Warning: parts of this chapter are a little bit dark. It does show a little bit as to why Sam and Etty are so close though but if it offends or disturbs you I apologise in advance.

"Why the hell did you let her go with them?" Leah demanded. Sam sighed and ran his hands over his face. To be honest he wasn't easy with the choice. He would have much rather Etty stay with him and Em or with Billy, anywhere but near those bloodsuckers. He knew deep down she was safe with Charlie and Bella obviously looked up to her like a sister and treasured her but the crazy and almost delirious look in that vampires eyes when he was asking for her back worried him. It was a blessing in disguise that she had no idea who or what they were. He was very protective over Etty, always had been and always would be.

*FLASHBACK*

Knock. Knock. Knock!

"Etty hurry up! We're going to be late!" he had been pounding on her bedroom door for the last five minutes and patience was not something he had much of. Especially when the sequel to his favourite movie "Zombies verses werewolves" was due to open in an hour and they still had to go and pick up his girlfriend Leah.

"Odella!" he yelled thumping on the door loudly. Luckily no one else was home. If she wasn't out in the next three seconds he was going to break down the door. He frowned and banged again louder and harder than before.

"Etty! Everything okay?" he turned the doorknob and fond it unlocked. Hesitating for a split second (after all it was unchartered waters and girls were surprising protective over their bedrooms.) he entered. The room was dark and kinda eerie. The only source of light was coming from under the closed door of the bathroom. He rolled his eyes and waked over to the door. What was it with the female race that made them take forever? It was the movies! It was dark! No one was going to even see what you looked like.

"Odella Swan if you don't get your cute little butt out here now I will come in there and drag you to the movies, naked or not!" he said. No answer. He frowned again. Something wasn't right. Etty never not answered especially when he teased her. She was more than likely worldly known from her endless witty comebacks. He knocked on the bathroom door and watched as it slowly creaked open. He raised his eyebrow and slowly waked in.

"Etty?" he said softly. "You in h…SHIT!" he gripped the basin tightly as he suddenly slipped. He looked down and saw it was blood that he had slipped in. his eyebrows shot up as he slowly followed the trail and gasped loudly when he saw it came from Odella. He gasped and fell to the floor next to his friend. She was deathly pale, making her green eyes stand out more than usual. There were black marks running down her face that (on closer inspection) was covered in bruises.

"Oh my god! What happened?" He asked. Odella turned and looked at him.

"I just wanted some control over my life." She mumbled. He looked down and saw her wrists were covered in blood and shredded, a blood stained razor blade lay on the floor beside her. He swallowed loudly and closed his eyes. The sight was burnt into the back of his eyelids.

"I'm sorry Sammy." she whispered, her voice shallow and hoarse. Tears sprung to his eyes.

"No, sorry is when you accidentally kick a ball into the back of someone's head. You can't say sorry! Why? WHY?" he demanded.

"I don't want to live without choices anymore. For once I want control on what I do and where I go." Odella said simply her breaths getting shorter and shorter. He frowned trying to will myself not to sob.

'What about... me? And your friends? W...What about your parents?" Odella placed a bloodied hand on his cheek.

"You will move on." She mumbled trying not to close her eyes." As for my parents, they wouldn't notice nor would they care."

"But...we won't! We a...all love you so much." He all but begged her not to die.

"Just tell them I'm sorry." Odella said her eyes flickering.

"NO! You tell them yourself! You hear me? You can tell them yourself." He yelled.

"I'm sorry Sammy." She whispered before her head fell limp. He lent forward and placed a hand on each of her shoulders.

"No damn you! You don't get to die! You don't get that luxury!" He stood up and grabbed two towels and wrapped them around her wrists.

"You're going to live Odella Swan and you'll be happy and you'll apologise for being so stupid! We're only fifteen for crying out loud!" He mumbled picking her up bridal style and carrying her downstairs. He was going to save her life if it was the last thing he did. Even if that meant walking the six miles to the hospital.

*END FLASHBACK*

"It's not like I had a choice Leah." He mumbled, tired and over this conversation. They were back at his place, all in human form and just finished explaining what had happened to the others. He couldn't of course explain to the others that pushing Etty into a corner and not giving her a choice was something that she hated deeply. He shook his head trying to clear the memory of that night out of his head. He still had nightmares about it. But she had made him swear to her that he would never tell another soul no matter what happened and Sam being the respectable man he was also kept his word.

"Oh you had a choice Sam! We should have just dragged her back her and tied her up!" Paul snarled pacing around the kitchen. Sam looked up and shook his head. This was a very bad thing. Paul, in all his glory, had imprinted on Etty…or so he thought. Sam had decided long time ago that it was very hard to distinguish imprinting and lust. Jake and Bella were a perfect example. He thought he had imprinted on Leah and then he found Emily. Not that he voiced his opinions; it really wasn't worth the fight.

"Yeah that would have been great Paul you idiot! Than she would have hated on us and pretty much fly back into their arms and we would have lost her forever!" Jake snapped. Judging from his mind on the run back here, Jake had, much like Sam himself, developed a protective nature for Etty and not only was confused but also a little but hurt by her choice.

"It would be better than just handing her over!" Paul yelled. Sam stood and the Jake swallowed the retort he was about to say.

"Shut up all of you." He said deadly calm. "You have no idea of who Etty really is or how her mind works. I do as do Emily and you do to Leah. She is a very broken and lost individual who has the weight of the world on her shoulders. If we didn't give her the choice and had backed her into a corner, she would have tucked tail and ran and ended up God knows where. I am the Alpha of this pack and one of Etty's best and longest friends, if you don't like the fact I gave a free innocent girl a choice and a option as to where to go when something obviously bad had happened for her to run away and end up here in the first place, keep it to yourselves cause I for one am sick and tired of hearing your whinging!" the pack cringed as the Alpha in Sam echoed in his voice. He sighed and sat back down.

"Now, when she comes to visit or if she ends up back here looking for a place to stay than fine but if she is happy than that's the end of it. You all seem to forget she has no idea what they or we are. So drop the subject, eat the damn food my wife to be has cooked and move on. One word about it and I'll start cracking skulls! Clear?" the pack sighed and nodded.

"Yeah Sam." Was the collective mumble.

A/N: *clears throat* I'M SORRY!

I know I all but promised more updates and everything but both my fiancé and I have been so sick with the flu and let me tell you being pregnant while having the flu is by far the worst feeling in the world! All I have been doing is sleeping, vomiting and now coughing up my guts! That mixed with a few other medical problems and other issues has meant that I have been unable to write or post so please please please forgive me? now that everything is going better-ish hopefully I can update more often (I'm being badgered by my fiancé to keep posting Sirius Black as he is probably my biggest fan of it lol) but try to understand I am first time pregnant and everything is so strange and unusual and scary and stressful and sometimes it just flies out of hand.

Please keep reading and please review. I need to know if you guys are liking the way its going and if not maybe a few tips or ideas that you would like to read would be much loved!

Thank you and again I'M SORRY!

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