A/N: Stephanie Meyer owns Twilight. I just play with her creation. 10th Chapter woohoo!

**Bella POV Wednesday after school**

I leave the school in a hurry, I have to go to the grocery store to get the stuff for dinner tonight, Sam is coming over along with Jake and Billy so I need enough food to feed like 10 normal people. Dad and I had talked briefly this morning, I wanted to know what the deal was, why was he being so cool? Not that I didn't appreciate it I just wanted to know what was up. It's not that I ever really thought my dad was unobservant but I had watched him leave the bonfire and I had never given him a reason to distrust me so the thought that he might have circled around to spy on me kind of pissed me off.

I asked him what the deal was he said that one of the deputies saw us and called it in to him. Then he made an excuse and said he'd talk with me about it during dinner and that he had to go. It was frustrating; I figure he's dodging because he thinks I won't ask again in front of Billy, Sam, and Jake. Well he's wrong on that front.

At the grocery store I hurry through the aisles, I figure that with the way Sam and Jake eat that if I don't want to blow my whole bank account the best thing to fix was fish, I'd taken almost Dad's entire stock out of the freezer and the only things I had to pick up were the ingredients for the batter, oil to fry the fish in and stuff to serve on the side.

I was making my way up to the register not paying attention when I crashed into something, way to go Bella, just great. I looked up to see a cart being pushed by a very annoyed looking Leah Clearwater. Shit. Leah and I had been friendly when we were little kids because we both played with Billy's daughters and I knew from experience that her temper could be legendary.

She smirked at me, "Same old Bella, how're you doing girl?"

I smiled, thankful that she didn't seem pissed, "Hey Leah, I'm pretty good, how are you?"

She frowns before replying, "Eh, I'm okay, had kind of a rough week but for the most part things are good. We should catch up, Bella. I'm looking to spend some time out of La Push and it's been a long time since we've spent any time together."

Now I'm confused… Leah and I were never really that close, I know Sam said they had remained friendly but he also said that she was pretty upset about the imprint so why is she looking to spend time with me?

I go for the obvious question, "what's going on in La Push that you want to stay away from?"

Her face falls a little like she wishes I hadn't asked, "Well my boyfriend and I are having problems because my ex started dating someone else and it upset me that he was seeing someone and I really don't want to have to watch him go around town with her so since they'll be down there I figure I'll try not to be for a while."

It finally hits me; she doesn't know I'm Sam's imprint. I'm so fucked! If I tell her here she's going to throw the biggest fucking fit. She obviously assumes that his imprint is Quileute so that's why she figures I'm safe. But if I don't tell her and I let her believe that it's someone else then when she finds out she'll throw an even bigger fit than she would now. She's saying something, "…doing tonight?"

I shake my head, "what?"

She looks at me like maybe I'm retarded, "I said what are you doing tonight? Are you feeling okay? You look a little sick."

I bet I do… "I'm okay. Umm look Leah this is really awkward, but I'm actually cooking dinner tonight for my dad, Billy, Jake, and uh,…"

I barely whisper Sam's name but by the look on her face she caught it. She looks livid, "I'm sorry, who did you say?"

Why am I cowering? She's just Leah Clearwater, I whooped her ass when we were kids and I can still whoop her ass. I haven't done anything wrong and neither has Sam. I understand her not being happy about it but she has a boyfriend, and her and Sam have been over for more than two years! I look her in the eye this time and my voice is clear, "I said Sam, Leah. Look I know you two have history but you've been over for years, you have no right to be angry about him finding someone new when you're also seeing someone. Frankly if I was your new guy I'd be pissed too to be living in the shadow of your ex that you haven't been with for 2 years."

She comes around the cart and gets in my face, "What the fuck did you just say to me, bitch? You know something Bella; you can go fuck yourself. Does it make you happy to know that he was with me by choice and that he's only with you because of some supernatural bullshit? Take that to heart bitch, without the imprint, Sam would never have looked twice at you."

I laugh at her, and then I stare her in the eye and say in a deadly calm voice "But he did choose me, Leah. What's more, fate chose me. Sam did choose, Leah, he chose to leave you when he didn't imprint on you. He chose to let you go. He might not have chosen to imprint on me but he chose to get to know me after he did, he chose to start a relationship with me.

We're together; he's with me, forever. I'm sorry if you hurt over it but you have someone else. I honestly don't understand why you're doing this! Do you think by getting in my face that you're going to win points with him? Do you think that by clinging to something that is done and over with you're doing yourself or your new relationship any favors? Move on. Now, I suggest that you get out of my face before one of us does something that we'll regret later on. I kicked your ass when we were kids; don't think I won't do it again if you push me into it."

I continued to stare at her until she got her cart and walked away. I let out a long sigh took my cart and went up front to pay.

I get home and I'm fuming, until I get to the porch and see Sam working on the door, he's wearing cut off shorts and no shirt. My heartbeat picks up and he turns to look at me, he smiles, "Hey Baby."

He takes the bags out of my hands kisses me on the cheek, and heads into the kitchen. He puts the bags on the counter and I start emptying them. He goes back to the door and I start working on the food. I'm de-boning the first fish when I hear his cell phone ring, "Hello?"

I hear him talking to someone but I can't make out what he's saying until the end, his voice raises and he tells whoever it is "I'll take care of it!"

He comes into the kitchen snapping his phone shut. He sits at the table and looks at me and I can see that he's upset, "What's wrong, Sam?"

He's rubbing his forehead with his hands and refusing to look at me, "That was Harry, Bella. Do you want to tell me what happened at the supermarket? Why Leah got home in tears, screaming about you throwing the imprint in her face and threatening to beat her ass?"

I stare at him in total silence for what feels like an hour but is probably closer to 3 minutes before I lose it, "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? She's seriously saying I said that to her without any provocation?"

Sam cuts me off, "what the fuck Bella? What could she possibly have said to you to deserve that?"

That stops me cold in my tracks, "I'm sorry? Are you really taking your ex girlfriends side without even hearing mine?"

He sighs with frustration, "Bella, whatever she said to you, using the imprint as a weapon is wrong, you should apologize"

I have officially lost the power of speech. I lean against the counter looking at him and all I feel is anger and disgust. "I think you need to finish the work you're doing and leave Sam. Maybe we'll talk later in the week when I've had some time to calm down, I can't be around you right now. By the way, she told me that she hoped it made me happy to know that you were with her by your own free will and that you were only with me because of the imprint. That without it, you wouldn't have looked twice at me. Whatever though, who cares how I feel right? Honestly you can go to hell if you think I'll apologize to that bitch!"

He looks shocked as he vaults out of the chair and wraps his arms around me. I stand there passively until he lets me go because I know he is far too strong for me to be able to push him away. He gently grabs my chin trying to tilt my face up to look at his and I turn my head away from him, "No! You need to go! If you're done fixing the window then just fucking leave!"

I throw the knife into the sink and run up the steps to my room and slam the door locking it behind me. What the fuck kind of person does he think I am? I know he doesn't really know me inside and out but I thought he at least would have known that I could never have been that vindictive to search out his ex and gloat about having him.

I lay on my bed and text Charlie, 'Dad, I can't cook tonight, would you mind bringing pizza home? It'll just be me you Billy and Jake. Sam got an emergency call and had to go to work, the door is done.'

I hear the door close and a minute later I hear Sam's truck start up and drive away. My phone signals a text, 'That's fine Bells, pizza sounds good to me.'

At least that's one thing I don't have to worry about. I put my phone down and roll over. I stare at the window trying not to cry. I didn't do anything wrong! I stood up for myself, that's all. That fucking bitch! Soon enough the anger fades and I let the tears leak down my face hoping that by the time Dad gets home and the Black's get here that I'll feel better

**Sam POV**

Fuck! I just fucked up huge. I finish the last few things I have to do to fix Bella's front door and I debate for a second staring at the steps before doing what she wants and leaving. I'm so fucking pissed, I'm pissed at Leah but mostly I'm pissed at myself. I should have known that she started the whole thing.

I tap my Bluetooth and call Harry back, "Sam."

I try not to let my voice betray my frustration as I tell him, "Hey, Harry. Look I'm sorry that you had to deal with that when you got home. But Leah is lying. Bella didn't just come up to her out of nowhere and say that shit to her. Leah provoked her, really harshly I might add.

Told her that I had been with her by choice and that I was only with B because of the imprint, that without it I wouldn't have looked at her twice. I don't know what to do here Harry. I've tried to be a friend to Leah but she keeps shoving it back in my face. She can't keep trying to ruin my life like this! I have never gotten involved in her affairs I have never given her false hope that we would get back together, and I have only ever discouraged her when she brought it up"

Harry sighs and when he answers he sounds tired, "I'm sorry Sam. I'll talk to Leah; she needs to let you go. Maybe I should send her up to stay with her cousin for a while, maybe that'll help her to finally move on. I'll see you at the meeting, Son. Tell Bella I'm sorry will you?"

I snort, "if she ever decides to speak to me again I'll pass it along, have a good night."

I hang up as I pull up at home.

There hasn't been any sign of vampires since the one I had killed with Jake and Embry on Monday night so we've been taking it pretty easy, two of us phase in every few hours and run the rounds to be safe. Quil hasn't phased yet but he's grown another couple of inches so it'll definitely be early next week at the latest. I let myself into the house as Jared's truck pulls up and he and Kim get out.

Great, company. "What are you guys doing here?"

Jared answers, "We decided to swing by and see if you and Bella were here, Kim wants to meet her."

I go into my room and grab my bong, it's 18 inches of hand-blown green glass with a glass on glass hitter. I bring it into the living room and set it on the table before I sit down and take my stash out of the side compartment. "She's not here."

Jared catches my mood from the combination of my tone of voice and the fact that I got the bong out. I only use the bong when I want to get really wrecked and forget about life; it's been a while.

He smirks, "You in the doghouse already Sammy?" I growl at him while he laughs at his little joke.

I scowl at him and answer, "If you must know, yeah I am. It's all fucking Leah's fault!"

Jared's eyes light up; he loves drama, "dude what happened?"

Kim speaks up, "what did that bitch do now?"

Leah has never been nice to Kim, it only got worse after Jared imprinted on her. I guess Leah sees her as the physical manifestation of the thing that tore us apart. I sigh and start to pack the bowl as I tell them, "She ran into B at the grocery store and laid into her about the imprint and how I'm not really with her of my own free will and that if I hadn't imprinted I wouldn't have looked at B twice. Of course when she got home, she turned on the waterworks for Harry and told him that Bella sought her out to throw the imprint in her face and gloat that I was with her. Like an idiot I got pissed first and told Bella that using the imprint as a weapon under any circumstance was wrong.

I didn't even ask what Leah said to her, just told her that whatever she said it couldn't have been bad enough to deserve that. I'm a fucking moron; I know just how nasty she can be. So she tells me to leave and then tells me what was said and that MAYBE we can talk later in the week. I mean fuck my life; we were supposed to have dinner with her Dad, Billy, and Jake tonight. Her dad was so cool about us being together when I told him last night, now he's going to fucking hate me."

I grab the lighter and milk the tube up before pulling the bowl and inhaling the smoke. I hold it as long as I can and then start coughing my ass off as Jared laughs.

Kim looks pissed, "that fucking bitch! I'm sorry Sam but that cunt is not going to be happy until she has completely destroyed your life. I would feel sorry for her if she wasn't such a fucking bitch; you guys have been over forever! She's dating Paul's cousin, although probably not for very much longer the way she goes on about you. I hope you told Harry the real truth"

I take another hit before passing the bong to Jared who takes it and hits it much more carefully than I have been. I nod, "I did. It doesn't get me out of Bella's doghouse though, Jared's right about that. She wouldn't even look at me!"

Kim looks at me sympathetically, "I'm sorry Sam, I'm sure she'll come around. Maybe text her tomorrow but don't call her until she calls you, if you crowd her it will just make her madder. When she does call you, you better be prepared to do some serious groveling. And do not skimp when it comes to the I'm sorry gift, seriously find out what her favorite flower is and send her a ton of them, but only AFTER she calls and says she's willing to talk to you."

I put on a movie and we hang out for a few hours and I'm fucking wrecked. The credits start to roll and Kim tells Jared to give her his keys and get ready to go. Kim smokes but only when she and Jared are in for the night, I respect that about her because I think I'd be pissed if I was a chick and had to drive my boyfriends stoned ass all over La Push. I wave at them as they leave, I put one of the small couch pillows under my head and fall asleep.

I wake up in the dark to my phone going off, I look at the ID and see that it's Jake. "Jake? What's up? Is Bella okay? What's going on?"

He scoffs a little as he replies, "Bells is fine Sam, we have to talk though. Didn't you find it odd that Charlie was so accepting of your relationship with Bells? That he was so okay with her sleeping at your place on weekends and the fact that we all smoke a little and drink? Didn't it strike you as funny that the Chief of Police was so cool with the fact that almost all of us at the bonfire were underage? Don't you think it's strange that we all weren't hauled down to the station if he knew what we were doing?"

I blink, "yeah Jake, of course I thought it was weird but I guess when he told me I wasn't really thinking about the why, I was too much in shock I guess. Why? What are you getting at?"

I hear him take a deep breath before he unloads some shit on me that changes everything, "Charlie knows, Sam. He knows everything! Even imprinting. Well not everything, he doesn't know that the Cullen's are Vamps. I asked my dad about that on the way home and he said he couldn't betray the treaty by revealing them to a human."

I feel like I'm choking on the open air, I cough and sputter out, "wait, WHAT? What do you mean he knows?"

I hear Jake suck in a deep breath, "Dad told him. Told him everything shortly after you turned back up after being missing for two months. Said he had to because Charlie thought it was animal attacks that were killing those hunters and that he was dead set on hunting you down, he was going to put traps all over the place. Dad didn't want to take the chance on you getting hurt.

So he sat Charlie down and told him most of the truth, we're werewolves and we protect people from vampires. He said that once Charlie wrapped his head around it that coupled with your disappearance it made sense. After you told the other Elder's about the imprint at the meeting on Monday, Dad called Charlie and broke the news to him. He was a little upset about it at first but mostly he said he was just happy that Cullen was out of the picture for good."

I tried wrapping my head around it, "Jake how did this even come up?"

He laughed, "Bella waited till we were all sitting and eating and she just out of the blue goes 'Dad why are you being so cool about my extra curricular activities? I appreciate it but what gives?' That's when Dad dropped the bomb on us that Charlie knows everything. Bella almost gave the Cullen's away but when she said 'Everything?' she was looking at Dad and he caught her eye and gave her a look."

I'm beyond stunned, I cough and try to clear my head before saying, "wow…I gotta go Jake, that's a lot to take in. Don't forget you have rounds at 1 and 6 ok? Howl if you need me."

I clean the table off, putting my stash away and bringing the bong back into my room with me. I put it back in its spot and lie down. I wonder how long Bella's going to be pissed at me. I hope not too long, I know I fucked up huge I just hope she will forgive me quick and that we can still go on our date on Friday. My thoughts turn to the revelation of Charlie knowing our secret.

Well, shit, I guess it could be helpful having him know, saves on having to make shit up. It will make Bella's life easier for sure she can be completely honest with him about our relationship. If he understands about the imprint chances are he won't give us crap about moving too fast or anything.

I wonder if Billy told him about marking, I kind of hope so. So that in the future if/when it happens he won't have me arrested for abuse or something. I try to fall asleep but can't so I stare at the ceiling and space just thinking about the fucked up situation I've gotten myself into. I can't even blame Leah although I really want to. Fuck.

A/N: So I kind of wrote myself into a corner with the last chapter and how cool Charlie was being with everything. I avoided writing all day yesterday because I couldn't figure out how to get out of the corner I'd stuck myself in. It finally hit me that he had to know everything. He knows the stresses that the pack is under so he cuts them slack when they cut loose as long as they aren't driving and nothing is getting out of hand. He knows about the imprint so he understands that it won't just be Sam that hurts if they're kept apart. He knows that Sam is Bella's forever so he trusts him to take care of her and keep her safe even from herself. I kind of feel bad for writing Leah as the crazy ex g/f because most of you who review have told me that you think she's a bitch and want to slap her. And she is a bitch but I feel bad for her because I think she can't help it, like if she could let go of Sam she would but that for whatever reason she isn't able to yet. Don't worry though her shit will resolve itself. Don't forget to leave me some love!