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Chapter 10: If it's worth saving me

And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me
Hurry I'm fallin'
All I need is you
Come please I'm callin'
And oh, I scream for you

"Daddy I'm so sorry, I'm so so-so-sorry yeah; we just like to party, like to p-p-party yeah, Bang, Bang!"

"SHUT UP!" Gabriel, Nikel and I yelled at Zach as his constant screeching of the lyrics was getting on everyone's nerves. It didn't help my nerves were already fried anyways, thanks to Edward's wonderful little information. I had no idea how I was going to explain it to the rest of my friends. I was putting all their lives in danger thanks to Victoria.

I looked in the rearview mirror to see Allina practically tailgating Nikel. She was a very impatient driver and in a racecar she was about ten times worse.

Like promised we were all going out to eat for dinner, but now afterwards Allina was going race…and so was Nikel. So instead of the Mustang and Charger, we had: the Aero containing Allina and Loretta, the Mustang which had our little group and the Veyron which Sam and Jamie were in. Apparently Nikel only trusted Allina to drive his cars so she had to drive that and Sam had to drive her racecar. I gave up questioning Nikel a long time ago.

"So where are we eating anyways?" Gabriel asked, from the back seat after finally shutting Zach up.

"Burger King." Nikel said with a very matter-of-fact tone, "Teach you to tag along without asking first."

"Oh boy, has your relationship with Bella progressed to the stage where she can pick something off the dollar menu already? Wow, you must really like her." His voice sarcastic; I was surprised to find the more time I spent around Gabriel the funnier he could be…in a bland sort of way.

"Thanks Gabriel, that reminds me." He looked at me, "Bella you can only order off the dollar menu."

I rolled my eyes, "Oh damn and I had my heart set on a chicken sandwich."

"I wanted to eat at Old Country Buffet!" Zach whined he never stopped talking for long. That was part of his charm.

"I told you earlier, the closest one is in Tacoma which is over three hours away!" Nikel snapped, "We'll go there some other time, I promise."

"I'm holding you to that."

I rolled my eyes: brothers. Those two were always fighting, arguing, wrestling, you name it.

Nikel looked at me again, "Bella, you've been really quiet since school ended. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'll explain at dinner. Try to find a secluded place, okay?" I knew he was joking about eating at Burger King. So wherever we eat we had to make sure it was away from other customers. No one else can over hear this news.

The rest of the car ride was quiet except for the music and Zach's random singing. We finally reached a nice café that wasn't too crowded. After ordering and receiving our food was when the conversation turned bleak.

"Okay Bella, time to spill." Nikel stated, grabbing my hand for a comforting squeeze.

I took a deep breath, "Everyone here has been filled in on, pretty much, my whole life in Forks. There was one event I never told you about. Basically, my involvement with the Cullen's almost ended my life when another coven of human eating vampires appeared. Two of them hunted me. The male, James, got real close." I showed them my scar making them gasp in realization, "Edward saved my life and the Cullen's killed James.

"Victoria is after me now. I think she was James' mate. She wants revenge using my life; Edward told me today after school that's why they came back. Alice looked into the future and saw her coming after me."

Everyone stared at me when I was finished. I shifted awkwardly under their scrutiny. Finally Zach shook his head and said, "What are you to gain the attention of so many supernatural creatures?"

Everyone laughed at that, leave it to Zach to break the tension like that, I sighed "I honestly have no idea. I just wanted to warn you, give you the option to get out while you can."

"Never Chica!"

"Zach's right….which is rare," Nikel said, kissing my hand, "Do you honestly think I'd leave my girl high and dry? No Vampire can take us down."

Loretta smiled, "I'll pull so many pranks on her she'll run in terror."

Gabriel rolled his eyes, "Lore, you might need to stick this one out for the most part. Tabitha would kill us if something happened to you."

She pouted, "Well how about Jamie? He can't even shift yet anyways."

"Him, too," Allina stated with a nod of her head, "Fifteen and older for this fight. Bella, you're my best friend, you make Forks tolerable. How dare you think we wouldn't help?"

"I don't want anyone to get hurt." I whispered, poking at my food.

"We'll be fine." Nikel assured me with a wink, "Just be worried about yourself."

Sam, who had remained quiet since I began speaking, spoke up now, "What of the Cullen's? They came back to help take out this Victoria. It would be wise if we worked with them, not against them."

"We don't need their help." Nikel snapped, glaring at Sam, "They just need to stay away from us."

"Nikel put away your stupid petty jealousy for a minute. Think about it. They're here to find and fight Victoria. It would be smarter to work with them especially if they're doing it anyways. We can share information and that's better than leaving each other in the dark. That's how mistakes are made."

I looked at Nikel to see him scowling. Was he really jealous? I didn't know Nikel could obtain that particular emotion. He always seemed pretty laid back except when it came to me being injured…and in his mind Edward did injure me emotionally. Great…

Nikel put down a stack of bills and got up to leave; the rest of the family following. I knew I needed to talk to him, "Allina, drive Nikel's Mustang. We'll take the Aero I need to talk to Nikel alone."

I didn't even look at Nikel as I headed towards the car. I heard Nikel following behind me and Zach yelling after us, "Ooo Nikel, you're going to get a whoopin'."

As soon as we were situated in and heading towards the race grounds did I talk, "Nikel, I agree with Sam. I may not want to deal with the Cullens or even see them after what they did to me, but it would help take out Victoria. Taking out Victoria is a necessity. We have to work with them. You're jealous of them are you? Like Sam said you were."

I watched as Nikel's hands grabbed the steering wheel in an impossibility hard grip, "I'm pissed beyond belief at them. How could they leave someone as kind and sweet as you high and dry?"

"I think you're a bit biased."

He rolled his eyes, "They hurt you, Bella. It doesn't matter if it was physically or emotionally. Physical wounds heal; emotional ones not always. I hate them Bella. When I first met you I thought you were insane, standing in the middle of the road just waiting to be hit by someone. It was because of them though, wasn't it? You were in some fucked up depression. It was like being suicidal without actually wanting to commit suicide. I don't want them to get close to you again; I don't want them to hurt you again.

"I can't say I'm all good intentions though. I don't want you close to that Edward again. I don't want to give him the chance to make you fall in love with him again. I've only been dating you a month. Like I said if I want the truth I go to the source, but that doesn't mean I didn't hear the rumors. How big of a mess you were when he left; are we strong enough? I like you Bella a lot. I really hope that we'll be together for a long time, but…We could fall out of love next week and I hope beyond hope we don't, but with that Cullen hanging around it's like a threat."

I started laughing, "Okay Nikel I'm going to stop your little heart to heart before you hurt yourself. I will never fall back in love with Edward. He left me a shattered soul, but you helped fix me. I'm not going to be shattered by him again. Don't worry. We do need to work with them though. You have to be able to understand that."

He let out a sigh, "I know." He glared at me playfully, "Why do you have to be so reasonable? Ruin my fun."

"Someone has to be reasonable in this relationship."

He nodded, "Yeah…great you're the reasonable one? Damn, I guess that means you'll be pissed if we get a new racecar and ask you drive it."

"Yeah, probably," I told him.

"Figured…darn…do you want to drive the Aero?"

I rose as eyebrow thinking of that monster of an engine, "I'll pass."

"Suit yourself."

We sat in a compatible silence the rest of the way, listening to the radio. I always became very nervous when Nikel raced. He was an amazing racer and, though, he was not as destructible as a human he wasn't invincible either. A bad enough crash could seriously injure him and if he was knocked unconscious he could die from a car explosion or something. Those can be quite common in street racing which didn't help my nerves. I stopped speaking about them though, even Allina laughed them off.

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When we finally got back to the Cruor's house after all the races and such were through it was after nine and I had to head home. Knowing they didn't sleep, I gave Allina Alice's number –though I didn't know if it was still valid- to call and set up a time to meet with them about the Victoria problem. It was decided we would meet them tomorrow evening, meaning the sleepover I had with Allina was moved from my house to hers again. I swear she did that on purpose…

After that was all decided Nikel took me home. As I went to get out of the car he pulled on my arm making me turn to look at him. He kissed me softly and I had to smile at the emotion he put into it. When we pulled away he smiled as well, "Don't worry about that female vampire, Bella. We'll protect you. Despite what you think about us helping, it's worth it saving you."

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