Author's Note: As a side note, for those of you who have yet to see, I did update My Perfect Match a couple of days ago. I'll have the next chapter of it up in the next couple of days as well.

DISCLAIMER: Stephenie Meyer, along with Little, Brown and Company, owns all the rights to the Twilight Saga. I own nothing and profit nothing from this story.

The following week went by all right. Sam and I spent as much time as we could together, but we both had other responsibilities, so it wasn't as much as I would have liked. School and work filled a lot of my time. Sam had some odd jobs around the reservation on top of his pack related duties. Wednesday was by far my favorite day during the week. I went with Sam to the Community Center. I had been with him a few times since that first time, but I didn't get to go as often as I wanted. The kids had warmed up to be greatly since the first trip.

When we arrived Sam headed straight for the boys, and I went toward the girls like normal. As I made my way to the girls, Kane, one of the boys called out to me.

"Bella, come play with us today!" I typically avoided the boys only for the reason that they always played something physical. And well, I knew not to tempt fate on purpose.

"Um, I don't know, Kane. I'm not any good at sports."

"But you never play with us."

"And what am I, chop liver?" Sam asked.

"No, we love having you here, but we hardly get to see Bella, and when we do she never hangs out with us, only the girls."

"Bella?" Kane said.

"You guys always get Sam, so it's only right that we get Bella when she's here," Lily complained from behind me.

"That's because Sam doesn't want to do girly things with you. He'd rather do manly things with us," another boy said cockily.

"Hey now, I don't want you speaking on my behalf," Sam said chuckling.

"What are you girls doing today?" I asked.

"Dress up."

"Dress up?" Anything but that.

"Yeah, someone donated some clothes to the center and we're playing dress up with them."

"That's nice," I said fighting the urge to cringe. Dress up was like pretending to go shopping. And I hated shopping.

I heard a snicker on my left. I turned to see Sam trying to hold in his laugh and failing miserably. He knew how much I did not want to play dress up and he was reveling in it. Glaring at him, I had an incredible idea strike me. A smile slowly graced my face, and Sam's smile disappeared. It was almost like he could hear the wheels turning in my head.

"Bella?" He said wearily.

"I've got a great idea, kids. How about Sam and I switch for the day? I'll play with the boys and Sam can play with the girls." A chorus of agreement filled the room.

"Yeah."

"Cool."

"Great idea, Bella."

"Awesome."

My eyes stayed on my boyfriend. He didn't fight the cringe or the grimace that took over his face.

"I don't think any of the clothes will fit me. Darn the luck."

"That's okay, we'll find a way to make it work," Lily assured him.

"Yeah, Sam. They'll make it work," I said with a mile wide smile.

"Come on, Bella," Kane said pulling me toward the basketball court area.

"Bella…" Sam whined, looking at me with puppy eyes.

"See you later, Sam."

So the boys all stopped once we reached the court. I looked around for some inclination of what we were going to play. I was personally hoping for basketball. I could easily avoid the ball in that game.

"So what are we playing today?" Kane and Phoenix, the leaders of the group of boys, looked at one another before turning back to me to answer in unison.

"Dodge ball!" Oh crap! That was the absolutely last game I wanted to play.

"Really? There's not another game you want to play more?"

"Nope."

"Okay, great," I said with no enthusiasm.

The boys picked teams. I ended up on Phoenix's team, which I deemed a good thing. I considered him the strongest, most competitive, and most aggressive of the group. Not the kind of person you want to be against in a game like dodge ball.

I was the first person out in the first round. No big surprise there. Second round I was third out. I considered this a major improvement. My team captain did not share my feelings.

"Bella, you've got to do better than this."

"I'm trying, Phoenix. You should have known that this would not be my game."

"I have faith in you, Bella."

"I'm not sure why," I muttered.

"I just do. You can do better."

"And what would you suggest I do to be better."

"Just try and stay behind me. If a ball gets past me, get it and give it to me to throw."

"Fine," I grumbled.

So then I found myself struggling to keep up with his speed and not trip in the process. Eventually it was down to Phoenix and I against Kane.

"Okay, Bella, here's the plan. We'll invade the three balls that he has left on his side. Then when he's all out, we'll pound him," Phoenix whispered to me.

"All right." So pretty much keep doing what I'm doing. Keep you as a human shield, I thought.

"Let's do this. Bring it on, Kane!" Phoenix taunted.

Phoenix moved, so I scrambled to move with him. A ball flew by. One down, two to go. I kept my focus on Phoenix; he shifted to the right, so did I. Suddenly he jerked to the left too quickly for me to process. I covered my head with my arms to protect myself, knowing that the ball had to be coming.

"Shit!"

I opened my eyes to see Phoenix on the ground and a ball rolling away from him. His face was livid while Kane's was victorious.

"Gotcha," Kane said with a wide smile. Slowly Kane turned to me. Uh oh.

"Kane, be nice."

"Oh Bella, you're all that's standing in my way of winning."

He lifted the ball into the air, pulling his arm back. I stood frozen. He isn't honestly going to throw it with everything he's got, is he? I closed my eyes and stretched out my arms. I felt something hit my arms and pulled them to me.

"No! You've got to be kidding me."

"Hell yeah, Bella."

"Whoop whoop. Go Bella!"

Those weren't the sounds I was expecting. I opened one eye to see a pissed off Kane glaring at me from the other side of the line. Opening the other eye, I looked down to see the ball clutched to my chest.

"What does this mean?"

"You won the game, Bella."

"I did?"

"Yeah, you caught his throw. You won the game which means you also won the day for us. We won two of the three games."

"Oh, oh, OH! That's awesome!" I'd never won a sports related game before. I was more than excited. I looked around for Sam. I saw him standing with the girls. Apparently our game had attracted a crowd. Running toward him, I temporarily ignored his clothing and jumped into his arms.

"Did you see that?" I asked with big smile.

"Yeah, baby, I saw. You did great."

"I did, didn't I? I've never won a game before. If fact, I'm usually the reason my team loses."

"Well, not today. Though I have to say, I was surprised you caught the ball."

"I think it was because I wasn't trying. If I actually tried to catch it, I would have ended up with a black eye or some other injury."

"I think you're right, baby."

"You're girlfriend was awesome today, Sam," Phoenix said.

"Thanks, Phoenix, but I think she's pretty awesome everyday." He was so cheesy sometimes, but I secretly loved it. Something about a strong, manly man being so utterly sweet was just hot.

"Yeah, she did well," Kane admitted reluctantly.

"You know she did, Kane. You're just sorry you lost. You thought me having Bella on my team was a sure fire way for you to win."

"Oh shut it, Phoenix."

"Poor baby lost."

"I mean it. Cut that crap out." I hopped down from Sam's arms to stand on my own two feet. He still kept one wrapped around my shoulders, holding me close to him.

"Boys, both of you stop. It was just a game. And who knows who will win next time."

"You're right, Bella. I could totally cream Phoenix tomorrow."

"In your dreams, man."

"You can keep talking, but I'll show you."

"Oh yeah right."

"Phoenix, Kane." Sam said with authority. Both boys' heads snapped at attention.

"Sorry, Sam." They said in unison. It both amazed me and made me jealous how Sam just saying their names could get them to straighten out.

"Great, now that we have that settled, I want to talk about what Sam is wearing."

"Yeah, Sam, pink is so your color," Kane announced.

"I have to agree," I said.

Sam, my Alpha werewolf, was wearing what was supposed to be a pink dress. But on his it was more of a form fitting shirt. The girls had then attached a few other shirts together to create a skirt. It was quite the interesting outfit. The purple boa around his neck just completed the atrocity of fashion. I think Alice's facial expression would have been similar to Sam's.

"From now on, I stick with the boys on the court, and you can stay with the girls."

"Oh, I don't know. I think the girls had a lot of fun. Look at those big grins. Did you girls have fun with Sam today?"

"Definitely, Bella. Sam hardly ever plays with us. It was nice having him with us today. I wish he did so more often," Lily said, with a small blush growing on her cheeks.

Someone has a crush, I sang in my head. Of course I couldn't blame her. My boyfriend was pretty incredible.

"See, Sam, we'll have to switch more often."

"Or I can stay on the court and the girls can try playing a sport with me."

"And what am I and the boys supposed to do?"

"I'm sure you guys can figure something out."

"Or you could show them some leather work."

"Did Sam make that bracelet, Bella?" Lily asked staring at my wrist.

"Yes, he did. Isn't it pretty?"

"It's beautiful. Sam, could you really show us how to make something like that?"

"I'm sure we could manage something like that. Would you girls really like it if we did something like this?" He asked running his hand over my bracelet.

"Yeah," they cheered.

"All right, I'll see if I can get some materials together then."

"Can we do it tomorrow?" Another girl, Carrie, asked.

"I can't tomorrow. One day next week, okay?"

"What about us?" Kane asked.

"What about you?" I asked back.

"What are you going to plan for us?"

"Me?"

"Yeah, if Sam does something special with the girls, aren't you going to do something with us special?" Phoenix asked with mini puppy eyes.

"I guess I can. Though I'm not sure what we can do."

"We have faith in you, Bella. I'm sure you'll come up with something great." Well, that's some pressure. What in the world am I going to do?

Author's Note: So I really wanted to show that Bella does have some support amongst the tribe, even if it is with the kids. They are the next generation and are just as important as the adults in the tribe.

So I've already got the next chapter all done. I actually wasn't planning this chapter and already had the next chapter written when I thought this chapter would be good to add in.

Anyway, I'll upload the next chapter either on Saturday or when the story hits 1,100 reviews, which ever comes first. There are roughly 500 people reading this story, so I know that this is an easy accomplishment.