Natalie's POV

"It's okay, I won't let him come anywhere near you." E.J. said rubbing my back lightly. I felt sick and numb for some reason.

When Jake had come to see me I was happy but then I felt really angry. Why the hell was he here anyway? He said he didn't want me and that the Cullens didn't love me.

The Cullens do love him. They love me more than anyone does… suddenly the thought of my mom. Not Esme but Mom adoptive mom, she loves me and Embry does to. They were my family too. I started to cough uncontrollably my chest felt tight.

"Natalie, are you alright?" E.J asked.

"E…" I was coughing so had I couldn't talk much less breath. I clutched my chest and started to choke on nothing but air. I felt colder by the second.

"Granda!" E.J yelled as he moved away from me. I curled in a ball still trying to stop the pain.

"Natalie, Natalie are you alright?" I looked up at Esme who was feeling my head and holding me.

I couldn't bring myself to say mom cause I couldn't get enough air to do so.

"She's turning blue!" E.J yelled frantically.

"Natalie honey breath." Esme said getting worried. Carlisle was looking in my eyes and trying to figure out my I wasn't breathing.

"Natalie," I heard Alice's voice say softly. "Just close your eyes and hold your breath."

I held my breath and suddenly I blacked out. I was never a big fan of the dark so I tried to wish darkness away by thinking of my mom and Embry and my bedroom and how happy I was to have a new family.

I felt the feeling of falling. But not freeing falling like jumping out of a plane but being slowly lowered. I opened my eyes and saw that I was in my room lying on my bed. My head hurt and my vision was doubled, well more like tripled.

The door opened and I saw my mom. She was talking on the phone smiling and laughing about something while holding a huge basket filled with laundry.

Her copper skin and long black hair that was put up into a messy bun to keep it out of her eyes, she was really beautiful and oddly enough this was the first time I had taken notice of her young looks.

"It's perfectly fine that she stay the night. I'm just happy that she made friends." She said.

"Oh your welcome, would you like me to pick her- oh alright then tell her I'll see her tomorrow. Okay…goodbye Mrs. Cullen." She hung up and placed the cordless phone on my dresser. She opened my drawers and started to place my clothes into it.

I wonder why she was talking to Esme.

"Yo ma!" Embry yelled.

"In Natalie's room!" She yelled back making my ears ring. That was followed by heavy footsteps that seemed to make the room vibrate.

"Hey," He said walking in.

"Hello what can I do for you?" She said.

"Nothing I just wanted to know if you were coming to the bomb fire at Sam and Emily's house tonight." He said leaning against the door frame.

"I have to work double shifts at the Diner tonight." She said turning to look at him stray pieces of hair falling in her eyes.

"Can't you take off one night?" He pleaded.

"No I need this job to pay for the house." She said.

"Mom your always working can't you take off one night?" He asked. She looked down at the floor.

"I'd love to but I can't." She picked up the laundry basket.

"You know you haven't spent any time with Natalie since she moved in." Embry said. Mom was silent.

"That's not-"

"No it is. She moved in and has been spending more time with the Cul- her friends then she does with you." He said honestly. Mom turned away from him and looked at me.

But that was true she hadn't spent any time with me but I knew she was busy. And it wasn't like I was mad and I had been pretty busy myself.

"Mom," I said moving to get off the bed but that seemed to take forever. Mom's eyes shifted toward me. They got big and she screamed.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Embry asked.

"T..t-that thing g-get it out of here!" She yelled.

"What?!" He asked looked worried. I could see he didn't understand why she was screaming as much as I didn't.

"That thing it's gonna kill us. Ew I just hate them please Embry just kill it." She begged pointing at the bed, pointing at me. I sat there looking at her.

"I'm not going to hurt you." I said sounding hurt.

"Mom its-"

"Please Embry!" He looked at her and rolled his eyes and walked over to the bed. He looked down at me then brought his fist up.

I gasped and tried to move but I wasn't fast enough. Embry brought his fist down. I screamed feeling pain all over my body.

I woke up screaming grabbing myself. Then I just started to cry bringing my knees to my chest, now proving difficult because of my increase in chest size.

I rocked slowly trying to calm myself but nothing helped. My head was hurting as the vision of Embry's fist coming down on my face replayed over and over again. I felt a pair of warm arms around me. I cuddled into them.

"Bad dream?" He asked. I nodded into his chest.

"Wanna talk about it?" I shook my head snuggling deeper into his chest.

"Please just don't leave me, EJ." I said slowly.

"I'm not leaving." He said and I felt myself calm and start to drift.

"You promise." I said.

"I'm not going anywhere baby just go back sleep." He laughed kissing the top of my head.

? POV

I sat holding her. She still wanted him and somewhere in me I felt hurt that she didn't want me but it wasn't just that it was the fact that the person she wanted didn't treat her right.

I would treasure her and make her feel loved and she would never have to reason to cry. I hugged her close and ran my fingers through her perfect hair. Longing tore through my heart as I cradled her body next to me.

Why couldn't she be mine? I was just as good as him if not better.

I sucked in a breath and felt a wretched sigh fall through me. I felt a tear fall down my cheek.

"Son,"

"No," I said adamantly. "No," I repeated quietly.

"I know how it feels, but she isn't yours. She belongs to someone else and one day a girl will belong to you." Dad said. He placed a hand on my shoulder. "I understand how you feel."

"How would you know, mom chose you." I said looking back down at Natalie.

"Well she chose me over Jake and now he has his one." Dad said nodding down to Natalie. "She loves you too jus in a different way but right now she doesn't need a lover she needs a friend." He said. I nodded defeated.

Before dad walked out the door he turned and said. "Oh and EJ, Carlisle would like to speak with her and you about her dream once she wakes up again." He said before closing the door and leaving me alone with Natalie and my thoughts.