BPOV

I stalked behind the bushes, watching the fire burn, and listening to the wood crackle under its power. I was even attuned to the talking the was going on. I stayed hidden behind the bush though, waiting for my moment to strike. Then my ego got too big and I shifted my foot, snapping a twig in the process. Ten figures suddenly stopped moving, whipping their head in my direction, catching my scent.

"Shit." I muttered as four of them sprang forward in the area that surrounded me. One was bigger than the others and the other slightly shorter than the first, the other two about the same height. Before I knew what my next move would be I was actually tackled by the smaller two, and held to the ground.

"Hey! Riley!" The one screamed and hugged me.

"Hello Quil." I muttered. "And Embry." I said as the other one was slightly saddened by my neglect to greet him.

"Can you…uh…get off me please?" I asked.

"Oh sorry, sure." Quil said and he swiftly got up and took my hand to help me up. I laughed and in a moment I was already standing.

"Show off." He said which stirred more laughter from behind us. It was Sam Uley, and Jacob. The two leaders of this pack.

"Glad you could make it Riley." Sam said.

"I was glad to be invited." I said truthfully.

"Well we are cooking, is there anything that we can get for you?" Sam asked smiling.

"It's nothing that I can't handle." I said honestly.

"Well…then do you need to go and…you know." Jacob said slowly.

"Can i?" I asked.

"Should I come with you?" Jacob asked.

"NO!" I screamed. Then clasped my hand over my mouth.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"It's not something…that I would want you to see." I said ducking my head. "It's disgusting, and evil, and gross…I wouldn't want you there." I said.

"It's ok Rie. I understand." He said.

"I should have done that on the way here." I said to myself.

"It's cool Rie, we'll wait for you." Quil called.

"Of course you will Quil, cause you love me right?" I called, he turned red and sat down over by the fire.

"I'll be right back Jake." I said. I lopped back into the forest, and spotted my prey in a matter of seconds. I stray deer, it only took me a moment to bring it down. I knew I couldn't go back just yet, I knew that if blood became a factor tonight that wouldn't be enough to keep me sane. I continued the hunt.

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When I was done I had a pretty good hold on my thirst and made my way back to the cookout. It was almost getting dark.

"Where is she?!" I heard a musical voice scream.

"I have no idea what you are talking about." Jacob said. I was close.

"Don't play with me." The voice sounded close to snapping, and feral.

"Why do you continue to bother her, its not like she even knows you anymore." Jake said.

A loud dark growl tore through the woods, as I stepped back into sight. It was Edward, and Jacob. They were stranding face-to-face, jus growling at each other. I shrugged and walked over to where Emily, -Sam's Fiancé- was organizing food to help her.

"B-Riley!" Edward exclaimed.

I turned to look at him.

"Oh, hey Ed, did I forget something?" I asked confused as to why he was here.

"Riley what are you doing here?" Edward asked taking a step toward me.

"Well, Jake and the boys invited me over to hang out with them. So here I am." I said motioning with my hand that I was here.

"Come on Riley let's go home." Edward said.

"Ed, I don't have a home. I can barely stand being in a house full of people I don't remember." I said, I didn't know why everything started to spill out; it was as if another force was making me tell him things that my mind didn't want to admit defeat to. "I don't know who you are Edward! Sometimes when I look at you, I think that I feel something, but then it goes away, like a dead part of me should remember you for some reason but I can't!" I scream dropping my head in my hands. "Your family has been nothing but nice to me, but I don't know who you are. It feels like there's a whole other person inside of me that responds to your presence, but my mind can't make sense of it. It's so frustrating…it hurts." I said wrapping my arms around my stomach. "I don't know anything anymore." I whispered.

"Do you want the truth…Bella?" Edward whispered the name that everyone had been calling me before. Maybe this was the lost part, maybe this other person that I was, was his Bella. Maybe his heart had been hurting this much as well.

"Bella…? Is that who I am?" I asked myself desperately trying to get a hold on myself.

"Riley! Don't listen to him, you are whoever you choose to be!" Jake screamed at me.

"Can it mutt." Edward snapped. "She has every right to know."

"It's her choice." Jake muttered, but he knew that he had lost.

"Can I call you Bella?" Edward asked taking a step closer to me.

"I don't know, for the past 60 some years…I've been Riley." (She doesn't remember ever having been Bella, because in that time of her life she spent so much time trying to forget who she was. Ironic huh?)

"You can be a new person, you can always change." He said taking another step forward, cracking a stick under his foot that made me jump. "You can be Bella again, I promise you."

"This other person…she hurts too much." I choked.

His eyes glazed over in pain, recognition for something that I didn't know.

"It's my fault." He murmured. "Give me a chance, please let me try and show you the person you used to be. What you meant to me." He said, taking one more step forward, before I knew it he was right in front of me.

"I'm scared." I admitted. His hand reached out and cupped my cheek, I heard Jake growl of somewhere, and then the gasp as someone silenced him. I had completely forgotten about the packs presence.

Involuntarily I snapped back in confusion. Snapped back to reality. Why was in the woods already? I forgot when I had got here. Everyone looked so mad too.

Wow, Edward was standing right in front of me. Why was I crying?

"Edward…what are you doing here?" I asked confused.

"Bella…I…don't you remember what we were just talking about?" He asked.

"No, and I've said it a thousand times! My name is Riley!" I screamed and ran inside of the little cook out cabin the boys had rented in the woods.

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