Hey everyone, back again. Going to try and upload more regularly now. The story is starting to take its turn. And hopefully you all enjoy how we're going. What did you think of Jasper's behaviour last chapter? And the revelation that he's mated to Bella? It's all starting to take shape now so tune it to see where it goes :)

Chapter 11

BPOV

Morning light shot through my window. Ugh morning already, I genuinely didn't want to wake up and face Jasper at school today after last night. Not only had he been the first guy I'd let touch me, he left, after telling me to stay away from him. Fine, I was done playing his stupid mind games. I got dressed and brushed my teeth. I headed downstairs when I saw Charley standing at the kitchen sink.

"Hey Bells," he said softly. I walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table.

"Hey Dad, how is everything going at work?" I asked him. I was pretty curious to find out the case that he's been working so hard on. I haven't seen him really take any time for himself recently, he's always at work now.

"Hard. When I left you that note, I was called out to the forest to investigate a blooded up scene. There was no sign of remains, but the ground was drenched in blood. And there was tracks, but they looked like someone had been dragged. We have searched most of the area, but we can't really find anything. We'll be out late tonight to search the West side of the bush and see if we can come up with anything that might make a bit more sense. Otherwise we might just narrow it down to some kind of animal eats prey deal." He said. He looked slightly uncomfortable, like retelling the ordeal to his teenage daughter made him feel uneasy. I suppose he thought it would make me uncomfortable. But little did he know, that scene was mine. I swallowed, and blinked trying to put on my best concerned face.

"What do you think it could be?" I asked, hoping he wouldn't suspect anything.

"I don't think it was animals hunting other animals. There was far too much blood. And there was no remains, no bones or carcass. It doesn't make a lot of sense. I don't really know what it was. But I'd like you to keep an eye out and be safe. If you see anything or hear anything let me know alright darlin'," He answered. I nodded, and grabbed my backpack. I hugged him goodbye, and made my way to school. I thought back to that day and reached for my stomach to where my horrific scarring should still be but wasn't. I had no markings on my body to remind me of what happened, just the mental markings. I approached the school gate, my mind running through several thoughts of that day, how Jasper found me, how I was chased and could have died, but didn't. And then I remembered something, my bracelet. My silver bracelet that tied me to GSI, I had lost it in the chase. How could I have forgotten that! That one stupid bracelet could reveal everything about me to whoever found it, if they were smart enough to know that the left clasp disconnected to reveal a small export that could be plugged into a device. Stored in it, was all my details; my time at GSI, my results from blood testing, my physical simulation results, my mental simulation results. We all had one at GSI, it was Thomas' way of containing all our information on a device that wasn't a computer. I guess he was pretty paranoid for an evil billionaire.

Flashback

My whole world was dwindling before me, I was shouting trying to get through to Spencer but his roaring overpowered me. He couldn't hear my calling. I thrashed and fought but Spencer and his abilities were far too much for my voice to reach. I had very little energy to try to fight back, but my mind had a plan of its own. I closed my eyes, and focussed on the task. I squeezed my eyes tightly, and my body skittered out from under Spencer, and flashed across the room. I heaved taking in Spencer's form. What I hadn't realised when trying to free him from the contraption he was in, was that there was an impressive chip slotted into the side of his head, he was stuck in a simulation. That would explain why he was trying to kill me. For a moment Spencer was still, and I took the chance to regain my composure and my bearings. My body's accelerated healing kicked in and I felt like I was alive again. I darted forward and ran behind Spencer. He turned to face me, but he wasn't as fast as I was. I jumped over the top of his whole body, and landed on his back. He started thrashing about. I ripped the sleeve of my clothes and shoved it in ball form in his mouth to stop him from using his ability. He mumbled through the cloth and thrashed harder. It was becoming increasingly difficult to find a way to pull this microchip out safely without hurting Spencer. I grabbed a hold of the chip, and tried to heave but Spencer wasn't making it easy. Suddenly, Spencer stopped struggling, he was still and calm. The chip was gone. I jumped off his back and looked around. The chip was floating in mid-air. Alright, I've seen some stuff today but this was pretty far-fetched. Floating microchips?

"Hi Bella," said a soft voice. Daniel! I knew it was him, but where was he.

"Daniel where are you?" I called into thin air. But before I could turn to move around the room, Daniel's form appeared in front of me. He was invisible. Yet another ability revealed. Guess these simulations of Thomas' were working just the way he wanted. Prick.

"Daniel how did you get here?" I asked.

"Amity and I were taken by the nurses to the downstairs floors. They went to hook us up to the simulations like usual when we heard the commotion from upstairs. The nurses left us there to go check it out. They didn't return so we knew something was up. We unhooked ourselves from the simulations, because they hadn't been started yet, and these massive dudes came in. They were armed, some took Amity, and some tried to tie me to down and re-hook me to the simulation. But Spencer's voice vibrated the whole building. The guys who were still with me became, I don't know, paralysed? They were frozen still and their bodies were shaking. The terror of it all sent me flying upstairs. I guess I turned invisible after Spencer started roaring. And I came in here to make it stop. I saw him beat you. And then I saw you just like move from under him to the end of the room. Once you jumped on his back and tried to pull the chip out, I realised that's what was making him hurt you. He must have been stuck in a simulation. So I figured I'd grab it. He was thrashing a lot and he wouldn't be able to stop me grabbing it like he was with you. So I grabbed it. And now here we are." He said, much louder than he normally was. Invisibility was his power and that was damn handy.

"Bella… Daniel what happened?" Spencer asked hoarsely. We quickly filled him on what was going on. "Bastard Thomas, I always knew I didn't like him, thank you for helping me, and Bella, I'm sorry for ya know." He said, reaching out to hug me. I allowed it, and hugged him back. This was probably the first time I didn't, dislike Spencer.

"We have to grab Terrence and Hayley from down the hall, and then we have to find where they've taken Amity. It's time for us to take back our lives." I told the boys, who both nodded eagerly in unison. It was time for us to be free. I grabbed a hold of their hands and ripped off the silver bracelets that was on them. "Whatever those things are, we don't need them anymore. When we get out of here Thomas will have nothing on us anymore."

"I wouldn't speak so soon Bella. Those bracelets contain every bit of information on you, including your adoption certificates to which I personally signed. Legally none of you can leave, as you're all my property." Each of us turned around slowly to see him standing in the doorway, calm and collected. Thomas.

(End of Flashback)

I shivered at the memory and blinked back tears. Why did I think I could handle trying to be normal? I can't even forget my past. I can't even like a guy without him running away. Ugh I'm over today already. I just want to curl up in bed. I do not want to see Jasper, or face him after yesterday. But as the day went past, no Jasper. He wasn't in English, he didn't turn up anywhere. Great, he wasn't coming to school to avoid me. Was I that bad last night? Am I so inexperienced that he would try to avoid me? The thoughts continued to drag through my mind as I sat in my last class.

"Hey Bella, how are you feeling?" Paul asked me, snapping me from my thoughts. I turned to look at him. He looked so good despite what had happened to him last night, and he smelt like Pineapple. I looked at his green eyes and smiled, something about Paul's presence was so calming, which was a complete contrast to Jasper.

"Hi Paul, sorry I've been a bit out of it, lots of thoughts on my mind." I said gently. He frowned slightly.

"Is it because of me, and what you saw last night?" He asked me. He faced me and sighed. This was clearly on his mind all day, and I hadn't even thought about it. It didn't bother me that he was a wolf.

"No, of course not, I unfortunately had a run in with someone I don't wish to talk about and since then I've been a bit lost in thought I suppose. But it's not from you Paul I promise, our kiss we shared last night, I thought that would show that I like you no matter what is happening in your life." I said. I now felt a tremendous amount of guilt for doing anything with Jasper after I had kissed Paul. Why did I do that? I'm so stupid. Paul sighed in relief and I saw him relax. He took my hand in his and faced me.

"I like you Bella, and I want to get the chance to get to know you. But I don't want to move at a pace that's too fast for you. I'm sorry if last night made you feel rushed or uncomfortable." He said gently. Now I felt like a colossal bitch. He had kissed me, tried to protect me, he was so kind, and so gentle, and I had allowed myself to succumb to my stupid fast paced attraction for Jasper. The guilt I felt was too great.

"Paul, I did stuff with Jasper last night. It's probably why he's not here today. It was my first time and I was stupid. I'm so sorry. It's why I've been so flaky. Afterwards he ran off and told me to never speak to him and to leave him alone I feel so horrible about it. I completely regret it, and I can't begin to explain how bad I feel. You're such a nice and considerate guy, and I've probably ruined anything we could have had." I blurted. I watched his facial expressions. He was patient, and he pondered on it for a bit.

"Bella, we aren't together, you're not my property, it sucks that it happened, but like I said. I want to get to know you. We don't have to be anything, for now, we're just friends, getting to know one another and then we'll see where it goes." He smiled at me, and kissed my forehead. I smiled back. That was probably the best thing that happened all day. And it really changed my mood. I should take a chance on Paul instead of Jasper, we aren't dating or anything, but I think I'll spend more time with him, and less thinking about Jasper.

PaulPOV

I went home after school, feeling somewhere between happy and confused. I mean what happened last night was crazy, and I'm still trying to process it. But then what Bella tells me she did with Jasper. I forgave her instantly. It's not like we are together, but it still hurts. At least after our conversation, I got the feeling that Bella, was interested me, like I was with her. And maybe, she'll stay away from that blood sucker Jasper. That's right I know about him being a vampire. Him and James. The Quileute magic within me awoke when Bella was attacked by one of 'them'. The blood suckers. Bringers of death. Demons disguised as humans, walk among us each day. And one of them wanted Bella, and the other, well now I know, he wanted her too. I don't know why she let him touch her, but she said she fell temptation to her own attraction to him, which makes a lot of sense. Vampires are distinctly known for their beauty, in order to attract humans. Most male vampires seduce human women, with their charm and impressive looks and then, do the unthinkable. But what I don't understand is, Jasper didn't. He didn't try and do what most vampires do, he told her to stay away from him, was he trying to protect her? Or was he being more sinister? He didn't turn up to school today, so I assume something was going on with him and the Cullens. More than once they've separated, because Jasper is different. He's not truly a Cullen, or at least that's what I've heard. He ventures close to the Quileute lands to isolate himself from the others. He never crosses into our lands, which is why I assumed he could be trusted, now I think better of my misguided trust. Once I got home to the reserve, I saw Seth and Jacob there. Seth was playing his games like usual, and Jacob was cooking. I didn't feel like hearing the usual brotherly chatter so I snuck up to my room to get some peace and quiet.

What I saw when I got to my bedroom shook me. My inner wolf growled but I did everything to keep it in so my brothers wouldn't come investigate. Standing there, in a pretty bad way, covered in scars and tattered clothing, was someone I really did not want to see right now.

"Paul, we meet again." He said, all sly and cocky.

I breathed heavily, "You better give me one good reason not to break your neck right now… James."