... Besides, it'll probably work better, with you going away and me not getting the files.)

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight! Stephenie Meyer does!!


"Bella, are you alright?" Billy asked me hesitantly as we drove through La Push. Jake was annoyed that he still had to go to school today, but I was nervous as could be. My hands were clammy, my forehead breaking out in sweat- what were they going to do? I wasn't supposed to be a part of the pack! Supposedly, girls weren't werewolves! And I wasn't even a Quiluete!

"Fine," I responded through clenched teeth. He looked over as me hesitantly as I gripped the steering wheel tight.

"Don't bottle it up, you'll just explode," he chided as if I were five. "Sam warned you, didn't he?" I sighed and tried to relax my mind and my temper. It was true, Sam and Jared had suggested that.

As we walked up to the front door of Jared's house, my arms trembled- not from anger, but from fear. I shakily knocked on the door and only seconds later was it flung open.

The women that opened the door was beautiful in a way. But one side of her face was twisted and I nearly gasped. She smiled warmly and ignored my gaping mouth.

"I'm Emily, Sam's fiancé. You must be Bella. And Billy, it's good to see you!" She grabbed me by the hand and I found myself being pulled into a kitchen. A woman, Jared's mother I guessed, was cooking up a storm. Billy followed closely behind.

Emily scanned the kitchen, as if counting the people. There was Billy, Jared's mother and father, Old Quil, Sam, and Jared.

Sam smiled warmly from the table and Jared waved. I raised my hand hesitantly. I couldn't help but feel self conscious as they surveyed me carefully.

"Sit down, Bella," Sam ordered quietly. I really didn't want to, but for some reason my legs forced me to walk forward. Jared snickered behind his hand and punched Sam in the arm playfully.

"We forgot to tell her about the orders!" he laughed. Sam rolled his eyes and smirked.

"Shut up, Jared." Jared's face fell and he glared, but didn't speak.

"Sam!" Emily chided. "Don't abuse the power!" Sam reversed the order and turned to me to explain.

"I'm the Alpha. If I give an order and I really mean it, you have no choice but to obey. I tend to forget at times though… hence the 'shut up, Jared.'" Jared rolled his eyes and retorted.

"Yeah, like that wasn't on purpose!" Sam didn't respond, but there was a definite twinkle in his eyes.

"So, Bella, have you heard of the latest pack gossip?" Jared's mother asked me animatedly, now taking a tray of muffins out of the oven.

"No," I frowned and the boys rolled their eyes.

"We couldn't have an untrained wolf fighting, sorry. We were afraid you'd cross the border without knowing- we haven't even shown it to you. Besides, it was no big deal, we took care of him no problem!" Sam relished, his calm demeanor fading.

"What happened?" I asked curiously. I couldn't help but feel like I should have been helping… maybe it had to do with the pack dynamic. Jared sighed and grumbled,

"Cullens were trying to get down to First Beach. The blonde girl was trying to drown one of the boys… he was running and ran across the border."

"It was hilarious!" Sam cried out. "He was looking real nervous, especially when we showed up! So, there he was with two choices- get killed by us or his sister. I think he was planning on just standing there until one of us attacked and then he'd do something."

"Were they hurt?" I asked worriedly. Jared gave me an incredulous look and I blushed scarlet.

"Why would we care? They're just bloodsuckers, really, it's not like it matters to-"

"Enough." Old Quil spoke softly, but powerfully. The werewolf crumbled under his gaze. His expression was hard, but kind. His eyes scrutinized me and I shivered. "You have no Quiluete background?"

"N-no, I don't think I do," I responded, stumbling over my words. The room was completely silent, so silent you could hear a pin drop. He nodded slowly and turned to the rest of the men in the room.

"Have any of you had any blood donations?" They shook their heads but Billy's eyes lit up.

"Jacob has," he whispered and our heads all snapped to stare at him. "Jacob donated blood a few months ago. He donated it to the Forks hospital. Where you got blood transfusions… oh, no!" His eyes grew wide and he gulped. "Jacob is donating blood again. Today. I-if someone gets it and…"

Sam stood so quickly, I didn't see. Jared joined him and I couldn't help but stand as well.

"Come!" Sam ordered and we filed out quickly to the backyard. I went into the bushes, discarded my clothes as I was told to, and joined the boys. I grabbed my clothes in my mouth and met them.

Bella, we need to go to the school and get Jacob out of school. We must go fast! Come on! Jared called out to me in his brain. I nodded and the longs legs began to move. They didn't feel like mine. I felt disconnected to my body, yet more connected than ever.

I arrived at the school just moments after the boys. I was panting quite hard and couldn't seem to catch my breath. As soon as I was in my human form again, I keeled over and gasped over and over.

"Can- you – not – go – so – fast?" I questioned, but the two were puzzled.

"We weren't going so fast, Bella," Sam provided helpfully. He helped me up and we dashed into school.


In the office, the secretary was harsh. The principal was harsher.

"Nice to see you in school, Jared." Oh, first names? I would have to keep that in mind for later! He had to have been in a lot of trouble! Unfortunately, that didn't last long. "Miss Swan, glad to see you joining us today. And Mr. Uley, I thought I was done with you years ago." She pursed her lips and glared. Sam remained confident.

"We need to take Jacob Black out of school. Now."

"He's about to give blood for the donations to Forks Hospital. It's a good cause! Can't it wait?" Jared's eyes went wide and Sam shook his head quickly.

"I'm sorry, that's not possible. Bella, go pull Jacob out of class," he demanded and I was about to protest when, under his breath so no one but me would hear, he added "No complaints. Go!"

I rushed out of the room as quickly as I could, stumbling through the halls. I was gasping for breath again by the time I got to Jacob's room. I knocked sharply on the door and burst in.

"I need to take Jacob Black out of school!" The teacher watched me curiously.

"Miss Swan, do you have the authority to do so?" I glanced instinctively at the boy that was like my brother. He was in the back, his head down as if he were sleeping. Heck, I think he was. Embry and Quil sat on either side, keeping watch.

"Jake, get up, Bella's here!" Embry hissed. Jake gave a start, nearly falling out of his chair.

"Wha?"

"Bella's here!" Quil repeated. "She looks different… did she cut her hair or something?"

"Maybe," Jake responded sleepily, gathering his books. It didn't seem to take long. He didn't even put them into his desk. In a few quick strides, he had joined me in the front of the classroom.

"Yes, I have authority," I growled unimpressively. The teacher quirked her eyebrow and reached for the phone.

"Hello… yes, I was just calling about that… she does? Since when? Ah, I see. Thank you." She hung up and stared at us, annoyed. "Jacob, if you needed to leave early for an appointment, you should have brought in a note. Go ahead, just be on time for finals tomorrow!"

I grabbed Jacob's wrist and pulled him out of the school, where Jared and Sam were waiting. One must have run back to get the car, because they were leaning on my red truck with noticeable tension. Relief flooded their faces as soon as they saw me. Sam didn't wait for us to buckle up to ask questions.

"Jacob, did you give blood in the beginning of the year?"

"Yes. Why?"

"What blood type are you?"

"Type A. Why?"

"And Bella? How about you?"

My voice was weak as I answered. "Type A."

"Dammit!" Jared groaned, slamming his hand onto the dashboard. He shook violently and it seemed to take all his might to calm down. "You must have had a lot of blood put into you, Bella, for this to happen! What did you do?"

"Got hit by a van, remember?" I snarled, and he seemed to calm down.

"So this is Jacob's fault," Sam decided. There was no question in his tone. It had authority and finality. I wasn't ready to finish this conversation though.

"Don't blame, Jacob," I defended. "He had no idea! Blame Tyler Crowley, is you need to blame anyone!"

We collectively sighed, Jacob being the only one left out of our little connection.

"Blame Taha Aki," Jared groaned.

"Blame the Cullens," Sam finalized, this time with an answer we could all agree on. "For cursing us with this hell."

I couldn't help but nod. It was all their fault. The putrid scent they gave off made me shudder. My hand still reeked, no matter how many times I had scrubbed it. Their presence made me into this.

I had never hated the vampires before, not really. When Sam and Jared had relayed the stories, I could only think that it didn't seem like the Cullens to be so terrible. I could only think that they were different than the other Cold Ones. Esme was so kind, Carlisle so helpful, Alice so perky, Jasper so quiet, Emmett so… okay, well maybe he seemed a little vampire like. Rosalie didn't seem like anything past a little vain, save for some violence towards her brother, but who didn't feel that? And Edward was just so mysterious, so perfect, even thinking of him took my breath away…

But they did this to me. They had turned me into an animal. I shook with anger and Jake inched away from me.

"They did this!" Tears burned my eyes as I forced myself to say it. "Them! It's their fault!" Jacob reached out to comfort me, but I slapped his hand away, curling into a ball. He winced slightly at my slap and withdrew. Tears rolled down my warm cheeks and breath came in short gasps. "They did this to me. They won't get away with this! They won't!"

The car came to a stop and I vaguely noticed Sam lifting me out of my seat. I sobbed harder yet as he laid me down on a bed.

"What's wrong? What happened?" I heard Billy's voice say from beside me.

"We figured it out." Jared was gruff. "Jacob gave blood last year and it got to Bella. She had a lot of blood put into her, obviously enough to make her a wolf. Oh yeah, and we've decided who to blame for this whole ordeal."

"Jacob?" Billy was incredulous.

"No, not Jacob… though Sam seemed set on that in the beginning. Bella wanted to blame Tyler Crowley, from Forks. I wanted to blame Taha Aki, to be honest. But then Sam, had a better idea – the Cullens."

The room fell silent.

"It makes sense," Old Quil remarked as my tears slowed. "The Cullens' presence at least. And now we know why she's like this."

"It just hit her, let her rest for a while," Same ordered quietly. Billy leaned forward to hug me and an overwhelming scent hit me. I sat straight up, coughing like crazy.

"What was that?" I managed between coughs. Billy smiled and pulled out a small pouch from beneath his shirt.

"The Cold One from the legends. I forgot you might be able to smell it."

"She seems to be more vulnerable to things like scents and she's smaller and not as fast," Sam informed. I hadn't really even noticed these things. "We're guessing she's not as strong and doesn't phase into a wolf as easily, though going human seems to be simple."

"Why?" I questioned, interested.

"Either because you're a girl or because you're not of Quiluete descent. We guess it could be either." Jared flopped on the bed as he said this, shaking me. "Probably the second. So, are you ready for some wolf training?"

I nodded, not sure what my answer should be.

"Good." Sam pulled me off the bed. "Cuz we have a lot of work to do."

Hope you all liked it and I hope it answered your questions! If you have any remaining ones, let me know, I'll see if it's possible for me to answer. I also STRONGLY advise you to read my AN at the beginning!