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Chapter 9

Bella was surprised that it was so late. They were working with the vampires, and Jake with Eleazar. Trying to come up with the safest plan, they still didn't know how to take out the shield, while keeping them safe. She knew she was going to lose people she cared about .

They would have to stay close to their shield so Jane couldn't try to hurt them, but that was hard to do. Jake had learned some good news though. He had planned for him and Sammy, and Paul to go up the tribe not to far for La Push.

The tribe that Emily is actually from, and Claire, the Makah tribe. It seems they also have a pack, who maybe willing to bring down vampires. That was good news for the pack. With all the extra hands we had helping should have made Bella feel better but it didn't. She had this awful feeling in the pit of her stomach. They had to come up with a solid plan, and stick to it.

"Bella, it has been nice having you here again," Esme smiled. " I almost forgot what it was like to cook for so many hungry men." She laughed for a brief moment she would have thought Esme was human. From what little she knew about Esme human life, was that is was hard. She lost a child, and Carlisle changed her . She of course enjoyed having semi humans here to feed, and mother. She even mother yelled at Seth earlier for talking with a mouth full of food, which caused everyone to laugh.

"They would eat the house if it was food," Bella chuckled. She remembers cooking for the pack, and telling them to use their manners, but nothing too big to remember.

"That doesn't surprise me. How are you doing?" She asked as she placed a hand on her arm.

"I have been better. I still don't have my memories back, but all of this does seem familiar. I have moments where it feels like I have done this before, but nothing super big. I remember cooking for the pack but I don't remember what or why. I remember yelling at the pack for their lack of manners, but anything else is still missing.," She answered honesty.

"I know I haven't said it yet, but I am sorry for what Edward has caused. I never would have thought he was with them for so long, just to keep an eye on us. He was always the cautious one. He didn't want humans to find out about them, and he always made sure that if it was going be a glimpse of sunshine that none of them went out," Esme said. She wasn't showing much emotions.

"He always talked about how much he disliked the Volturi, and how Carlisle didn't think they were good vampires. How he never wanted to be like them. Meanwhile he was with them all a long. Everything he has ever told me was a lie," Bella said. She wasn't hurt by this anymore. Edward wasn't able to hurt her emotional with their fake relationship anymore. He was a mistake, and she accepted it. She just wished she had realized it sooner than she did.

" I have no answer for him. I don't know why he truly did it. I still beat myself up thinking what I missed. How did I miss this? Was there something he let slip and I just never realized it?" Esme answered.

"Paul's looking for you," Carlisle said as he put his arm around Esme. Esme smiled, and Carlisle kissed her forehead. She never saw moments like this between them, but it was nice. It was almost like they were human.

"I know. I can feel the pull to him,"Bella answered. " What is going happen when we destroy the Volturi, won't a new set of vampires become in charge?"

"We were talking about that, but for now we aren't worrying about it. We have ideas, but we won't talk about them until we truly do defeat them once and for all," Carlisle answered.

"Ready to go, Princess?" Paul asked Bella.

She nodded her head and said her goodbyes. She was looking forward to sometime in her bed. She was exhausted from the day they had .


The next day….

"Bella, Sammy, Jake and I are heading up to the Makah tribe. We are probably going be gone for half the day. Emily said she was going go down to the bakery, Would you want to go with her?" Paul asked.

"Are you serious?" She asked. She was surprised in his change of heart. She knew he didn't want her there until she was fully recovered, if that ever happens. At this rate she doesn't think she is ever going to get the last year of her life back.

"Jake said that I should let you go to the place that is going be yours and hers. Maybe it will jog your memory. You and Emily won't be there alone. Jare is going walk down with you, and Embry and Quil are going be near," Paul said. He would rather her not go, and stay home on bed rest like the doctor had ordered. She hasn't been doing any resting, and all this stress can't be good for her recovery.

"Are you sure it's a good idea for all three of you to go?" Bella asked. Taking the Alpha, the Beta, and third in command didn't seem like a good idea. Bella thought one of them should at least be here incase something happens. She knows the pack can handle their own, and the Cullen's are only a phone call away but still.

" Jake spoke with Carlisle this morning. Jake explained the situation to him, and some of his group is also running patrol through their side. He has Emmett and Rose in Forks walking around for any signs that Lauren and Edward are close. If there is a sighting then they know to call Jare, and get you and Emily some place safe. If there are sightings in La Push, the Cullen's and their friends are allowed to come over the line to help protect," Paul said. " The most important thing is to keep you and the imprints safe. Everyone already knows the plan. You guys should be fine."

"You guys thought of everything then?" Bella asked smiling. She knew there was no way of preventing an attack, but they were trying.

"I am not going to let anything happen to you, again, I promise," Paul whispered as he pulled Bella into a hug. He gave her a kiss on the forehead. "I'll call you when we are on the way back. Jake will be giving updates to Jare all day."

"Be safe. How are you going?" Bella asked.

"Running would be the quickest, but we are driving. It makes more sense to show up in a car than a cut off and no t shirt," Paul answered.

"Okay, well be safe. Don't break too many girls hearts up there," Bella said as she watched Paul walk out of their house. Paul just chuckled. Bella trusted him.

She decided to make breakfast and take a bubble bath while waiting for Emily. She didn't remember the last time it felt so good to soak in a hot tub. Her muscle were still sore, but she didn't want to tell Paul. He would tell her she was pushing herself too much, but she needed to push herself if she was to survive this battle. She was excited that she was finally going to be able to see the place they had bought together. She had wanted to see it since they first brought it up, but everyone thought it was a bad idea. Just as she was throwing her hair up on top of her head. The door bell rang.

She walked down and opened it. Outside was Emily and Jared waiting for her. Emily gave Bella a hug. Jared just nodded her head. She has missed Emily the most, even though she just saw her a few days. All she was ever around where the pack , and sometimes she needed a break from the guys.

"It is good to see you," Emily said with a huge smile on her face.

"Agreed. With everything going on we haven't had much time to talk," Bella said. Emily could hear the sadness in her voice.

"You just add excitement in for us. If it wasn't for Bella, us wolves would have nothing to do but sit around and get fat on all the good cooking," Jared said.

"Is it even possible for a wolf to get fat? Wouldn't you just burn it off?" Bella asked.

"It was a joke. It was meant to make you laugh," Jared said as he was still laughing at his own joke.

"So how far is the bakery from here?" Bella asked ignoring Jared comment. She rolled her eyes, because his jokes were just as stupid as they where before.

"Not that far its along the buildings near the beach. The bakery is almost a block away from the beach, which is good for you guys during tourist season," Jared answered.

"What did we decide to name the bakery? Or are we just calling it Bakery?" Bella asked.

"We haven't figure out a name yet. We were working on that before all this happened," Emily answered.

"Quil wanted it to be called Quil's sweet treats," Jared said laughing. Bella rolled her eyes.

"That didn't end well for him. Sam got wind of it and had Quil running extra patrols," Emily said.

"Leave it to Quil," Bella muttered.

The rest of the way they walked in silence. Every so often Emily would start telling a story about the bakery, and Bella just nodded. She liked the outdoors, she liked the fresh air. It only made her nervous that Jared or any of the wolves or vampires running patrol won't be able to get scent of Edward. Walking on the main street made her a little jumpy.

Then she saw it, The Bakery. There wasn't anything fancy about it, but she smiled knowing it was theirs. She saw that it was painted a light blue, and the windows looked to be cleaned. As they walked closer she saw there were little tables set outside. Emily opened the bakery and Bella walked in. The walls were painted cream color, and there were tables inside too. There was a counter, and the cash register.

"This is really ours?" Bella asked.

"You haven't even seen the kitchen, yet," Emily said.

Jared stayed out front as the girls made their way into back. Bella couldn't believe how everything looked to be so clean, and new.

"How did we pay for this? Do we rent it or own it?" Bella asked. She knew she had some money saved from working at Mike's parents shop, but it wasn't enough to afford a building.

"Paul hasn't told you?" Emily asked surprised.

"No why?" Bella asked.

" You have no idea how much money you and Paul have do you?" Emily asked.

"No, how do we have any money if he doesn't work," Bella asked.

" The Cullen's, that is how you have money. You don't remember but Alice gave you a gift, she gave you a lot of money. For all the stress that Edward was causing you. She gave you about 20 million dollars. You came to me and asked about opening a bakery. I agreed and we started looking. We got this place really cheap, and we didn't have to pay for labor because of the boys. Then you were going to buy the ovens and kitchen supplies, when one day they were all just here, donated by Rose and Emmett Cullen," Emily explained.

"So this bakery we didn't buy with out money, we bought it with the Cullen's money," Bella asked.

"Yes, you didn't like it in the beginning but after a while you got use to the idea, because you liked what the bakery is going to be eventually. The Cullen's donated money into our starting fund, that is separate from what they gave you. They gave us 45 millions dollars, which won't need that much. They did it because they feel responsible for what happened to the boys, how their wolf gene got activated. They are trying to give them a life they wouldn't have to worry about how to make ends meat. We didn't even make a dent in that with Rose and Emmett's gifts. The table we got from a place going out of business but we still got them super cheap. The only things we spent money on was the paint and counters," Emily was explaining.

" What are we going to do with all this money?" Bella asked.

"You and I are going to be the bakers, of course. We are looking for additional help in the kitchen. We agreed that we would find some girls from La Push to hire, and pay them at a high start rate. Not only that but we agreed to pay the pack members to do work around here. Also, we agreed that when Seth, Colin, and Brady are ready to go to collage, that this was paying for them. You volunteered to pay for the packs collage education. Leah was planning on taking classes in nursing after all this blows over," Emily said.

" You don't want to go back to school?" she asked Emily.

"You and I were going to take classes in Business management, Paul and Sammy were going to take some Account classes. Jake, Embry, and Quil were going to take a mixture of classes. Some Business, and some for car repairs to be licensed to open their own garage, which we offered to help with the money we have. With Sammy and Paul working towards being accountants that means they would help us with our books, and help their car garage with theirs," Emily said.

"So we really had a lot figured out. What about Jared?" She asked.

" Jared would be a floater. He would help us, and he would help the garage. Kim of course will be working here and taking classes to become a teacher. Same with any of the other imprints that may want to work here, if the want or they can go to school without worrying how to pay for it," Emily said.

"So we are starting a good thing then. We are giving back to the pack to be able to better their lives. Do we have anything set up to help with the schools?" Bella asked.

" You want to build a library. You want a place where kids can go and have story time, and people can go and read books. La Push doesn't have their own library, theres the small highschool library, but you want a library where everyone can go," Emily said.

Bella smiled, " That does sound like me. Did I found a place? Did I find employees?"

"You were going to start looking after we got the bakery up and running. I think you had a few people in mind for the library. You wanted to give a job to Angela from Forks, and you were going to give a job to Colin and Brady's mom, " Emily said smiling.

Bella smiled as she thought about everything that they had just talked about. This was the most information she got about the past year. She was working to do good for La Push community. She was glad she was doing something with her time, that she actually enjoyed. She liked to think they would make a differences in La Push.

"Guys, we got to go," Jared said as he ran into the kitchen. His voice was filled with panic.

"We just got here," Bella whined.

" Well, there has been a change of plan. The Makah land was hit with fires and killings. Their wolves and what families are left up there are coming down here. We need every one to meet at the Elders meeting building. Then we are going to assign people to homes, and take the injuried to La Push Hospital," Jared said.

"So we need blankets, and food. We need to go to the store. Someone needs to call Carlisle and have him get over here. Bring Rose, she went to collage for nursing at one point. Make sure Emmett and Esme are here too. We will need Esme to help with the cooking. Also, have them bring any clothes they have," Bella barked out orders.

"Who did that to the tribe?" Emily asked with tears in her eyes. "What about my sister and niece?"

"They are fine. Sammy has them. Edward," was all Jared said.

Jared ran to get his truck, and the girls hurried to the store. Seth stayed with the girls. They were loading up carts with as much blankets, first aid kits, and food they could. They were grabbing clothes and toys. Bella couldn't believe Edward would do all this to them. Why would he attack an innocent tribe? He killed these innocent people and for what? To get revenge? To stop the pack from winning? This isn't about winning and losing anymore. This is about doing right from wrong.

"I can't believe this happened," Emily whispered.

"What kind of monster does this to innocent people?" Seth asked. He knew the answer but he was feeling the pain that everyone was feeling. In the matter of hours La Push was about to get a bunch of people who survived the awful incident . They were going to need everything they could get their hands on. Everyone was offering the space they had to take people in.

"He won't get away with this. If anything it pushed everyone hard to make sure this never happens again," Bella said.

They filled up the carts and checked out placed everything in the truck and went to the meeting place to drop off their supplies.

"Someone needs to go to Forks, and get supplies there. Go to the place I use to work, and buy all the sleeping bags and blankets. Whatever clothes you can get your hands on," Bella ordered as she handed a pack member her credit card.

" Someone else needs to go to a food store, and buy stuff up, we need everything," Bella continued to say. "Wheres the kitchen? We should start cooking stuff for when they get here,"

Billy pointed Bella into the direction Emily just went to. They started cooking things, and getting everything ready for when people started to come. Everyone in La Push was offering up their extra space, and they were going open the schools gyms to place more people.