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A Quil/Claire Imprint Story

Chapter 12 Bella

I was still sitting on Quil's lap when I heard a few cars outside. Quil tensed a little bit. Nessie jumped up and ran at human speed to the door. The door opened before she could get there and a girl with long brown hair walked through the door. She was beautiful, but looked familiar.

"Bella, this is Claire." Bella gave Nessie a stern look. "Fine, Mom, this is Claire."

"Hi," I said quietly. They were all here now. Along with five others I didn't recognize.

"Claire, this is my dad, Edward," she pointed, "And that's Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, Esme, and Carlisle. That's my family. Tanya, Kate, Garrett, Carmen, and Eleazar are close friends."

"It's nice to finally meet you Claire," she said coming forward. Quil growled. "Oh, knock it off Quil. I'd never hurt her." For some strange reason, I believed her. Quil stopped, but kept his eyes on Bella. Bella grabbed me in a hug. Her arms were hard and cold. I was used to the hard, but not the cold. I shivered. "Sorry, Claire," she said releasing me, "Sometimes I forget how cold I am to humans." Quil quickly wrapped his arms around me. It was like going from a blizzard to a desert.

"Relax Quil. We know the Cullens would never hurt her," Paul teased.

"Ya, I know. And I know we can trust the others too."

They all sat down and started discussing how to take the situation. This went on for a couple of hours, and I eventually yawned. "Come on Claire, I'll take you to Emily's."

"Quil, I'll take her. I want to say hi to my dad anyways," Bella interrupted, "And Nessie, get to bed." Quil hugged me goodnight and told me not to worry. Nessie got my bag and gave it to Bella. "May I?" she asked holding out her arms.

"Sure." I noticed Quil winced when she picked me up in her cool, stony arms. And then it was like we were flying.

"You don't need to worry you know."

"Is my face that easy to read?"

"No. Jasper told me. Now, tell me why you're worried."

It seamed like I could trust her. "I don't want Quil to get hurt," I confided.

"I know the feeling, not being there during the fight."

"What do you mean?"

"When I was still human, Edward and Jake were going to fight this group of vampires. I couldn't let Edward leave. So I made him stay with me. It ended up for the better though. I'm not saying you should make Quil stay with you though, I was a danger magnet when I was human."

"Why couldn't you let Edward leave you?"

"He left me after my disastrous 18th birthday. Jasper had taken a snap at me when I cut myself and Edward decided that it would be better for me if he wasn't in my life. After he left, I went into a depression for about 4 months. Jake helped me heal. Then, well, I'll save it for another time."

"Why?"

"We're at your aunt's."

"Oh. Wait, how'd you know were she lived?"

"I came here a lot when Jake was looking for Victoria. Here's your bag, I'm going to go say hi to Charlie and then go back and see what the plan is." She kissed my cheek and left.

I stood there shocked. I just confessed my fears to a vampire I just met. Then I realized that I was standing outside my aunt's house in the cold. I turned around and opened the door.

Aunt Emily was sitting on the couch reading a book. "Oh! Hi sweetie," she sounded surprised.

"Hi Aunt Emily, Nessie brought me."

"Is she here now?"

"No, she's at the Cullen's house. They're all planning for some big battle."

"Who brought you?"

"Bella. She said she wanted to say hi to Charlie."

"Oh, OK. I didn't know you were coming, otherwise I would have gotten your room ready. Sam just said that there was an emergency."

"I can sleep on the couch for one night. And Nessie said that Alice saw a group of vampires coming to 'exterminate' the wolves."

"Oh, my. Don't worry honey, they'll all be fine. I'm assuming the Cullens are going to help them?"

"Ya. And some of their friends too."

"Friends? Oh, they must be Nessie's cousins or something."

In this chapter it might sound like Emily doesn't care, but she's trying to stay calm so she doesn't frighten Claire. Remember, Claire's only known about the werewolves and vampires for about 2 days.