COMPLICATIONS

BELLA POV

"Laura May?" said Angela. Laura May nodded slowly, lost for words like the rest of us. Tyler suddenly fainted and Lauren screamed. "Flip, aren't you meant to be…dead?" said Mike. Carlisle spoke: "I know this is probably upsetting but I thought this young lady was dead. I performed some…drastic surgery and she's as right as rain now. However, she has fallen for this young man, Tiago, and they will not be returning to college."

"But why are your eyes red?"

"Effect of the car crash and everything. It will clear." Said Laura May. She was a good liar. Suddenly I realised the wolves were still in the room and I glanced to were they had been standing and nearly burst out laughing. There stood six naked men, looking incredibly bashful.

Mike followed my eyes, "Are we interrupting something?" I shook my head, biting my lips to keep the giggles out. Edward raised his eyebrow at me. I thought the whole naked-men thing would break the ice, but of course, Lauren couldn't help spoiling things. "Laura May, you look different. You look more like…them." She inclined her head towards us Cullen's. "It's subtle differences. Like when we met Bella, I didn't think anything of it really, but now you look the same, too. You all have really pale skin and you're …very pretty. "Lauren blushed, the blood rising up her cheeks. Wow, that's the first time I've heard that girl pay a compliment. Then all chaos broke loose. Laura May, unable to control her blood lust, shot into a hunting crouch and bared her teeth. Edward, who had loosened his grip on Tanya, jumped back in surprise as she lunged for Laura May. Tiago, at the same time, went to leap at Tanya, Sam went for Laura May. Edward, Jasper and Emmett went for Sam and a girl screamed. I glanced round and saw it was Mike.

Alice slammed the door in my human friends faces, as Laura May lunged at the door. Tanya grabbed her ankle and swung her round. "Take it outside, not in the house!" wailed Esme. Tanya ignored her and bared her teeth, plunging them into Laura May's forearm. Laura May screamed, and brought her fist round to smash and Tanya's face. Kate darted forward and grabbed Laura May's hand, wrenching it back behind her back. Tiago snarled and pushed Kate away, while the Cullen boys attempted to wrestle Tanya off the newborn.

I saw the other danger while all the others were preoccupied. I flitted in Sam's path. "Don't hurt her Sam." I said. "Bella please let me pass. The Treaty is still active and Carlisle has broken it. Someone must be punished." Suddenly Nessie tottered into the room. Jacob smiled and scooped her up. I had a wild idea. "If you hurt Laura May then we'll take Nessie where Jacob won't find her." I said hurriedly. Jacobs face fell. However rotten I felt, I ran and snatched my daughter from him. She burst into tears. "I will go and take her away from Jake and trust me…it will take years to track her down." Jake practically collapsed. "Bells…you wouldn't…"

"I would, not unless Sam promises to leave Laura May alone." There was a shout of triumph as Emmett managed to control Tanya. Sam stared at me, then at Jake.

"Fine." He said gruffly. "But no more blood suckers. And if that new born hurts even one human…"

"She won't." I said firmly, giving Nessie back to Jake, who looked at me strangely but said no more about it. I turned back to the scene of chaos before me. Tanya was now sitting down, breathing heavily but seemingly sane, Tiago had his arms wrapped around Laura May, and her blood lust seemed too to have left her. There was another knock on the door. "Not again!" Alice said "I'm fed up of guests". Standing there was a young boy holding a letter. "For the Cullen residence." He squeaked. Carlisle grabbed the letter, and he scampered off after taking one look at Emmett. It was a thick piece of parchment, and it was looking scarily familiar. He opened it and read aloud:

We've met Edwards's beautiful wife, but how about that lovely new born of our Italian brother Tiago?

We all looked at each other in silence. If things couldn't get any worse they already had. The Volturi had summoned.