SOPHIE's POV

After Seth left, I felt both nervous and relieved at the same time. I was glad they knew I was here. I didn't have to hide out here anymore. But they knew I had hidden with the Vamps. Paul was gonna be so mad.

"Something on your mind." Eddie's teasing annoyed me.

"Well you would know." I replied, my expression showing disinterest.

He simply laughed at me. So I rolled my eyes. Cocky bastard.

"You enjoy making me miserable, don't you?"

"You make it too easy." His jokes were aggravating me, but I had better control than that.

His eyes watched me carefully. He seemed to be worrying about me. How weird. I could take care of myself. I didn't need anyone else to help me.

"Are you going to go back to the pack?" His question was so blunt it took me off guard.

"I… I don't know." At least that was honest. "I want to. But it's all so complicated now."

He nodded, sitting next to me on the couch.

"When I met Bella, I didn't think that I could make things work between us." He began. Where you going with this Eddie?

"We were so different. We weren't imprinted, but we were bound together by something else. And I fought it."

This surprised me. I always assumed they had this perfect life and each couple was destined by the gods to be together for eternity. That's how everyone had made it seem.

"But I realised, that by fighting it I was hurting her too."

Dammit Eddie. That doesn't help me. That just makes me feel extremely guilty for hiding out in your house.

"So I finally decided to let myself be happy. And it was hard. I was constantly afraid of hurting her and those in her life. But it all worked out better than I could have imagined."

I could see what he was saying. But could I go back to that life. I'd made such a mess of things. I wish I could turn back the clock to the first day I arrived and redo everything.

But I couldn't.

It was down to me to fix this. And to do the right thing. As hard as it would be.

I had to face them.

JACOB's POV

When Seth told us that she was with the Cullen's, I was mad. We are her family. She should have leaned on us. But she trusted them more than us.

And that told me everything I needed to know.

It told me that I had been such a colossal dick, I had scared her off and not cared for her like I was supposed to.

If I got the chance again…

I didn't know what I'd do, but I would try to make her hate me less.

"Jake." Jared's voice caught me.

I realised I had drifted off in the middle of the pack meeting. I quickly straightened up and looked at Sam, who was now glaring my way.

"As I was saying, the Cullen's have explained the threat. We have 3 days to train, and no time for distractions."

He was looking dead at me. I rolled my eyes, still pissed at him for being a dick about the Sophie situation.

"We need to be focused. We've had a lot of time to fight these creatures over the years, but Carlisle says that these Vamps are old. So we need to be on our guard."

That was nice and all, but how could a pack of 18 wolves and a small family of vampires beat an entire army of old and experienced vampires. We would need a damn miracle.

I heard knocking behind me, and instantly turned my head.

My mouth fell open.

Sophie was stood in the doorway, her short hair curling at the ends where it was growing out. Her chocolate eyes were locked onto mine.

She was here.

She was actually here.

I wanted to run to her, sweep her up into my arms and never let her go. But I couldn't. Because that would scare her away. I wasn't going to take any chances.

The whole pack was frozen, watching her carefully.

None of us knew what she was gonna do. She could shout at us. She could attack us. She could cry. It was a coin toss and none of us knew how to interact with her.

She shuffled her feet in the doorway and she sighed deeply.

You could cut the tension in the room with a knife.

SOPHIE's POV

I had gathered the courage to go back to the pack. It was scary and made me wanna vomit, but it was important. I forced myself out of the Cullens house and found myself at the door of the pack house.

I could hear Sam talking from inside. They were discussing a game plan for the fight. And now I was here, I was frozen.

Come on, Sophie. You can do this. I took a breath and stepped up to the door.

The door was wide open, but they were all fixated on Sam.

I gently knocked on the wood, suddenly questioning my decision to come back. Should I go? Maybe this was a mistake.

I wanted to slap myself. Stop being a coward.

They all turned to look at me. Paul was smiling with relief. But it was Jacob who caught my eye. He was gazing at me, as if I were the most incredible thing he'd ever seen.

Dammit Jacob. Way to make a girl feel weird.

My feet shuffled under me, as I tried to regain my courage to speak.

I could do this.

Just one word.

Come on, Sophie. Stop being a fucking wuss.

"Hi."