A/N: Stephanie Meyer owns Twilight and all recognizable characters and situations contained therein. Any original characters or situations contained herein are mine! Story is rated M and is intended only for mature adults aged 18 and over. Okay, I apologize if this chapter gets a little confusing but we're going to have a few different POV's this chapter.

**Quil POV a few days later**

I woke up Wednesday morning and somehow I knew that today was the day that everything was going to hit the fan. Bella wasn't speaking to me, I called her cell and texted her a bunch of times but she hadn't answered. I had tried her house line but it just rang and rang. The Swan's didn't have an answering machine, which meant Charlie was either at work or down on the res fishing with Billy Black or Bella's piece of shit ex Paul Dixon. Where the fuck Bella was I had no idea.

Why Chief Swan bothered spending time with his daughter's former boyfriend I will never know. Paul was trash and pretty much the whole res knew it, or those of us with brains did anyway. I flipped my phone open and saw a new text.

Fuck, it's from Emily, 'Quil, Sam is acting really weird the last couple of days. I think he knows.'

FUCK! She never did understand when I told her 'NO TEXTS' there's no quicker way to get caught doing something you're not supposed to be doing than by texting about it. I quickly send her back a reply, 'knows what Em? If you have something to hide you shouldn't be talking about it in txt messages. I'm working at the store this afternoon so if you need to talk come down and we'll find a place to speak.'

I roll out of bed and hit the shower trying to figure out what the hell is going on with Bella. I know she was pissed about what happened with Jake but I thought I could smooth that over quick enough. The problem was that when I had gone to her house to try she had put her feisty ass attitude on and I had responded unfavorably. I lost my temper with her and said things that I hadn't meant to say out loud.

In short I was truthful with her when I should have lied. I was working at the store today but not till like 1, it was about 8:30, which gave me about 4 and a half hours to find Bella and get her shit in line. Just because I didn't want to be with her as a couple didn't mean I didn't want to be with her in the general sense. We had been friends for a long time and I refused to let her end our friendship because of Jacob fucking Black.

Finishing up in the shower I grabbed a pair of baggy jeans and a sweatshirt and threw them on, I grabbed my shoes put them on and headed out the door. Getting in the car I started on the drive to Forks.

What the fuck was Emily thinking texting me this morning saying Sam knows? Well if he didn't know anything was up before if he saw that text message he'd certainly know something was up then! God, women, not an ounce of common fucking sense in the whole fucking gender!

I can't believe Bella has been ignoring me for going on 3 weeks now. This is honestly the longest we've gone without speaking in the entire time I've known her and I don't fucking like it. It gives her too much opportunity to think about people that she should have long since forgotten about. This shit with her and Sam Uley had come at the absolute worst time and I had reacted far too emotionally.

If I had been able to keep my emotions in check I could have swooped right in and swayed her back to my way of thinking and convinced her that she had been used. Unfortunately she had been the one who had gone about it in the stupidest way possible, I mean Christ, what kind of woman picks up a motorcycle club president in their bar and thinks no one will notice? Bella, that's who, granted she doesn't exactly have experience like that but still.

I hadn't heard anything about it on the Res; I couldn't get a hold of Leah either and that was worrying me, she had had a thing going on the side with my cousin Collin and he hasn't heard from her since 2 days after she had seen Sam leaving with Bella from the bar down in PA.

She had shown up at his job with a bruise on her cheek dressed completely different from her norm and totally incognito and ended it with him, understandably Collin had freaked! I had asked Emily about it the next time I saw her and she said she had no idea what was going on with her cousin, that she hadn't seen her in a few weeks and that Leah wasn't speaking to her any more than was absolutely necessary.

Something was seriously wrong, I just couldn't figure out what it was. Pulling up on Bella's street I see her car in the driveway and I'm thankful that I caught her at home. Shit, it's like 9:30am; she's probably still sleeping.

I park the car on the driveway and head to the door. Banging on the door I hear a male voice shout out, "I'm coming hold your damn horses!"

Wait, what? Looking back around I see the cruiser and figure it must be her dad. The door opens and the Chief is looking at me with disgust as he says, "What the fuck do you want?"

Stumbling over my words I reply, "uh, I I'd like to talk to Bella, Sir?"

Chief Swan scowls at me and he says, "She's unavailable right now."

He starts to close the door in my face but I catch it before he can as I say, "Look, Chief Swan, it's really important that I speak to Bella. She has been ignoring me for going on 3 weeks now and I'm worried about her. I don't know if you know but she's been engaging in self-destructive behavior for years now and it's gotten a lot worse in the past month! I NEED to talk to her! I'm probably the only one who can stop her from totally self-destructing!"

Chief Swan is looking at me like I've grown another head but he steps aside and lets me into the house. He points to the table and says, "Sit your ass down and don't move, I'll go up and tell Bella that you're here. If she doesn't want to talk to you though you're going to have to leave."

I watch in shock as he goes up the stairs. Chief looks pretty weak today but he has access to firearms so I know that arguing with him will get me nowhere. I have no idea why he's being such a dick to me though, normally he's a little cold to me but civil.

**Charlie POV**

I can't believe that fucking punk Ateara is in my kitchen demanding to speak to my daughter. Self-destructive behavior my ass! My girl may be a bit wild but she's young and with everything she's been through in her life I think more than most other kids her age she's entitled to a bit of wildness. Not to say I approve of what happened between her and Uley but that's her business and no one else's. It's especially none of fucking piece of shit Quil Ateara's business!

Fuck! Right now I wish I had been a little more open to Paul spending the night over here. Opening Bella's bedroom door I knock softly, she jolts awake and rolls over to face me saying in a groggily, "Dad? What's wrong? Do you want breakfast?"

I chuckle as I say, "Nothing's wrong Bells. Breakfast would be good but uh you have a visitor…"

She takes in the set of my face and sighs as she asks, "It's Quil, isn't it?"

I nod as Bella pushes the covers off revealing her tank top and short sleep set as she says, "I'll be down in 5 minutes just let me change. I left a loaded bowl for you in the cereal cabinet by the way I know you're feeling sick from the chemo on Monday."

Nodding again I shut her door and head downstairs. I know that part of what Ateara terms my daughters 'self destructive behavior' is the fact that she smokes weed. Personally I don't know what the big deal is, Bella never drives under the influence, she never smokes when she has to go to work or school, she's a responsible user. In no way does she abuse it.

Frankly that's more than I could ask for, her mother ran out on us when Bella was a kid, I raised her the best I could on my own but sometimes girls just need a mother. Then I got cancer and it scared the shit out of my girl, I couldn't blame her for wanting to empty her head and relax at times.

Putting a scowl back on my face I enter the kitchen to find Ateara right where I left him I say in a cold voice, "She'll be down in 5 minutes."

The kid actually has the nerve to scoff and he says, "Maybe I should just go up."

I turn back to him with a deadly glare on my face and say, "you make a move for those steps and I'll shoot you where you stand. She's changing and she'll be down in 5 minutes. Sit your ass down and shut the fuck up!"

I watch as the little shit drops back into his chair completely shocked at the tone of voice I'm taking with him. Taking advantage of the moment I say, "You listen and you listen good kid, I have watched you try to manipulate my daughter into your idea of a lady for the last 2 years, I sat back and said nothing because I thought you made her happy.

I couldn't tell her the truth about you because I'm legally obligated not to reveal the identity of the victim of Paul's assault but I know the truth. I know exactly the person you are on the inside and I think you're a fucking scumbag and frankly I don't want you around my daughter."

**Bella POV**

I get out of bed and change quickly pulling on a pair of hot pink yoga pants and a black tee slipping a small tape recorder into my pocket before going downstairs. I find my Dad and Quil in the kitchen glaring at each other and I say, "is everything okay in here?"

Dad nods curtly as he says, "everything's fine honey, isn't that right Quil?"

Quil nods and turns to me as he says, "Bella can we talk privately?"

I nod and gesture to the back door as I say, "sure, we can go out to the yard."

Quil looks surprised and he says, "Umm I thought maybe we could go upstairs?"

Shaking my head I see Dad glaring daggers at Quil out of the corner of my eye as I say, "Yeah, that's not really a good idea right now. Let's just go outside, it'll be private."

He follows me out to the back porch and we sit down on the chairs out there and I ask him, "What are you doing here Quil, and why did I come down to you and my dad trying to kill each other with your eyes?"

He shrugs, "I don't know what your dad's problem is, maybe his age is catching up to him, he's not looking all that healthy. Bella I'm here because you've been completely ignoring me for the last 3 weeks! With the exception of when I came to your house that day and you practically assaulted me and then the next day when you bit my head off for showing a little concern for your well being you haven't spoken to me at all! Are you still seeing Uley?"

I fight not to roll my eyes at the bullshit coming out of his mouth and remind myself that this is all part of the plan as I snap back, "Not that it's any of your business but no Sam and I are not seeing each other anymore. Now first of all I never assaulted you, you came into my house uninvited and had me up against my kitchen counter, all I did was put a little space between us. Secondly, your concern, as you put it was you calling me an idiot and demanding to know things that frankly are none of your fucking business!"

Quil takes a deep breath as he says, "Look I'm not here to fight with you Bella. I love you honey, I'm sorry I can't give you a relationship but I'm willing to be with you if you want me, I do love you and maybe if you can prove to me that you're willing to change your lifestyle maybe someday we could be together for real."

Trying not to lose my temper I blurt out the safest question I can think of at this point in time, "Quil how did you know that Emily Uley was pregnant?"

His mouth drops open and I see him racking his brain for a plausible explanation, finally he manages to get out, "She's a friend of mine, has been for a while, I met her at my parent's store."

I nod and ask him, "Why didn't you ever mention that you were friends with her? Why would she tell you she was pregnant and not her husband? Jared knows Sam and he said that he hasn't heard ANYTHING about Sam being a father. Just how good a friend were you to her?"

His face pales as he says, "Wait, why are you interrogating me Bells? I'm not the one who hooked up with a married man in a bar! If she didn't tell her husband about her pregnancy maybe it's because she doesn't intend on having it? I mean I wouldn't blame her for not wanting to bring a child into that kind of toxic environment. Her husband is a criminal for God's sake! I mean what would you have done if you had found out that you were pregnant after you and Paul broke up?"

I smirk as I say, "If I had ended up being pregnant after Paul and I broke up chances are I would have had the baby and loved it regardless of who the father was. Sam is not a criminal Quil. He's a nice guy and I don't appreciate you talking out the side of your face about people you don't even know! I think she didn't tell Sam about being pregnant because there is no chance that her baby is his.

Quil if you know who the father of her kid is you need to tell me. Because honey if she pins that kid on you the Pack will likely kill you! Now I know that you and I have been having some problems but I care about you honey and I would do anything to help you in any way that I could but you need to be honest with me. I don't want you to get hurt!"

Quil is practically hyperventilating as he grips the arms of the chair he's sitting in. Finally he finds his voice and says, "God, Bella, how could you think that I would sleep with a married woman? You claim you know me so well! Besides what would you do to save me anyway? Fuck the whole lot of them?"

Smirking again because Quil only gets like this when he knows he's caught in something he wasn't supposed to get caught doing I say, "Maybe I would. If it kept you safe I would do anything they wanted honey. We already know that I'm too tainted for you to date, what difference would it make? Please tell me the truth Quil. Who is Emily's baby daddy?"

He's gaping at me but I see the fear in his eyes as he looks down at the porch and says, "it's me… God Bella, what the fuck do I do? Emily and I have been having an affair for almost a year now! I don't love her though baby, I love you! She was just a convenience! Her and her cousin came to one of Collin's shows. Sam is not a good man Bella! Emily told me that they are all drug dealing woman beaters! I think Leah's husband found out about her and Collin, she showed up at his job with a black eye and broke up with him!

I told Emily to get an abortion! She told me that she wouldn't that she would just pass the kid off as Sam's! She wouldn't be that stupid as to think she could do that if they weren't fucking. He lied to you Bella! He USED you! You should have known that a man who hangs out extensively with Paul fucking Dixon is no good Bella!"

Oh Quil. You poor fool…I stop the tape recorder in my pocket and stand up saying, "Okay. Look I need to think about some things. I promise you Quil that things will work out exactly as they are supposed to, I'll take care of things for you the way I always have. Like when I chase away the whores down on the Res for you, I got you honey okay? I have to get ready for work though so you have to go. Call or text me later and we'll figure this all out."

Quil leans down to kiss me but I turn my head and he gets my cheek and I guide him through the house and to the front door. Dad gives me a nod as Quil walks out the front door.

I cross back to the kitchen and make breakfast for dad and myself. I hand him a plate of eggs and sausage and sit down across from him with my own as he asks, "Did you get what you needed?"

Smirking I take the recorder out of my pocket and lay it on the table as I say, "yup. Fucking idiot never even suspected. Dad I'm quitting my job at Newton's, Paul says I can work for him and Jake until I pass the state board in March or until I find a job doing hair. I already let Mrs. Newton know."

He nods and we finish up our breakfast. After I do the dishes I go out on the back porch to smoke a cigarette while dad goes to take a nap.

Sitting on the back porch I pull my phone out, and hit speed dial 3 it rings twice and Paul picks up, "hey Babe, I was just about to call you. What's up honey?"

Smiling as I light my cig I take a drag and let it out as I say, "not much, guess who showed up at my house at 9:30 this morning?"

Paul laughs and says, "Seriously? Tell me you got something Baby girl!"

I laugh as I say, "Oh I got everything Pauly. I got that shit on tape! Should I call Sam?"

I can hear the smile in his voice as he says, "Nah baby just come out to my house tonight around 6:30 okay?"

Laughing I reply, "Okay, sounds good. See you then, I love you Paul."

He tells me he loves me too and we hang up. The last few days have been great. Paul and I had seemingly picked up right where we left off. The first day after I spent the night at his house was kind of weird, I had woken up in his arms, and immediately burst into tears again thinking of all the time we had lost. I couldn't seem to hold on to him tight enough.

I had woken him up and he had held me as tight as he could trying his best to make me feel secure, eventually he had gotten me calmed down and I had put on my short hot pink robe and made us breakfast, which had actually made Paul tear up in remembrance of all the times that I had gone through that routine wearing that same robe.

Heading back up to my room I lie down and just veg out. Sunday evening the Pack had gathered at Paul's and we had come up with a tentative plan. They thought that it was likely that Quil would seek me out sooner or later and I agreed that he probably would. In all the time we'd been friends I had never ignored him for such a long time. I was supposed to record our conversation and try to get the subject around to Emily.

I remember asking Sam what would happen to him if he were the father. As much as I hated Quil I really didn't want to be a party to murder. Paul assured me that they wouldn't kill him, but chances are he would wish he were dead before all was said and done. When I had asked for more information Paul had shot me a look as Sam's brother Brady told me it wasn't my problem, it was club business and I should just do what I was told.

Brady's attitude towards me did not go over well with either Sam or Paul, Paul got up in his face about disrespecting me in our home, and Sam had told him to turn down the misogynistic attitude. He told his brother that I wasn't Emily or Leah and that he was not to take his home problems out on another Pack members Old Lady.

Brady had scowled at first but Sam gave him a look and he apologized to me. I had a feeling that Leah had experienced a little dose of what the old timers called 'Home Correction', which was just a fancy term for a guy beating on his wife. Unfortunately now that I know that she had been having an affair herself and not just covering up her cousin's affair I could only muster up the barest amount of sympathy for her.

Chances are that while Brady had grilled her it had come out that she had been seeing someone as well but obviously she hadn't named names. Hrm…I take my phone out and text Paul, 'Babe, does Brady know that Leah was unfaithful to him as well? If not someone needs to give him a heads up because that's on the tape as well…~Xo B'

A few minutes later I get a text back, 'Are you serious? Did Quil say with who? ~oX P'

I send him one back, 'umm, his cousin Collin…'

Almost immediately he replies, 'WHAT! OMG that family is so STUPID! I'll talk to Sam. Love you honey.'

I send back, 'Love you too Pauly.'

**Sam POV**

I had gotten a text from Paul earlier telling me that Ateara had shown up at Bella's and for the Pack and prospects to meet at his place at 6:30 tonight. I had sent him back an affirmative and went back to work. I was up on the roof with Jared at his parent's place doing a re-shingling job. It was monotonous work but it gave me time to think.

Things at home had been tense lately; I had been testing Emily, offering her beer and other alcohol as well as cigarettes and weed. When I asked her why she wouldn't drink she told me she was trying to lose weight, granted she had gained about 5 or so lbs but I guess that was to be expected and it all seemed like it was in her boobs anyway.

When I offered her a cigarette she told me she hated them and the smell made her sick, and when I offered her weed she threw a fit about it being illegal. To make matters worse she had been trying to seduce me lately. I guess she was getting to a point in her pregnancy that if she didn't have sex with me it would be impossible to pass the kid off as premature and she knew it.

Her attempts were getting desperate but I wouldn't give in. I had taken to sleeping at the clubhouse because I was honestly worried she would fuck me in my sleep! Brady was staying at the clubhouse too and it was like a constant party. I hadn't been happy to find out he'd backhanded Leah hard enough to leave a bruise but when he told me that she was having an affair as well I honestly couldn't even bring myself to be pissed at him. Brady worshipped the ground that Leah walked on, up till this point he had never even raised his VOICE to her! He was heartbroken but trying to hide it.

He had snapped on Bella though and that had not sat well with either Paul or myself, Bella was something special, if she were a guy she would be the only white dude in the Pack. As it was if I could get her on a bike I would think about offering her an honorary membership, in name only. She was just a down little chick and she deserved respect.

I was really happy that she and Paul had managed to work their shit out but I couldn't help but wish that she had never belonged to my Pack brother; she woulda made one hell of a Biker Queen. As it was she probably would be the official Pack woman in charge of setting up functions and family dinners and shit like that due to being the only Old Lady of a founding member who could stand the club. Shit had to change; the other guys and I really had to start finding women more like her, girls who would embrace the club.

It was around 10 after 1 when Paul rode up and signaled J and I down, it was time for us to take a lunch break anyway so we headed down the ladder and grabbed the sandwiches that J's mom had made us as Paul came around the back, "What's up man? You look like shit."

He nodded, "Yeah I got a lot on my mind. Dude, I know Brady's been staying at the club lately, he knows Leah cheated right?"

I nod at him, "Yeah man, he bout freaked the fuck out when he told me. Did Quil drop a dime on the dude that Leah's been fucking too?"

Paul scowls, "yeah, his fucking cousin Collin!"

I think both mine, and J's jaws hit the ground. I'm still processing when J says, "What the fuck! Why would those guys be so fucking stupid?"

Paul smirks, "Easy, they've been jealous at the fact that the Pack has been running things on the res and all the money we're making. They know that what they did to me back in the day means that their whole family is Persona Non Grata as far as the club is concerned and I guess they saw fucking the women of the Alpha and Beta as a good way to get even.

Dumb shits, anyways, Sam you have to talk to him before you guys come over tonight. I won't have a repeat of Sunday and him taking his anger at women out on Bella. I mean fuck you were hurt too and you manage not to be a dick to her."

I nod and reply, "Yeah but at the same time Paul, I knew my marriage was over, Brady had this shit dropped on him like a ton of bricks. That and no offense but if you had never been with Bella she'd be your Alpha's old lady right about now."

Paul scowls at me as J's jaw drops again in shock and Paul says to me in a tight angry voice, "All due respect Sam if you value our friendship, and your nuts, just keep that shit to yourself okay?"

I smirk at him and raise my hands up in front of me as I say, "easy there Man, I didn't mean anything by it. I'm actually giving you a compliment, you have by far the hottest Old Lady in the group and on top of the fact that she is smokin' hot she is the fuckin coolest chick I've met in a long ass time."

J speaks up as Paul snarls at me, "Dude, how do you think I feel? You guys are talking about my sister for fucks sake!"

Paul looks at J funny as he asks, "You seriously aren't attracted to her at all?"

Jared actually looks like he wants to be sick at the thought as he says, "Fuck NO man! She literally is my SISTER! Not really but she may as well be! I have only EVER seen her as family! She couldn't be more my sister if she came out of my moms vagina. I swear to both of you that I have never once EVER thought of Bella in a sexual sense."

Paul cracks up laughing as I say, "Wow J, are you sure your dick works? You do like pussy, right?"

J rolls his eyes and Paul says, "Hey Sam, back off the J man! I'm just happy I have at least one prospective Pack mate who DOESN'T want to bang my future wife! Well two if you count Brady but I think if he got the stick out of his ass they'd be cool and then he would want to so I don't count him."

I roll my eyes at him as he reminds us 6:30 and gets back on his bike and heads back to his and Jake's auto shop.

A/N: Okay I'm going to cut this here cause it's starting to get long I know there's not much action in this chapter but LOTS of info that needed to be had. Leave a review!