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I was frozen for about 5 more seconds, then sprinted towards the table. Leah and Taylor broke out of their reverie then and followed after me. When I finally reached him, I sighed in content, which scared me. I didn't know why, but now that Sam was here, I felt the overwhelming amount of uneasiness, but I also felt a sort of protection and rightness that trumped the sick feeling. I noticed now through his t-shirt and jean shorts that he had turned all body-builder. He had arms the size of my head, and I could bet he was sporting a nice 6-pack under his shirt. His face, which was uncovered, looked very less boyish and very more manly, with all the little baby fat gone from his cheeks. His transformation concerned me, but I tried to ignore it and focus on the positive fact that he was actually here again. Sam stared into my eyes, searching for something. I didn't look away, and smiled. In my peripheral vision, I could see everyone looking at us, confused. I had to really try, but I finally broke away from Sam's intense gaze, and a sudden feeling of emptiness surrounded me. I sat down, forgoing the need to buy my school lunch, and waited for an explanation.

"Sam, where have you been?" Taylor asked for all of us. He chuckled, but I could see his eyes darken and that this was a tender subject. I shivered at the revelation, because I wasn't really very close to Sam and usually couldn't tell those things well.

"I was sick." He said promptly. Everyone stared at him with their mouths hung open.

"Well why couldn't you call us or something?" Leah asked, frustrated. He looked at her, and his eyes softened so much, it looked like when he used to look at Emily before he got 'sick'.

"My dad wouldn't let me do anything but sit in bed. Including calling you." His voice was so sweet and full of love towards her, when before, they were one of the people to most get into a fight. She looked taken aback by his chivalry, and he shook his head slightly as if to get out all of the conflicting thoughts he must be having. I still felt a pull to him, like I needed to be by his side every waking moment, but tried to brush off the feelings, figuring it was just paranoia from his previous disease.

"Well, if you were only sick this long, then maybe that means Jacob will be back soon, and Paul." I said, trying to look on the bright side. Sam's head flung to me when he heard me speak, and it seemed like he was almost evaluating me, waiting for something.

"Yeah, they should be better in a few days." He agreed. My casual smile turned into a frown instantly. Before I knew what was happening, something inside of me got really mad and I started shooting shouts at Sam.

"Why a few days? You were only gone 2 days. Why are they longer? Did you do something to them? Why are you guys even sick anyway? Why won't you answer any of my questions?" I said the last part so loud, I could see everybody look towards our table. Sam looked worried and anxious now. I suddenly felt very guilty for having yelled at him, and lowered my head in shame. "Sam, I'm sorry I yelled at you. Please forgive me." I didn't want to look him in the eye, too afraid of what might happen, if anything was even going to happen. I had no idea what was going on with me right now, and inside my head was starting to freak out.

"It's okay, Bella. I know you are frustrated. Maybe you should go home and rest." He tried to persuade me hopefully. I sighed and shook my head.

"I can't, because I ditched yesterday." I mumbled. He sighed. Everyone had become silent between our little conversation. In the corner, I could see Emily's horrified glance. She was probably completely confused about first, his lovey-doveyness towards Leah, and second, his encouragement and understanding to me. He looked over at Emily, apparently now aware of her too, and sighed again.

"Emily-" He started. Everyone froze now, even me. His voice wasn't the voice he usually used around her, it was too deep and serious. It actually sounded like the 'break up' voice. I gulped, and was mentally begging Sam not to do this. "Emily, I'm sorry. I-I'm...I don't think it will work out between us." He finally got out. Everyone in the room gasped. Emily looked like her whole world just fell apart. Everyone else was too stunned to do anything. Emily and Sam were the perfect couple. They had been dating since 7th grade. The whole reservation knew that they were going to get married as soon as she finished college, as her wish, and raise a happy family together. Whenever you were going through your own relationship problems, you would always think of Emily and Sam and know that there was some hope in the world for love. 'This can't be happening.' I chanted in my head. I was finally broken out of my shocked stage when I saw one big, wet tear slide from the corner of her eye and down her cheek. She didn't even realize she was crying until it fell and landed on her arm that was wrapped around her torso.

I nearly jumped across the floor to get to her, and lied her head on my shoulder right when she really started letting it out. I looked over at Sam, and the hatred that felt like it was seeping out of every one of my pores must have been visible somewhere in my body language, because Sam suddenly stiffened in defense. He looked like he wanted to take a step towards her and apologize once more, but when he tried to approach, I made a very threatening sound that sounded almost like a growl, making him step back to where he was first and go back onto the defensive. He was now looking at me like I was a little kid who just got caught in the cookie jar and he was disappointed. I felt another pang of guilt, but the anger at him for hurting my best friend trumped the feeling completely.

"Come on, Em. It's ok." I encouraged, and started walking her out of the public room. Everyone was still staring at us, so I did a good sweep around the room with my death-glare, making sure to hit every single person, then lead Emily out to the little part of the forest next to the school. I sat her down with me at one of the tress, and when she cried her eyes out so much that she couldn't cry anymore-for now-I turned to her. "Want me to take you home?" I murmured. She nodded. I silently complied and got up to start the short journey through the woods to her house. I vaguely wondered if Jacob would be walking around the house and feeling better, and maybe even getting ready to go to school again tomorrow. We walked in silence, only hearing her occasional sniffing and coughing, trying to get a hold of herself again. When we finally got to her house, I took Emily gently on the arm and walked her up to the front door. I rang, expecting Billy to answer since he is always home, but instead, I got the surprise of my life.

"Hello-Bella?" Jacob's voice came from the entrance as he opened the door. My mouth popped open when I saw him, as did Emily's, and he looked a little surprised himself. Jacob wasn't wearing a shirt, just some cargo shorts. His hair was messily covering his head, looking like it hadn't been groomed in days. But other than the way he looked like he hadn't taken a shower in a week, his body changed. The Jacob I knew before was thin, not very muscular, and looked like one of your regular teenage boys. But not now. Now, he had the biggest triceps and biceps I had ever seen, and all the other muscles in his arm you could have, triple sized. He had the pecs of a body builder, and now had an eight pack covering his abdomen. Every little ounce of fat that had been on him before had been shredded and turned into muscle, it seemed like. I was guessing that this was what Sam looked like with barely any clothes on, and gulped. Jacob was staring at me like I was God, and it was strangely making me feel uncomfortable. He seemed to have come out of his obsessiveness when he shook his head, and I gestured to Emily.

"She's hurt and needs to stay home." I told him. He suddenly looked really mad.

"Who hurt her and where?" He growled. Like, actually growled. I shook, intimidated, but continued.

"Sam broke up with her, and her heart's broken." Suddenly, she sobbed harshly, and ran for her twin brother. He hugged her, but didn't look as angry as he did before he knew it was Sam. "Are you going to be okay now, Emily? With Jacob?" I asked. She looked at me and nodded, sniffling. She suddenly broke away from Jacob and came running towards me, almost knocking me down when she wrapped her arms around me.

"Thank you so much Bella. You are the best friend ever." I hugged her back.

"I know I am, and don't worry, I'll kick Sam's butt for you." I pulled back and smirked.

"Bella..." She trailed off, trying to sound annoyed. But when I looked into her eyes, all I saw was a revengeful glare, and I knew she wanted me to kick his butt. This was a frightening fact, as Emily is the last violent one of all of us. I just smiled back at her, and turned to walk towards the forest.

"Bella, wait!" I stopped and turned towards Jacob. He was scratching the back of his head with the hand that wasn't holdng Emily. "Thanks for bringing her back, I guess." He mumbled, and I could tell that was not what he had originally wanted to say. I just nodded and walked back towards the school. When I finally reached school, I just barely got there in time for P.E. and was quick to change. I find out we were playing more dodge ball today, and immediately got out on purpose so I could sit on the bleachers and think about things. I didn't really want to play sports today, especially when I was on Sam's team, which was a big deal for me. I still felt in a bad, uneasy mood from before, but I could feel it growing again. I looked over at the clock to see how much more time, and was shocked to see that there was only 5 minutes left of school. Had I really spent that much time just wondering about what's going to happen? I shook my head and stretched my stiff muscles, noticing my butt had fallen asleep while I sat there. The coach finally blew the whistle, right on time, and I walked out of the gym, hoping none of my friends saw me. I mean, I love my friends, but everybody just wants to be alone sometimes. Sadly, when I was almost to the locker room, Embry caught up with me. I sighed in annoyance, and he gave me an innocent, confused look.

"Hey Bella. Are you okay? You seem kind of down and depressed." Despite Embry's annoying cocky charm and failed pick up lines, underneath it all he was one of the best at knowing if you are feeling angry or sad, even if you don't show it. I respected him for that, and I knew that he would always be there if I wanted to talk. But right now, I didn't want to talk, I wanted to wallow, and unfortunately, another one of Embry's bad traits is that he doesn't take no for an answer.

"Yeah, it's just because of what's happening with Jacob, Sam, Paul, and Emily." I admitted. You couldn't lie to Embry, because, along with his ability to feel feelings, he can tell when you are lieing to him. I was tempted to tell him what happened when I went to see Jacob, but held off.

"Yeah, that is getting really harsh on all of us. I hope they recover soon, and Sam gets his head out of his butt and realizes he just dumped one of the nicest girls out there, and probably the only one who will date him." I chuckled.

"Thanks Embry, you really cheered me up." I partly lied, because as soon as I stepped back into the locker room by myself, the feeling of horribleness returned, and I knew Embry's humor was just a small, temporary, positive to my so far crappy Junior year. Wasn't rthis year supposed to be all about fun before the big senior year, when all you are thinking about is college and leaving friends? Because so far, it isn't really working out for me. I slowly got dressed into my clothes and walked out, finding my mom in the driveway. Seth was sitting in the passenger seat, so I was forced to sit in the back seat. I put the seat up, so no one could sit back here with me, and hoped Leah would get the idea.

"Bella, your Calculus teacher called. Said you were absent." I cursed under my breath.

"Yeah...Sam broke up with Emily and she was really upset so I had to take her home, and missed 4th period." I explained. She looked momentarily shocked.

"They broke up?" She asked, bewildered.

"Yeah mom, I know." I said. She shook her head and sighed.

"They were such a good couple." She mumbled to herself. She looked back at me through her rear view mirror. "Well, next time you ditch, you are grounded." She said like she was telling me about the weather, and I knew she wasn't being serious. Our mother hates to grounds us, and usually just makes something else up for our punishment. I apologized and sat back in the seat, going to my angry music play list and picking Slipknot. I didn't know why I was in a fowl mood still, and just wanted to go to sleep and not think about things anymore. Leah finally got in the car a few minutes after almost the whole entire school had left, and slammed the door instead of closing it properly. I paused my music and put my head over the seat.

"What's wrong, Lee?" I asked, using my old nickname. "Sam. He kept staring at me weird all day, so I finally confronted him after school, and he wouldn't stop being all sweet. He acted like I was Emily. I mean, does he not know that I have a boyfriend, who is one of his best friends, and that it was some weird guy rule that you can't date your best friends girlfriend?" She just sighed in frustration. My mom looked at her for a second in the rear view, then shrugged and started the car back up, driving away.

We reached home in a matter of minutes, and since I didn't feel too well and just wanted to sleep, I grabbed one of the rolls, apologized for not eating dinner, got offered tons of medicines and thermometers, and went into my room to change into sweat shorts and a tank top. I collapsed onto the bed, and the last thing I heard before dozing off was the starting of the song, Last Words by Thousand Foot Krutch.

How convenient.


Hey guys! i got this chapter out really quick, as I am happy about! and I think it's long enof, right? anyways, this chapter was kind of just like a filler chapter, cause if I put the next part where bella phases, it would b way 2 long. and i wouldnt b able 2 have gotten a chaptr out 2nite, so I would have been mad. and, while going thro this, i have realized i say 'yea' and 'well,' a lot. im sorry also for the grammar mistakes, i dont exactly have a beta, don't really over it, and im 2 nervous to get a beta so...yea. Thanks to the people who reviewed: Jacob Lupo, Mehghla, xTeAmXwOlFxPaCkX, twilightfan871, xxcharlie93xx, and HappyKitty95. and again this chapter is dedicated to HappyKitty95 for her (please let you be a girl...) review. it inspired me to get this out faster. i kno this chapter was kinda shocking and boring, but the next one will b freakin awesome! u guys r so awsum, and thank you for reading! and yay me for getting tho finals! i only missed one on my algebra final! woo hoo! summer vacay! yea!

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