A/N Hey guys, I don't even have an excuse for how long its taken me to update. All I can ask is that you forgive me and I can try my hardest to be more consistant about updating.

Jake fumed as quietly as he could as he paced my hospital room. We were waiting for Emily to come back so she could wheel me to my CAT scan. Jake was angry, but so far he had been able to keep himself under control. He kept mutter things like 'Goddamn blood suckers' and 'rip them limb from limb, I swear'.

Carlisle had yet to come back after his little speech. He might have thought that he had gotten through to me a little, when in reality he had done quite the opposite…he had pissed me the hell off. I fumed just as much as Jake did, but I had to do it quietly from my hospital bed.

I shifted slightly in my bed and let out a yelp of pain when I accidently applied to much pressure to my broken arm. Jake was by my side in less than a second.

"Bella? Bella what is it? What hurts?" Jake was frantically looking me over, searching for any sign that something was terribly wrong.

I sighed as I shifted again, this time without hurting my arm further. "Nothing Jake…just having one of my moments…I try to avoid them, but you know…once a klutz, always a klutz."

Jake chuckled lightly as I could see the relief wash over him. "You gave me quite the scare there Bells."

I let out a small laugh but I couldn't tell if Jake was talking about now or when the accident happened.

"Yeah…I scared myself a little too. Jake, what are we going to do about this?" I asked not wanting to hedge around the subject anymore. They were here and by the tone in Carlisle's voice, I knew he had been serious about his threat.

"I don't know Bells…we can't leave for a while, it's not safe for you. But it's not exactly safe here anymore either. We can go visit with Ben and Angela for a little while. Do you still want to go camping?"

I grinned at him. "Duh! We drove all the way up here, through sleet and rain. We are going camping!"

"You know, there was a time when hearing you say those words would have indicated that the end of the world was just on the horizon." Jake chuckled at me.

I laughed and playfully smacked his arm with my good hand. "Oh, shut up! You loved me then just as much as you do now."

"No…more." Jake's words brought a slight tear to my eye, but I quickly whipped it away.

"I think you should call Ben and Angela. Once I get out of here, we're going to need somewhere to stay, and I don't want to pay for a hotel room. Plus we haven't seen them in about a year. I think it's time to pay a visit."

Jake nodded as he stood from my bedside. He went to a corner of the room where there was a telephone.

"Do you remember their number?" Jake asked as he held the phone in his hand.

I rattled it off to him before I turned away as he made the call.

I had no idea how I would make it through this. There had been a time when I would have hoped and prayed that this would have happened. But not now, not when I had come so far. I had accepted the fact that I would never see them again…I had started to like the fact that I would never see them again. And here they were…in this town…making my life hell.

"Bella?"

I turned my head back towards Jacob. He no longer held the phone in his hands and I assumed that he had finished the phone call.

"Bella, Angela said she would be happy to have us for as long as we're going to be here. She said that she and Ben are looking forwards to seeing us because it's been so long…Bells, are you okay?"

Jake seemed to be asking me that a lot lately. But I couldn't blame him…how could I when the people who had destroyed me were now back to do some more damage?

"Yeah Jake…I'm fine. Or at least I will be as soon as I'm out of here."

Jake nodded his head in understanding as he took up with watchful post once more. He didn't trust Carlisle and if truth be told…neither did I. Jake was also waiting for someone else to show up, he thought that Carlisle would have told them all by now. But why they would all care enough to come see me was beyond me.

As Jake paced the hospital floor restlessly, Emily finally made her appearance.

"Ready to go get your head looked at? Probably should have had this done years ago. Should have Jacob's looked at too…both of you are certifiably insane." Emily mumbled that last part, but both Jake and I heard her say it.

"I'm coming with her." Jake said as Emily got ready to wheel me out.

"You can't Jacob…you're not allowed." Emily said matter-of-factly. I could tell she enjoyed having some control over Jake, however small and unreal it was.

"The hell I'm not!" Jake practically boomed.

"Jacob Black! Control yourself! You cannot come back with Isabella and that's final!" Emily said as she practically stomped her foot in indignation.

"I will not control myself! If you think I'm going to leave her side so that that stupid…inhumane blood…"

"Jake that's enough!" I cut Jake off, afraid that he would say something he would regret.

"Bells, you can't expect me to trust that monster to stay away from you! He's probably jumping at the bit to get you alone!"

I lowered my voice, speaking only to Jake now. "And if he does anything to me…anything at all…I give you my full hearted consent to do whatever you deem appropriate and necessary to take care of the problem and…and avenge me." I added the last part to make Jake feel more at ease, but I did just the opposite. But he nodded his head all the same; most likely please with the fact that if anything did happen to me, he wouldn't have to feel guilty about taking action.

"Fine…go, but you keep an eye on her Emily!" Jake said seriously as Emily proceeded to wheel me out of the room.

I looked up and saw Emily roll her eyes and nod, happy to finally have Jake off her back and not taking him seriously. To her, Carlisle was a god and could do no wrong. The fact that we seemed to loath and hate him with everything thing we had…and the fact that Jake distrusted him so strongly that he seemed ready to strike at any moment, baffled her in the worst way.

Jake came to stand in the doorway and watch as Emily pushed me further and further down the hall, until we turned a corner and we could no longer see each other.

Emily wheeled me down to a large room with a rather large machine in it. There were two parts to the room, a smaller room where there were computers and expensive looking things and a larger one where the machine resided. The two rooms were separated by a glass wall.

"I have a phone call to make; Dr. Cullen will be here shortly. I'll be back to take you to x-ray." Emily said as she turned her back to me and began to walk away.

"Wait! Emily, what about what you said to Jake? You said you would keep an eye on me! You said you wouldn't leave!" I tried not to let the panic seep through my voice, using anger to cover it up.

Emily looked around a little nervously as if she expected Jake to jump out of the ceiling tiles and attack her for not staying true to her word. "Honestly…I don't know what you two have against the man…he's a saint. You'll be fine…what Jake doesn't know won't hurt him."

Anger flared within me even more, but with it so did my panic. Jake would know…I would let him know. Because as far as I was concerned (even though I knew Carlisle to be incapable of doing such a thing) Emily was leaving me to my death.

"Oh, you best believe that Jake will know about this." I said using my anger more forcefully to hide my panic.

Emily gave me a nervous look before shaking her head a laughing a little. She then left without a backwards glance. Apparently Jake didn't scare her enough…but after this incident he would have trouble not causing her bodily harm.

I sat there with my hands in my lap as the nerves began to take over. I did not feel good about this…not in the least. Carlisle would be in here…alone with me…free to question me as he saw fit. He would know…he would know how I had been living my life and he would try to do something about it. My only hope was that he didn't actually care and that when they all left it had been a family decision to leave me. It hurt…but it was the only way I could deal with this…with them being back. I wanted a solid reason to hate them…more than I already did. I needed a solid reason to hate them; otherwise I didn't think I could get through this in one peace. And I feared I would fall apart again.

I heard the door open but I didn't hear anyone step in and I immediately tensed up. I was afraid without Jake by my side. I liked to think that I was strong by myself, but without Jake for reinforcement I felt alone.

"It's just me Bella, you don't have to be afraid" a smooth voice said from behind me.

It caused me to tense even more. Fight or flight reactions were starting to take place within my mind.

"On the contrary…I think I do." I said, choosing to fight, but my voice sounded weak even to my ears. What it must have sound like to a vampire who could rip me in half at a seconds notice…well I didn't want to know.

The room was quite for a moment and I was starting to wonder what Carlisle was doing and if I should be just that much more frightened.

"Let's get started then." His voice had turned professional and seemed to come out of nowhere. I felt him reach for my arm to help me up, but I flinched at the first touch of his ice cold hands. I had forgotten how could they were, and I flinched more out of shock than fear, but Carlisle didn't know that. "I'm sorry Bella…I didn't…I didn't mean…" His voice was soft and apologetic now.

I put my hand up to stop his stuttering; he was quite immediately. "Its fine, I can get to the damn thing by myself…thanks though."

"Bella it's my job…"

I cut him off again "It's your job to make sure I don't die…I can manage walking ten feet."

Carlisle didn't object any further but I could feel a slight hint of anger in the air. I put my hands firmly on the arm rests of the wheel chair and with as much strength as I could muster, I pushed myself up. I struggled for a few seconds, my arms shaking with the effort. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Carlisle move closer to me and it made me angry. I used that anger to get myself the rest of the way up.

Once I was up I felt proud of myself for the accomplishment. But the daunting task of walking suddenly loomed over me. I would have never thought that crashing my bike would have debilitated me so much.

I took a tentative step forward and wobbled for a few seconds before taking another step. I was feeling quite please with myself when I saw that I was half way there. I wanted to tell Carlisle to shove off and that I didn't need him or any of them anymore. I was independent and I was strong…no matter what they said of did.

But those thoughts and feelings were short lived. As I took my next step I felt myself falter and my knees begin to shake. My legs suddenly felt very weak and I didn't know how much longer I would be standing.

Carlisle, who saw everything, was quick to be at my side. He gently grabbed hold of my forearm and put his hand on the middle of my back as he began to slowly guide me to the machine.

I was angry at my body for being so weak, but was I to proud to let Carlisle help me? Hell yes I was! I made sure I lashed out at him once I was standing beside the machine. With as much strength as I had I yanked my arm from his grasp instead of saying thank you. I didn't feel that I owed him anything.

I felt I was being almost childish when I saw the hurt flash across Carlisle's face. And for a moment I was sorry for the way I had acted. But then the memories of the last six years slammed into me and suddenly I was very angry.

"Bella…I'm sorry…" Carlisle began.

"Can we just get this done?" I asked not bothering to hide my anger.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Carlisle nod before he went behind the room divider.

As I began to lie back and get comfortable Carlisle turned and said "Oh Bella…I just wanted to make sure you were aware and given the 'heads up'…Alice is coming. She should be here in a couple of minutes. I just wanted to make sure you knew." He then turned and walked until I couldn't see him anymore.

Shit.

A/N There it is guys. I hope it was worth the wait. Leave me a review!