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The smoke wafted through the starry velvety night, Bella watched it waft into the air and blow away on the breeze. She was sitting close to Jacob but still apart from him as she listened to one old tribal story after another pour from the elder's lips. The stories she'd grown up on the stories she'd cherished and used to chase away the nightmares all those years. She'd repeat the stories to chase the demons out of her head and heart. To oblivate the blood from in front of eyes to drive out the screams. Her hand rested on the pager at her side.

"Now we are going to talk about the Quileute werewolf's and the cold one's," a spark seemed to frisser through his voice and something in Bella made her listen closely as she sensed the tenseness that invaded the air around her she looked over at Jacob and then over at Sam and Leah everyone seemed to hold their breath on the summer night.

Bella listened once again as Billy told the story of the wolfs turning the story so life like she could almost see it in front of her eyes. She was so enthralled she barely noticed that the story had come to an end and everyone was now looking at her steadily. She only came to the real world away from the specters of the past where men roamed around killing vampires when she felt Jacob's hot hand encompass her much cooler one.

"Bella," her name came off his lips in a tiny whisper, Jacob watched her his eyes held fear his hand held her cool one, he breathed deeply and steeled himself to tell her the secret he'd held onto for 10 years. He told Bella everything there wasn't a secret that separated them, none but this one this one that was so pivotal to their lives and the lives of everyone that surrounded them.

Bella looked at him, she could see something and she couldn't tell what, she squeezed his hand, "Jake what is it please tell me," she pleaded and he swallowed his fear his eyes locked to hers. He took a deep breath and looked behind him at all of the faces staring intently back at the pair.

"Bella, there's something I need to tell you, you see.. the thing is… well…" he stumbled over his words not sure how to start with his story.

"What is it Jakey are you going to tell me you're a wolf," Bella joked throwing her head back and laughing.

Jacob froze his wide eyes looking up into her face; she froze when she looked into his eyes and heard an audible gasp from one of the girls she wasn't sure which one it was at that moment.

"Holeyshit you're really going to tell me you're a wolf aren't you?" she was feeling light headed.

"Well," he licked his lips and her eyes were trained to them, "Yes all the you younger guys are,"

"And you never thought to tell me before this," Bella screeched hitting Jacob's upper arm and standing up looking around the circle of people that the bonfire consisted of. "You all knew didn't you?" when no one spoke she turned away and started to leave feeling betrayed and not wanting to look at anyone at that moment.

She felt two arms coming around her, "Jacob Black you better let me go oh so help me god I'm going to kill you," she growled turning around and glaring daggers at him, his arms dropped to his side as she stood in front of him, "Why now, after all of this time why are you telling me." She demanded her head whirling with all of the thoughts that were running through her mind.

His heart was beating wildly he looked at the anger flashing in her usually warm chocolate eyes he'd watched her try to walk out of his life and he'd panicked. "Bella Please sit please I'm begging you," she wouldn't let him touch her but she did sit as far away from everyone else as possible turning to listen to what he had to say.

"I'm waiting," she snapped, her heart breaking into a million pieces. She looked at him and saw the sadness flashing in his eyes and she wanted to reach out and hold him and sooth him but her heart was shattered at her feet and she couldn't put it back together yet not even to see him smile.

"Well for one I couldn't tell you Bella the tribe holds me to secrecy," she snapped her eyes to her father and gestured wildly to him.

"He knows,"

"Well yes," Jacob ran his fingers with his hair, but we got special permission to tell him and Bella come one its not something you say over the phone you don't just say hey guess what I change into a werewolf ," his voice was tight his words tiny his body vibrating his voice pleading.

Her eyes still slashed across him with fire, "Why now then what is so special about today about right now.

He bit his lip and looked across the expanse of distance she'd put between them, "Bella do you remember the part about imprinting."

He stood up and came closer to her moving slowly as not to spoke her, "Bella every female here is an imprint," he hoped she would catch the meaning behind his words.

Her eyes darted first to Leah and then to every other female in the group all the way down to the youngest Claire curled into Quill's side. Then his words caught up to her, "Everyone," she whispered.

He knelt in front of her, "Yes everyone," she absorbed the words he told her a bit of it like balm to her broken soul.

"So does that mean.." she didn't have to finish her sentence he knew what she was asking.

"Yes," he held her hands between his and she smiled a small tentative smile at first but finally it bloomed across her face as she squeezed his hand tighter. She wanted to kiss him but she didn't think she could handle another jarring experience that day. She brushed her palm against his face and leaned her forehead against his. There was silence for a few moments before she jumped up and started to pace back and forth chew on her bottom lip.

"Bells." Jacob called to her afraid she was going to run again.

"Billy," Bella rushed to the older man's side kneeling down next to him, her eyes unconsciously scanned over all the women in front of her. "Did Sarah have any problems with her pregnancy with Jacob, or was there any other miscarriage or problems before her last pregnancy." The urgency rang through her voice.

This piece of the puzzle seemed to bring something new to light and she understood that pregnancy for a imprint or women with the werewolf gene connected to their child could have an even more difficult pregnancy.

"Well yes she did have a problem with Jacob and there was a miscarriage before the twins," he said thoughtfully. Her mind was whirling

"but never with the girls,"

"no, the twins pregnancy was perfect."

"That's it," she stood up and started running towards her car.

Jacob watched her go and wondered what was revealed to her.

A/N thanks to everyone that reveled next up Bella goes into doctor's mood. She's figured something out and now she's going to be even more determined to check out Leah. Please review.