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Paul POV (3 days have passed)

He remained in Sam and Emily's cool dark guest room sitting by her side for three days now. Only leaving briefly for the restroom or when Emily forced him to shower. Emily came in every few hours to clean Bella's wounds, and check her IV that Sue had set up so she wouldn't suffer dehydration. She'd taught him the basics so he knew how to keep the wounds clean when Emily was not able to be there.

It was surprisingly easy to explain her wounds to Charlie; even Billy was surprised at how well he believed us. Apparently there have been quite a few large animal sightings from people in Forks; therefore he believed our story about Bella being attacked by a wild animal without too many difficult questions. He tried to have her moved to the hospital but with Sue being the Res doctor he didn't push too hard as he knew she checked on Bella at least once a day. He also knew that Bella would be more comfortable in a home setting and Emily was there to mind her, so he just dropped the hospital subject. Charlie was over every day after work hoping and wondering if she'd woken up yet.

At the moment I sat alone with Bella holding her small hand in one of mine while the other stroked softly through her beautiful long hair, her small body looked like it would break if I blew on it, she shivered slightly from the cool air, her skin felt like ice compared to my warm body. I went to the closet and pulled out a sheet that I could drape over her body without putting a lot of pressure on her. I then crawled back into bed and cradled her to my chest. I felt like I couldn't move, I couldn't phase, and I couldn't concentrate on anything but her and her injury. Luckily Sam understood and didn't force me to patrol or partake of other pack duties. I would probably be so distracted the leeches could walk straight past me if they wanted.

Sam only had to get me out of the room in a hurry once; I'd been looking at her and noticed a crescent scar on her wrist. It was ice cold and I immediately knew she had been bitten by a leech. Sam had to keep telling me we didn't know if it was the Cullen's who bit her, I didn't care though, even if it wasn't them, it was their fault she was bitten. I'd never let them hurt her again.

I wrapped my arms around her holding her as tightly as I could without hurting her; my thumb brushing over the scar on her wrist as if to warm it up. I had almost drifted off to sleep when I heard a small noise, I stayed quiet trying to hear it again when I saw her head move slightly. Propping myself up so I could look at her just as her deep chocolate eyes fluttered open slowly. My heard felt like it was going to explode with relief that she was awake. Her eyes looked around the room slowly taking in her surroundings before her eyes finally found mine, the angle she was in caused her to wince in pain slightly. I couldn't help but watch as she swallowed slowly before opening her mouth "Wh..What Ha..happ..ened?" her voice was raw but it still sounded perfect to me, her question however stunned me.

In all my time waiting, needing her to wake up I never thought about what I was going to tell her. All that I could think to respond with was, "There was an accident… and you were hurt" I looked at her side before meeting her eyes again. "You've been out for 3 days now; I've been… everyone's been really worried."

She just stared into my eyes slowly nodding "Where am I?" she swallowed and her voice sounded a little stronger.

I couldn't help it when I brushed my fingers across her forehead tucking her hair behind her ear, she looked a little shocked but relaxed as I spoke. "You're at Sam and Emily's House, Emily has been watching over you. Sue comes over once a day to check your IV and stuff."

She nodded. "I remember Jake and you fighting… there was growling and everything got so loud."She looked like she was lost in thought for a moment. "I was surrounded by fur." she looked as if the thought confused her and then closed her eyes."I sound crazy? Don't I?"

I just shook my head and whispered. "No you don't sound crazy, I am so sorry Bella."

I looked up hearing the door open a little, Emily stuck her head in and I smiled a bit. "She's awake!"

Emily nodded and walked in smiling and came over. "Welcome back Bella."

My Bella opened her eyes again and smiled back. "Thank you for helping me."

Em just nodded and put her hand on hers. "It wasn't a problem Bella, I am just glad you are alright. Sore, but your healing perfectly and there is no sign of infection."

Bella nodded. "How bad is it? My side feels so stiff right now."

Emily nodded and grabbed a stack of pictures from the dresser behind her. "I took pictures as you healed since you probably can't sit up right now. I promise these look worse than they are." She put the pictures in Bella's hands as she went through them one by one from when the injury first happened to this morning.

My already pale Bella looked even whiter seeing the gashes along her side "What happened to me? Are you alright Paul? You were right there with me when the animal came out of nowhere…. Where's Jake? Is Jake alright?"

She started panicking and I rubbed her arm "I am alright and so is Jake, you where the only one hurt and I am so sorry I couldn't protect you better…"

She just placed her hand on mine and whispered to me. "It wasn't your fault" I just smiled tightly at her and nodded, at the same moment her cheeks turned bright red. "Why am I naked?" noticing that her side was completely bare and in view of everyone in the room.

Thankfully Emily stepped in. "We didn't want to put bandages on your wound as it will heal quicker without cover and blankets were too heavy for you. Sue, Kim and I wrapped the sheet just right, don't worry the boys didn't see anything. We just kept you comfortable."

Bella nodded as some of the color in her cheeks faded "Thank you…. I am just not used to being so exposed.. I understand though. Thank you".

Sam walked in shortly after and smiled when he saw her awake nodding briefly in acknowledgment to me. After talking a bit, Bella looked toward Sam "Why won't anyone tell me what happened other than there was a accident"

Sam sat back in his chair looking from her to me and back to her silently letting me know he was going to tell her, I knew this was coming as it did before with all the imprints, afterwards I'd tell her about imprinting.

"Bella, have you ever heard about our tribe's legends?" Sam asked.

I cast my eyes back to her as she nodded her head. "I don't know if I've heard them all, but Jake told me a bunch of them a few weeks ago."

I couldn't help but growl a little hearing that Jake had told her our legends; she wasn't part of the tribe…. She shouldn't have known until I told her.

I saw Sam growl a little too, Jake would get an earful later most likely. "Did he tell you our people were descended from wolves?"

She nodded. "Yes, he told me that and that the wolves where the protectors of your tribe from the cold ones…" she looked down as she mentioned the cold ones and I felt my heart constrict knowing she knew what they were as I glanced at her wrist.

Sam was watching her carefully as he nodded. "Yes, that's right. We are descendent from wolves, when vampires are nearby it changes us. We begin to phase in order to protect our tribe and other innocent people." He paused giving her a moment watching her carefully before continuing on. "Do you understand what I am saying Bella?"

I looked over at her trying to figure out what she was thinking, but she was only staring blankly at Sam before looking directly at me her large brown eyes wide. It seemed like there was hours of silence when in fact it was only about 10 seconds before she got a small smile on her face. But it wasn't her normal smile it looked forced as her eyes got a little misted."Sure you are, werewolves that makes sense."

She closed her eyes mouthing words that I couldn't even hear, finally she took a deep breath her eyes clenching shut now "Vampires exist, Werewolves exist… I am a fairy you know… just call me Tinkerbell…" Sam's mouth and mine both dropped open as she deadpanned finally whispering. "I am really tired, thank you for taking care of me though I just… I can't…he hurt me, I wasn't strong enough. And now…" Tears starting to fall from her eyes and it killed me. "and now I am hurt, this is my entire fault…Jake isn't even here, is he alright? He promised to never leave me, and now…." Shaking her head and sleep quickly overcame and her hand that was holding mine relaxed.

Sam and I just stared at her before he spoke "She's been through a lot Paul. We don't know what the Cullen's put her through. You remember when I found her in the woods. She just needs time to soak everything in."

I tucked her hair behind her ear again holding her hand "I know, but it just hurts. And Jake did this to her, and she is upset he isn't here? Worried about him? I don't get it"

Sam just shook his head "She's know Jake since he was born, Paul, all the imprints have been people with huge hearts and a lot of patience" he said hugging Emily "Why would Bella be any different?" I just nodded and placed a kiss on her forehead as Em and Sam left the room.