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previously
"Sure sure, Bells of course you could." He nodded. Our playful banter continued until we got home. Where we had to be quite so we didn't wake Pauls parents. After a lot of laughing and play fighting up the stairs we finally said goodnight and went to our rooms. I collapsed onto my bed and drifted to sleep.
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"Bells, get up idiot, you're gonna make us late for school!" Paul yelled at me, waking me. I hate him sometimes. I looked at the time. 8:15. Fuck. No breakfast for me then. I quickly had a shower and got dressed, chucking on some jeans a red top and my red converses. I groaned as I looked at my hair it was still a complete mess. Too lazy to do anything with it I brushed it, applied makeup and rushed to catch up with Paul.
When we got to school we were greeted by the guys, there happy cheery voices annoyed me, and I was tired they should also be tired.
"Hey, Bells you look tired. You okay?" I glared at Quil.
"I'm tired nothing is okay."
"You sound so dramatic." He rolled his eyes.
"Bells, this will make you feel all better." Jake held out a cup of what looked like coffee. I looked up at him.
"Is that coffee?"
"Yup, from your favourite...Urgh... guy?" I rolled my eyes.
"Great descriptive word there Jake, and yes you are now my favourite thank you for the coffee." I beamed at him, he just grinned down at me as I concentrated on my coffee and he guided me to my locker.
"So bells what you got this morning?" I didn't look at him I was still concentrating on the coffee.
"I have no clue. Bio and English I think. Do I have any classes with you?" I briefly glanced away from my coffee as I asked.
"Yeah, Bio and English. So come on we still gotta to my locker before class and with you so absorbed with that coffee, I'm thinking you might walk into a wall or something."
"Wall? What wall, as if I'd walk into a wall, I'm quite capable of walking you know." I said still not looking up from coffee trusting Jake with my life and dignity, that he wouldn't walk me into a wall.
"Bells, Come on just drink the coffee and hurry up I look strange walking with a girl whose staring into a coffee cup like it could save the world." Jake huffed. I looked at Jake then at my coffee. I frowned and drank the rest.
"Spoil sport. You're no fun." He chuckled as I threw out the finished coffee cup and we headed to English.
The day passed in a flash, then it was time for sport. I couldn't just say I was happy running, it was my element. I was warming up when I could see Leah approaching me. So much for my easy day.
"Isabella." Leah nodded to me, as she stood there with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Leah."I said mimicking her position. It was tense for a couple of minutes with both of us glaring at each other.
"So slut, did you enjoying kissing Jake?" she sneered.
"What's it to you, it was a dare."
"Well, he was mine. And then you came along and got your filthy little paws onto him."
"Oh, I'm sorry I still don't remember there being something going on between me and Jake, and I don't seem to recall something going on between you and Jake either. So what is your problem?"
"He. Is. Still. MINE." She yelled the last word at me and got a couple steps closer.
"I didn't see your name on him so I don't think he's yours." I said as I took a couple more steps towards her.
"You really want to start a war over this?" we were standing face to face now.
"It's a war you won't win, but if you want to I guess we could." She glared at me.
"You'll regret that, I hope you know that. Nobody gets in the way of what I want."
"Yeah that's cause nobody wants what you want."
"Oh yeah, then what about Jake hmm, you want Jake and don't say that you don't."
"Yes, I do want Jake. That's why I'm still having this idiotic conversation with you." I smiled in a cold way. "So if you don't mind can you go be a bitch elsewhere."
"Whatever whore."
"Excuse me?"
"I called you a whore."
"Slut."
"skank."
"Bitch."
"Freak."
"That the best you got?"
"Well, no not really I could bring up why you live here, because mummy got shot, and because step daddy doesn't want you anymore." That hit a nerve I could feel the tears coming.
"SHUT UP! You have no fucking idea what you're talking about." I could hear that the rest of the oval had gone quite listening to our 'little' fight.
"Oh, did I strike a nerve there?" I blinked trying not to cry, I wouldn't cry in front of her.
"Fuck off right now, and never ever bring up my family again. You have no idea what you're talking about so just shut the fuck up." I screamed at her. She smirked. That was it, I punched her right in her smug face, I felt the satisfying crack of her nose, as she fell to the ground. The tears had starting rolling down my face relentless.
Leah was rolling around, screaming and crying as blood poured out of her now broken nose. The boys by now had finally realised something was wrong and had run over. Paul was the first to me.
"Bells, what happened? Why are you crying?" he stood in front of me.
"We got in a fight, stupid really, then she brought up my mum and the fact that I don't live with Phil. She just wouldn't let it go so I punched her."
Paul sighed as he hugged me to his chest, my tears now soaking his shirt. He turned us to see what they were doing with Leah. Seth had helped her to her feet and Embry and Quil were holding her up as they tried to get her to walk to the nurse's office. Sam, Jared and Jake were doing damage control, keeping kids away and informing the idiotic teachers about what had happened.
"Come on Belly, I'll take you home, you can have a nice cup of hot chocolate and we'll watch Finding Nemo." (I love that movie when I'm upset.) I smiled up at Paul. I wiped the remaining tears off my face while he went to tell the others he was taking me home. I saw Jake looking over at me with a worried expression, I also saw Paul shake his head as in a not a good time man, just save it for later kinda way.
I didn't go to school for the rest of the week, or the next. Paul was bringing me all my work. Jake had come round to see me a couple times and I told him what happened. He had stiffened when I told him Leah and I had fought over him and what she had said. Paul told me the next day that Jake had confronted Leah and they'd got into a very heated fight. He told me that it ended in Leah hitting Jake, and him saying to her. "You never meant anything to me." Then he walked away and she ran the opposite direction crying. I sat there with my mouth gaping as he told the story. He also told me that I had to go to school the next day no matter what.
So I went to school the next day and when we got there as soon as the car stopped I was out of the car being hugged by the boys.
"BELLS!" they were all yelling. They ruffled my hair and kept hugging me.
"Yes, guys I'm back and can we not squeeze the life out of me?" I chocked out. The boys stepped away, I smiled.
"So miss me?" I laughed, they all joined in, I took in who was there, all my boys were there except for Jake.
"'Course we did bells wasn't the same without you." They smiled and we fell back into normal conversations, I was a little bit hurt that Jake wasn't here, I missed him. The bell rang and I said bye to the guys and walked towards my locker.
When I opened my locker I had a note sitting in the middle of it with my name neatly printed on it. I opened it after glancing around.
Dear Bella,
You thought I had forgotten you so easily.
Xx
P.S Turn around.
It wasn't signed but I turned around anyway, and there standing there behind me was Jake, with the cutest smile on his face.
"JAKE!" I squealed, jumping on him. He chuckled at my reaction and hugged me tightly.
"You really thought I'd forgotten you." He smiled down at me as he released me. I Smiled back ignoring him and grabbed my books.
"Nah, I just missed you." I walked past him towards my first class. He fell into step beside me.
"Aww, you missed me?" I rolled me eyes
"Yeah, sure why not." He spluttered at my response, clearly confused at my sudden change in emotions. I giggled at his perplexed face before walking into my class leaving him behind. I walked into the chemistry room, and smelled something extremely sweet, it was almost like bleach. Yeah must be bleach, they must of cleaned with it. I tried to convince myself but that smell, put me on edge. I went and sat in my seat hoping the class would start soon then I would be outta here quicker. The rest of the class filtered and slowly sat down and a low level of chat filled the room.
The teacher walked in a couple minutes later, and was setting up his laptop and waiting for the class to be quite. He was just about to start his lecture when they walked in. Three students, two guys and chick, The Guys were both tall, one had bronze hair and golden eyes and looked reasonably fit, the other guy was also tall blonde, and had the same coloured eyes, he looked more muscled, and was slightly intimidating. The girl was short, like five foot, she had dark short hair spiked in all different directions, and she was literally bouncing. Okay besides the obvious gorgeousness of the guys they gave me a bad vibe. I zoned out after they mentioned their names. They were the Cullen's, after they all introduced themselves, they chose seats and lucky me I bronzed haired one came and sat next to me. When he sat down I shivered, eugh the smell of bleach got worse. I glanced over at him and glared, I was feeling sick and it got worse when he sat down. He glanced over at me surprise flashed over his face when he saw me glaring. His forehead creased and he looked frustrated, I rolled my eyes and moved my attention to the front of the room. I could feel his stare still on me, it was starting to give me the creeps. He kept staring at me for the entire class, until just before the bell the teacher let us talk, that's when I had enough. He clearly wasn't expecting me to turn around.
"Why are you staring at me?" I question him angrily scowling.
"Umm...because you glared at me."
"yeah so what if I did doesn't give you the right to stare at me all class now does it?" he sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "what's your name anyway?"
"Edward, My name is Edward. Look, all I wanted was to know your name." The bell went just as he finished his sentence.
"Saved by the bell." I picked up my books and walked towards the door I called back.
I didn't have more classes with Edward or any of his siblings, but the whole school was talking about them, it was annoying me for some reason, but I just put it down to I didn't like, therefore when people mentioned him or his siblings it annoyed me. By the time Lunch came I was almost running to my locker, I was thoroughly annoyed for no good reason, so I took it out on my locker.
"Whoa, Bells the locker did nothing wrong." Jake said as he turned up when I slammed my locker door. I glared and stalked away towards the cafeteria. I could hear Jake catch up to me, but he was smart enough not to ask anything, he guided me towards our table and sat me down. "Stay." He said as he backed away to get me food, must be worried I'd hit someone. I sat there glaring at the wall.
"Yo Bella." I turned my head to see Tyler standing about five meters from me with his friends behind him.
"Yes Tyler" I hissed "what do you want?"
"Wanted to know if you wanted to come sit with me because you know none of your friends are here not even your stalker boy Jake." He smirked. I smiled this guys an idiot can't he see I'm already pissed off.
"Tyler I wouldn't sit at your table unless you weren't there, or any of your stupid stuck-up cocky friends." He smirk fell off his face. "You can leave now." I turned back to glaring at the wall, I felt a hand on my shoulder, I glanced up it was Tyler, and he was pissed.
"Kindly remove your hand Tyler, I know you need it." He face grew even more angry, somewhere in the back of my head it clicked that it probably wasn't such a good idea to piss him off, but it was helping my anger, so I kept going.
"What the fuck did you say to me?" he sneered at me his grip tightened on my arm.
"I said get your hand off my arm, now." I glared up at him.
"You stupid whore, I know that's not what you said!" my glare just became a death glare. I stood up and pulled me arm out of his grip, I stood my ground and continued glaring at him, I mustn't of been very scary, I think my height ruins it, but I still managed to make him flinch.
"What did you just call me?" I said in my angry clam voice.
"I called you a stupid whore, the truth, I mean look at all the guys you hang out with granted Paul is your cousin, but you flirt with all of them, you're clearing fucking at least a couple..." he never finished his sentence because the next second I had jumped on him and was now currently pummelling his face in. Of course I was dragged away from Tyler who I left bleeding almost unrecognisable on the ground. I struggled trying to twist to see who had dragged me away I was in such a rage that it didn't occur to me that what I was doing could get me expelled. I figured I wasn't getting out of whoever's hands their grip was to strong so I let them lead me away, out of the cafeteria as I left we passed the Cullen's walking in Edward, turned and watched me leave clearly in wonder why I was being man handled out of the cafeteria, his face turned angry first I thought it was at me but when I looked it was at whoever was dragging me away. After a couple of minutes my captor- which turned out to be Sam-, had pulled me to the other side of campus, where the boys were even Jake. I frowned he lied he said he was getting me food.
"Jake, what the hell you said you were getting me food!" I yelled, struggling to get out of Sam's arms again.
"Bells, calm down for me, and I'll explain." Paul cut in, pleading with me. I looked at him I was tempted to keep fighting but his eyes made me stop, they looked like my mum's eyes they run in that side of the family. I sighed.
"Fine. Explain, Sam please let go, I'm not gonna go on another murderous rampage." This appeased him and he let me go. "Unless I see Tyler, then I may have to kill him." I added on the end whilst sitting on the ground opposite Paul. "so tell me then."
"well, Bells to explain it I need to start on a completely different topic first, okay?" I just looked pointedly at him. "Alright, well did you smell anything extremely sweet today, almost like bleach. " I nodded I thought back to chemistry. "okay well did you see the new students, how they all have the same coloured eyes?" I nodded again I had noticed this when Edward had come into class, he shared the exact same golden coloured eyes as his siblings. "Well did the smell get worse near them?" I nodded again, where was he going with this. "well did you get angry for no reason really quickly like with Tyler only for less, like in class or something did something someone said or did piss you off?"
"Yeah the new kid Edward was staring at me for most of class and I went off at him." I heard some of the others grumble.
"Okay well, I'm gonna let Sam take over now." I nodded and turned towards Sam.
"Well, Bella do you remember all the old tales and fable the elders used to tell us when we would have a bonfire and it was story time?" I nodded I did some of those stories really freaked me out "Well do you remember the one about how you ancestors descended from wolves?" I nodded again that was one of the ones that freaked me out. "Okay, good, well, it's true, it's all true. The gene from the wolf now allows some of us to change into wolves, only some people get it, and we think you have it. Paul has it; all of us have it so does Leah. And well you're showing all the signs of changing." He said all of this really quickly, while I sat there stunned.
"You think I'm going to turn into a giant wolf?" I asked.
"Yeah, well maybe, cause you're a girl the gene is weaker but when you got some of mine and Jake's blood we think that triggered the gene." Sam mumbled not meeting my eyes.
"Okay then," I stood up and started backing away, they were clearly crazy and were scaring me I had to get away and school was a good place with a big campus backing onto a forest, if I could get to that Forest then I could cut around to the cliffs and then home. I managed to back up about 5 meters until one of the boys looked up I didn't wait to see who, I turned and ran, I didn't look back I just continued running. I reached to forest in a couple of minutes and began to jump logs and follow the paths, it slowed me down a bit but I figured I had a little bit of a head start and I could out run them so I just kept going. It took about ten minutes before I heard anything, it wasn't the boys though I was a heavy panting noise and the thuds of paws on the ground. Before I realised it I was surrounded by 5 giant wolves.
"Shit." I mumbled to myself, either the guys weren't lying or I was screwed. "So you guys weren't lying then?" The biggest wolf, walked forward, he was solid black. He nodded his head. "Sam I'm guessing?" he nodded again. Another wolf crept up close to me he was a brown-reddish colour; he nudged my hand and whimpered, crouching down beside me. "Jake?" the wolf licked my hand. "Ew, I'll take that as a yes then." Jake licked my hand again. I cringed and wiped the drool back onto him. "So am I gonna get to actually talk to one of you as a human or are you gonna stay as wolves?" they all looked at me then back at the way I came, like they were waiting. "Oh someone was following and just hasn't got here yet?" Sam nodded. "Okay I'll wait." I leant against Jake, waiting it took about five minutes until Paul showed up casually walking into the clearing, where the five wolves were resting and me leaning on Jake.
"Hey, can you see we aren't lying anymore?" I nodded narrowing my eyes; I can't believe he never told me about this.
"Why did you never tell me about this?" I stood up and faced Paul.
"Bells I couldn't, it's a secret, we're not even meant to tell you, unless you phase. You might not even."
"Really Paul or did you just not want to tell me?" I was getting angry
"Bells I woulda told you in a heartbeat, but the elders told us not too."
"Oh but I assume, the elders mean more to you then your cousin who might turn into a fucking giant wolf one day." I glared at him.
"No, bells you know you mean the most too me, but if there was a chance this wouldn't happen too you I held onto it. I don't want this for you." He sounded on the verge of tears.
"Well Paul, too late now, you've told me, freaked the hell out of me, and now I'm surround by fucking wolves, that are my best friends. How the hell did you think I'd take it? Like I'd just be like oh yeah you turn into giant wolves that's cool." I was starting to shake.
"You know what I thought, I thought you'd be a lot more mature then this, like you'd take this into your stride and accept it." He was shaking too know.
"Well here's the thing Paul, I'm not little miss perfect, you know this god you live with me. After everything I've been through this year, you excepted me to take you turning into a wolf 'in my stride.' I always knew you were thick, but my god how stupid do you get?" I was yelling but now and shaking like a leaf, I clearly pissed Paul off too much because before I knew it he was standing there as a wolf snarling at me, I don't know what triggered it but suddenly I felt a hot feeling roll through my body and it felt like my skin was splitting, then I was staring at the snaring Paul, snarling back.
Bella! I heard all these voices coursing through my head. I whimpered.
Bella calm down baby- Paul
Paul?
Yeah sweetie, you're really pretty as a wolf by the way. –Paul
Thanks?
I heard laughter in my head.
Bella? – Jake
Yeah Jake?
You okay? – Jake
I rolled my eyes
Jake, I just turned into a freaking wolf, how am I meant to be okay?
Yeah, I guess you have a point. – Jake
So, anyway why can I hear you in my head?
Cause it's a pack thing we can hear everyone and see everyone's thoughts – Jake
Pack mentality then? And that must kinda awkward.
They all chuckled.
Yeah just a little awkward, and it's a kind of telepathy, we are all linked. I looked around, at my pack, they were all sitting or lying except for me and Paul, I trotted over to where Jake was laying and curled up next to him. When I glanced up at him I felt something, like he was the centre of my world.
Okay what the fuck was that?
That was an imprint Bella – Sam
Imprint?
Means you've found your other half. –Sam
Wait, you mean like soul mate right.
Yup – Sam
Aww why'd I get Jake? I joked.
Aw I'm shattered Bells. – Jake
Yeah cause I was totally serious.
Better not have been. -Jake I rolled my eyes and snuggled closer into his side.
Okay so what do we do now? I asked
Well we can't go back to school considering you shredded all your clothes, why don't we all go for a run? – Embry
Wait what happened to my clothes?
When you phased your clothes got destroyed.- Quil
But I liked those jeans.
Well those jeans are covering the ground look. – Embry
I looked they were telling the truth, shreds of my jeans and top littered the ground.
So if I phased back I'd be naked?
Yup, and that's exactly why we aren't going back to school. - Jared
Dam, well what do I look like as a wolf?
I suddenly saw all these images of a chestnut brown almost black wolf with a longish coat, with upstanding ears that looked like a Papillion's, and big brilliant bright blue eyes.
Whoa, that's me?
Yup sure is beautiful. – Jake.
We all just laid around in that clearing for a while just talking about things that happened on the weekend and at school. It started getting dark so we all shook off and started home.
I gotta say running as a wolf is one of the greatest experiences of my life; I was fast, like really fast.
This is awesome! I giggled and started running faster, weaving through the trees.
Bells this is only the start, you're only new and when your stamina starts improving we go on massive runs across the country for fun. – Jared
I inwardly grinned and headed towards home. When I reached home I sat in the shadow of the trees waiting not knowing what to do next.
So anyone wanna tell me what to do to turn back into a girl, even if I'll be naked.
Bells you've gotta think of your human self but you might wanna wait until I can get you some clothes. You kinda left us behind to say the least. –Paul
oh... Okay then.
It took another couple of minutes before the guys turned up. I felt the guys phase out and then saw them emerge from the forest not too far away, they smiled at me and headed inside waiting. Paul came out and placed my clothes on the ground behind a tree.
"Okay Bells, think human and when you phase get dressed then come talk." Paul said before retreating back into the house.
Think human... how do you think human? I asked myself. I closed my eyes and thought of walking around and messing around with the guys, driving, singing, reading, then finally I thought of running and how calm it made me. I felt myself shift, when I opened my eyes I looked down and saw myself naked, I shivered and got dressed hurriedly. When I went inside, I saw the guys lazing around the games room. They had chips and lollies everywhere. I dived over the couch grabbing a bag of chips out of Embry's hands rolling and settling myself down on the other side of the room with Jake, he automatically pulled me closer; I snuggled into his side while eating the chips.
"So, what's gonna happen about school? I have classes with the Cullen's." I stated, the others thought for a while before Sam spoke up.
"You'll go but try to sit as far away as possible and just be careful if you feel like you're about to phase get out of there, you can't let anyone know about this." I nodded.
We sat around joking for a while until it got late, the guys dispersed and Jake kissed me goodnight. Paul called goodnight to me before heading to bed, I felt really tired and decided crashing was a good plan, my worry about school tomorrow, was overridden when my head hit the pillow and I fell into a deep sleep.