QueenVamp- Wow I got this one up fast!
Bella
I had to leave Paul and go back to Forks sometime and when I did Alice attacked me at my house and shook me to death.
"Bella! I didn't see where you went! You had us all worried sick!" Alice's gaze lowered from my eyes to my arm. "Bella…what's that?"
"Um…that would be a tattoo of the Packs' symbol." I answered I couldn't believe she hadn't noticed it sooner, then again she had shreaded all my tank tops and the only ones I had left were in La Push. Alice's eyes went wide and her hand clapped over her mouth.
"We've got to get that removed."
"WHAT!? Alice, no…!"
"No that'll leave a scar…but the Change will heal any scars you have so…" I grabbed Alice's shoulders and shoved her backward, sending her over the couch and on to the ground.
"Alice! You are not removing the tattoo! And Edward will not Change me into a blood sucking leech!" I snapped, my body started to vibrate wildly and Alice gazed at me with moon eyes.
"How did you do that?"
"Alice get out of my house." I commanded I could feel the Change coming and the last thing I needed right now was to phase into a ball of fur.
"Bella…"
"Alice please leave…NOW!" I darted past her and out the back door into the woods.
~X~X~X~
Alice and I didn't speak about that day for a long time. But she seemed on higher alert when she was around me now; bring Jasper or Rosalie with her on her daily visits. She'd brought Edward today as we all went over wedding plans that I didn't help with.
Edward could sense my tension and kept his golden eyes firmly on my face and he touched the back of my hand with his fingertips, only to pull away so quickly I almost didn't even see it.
"Bella, you're burning up. Are you feeling alright?" Edward asked.
"No," I grumbled. "I want to go down to La Push and no one told me we were going over plans today. Hell, I don't even remember starting plans." Edward looked at Alice then back to me.
"You want to see Jacob?"
"And Paul, Brady, Collin and Emily."
"Who's Paul?" Alice asked. My heart dropped into my stomach, but I kept my poker face.
"My friend." I bit off the 'boy' part in front of 'friend' or just saying imprint all together. Edward put a hand on my shoulder and the cold deadness of him seemed to spiral through me. I shoved his hand off and walked into the kitchen. "I'm making lunch."
"You just had lunch!" Alice called. They'd taken me to the diner in Forks and bought me my once usual small cheeseburger and fries, but I needed more food than that.
I heard Edward and Alice murmuring to each other, but it was too low for me to hear. I pulled five slices of pizza from the box in the fridge and popped that into the microwave, when I turned around Alice was standing behind me, brown paper bag in hand.
"Bella can you do this for me?" She handed over the bag and grabbed my wrist before she pushed me into the bathroom.
Confused, I opened wrinkled bag and pulled out a box. My jaw clenched and a feral growl escaped my lips.
Flinging the door open I marched from the bathroom to Edward in the dining room. With everything I had I chucked the bag and box at him and snapped. "How dare you!"
Edward remained emotionless and picked up the box and handed it tried to hand it to me again. "I just want to be sure."
"So you think I'm a slut!?" I pushed the box with the pregnancy test away from me.
"Bella, you've been moody and hungry what am I suppose to think? I know it's not mine."
"I'm not pregnant you bastard!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.
"Could have fooled me, your even being mean to Esme."
"Maybe because you're all suffocating me."
"Protecting you." Edward corrected.
"I can take care of myself, thank you very damn much!"
"No you can't."
"Oh, yes I can! You don't know what I can do." My body started to shake violently and Edward's brows knitted.
"Is it Jacob's? You've been spending a lot of time in La Push for the past few months."
If I was pregnant it would be Paul's. I snarled in my thoughts. Not that Paul and I did that yet, but if I was pregnant I'd want it to be Paul's. Wait what the hell am I thinking? Edward was a stone and finally I spoke. "I'm not pregnant, and I can't believe you'd say that." I said trying to remain calm. "And if you can't take my word for that I want to call off the engagement."
Edward eyes widened. "Bella…I'm sorry."
"Leave. Now." I snarled. "Do not get me upset right now." Edward and Alice left without another word and noticeable left the wedding plans and the pregnancy test behind.
I gathered up all the binders and papers and stuffed them in the closest, as for the pregnancy test it went under the sink in the bathroom. I waltzed into the kitchen and grabbed the pizzas, only to put them back in the fridge. After making sure everything was together and put away, I grabbed my car keys and went out to my truck. It was time for my La Push visit.
Blaring my iPod as I drove I took in the scenery of the trees lined on the side of the road. Then I caught a flash of silver in the overgrowth, so faint you could barely see it. Paul?
I saw the wolf again, it was defiantly Paul. I smiled and noticed he was chasing something. I stopped the car and squinted, a flash of red hair and pale skin. Victoria?
I climbed out of the car snarling, ready to phase. Paul shot out of the woods and jogged right to me. What ever he had been chasing was long gone.
"Paul!" I wrapped my arms around his furry neck and then the scent of blood caught my nose. I looked at Paul's flank to see four long claw marks, I gasped.
"Who did this? Was it Victoria?" Paul's large head nodded and I ran to my truck and pulled out a pair of cut of jeans with underwear folded up in them –I kept them for intensive purposes- and handed them off to Paul.
After Paul phased back we both climbed in my truck and drove the rest of the way to Emily's house. My eyes kept darting back to the scars forming on Paul's hip as he rested his head on the glass.
"I'm alright, don't worry about it." I pulled into Emily's driveway and looked at him.
"No it's not. Victoria is here because of me." I hung my head and Paul forced me to look at him, his hand resting on the side of my face.
"Bella it's okay. We'll catch her." Paul leaned forward and connected our lips and reminded me why I loved him.
Not just because he was my imprint or because he was the only one who would spar with me because he was such a good damn kisser.
I heard a loud crash and we both pulled apart to see Brady and Collin sitting on the hood of my truck smiling innocently.
"Bella's here!" I heard Emily yell and I opened my door, only to be tackled by Charlie.
"Bella! I missed you so much!" I hugged Charlie back. He'd been staying at Emily's house with the rest of the imprints for the past month and because of Edward I saw him very rarely.
Paul and I walked, hand and hand into Emily's kitchen and smiled at the all the people gathered at the large table. Kim was sitting on Jared's lap and Claire was on Quil's shoulder, playing with his now longer hair.
"Auntie Bellwa!" She cooed and Quil had to restrain her from lunging at me. I smiled and plucked her off Quil's shoulder.
"And how are you today?"
"Good!"
"Is Quil being a good doggy?"
"Yesh Auntie Bellwa! I missed you vary much!" The toddler's arms wrapped around my neck and I nuzzled my face into her ebony curls.
I saw Sam elbow Paul in the ribs and whisper. "Watch it Paul, Bella's good with children."
"Shut up." I pretended not to hear and lifted Claire into the air.
"Oh, Claire you make me want to have kids someday!" I cooed and she laughed. Paul's eyes went wide and I heard his breathing stop. Everyone bursted out laughing and Sam fanned Paul's face. Charlie even looked paler.
"Bella don't give him a heart attack."
"Sorry, I was just kidding." I handed Claire back to an anxious Quil. "Paul and I need to talk to you."
~X~X~X~
"Why didn't you say this sooner?" Sam silently scolded. All of us where squished in the laundry room and trying not to disturb the peace.
"Everyone so happy right now, and with the Cullen's we should be expecting more recruits." I added.
"Aren't they going to leave?" Paul asked.
"Edward still thinks we're getting married, but I told him to call off the engagement." I snarled bitterly.
"What happened?" Sam asked.
"He asked me to take a pregnancy test." Paul growled and Sam stayed in alpha mode.
"Are you?"
"NO!"
"Ow! This is a closed space everything echoes!"
"Sorry…"
Just then Emily knocked at the door and let herself in. "Em, this is kind of a private meeting." Paul said.
"The Cullen's are on the phone." She handed Sam the phone and instantly I heard yelling.
"Send Bella back here right now!" It was Edward.
"Why?" Sam asked coyly.
"Victoria is in the area and we need her where we can watch her."
Paul took the phone from Sam. "I think we've got a better defense system here Cullen."
"Who's this?"
"Paul." I heard a hiss and the passing of the phone; soon Carlisle's voice came on.
"May I please speak with your Alpha, Paul?" Paul grumbled a 'yes' and handed the phone off to Sam again. "My son, Jasper, has an idea about how to get rid of Victoria that is if you're interested."
"Of course we're interested!" Paul shouted. His voice bounced around the room and I covered my ears.
"Paul…" Sam seethed. "Yes we are."
"Well, we could temporarily edit the treaty and work together."
"No thank you." Sam snarled.
"She's building up an army, Sam. We all need to work together." Sam was silent for several moments and ignored Paul and I's gestures and shaking heads for a 'no'.
"I think…that'll be a good idea."
"Excellent, we'll all meet up in the clearing tomorrow. Oh, and do you mind sending Bella back? Edward wants to apologize for-" This time I took the phone from Sam.
"Sorry Carlisle, but I'm going to spend the night with my friends here."
"Okay Bella." Carlisle said and I hung up before he could say more, looking up I saw the enraged look on Sam's face. He even turned and stomped down the hallway looking like a complete diva.
"New rule! No one take the phone out of my hand, or you'll have three weeks of bathroom clean up!" I heard laughter from the kitchen and Paul had to stop me from doubling over laughing.
~X~X~X~
The next morning –three a.m. - we were all gathered at the clearing. Cullen's on one side, wolves on the other.
Paul and I tried to maintain a distance so we could make this compromise work. It's not like I was stringing Edward along, I told him to call off the engagement and I made it perfectly clear I didn't want to be with him. But I guess I was just acting like a baby fro not coming out and saying that I was deeply in love with my imprint.
I'd talked to everyone and made a picture chart for them to follow about the Cullen's; from their names to their powers to their attitude towards the wolves. I even quizzed them on the way here.
"Who is Emmett?" I asked Brady.
"Very big guy, curly hair, power is strength and he'll work with anyone. His mate is Rosalie who is his complete opposite." I patted his head and threw my arms around his and his brother's shoulder as we entered the clearing.
Edward had been the one everyone gotten right. Bronze hair, scowling face, hates the wolves, loves me and reads minds. Everyone was already good at blocking their thoughts so Edward wouldn't find out about Paul and me. I hope.
"We need to practice fighting before we get down to business." Jasper said. "I'll demonstrate with Emmett."
The fights continued and we learned how vampires fought. I even drunk in the fight, sitting on a high rock elbows on knees head in hands, observing.
Edward stood by me and I ignored him as he tried to apologize.
"Edward, I was serious when I said I wanted to call of the engagement. I'm sorry." I turned away from him and Edward stared at the back of my head for a long time. Then he's head snapped a different direction and he charged forward.