What the... am I already updating? What has ut been, like four days since my last update? Honsetly I do not think I have ever uploaded this sotry, or any story for that matter, this fast before xD So you are one lucky bunch of readers this week ;) But considering how loyal you have been you kind of deserve a little bit of extra when I am free from school don't you think? :)

Anyway, this chapter actually has gone through a major rewrite. This chap was done two days ago but when I read it thorugh I wasn't happy with the story so half the chapter has been completly rewritten.

But I am not going to ramble, just tell you enjoy this more intense chapter and please tell me what you thought about it!

Disclamier: I do not own Eclipse or the Twilight series, it belongs to Stephenie Meyer.

Chapter 14
Bella's POV

To say that the wolves were enormous was nearly an understatement, all of them had to be at least my height and I could tell that all of them were growling viciously towards Edward and me. Two of the wolves were a bit bigger than the rest, and there were also one smaller wolf who I could tell was younger than the rest. All of them were males and even though all of them seemed like fully grown animals, there was something off about them.

Carefully I moved my feet out of the blanket that was wrapped around my body to be able to have access to all of my vision. But when I did so Edward, of course, noticed and not even a second later he was by my side, his arm wrapping protectingly around my shoulders. To my big surprise, his action caused a huge reaction among the wolves and not the one I had expected. Normally a wild animal would have been frightened by Edward's speed; I had sensed how all animals kept a safe distance from him when we were out in the forest. But the three biggest wolves moved forward instead increasing their growls immensely, making the ground shake below my feet, while the others made sure to keep the circle around us intact.

"Help me up." I whispered to Edward and without saying anything the loosened his hold and helped me up on my feet. When I shrugged my shoulder a little, telling him to drop his arm, he hesitated for just a moment before I felt his arm drop from my shoulders, but I could still tell he was ready to protect me. He was so tense he could have been turned into stone, but just a small part of my mind took in this information. My biggest focus was on the wolves.

I noticed that when Edward's arm dropped all of them seemed to lose a very small amount of tension, but still they did relax a little bit and that meant something. Also the way they interacted with each other was very strange. They were looking into each other's eyes for small periods of time, but still too long for a normal wolf who would have taken their stares for a challenge. It was almost as if they were talking to each other. Then there was also the way they behaved and moved it was almost as if they were… well intelligent in lack of a better word since all animals were intelligent. But these wolves seemed to be smarter than all of their kind.

Suddenly one of them, the next too largest wolf of the pack took a step towards me. I felt Edward stiffen even more, although it should have been impossible, and I heard how a growl started to grow in his chest, causing the wolf which had moved towards me to stop and answer with a growl of its own, the whole pack adding to the sound. Slightly irritated over Edward's reaction I gave him a small hit on his arm, not hard enough to hurt myself, but hard enough to make him stop glaring and growling at the wolf. The look on his face was one of concern and fear when he looked at me and I felt my heart breaking. I leaned forward and lightly kissed his mouth, shutting the outside world out and whispered "Trust me" before I took a few steps away from him and towards the wolf as I closed my eyes. I needed to focus.

And just as I had allowed myself to do so many time before, I disappeared into my ability to sense the world around me, allowing all the information which I usually kept away to flow into my mind. It was an amazing feeling and I loved it, because now I could truly feel everything. I felt the small bug which was creeping up the tree across the meadow, I felt the small mice who was hiding under the ground, I felt the wind which was as weak as a feather and the gazing sun which warmed my skin. Far away I heard the bids crying out their warnings to each other and the rabbits which were running over the ground, away from the meadow. I heard a small fly getting captured in a spider's web and I could feel and hear as the spider quickly moved out of its safe hiding place to feed on it's pray

It was when I was in this state it was so easy for me to just disappear into the world, to forget about time and just like the trees become a part of everything that was going on around me. It was in this state I had been the day I had found the Cullen's and it was in this state I had been when Sam and Jake found me on the Beach in La Push. Sometimes I actually envied the trees, the plants, the wind and the ocean for always being a part of this, but right now I still had to focus. This wasn't the time to get lost.

It was extremely hard for me to concentrate my senses on the seven wolves around me, but over the years I had learned to shut unneeded information out and the whole process didn't take more than a second.

Some things had I already established, that the wolves seemed to be extremely intelligent and that they had an enormous and impossible large size. But now I also noticed what I had missed before. On two of the wolves back legs there were a pair of short jeans tied into place with a small leather rope and I also noticed that all of the wolves were sending out mixed signals of fear, anger, confusion, hope, sadness, hate, disgust and protectiveness. I could feel how their emotions changed depending on if they were looking at me or if they were looking at Edward. If their gazes were on me I noticed that hope, sadness and protectiveness came across more than the other feelings, just like hate and disgust came along more often if they were looking at Edward.

But most importantly I felt something which I had never felt before. The wolves had a human presence around them and inside of them it almost felt as if there was something which was alive. Something which wasn't supposed to be there, but still was as natural to them as their own paws. And I knew that feeling. I had just felt it one time before and that was when I had met Jake, Sam, Quill, Embry, Jared, Paul, Seth and Leah in La Push and outside of my house. Still then it had more felt like the something was sleeping. Could this really be…

Carefully, and afraid of what I would sense, I drew a light breath, allowing the smells of the world around me rush to my mind to read. There was the ordinary smell of Forks, the wet ground, the deep forest and the slowly rotting leaves along the smell of all the animals around. Then there was the more uncommon smell of the gazing sun. There was Edward's wonderful sent of honey, cinnamon and sun. Then there was a husky smell of wood I had known since I was little and lastly there was the smell of fir tree, salt water, leather and which was coming from the wolf in front of me. And that sent, it was the sent I would always know and remember since it had found me in the snow-covered forest all those years ago, when my new senses still were young and unable for me to control. Astonished I cut off some of the flow of information which I had allowed for the past eight seconds and opened my eyes, even if it did no difference, and whispered out one name:

"Sam"

Edward's POV

"Sam"

The reaction when my love whispered out her old friend's and brother's name was immediate among the wolves, they all froze while their minds began racing and screaming to each other, trying to understand what was going on. To be honest I was a little shocked as well, I knew about Bella's amazing senses, but I had no idea how she possibly could tell that the dogs in front of us were her friends, or at least that one of them was Sam.

Then I could noticed the thoughts coming from him, Sam, he was surprised and shocked like the rest of his pack, but there was also a hint of amazement in his mind. He knew that Bella was able to feel the world, and thinking back I now remembered that Bella had told me that Sam was the person who had found her in the forest all those years ago.

Now he was scared that she would run away and despise him even more than she already did. I could see the scene which had taken place outside Bella's house a couple of week's earlier play in his mind and the fear grew even more in his chest. It was quite amazing that this dog, which didn't fear my kin, could fear what the next actions of my angel would be. And Bella just stood still a few steps in front of me, her focus on the black wolf in front of her which we both now knew was Sam. She seemed to be thinking about what she would do, but I honestly didn't know since I couldn't read her mind. Then Sam took a small step back, a small sad sound escaping him as he tried to figure out how he was going to lead his confusing pack and get a hold of his own now raging thoughts.

The sound however seemed to awaken Bella whom suddenly raced forward with a huge smile across her face and threw her arms around the giant wolf in front of her, causing her feet to hang freely in the air since the black wolf were taller than she was. Once again her reaction was unexpected for all of us and on instinct I moved forward, reaching out my hand towards my love, wanting her to stay with me. That I shouldn't have done. Immediately the red brown wolf, who I knew was Jacob, took a giant leap towards me, his teeth glistering in the sun, ready to bite my head off.

"Jake, no!" Bella's voice seemed to break through the meadow and the forest like a whip, causing the dog to stop before he looked away from me to look at her instead. I refused to let him from my sight so instead I watched the scene through his eyes. I saw Bella, standing with her right hand resting on Sam's left side as the black wolf was just staring at her. All of the wolves were staring at her and she was enchanting. The emotions that emerged from her were those of power and strength, and the animalistic side of these werewolves couldn't help but to be affected by it. The wolves inside of them knew that this person was a leader, someone who you shouldn't question, but follow.

"He was not going to hurt me" Bella's voice was truly that of someone who was speaking to an upset animal, calm but still with strength. "Edward just wanted to make sure I was safe."

Her last comment made many of the wolves snarl, and as a reaction to their reactions I slowly began growling. I was not going to allow them to insult my mate.

Silence! Sam's voice echoed through the minds of the pack and all of them become quiet, even though I could tell they didn't want to. Inside Paul's mind I heard the phrase alpha order but I didn't know what it meant.

I will phase and you all will stand guard, keep the circle closed. All of the wolves immediately lay down, except Jacob who seemed to be fighting against something. Now Jacob! This time the demand was even stronger and I could tell that Jacob had no other choice than to turn away from me and go fulfilling the circle. With a loving push the black wolf then showed Bella in my direction and then walked away into the dark forest. Without thought I rushed forward to Bella and threw my arms around her. Breathing in her sent. I could hear the angry thoughts from the wolves around us, but for now they were all locked in place.

Bella's POV

I returned Edward's embrace as I felt my heart racing, and I knew his had done so too if his had still been beating. I was still amazed by the fact that the wolves around us were my friends, but when Jacob had nearly attacked Edward I had felt how my life had nearly ended right here in this meadow. I couldn't lose him! Not ever! And I had also been reminded why I had broken the contact with Jacob and everyone from La Push.

But I had missed them, especially Sam. Still his lack of reaction when Jake tried to attack Edward scared me, did he want my love to die? Would he even care? If he didn't than I would really have to break the last of my now thin bonds to my old life, but I didn't want to. I wanted something from my old life, something which had been a firm spot in my life to still be with me. Because no matter what, I still loved Sam like a brother and I always would love him like a brother.

"Love, he is back" Edward suddenly whispered in my ear and I turned around slowly. I had already been able to tell that Sam had been emerging from the woods, this time as a human and not a wolf. I had felt his transformation, but I didn't want to think about it. I could feel the wolf which was now sleeping within him, but still more awake than the first time I had seen him when I came back home. Still it wasn't until now that I noticed that tears were streaming down my face.

This was my Sam, the man I saw as my older brother, but now he also was a wolf and a leader. A leader who had nearly allowed my other friend to kill what meant most in the world to me. Suddenly the anger raged through my body and I rushed forward, trying to hit him right in the face. But before my hand had time to make contact with Sam's cheek he had caught my arm in his hand. Desperate I tried to hit him with my left hand instead, but Sam just caught that one too before he slowly lowered my arms to my sides, not letting them go. The tears were still streaming down my face, but now from anger and I was glaring at the man in front of me.

"Would you have allowed him to do it?" I asked him with rage being heard in every word.

"Bella I just need you to calm down…"

"Would you have allowed Jacob to kill Edward Samuel?" My scream echoed through the woods and I could feel the animals around us moving even further away.

"He is dangerous Bella, he is a vampire." Sam said keeping his voice calm even if his heart was racing just like mine.

"I know what he is and I love him Sam." I could feel how Sam's hold on my arms increased a little, but not enough to hurt me. I could feel how the wolf in him tried to get free, but he managed to calm it down. The other wolves on the other hand started growling and barking until Sam shot them an angered look.

"He is a monster Bella, he drinks blood." I could tell that Sam was trying to reason with me.

"I know everything about him and his family Sam. I know their past and I have accepted it. I know about his kind and what they feed on and I know that Edward and his family feeds on animals and that many of them never have tasted human blood. And if he is a monster what are you then?"

I could tell that Sam became deeply hurt by my words, but they needed to be said. I didn't know what he was; only what he could do and that it was a part of him.

"You see me as a monster Bella?"

"I don't know what I should see you as, but right now I see you as my older, over protecting brother who is about to lose me forever." I felt that Sam looked away from me and that his feelings where raging, probably his thoughts as well and I felt a little sorry for Edward. Sam's grip on my arms loosened and I freed myself from him. But not to run away or leave, but to take Sam's face in my arms and turn it so that he was looking at me. To reach his face required me to stand a little bit on my toes, but I could survive that.

"You trusted me once Sammy, you allowed me to live. Don't take that away from me now. If you try to I will leave you, all of you. But I don't want to. I still love you as my brother Sammy, but I love Edward more since I love him in an as a partner. I love him just like you love Emily and Jake loves Vanessa."

I remembered how I had begun calling Sam for Sammy. When I was younger he had hated to be called Samuel, and I wanted him to have a nickname of my own to call him. No one else had ever been allowed to call him Sammy, in reality he hated it. Still he had ever said anything when I called him that.

"It is true what Bella says." Edward's velvet voice floated over the meadow. "I can see what imprinting is for your kind and even if the process isn't the same between a vampire and its mate, the bond is just as strong. I could never hurt Bella and I would give anything to keep her safe." The low rumble once again emerged from the wolf pack, but for some reason Sam seemed to be in deep thought. After a few moments he looked down at me and put his hand on my cheeks as well, his thumbs slowly moving over the still wet streaks where my tears had fallen.

"When did you become so small Bella?"

"When did you become so damn big?" I answered and the small chuckle escaping from Sam made me smile as well.

"I guess, to some degree, that I understand whatever relationship you have with this…" Sam looked over at Edward with a slightly disgusted face "vampire." It seemed hard for him to say the last word. "But you must understand that I need to know more Bells before I can tell you if I am okay with you risking your life every day." At this last statement I could hear Edward snorting behind us which caused my smile to grow some more.

"And I need to know more about you Sam, what you are?" I asked him.

"That is not for me to tell you Bells…" before I had time to say interupt Sam put a finger over my mouth to silence me and continued talking "but if you come to La Push tomorrow there is someone who can."

"Sounds like a deal." I answered not quite happy with the fact that I wasn't going to take part of the information now. But I guess I could wait one day. "Pick me up tomorrow after school?"

Sam answered with a nod and when I carefully freed myself from his grip to walk back to Edward something happened. I could tell that Sam wanted to stop me with every fiber of his being, but it wasn't he who moved. Instead the wolf which I knew was Jacob suddenly started to turn into a human. The transformation went by surprisingly fast and the second it was done Jake stood as a human, a naked human, on the ground where he before had been lying down. His face was twisted with anger and his whole body was shaking.

"You can't be serious! Are you going to allow her to go back to that bloodsucking leech! Sam, how can you even consider that that… thing can have any sorts of feeling for her?"

"Jacob! I do not like this any more than you but right now there is nothing we can do. Quite the contrary actually since we are on Cullen grounds and the treaty does not allow us to be here. Now calm down!" Sam's voice was full of the same authority as before and even if I could tell that Jake struggled for a few seconds his anger did not decrease, nor did he become silent.

"It has twisted her mind Sam! She does not even know what she is doing any longer; it will destroy her when it is done playing with her!" Even if I knew how much Edward loved me and how much I loved him, Jacob's words still hit a painful spot in my heart. A part of doubt in me that would never go away no matter how much I tried to force it away since it was the small part of me which was still convinced I was never going to be enough or worthy of Edward.

Edward noticed how my feelings changed and in a second he was by my side holding me in his arms.

"Don't you dare touch her!" Jake shouted at us and for the first time in my life he scared me.

"HE has not twisted my mind Jacob! I have chosen this willingly! You are the one who is acting out of line right now Jake." I said to him trying to calm him down but the only response I got was a cold hearted laugh.

"Sure you have Bella! You have chosen this all by yourself! Don't tell me that you have never feared for Charlie or that all of them have tried to convince you that they aren't dangerous."

"Actually that is exactly what all of us have been trying to do." Edward said with a dry voice and I liked the fact that he allowed his human teenager side to come forward, but something told me that this wasn't the best time. And just as that thought ran through my mind Jake exploded in front of us into the form of a wolf and leaped towards both me and Edward. Still I wasn't afraid, nor did I hide away, instead I just stared at the wolf which was coming towards us and I flourished in the fact that Edward was here with me, to protect me.

The moment before Jacob had time to sink his teeth into Edward's arm Edward moved to the side and got a hold on Jacob's side, throwing him away from me. Edward crunched down in front of me and his growl echoed through the meadow which caused all of wolves to growl back at him. Behind me I could feel how Sam's body exploded into his wolf form and how Jacob started to get up from the ground.

The next second I could feel and hear six pairs of footsteps coming closer to the meadow and suddenly the whole Cullen family jumped over the circle of wolves only to create a new circle around me. Soon everyone was growling towards each other and the tension in the air was so thick that you could cut it with a knife. Suddenly I knew that this could never end well, soon the wolves would attack the persons which I now considered my family and I knew someone would get hurt. They might even die.

In distress I therefore did the only thing I could, I sank down to the ground and allowed my hands to dig deep into the soft grass around me as tears once again flooded down my cheeks. Silently begging the world around me for help I turned my face towards the sun and prayed with the depths of my heart that everything would work out as I screamed in my mind "You told me to find you, but I don't know where you are!"

Edward's POV

It scared me how fast this situation had gone out of hand. I did not fear for myself, but I feared that Bella would get hurt.

For a moment it had seemed as if everything was going to turn out alright. The alpha of the pack, who truly did love Bella as a sister, had been ready to calm himself with the fact that I had not hurt my love and that I apparently was ready to not keep her away from the pack since I had not complained or disagreed when he and Bella had made up their plans of meeting. He had also been much aware that he and his pack indeed were breaking the treaty which my family had formed with his forefathers so many years ago by being on our land. He also knew that we now had the right to attack his pack, something which he feared even if he knew I would have been stupid to take them all on my own. Them killing me and the wrath of my family however was not something which he could call stupid.

Still now everything was on the edge of a knife because the brainless dog, which was the pack's true alpha, still not had truly learned to control the strong emotions his transformation had given him. He had allowed the rage to increase till he no longer could control it and because of the pack's special mental bond, his rage had spread to the other wolves as well.

I both felt stronger for the fact that my family had come to mine and Bella's aid, but at the same time their presence pained me since I didn't want them to get hurt. I could hear how the pack around us was working up a plan to take my family down and how Jasper was doing his best to calm them down. I could hear the silent promises of love which my family sent to their respective mates and how it pained both of my parents to stand at the edge of a fight.

Then just as the pack was about to make their first move they stopped as my whole family turned into stone. I felt how my eyes turned coal black and a fire which I never had felt before grew quickly in throat. Slowly all of my family turned around as one being and the sight before me would have caused my heart to stop if it had been beating. Before me my angel stood with a rock in her hand which she had used as a knife to slash her skin open from her wrist and halfway up her arm. The wound was deep and with every beat which was heard from Bella's heart I could see her dark red blood was pumping out of the wound.

The red color of Bella's blood against her slightly glowing white skin enchanted me. The burning in my throat hurt had turned into a pain I had not known since my transformation and the carving for my love's blood was stronger than I even thought possible. A part of me envisioned how I rushed forward and allowed my tongue to taste the precious blood which now began dripping to the ground. How I licked away the blood which was running down her arm. I could nearly feel how my teeth then sank into Bella's delicate skin and how her taste would flourish in my mouth. How her blood would strengthen me beyond imagination.

Still this monstrous part of me was easy to suppress in comparison to my love and care for the wonderful creature before me. Her facial expression was strong, determined and a little smug as her gaze landed on Jacob who was still frozen as well as the rest of pack who had no idea how to act next. To my amazement there were nearly no signs of pain in Bella's face as her hand were still clutching the rock in a hard grip. The only true visible sign of pain was the small amount of sweet which was starting to break out of on her forehead.

"You are afraid of them hurting me Jake? Well I don't see any of them attacking me now in my most vulnerable state. Not even Jasper who is new to this diet or Edward to whom my blood sings. They don't want to hurt me and they have the ability to choose since they are stronger then their carvings." At this I felt how she threw a short proud and loving look in my direction before her focus went back to Jake. The feeling you got when Bella set her focus on you I would never get used to, especially since it felt as if she was looking at you when that wasn't possible.

I could tell how the wolves began to struggle with themselves, they couldn't question what happened in front of them and at the same time they could not believe that if they walked away we would not feed on Bella. They could see the black eyes of every member in my family except Carlisle and their instincts were telling them not to allow us take a step closer to Bella. The only one who had fate in us was Sam, the scene which was unfolding before his eyes only increased his trust in Bella, which had been strong to begin with, and now he was allowing his pack to trust in her as well.

For half a minute we were all frozen, but during that time I could hear the pained thoughts of my family. Especially Carlisle hated the fact that Bella kept on losing more and more blood while the wolves made up their minds. His love for Bella as a daughter and his caring personality made the wait extremely hard for him and in the end, his instincts and worry for my love took over and he moved forward. Immediately Jacob took a growling step forward which made my father stop in his place as he looked at the red brown wolf.

"Bella's wound is deep and needs to be tended as soon as possible. She is consistently losing more blood. The bleeding needs to be stopped and the wound has to be cleaned and stitched to prevent an infection. At our home I have all the supplies needed if you would allow us to help her. Each passing moment you are keeping us here the blood loss and infection risk increases. If it would help you we can call you later this evening and give you a report on how Bella is doing." At this the dog just stared up at Carlisle, still not wanting to accept his terms, but a look at Bella's determined face made him realize that right now the pack had no other choice than to accept the terms which my father had laid out.

As one creature all of the wolves turned around and started to disappear into the forest, but before Sam became one with the shadows, he gave Bella a long look. In his mind I could hear his silent question which he wanted to ask her; If she was still willing to come to the reservation the tomorrow? Somehow he must have been able to get the massage forward because my love gave the dog a small nod and with that he finally disappeared, leaving my family finally alone.

When all of the wolves were gone, Bella's already white skin paled even more and she began falling to the ground as the stone slipped from her grip, landing with a small thud on the ground. Bella on the other hand never had the time to reach the ground though since Carlisle rushed forward to catch her. The amount of blood which was still pouring out of her wound had not increased, but neither had it decreased which worried me greatly. I knew that a human had 4, 5 deciliters of extra blood in their system, but my angel soon would have lost that amount.

"What can we do to help Carlisle?" It was Alice who spoke up, her voice filled with fear.

"The blood flow needs to be stopped and I want you Alice, Jasper, Esme and Rosalie to immediately run back to the house and make sure everything is ready for when we get back. I will need a blood bag of A+ blood which we can give Bella through an IV when we get back." Without any delay the four of our family members left, leaving Emmett, I and Carlisle to help Bella. I gave Carlisle a wondering glance, wondering why he not had chosen to take Bella home immediately.

"I thought Jasper could need some time to collect himself." Carlisle said before he went back into his professional role. "Edward can you hold her."

I did as I was told without any delay as Carlisle started to take his jacket off and ripping the arms off it to be able to put some pressure on the bleeding while Emmett started ripping his hoody into long strands which could be used to tie the arms of the jacket to the wound. In my arms Bella was completely still and for a moment we all thought that she had fainted from the pain, but as soon as Carlisle started to apply the pressure aid on her arm a high hiss was heard from her.

"Happy to hear that you are awake Bella." Carlisle said as his hand worked fast and professionally. With a small sigh Bella leaned back into my chest, allowing my father to work without pulling away.

"I am fine, it is just a scratch." My angel said with a weak voice as my father finished up and we all started running home.

"Yeah, sure it is just a scratch Bellie, a bleeding scratch which absolutely not is hurting you in any way." Emmet said with great sarcasm running a little behind us. "You know if you want to donate blood Bella I can personally take you to the hospital the next time if you'd like."

Bella's only reaction to my brother's words was a weak smile and a few words which none of us could her before she drifted into unconsciousness.

Bella's POV

The world around me was dark, which in a way wasn't very strange since for me since the world always was black. What was strange on the other hand was the beeping noise that I could hear closely to my right and the fact that seven people were standing silent around me, just breathing. I could tell that I was lying down and my body felt oddly numb. It was as if all of my muscles had been turned into jelly and I had a huge headache. In my right arm there was a needle inserted and I could feel how it was allowing a fluid to come into my body. By the smell of it I could tell that it was blood.

And my other arm, well I could feel the blood pumping underneath the skin which had just been stitched and now was hidden away under a big bandage. With a groan I managed to move my undamaged arm so that I could rub myself in the eyes and I could tell that the Cullen's around me all relaxed a little by my movement. Then I felt a pair of ice cold lips kiss my temple and I relaxed into the bed once more. Edward. Focusing a small moment I detected Carlisle to my right and turned my head towards him.

"So how is the diagnose Dr. Cullen, will I live?" My question caused a small couching sound from Emmett who in return earned a murderous glare from Rose. I felt Carlisle sitting down on the side of my bed, looking at me.

"You will get a very ugly scar on your arm Bella, but other than that you should be fully healed if the wound does not get infected. The amount of blood you lost was quite severe but is now slowly starting to come back to normal. The bandages will have to be changed every day for the forthcoming four days and after that we will have to see how we proceed. Other than that you are alright. You have some morphine in your system for the pain but that should not be needed after today." With a grateful look I placed my hands over Carlisle's and mouthed a thank you, even if I knew everyone could see it. In return my hand got a small squeeze before my doctor walked out of the room, all of family following him except Edward who stayed at my side and the hugs I received from Esme, Alice and Rose before they left.

When we were all alone the room suddenly became awkwardly quiet. It felt very strange since I had never experienced it with Edward before. For us conversation had always flowed so easily. I knew that my actions had been wrong, not only because I was Edward's singer and could have destroyed him for eternity if he had hurt me, but for the fact of the immense test and pain I had put all of his family through, especially Jasper who I was beginning to finally bond with. It actually amazed me that none of them had started jellying at me yet.

"I am sorry, for what I did back in the meadow. I know that my actions were unnecessary and were done in an act of panic. You must believe me when I say I didn't want to pain you in any…" Edward's cold lips over my own silenced me and my rant. The kiss was short and light, but I felt how it soothed my whole body and when Edward pulled away I could feel him gazing into my eyes as he started playing with my hair.

"I cannot say that I approve of what you did love… No hear me out. Thank you. As I said I do not approve of your actions, nor do I ever want to see you cause yourself any kind of harm ever again, you understand?" At his I nodded as Edward sent me breathtaking smile before he turned serious again and I could tell he struggled with his next words.

"But it is actually we who must thank you. No matter how much I hated to see you in pain or how stupid your actions were, you stopped an attack which we all thought was unavoidable. You showed the wolves that we indeed could control ourselves around you which, not counting their natural hatred towards us, showed them that they now no longer have any arguments for why you should not be allowed to spend time with us. The treaty says nothing about our family not being allowed to bond with humans, so no matter how much I hate what you did, things turned out well considering the circumstances."

This was not what I had been expecting so I was silent for a few moments as I allowed it to sink in.

"Well I still have the feeling that I have to apologize for the pain I put you all through, and I am glad to hear you think I did the right thing."

"I never said that Bella."

"You didn't have to." I answered him with a smug voice as I leaned forward to give my vampire a quick kiss. In return I got one of Edward's grinning smiles and him shaking his head.

"What?" I asked him curiously

"Nothing love."

"Yes, tell me. Please."

"You are just amazing you know that." This caused a blush to creep up my cheeks and I turned away my face a little. But Edward just carefully lifted me up and lay on the bead before he laid me down beside him. With a content smile I nuzzled my nose into his chest as I drew in his sent while he gave me kiss on the head. We didn't speak, instead we were just enjoying each other's company and the feeling of being close to the one you loved.

"What have you told Charlie?" I said after a while, breaking the silence.

"Alice called him and said that she had come over after our hiking trip to cheek on you and that she decided to take to you home with her so Carlisle that could cheek on you. He also thinks that you are having a slumber part with Alice here until tomorrow since you were feeling a lot better. Alice have already been over at your home and picked up some things for you."

Well that didn't surprise me.

"What will I say about the arm?"

"We will come up with something, perhaps you fell?"

"Sounds good, it is something I could do actually." At this Edward just smiled and tightened his hold on me for a little bit and silence once again filled the room. I listened to the world around me as I closed my eyes. It felt as if I was in heaven. As I slowly started to become more and more tired one more thing came to my mind.

"What do you think about tomorrow?" My question was directed to the fact that I had agreed to go with Sam to La Push. Edward was silent for a little bit and I wondered what he was thinking. Downstairs I could tell that the rest of the family also had become quiet, I didn't like the fact that they where eavesdropping, but I figured they were curious about Edward's answer as well.

"I am a very selfish being Bella, if I could I would make sure you would never leave my side ever again, but I know that you must be allowed to do whatever you want to. Your past has already told me that no one can lock you up in a cage. That you cannot accept and I don't want to control you either. Still I cannot agree with your decision to go into the reservation tomorrow and I certainly do not like it. The wolves already showed today that they are extremely impulsive and that their transformations are… dangerous to be around."

"So you don't want me to go?"

"No Bella, I don't want you to go and even if there is a part of me which wants to chain you to this bed to keep you from going, I will not do so or stop you if going to the reservation is what you truly want. Also, no matter how much I hate to admit it, the wolves did show that they were willing to leave you in our care; the hands of their mortal enemy. This makes me believe they will protect you. At least as well as they can."

The last words spoken were with a hint of doubt, but I still rejoiced in the feeling of Edward trusting me so much and his willingness to give me what I wanted the most. My right of make my own choices. Still I had been certain that at least some kind of an argument would be born when I asked my question. Instead I had been met with understanding and an attempt to work against natural instincts so that I could be happy. Maybe my show with the rock had been of a greater purpose than I ever could have imagined.

"I want to go because I have to know who they are and I need to know if I still can love them. After all I still see Sam as a brother and Jacob as one of my best friends. I can't just walk away from that if I know there is a chance we can still have those bonds." At this I felt how Edward tensed a little before he took a deep breath and once again relaxed.

"Then you shall go love."

"Thank you, for letting me go and for that you trust me." At this Edward looked down at me as he pulled back some of my hair behind my ear before he planted a lingering kiss on my forehead saying nothing. With a content sigh I once again allowed my body to relax. The feeling of Edward's arms around me made me feel safe, his hand playing a little with my hair to feel relaxed and his mouth resting close to my forehead made me feel loved. Just as I was drifting between consciousness and sleep I heard his velvet voice say:

"And just so you know, I would never let you fall Bella."

A smile spread over my face as I snuggled a little closer to him and then I drifted to sleep with a tune spreading through the room I had never heard before and a single thought:

"I know you wouldn't Edward."

So I think many of you can tell that I got a little inspiered by Eclipse but what can a girl do? ;) I hope that you liked the turn of events and now I really want to know what you think about everybodys reactions and the future! Did you like the wolves? Do you think Edward will keep on supporting Bella or will he try to convince her not to go with Sam? Will the Cullen's try to stop her?

Leave a review and tell me! It always inspiers me to read your reviews and gives me a kick in the butt to keep on writing when I have much school work.

About school it begins agian tomorrow and the updates will not be close, but I will do my best to not make the wait too long!

Love Lysistrate