A/N: As of 2:07 AM on January 1, 2007, Moving On has 107 reviews, 3706 hits, is on the favorites list of 16 people, and on the alert list of 38. You know what all of that adds up to? A very, very happy Addie. So happy, in fact, that I can't sleep, despite the hour, so I'm writing the next chapter. When I say I love you guys, I'm not kidding. I'd send you all presents, but, well, you know, I have no money and don't know where you live anyway. ;P So no presents for you all, but how about cyber cookies? Hands out cyber cookies for everyone who's reading, has read, or has shown even a minute interest in Moving On Ok, so now that we've taken care of the cookies… the stats… oh yeah, chapter 12.

"Just a sec, hun, I'm beating Emmett," was the greeting I received when Mark answered his cell phone. I rolled my eyes, but waited patiently for Mark to finish.

"Who's on the phone?" I heard Rose ask in the background.

"Bella," Mark answered.

"Hi, Bella," Rose said. I assumed that she had taken the phone from Mark. "What's up?"

"I was calling to ask Mark if he minds spending the entire day with your family," I answered.

"Where are you?" Rose asked. "Alice is pouting and won't tell us."

"La Push," I answered. "I wanted to come see Jake."

"Isn't he your wer… I mean, your smelly friend?" Rose asked, catching herself before saying werewolf in front of Mark.

"Yes, he's my big, furry, smelly friend who I haven't seen since you guys came back," I answered. "I missed him, so I came to say hi, and I was planning on spending the day here, if Mark's okay with that."

"What if we wanted you here?" Rose asked.

"If MARK wants me there, I'll come, but otherwise I'm staying for the day. It's much safer now than it was a few years ago."

Some cheering in the background, a few shuffling noises later, and Mark took the phone back.

"Hey, honey!" he exclaimed, obviously in a good mood, and I assumed that the good mood was because he beat Emmett.

"Hi," I answered, "I'm at La Push with an old friend. Do you mind spending the rest of the day with the Cullens?"

"I demand a re-match!" Emmett yelled.

"I'm okay with that," Mark answered. "I think I won't have any problem staying busy, not since Emmett's so mad that I just beat him…"

"I'll stop by the Cullen's house once I'm done here," I promised. "Good luck with Emmett."

"I think they're going to gang up on me," Mark commented. "All the guys look like they're conspiring against me,"

"You can win," I assured him. "If all else fails, just get their wives to distract them, and then the only one you'll have to deal with is Edward."

"We heard that!" Emmett called.

"How did you hear that?" Mark asked.

"Dude, you practically have it on speakerphone, it's so loud," Emmett pointed out. "Besides, we all have awesome hearing."

"Whatever," Mark scoffed.

"Uh, Mark, I'm going to go…" I suggested. "I'll let you two fight over their excellent hearing without wasting our cell phone minutes."

"Ok," Mark agreed. "Love you, Baby."

"Love you too," I said. "And just so you know, they do have excellent hearing. Don't spend too long arguing about it."

"I won't," Mark laughed. "See you later."

"See you," I answered, and we both hung up. I went in the back door and was greeted by the sight of five extremely large men glaring at me. Jake was behind them, looking apologetic.

"They heard you were here," he explained sheepishly. "I'm sorry."

"Hi guys," I said uncertainly. "Long time no see."

"Why did you come back here?" one demanded. It was Paul, I think.

"I wanted to see Jake," I answered meekly.

"Is that all?" another taunted me. I think it was Jared that time.

"Can't I come talk to my old best friend?" I asked. "I mean, I had a problem I wanted to talk about, and I missed Jake. I'm not here to spy for the Cullens, I'm not here to deliver bad news, well, unless you count Edward being back bad news, which I do, and you probably do too, but I'm not here to do anything wrong. I just wanted to talk to Jake about Edward being back. Jake always could help me put things in perspective, and I needed to talk to someone who isn't pretending to be related to Edward. Even Alice turned against me and helped Edward come confess his undying love for me, and I know the Cullen clan all wants me to join them, so they'll help and defend him, so I needed to talk to somebody who wasn't automatically going to make up excuses for him. Am I not allowed to visit here anymore?"

As I spoke their expressions all softened, until they didn't look quite so angry.

"Of course you can visit," Sam said. "We just thought…" he trailed off and looked ashamed.

"You just thought…" I prompted him.

"We thought you were acting as a messenger for the bloodsuckers," Sam finished. "We know you wanted to become one of them, so we thought maybe that they had decided that they didn't care about the treaty and had sent you to tell us."

"Edward tried to hold that over my head as incentive to love him again," I said, "but I told him I don't want to be a vampire anymore."

"Do you?" Embry, that one I was sure of, asked.

"Yes," I admitted, and looked at the carpet. "I still want to."

"Why?" Quill asked.

"Because I still love Edward," I answered softly.

"But, you're married," Paul pointed out.

"It's not like that," I sighed, and launched into the explanation again.

"So, how many people know this now?" Embry asked once I finished.

"Everyone in this room, and all the Cullens," I answered.

"I can see why you wanted to talk to somebody," Jared said sympathetically. I gave him a sad smile.

"While you're here, why don't you come see Emily?" Sam asked. "I know you liked to spend some time with her while we were trying to take care of the redhead."

"I think I will," I answered. I looked past the guys and met Jacob's gaze. "Do you mind if I go say hi to Em?" I asked.

"Nah, go ahead," Jake answered. "I'll clean up the dishes and work on Quil's truck while I wait for you to come back."

"Thanks," I said, and smiled. I followed the other werewolves out the front door.

"Can I catch I ride?" Sam asked once we were outside.

"Sure," I answered. "Is she still in the same house as before?"

"No, we moved to a house at the edge of the reservation," Sam answered as he climbed in the passenger seat. I climbed in the driver's side and started the truck. Sam pointed which direction I should go, and I obeyed.

"That's good," I commented.

"It's a nice place," Sam continued. "It's nice by our standards, but you probably won't think that it's much. It's one of the best houses on the reservation."

"Do you two have children, yet?" I asked.

"We have a son named Elijah," Sam answered proudly. "He's a year and a half old."

"Congratulations!" I exclaimed.

"Thanks," Sam said.

The rest of the short ride was silent. I wasn't sure what I could say to Sam, so I didn't say anything at all.

I talked with Emily and played with the baby for almost an hour, but then left and returned to Jake's house. We, meaning Jake, Helen and I, spent the rest of the day laughing and sharing stories from the past few years.

Finally, once it grew dark, I looked at my watch and sighed.

"Do you need to go?" Helen asked.

"Yeah," I answered. "Thanks for letting me come and hang out with you guys today. I had a lot of fun."

"We'll have to do it more often," Jake proposed.

"We will," I agreed. "It was nice to meet you, Helen."

"It was nice to meet you too, Bella," Helen answered. "Good luck with Edward."

"Thanks," I said, and then looked at Jake. "Jake, be good to her. She's too good to lose. If I find out that you've been stupid and not treated her like the queen she is, then I'll come back and kick your butt, got it?"

"Yes, ma'am," Jake answered with a laugh. He ruffled my hair before pulling me into a big hug. "Take care, Bells."

"You too," I returned. "See you guys later."

"Bye," they answered. I left out the front door and went to my truck. I got in and started to drive the familiar path back to Forks.

A/N: Ok, so I finally fell asleep last night, which is why I'm finishing this chapter at 11:30 PM on January 1. In that time I've reached 110 reviews! I'm serious, I really love you guys. You all rock!

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