Paul walked out the front door to find everyone deep in thought as he walked up to Sam and Carlisle. "Okay, what is going on right now?"

Sam shook his head. "Nothing we were all just thinking about something that Edward had said."

Paul looked at him confused. "Okay what did he say that has all of you thinking?"

Carlisle looked at him with a faint smile on his face. "He said that he overheard Carm talk about going after Bella at one point because she was that thirsty."

Sam sighed placing a hand on his shoulder. "Listen Paul, we don't know right now what she is capable of. She was mad about something that Rosalie had said to her and it was maybe out of pure rage that she said it but I don't want to take that chance."

Paul threw his hands up in the air. "What is the worst thing that can happen if she does end up biting her besides her being sent back to live in Italy. I will just follow her there if I wanted to and live with her. I am sure that she will not mind and I doubt that the vampires at the palace would mind my staying there either."

Jasper walked up to them and sends calm feelings over everyone. "Paul it is more than that. If Carm end up losing control of herself for one second and bites Bella then none of us can save her. Her venom is strong enough to kill a full grown vampire. If she bites, then presumably Bella will be dead or at the very least a vampire."

Carm walked outside to see what was going on. She was dressed in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that she found in the drawer in her room in the dresser. "What is going on out here? Were you guys talking about me again?" Carm looked around at everyone. "Okay by the look on Carlisle's face I would say you were talking about me. What was it someone spill it and get it out into the open so we can just discuss it already."

Edward looked at her and gestured for her to take a seat. She pulled Paul over to the grass near where Quil was sitting and settled herself on his lap. Edward smiled at her, "Alright what we were talking about was what the yelling you were doing with Rosalie this morning and the girl in the visions."

Carm placed her head in her hands. "Oh that. You have to know that I did not mean what I was saying when I did say that. Rose did not seem to want to talk to me or go hunting I had to make my point very clear to her that the thirst was just really very bad at the moment when she did not want to do either. I could have talked to her or gone hunting but when she did not want to do either I had to make her choose."

Sam looked at her. "You should give me one good reason right now besides the fact that you are the thing Paul imprinted on to back up a reason for me not wanting to kill you."

Carm laughed at him. "Ya right as if you could?" she attempted to get up but Paul was hanging onto her much too tightly for that to happen at the moment. "I mean if I can't be killed by a entire team of vampires who has been doing this for centuries what makes you think that you can be able to do it single handed?"

Paul leaned up to put his mouth near her ear. "First Sam would never do that to anyone's object of imprint it is against the code we all go by. And second don't challenge him like that. Lastly I did not get a chance to discuss that deal with them yet."

She turned around and kissed him. "Well then, I'll go wait inside up in my room when you have discussed that deal with them come and get me to let me know how it goes." She got up and headed for the door but not before stopping to whisper to Seth "I know you are the one who usually delivers messages for members of the pack so listen to this one for me." She stopped as he nodded his head. "Tell Sam that I am sorry I did not mean to challenge his ability as the leader of your pack and that Quil and possibly Embry and Jared are the three in the deal that Paul wants to discuss with him." Carm left heading inside and up the stairs to her room to look at music she has brought with her over from Italy.

Seth was confused about what she had told him but never the less he went over to Sam and told him the message that Carm had just given him to tell. Sam was just as confused by it and looked at Paul.

Paul glared around the group of people. "Okay Seth come over and tell me what Carm said to you."

Seth turned and looked at Sam as Sam waved to him letting him go and tell the message to Paul. Paul nodded when he had heard what Carm said to him. Paul laughed outright at the look on everyone's faces around the circle. "It makes perfect sense when you hear the rest of the story that I have to tell you."

Sam and Carlisle turned their attention to Paul to hear what he had to say. "Okay Paul let's have it what does that girl of yours want us to do. The first part of the message was not at all confusing but the second part man that was crazy."

Paul smiled "well I talked her into going and telling the story to you guys as she had promised to do. But she wants something in return which is the second part of the message she gave to Seth to give to you. She wants to be taken back to my place and held like she was yesterday by those three people. She said that she felt safe there and she will continue the discussion she was supposed to have with you that was cut short. She really does want to make this right and she is trying. She did not mean to scare anyone this morning and the person she is most mad at is herself for letting it happen. You guys make it look so easy."

Edward nodded. "Well we have been doing it for a lot longer than she has been doing it for, therefore it should be easier for us to not hunt humans."

Paul stood up and walked over to Sam. "Well if we have a deal I will go tell her that and get into the truck to head to the clearing."

Sam smiled at him. "Paul, we have a deal but you need to take one of the pack mates with you for the truck ride just to be on the safe side that is the only way that I will make that deal."

Paul smiled back as he headed for the door. "I will go see what she thinks about that." He stopped dead at the door before heading inside to see her. "Who picks to pack member to go with us?"

Sam smiled. "We will discuss that if she is willing to go with the deal. I think it might be fair to say that Carlisle or I should be the ones to pick who goes with you in the truck and she can not contest the idea of that. Also explain to her that there will be another topic that I am adding to the conversation we will be having this afternoon if she chooses to go through with this deal."

Paul was inside and up the stairs in a flash to find her bedroom door open and her sitting on the bed with a sheet of music as she was humming along to the song, he thought. "Carm, I have some good news and bad news."

She got up from the bed before waiting to hear what he had to say and kissed him hugging him tightly to her. "You know you said I love you before you went downstairs the first time on me and I never got to say it back to you." She kissed him again and inhaled the sweet aroma coming off of his face. "Now what is the bad news first?"

"Well" Paul sighed taking a seat on her bed with her by his side. "The bad news is that Sam says that he or Carlisle get to pick someone to come with us in the truck. Meaning one of my 'brothers', and they say that you can't get mad no matter who they decide to have come with us for the ride."

Carm smiled. "Well I guess I can live with that what is the good news?"

Paul laughed. "Well that is not the end of the bad news. He is also going to add another topic to your discussion the two of you will be having after all this is over. But the good news is if you decide to agree to these terms they will say yes to what you want and take you back to my place when this is all over and done with."

Carm smiled taking his hand and pulling him off of the bed. "We will go tell him right now that I somewhat don't like the second part but I am willing to deal with it. Well no we will not tell him that but you get the idea. The deal is a go on this part. I want to get this story out in the open right now, and I want to feel safe but well I have no idea what else to do."

Paul laughed again as the two of them came down the stairs and out the door. Sam smiled when he saw the two of them. "I take it you agree with the terms that I have set?"

Carm nodded and smiled again. "Well I do have one question, who is coming with us in the truck?"

Sam smiled. "Well let me think about this for a moment. I am going to do you the honour of hearing me think since I am going to do it out loud so the pack can hear me too." He settled himself down on the steps. "Well you seem to feel comfortable with Quil, Embry and Jared which is a good thing. Leah has gone home so that leaves her out of the question, although I could always call her and ask her to do this for me."

Carm's eyes got wider as she leaned in to talk to Paul very quietly in his ear. "I thought you said it was going to be one of your brothers that would be coming with us?"

Paul gently kissed her cheek and smiled. "I said a pack mate don't get too worried I doubt that Sam would want to make Leah feel uncomfortable too. Can Edward hear what we are saying?"

Carm shook her head. "He can't hear your thoughts either, although he is trying to hear them. I am bouncing everything off and sending it towards everyone else out here very easily."

Sam looked at the two of them and then looked over to Edward. "What is going on between those two can you tell me?"

Edward shook his head. "She is repelling me or rather bouncing everything off of herself and onto others at the moment and is very good at it. All I'm getting is what she is giving me when she is letting me listen."

Sam looked over at them. "Well if the two of you are done I would like to continue my thought process."

Carm nodded to him "go ahead I never told you that you would not be able to continue while we were talking just the two of us."

Sam glared at her. "And that will be another topic we will discuss later my dear friend." He sighed and continued. "I think that you and Leah need to learn to accept each other and all that but we can deal with that predicament at a later time. Jacob seems comfortable around you and you seem to be comfortable around him. Carm answer me honestly here, who do you want me to pick? And who don't you want me to pick out of the ones who are sitting here?"

Carm took a deep breath against Paul's neck. "Well, Seth is the smallest amongst all of you so I would think it would be him that I would not want you to pick the most as for the one that I want you to pick the most I would have to say it is a tie between Jacob and Embry and Quil."

Sam nodded as he turned deep in thought again. Paul leaned over to her and asked. "Can you tell me what he is thinking about right now?"

Carm shook her head, "that is not proper for me to do that and invade his mind that way. I honestly don't want to know what is passing through his head. With the way that I have acted I will be very surprised if he does not pick Seth out of the group."

Sam smiled as he had heard what she was telling Paul. "That is not a half bad idea there Carm. I think it is your pick. You will be taking Seth in the truck with you, but if it makes you feel more comfortable you can have Quil join you in there at the same time."

Carm smiled at her companion "See what I mean? I think we will take both of them with us. It would make me feel better having Quil there with Paul and him."

Sam laughed at her expression. "Well then the rest of us will meet you at the clearing in a little bit when you get there. Enjoy the ride you there. And Carm no running to the clearing you guys stay in human form or have one of you change. I will have Jacob or Jared stay in their wolf form so that you can get used to the idea of having others around to help."

It was a fairly quiet ride to the clearing and when they got there to the end of the path everyone got out of the truck. Carm nestled herself very close to Paul not wanting to leave his side. "The promise that you made about you being there the entire time still stands I hope." She smiled up at him.

He nodded to her and held her close to him as they walked to the clearing together. When they got there, he smiled down at her. "You can run to Sam if he gets mad I'll tell him it was my idea. You are getting antsy as it is."

She stopped to look at him. "You can tell?"

He nodded and pushed her ahead of him. "Go it is only a few yards he will understand if I need to explain it I just told you that I would do that. Now get going. I need to talk to Quil anyway about something without your little ears around. How about this, Seth go with her." He smiled at her again and Seth followed her as she took off for Sam, in the center of the clearing. Paul turned away from her and walked back into the woods with Quil following him there. "I don't know what it is but she feels the safest with you, me and Jacob. She understands that nothing will happen to her with Jared or Embry around but the three of us are the ones that she does trust the most."

Quil smiled at him. "What do you want me to do about this?"

Paul's expression changed immediately. "Stay close to her and if you, I or Jacob senses anything about her that is changing we all phase together. If I have to I will pull out a growl again but she knows that I would hate to do that it would pain her as well to feel my pain yet again."

Carm reached Sam and smiled. He glared at her and grabbed a hold of her arm and brought her away from the group. "I thought my orders to you were very simple Carm. You were not to run along on your own. It is dangerous for everyone here. What were you thinking?"

Carm glared at him and could not help her temper about to go off at him yet again. This had not been the first time that she had wished him to fall apart in front of her but this hopefully would be the last time it happened. "Paul told me to come to you." She attempted to get her arm away his grip.

Seth walked up to them, and whispered in Sam's ear. "Paul did order her to do that. He said that she was getting antsy but I did not see any change myself. He also said that he wanted to talk to Quil about something."

Sam smiled at Carm. "Very well we will discuss this matter further later after we have heard the story and when I have your full attention at Paul's house." He took her by the hand and led her back to the group just before getting there Paul and Quil arrived back to everyone. Sam took her for a second bending down a bit to whisper in her ear. "You have to trust that the grounding rules will still apply when you are over there and whatever I see fit will happen during that time. Neither Carlisle nor anyone else will stand in my way. Your wish once was to see how rough I could play you might get that chance to see it today, but later."

Carm gulped swallowing a bit of venom that was in her mouth and returned to Paul's side. She settled herself on a stump in the center of the clearing. She turned to notice that Quil and Jacob were not too far away from her and she looked up to Paul, "Why are they so close and looking at me like that?"

Paul looked down he did not want to get into this discussion with her right now. "Carm, I know you want to understand that but I doubt that this is the time or the place to be discussing my decisions on what is best for you safety at the moment. When we get back to my place you can discuss that with Sam if you prefer, but for the time being they are to stay where they are and following Sam's instructions which are the ones that I just gave to Quil."