This chapter is long because I couldn't stop writing. Ha-ha

I was going to put this up on friday but I couldn't seem to get on my account and then yesterday I couldn't upload it! Did anyone else have any problems?

Enjoy………

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Chapter Twenty five - The Start of a War.

BPOV

The weekend soon came around and it was the day of the bonfire. Leah was unable to stop her self from gushing about Tom the whole time. She had driven me insane. I got off lightly though, the wolves have to read her mind. I shuddered at the things that they may have had to listen too.

Everyone was excited about the bonfire because the pack can finally take time off from patrolling. Everyone had agreed to come, even the elders. It was going to be a proper family get together.

I crawled out of my bed and took a quick shower.

Paul and I was going to spent the day together because we hadn't spent much time with each other out of school, as he was always protecting La Push. Sam had given him the day off to relax as he was working the hardest out of the whole pack. He was constantly on patrol and Leah even told me that he refused to take a break. I felt guilty as I thought of how he was doing all this to protect me.

I walked down the stairs and in to the kitchen. Dad was sat at the table as per usual with the paper in his hand.

"Morning Bella" He smiled happily. "Are you looking forward to tonight?" Dad was coming too.

"Yep. It's going to be nice for us all to get together" I smiled back at him as I poured some cereals into a bowl.

We stayed quiet whilst I ate my breakfast. But as soon as I finished Dad spoke.

"Soooo…" I waited for him to continue as he looked at me weird. He didn't speak again.

"What Dad?"

"How are you and Paul?" He asked me bluntly. I blushed. No, why is my Dad asking me this?

"We're fine Dad" I looked down at the empty bowl in front of me.

"Are you?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, Dad"

"Really?"

"Yes"

"Really?" Both of his eyebrows were raised. It made him look like a mad man.

"Yes Dad" I laughed and stood up to put my bowl in the sink.

"Do I need to have the sex talk with him?" he asked seriously.

The blush on my face darkened. "No. God Dad. Paul and I are fine." I washed my dishes and I walked back to the table.

"Soooo…" I said and copied the look he given me. He waited for me to speak just like I had done with him.

"What Bella?" He asked, looking slightly confused.

"Have you got a woman in your life?" I asked trying not to laugh.

"What? No. Why do you ask?" He blushed and looked down at his paper again.

"You were interrogating me on my love life. So its my turn." I smiled sweetly at him. He just chuckled and shook him head. "So Dad is there any one you are interested in?" I asked again.

He looked panic-struck. "I-I-I -" He stuttered for a minute. I raised my eyebrows just as he had done. He looked at the clock on the wall and suddenly stood up. "Wow is that the time! I have to get to work." With that he walked out of the room.

"But your not walking today Dad" I shouted just before I heard the front door slam shut.

I started to giggling uncontrollable.

"Why did your Dad look like he was escaping from a mass murderer when he ran out of here?" I heard a chuckle from the doorway. I looked over to see Paul leant up on the door frame.

I ran to him and he immediately pulled me into a hug. "Hey" I said into his chest. "I missed you" I held on to him with all my strength and he returned it.

"I missed you too. It has killed me to not be with you over this past few months." I pulled away and placed a tender kiss on his lips.

"So are you going to tell me what's up with your Dad?" He asked again as we held on to each other. I told him about our conversation and he laughed along with me.

"He shouldn't worry about our relationship. I'm not going anywhere, and even if you wanted to leave me. I wouldn't let you." He chuckled into my neck.

"I would never want to leave you" I whispered in to his ear. I heard him sigh and take a deep breath.

We stood there for a few minutes just holding each other.

"So what do you want to do today?" Paul asked as he pulled away from my neck.

"Umm I don't know. Its up to you. As long as I'm with you it doesn't matter." I smiled up at him.

"We could go to Port Angles and for lunch and just hang around there for a while?" He suggested. I nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, that sounds alright."

In no time at all we were in Paul's car and on the way to Port Angeles. Jacob had managed to fix my truck after my accident but I didn't use it much. After all, I had Paul.

The drive to Port Angeles was peaceful, we didn't need to speak because the silence was comfortable. Paul held my hand as he drove and never let it go. Every so often he would bring it to his lips and kiss each of my fingers. Just the simply signs of love made my heart go into overdrive.

When we got to Port Angeles we still had a while until it was lunch so we decided to have a walk around the mall.

We walked hand in hand whilst laughing and pointing out random things. At one point Paul got really jealous when a guy whistled at me. He put his arm around me protectively and growled at the guy. He actually cowered away with the look on Paul's face. Either that or it was just how huge Paul is. We was just about to leave when we saw no other than Leah and Tom. They were both sat on a bench talking with there hands intertwined. I pointed them out to Paul. He laughed and pulled me towards them. Leah saw and waved.

"Hey guys" I smiled as we got to them.

"Hey, Tom you remember Bella?" Leah smiled.

"Yeah, its good to see you again Bella" He smiled at me and looked over at Paul. He looked away quickly, he seemed kind of intimidated by him.

"Its good to see you too Tom. This is my boyfriend Paul." I gestured to Paul.

Paul held out his hand and said "Its nice to meet the guy that Leah cant stop going on about" He laughed. Tom seemed to relax and he shook hands with him. To be fair to him Paul and the rest of the guys do look a little intimidating. They are HUGE!

Tom is going to be shocked tonight when he meets the others. "So are you going to the bonfire tonight?" Paul asked trying to make conversation. Paul obviously knew that Tom was going, the whole purpose was to tell him about werewolves. I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, I'm going. Are you?" Tom said politely."Yep. Wouldn't miss it. The bonfires at La Push are amazing" Paul laughed.

"So what are you doing in Port Angeles?" Leah asked.

"We had nothing to do so we decided to come here. We are just heading to a restaurant for lunch" Paul told them.

"Can we join you?" Leah asked. I knew she wanted Tom to get on with Paul so that he knew one person tonight so myself and Paul agreed.

We made our way to the restaurant and Paul was asking Tom questions. Paul wanted Tom to fit in with the guys even if he wasn't the werewolf. I smiled at how considerate he was been.

"Where are you from, I haven't seen you around La Push?" Paul asked.

"No, I actually live here in Port Angeles." Tom replied. He seemed really upset with that fact.

"Oh how are you getting home tonight?" I asked concerned. Port Angeles is a long way from La Push. He would probably have to leave early to get home.

"I'm driving down to La Push and I'm stopping over at Leah's so I don't have to drive all the way back"

Paul and I nodded. We walked into the restaurant and the waiter took us to a table. We all took a seat and ordered some food.

"So-" I was about to speak to the others when I saw Paul staring over at a different table. He was tense and the look on his face could kill. Tom and Leah saw too. We all looked over at the place that held his gaze.

I froze. There sat at the table across from us was Dale and his friends. He was looking at our table with a smirk on his face.

"What the fuck you looking at Dale. Do you want me to come over there and beat the shit out of you again, I swear to god you wont be walking this time" Paul shouted. The waiter looked over at him but looked away as soon as he saw who was yelling.

Dale looked away back at his table. His friends looked like they wanted to come over here and punch Paul. But I saw Dale mouth "leave it"

As if any one of them could so much as hurt my Paul.

I could feel Paul start to shake. I placed my hand on his cheek and he started to calm down slightly. He turned away from Dale and then to me. "I'm sorry Bella. He thinks that he is so fucking smart, I just want to punch him in the face and give him a reality check" He gently grabbed my hand that was on his cheek and kissed it. "I'm going to the bathroom to calm down." He whispered in my ear and left.

"What was all that about?" Leah asked confused and silently pissed off.

"That's Dale" I nodded in his direction. Understanding shot across her face. She looked over at him and growled.

"Can I go kick him in the balls?" She asked seriously.

"No you can't. Just leave it" I told her.

"Who's Dale and what just happened?" Tom asked.

Leah filled him. As there were talking the waiter came over to the table, probably because he saw that Paul was no longer here. "I don't want any trouble. I will have to kick you out if anything else happens" he said. Poor guy looked nervous.

"Don't worry. Nothing else will happen. My boyfriend has gone to cool off." He nodded and left as he took deep breaths.

I turned back to Leah and Tom.

"I'm not surprised Paul acted like that" Tom looked over at Dale with anger in his eyes.

After five minutes Paul returned with a grin on his face.

"OK I'm calm now" He sat next to me and placed his arm around my waist and placed a small kiss on my lips. He turned back to Leah and Tom who were smiling at us. "I'm sorry for my outburst I swear not all of Leah's friends are so……" He couldn't think of a word so Leah helped him out.

"mentally unstable and he's wrong, all my friends are idiots"

I laughed and so did Paul. Tom looked a little scared. "Especially Seth."

"Awwww Seth is not mentally unstable! He probably the sanest one of them all." I said. Paul coughed next to me. "Obviously Paul is the sanest but Seth is close second." I corrected and kiss Paul on the cheek.

"Who's Seth?" Tom asked whilst taking a sip of his drink. Paul and I looked at him in shock.

I looked at Leah who was looking at the table. "Leah you haven't told him you have a brother!"

"I never got round to it" She smiled and turned to Tom who looked once again surprised. There's more to come Tom, way more. "Sorry I didn't tell you" She pouted. He laughed and they kissed. I smiled.

For the rest of lunch we laugh and joked. Tom and Paul got on really well. Tom even admitted that he was a bit alarmed by Paul at first. Paul just laughed at that. Myself and Paul left to head back to La Push and Leah and Tom decided that they were going to go to Tom's before they headed back for the bonfire. We said over goodbyes and left.

On the trip back we talked about random stuff and the bonfire. After meeting Tom, Paul agreed that he would take the news well. He is a really laid back person. I knew that Paul would make sure that Tom fit in well with the others. There may be a bit of tension between Quil and Tom, more on Quil's side.

When we got back to my house we just spent the rest of the afternoon chatting and watching TV. My Dad had still not returned which caused us both to laugh hysterically.

In no time at all it was time to go down to the beach to meet everyone else. I quickly changed in to some warmer clothes and both myself and Paul made our way to the beach.

We was one of the first people there. Billy, Quil Senior and my Dad was already starting the fire. I smirked at my Dad as we made our way to them. He laughed.

Sam and Emily came soon after we had sat down next to the fire. Emily and I chatted about everyday things, I'm friends with her but we are not as close as I am with Leah, the same with Kim. Speaking of which Jared and Kim were next to turn up, along with Quil, Jacob and Embry. Each gave me a hug and swirled me around before I took my place on Paul's lap again.

We was only waiting for Leah, Tom and Seth now. Everyone around the fire looked nervous. Who wouldn't be? If Tom doesn't take it well it would turn out disastrous. I snuggled into Paul's chest and laid my head on him. He wrapped his arms tightly around me and gently kissed my forehead.

"Hey guys." I looked up at the sound of Leah's voice. She was walking towards us and smiling but I could tell that she was dreading this. Her and Tom was holding hands and Seth was walking on her other side, also smiling.

When she made it to where we were all sitting she smiled. "Everyone this is Tom. Tom this is everyone" She laughed.

"This is Jacob, Quil and Embry" The respected guys got up and shook Tom's hand. Quil seemed to be giving him the 'don't even think about messing with me' look. I sniffled a giggle at this.

"This is Jared and Kim" Jared shook his hand also and Kim gave him a small hug.

"Sam and Emily. Emily is my cousin" Emily hugged him and smiled warmly at him. Sam shook his hand and then sat back down.

"These are the old people" Leah laughed and the comment earned a chuckle from everyone else and an glare from Billy, Dad and Quil Senior.

"I'm only kidding. This is Billy, Jacob's Dad. Charlie, Bella's Dad and Quil, Quil's grandfather. If that makes sense."

Each of the men got up and welcomed Tom.

"And last but not least Paul and Bella who you already know." Tom smiled at us.

"I would get up to give you a hug Tom but I'm to comfy at the minute" I laughed. He chuckled also and walked over to myself and Paul. I gave him an hug and Paul greeted him like they were old friends.

The introductions had gone okay and everyone seemed to like Tom. We all settled down and Billy told us the wolf legends. Everyone listen quietly and Tom seemed really into it. I kept seeing Leah look at him and smile.

When Billy had finished the stories, the circle went queit. Leah sighed when she realised that it was time.

"Tom I have something to tell you" He turned to her and smiled. "I'm a werewolf" He seemed to freeze. Panic flew across Leah's face. A tear fell down her face, that seemed to snap him out of it. His hand went to her cheek and wiped away her tears.

"Leah don't cry. I don't care what you are. I love you" He said. A smile broke across her face.

"I love you too. The story that Billy told about imprinting, that's true too. I imprinted on you" Leah told him more confident. Tom grabbed her face and pulled her into a deep kiss. I looked away to let them have a moment and so did the others.

Leah spent the next hour telling Tom everything about the pack as we all just listened.

"At least you took it better than Bella. She laughed and thought we were joking" Jacob chuckled along with the others. I just stuck my tongue out at him.

"Okay now that's all finished, I need to ask you a few questions Tom" Quil said all serious.

"Isn't it Seth's job to be the over protective brother?" Jacob laughed.

Quil glared at him. "Yes, but Seth is as intimidating as a Bella" Everyone laughed except Seth and I.

"I can be intimidating!" We both said at the same time and then laughed at each other.

Quil looked at us and rolled his eyes before turning back to Tom. "What are your intentions with Leah?" Quil asked fatherly.

Everyone laughed as Tom struggled to answer, not wanting to offend Quil or the others.

We were all laughing and joking when the guys all suddenly tensed up. I could tell that something was wrong as they all looked around and then at each other. Paul gently kissed my forehead and pushed me off his lap. I looked at him worried and confused but his face gave nothing away as he stood up and glanced around us into the distant woods.

"Is this possible Sam?" Leah asked shaking. She wasn't shaking from anger, it looked like she was ……scared.

Sam never answered. I looked around to see what they were all looking at but couldn't see anything. "What's happening?" Charlie and Billy asked at the same time.

"Vampires. Lots of them." Sam answered. I gulped.

"We need to get out of here then!" Kim said clearly as nervous as I was.

"We're surrounded." Jared replied simply.

Paul took off his jacket and wrapped it around me. "Go and sit with your Dad Bella" He told me. I quickly moved over to my dad who wrapped his arm around me.

Emily, Kim and Tom all joined me with the elders.

"How many?" Billy asked.

"We don't know the scent is to strong" Jacob replied calmly.

"What are we going to do?" Leah asked. The look on her face showed that she knew what was going to happen but she needed to ask. I really wish Leah wasn't a wolf. The guys look bigger than her, although I have yet to see her in wolf form, I knew she would be smaller than them. What about if something happened to her? What about if something happened to any of them?

"We fight" Jacob whispered to the silent group. "We need to form circle around the group and phase." The pack did as Jacob commanded. When the pack had taken their places they each striped and phased into wolves, blocking our view of what was happening around us. Jacob was still to phase he turned to us in the middle still sat around the bonfire.

"Their moving closer. If one of us gets injured, do not try and help, you would only putting yourself in danger. Stay here." He turned away from us and looked into the distance, still in human form. At the thought of someone getting hurt I shuddered. Charlie must have thought that I was cold because he took of his jacket and placed it over Paul's on my shoulders.

"Everything will be okay, Bella" Charlie whispered to me.

As he spoke Paul turned his head to look at me. I forced a small smile on my face and mouthed "I love you" to him. The look in his eyes showed that he loved me too. He looked forward again but I kept my eyes on him.

"I can see them now, there out of the woods." Quil Senior told us.

I kept my gaze on Paul, wishing that they would just go away and I could cuddle up to Paul again, laughing with the others. If one of them was to get hurt it would be my fault. The reason these vampires are here is because of me. I tear ran down my cheek. I could see someone sit on my other side out of the corner of my eye.

I looked away from Paul to see a terrified Tom looking at me. No wonder he's scared. He's just found out that is girlfriend is a werewolf and suddenly vampires are surrounding us. What is he meant to think?

"Everything will be fine Tom, you have nothing to worry about" I tried to reassure him and myself. I pulled away from my Dad and placed my hand on Tom's shoulder to calm him. "They know what they are doing" I smiled. He gave me a small smile back and looked over at Leah.

I moved back towards my Dad and murmured "I love you Dad"

He pulled me into a hug and whispered back "I love you too Belly" I smiled at the name he used to call me when I was little until I told him to never call me it again. It's funny how if he had called me that any other time I would have yelled at him but been in an completely different situation that name is relaxing to me and makes me feel special.

"Get ready" Quil senior told us as he look through a small gape that the wolves were leaving.

I closed my eyes tight expecting them to attack straight away but instead I heard a woman's voice. "Hello again, puppies"

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