Forks

Bella pulled her car into the driveway of the Cullens. She hadn't really spoken to them much since the cafeteria incident 3 days ago, but she got a call from Alice asking her to come over. She knew she couldn't stay mad hem forever, especially since her real frustration wasn't with any of them. She took a deep breath before knocking on the door.

Edward answered not even 30 seconds later moving out the way to let her come in. Bella stepped over the threshold and into the house, but turned to look at him as he closed the door. "Hi" she breathed after her turned to look at her.

"Hello yourself" he said as he stood there not moving.

Bella swayed side to side before clearing her throat, "Look…Edward about the other day…" he stayed silent, "I shouldn't have just up and left like that. I wasn't upset with you, but still took out my anger on you and that wasn't fair. I'm sorry." She said as she hung her head low.

Edward reached for her hand before he pulled her into him and gave her a comforting hug. "It's all forgotten. I know you just needed time to yourself and I'm not mad at you." Bella smiled up at him, "Come on, there are a few people that I think you need to talk to." He said pulling her into the living room with everyone else.

Alice and Rosalie stood up and looked at Bella as she clung to Edward and refused to make eye contact with them. "Bella..." Alice started, "I'm really sorry about what I said to you at lunch the other day. I wasn't trying to upset you."

"Yeah Bells, you're our friend. We would never intentionally hurt you…ever" Rosalie said softly. Bella nodded her head.

"It's just…we haven't spent any time together and I guess we got a little hurt and thought you didn't want to hang out with us anymore. But if you were feeling that way you should have come to us. That's what friends are for." Alice said walking over to her

Bella sighed; she knew they were partially right. She hadn't been the best friend to them and she needed to fix that, "I'm sorry too. I have been neglecting you guys and that wasn't fair either. I promise from here on out I'm gonna make time for you guys." Alice smiled as she Bella hugged. They both looked at each other happy they resolved their issue before turning to Rose and inviting her in for the group hug.

…

Eric, Four and Tris were getting out of the truck when Charlie's car pulled up in the driveway of him and Bella's home. He recognized Erica and Four right away before he swiftly turned the car off and got out. "Eric, Four…what are you doing here what's going on?" he asked as he made his way towards them.

Four looked at Eric before answering, "Charlie we should go inside, there's something we need to discuss." The blood from Charlie's face drained as he heard the tone in Four's voice. This wasn't good.

"Is Bella in danger? Do I need to move her?" he asked not moving from the spot he was standing in.

Eric reached his hand out and placed it on Charlie's shoulder before speaking, "Charlie please, we'll tell you everything if you would please come inside with us so we can discuss this calmly and privately." Charlie nodded his head slowly and began to walk towards the house to unlock the door.

…

Bella was laying on the couch stretched across Edward and Alice when her phone rang. She sat up and reached for her phone, "Hey dad, what's up?" Edward knew something was wrong as the expression on her face changed for the worse, but before he could ask what was wrong she hung up and began to scramble for her things saying she needed to go home. She was all over the place and there was no way he was going to let her drive. She looked like she was on the verge of breaking down so, he took her keys and offered to drive her home with Alice and the gang following behind.

The trip from the Cullens' to Bella's was painfully silent the whole way there. All Charlie said to her was that something happened and she needed to get home as soon as possible. She wasn't sure what, but she knew something terrible had happened. The little joy she did have was fading as her world around her seemed to come crashing down.

Edward pulled into the driveway of Bella's house and turned off the engine. Bella stared forward not moving trying to work up the courage to go inside. Just as Edward opened his mouth to say something, the front door of the house opened catching his and Bella's attention. Recognizing the faces coming out, Bella quickly opened and slammed the door behind her.

Alice, Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie got out the car behind them, but made no effort to move further than outside the car.

Bella walked towards Eric and roughly shoved him, "What the hell are you doing here!?"

Eric slightly lost his balance before he was able to speak, "Bella, listen to me, we have to get you out of here. It's not safe for you anymore. I'm taking you home."

Bella slowly backed away from him as he spoke. "Not safe?" she barely spoke above a whisper, "Not safe, why?" she asked running her hands through her hair. "Why is it not safe Eric? And don't you dare lie to me!"

Eric took a deep breath, "Gabriella…she's…she's been taken. Our security team captured footage of her. Max took her, but I don't want you to worry we're on it. Four and I have a team being assembled as we speak to find-"Bella didn't give him a chance to finish as she punched Eric square in his nose. So wrapped in explaining himself he never saw it coming, nor did he see the kick to the stomach that came after.

Four quickly grabbed Bella before she could do anything else. "You son of a bitch, how in the hell was he able to get to her!? I thought we were under strict security and the only people that knew where we all are were the security teams with us?" she couldn't hold it in anymore, tears spilling over as she struggled against Four.

Eric wiped the blood from his nose, "Bella, we will find her, I promise you. That's why I came to get you. It's not just for your safety, but I know that you can find her, which is why I'm getting you back to Dauntless so you can train and find your sister."

Bella shoved Four off of her, "I don't need to train." She said wiping her face. "Get me back to Dauntless and I'll find that asshole and kill him. I'm not about to lose my sister, not again."

Eric nodded, "If we go now we can get Jacob and be home in the next 8 hours."

"Bella…" Edward said as he stepped away from the car for the first time. Everyone looked over at Edward and his friends. Bella walked towards him.

"Edward, I'm so sorry, but I have to go." She said taking his hands in hers.

He cupped her face with his hands, "I can't just let you walk away from me. What if I never see you again?"

"It's too dangerous. You could be-" he cut her off before she could finish her sentence.

"We're going with you."

"Yeah Bells, we're sticking together." Alice said

Bella looked at Eric, Four and Tris who upon till now had remained completely silent. "We can keep them safe if you let them come Bells, your call." Bella nodded her head before turning back to her friends.

"Ok, but you do as your told or I will have you sent back here in the blink of an eye." They nodded their understanding. Bella turned towards Charlie who stood at the door. She slowly walked towards him, "Thank you, for everything really. I don't know how I would have gotten by without you. You were the dad I needed." Charlie wasn't very good with words so he just pulled her in for a tight hug and stroked her hair.

"You be safe out there." He whispered in her ear causing her to smile and give him a quick squeeze.

She turned towards the group waiting on her, "Let's go get Jacob."

The Cullens piled into their own truck while Bella got in the front of Eric's SUV and drove away from Forks.