Chapter 4

Truth Comes Out

Bella's Point of View

I could tell they still hadn't come in yet so I turned around, "Look I don't want you tracking mud and water into my home so get your asses in here."

The moment I said that it started to rain and they ran into the house. I turned to start walking, but two very cold hands grabbed me and pulled me to his chest, "Bella, my Bella." Edward whispered against my hair.

I was about to push him away when I was grabbed by someone else, "Bella!" Alice screamed. "I can't believe you're alive! Where have you been?"

Next was Emmett, then Rose, Carlisle, Esme, Sam, and finally Dean.

"Bella" Dean said as he grabbed me and lifted me up. He put me down and started to lean in and kiss me when Cas opened the study door and cleared his throat.

"Bella there is someone in here who keeps cussing at your father and insists your dead." Cas said.

"Damn it Uncle Bobby." I said under my breath.

I wriggled out of Dean's hold and went into the study where I heard Uncle Bobby.

"Charlie you have to let it go; she is dead." Uncle Bobby said.

"No she's not Bobby; why don't you wheel your ass around." my dad said and I busted out laughing.

Uncle Bobby wheeled around really quick and looked at me, "Bella?" he asked.

"Yep Uncle Bobby it's me." I said and went over to him.

"How?" he asked.

"I will let Dad explain that to you, but first let's get you out of that chair." I said and placed my hand where he had stabbed himself when he was possessed. It glowed and I heard The Cullen's, Dean and Sam gasp. As soon as my hand quit glowing I looked at Uncle Bobby, "Well stand up old man."

He did and everyone looked in awe. Sam was the first to speak, "Bella how did you do that?"

"I will let Cas explain; I need some air. Dad show them to their rooms when Cas is done explaining." I said and went out the way I came.

Edward's Point of View

My angel was alive and very different. She was powerful and I found that very attractive as did Dean. After Bella left the room Cas asked us all to sit down and he began.

"Bella as you can see is very different; she is very powerful and immortal." Cas said.

Dean interrupted, "Cas have you known she's been alive all this time?"

"Yes Dean I did." Cas replied.

Dean stood up, "You knew and you didn't tell us! Why the hell not?"

Before Cas could answer a breeze whipped through the room and Bella appeared, "Because I told him not to Dean. Now either control yourself or I will do it for you. This is the one place I will not allow any fighting; there is enough of that outside of here." We all got quiet, "Obviously some things haven't changed so how about I explain since you seem to not interrupt me as much. I had my reasons for not telling you I was alive."

She is hiding something Edward; I know, Jo knows, and so does Charlie. We will talk later. Jake said in his mind.

I just nodded and tuned back into Bella, "Those reasons are mine and mine alone; you don't need to know. Basically here is the deal; I am the Phoenix with all the powers of heaven and hell at my disposal, I'm immortal as you saw when that bitch stabbed me." Bella turned towards Rosalie, "By the way Rose thanks for telling her off." They smiled at each other and Bella continued, "I can get hurt, but I heal pretty quickly, I have all the elements at my command, and I have been watching you and guiding you like I promised." Bella finished and we just sat there.

"Bella were you at the funeral?" Carlisle asked.

My Bella sighed and started to blush, "Yes and before you ask yes it was me you heard in the wind guiding you. I had to make sure you all wouldn't completely self destruct; although some almost succeeded, Edward." She said my name and I looked up into those deep blue pool eyes of hers. Those eyes held so much knowledge and power I didn't want to look away.

When I finally did I answered her, "I didn't want to live without you and when Cas kept showing up I decided to do the bare minimum."

"Edward you can't give up everything because I died. You have your family; what you did was selfish." Bella said chastising me.

Than Jake spoke up, "But its ok for you to make our decisions and decide what's best."

Bella glared at him, "Jake watch it."

"No, Bella; he isn't going to watch it and neither will I." Jo said.

"Jo, Jake let's talk about this later." Bella pleaded with them.

"No they have a right to know and they get a choice in this. You may be all powerful, but this isn't just your choice." Jo said.

"Bella what are they talking about?" Dean asked before I could.

Jake answered, "After we put the devil back in his cage Bella is going to leave us for good because she thinks it's too dangerous for us."

"Jake that's enough!" Bella screamed at him.

I stood up, "Is that true Bella?" she refused to look at me and in a second I was standing in front of her, "IS IT TRUE?" I asked again.

She stepped back slapping my hand away from her face, "Yea ok it is. After we put him in his cage I'm out of here, gone for good. You won't see me or hear from me again."

Dean's Point of View

I couldn't believe it; Bella was going to leave again. At least that's what she thought. "Bella who the hell do you think you are?" I asked walking over to her and Edward. "Jo and Jake are right; it's our lives and we get to choose not you."

She got that damn stubborn look on her face, "No you don't. This is about me and you will stay out of it." she said and turned to leave.

I grabbed her wrist, "The hell I will; I have spent an entire year thinking you were dead and now you expect me to let you leave without a fight. I don't think so."

"That goes for me as well Bella." Edward said. I knew at this point our rivalry was about to start again, but for now we were still on the same side.

"Listen to me all of you; things are different now and I will not allow you to get involved in my problems." Bella said.

By this time everyone was standing up and Bobby spoke up, "Bella quit being so damn stubborn. It's all of us against you."

"Yea I'm not gonna sit here and let you leave again; you're my sister." Alice said.

"Bella there is no need to worry about us; we can take care of ourselves and you are part of our family." Carlisle said and Esme nodded.

"Bella the pack feels the same way; you gave up your life once to save us. We won't allow you to decide for us again; we owe you." Sam said and the pack nodded in agreement.

"Yea; besides it's been too boring we need excitement." Emmett yelled.

"Bella I watched you die and it killed me you weren't around; I'm not letting my baby girl go again." Charlie said.

"I'm agree with them Bella; this isn't just your decision." Jasper piped up.

"Bella we have grown up together and you are my sister; you aren't just going to disappear." Sam said.

"SHUT THE HELL UP ALL OF YOU; THIS ISN'T UP FOR DISCUSSION. I HAVE MADE MY DECSION AND THAT IS FINAL! NOW IT'S LATE, I'M TIRED, AND WE ARE DONE HERE!" Bella screamed at us and stormed out.

"Cas we aren't going to let her do this are we?" I asked him.

"No. I agree with you she shouldn't face this alone. The question is how do we get her to come around to our way of thinking." Cas replied.

"That's going to be difficult; you guys know how she is." Jo said, "She's more stubborn then the two of you combined." she said and pointed to me and Sam.

"Well we have until we put Lucifer back in his cage to figure it out. It's been a long day and I have some things to do." Cas said and he disappeared.

"You guys know that this isn't going to be easy; Bella is a hellcat and she isn't gonna back down." Ellen said.

I smirked, "Yea, but it's not any fun if she doesn't put a fight."

Bella's Point of View

Those damn nosy, stubborn, idiots; they have no right to get involved. I gave up everything for them; the least they could do is respect my wishes.

"Penny for your thoughts?" a voice said from behind me.

I turned around, "Hi Chuck." I said.

"Rough night?" he asked.

"As if you don't already know." I replied.

"Well I try not to pry all the time, but yes I do know." he said.

"Can we skip the whole filler conversation pieces and get straight to the point." I said.

He laughed, "If you wish; Bella why are you pushing them away?"

"You know why." I said.

"I know the reason you are hanging onto now; I want to know the real reason." He said.

I sighed, "The only reason I am doing this is to keep them from getting killed because of me."

"You know you aren't a very good liar when it comes to people that know you. I think it's because you are afraid to choose because one of them will get hurt." Chuck said. I tensed and stayed quiet, "I will take that as a yes. Bella you shouldn't be afraid of choosing. You deserve happiness and love…." he rambled.

I cut him off, "And what happens when they die protecting me? I can't and won't survive losing them." I started to cry.

Chuck wrapped his arms around me, "Do you remember what I wrote in the book?"

I wiped my tears and laughed, "Yea 'have faith'"

He chuckled, "Well than have some. Bella you are the poster child for faith. You died and came back, you gave away everything, and you've done everything I have ever asked of you all because you have faith. So don't lose that now; it is always darkest before the dawn." I just nodded, "I have to go someone is coming and…"

I finished his statement for him, "And they don't know anything about who you really are."

He smiled and than disappeared.

"Bella?" I heard a soft velvet voice call me.

"Yea Edward what do you need?" I said wiping the last few tears away.

"My family and I haven't hunted in a while…" he started.

I held up my hand, "I know I've already arranged for a safety zone for you guys. Cas will take you there and I suggest you feed for at least two days we have a lot of things to do when you get back."

He nodded and headed to tell his family, but he stopped. In a flash he was in front of me and he kissed me with such passion that it made my legs turn to jello. He caught me and held me close to his chest. At first I didn't return the kiss, but than something awoke in me and I kissed him back. We stood there and it began to rain, but we didn't take any notice.

Finally I broke away, "Edward you need to hunt I can feel it."

"How?" he asked.

"One of the new tricks I got when I came back." I said. "Go I'll see you in a few days."

He leaned down and kissed me again, "We will talk when I get back?" I nodded and he left.

About an hour later I headed up to the house; the Cullen's were gone and everyone was asleep. That is except for one person;

"Bells?" Dean said.

"Yea." I replied. I didn't dare look at him.

He didn't waste anytime; he grabbed me and kissed me. The same thing that happened to me with Edward happened to me with Dean. Damn both of them for making me feel this way.

I pulled away, "Damn it Dean, you and Edward need to stop it with the blind side kisses."

"I was just finishing what I started before Cas interrupted." he said and gave me his signature smirk. Then he pulled me to his chest and whispered in my hair, "God I've missed you Bella."

I couldn't help but smile, "Yea me too Dean."

"Jake said you've been watching us." Dean said. I just nodded, "Why didn't you come back to us?"

"Because Dean you know why; I didn't want to get your hopes up that things would go back to the way they were. It isn't going to happen and don't think about trying to coerce me to your side." I said.

"If I was going to coerce you Bella I would do something more like this," Dean said and he started kissing my neck.

"Dean, don't…" I started saying.

"Than use those new powers of yours to stop me." he said and than kissed my collarbone which made me moan. I could feel him smirk against my skin, "That's what I thought Bella."

He picked me up and took me to his room. I didn't stop what was happening between us; I didn't want to. I would regret it in the morning, but for now I didn't care. I vaguely noticed the bedroom door open and than it shut.

A/N: Ok so what did you think? Please review. Songs for this chapter:

Pink- Who Knew

Creed- Rain

Lifehouse- Blind

Within Temptation- Somewhere

Beck and Bat For Lashes- Let's Get Lost