And finally what everyone's been waiting for, the next chapter. I just have to say, I love my new job. I don't know what I like more, actually getting out of the house and socializing with someone who's not 3 years old, Or making money that I can blow on clothes. But I'm happy. I'm going to try to get a chapter up at least once every week or every two weeks.

Oh and I put up a link to a picture I made. It's what I envisioned Logan and Lena to look like. Maybe with darker hair, but hey Bella has brown hair. And they are really cute twins. So check out my profile and tell me what you think.

And for anyone who has read my Future of Twilight fic, I also posted a link on my profile of what I think Mary Anne looks like. And I have to say, I found a perfect replica of her.

Chapter 5

I must have fallen asleep, cause the next time I woke up, the sun was starting to set. I kicked off the blankets and cautiously looked around the room. My eyes fell on a figure sitting with his back up against the door. His eyes were closed, and he was breathing deeply and slowly. I took my time to actually look at him.

Never had I really looked at Sam. I had only really seen him a few times before leaving, and those times, weren't the most best times to actually check someone out. His hair was still cut in the buzz cut that I remember from when I seen him at the cliffs, but it was slightly longer now. He had a round face, but it was chisled. The high cheek bones, and wide set eyes, set off the perfect native american look. With him sitting there in only a pair of cut off shorts, he looked just like I would imagine a Chief from the old days would look.

All he needed was a headdress, and tamahawk, some war paint, and we all could play cowboys and indians. The thought caused me to let out a giggle. God, my mind must be messed up. But really, as I looked at him, I could see some of Levi, but Sam was softer somehow. Less rough around the edges. While Levi was all hard edges, and looked down right dangerous, Sam looked ….well, sorta like a teddy bear. Or a wolf bear? I really needed a night out.

Sam shifted and I seen his eyes flutter open. His eyes roamed over me as if he was making sure I was still in one piece.

"Bella....you ok?"

I nodded and pulled my knees up to my chest.

"Want to tell me what all that was about?"

"I don't know what your talking about." I told him calmly. I looked down at my hands and noticed that one of them was in a brace. I vaguely remembered hitting Sam, and feeling pain. Someone must have checked it out.

"Bella...." He started.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked him. I had learned that everyone expected something. No one just did things for people anymore. They always expected something in return.

"What do you mean?" I had to give it to him, he pulled off the perfect innocent look.

"Why are you helping me? Why did you hold me when I cried? Why are you acting like you care? What do you want from me?" I was screaming by the end. I really wanted to know. I had nothing left to give. Sam had Emily, so I knew that wasn't it. But I'd be damned if I knew what he actually wanted.

"Your family, Bella." When he reseaved no response from me, he got up from in front of the door and sat by my feet on the bed. He sighed then ran his hand down his face. It was funny the things that run through bloodlines. Logan did the same thing when he was fusterated.

"It was only my mother and I when I was growing up. Like you said, I never really knew my father. Sure, I knew of him, but I didn't know him. My mother died about 6 months after I …...well, it was right around the time I was supposed to go to college. Besides Emily and the kids, I got nothing."

He looked at me and laid a huge hand on my knee. The size difference and contrast was amazing. His hand engulfed most of my leg. I looked up into his eyes, and only seen sincerity, concern, and....love? But not romantic love, it was warmer, more familer. The love of a family.

"Your my sister. Not in blood, but in marriage. I might not know my brother, and I might have to kill him if I ever run into him for hurting you, but your still my family. Even before, when I found you in the woods, I felt for you. I knew what it was like to be alone. To have lost everything you held dear to you. If anyone could sympithize with you, it would have been me. I just want to help you. I want nothing in return, but the chance to see my niece and nephew grow up."

I had tears in my eyes. I threw my arms around him, and for the second time in less than 24 hours, I cried. When I was done. I sat back and took a deep breath. I wanted to tell him. I really did. But would he listen? Would he care? He said all those things, and seemed so sincere. It made me want to believe him so much. But was I reading him wrong?

It happened before. I thought Edward was lying to me all those years ago. He ripped my heart out and stomped on it. Jacob picked it back up, glued it back together, then put it through a shredder. Don't even get me started on Levi. I believed all of them when they said they would never hurt me. If I believed Sam, would he do the same? Could I risk, my children? My head shot up.

"Logan and Lena?"

How could I forget my kids? I must be the worlds worst mother. First I put them through watching their mother get beaten every day, then I just leave them. Not pick them up and forget about them.

"Emily called Sue. Sue said she was more than happy to watch them. Seth was even helping a bit."

I nodded. Sue was a good woman. She made Charlie happy, and I secretly hoped that Charlie would get some balls and ask the old bird out. But I didn't know what to make of Seth. He seemed like a good guy, but he was a little weird with Lena. I didn't know what to make of him staring at her all the time. When Sue vollenteered to watch the kids while I was at work and they weren't at school, I was a little hesitant. After what I just went through with my husband, I didn't really want to add anything more on top of all the emotional shit the kids all ready had. And who in their right mind would want to put their kids with a guy who looked like he wanted stalk a little kid. Beside some Michael Jackson shit. I decided to just watch him carefully.

So, now I was back to the origional problem. Trust. These people trusted Seth. I trusted them to an extent. I origionally was going to tell them about Levi when they told me about themselves. But now with Levi here, I needed to protect my kids. I took a deep breath. It was time.

"Sam.....Sam...." I started. I didn't know how to start. Where do I start? Do I say, Hey, I know you guys are werewolves. Or Levi, is a werewolf. Another thought occurred to me. What if I was wrong? What if the tallness, and bulkiness were just some Quileute gene? What if Levi was on of a kind, and the Quileutes were just hotblooded and tall? With epilepsy? I knew I was just making shit up in my mind to stall and Sam didn't look like he was getting any more patient. I took another deep breath, and let it out slowly.

"Sam, Levi isn't normal."

His eyebrows furrowed. He looked to be going inbetween emothions. Fear was the main one. "What do you mean?"

"He's not...." I changed tactics. I didn't want to just come right out and say it. Call me scared, say I'm stalling. Whatever. I chose to say I was being carefull. "Did you know that Jacob told me your legends once."

He took a sudden breath, and I could see understanding appear on his face before he put on the famous Sam mask. He nodded for me to go on.

"It wasn't really his fault. Well, maybe a little. I pushed him into telling me it. The Cullens...they piqued my interest you could say. Well, it's a better way of saying it. Really, I was obsessed. So Jacob told me. He didn't come right out and say it. He did say it was just a story. But I knew. How could I not? Edward had stopped a speeding van with his bear hands. He flew across the parking lot the size of a football field in a split second."

I couldn't look at him anymore. I didn't want to see the judgement in his eyes at what I had to say next. So I turned my head to stare out the window. The greenness that I wanted so much to get away from, was now a comfort. It felt like home.

"When I left, when I first met Levi. I knew there was something different about him. The same way I knew there was something different about you guys. I heard Paul growl when I came to see Jake right before I left. I knew it wasn't normal, yet you weren't like the Cullens. You were complete opposites. I remembered the changes I watched Jake go through. And the first time I pissed of Levi and he began to shake, I remembed a dream I had the night I left.

"Edward was standing in front of me, and Jacob was beside me. Edward took a step towards me, then Jacob wasn't there anymore, in his place was a russet colored wolf."

Somewhere in the house, I heard glass break. I looked at Sam who was staring at me wide-eyed. Like I said something weird.

I knew. I confronted Levi about it. He confessed, but he didn't know where it came from. He thought he was a freak, a monster. So I told him about your legends. It was his right to know after all. He was Quileute."

Looking down at my hands, I prepared myself to say the worst part. That I knowing endangered my children. Put them at risk with an out of control wolf.

"Levi, didn't beat the kids. What I said before was true. He was a perfect doting father. He spoiled those kids rotten. It was me he hated. I don't even know what we were arguing about. I think it was the house. He accused me of cleaning it with too much bleach, but I didn't even clean that day. I don't know exactly what happened, but he exploded. Lena was coming in the room, and she thought she would defend her mommy."

I gave a mirthless laugh. "I was supposed to defend her. And there she was. A 4 year old, throughing herself in front of me, standing up to a 6' 5" man. I managed to grab her and pull her into me. I tried to turn to shield her, but I was too slow. He raked his claws across her back."

I didn't realize I was crying till Sam ran his fingers under my cheek. I heard a sniffle and looked up to see Emily standing in the doorway with tears running down her scared cheeks, wringing a dishtowel.

"Levi, ran. I grabbed Logan and took Lena to the hospitol. I.....I remembered what my dad had told me the summer before I came. I figured if it worked once it would work again. I...I told them we were camping. That she got attacked by a bear. That it must have been attracted to our food. I didn't even go home after that. I just loaded the kids up and drove straight up here."

"I knew. I knew that he would come for me. He told me before. I knew that I can't fight him on my own. But who am I but a measly human. I need help. And who better to help fight against my supernatural husband, then a supernatual pack of the same species!"

Looking around Sam and Emily were almost frozen. Emily had a look of horror and grief on her face, and Sam was wearing the same. After two minutes of silence, well, silence from this room. Somewhere in the house some major shit was going down, cause I could hear yells, and things breaking. Looking back to Sam and Emily, I just hoped I did the right thing. I had no where else to go. Where else could I go that would give me tools to protect my children?

"So, you know?" Sam asked. I nodded my head.

"You came to us to protect you from one of our own?"

Biting my lip, I nodded again. This was it. My answer. I would finally know if they would help.

"Well, then there is only one things we, as a pack can do. We take our pack very seriously. We protect eachother above anyone else except our mates. For an outsider to come in and endanger that is a serious offense. So, like I said, there is only one thing to do. We...."