PREVIOUSLY-

Once inside, Sam looked at me and asked if we were all good and I replied that we were and asked if we could all watch a movie with them. They made room on the couch and Embry sat down with them. I sat between Embry's legs on the floor and Paul decided to lay down on the floor with his head in my lap.

"Why are you in my lap?" I asked him, curiously.

"Because you made me have a headache so it's your job to make it better. I saw what you did to the pup yesterday, fix my head." He grumbled and I laughed before running my fingers through his hair. Within minutes, he had relaxed, and soon after, he had fallen asleep.

Apparently, I fell asleep, too, because I found myself waking up in the bed in the spare room, laying half on top of Embry.

"Good morning, sunshine. Sleep well?" He asked from underneath me and I groaned, not wanting to move because I was so warm and comfortable. "Gotta get up, babe. We promised your dad that you'd make it to school on time, and you've got to drive an extra 15 minutes to get there now."

I sighed and rolled off of him, knowing that he was right. "What happened after I fell asleep last night?" I asked him as I got out of bed, grabbing a pair of clothes motioning for him to follow me to the en-suite bathroom.

"You fell asleep about halfway through the movie, so when it ended, I had Paul move to where we were on the couch and I carried you up here. You didn't even budge. Sam didn't have the heart to kick Paul out, so he's probably still asleep on the couch downstairs." Embry said as he turned on the shower for me before we both stripped down and got in.

"No funny business, just a plain shower, got it?" I told him as I saw him eyeballing me up and down.

"I know, I know. You just look and smell so good, it's hard to keep my hands to myself, but I'll behave, I promise." He told me as I stepped under the water to get my hair wet. "At least let me wash your hair?" I nodded.

He started washing my hair and then moved down to wash my body and I didn't think I'd ever felt so relaxed in my life. It felt incredible and very intimate. Not like sex intimate, but like we were at a new level of our relationship.

Soon enough I was dressed and ready for school and we were walking downstairs. Emily had made her famous muffins and Paul was standing at the counter wolfing one down.

"Morning, B." Paul said as I grabbed a muffin.

"Feeling better today, Paulie?" I asked him with a smirk. He rolled his eyes at the nickname.

"You've got the magic touch, it seems. But it still doesn't count because you made me have the headache to begin with." He told me and I laughed before looking over at Emily.

"I'm making dinner tonight. You do so much for everyone, let me cook tonight. I promise I won't mess up your kitchen." I told her and she looked over at me with a soft smile.

"That's incredibly generous of you, Bella. You're more than free to use my kitchen any time you want to." Emily responded.

"Paul's going to take you to school today, I have patrol starting like… 5 minutes ago. Gotta run!" Embry said as he kissed my lips before running out the door.

"At least Sam wasn't here to listen to the two of you in the shower this morning. That was rough, B, giving him the 'look but no touch' treatment." Paul told me after Embry was gone. I turned beet red and focused intently on my muffin.

"Hey, he got to touch." I muttered and Paul laughed out loud.

"Yeah, touch but not do anything about it. Poor guy's going to have blue balls all day." He said, shaking his head as we both walked out the door to my truck. I felt bad, but then I remembered why I held him off.

"I only told him no to respect Sam and Emily. They don't need us stinking up their house while they are so graciously letting us live there. Em and I can find other places to… you know." I told him, surprised that I was so openly discussing my sex life with Paul of all people.

The ride to the school was uneventful, as was the rest of the school day, other than the occasional question about who dropped me off this morning, and if he was single or not. I wondered how Seth and Paul were doing and worried about them. I had even gone outside at lunchtime and ate by the woods, just in case they were near.

That night, I cooked a huge meal for everyone, and Emily and I bonded over how much we both enjoyed cooking and talked about the possibility of doing some type of catering together in the future. I was overjoyed at the idea.

THREE WEEKS LATER

Three weeks went by without a hitch, everyone falling into a steady rhythm. Three whole weeks, it was a miracle. Either Embry or Paul would ride with me to school, then one of them would pick me up and take me back to La Push. The guys were starting to build our house, which was extremely exciting. Embry and I ate dinner with my dad usually twice a week, and things were finally looking somewhat normal. Well, as normal as it could be with a pack of werewolf shapeshifters.

I should've known it was too good to be true.

I went to school like normal on a Friday, nothing out of the ordinary. Embry had dropped me off and everything was the same old same at school. Once school was over, I walked back to my truck only to see Seth standing there instead of Embry or Paul.

"Hey Seth, what's up?" I asked him, noticing how he looked rather impatient.

"We gotta go, Bells. Now." He said with a rush, and I could see him shaking slightly. I immediately got in the truck without question and Seth took the driver's seat.

"Hey, you don't have your license yet!" I tried to protest, but he just made sure I was buckled in before starting my truck and driving away. "Are you going to tell me what's going on?"

"Vampire. Em picked up the trail near your dad's. Whoever it was had been in your room, Bella, and it made Embry freak. Luckily, Billy took Charlie fishing today. We knew you were safe in school with everyone around, but now I just need to get you down to the res. Can't this truck drive any faster?" He said frantically. I'd never seen Seth like this before and it made me terrified. Who could it be? Victoria and Laurent were both dead…

He topped out my truck at 55mph and as we got closer to La Push, I occasionally saw my wolves flanking the truck while staying hidden in the trees.

Once we crossed the distinct border into La Push territory, there was a howl and Seth immediately pulled the truck over.

"Stay in the truck, Bella, please, I'm begging you..." He begged and I nodded to him before he got out of the truck and ran into the woods. I could see the wolves, the whole pack, standing in a defensive line, teeth barred next to the border. It wasn't until I saw a flash of bronze hair that I knew immediately what was going on.

Edward was back.

A/N- DUN DUN DUN... Aren't cliffhangers fun?

What's going to happen next?