Chapter 12

I'm staying at Charlie's house for a couple of days, I hadn't gotten to spend much time with him and I didn't have to patrol for the next two nights, so I thought now would be a good time.

When I got inside, Uncle Charlie was watching the baseball game. "Hey Bells, how was school?" I dropped down into the chair next to Charlie.

"Good. How was work?" He signed.

"We had a few parents come in about their missing children. It's getting worse."

"Getting worst?" Charlie muted the TV and faced me.

"Teenagers have been disappearing, we can't find them anywhere." I knew how bad Charlie wanted to find those children, he hated that he knew it was vampires and he couldn't do anything.

"The elders haven't done anything?" Charlie shook his head, no. I walked out of the lounge room and into the kitchen, hunting for food. "You made something for dinner?"

"Yeah." His voice was quiet, lost in thought. I grabbed the cold pizza out of the fridge and put it in the microwave. I wasn't in the mood to cook anything after hearing that.

The elder still want us to act normal, even Sam was getting annoyed with them. In the past week and a half there have been tons of deaths, not just in Folks but in the other places like Settle. The place was turning into a capital murder area. The missing posters and news are crazy with the attacks. Vampire attacks. Of course everyone thinks it's some insane killer.

I wasn't the only one worried and protective, the rest of the Pack has been overprotective. We're busting our asses in over time for patrolling, running until we almost drop dead. The beep of the microwave pulled me out of my thoughts.

The sound on the TV had been turned back on, I could hear the news and Charlie swearing under his breath. I grabbed the box of pizza and headed upstairs to my bedroom. The worse thing about being a wolf and having super hearing is you can hear everything that you want to block out. Right now I didn't want to listen to the reporter, breaking the news of the 'new' missing person.

If I was still human, I would have had a heart attack when Sam jumped through my bedroom window. I ignored him and lay on my bed with the box of pizza, eating the first slice. He leaned against my open window with his arms crossed.

"I'm guessing you've spoken with Charlie." I nodded my head and took another bite of my pizza. We stayed in silence for awhile, until Sam stood up. He walked over to me and kissed my head before jumping out the window. Like I said before, everyone a little overprotective. Sam has been checking on me every half hour, and acting like my own reflection when were together. It had been driving me insane. Not to mention he hasn't let me go for a ran ever since my last time with Paul. His overreacting, it wasn't like I was running around by myself, I was with Paul. The only time I've gone for a run is patrolling.

It was harder than you think to sit in my boring room while a vampire is making an army of newborn vampires. Not to mention all the girls have talked about the last few weeks is picking a dress for the school dance. A dress and a partner. Those are two things you need for the dance and I don't have any of them. The girls talked me into going dress shopping with them, well the guys talked me into it. They said I spend too much time around them and I needed some girl time, not to mention their mates weren't happy I wasn't going, so they talked me into going.

So the one weekend I have nothing to do, I have to go shopping. I think the guys feel better knowing that i'm going with the girls. It's not like a vampire is going to attack in day time, but they're being overprotective.

I turned the fan on and pointed it to the bed. I pulled my hair up, stripped into a light singlet top and underwear, I flopped down on my bed and let the cool air blow over my body. The tension in my body slowly disappeared, leaving me relax and falling into a sleep.

The darkness was everywhere, I couldn't see anything. I could hear the sound of someone crying. A small body was standing in the middle of the alley, looking around everywhere scared. I went over to her and reach out to touch her, but my hand went straight through her. Just like every other dream I couldn't help them, only watch.

The young teenage girl started walking again when something flashed beside us, she let out a desperate cry before running down the alley way. she didn't get far before something flashed past and slammed her into the ground. I could smell the blood before I saw it. Her hand was cut open.

I went to pick her up but my hands went through her again, I couldn't get a hold of her and I let out a frustrated groan. She was lying on the cold wet ground staring at her hand, before she got up and started looking around. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" I knew it wouldn't help her, she couldn't save herself, unless she gave her soul. When she got no reply she started running and got knocked over again and again. Until finally the red head showed herself, I could see her fingers tighten around the young girls throat.

".You." Without further notice she bites into her neck. All I could hear was her screaming.

"Bella? Honey?" Uncle Charlie was standing over me with a worried face. "Are you alright? You were screaming." He pushed away a few sweaty pieces of hair from my forehead.

"Yeah, just a nightmare." He finally nodded his head and left her bedroom. The fan blew on my sweaty skin while I tried to get some sleep. It wasn't just a nightmare, it was nightmare coming alive.

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Feather light kisses were been laid on my body and the musky scent of Sam woke me up, or at least tried. "Go away." I rolled over onto my stomach and buried my head into the pillow, but the kisses still didn't stop. "Sam."

"Mmm..?" I went to push him away but missed.

"It's too early." I sounded like a whining child.

"The girls are going to be here in an hour." I shrugged my shoulders and pulled the blanket over my head.

"Leave me alone, i'm not going shopping." I thought I won the argument but the blanket was soon ripped off the bed revealing a grinning Sam. Of course he wouldn't back down.

"Come on Bella, the girls are going to be here in...35 minutes." I gave Sam a glare before marching to the shower.

When I entered the kitchen dressed and ready, Sam was sitting on the bench eating a bowl of cornflakes. "You eat any faster and you'll turn into a pig." I put some bread in the toaster and poured a cup of milk.

"I see you haven't gotten into a better mood." He gave me a smile with a mouth full of food. I rolled my eyes and sat down at the table, opened up the newspaper. I almost spat out the milk I was drinking when I looked down at the front picture. The girl in my dreams last night was on the front paper next to the words 'murder'.

"Bella?" He was behind me, rubbing smoothing circles on my back. "What's wrong?" I pointed to the picture.

"Dreams." We were quiet for awhile. Sam knew about the dreams of all the innocent people I've been having. "It getting worse."

"I know." He kissed the top of my head. "Come on your rides going to be here soon." He jumped back onto the bench and continued eating his cereal, like nothing happened.

"You wouldn't be trying to...keep me busy are you?" He gave me a look like I was crazy, but didn't say anything. "You really think a bunch of dresses are going to keep my mind of everything?" He shrugged his shoulders. "Sammy..."

"Bella, you're going. You need time with the girls- girl time." The sound of a horn was heard outside. "That's your ride." He walked over and kissed me before pushing me to the door. "Now you have a fun sweetly pie." If he wasn't Sam I would have slapped him.

"Have a good day pumpkin pie." I gave him a kiss on cheek and walked over to the car, leaving a frowning Sam at the doorway.

Emily was driving with Leah in front and the rest of us in the back, it was kind of cramped. "I could just run and met you guys in Settle, it wouldn't be a problem." I got a car full of loud shuts of 'no' from everyone.

"Today Bella, you're a normal teenage girl who's looking for a dress for the school dance." I think Kim was the most excited one about the school dance. I'm not sure what she saw in it, maybe it's Jared. she gets to spend a whole night with him dressed up in a nice suit. I don't think I would recognize any of the boys in suits.

"What's the point? I don't have a partner, so I don't need a dress or go shopping for that matter." Leah turned around in her seat and gave me a hard look.

"You're going to get a partner and the most stunning dress ever. Besides even if you didn't want to go to the dance, we would have made you come for advice."

"That's my job today." Emily smiled at me in the rear view mirror.

"Now a partner for the dance?" Cora and Kim shared a look.

"What about Keith?"

"His in year 9." I raised an eyebrow at Kim.

"Worth a shot, his hot."

"Brad?" To close to the name Brady, don't know why Leah could pick him.

"He can't handle Bella and neither could Keith." What did Cora think I'd be doing at the dance? I need someone for a partner not a make out session.

"Michael?"

"No way, I'll be stuck listening to him talk about superheros the whole night."

"Bella's right Cora, He has a serious problem of comics and superheros."

"Chace?" Kim gave me a big smile.

"No."

"No?" I shook my head.

"What's wrong with Chace?" I shrugged my shoulders. "You know we don't have an endless list of guys for you, you've got to pick one." I shook my head again. "What is your problem? There all really cute guys."

"She's on drugs, well one drug." Leah turned around and smiled at us girls.

"You take drugs?" Cora looked at me shocked.

"It's called the love drug of Sam Uley." The car filled with laughter.

"Yeah...I think we all have our own love drug. No guy in the world could compare." Everyone nodded in agreement with Kim.

"What about Paul?" Emily spoke for the first time.

"Paul?" She nodded her head at me.

"You both need a partner and he can...handle you." She was smiling at me.

"Gosh Emily, you're brilliant." Kim clapped happily beside me.

"Would he do it?" Cora asked the same question I was thinking.

"He will." Emily sounded positive about it. "At least Sam doesn't have to worry about you doing anything with anyone."

"What? Does he really think I would do that?"

"No Bella, Sam's not like that. Right Emily?" Cora looked at Emily.

"Well..."

"He does think that." I'm surprise I didn't shift than, I could feel the anger and... sadness.

"It was just something Paul said last night when he came home from patrolling. Sam is just insecure, he was to when we were going out."

"Same here. Don't stress." Leah gave me a smile. I had forgotten that Leah and Emily had gone out with my Sam. At least I didn't have to worry about them stealing him back. "Spice up the relationship a bit."

"Ooo...we could go to one of those sexy stores." Cora was grinning at us.

"Sexy stores?" Kim sounded a bit worried.

"You and Jared haven't..?" Kim shook her head. "Shit, Jake is totally into doing sex with-"

"Ok, thank you Leah but I really don't want to know what my little brother does in his spare time." Leah flashed me innocent smile.

"Kim, we'll have to fix you up with something." I wasn't so sure if that was Kim and Jared's style. They were the quiet couple in the Pack, things are going to get interesting in their relationship. I just hope Jared is smart enough not to think about Kim in that way while being a wolf, or I might not be able to look them in the eye ever again.

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I hoped being a wolf would mean I wouldn't get sore feet after shopping for a whole day, but today proved me wrong. My feet were aching. I dropped all my bags at the front door and flopped down on Charlies couch. The house was very silent, something I wasn't use to having a Pack of boys around all the time.

Of course the house only stayed silent for 20 minutes before Collin, Brady and Seth came racing into the lounge room and jumped on me. I knew the others weren't going to be here anytime soon, they'd be to pussy to leave their imprints after having a full day without them.

"Heard you're going to the school dance with Paul." Brady was always the one with the new gossip.

"Yeah, Paul and I." Those words felt strange coming out of my mouth.

"We have a meeting." Seth sat on the floor cross legged.

"About?" All three boys shrugged their shoulders.

"Don't know, Sam is there with the elders now." That would explain why he wasn't here.

"When is the meeting?"

"Now. It's just the Pack and elders, no one else." Collin pulled me up and led me outside with the other two following.

"Top Secret information." Brady fell in step with Collin. "Well that's my theory."

They took me to Billy's backyard, where everyone else was waiting. Sam gave me a light kiss on the forehead before taking my hand and sitting me down on the circle of logs. I nodded to the elders and smiled at the guys.

Maybe we're finally going to start doing something about these vampire attacks instead of waiting around. Old Quil stood up getting everyone's attention. "The more vampires made, the more humans shift to protect our land and people. But it only runs in our bloodline." He looked around the circle at everyone. "A bloodline that was thought to be ended has been found."

"Who's bloodline?" Jared asked the question we were all thinking.

"After his final change, he moved away from here and lived somewhere else with a young woman. No one was aware of the young woman he was sleeping with. He passed away and she gave birth to two young boys, she also died during birth. She knew nothing about the bloodline or what would happen to her sons."

"Where are the children now?" Old Quil looked over at me.

"The children are in a foster home, waiting to be adopted. Billy, Harry and I have talked to the DHS to adopt the boys but they want someone younger, who will be around longer for them. None of you can adopt them because you're still in school. We just wanted to tell you. They may change and they'll have no idea what is happening to them, we'll have to be there for them when we can." The elders walked into Billy's house, leaving us shocked school kids outside.

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AN: what do you think of that? I've had a lot of chapter with the Pack, so i thought a kind of normal day with the girl would be good. I've got 90 reviews, 10 more and I'll have 100. Which is pretty dam amazing. Thankyou everyone.

I might not be able to update fast because I start school tomorrow, going to be a big year 11 girl lol.