Jacob had explained to me about the vampires that had been the ones attacking the people of Forks and the surrounding area. I then had to explain about Victoria and Laurent, and how when they had chased him off he had probably gone to her to explain my situation. And then he had explained that they had killed Laurent and I was speechless. Killed him? How? They were nearly unstoppable, they couldn't kill them. He had been offended at my lack of confidence, and I had laughed, deciding that I believed him. Why would Jacob lie to me about this?

"Let's go for a walk," he suggested, and we left his house. Everything outside seemed very different, clearer, like I could see everything properly again.

"Okay, so, is this what happened to Embry? He… shifted?" I asked, because I had been worried about Embry too, ever since Jacob had told me about him. I honestly hoped this is what it was, because this was something that could be explained to me.

"Yeah, it is," he answered. I felt relieved, that means he's okay, he's safe. I was about to turn and smile at Jacob when I felt his hand on my arm, pulling me behind him. I looked at his face and I saw so many emotions. Anger, defiance, pride.

"Jake, what-" I stopped because I then turned and saw what he was looking at. Sam was there, and so was Embry, but there were two people there who I didn't know, though I assumed they were all wolves. They were close enough that I could see their faces and they only had one emotion: rage. They looked beyond pissed, and I had a feeling they weren't just mad at Jacob, but none of them could really see me, Jake was blocking me from view.

"Jake, should I…?" I don't know what I had wanted to ask but the look that Jacob shot my way told me that I shouldn't be talking right now. He pushed me back a little more and I took a few steps back myself, knowing that I was half hidden from the others behind him and knowing that Jacob wouldn't let them hurt me, if it came down to it.

"Sam, I didn't tell her," I heard Jake saying. Shit, I hope I didn't get him in trouble. But he was the one telling me to remember, he had been pushing me to figure it out. Still, Sam looked bigger than Jacob and that worried me.

"I know you didn't Jacob," Sam said, but I could barely hear him. He took a few steps closer to me and Jacob, maybe so that I could hear a little better, maybe so it wasn't so awkward.

"What?" Said one of the ones I didn't know. He was tall, they all were, and he was muscular, too. He looked the angriest, of all of them. "What do you mean, you know? He obviously told her, how else would she know?" I could hear the rage in his voice, and he was shaking, visibly. I could see it from here.

"Paul," Sam said cautiously, he must have been talking to the angry one. "Calm down, control yourself."

"Obviously I didn't tell her, I couldn't, Sam told me I couldn't and you know what that means. I couldn't." Jacob emphasized the last two words.

"Then how!" Paul was shouting at this point, shaking even more violently. I took a few more steps back, feeling like this wasn't going to end well. "How could she have found out!"

I saw everyone else back away from Paul, and I could tell something was about to happen, so I took a few more steps back and then I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Hearing about it was one thing but seeing it with my own eyes was completely different.

I saw Paul practically explode into his wolf form, a dark silver mass of fur, claws, and snarling fangs. Then, much closer to me, I saw Jake do the same, but he was a rusty-brown colour. They lunged at each other and I heard myself scream, not out of fear for myself, but in my fear for Jacob's safety. He was the newest wolf, what if he got hurt over me. They were snapping and snarling at each other and eventually bolted into the trees, Sam running after them.

"Bella," I heard a familiar voice say my name, and I turned to see Embry beside me, keeping his distance. I grinned at him, launching myself into a hug with him, which seemed to take him by surprise. But he hugged me back, laughing at my reaction. And then I punched his arm, not very hard, but I think he got my point.

"What was that for?" He asked me, laughing.

"Worrying me! We were friends and then you just disappeared and scared the shit out of me and Jake!" I nearly shouted, but I was smiling at him, so he knew I wasn't actually angry, just making a point.

"Yeah, yeah," he waved it off. "I'm sorry, though, I would have told Jake if I had been able to. Anyways! Bella, this is Jared," the last boy was tall, like the rest of them, about 6 feet tall. I noticed now that they had all cut off their hair, which was not common on the reservation. Must be a wolf thing.

"Hey," I smiled at him, and he smiled back. "Are they going to be okay? Because I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me, it really isn't his fault, I figured it out on my own," I explained. They both smiled at me, I relaxed a little bit. I felt better than I had in months.

"They'll be fine, we can all hold our own, especially with each other because we all train and learn how to fight with each other. Come on, let's get over to Emily's," Jared told me and Embry.

"Emily?" I questioned.

"Sam's fiancée, they'll head over there once they're done," they started walking away, probably towards wherever we were going.

"Uh, guys? I'm not walking, do you want a ride?" I asked them, pointing at my truck. They grinned and jogged over, pushing and shoving each other the whole way.

"Yeah, but, you can't run with vampires," I argued. I heard Emily snort. Jared was looking at me like he didn't understand me, "because they're fast…" I elaborated for his benefit.

He barked a laugh, "Yeah? Well, we're faster," he boasted. I was about to respond when I heard Jacob laughing outside.

Sam came inside and went straight over to Emily, kissing her and then each of her scars, making her giggle. They were adorable, I smiled. I looked over at the door to see Jacob walking in, he didn't look hurt. He grabbed a muffin off the table and came over to me, smiling.

"You're alright?" I asked, and he nodded at me, still smiling.

"I went easy on him," I heard Paul's voice coming from the doorway and I leaned around Jacob, smiling. Paul sounded much happier than he had earlier.

He looked at me, smiling, and then I saw the smile drop from his face and he grabbed the doorframe, looking like he was trying to steady himself. I was concerned now, what the hell was happening? I looked at Jacob, trying to gauge his reaction so I knew if this was something bad. He looked… irritated? That didn't make any sense to me. I looked back over to Paul, he looked scared and angry.

What was going on?

"Paul?" I asked, maybe he would explain.

"NO!" he shouted, looking at Sam and then bolting away from the house.

I was about to ask the room at large what was going on when Jared snorted and Embry and him both began howling with laughter. I looked at Jake, who still looked annoyed, but a smile broke out over his face too and then he had joined in the laughter. I looked over at Sam and Emily but Sam was looking out the door, and I could tell he wasn't sure if he should follow Paul or not.

I guess he decided he should because he kissed Emily's temple and then was out the door. Emily looked over at me, smiling like she knew something. I could tell I wasn't going to be told what had happened, not right away anyways.

I shrugged and grabbed another muffin, going over to stand with Emily and talk with her.

I don't know if any of you have read the 12 chapters of Midnight Sun that Stephanie posted but I just did this weekend and it was actually very helpful for me, especially in the later chapters of this story. Anyways we're getting into some more original content!

Let me know what you think! Thanks for reading and all the comments!