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Now back to my normal ramblings. I know it's in the middle of the week, but I am mostly updating because I wanted to put in that authors note. So keep in mind that this chapter may not be as long as normal and it could have the potential of being just a thriller. Before I forget, I may not get to update this weekend because my friend and I are planning on going up to Indianapolis to visit a close friend up at her college. I promise I will try my best to find time to update this weekend though, and like I said before if I manage to not update I am very sorry. Also, I realized after I posted chapter 4 that I made a mistake in it. I realized instead of saying girls basketball, I said softball instead. I am very sorry for any of the confusion that it gave to you. I decided to keep it at girls basketball, so from now on, just pretty much ignore what I said in the last chapter about baseball. So here is the fifth chapter for you guys. Enjoy. OH and also, the italicized sentences are what Charlie says in the phone conversation.

Hidden Soul

Chapter Five

"Dad, it's me Bella. I really need to talk about something."

"What is it Bells? Are you okay? Do I need to come over there for something?"

Leave it to my father to be worried like that, but then again the way I started it out wasn't very assuring. "No, you don't need to come over here father. Something is just going on that I don't quite understand."

"Well spit it out Bella. You are seriously starting to worry me."

"I'm sorry father; I don't mean to bother you. My body has been acting completely odd around this girl that I met here at school."

"I see. Do you mind telling me what exactly your body does around this girl?"

"Well when I'm around her, I can feel my heart skipping a beat. When our hands accidentally brush against one another, I feel these sparks flare up my whole entire arm. I feel like I have known her for a life time when in reality I have only known her for two days. The weirdest thing is, is that when I either see her or if I'm away from her, I get this abnormally strong tug on my entire soul. It's almost as if an invisible force is literally pulling me towards her. This has been going on since our eyes first met on the first day of school."

"Oh dear Bella, I figured I wouldn't have to explain any of this to you until you were older. It seems to me that you have found your mate."

Wait a second…mate? We have one of those? "What do you mean father? My mate?"

I heard him chuckling softly on the other line. "Yes Bella, your mate. Also called imprint by the werewolves. A mate is your other half, or soul mate is what the humans would like to call it, even though for us it is much more serious. When a Lycan finds their mate, they would do anything for that person, even if it means just being their friend. That pull you feel when you are away is your mate connection. I can almost promise you that Rosalie feels that exact same pull that you feel. I must warn you Bella, finding your mate can be pretty serious. If your mate rejects you, like refusing to be with you as a friend or more than that, that causes serious damage on us. When a Lycan is rejected by its mate, they will be forever alone. They won't be happy with anyone else unless it was their mate. Most Lycans who are rejected don't survive for very much longer afterwards. They tend to go insane and will find ways to get them killed."

I physically cringed at that ending part. I couldn't even imagine going so insane with loneliness that I would want to die. "How do I know if she wants to accept me or not?"

"Get close to her, become her friend, let her know that you will always be there for her. Lycans are very good at figuring things out, especially when it comes to our mates. I promise that you will know if she accepts you or not. Does she know about you or your pack?"

I sighed softly while saying, "Sadly, no she doesn't. There was something else that I forgot to mention to you…"

"Oh gosh Bella, what did you do?"

"Yesterday at lunch it was just her and me sitting at a table. Everything was going fine until her hand touched mine. I don't know what happened but my inner beast was screaming to get out of its cage. I tried so hard to control it, to pretty much tell it to hold off until after school. I managed to crack the end of the table and when Rosalie came over to my side and touched my shoulder, I could tell that I wasn't going to be able to hold it much longer. I could feel my heart start to beat faster and faster so I made a run for it. I made it to the woods near by just in time before I phased into my Lycan form. I don't know why that happened father I have always been good at controlling myself."

"I think it's because your body wasn't used to the feelings that Rosalie was making you feel. Did you notice if any of it was better today?"

"Actually, yes I did. I still got those tingles and that pull, but it wasn't nearly as strong as it was yesterday. But that could have been because of my killer headache that I lasted all day."

"You're getting those headaches again Bella? Did you take your pain medicine?"

"Yeah, but it didn't help me like it used to. Do you think they need re-done?"

"No, I don't think there is anything wrong with your medication. Hmm, I need to do some further research on this. I should probably go though Bella. Please be careful okay? You never know what could happen."

Hmm, that's really weird advice. I feel like he knows something that I don't know. "Alright father. You be careful too okay?"

We both said our goodbyes and I hung up my phone. After that conversation I felt completely drained.

I lied on my soft bed and quickly fell asleep.

I was in a full on sprint, running for my life. I could feel a purpose to it though, like something was being taken from me. In the distance, I suddenly could hear a deep laugh. I turned behind me to see a Lycan chasing after me. He was about as big as me, but there was something about him that gave me a bad feeling. I could tell he wanted to cause harm on me. I pushed myself faster when suddenly I was stopped because of a stream that ran in the woods. I quickly turned around to brace myself for a fight. He stopped several feet away from me.

"There's no need to run from me anymore Bella. I took everything away from you. You're friends…your family…I even took that pathetic human of yours. What was her name again? Rosalie?" He said while laughing evilly at me.

I could feel myself growl menacingly at him. How dare he put Rosalie in harm! He will pay for that! I quickly lunged at him full force. He quickly dodged my attack and laughed again at me, which pissed me off even more.

"Now, now Bella, you wouldn't want to make that mistake would you? Now, we can go about this the easy way or we can go about this the hard way. The choice is yours."

I growled more than ever at him. "You will never control me."

The look in his eyes would have been enough to make me piss my pants. I suddenly heard the scariest laugh I have ever heard. "Then you will die just like she did."

He lunged at me and suddenly it was pitch black.

I jolted up in my bed in a sweat. I could feel my heart beating so incredibly fast that I knew it wasn't close to being normal. I turned to look at the clock and saw that it was almost the time that my alarm would be going off. I sighed and turned my alarm off and got up to go get ready. That was a really weird dream that I had last night. I have never had a dream like that in my life. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain rise in my head. I groaned loudly and rubbed my temple again. Great, just what I needed was another headache. I decided to take my time in my shower and about a half hour later I was in the kitchen eating breakfast.

"Do you have another headache Bella?" Carina asked while sitting next to me at the table.

I sighed softly and looked at her. "Yeah, I don't know why I keep having them."

"Who knows? It could be because of all the stress of moving to a new place and a new school?"

I shrugged my shoulders and took some medicine again. "Did you manage to speak to your father last night?" Carina asked while looking at me.

I nodded my head while saying, "Yes I did. I'll explain to you later what he told me."

She nodded her head and before I knew it, we were pulling up to the school. I asked Devin to drive again because of my head. As I was bending down at my locker, I could hear Rosalie walk up behind me. I started to smile because let's face it, being around her makes my day better every time.

"Good morning Bella. How's your head feeling?" Rosalie asked while standing next to me at my locker.

I stood up to look at her and smile. "I woke up with another sharp headache this morning. It's weird because by the time I got home last night, my headache was completely gone."

I saw her pout some at me while pulling out a container from her bag. "Well, for some reason I had a feeling that you weren't going to feel better today. So, I brought you some chicken noodle soup. It's my grandmother's famous chicken noodle soup to be exact. Whenever I got sick or if I wasn't feeling well, my grandmother would always make me this and I would feel better right away." Rosalie said while handing me the container of soup while smiling at me.

I took the container of soup and smiled at her. "Thank you Rosalie. That was incredibly sweet of you to do."

She smiled at me while saying, "You're welcome Bella. I just want you to feel better is all."

I smiled and put the container in my bag while grabbing my books. "I will definitely be eating this for lunch today."

She smiled even more at that. We started to walk to our first hour class. Suddenly, I felt her arm snake around mine, which gave me a sudden strong mixture of tingles and butterflies. I could feel her hand start to rub my arm gently, which was actually helping me with my headache. We sat down in our usual spots and started talking.

"So…I was wondering if you would want to come over to my house this weekend and spend the night?" Rosalie asked nervously.

I smiled at her and acted like I was thinking about it. "Hmm…I don't know Rosalie…I'll have to look at my schedule to see if I can." I said while grinning at her.

"Oh, okay. It's fine if you can't, I would understand." Rosalie said while looking down.

I laughed softly while saying, "Relax Rosalie. I would love to come over this weekend. What did you have in mind to do?"

Rosalie smiled a lot excitedly. "Well, I was thinking we could watch some movies and order pizza. Maybe even play some games or something?"

"That sounds perfect Rosalie. Do you want me to come over this Friday?" I asked while looking at her.

"That sounds fine for me. You could just follow me after school on that day or something."

Soon the teacher walked in and class started. The rest of the day went uneventful for me. Surprisingly her chicken noodle soup that she gave me actually did wonders on my headache. I will definitely have to ask what was in that soup later. I absolutely cannot wait until Friday. I have a feeling that it will be very interesting.

Well there was chapter five for you guys. I know, it was incredibly short, but like I said before, I was mostly writing this for that announcement I asked about earlier. I didn't want to post a thing up with just an author's note and make you guys excited for a non-existent chapter. So, this was pretty much filler. I will try my best to update sometime this weekend for you guys. Like always, it would be really appreciated if you would send me a review telling me what you feel about the story or chapter. Also, if you have any ideas, feel free to tell them to me because I may or may not use them later on in the story.