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Bella smiled as her and Leah worked around the kitchen getting all the food ready for the bonfire that night, she had a salad already to be tossed together and was working on the meat Hamburgers and Hotdogs easy enough she figured, Leah was working on one of her famous Cakes, Bella swore up and down that Leah should open a bakery her cakes were that good but Leah always demurred and said she only baked for fun.

They worked together seamlessly, they worked together so well that they had the food ready within two hours enough food to feed an army, "Jacob," Bella called not even turning around from the food she was making.

"Yes," Jake came into the kitchen doorway.

"We need you to carry this food down to the bonfire site," she nodded to the food plated and ready to go as she finished the last of the burgers and plated them, he nodded and took the plates Sam had followed him into the kitchen and helped him carry everything outside. Bella rewarded him with a small smile and he smiled back his heart expanding at the site of her.

The girls cleaned the kitchen as the boys carried everything down to the still unlit fire, "so you imprinted on Miss. Isabella Swan how does that feel?" Sam asked putting the plate of burgers down.

"Amazing I mean she's always been my best friend and I always wondered in the back of my mind if maybe she was my imprint I mean I hadn't imprinted on anyone else and I always had this need to be in contact with Bella even when we were little before I knew anything about wolfs or imprinting I was always around her, he turned to look of the ocean lapping at the shore line, "you know it killed me when she left, "his mind seemed to go back over the years. "I understood why she did, but I'd lost my mother and then I lost my best friend, and I mean sure Leah was still around but you remember what Leah was like after Bells left she withdrew within herself it was almost like everyone drew in on themselves and I felt like I didn't have anywhere to turn, then dad got into his accident and I had to move on get out of the emotional cloud that surrounded me and I was hard man it really was but even if I didn't have Bella by my side physically I always felt I had her there emotionally only a phone call way no matter what time day or night I knew she'd answer."

Sam nodded he remembered the days and weeks after Sarah's death the death that almost seemed to rip the reservation apart. He remembered that he phased only three weeks after that fateful day and he had imprinted on a young Leah, normally the elders would have guided him through the transition but at that moment everyone was gathering around a devastated Black family and Bella had fled the state of Washington punching a whole in the fabric of La Push as much as Sarah's death had. "What do you think Rachel will say," I asked thinking about one of Jacob's twins sisters the one that had moved back to La push to live and imprinted on Paul Young, his other twin Rebecca was still in Hawaii she'd refused to come back after leaving at eighteen and was married with two kids calling every few months but with no idea what was going on in La Push.

Jacob sighed and looked at his friend and pack brother, "All I can say is I'm glad it Rach and not Becky," Sam chuckled as memories resurfaced in his mind of how much Rebecca Black and Isabella Swan used to hate each other.

"Ah yes I can see why," Sam chuckled again at the memory of Bella slapping Becca surfaced in his mind.

"Ok boys what's so funny we want in on the joke," Bella and Leah came down towards them carrying jugs of Lemonade.

"Sorry we were just remembering the time Rebecca insulted you and Leah and you slapped the smug smile off her face," with that Sam was laughing again and Bella's face had went a bright red color.

"Yes well anyway," she stuttered placing the jugs down as she turned back around to get Billy from the house causing all her friends to laugh at the look on her face. She was back with Billy in only a few minutes and dusk started to settle as Sam lite the fire. Charlie's police cruiser parked on the beach and he got out looking around.

"So I heard there's a bonfire tonight, he knew the significance of this, may I ask why there is a bonfire? His eyes skidded over to Bella and then scanned the surroundings finally landing on Jacob who looked nervous but had his eyes glued to Bella.

"Well sir we though Bella should hear the legends.

"I've heard the legends before Jake" she reminded him.

"Not like this you haven't and Charlie smiled. This was perfect his baby girl was imprinted on by his best friends son he couldn't think of anything better.

"Well I'm happy Bella will hear it from you," he smiled and Jake caught the meaning behind the older man's words relaxing knowing Charlie wasn't going to kill him.

"Who else are we waiting on?" Bella looked over at all the food wondering who all would eat it.

"We're waiting on Seth his girlfriend Noelle , Sue," at this Jacob noticed Charlie's cheeks brighten and he held back a laugh. " Embry, his girlfriend Lydia, Collin and his girl Maggie, Quill and his girl Claire, Paul and Rachel Jared and his girlfriend Kim and the rest of the elders. " Jacob told her and Bella nodded as people started to walk towards the smell of food and the site of the glowing fire, she smiled as people started to pile there plates high with the food her and Leah had prepared, looking around she didn't realize this was now her family and tonight she'd find out things she never expected.

A/N thanks for the reviews. Please review next up the actual bonfire and she meets everyone ok in this Claire is eighteen.