Ch. 8.

Alice POV

"Did he say what was the matter?" Maureen asked me as we climbed into my car.

"No." I responded.

I drove even faster than I usually did and we got there in a matter of seconds.

Bella POV

"How could he leave me and then expect to just walk back into the picture? I can't believe him. Or his family! How dare they try to justify what he did to me!" I'd been having thoughts like this all day. I knew that right now I should be worrying more about the little girl in my arms, and I was worried about her. I just couldn't manage to get him out of my head. I could sense that Alwin was having a hard time being patient. I felt kind of bad for him, coming to find me and instead finding this huge mess.

Jacob climbed onto the dirt bike and I got ready to run after him, turning to give Alwin a look that I hoped said get ready. He seemed to understand because as soon as the dirt bike was kicked to life he was running right next to me.

Alice POV

"What's going on?" I asked Edward as soon as we'd entered the house. My nose wrinkled as I caught wind of the foul smell in the house. Edward seemed to notice and he jerked his head toward the living room. I turned around and saw that Maureen had already had noticed the wolves sitting on the floor. There were two in wolf form and two in their human form.

"What the hell is going on here?" Maureen asked to anyone who could answer.

"It would seem that our treaty has been broken." Edward answered, never taking his eyes off of the giant dog like creatures perched by the coffee table. I gasped.

"But none of us would......." I trailed off. A shrill chirping sound interrupted my thoughts and Maureen answered her cell phone to a very unhappy person.

"What.. No.. I don't kno-" Maureen was trying to get a couple words in but it didn't seem to be working. She opened her mouth and then closed it again.

"Ok." she said into the phone and then flipped it shut. We were all looking at her and when she looked up she seemed suprised, like she'd forgotten we were there.

"It was Victor, there's more of..... them, at our house." she looked in the direction of the wolves when she said them.

"You don't think....." I started to ask as gently as possible. I heard a low growling noise to the right of me and knew it was Edward.

"Bella would never-" he started to snarl until Maureen interrupted him.

"You don't even know her anymore! How do you know she would never?!" she snapped the words in his face. He looked down and shook his head.

"Ok this isn't going to solve anything." Carlisle stepped in. I nodded in agreement.

"We should go and look for her. Split up into groups." I said and Carlisle and Esme nodded in agreement.

"Poor sweet Bella." Esme murmered and I stepped over to comfort her. Maureen headed toward the door, turning on her heel at the last second and announcing her and Victor would go and search by the high school.

"Ok guys. Let's decide our groups." Carlisle said.

Bella POV

We got back to the reservation in minutes and took the little girl to Jacob's house. Nobody was home so far we were in the clear. I took the little one back to Jacob's room and laid her on his bed, she didn't budge but she whimpered a little. I smoothed the hair away from her forehead, the hair that I now noticed was becoming slighty lighter and curly. I didn't get much time to ponder on this because I heard Alwin's footsteps coming toward the door and then stop. He was waiting for his answers I knew.

"In the living room." I told him simply and he retreated back in there with me following. We sat down on the couch and I turned to him, he was glaring at me.

"She was hurt. There was nobody else around and there was no time to get her to the hospitial. I couldn't leave her." I explained. I felt him sigh next to me and knew he didn't have an arguement. He placed his arm around my shoulders and gave me a sad smile.

"I know. But you really should have left her there. I mean, she's gotta have parents somewhere looking for her and then we're gonna be in big trouble. Plus she's little, she might not make it through the change and even if she does..... um, are you good with kids?" he said. I laughed and he gave me a stern look.

"I'm sorry." I said between giggles. I think my day was catching up with me because I was having a hard time taking him seriously.

"Bells, this is serious." he said but he had a slight grin forming on his face.

"What's serious?" Jacob asked as he came into the room. Alwin's slight grin completely faded. I could feel the tension in the room and just as I thought it was about to explode I heard the little girl whimper from the other room. Me and Alwin were on our feet in an instant and in the room. I looked at her, her tiny thin frame completely swallowed by the blankets, and looked at Alwin.

"Do you think she's doing ok?" I asked him. He placed his hand lightly on my shoulder and turned to look into my eyes.

"Yeah, I think she's accepting the change. Which means we need to prepare for having a kid in the house." he said.