Disclaimer: Sadly, the perfect lamp hasn't showed up, and the well and the shooting star haven't shown any results… yet. So I still have to put up this disclaimer. I do not own Twilight. But I do have some good new- I own Danny and Levi!

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Ch. 9: Meeting Again

"Hey, Jake. Could I go out with Leah and Danny today?" I asked, a hopeful expression on my face.

"Leah?" Jake asked, amazed. Wow, I didn't know it was that obvious that she hated my guts. "Danny?" I guess Danny had shown some signs of hating me too.

I nodded my head. "Yes. We want to go to Port Angeles, you know, for some bonding time."

"Bonding time?" I guess my excuses were getting more ridiculous by the second.

"After we talked last night, we realized that all this fighting was stupid. We didn't have any reason to hate each other, " I said, praying that all the lying wasn't that obvious. Edward had always called me a terrible actress.

"Well, yeah. I guess so. You said you're going with Leah and Danny, right?"

I nodded my head. " And maybe Paul or Levi. Levi was another member of Leah's personal 'gang'.

At that moment, Leah, Danny, and Levi all walked into the living room.

"Hey, Bella. Want to go now?" Leah asked, a bright smile planted on her face.

"Sure. Bye, Jake, " I yelled back while walking to the door. Jake sat on the couch, a dazed expression on his face as he watched us walk out the door.

"Hey, Bella, " Levi said, smiling.

Levi and Danny were brothers. Levi was 18, and Danny was 16.

"Hey, " I replied.

Danny just quickly muttered a quick hello, which I quietly returned.

"You are the best, Bella! Jake is would be so pissed if he found out, " Levi said. Danny quickly agreed.

Leah rolled her eyes. "He better not find out. I would so lose my spot on the council to Brady or Collin if Jake found out."

Danny laughed. "Whatever. You don't even like the council. And Brady and Collin are just 13."

"So?" Leah put in. "Seth is just 14. And it matters when you're changed. Not how old you were when you got changed. And if I lose my spot on the council, I don't have any more power over you guys, " Leah said.

They argued over that the entire way to Port Angeles, until finally we parked on the street.

"Ok, let's all meet back here at 6:00. If you're late, then you're stuck walking home. Got that, " Leah asked, looking straight at Levi the entire time.

"Hey!" Levi protested. "It was only an hour." He melted under Leah's piercing glare. "Or two." Leah continued to glare. "Ok, three!" Levi admitted.

"Nobody be late, " Leah told us, looking each person in the eye before turning around to walk into the nearest store.

"Gosh. Being on the council has made that girl bossy, " Danny muttered.

"So, Bella. Where is the bloodsucker –I mean Edward- supposed to meet you, " Levi asked.

"I'm not sure, he just wrote down a street name, " I said, slipping the folded paper out of my pocket. Levi looked over the name.

"You know where that is, " Levi asked.

"Nope," I replied. I hadn't been to here in such a long time; street names and stores had long slipped my mind.

"Me and Danny can take you, right Dan?" Levi said, smiling.

"Um, sure, " Danny mumbled. It was clear he didn't want to go near Edward.

"Thanks, " I told the brothers as I followed them down endless mazes of streets. I could tell as we got closer, because each of the brothers slowed down, looking side to side nervously.

Levi, who had been in front, suddenly stopped, sending Danny, who was behind him, to the ground as he slammed into his wall of a brother in front of him.

I almost fell too, but Levi grabbed me, catching me a moment before I hit the ground..

I followed Levi's intense gaze to a few feet in front of him.

It wasn't just Edward. The whole Cullen family, minus Esme and Carlisle, were standing in front of us.

Levi's POV:

I didn't think it would be this bad. I thought I could handle to be around the vampires for a short time.

I was completely wrong. I started to shake, and my wolf side wanted to break free and ripe the bloodsuckers limb to limb.

But I couldn't. If I turned, Danny would turn, and Leah would come and turn too. There would be a huge fight, and someone could get hurt. I slowly got under control, and saw Danny getting up behind me, also shaking.

I grabbed Danny's shoulder and shook my head. I had to be strong. I had to be strong for my little brother, Danny. If we fought here, against five bloodsuckers, we would lose, and then most likely die.

I was shocked when someone –no, a bloodsucker- grabbed my shoulder.

"Good choice, " a bronze haired bloodsucker told me. "I'm Edward. That's Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, and the giant is Emmett. Your from the La Push pack, right?"

"Hey, " I replied. I was too easy going to totally ignore the guy. " I'm Levi, and that's Danny. Yeah, we're from the La Push pack, " I said proudly.

"Impressive, " Edward said. "You on that council thing?"

"Nah, " I told him. "That's Leah. I don't know where she went."

Edward looked disappointed. "Well, Ok. Nice meeting you." He stuck out his hand, and I shook it. "You too."

I was surprised to find I actually meant it.

Alice's POV:

I jumped up and down impatiently. I didn't want to have to wait for Edward to make small talk with Levi or Danny or who ever he was.

I could see Bella in front of us, listening to Levi and Edward's conversation. It took all my energy not to run past Edward and through Levi to give Bella a big hug.

I heard Jasper whisperer in my ear, "Remember, love. Bella is lot more fragile than before, " He said in vampire speed. I simply ignored him.

Yes! Edward and Levi shook hands, and Levi and Danny walked off.

Edward took Bella's withered hand, and began to walk at a slow human pace towards us, but I wasn't having any of that.

I ran, fighting my hardest to stay at human, screaming "Bella!" at the top of my lungs. Seeing her was kind of a surprise. I guess I had been still expecting to see a chocolate haired teenager with pale skin, not an elderly lady with light gray hair, and wrinkled skin.

But the second I got to her, a huge identical smiles lit both of our faces. I scoped her up in a huge hug, and was soon joined by Emmett who joined right into the group hug.

We jumped around screaming, while Jasper and Rosalie stood back, watching our encounter with smiles.

Luckily, I had gotten to Jasper in time so he didn't get all pink hair. But one little spot had just a little flicker of pink, but just the tiniest spot.

Jasper was lucky. If just a little more pink had gotten in, I either would have made him shave his head or bleach it, a fact Edward found hilarious.

"Bella! First we'll go eat! Then we'll go shopping! Then more shopping! And a makeover! And then more shopping!" I shouted happily. I couldn't believe it. I had just gotten my best friend back!

Emmett was shouting too, but different things. "Bella, things had just been too boring around here without you! My brother is an idiot!" And to Edward, he shouted, "See! This is why I love this human!" due to the fact that Bella was as red as a stoplight.

"Come on, Alice. Don't kill the poor girl, " Jasper told me, pulling me gently away. Rosalie wasn't so nice. "Emmett! Get over here and stop jumping for three seconds so the rest of us can talk to her too!" Rosalie shouted at my poor brother.

I looked around at my family's faces, and knew that the long trip and the pink hair had all been worth it. Our family was complete again. And one day, Edward and Bella's love would be complete again.

I just didn't want to think of the result.

Edward's POV:

I watched Alice pretty much attack my poor Bella, and watched Bella's face go a deep red as Alice and Emmett both hugged her a danced around.

I could tell by her beautiful, embarrassed face that she just didn't believe that we thought of her as a member of our family. All of us, especially Alice, Esme, and Emmett had missed her terribly.

I had made myself believe that it was the right thing to leave her, and to keep her safe, but seeing her heartbroken face at our family's still young faces, I knew I was wrong. It had never been the right thing.

"Come on, guys," I said, cutting in "Let's go eat. "

I took Bella's hand in my own, and lead us to an Italian restaurant close by. But then, as I walked in, I realized the place we were. The place I had taken Bella the time those men had tried to hurt her.

I couldn't help but laugh. Everything was coming a full circle.

In a single moment, I realized I should have never thought that. Because this time, the circle wasn't ending with me leaving- I didn't think I could ever do that again- but no, it was ending with my beautiful Bella's death. And if the circle hadn't ended last time, then we would never had to sorry about deaths.

The second Bella sat down and looked at a menu, she looked down and shook her head. "I can't afford this place, " Bella said softly.

I laughed out loud. Like there was even a chance I would make Bella pay for her own food or clothes or anything like that when she was with me or another member of my family.

But when I explained this to her, however, she blushed. "You can't do that, " she whispered.

"Yes I can, " I replied, and that settled it.

Bella ordered the cheapest thing on the expensive menu, and was finished eating quickly.

Alice had only dragged her to about eight stores and only had about 3 bags if new clothes for Bella when she looked at the clock and gasped.

I looked and saw no problem. It was only 5:45.

"Edward, I have to go. We were supposed to meet at 6: 00 at Leah's car. She'll get really mad if I'm late, " Bella said, her eyes looking worried.

"Okay." And in a regular voice, I called, "guys, we have to go." I just a few seconds, all four vampires were in front of me.

In the end, we were only five minutes late.

"Bella, " I had begged her. "When can I see you again?"

She had looked over at Leah, and quickly responded, "In two days."

And with that, she had left.

I knew logically that two days was a short time.

But to me, it was like years.

Two days was a lot when you only had a few left.