Chapter 5

Imprint

One whole month. One long irritating month, with nothing to look forward to other than Jared's constant visits. Bella was about to go crazy, she's taken to pacing the front porch. Emily had just given up getting her to come inside, and had returned to the kitchen to cook dinner for the pack. They should be home at any moment.

The moment the thought had popped into her head a group of burly native boys came out of the forest heading to the house. There was someone with them. Bella's eyes snapped to the native girl. She was damn beautiful, with gigantic dark eyes, and of course she was curvy in all the right places. Bella's eyes caught the girl's hand linked with someone's. Bella followed the hand of the other person, all the way to his face. Her heart had thudded to a stop. Jared.

"Bella." said Sam, he could see her shaking violently. Jared immediately jumped in front of the native girl. He was protecting her? Bella snapped she phased, she darted forward, but was hit by the stupid barrier Sam had made for her. She crashed into it, her jaws snapping loud and strong against the invisible wall.

"Bella, it's not his fault" said Sam walking up to where he knew the barrier was. Bella roared furiously at him."Bella, calm down" he said getting frustrated. It didn't work, she was still pissed and hurt. "Bella. Snapped Sam, his voice full of power. Bella felt her knees buckle under her. "Calm down and phase."

Bella shuddered and her form shrunk into her human self. She stayed on the ground curled into herself. Sam knelt beside her and put a hand on her shoulder. Bella did nothing but hiss.

"Bella, you aren't to hurt Kim in any way you got that." said Sam, it was an order. Bella growled and stood up. She glared at the stupid woman and ran into the house, having realized that she was naked. Sam sighed.

"I'm sorry you had to see that on your first day in pack life." said Jared. His voice was soft, he knew he had hurt Bella, but there was nothing he could do about this imprint business. He'd told Kim about him and Bella, about the wolves and the imprint stuff. She hadn't really freaked out. She clung to Jared tight, hoping that Bella wouldn't snap and just kill her.

Bella flopped onto the air mattress Sam had blown up for her in the basement. She was already sobbing by the time she'd got there. She hugged tight to the stuffed brown wolf Jared had given her for company when he wasn't there. She had fallen for this stupid guy.

"I hate you" she whispered at the stuffed wolf. "I hate you!" she shrieked. The wolf in her hands was ripped clear in half, stuffing floated to the floor. Bella tore at the pieces of the wolf until the sound of footsteps approached her. "What?" snapped Bella glaring over her shoulder at Sam.

"Go." He said simply. "Run where you need to." His voice was soft and understanding. Bella jumped to her feet, and ran up the stairs to the basement, still naked, she dashed through the Kitchen. As she ran by Jared, her hand collided with his face, her nails scratching him hard and painfully. Kim let out a shriek. Bella cackled as she ran out the front door leaving it wide open, she hadn't even hit the tree line before she phased.

She was close, so close. She could smell the strong stinging smell, she could see a faint glimpse of the large house. Bella was out of breath by the time she'd entered the clearing around the house. Someone most definitely noticed her presence for in the next moment there were ten defensive looking vampires in front of her. Bella skidded to a halt, almost running into Emmett.

She wanted to phase, but she'd forgotten clothes.

"Bella." said a soft voice. Bella jumped as the tiny one from the small group stepped forward. Immediately everyone relaxed. Bella felt arms wrap around her cold arms, that held her tight. "Guys, I think she needs some clothing." continued the tiny one. One of the four disappeared, than re-appeared in a moment.

"Here Bella, they should be close to your size." said the Spanish vampire holding out a set of folded laundry. Bella nodded, trying to shrug off Emmett who still hadn't let go of her. Rosalie finally pulled Emmett off of Bella who was relieved; she tottered off into the woods coming back out wearing the clothes Linda had given her.

"Hey guys." said Bella softly, giving everyone an individual hug. Alice looked beyond disgruntled.

"Why can't I see you anymore?" she asked pulling Bella into a tight hug. Bella laughed and lifted Alice up, spinning her around.

"I don't know Alice." muttered Bella putting Alice down.

"Wow you're strong." said Emmett grinning. "Comes with being a dog right?" Bella rolled her eyes and nodded.

"Bella, it's wonderful to see you again, it's been so long since we've seen you." said Esme, hugging Bella, light and motherly. Jasper was next at plate for a hug.

"Bella. What's wrong?" asked Jasper. Of course he could sense her emotions, who could she have been so stupid.

"I hope we didn't get you in trouble, we didn't mean to." Said the guy from the four, Reid was his name.

"No, it's not that. Jared imprinted, it's like love at first sight that isn't controllable. We both thought we could fight it, but. He came back to Sam's with her on his arm. "Bella shuddered, she could feel her hands shaking. A wave of calm rushed over her. She smiled a thank you to Jasper. "Yeah, I was on house arrest for a month." Said Bella," I couldn't go anywhere."

"You're always welcome here Bella" said Carlisle, looking as handsome as ever. Bella nodded and pulled him into a hug.

"I'm already in enough trouble with Sam as it is, I should go... Where's Edward?" said Bella looking around.

"He's coming back in a week from Denali." Said Rosalie, un-crossing her arms. She stepped forward and looked down at Bella. "Take care of yourself." She said holding her hand out for Bella to shake. Bella gladly took it.

"I'll try to come back soon if Sam doesn't freak too bad. My email still works so, you can contact me there if you want." Bella waved at everyone and ran into the woods. She stripped and phased, she picked up the clothes with her teeth, trying not to get them soaked in giant dog saliva. Bella dropped it in the grass by the group of vampires. Emmett stepped forward and reached out, running his hands through Bella's fur.

Bella relaxed at the touch, it actually felt good. She couldn't help but let a tiny bark liek laugh as she felt more pairs of hands begin to pet her. Alice let out a giggle as Bella fell to the ground aand rolled onto her back.

"Awwww!" said Emmett scratching her belly "She's like a real puppy!" Bella ignored him. Everyone seemed to be laughing. Even Jasper and Rosalie. Finally Bella had decided that she'd had enough, she flipped over and stood up quickly. Emmett was still reached over her so he ended up slung over her back. He wasn't heavy as he looked.

"Hey! Put me down!" said Emmett as Bella started to walk away. She stopped and he slid off the side of her gigantic wolf form. The vampires laughed. Bella let out a quick loud yelp than took off into the dense forest the running was good. She loved jumping around trees and feeling the wind in ehr face, now that she wasn't clumsy that is.

Time seemed to go faster on the way to the reserve. She skidded to a hault outside of her window at Sam's place and phased. She pulled the window open and dropped into the basement, she slipped on a towel and raced upstairs to the bathroom. She scrubbed every inch of her body to get the smell fo the vampires off of her.