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Bella's POV
In the past week both Renee and Phil have been really supportive about the whole thing. I knew that mum wanted me to stay with them, but she also understood that I had to tell Paul about the pregnancy and give him a choice.
I knew though that I would not come between Paul and Rachel, but I have made the decision that I will move away from Forks if Paul denied the baby. I promised myself and the baby that I would not be broken if he denied my baby; I would be strong and love it enough for the both of us. All that mattered to me now was that the baby came first, which is the other reason that I was headed back to La Push. I needed answers, and the only person who could give them to me was Billy, and he won't give them to me unless I came back.
It was now time for me to get back to Forks. I had yet to tell Charlie about the pregnancy, but I had decided that after I talked to Billy I would see the OB/GYN in Forks.
So here I am in the airport in Port Angeles waiting for Charlie to get here.
"Dad" I said with a smile on my face, as I saw him pull up.
"Hey kiddo, you look different"
"It's called a tan, dad" I said sarcastically to him as I got into the cruiser, but I knew what he meant. I had had a growth spurt since I phased, and I had more of a muscle tone. Since being in Jacksonville I also did get a tan so my skin tone was remarkably different.
"So how's everything been?" I asked
"Everything's good. So what's this big secret that you told me you had?"
I blushed embarrassingly, looking away from him. I had been dreading this for the last week. "Are you sure you want me to tell you now, and not when we get home?" I asked, hoping that he would be willing to wait. At least if we were at home he could yell, scream, rant, rave or pass out without killing us both.
His face hardened. "Yes. I'd like to know now."
I sighed. "And you promise you'll still want me around no matter what?" I asked quietly fearing to look his reaction.
His face softened a bit when he answered to me. "Of course. You're my daughter and I love you no matter what." He grumbled. "But you're starting to freak me out."
I looked up and at him and decided that I would tell him everything as quickly as I can like I did with my mum.
"Ok, dad you know about the pack, so you would now about imprinting…well when I came back for your wedding, one of the guys imprinted on me…he said he wanted me to keep it a secret for a little while so I did. He came over the night before the wedding when everyone was out and we…well we slept together."
I saw my dad become rigid and I hurried up before he could interrupt me and I lost my nerve. "Well then he left after that. He had told me he loved me dad, then at the wedding I saw him come in with a girl. Leah said that she was his imprint and fiancée, so I told him that it was over and that I was leaving. He got really angry and well…he phased too close…that's how I actually got these scars." I said to my dad letting him have a closer look at my scarred arm.
I looked up at my father, knowing I was just about to break his heart and hating that it was unavoidable. "After the stiches got taken out, I got on the next flight to Jacksonville. Well a week ago I found out I am pregnant…"
"You're what?" dad barely whispered to me, with wide eyes.
"I'm pregnant…I'm so sorry, dad…I'm so sorry that I disappointed you"
"I'm not disappointed in you, but I am going to kill him!"
"You can't do that dad, plus that's not all" I said softly.
"What else could have possibly happened?" he asked after a moment.
"Before I found out I um…I was attacked…by a vampire"
At that Charlie's head snapped towards me.
"A vampire attacked me and well…I sort of phased" I said, looking down at my lap.
"What? How could you phase?" he asked me pulling off to the side of the road.
''I don 't know dad, but I need you to take me to Billy's and you can't let anyone know about the baby or me phasing, not even Sue. You also can't even harm Paul, if he doesn't want the baby I'm leaving and I won't be back for a while, but I'll keep in contact ok?'' I asked my dad almost begging him. I seriously couldn't have him harm Paul, he would just hurt himself doing so and I had a feeling that Leah is going to hand Paul his ass anyway.
"Fine, but if he does this to you again I will not hesitate to kill him and I'm a cop so I know how to make it look like an accident" Charlie said, pulling the car back onto the road and headed to La Push. Oh boy, I had a feeling that things where just getting started.
"Billy" I said getting out of the cruiser.
"Bella, I'm glad you came" he said wheeling himself onto the porch.
''I need answers, Billy. None of the pack are here are they? " I asked, though I could hear that no-one was home except Billy.
"No, no-one's here. Bella I need to see you phased" Billy said looking at me seriously
"Fine, but I need answers afterwards" I said walking into the forest to shift. I got a thought that hopefully phasing wouldn't hurt my baby, but then again I could feel it would be safe for him/her inside of me.
After I stripped I thought about Paul; using me and cheating on Rachel. I felt the heat build-up and spread throughout my body, my frame shook so much I blurred then I felt the whitish/silver fur flow out from me. And I landed on four legs. I slowly walked towards the edge of the forest so that Billy and Charlie could see me. As soon as Billy saw me his eyes widened and he stared shocked at me. "I can't believe it" he whispered, awe struck by me. After a minute I walked further into the forest to phase back. Soon I walked out of the forest again and headed into Billy's place with Charlie and Billy following me. I sat down in the lounge room with Charlie next to me.
"So tell me what you needed to tell me that you couldn't over the phone" I said cutting straight to the point.
''Ok, well I have a theory as to why Paul has two imprints. Wolves imprint on someone who gives them what they need at that time. Rachel was there for Paul when he needed someone to offer comfort to him, care of him and somebody to love him. Yet over time his wolf has changed. He does still need someone to care for him but he also needs someone who's not afraid of his wolf, the one who will put him in his place when he needs to be, like you did two years ago here and somebody to give him a run for his money. My theory is that his imprint started to weaken when his wolf started to change and when he imprinted on Bella it finally broke. But it seems like they haven't figured this out yet.'' He said. It must be hard on Billy to tell me all this; Rachel was after all his own daughter.
"As for you phasing Bella, there is a legend/prophecy that has nearly been forgotten. Which is the reason that I needed to see you phased.
Long ago, long before Taha Aki, and Utlapa, there was a great she-wolf, her fur was a whitish silver, like the moon, very much like yours. She was said to be a beautiful woman, more gorgeous than the moon and the stars, but she fell in love with a cold one, and he broke her heart, shattered her into a million pieces beyond repair, it was said that when she phased that night , she found herself in a pack with six wolves like her, and she found a place with them. Despite what the cold one did to her, she forgave him, to her there was nothing to forgive and she despised the way the pack hunted her precious creatures, she left the pack, avoiding a fight and lived years alone in the dark woods, the story from here was unclear, what we understand is she found a threat powerful enough to destroy all that was dear to her, her former coven and her pack, it is said that she gave her life so they could live, and that the last words she said was that her spirit would return in the form of a paleface who will have her heart broken by a cold one. This girl was to be marked by both a cold one and a shifter. She said that one day the mark of the cold one will hold a little venom under the skin. When the threat is near the venom will start to spread. For this girl to survive this venom she would need to have shifter blood in her system to fight of the venom. This girl is to be the first ever paleface shifter. This girl will become the tribes saviour. For this to happen she will have to start her own pack. It is also told that this girl will have many children who will all be able to shift from the day that they are born. The children will age normally until their 18th birthday when they will stop aging like the rest of the pack. Not all of the children will share the same father, Bella. The death of this girl drove the Quileute's into a deep grief, causing the wolves to stop for centuries. When they did begin to phase again, they were not the blood thirsty creatures they were before, but a real pack, pack brothers. For centuries there hasn't been any she-wolfs until Leah phased. We dismissed this legend to being jut that a legend, so you can understand Bella why I needed you to come back. We need your help. You phasing is our warning that something dangerous is coming and its only starting Bella.''
I stared at Billy shocked. "So, you're telling me that Paul's imprint with Rachel has broken, that I have phased because of some prophecy saying that I'm going to defeat some massive threat that we don't even know about and I'm destined to have many children that will phase from the time that they are born?" I asked Billy in disbelief. I was terrified. Not for myself but for the child that I was carrying. It was going to be born in a time of war, and I couldn't stop any of this.
"I'm truly sorry Bella. I really am but my tribe needs your help. We need you to start your own pack." Billy said, looking at me.
"Ok. Dad I need to go back home" I said to my dad as I got up and walked to the cruiser.
I was at the hospital now with Leah waiting for my name to be called, so we could see if everything was going okay with my baby. I thought back to the events that happened last night.
Flashback
"Hey Leah" I said to my step sister, giving her a hug.
"Hey, I didn't know you came back…what's wrong?" she asked concerned when she saw my face.
"How good are you at keeping secrets with the pack mind?" I asked her. I wanted to know if she could hide what I was about to tell her from the pack.
"I'm pretty good, all I have to do is think of what Sam did to me and everyone tries to get out of my head, so tell me what's wrong?" she asked me once again, so I told her everything. About me going to Florida, getting attacked, phasing, finding out about the baby and about the prophecy.
"What am I going to do Leah?" I asked her scared, needing someone else's opinion, someone who knows about the pack and what it's like to be a wolf.
"You're going to pull yourself together and toughen up. You need to think about the baby and what is best for it." Leah said. She was right like most of the time, I needed to toughen up and pull myself together, for my baby.
End of Flashback
I was pulled out of thoughts of last night by a voice that I knew all too well. Paul. I looked over to where I heard him and saw him and Rachel with one of the OB/GYN of Forks hospital.
"Congratulations" the Dr. said to them. That's when I noticed it, a small but definite baby bump.
''I will see you guys in 6 weeks" the doctor said to them smiling .
"Ok, thank you" Paul said to the doctor happily.
"I love you Rachel, you know that don't you?" he asked her, giving Rachel a light kiss on her lips.
"Of course, I love you too" was Rachel's reply.
"I'm so happy that you're the person to carry my child. I don't want any other woman to ever have my kids. I've never loved someone as much as I love you Rachel, and you're the only person I truly want to carry my children and spent rest of my life." Paul said kissing Rachel deeply.
I knew then, my baby didn't have a chance. Paul had just confirmed that. I got up not bothering to wait for Leah. I headed straight into the forest, stripped and phased. I grabbed my clothes with my mouth and ran. The last thing I heard before I was out of hearing range I heard my name being called by the same doctor. "Isabella Swan."
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