Second Chance

Beta: SassYNoles

Chapter 7

When I finally reached the top of the cliff I saw it was indeed, Sam. I walked over and sat down next to him and looked out over the water.

"It's beautiful up here," I said.

Sam answered with a nod of his head. I looked over at him and noticed the look of despair on his face. I knew when I told the Elders and him it was he who took my life in my last life it would be hard for Sam to hear, but it had to be told for them to understand what I was saying was true. I didn't mean for him to feel so bad about it. I took his hand in mine causing him to look down at me with those big beautiful brown sad eyes. I had to make him see it had to happen the way it did.

"I can't believe I killed you Bella. From what you said you were friends with me and Emily. How could I so blatantly killed you without remorse?" he asked sadly shaking his head.

"Sam, please don't be sad, and who said it was without remorse? It had to be done Sam, and it just so happened to be you, and besides I'm here now, and none of this would be put right if you hadn't done what you did. I begged you to end my life, Sam. You only did what you were born to do. I would have become one of them and if I had I wouldn't be here now. I would be living as one of the undead in a life I would have hated for eternity."

"The last thing I remember was the tears, you cried for me and my situation. I know it was hard for you to do and you fought me on it for a few minutes not wanting to do it, but I kept begging telling you I didn't want that kind of life. I gave you no option, Sam. I'm not sorry I asked this of you, and you shouldn't feel bad for doing it. You gave me a chance to come back, to fix all the wrong that was so mixed up the last time," I told him.

He didn't say anything for a few minutes, but then nodded his head. "I am sorry it was me who ended your life, Bella, but I understand what you're saying. I must have been on patrol when he attacked you and came to you defense. That's the only thing I could come up with as I sat here and thought of the circumstances behind it. From what you've told me we didn't know each other all that well, so it's the only thing I can think of for my presence at your house," he said.

"It was meant to be; it had to be you, Sam. None of the others would have been able to do it I know that now," I told him.

He looked over at me and once again he nodded his head.

"Sam, this happened in another timeline. It won't happen again because I know I have to stay clear of the Cullen's, and as long as I'm down here on the Reservation they won't be able to get to me. Billy offered for me to stay with him and go to the tribal school seeing you are the only one who has shifted so far and is needed down here to protect the tribe," I told him.

He looked at me and gave me a half-smile. "That's good Bella, I'm glad," he answered and continued on to a new subject.

"Um…I'm also worried about Emily…what if I hurt her…again?" he asked. I shook my head.

"That won't happen now. You broke it off with Leah, who by the way understands now that she knows everything. The only reason it happened in the first place was because she was fighting the imprint due to your engagement to Leah. She'll feel the pull and with Leah and you both explaining things to her she will or should accept the imprint. My only advice is that you keep yourself in control of your anger if that crisis arises again, but I don't really see that happening. So are we over the sadness of you killing me now I'm sitting here in front of you?" I asked with a smile.

He smiled back at me and nodded his head. "Yes, as long as I'm not put in that position again," he claimed with a chuckle.

"We should be okay now, Sam," I said with my own chuckle. "Don't you have a dinner to get ready for?" I asked him slyly.

He smiled wide and jumped to his feet. "I do indeed. Thanks Bella."

"You are most welcome, Sam…Thank you for making it possible for my return," I told him.

He smiled but shook his head not even wanting to go there again. He leaned down and kissed me on my cheek before turning and taking off at a steady run to ready himself to meet his imprint.

I walked slowly back to Billy's as my mind wandered to all that was about to happen in the near future. Jared was about to phase next as I tried to figure out when that would be. I wasn't around for his phase, but then again I wasn't around for Sam's either. The only reason I knew of Sam's was because Jake had told me the circumstances behind what had happened to Emily and the reason behind Leah's pain, and the fact that he disappeared for some time trying to figure out what was happening to him, but Jared was something else.

I didn't know too much about Jared, the only thing I could think of to find out when he would phase is for Billy and me to go see him and his family. If he showed signs of phasing then we could sit down and explain to them what was about to happen. But how was I going to explain my part in all of this to them. Maybe it would be best if Billy and Sam went to see them instead of me. Then after he phases he can learn my position in all of this. Yes, that would be best I think. After bringing myself from my thoughts, I found I was standing front of the Black's house.

I hadn't even gotten to the front steps before Jake bounced out of the house and wrapped his strong warm arms around me. He swung me around as he called out my name.

Wait…why is Jake so warm? He's not supposed to phase for a while yet. This worried me and had me more confused than ever. Please don't let the phasing be out of context it will throw everything out of whack if it does. I need to talk to Billy about this, I thought as Jake lowered me to my feet.

"I hear you're going to be staying with us for the rest of the school year. So did you finally figure out we're cooler than those Forks brats?" Jake asked still smiling that warm beautiful smile.

I smiled back and nodded. "Yeah, so it seems," I said in jest to his question.

"I knew you'd finally figure it out, Bells. Hey maybe will have some of the same classes together, and maybe I'll be able to talk you into doing some of my homework," he said with a wink.

"I don't think so, Jacob. You'll be doing your own homework thank you very much besides how are you going to learn anything if someone else does your homework for you?" I said sternly.

"I was just joking, Bells no need to get so defensive, but I do expect to do our homework together, that is if you want to," he said shyly.

"Of course, Jake, I'd love to do homework together," I told him with a chuckle. We walked inside to find Billy and Charlie deep in conversation which stopped as soon as Jake and I entered.

"You ready to go, Bells?" Charlie asked.

I nodded my head.

"Hey, I thought you were staying here?" Jake questioned.

"I am Jake, but I have to get my things. I can't go to school wearing the same thing I have on now can I?" I asked.

"Oh, sure, sure. Can I ride along maybe help you carry some of your things?" Jake asked.

"Jake, I think Charlie wants to have a talk with, Bella, and they can't do that with you up their butts now can they?" Billy asked.

"Oh sure, sure, but I promise, Charlie I'll be on my best behavior while she's here," Jake said.

"I'll hold you to that, Jake, but I trust my daughter. We'll be back soon," Charlie announced as we exited the house and jumped into the cruiser. We were halfway to the house before dad said anything.

"Bells, I know Jake will eventually be your mate, but I can trust you to be around him right?" he asked.

"Dad!"

"Well, I think I can trust the two of you to be on your best behavior, but I'm still a father and I can't help but be a little frightened at the fact you both will be sharing the same house. I also understand you are both of age and can make your own decisions, but please, Bells I'm not ready to become a grandfather just yet," he said meaningfully.

"Don't worry, Dad we'll behave," is all I said.

Charlie sighed and nodded his head knowing there wasn't anything else he could say on the subject and continued on to the next matter of business.

"Bells, please be careful about making decisions, I mean with you changing things there could be consequence and I don't want to see you hurt in the process," he said worriedly.

"I know, Dad. I've already been told about the consequences of changing things I shouldn't." It stayed quiet once again for a few more miles and then he spoke again.

"I didn't know it was Sam…well you know," Charlie said quietly. I could see the sadness in his eyes at the mention of my past life's demise.

"Yeah, I was turning into one of them, and I guess I didn't really give him much of a choice in the matter, but if he hadn't I wouldn't be here now," I told him. I didn't want Charlie to think badly of Sam because it was him who did the deed that ended my life. He stayed silent again for a few seconds.

"I'm glad he did it," Charlie said so low I almost didn't hear him. I looked over at him confused wondering what he was thinking about.

"It's not that I wanted you to die, Bells, it's just if he hadn't…" is all he said and left it there. I knew what he meant. He understood if Sam hadn't taken my life I wouldn't be here today.

I sighed and nodded my head. "Me too, Dad…me too," I said as Charlie reached across the front seat and took my hand in his and gave it a soft squeeze.

We arrived at the house and pulled into the driveway noticing another car parked out in front across the street. I knew immediately whose it was and told Charlie that it was one of the Cullen's in particular, Edward Cullen.

I whispered as low as I could reminding, Dad Edward could read his mind, and told him to not think of him as a vampire and they had super hearing and could hear us to keep his voice down. He nodded and stepped out of the car and stared at the car, and after a few minutes the car took off down the road.

In the meantime I had gotten out of the car and headed to the house watching my dad to make sure he was alright, not that I could do anything if Edward did try something. Finally dad followed me and assured me that he only thought of a guy who was stalking his daughter.

I packed a bag with what clothes I would need and picked up my backpack and filled it with all the school supplies I would need and carried them down stairs

Charlie was going to Forks High early Monday morning to empty out my locker and get what I needed for the new school.

When I got to the bottom of the stairs I noticed another bag sitting next to the front door. I walked into the kitchen to find Charlie putting a six-pack of beer into a large bag along with some other things from the refrigerator and cabinets.

"What are you doing?" I asked confused with Charlie's actions.

"I'm coming with you," he said before continuing. "Look Bell's I know you will be safe down on the Reservation, but I'll feel better if I'm down there with you. I'm not saying Sam can't protect you, but it will make me feel better at least for a while. I'm also going to take a few days off work. I've got a lot of vacation days that has stacked up so this is a good time as ever to take them. Maybe Billy and I can catch up on some fishing while you at school.

"Sounds good, Dad, I'm glad you're going to be down there as well. I would just be sitting around worrying about you the whole time I was there, so I'm glad you're coming with me," I told him with a smile.

"Me too, Bell's, let's go," he said as he grabbed the bag of food and his bag of clothes and headed back to the car. After locking the house up and securing the bags in the car we were on our way back to the Black's house.

After getting back at Billy's we had to do a little arranging. Dad and Jake would be sharing a room that used to belong to Jake's twin sisters that also shared a room before they left for brighter and bigger things such as college, and I would take his room which enlightened me immensely. I knew I would sleep much better with just the thought of smelling Jake's outdoorsy scent, which made me think of Jake becoming one of the shifter's which led me to think I needed to talk to Billy about the warmth I felt coming from him earlier.

I knew Jake was in the house and I knew I needed to speak to Billy alone about this. Jake had cleaned out one of his drawers for me to put what clothes I had brought with me. I was putting things away when Jake entered the room.

"Is that enough room to put your things in Bells?" he asked as he sat on the bed watching.

Sure, sure, Jake this is fine," I told him with a smile. After a few minutes he spoke again. He had a worried look on his face and was fiddling with his fingers.

"Bells, what's going on? I mean I'm glad you're here and all, but I'm not stupid, I know something's going on." he said looking over at me as I hung some of my close in his closet.

I looked over at Jake seeing confusion on his face. I smiled and walked over to him and stood between his legs. I placed my hand on each sides of his face and leaned down and gave him a soft kiss on his lips that made him smile that beautiful smile I loved so much. He pulled me to him and hugged me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and returned the hug. I pulled away after a few seconds and looked Jake in the eyes as I thought of what to tell him without lying to him.

"Jake, I've been having some problems at the school in Forks, and Billy offered to bring me down here and attend the tribal school seeing that we only had a few months before we graduate, we faced the Elders to talk about this situation and they agreed to allow it, so here I am," I told him. Not a lie presay even though it was Old Quil who mentioned it, but Billy was the one that said he'd take care of it. I couldn't tell him about the Wolves at least not yet.

"Now, why don't you get out of here before dad comes in here and has a fit seeing us like this I said. Jake smiled and stood up and pulled me to him again and kissed my lips softly this time and with a huge smile left the room. I sighed upset that I couldn't tell him what was going on, but I knew it wouldn't be long before we told him, so after finishing putting my things away I went in to start dinner hoping I'd find a few minutes to talk to Billy.

As I approached the kitchen I found Billy talking on the phone and from what I could make out he was talking to someone about getting me into school. When he hung up he told me I was all set and then wheeled himself over to the kitchen table. I bit my bottom lip and looked at him.

"What is it Isabella?" he asked seeing something was on my mind. I looked around to make sure Jake wasn't anywhere within hearing distance and proceeded to tell him what I felt from Jake. He squeezed his eyebrows together and looked at me confused.

"I know, Billy he's not supposed to phase for a while yet, but I don't know how long it takes for someone to shift. Should we tell him now or wait?" I asked. He sat and thought about it for a minute he sighed, and then spoke.

"I think that maybe we should tell him. With you being in the house he is bound to hear something and want answers. He is going to phase we know that, he's the chief's son after all there's no way he won't phase so we might as well get it over with," he replied. I nodded in agreement. I knew he'd find out sooner or later and I too thought this best.

Jake walked in and smiled at me and draped his arm over my shoulder.

"You too look serious, what are we talking about that can make you two look like someone ran over your dog?" he asked as Billy and I burst out in laughter at the context of his wording.

"What?" Jake asked laughing with us with no idea why.

"Sit down Jacob, we need to talk, Son," Billy said. Jake looked between the two of us and saw the seriousness of the conversation we needed to have with him.

"What's wrong?" he asked as he took a seat and stared between the two of us waiting for someone to speak. I could see how worried he was and what he was about to be told.

A/N: Next time, we see how Jake takes turning into a wolf and a little more of Bella and Jake time...thanks for reading...hugs