Sam had me run through the woods to Bella's house for practice. It was crazy seeing everything through the wolf eye again. Now that I knew what was happening I could focus. What I was focusing on was really clear, like in high definition, but better, and around what I was focused on was blurry because it all moved together like a kaleidoscope or something.
"Feels weird, doesn't it?" said Paul.
"Yeah. I'm focused but I'm not."
"This is nothing, wait until you learn to fight. Your instincts take over and it's wild. So much better than a trip."
"And you would know because?"
"Okay, I did weed before," he said.
I shook my head. "I am not going to say anything."
"Paul's in trouble with the shrink!" cried Leah.
"No guys, we seriously need to talk about this. There are moments when I am your therapist and there are moments when I'm a pack mate, otherwise we can't keep doing this."
"No," cried Collin, "I liked playing Uno last week."
"You got to play Uno?" asked Paul.
"Paul I bought you a pizza," I said, "shut up."
"Hey," said Quill, "how come I don't get a pizza?"
"Quill, you're not even in therapy. Remember, Billy and I decided that you were fine after that first intake appointment and if something came up and you needed to talk then I would move some things around."
"Still, I would like a pizza."
"Oh, my god."
"Okay so what is your plan for Bella?'' asked Jacob.
"Don't have one. Observe and assess. Make a plan as we go."
"That's it?"
"Yep. Can't do or determine anything till I talk to her."
We came up to Bella's house, and I was wondering if I went through the front door, or sneak in through the back. I phased out and thankfully, it was dark outside enough so the pack couldn't see me naked. I put on some clothes and grabbed my phone.
"Where r u?" I texted Edward.
"Living room," he texted back.
I walked around the house and got ready to ring the doorbell.
"Don't ring just come in," texted Edward.
I walked into the house, and was that they were all gathered in the living room, Carlisle, Alice, Edward, Bella, and Charlie, I'm guessing.
"The p-" I started.
"Did Jacob and Sam bring you?" asked Edward a little sharply.
I looked at him and nodded.
"Can you get them? I'm sure they want to check on Bella."
I turned and walked out of the living room. "What the hell?" I texted Edward.
"Charlie doesn't know anything supernatural," he texted back.
I rolled my eyes. "Thanks for the heads up."
"I did not foresee either of you ever needing to meet. Bella is eighteen."
"Whatever!"
I walked outside into the woods.
"How's Bella?" asked Jacob, now in human form.
"I don't know! Apparently we can't talk about werewolves and vampires in front of Charlie so this assessment just got DIFFICULT!"
"Can you still do it?" asked Sam.
"I need to talk to Bella without Charlie to make a clear assessment!"
"Well, that is going to be difficult," said Sam.
"Well, it needs to happen," I snapped. They can't tell me a kid is suicidal and then not let me do my job.
"Okay," said Sam. "There are a lot of people in the house so maybe we can get Charlie preoccupied."
"Where is Sue? Can't she preoccupy Charlie?"
"Dude," screamed Seth.
"You're pimping my mom?" screamed Leah.
"Not like that. Oh God. She's a nurse right, can't she get information? How long has Bella been off her meds? When did she start acting strange? Has Charlie noticed anything different about her? Is she sleeping? Is she eating? Basics I need to know."
"Oh," said Seth.
Leah took a deep breath and seemed to stop shaking.
"I didn't mean preoccupy, like preoccupy," I said.
Jacob laughed, and Leah punched him.
"That's it!" I screamed. "Jacob, say your sorry!"
"Why do I have to-"
"Say it!"
"Sorry," he muttered.
"Leah, say your sorry and mean it!"
She didn't say anything for a minute, but then she muttered, "Sorry."
"Okay, tonight is about Bella, but I have been needing to say this for a while. I get this pack, I think. Most of you don't even want to be a werewolf. You're miserable, you're tired, you're lonely, and then you got a bunch of personal crap going on like dad's not showing up when they're supposed to or vampires trying to steal your girlfriend. So you take it out on each other. But seriously, tonight, you found out your friend did drugs and you complain about not getting pizza! Y'all don't care about each other. You're a mess. No one like Leah, Leah doesn't like anyone, everyone basically ignores the youngest three, and the rest of you six are good with each other as long as certain things never get mentioned. Is that about right?"
They all looked at each other and no one said anything.
"Yeah that's about right," mumbled Quil.
"How's that working for y'all?" I asked.
Again no one said anything.
"From my point of view, it doesn't look like it's working too well. All y'all do is fight and Sam is okay with it because he's trying to kill himself."
Sam shifted.
"Do you even want to get better? Wait no, I have a better question: Do you guys even think you need help? Cause I can just see Bella and the Cullens and have a lot more free time."
I stomped into Bella's house and let myself in, shutting the door behind me.