Being a teenage weretiger isn't easy. Especially since I'm a girl.

I said goodbye to Sabina and Nick, my adoptive guardians, and went to get my bag, which I had packed earlier. I didn't bother going back downstairs, I just jumped out the window, landing to find myself face to face with a huge black and white tiger. "Hey, Calix." I said, patting his head. "All ready to go?"

He made a growling sound, and darted back into the forest that surrounds my house. I pulled off my jumper, and shifted as well, shredding my shoes. See, we'd learnt you could wear stuff like jeans or tight t-shirts while you shifted, but it's usually a good idea to take off your shoes first.

Looks like Zita's going without shoes,Jax quipped.

Get the hell out of my head! I told him, exasperated. Where are we meeting?

Eila's house, came the reply, and I hurried to catch up with Calix.

At Eila's house, I shifted back, and climbed into Jax's Land Rover.

"Promise you'll look after her?" Eila's mother asked worriedly.

"Promise," Jax said, as Eila followed me into the car.

"Hey, Zita! Are we really going to America?" Eila is a werecub, I guess you'd call it. She becomes a tiger cub when she shifts.

"Yeah, Eila, we are." I smiled. "We're going to see my brother."

"Wow! I didn't know you had a brother!"

Neither did I, I finished silently.

"Why haven't I met him?" Calix asked.

"Because, Calix, I didn't even know he existed until about a month ago," I snapped. "As well, why would I want you to meet him? You'd scare him off with that face of yours."

"Ooooo..." Jax turned his head away from me and Calix.

"You know what? I'm going to be the bigger person and I'm going to ignore you." he said putting in his earphones.

"Surrrrre." I rolled my eyes.

"Thats it! I'm gonna kill you and then bury you in a shallow grave and then dig you up and kill you again! That's the beauty of a shallow grave!" Calix told me. Eila gasped.

"He's only joking." I told her.

"I was that good?" Calix asked. I rolled my eyes again. "Careful, you'll roll your eyes out of head one day."

Bella's POV

"He asked you to be his friend and you said yes?" Anais asked outraged.

"Yeah. So?" I asked.

"He's gonna make you leave Zain!" she replied her anger rising.

"I'd never leave Zain! We're getting married!" I told her "How will he make me leave Zain?" I added as an after-thought.

"I don't know. He's quite intimidating." Anais told me.

"Now you're just being stupid," I said " I can't just say we can be friends and then change my mind."

"Yes, you can." she answered simply.

I growled something under my breath about annoying pixies and left to go hunting. I was half way down the path when a golden haired figure blocked my path. I froze. "Edward, I-"

"You know Edward?" the person asked, and I saw now that it was a girl about my age, her hair cut short and parts of it sticking up wildly. "Edward Cullen?"

"Yes..." I said slowly.

The girls eyes narrowed. "Then we have to have a little talk."