Author's Note: I told you I was shitty about updating, don't hurt me.

Quil started shaking again. "This is about him isn't it?"

"Edward won't just let me go." Suddenly a fierce growl escaped his chest.

"Don't say his name," he spoke through clenched teeth growling again. I knew this was supposed to be serious but when he growled it just did something to me. I felt the wetness pooling at my center. I saw Quils nostrils flare and his eyes darken. I blushed as I realized he could most likely smell me.

"Bella," he growled out a warning. Unfortunately it had the same effect on me. I felt myself getting wetter when suddenly Quil lifted me up; I reflexively wrapped my legs around his waist. I felt him walking until my back was against a tree. His nose was on my neck and I felt him breathe deeply, was he smelling me? "You need to stop Bella."

"You started it," I replied as he started to kiss my neck. I rolled my hips against him; I could feel his length against my center. Suddenly he bit my neck; I let out a small gasp as he held onto me tighter. He pulled his head back to look at me.

"This is so crazy," he whispered to me, almost as if he was telling me a secret.

"Really? I think it's the sanest thing to ever happen to me," I smiled up at him. At my response Quils face lit up like a Christmas tree and he kissed me with everything he had. I felt his tongue slid across my bottom lip asking for entrance, I opened my mouth to him and let him explore my mouth. I had kissed Quil a couple of times that night, but each time it surprised me how at home I felt there, him between my legs, pressed up against a tree, in the middle of a field. Anywhere with Quil would feel like home. Suddenly Quil pulled back and let out an irritated growl, irritated or not it still did the same thing to me and I could see Quils nostrils flare.

"Sorry man but Sam needs to talk." I jumped, startled at the sudden presence of someone else. I peeked over Quils shoulder to see Jake standing a few yards away. I was aware that my body was shaking and I didn't know why, I wasn't cold being so close to Quil I could feel his heat rolling off him in waves, I looked back to Quil to find that it was him shaking and growling too.

"Quil, you have to calm down, Bella is too close to you." Jake began to take a step towards us, that didn't suit Quil too well, his growls grew louder and his trembles we so fast his shape began to blur.

"Stop Jake, he won't hurt me, I know he won't." I spoke with such conviction that I surprised myself; somehow I knew he couldn't hurt me.

"It's fine Quil, Jakes not going to hurt me, I'm going to be fine. I'm not going anywhere." As I spoke I put my hands on either side of his face, his eyes were squeezed shut so tight it looked like it hurt. I started to trace little circles on his face with my thumbs, after a few moments he stopped shaking and opened his eyes; he looked just as surprised as I felt. Something in me knew that he was worried and anyone that came close was a threat. Quil turned around to face Jacob but held me behind his back, protecting me.

"Let's get this over with." Quil said, and suddenly I felt like a nuisance, I was plaguing his life when he already had so much to deal with. He took a few steps forward and began to take off his shorts and I saw Jake do the same, I looked down at my shoes to give them both some privacy. When I looked back up a few moments later I saw two very large wolves in front of me, Quil trotted over to me his deep brown fur bouncing slightly. He kneeled down for me so I could climb on his back and then we were running again.

I had run with Edward before but that time I was almost sick after, he ran and I felt like the whole world was about to crash in on us, it was the opposite with Quil. He was fast don't get me wrong but feeling his muscles move and seeing him weave in and out of trees like he was a part of nature was something truly amazing.

We arrived at the familiar little white house that was Sam and Emily's; Quil let me hop down before heading into the forest to phase. When he came back out he was immediately in front of me again protecting me from the world. As we walked inside I could see the wolves and imprints all looking at us, I felt like such a pariah and I probably deserved it. I had hurt Quil, I had no doubt that Emily filled Sam in on my little freak out and I was sure everyone would hate me for it. I didn't have too much time to wallow in my self-pity as Quil sat down in one of the chairs and pulled me into his lap.

"Alright, let's get to it." Sam's voice rang out in the quiet house. "So everyone knows that Quil imprinted tonight, unfortunately the situation is a tad…complicated. Bella, if you can I would like you to try and explain what you told Emily earlier." I felt every set of eyes in the room on me, I already didn't like this.

"Edward doesn't care about me; I'm just an object to him. I'm not entirely sure why he's still keeping me around but he's not who everyone thinks he his, but either way he won't like what happened. I know him, if he finds out then he's going to kill me then he'll probably try and kill all of you." I spoke quietly not wanting to really try and explain this complex situation to a room full of volatile teenage wolves.

"Bitch can try!" Paul practically yelled, I was surprised by this I always thought Paul hated me.

"We're not going to let anyone hurt you Bella, I can promise you that. You're part of the pack now, you're family and we take care of family." Sam said to me but I had a hard time taking any comfort in his words, I had seen a side of Edward that no one else had and he could do some horrible things I wouldn't be able to live with myself if any of them got hurt because of me.

"You should stay here tonight Bella, I know we would all feel a lot better having you stay close." Sam said it like I had a choice in the matter but his face said otherwise.

"Edward will freak if I don't come home, not to mention my dad." I was worried; I wouldn't put it past Edward to do something stupid like break the treaty.

"I'll take care of it." Jake spoke from behind me where he had been standing this whole time. "Why don't you two go to the cabin, you'll be safe there we can run patrols around it, no problem." When he spoke like that I could feel the natural authority he had, he told me once that Sam wasn't supposed to be alpha and one day he would take over. I could understand his hesitance, it was a big responsibility and even though he had to grow up because of the whole wolf thing that didn't mean he wasn't still a kid in a lot of ways.

"Good idea, you can head there now." Sam was looking at Jake and I could see in his eyes that he saw what I did, one day Jake would be an amazing leader.

Quil stood holding me in his arms as he did, carrying me bridal style out of the house. He didn't say anything just began to walk down the driveway, I looked back over his shoulder and waved goodbye to everyone, I could see some of them laughing as Sam closed the door. I let him walk for a few minutes before I had had enough of being carried around like a toddler.

"You know I can walk on my own right?" I questioned him; I wasn't much for being treated like I couldn't handle myself.

"I know but I feel better having you close." Quil was still being quiet. I began to feel doubt creep up in me, Quil was being so quiet…was he starting to think I was nuisance already? He had his childhood ripped away from him and been given the responsibilities some adults couldn't handle and now he had to take care of this girl who would be his wife one day. That would be a lot for anyone, wolf or not.

"Stop it Bella." Quil spoke after a few minutes of silence; his voice was soft like it was more of a request than a demand.

"Stop what?" I wasn't doing anything seeing as he was holding me.

"You're worrying; I can feel it like it's me worrying. It's kinda freaking me out." He chuckled lightly, unfortunetly his lightened mood didn't put me at ease.

"Sorry," I mumbled. I just couldn't do anything right, all I wanted was to make this all easier for him and now I was making him freak out just like me.

"Bella, baby, talk to me," Quil had stopped walking, with all my freaking out I hadn't noticed we had come up to a cabin; it was small but amazing and perfect. It was one of those real log cabins, like someone went out, cut down some trees and made this amazing place to live. Quil walked up to the door and somehow managed to open the door without dropping me on my ass, a feat I surely could not have done. The inside was small like the outside but that didn't bother me, the living room was right in front of the foyer, I fireplace that had been used many times to heat the tiny cabin in the harsh winters of Washington. There was a staircase to the right that I assumed lead up to the bedroom. Quil must have noticed me looking around because he chuckled again.

"You like it?" he asked. I nodded quickly; I really had no words for it. He walked up the stairs not venturing into the living room, and I found I was right, there was a door the lead to the master bedroom. Inside was a huge bed that any of the wolves would be comfortable in. Quil finally put me down on the bed and walked over to a dresser opening one of the drawers. He turned around and handed me an oversized t-shirt and pj pants.

"The bathroom is right there if you want to get changed." Quil pointed to the back corner of the room. I dressed quickly and returned to the room where I found Quil laying on the bed, hands behind his head. I had the pants in my hand and the shirt on, it hung till a couple inches about my knees. I saw Quil's eyes roam up and down my body and I blushed slightly.

"The pants didn't fit, they kept falling off." I mumbled blushing further. He didn't say anything just reached out to me, I took his hand and he pulled me onto the bed with him. As I lay with my back to his chest I thought again about Edward and what he could do to Quil, I knew rationally that Quil wasn't totally breakable like I was but even so, he could still die. I wasn't sure what I could do to stop Edward bunt if it meant risking my life to save Quil, I would.

A/N: I told you I was horrible about updating! I know it's been months and I'm sooo sorry…forgive me?