Edward spoke with Carlisle for a long time. I tried to do normal things to keep my mind off of everything that was going on. I finished the laundry and got dinner started before Charlie got home. He called just as I was setting the table to let me know he would be out late. With a lot of begging I managed to convince him to let Edward stay the night. If he wasn't on the couch when Charlie got home I was never allowed to see him again. Edward just laughed. He thought it was amusing that my father thought he could keep us apart.

I ate alone. Edward was on the phone again. Dinner didn't taste as good so I finished up and rinsed off my plate. Charlie's food went in the fridge. While I waited for Edward I went upstairs and changed out of my jeans. Even with the crazy situation, I didn't want him to see me in my sweats. I pulled out a pair of short shorts that I wore to bed in Arizona. The I sat on my bed and stared out the window. I jumped when Edward put his arms around me.

"I'm sorry I've been on the phone so much. Apparently everyone in my family wanted to talk to me about this instead of to each other."

"Why wont you talk to me about this?"

"There's nothing to worry about."

"That's a lie."

He sighed.

"Edward you didn't seem concerned until I said something about them coming here. Do you think that they will? Please just tell me.""Originally I didn't think they would. What I didn't take into account was my presence here."

"What would it matter if you're here?"

"If this is a new pack of wolves, they might catch my scent. That would either be a good thing or a bad thing. They might want to prove themselves by taking on a vampire or they might avoid me out of fear."

"They might want to come here and fight you? You could beat them right?"

"I don't think I would have much trouble with 1 or 2 young ones but anymore than that might be rough."

"What do we do?"

I knew I was breathing too hard, I was on the verge of a panic attack.

"Bella please calm down. There's nothing to worry about. Emmett and Jasper are outside in the woods. They are keeping an eye on things."

"Edward you should go home, that way they wont come after you."

"I cant leave, Bella. My scent is all over this house. They don't seem to have much control. I cant leave you here alone. Who knows what they would do if they smelled my scent on you."

"So I'll take a shower.""I'm not leaving."

I sighed. Truth was that I really didn't want him to go anywhere. I also didn't know how we were going to get through the night with him on the couch and me up here. He was either thinking the same thing I was or he was trying to distract me. He pulled me onto his lap and kissed my neck. I tried to resist. Not that I didn't want him doing it but I didn't want to get too far then have him run downstairs when Charlie got home.

"Edward stop, I don't want this going too far."

"It wont."He continued kissing my neck and along my jaw.

"What about when Charlie gets home?"

My voice cracked.

"I'll wait until he goes to bed, then I'll be right back up here."I knew he was going to say that.

"Don't fight me Bella. You know you don't want me to stop." As soon as that crooked smile broke across his face I couldn't help myself. I grabbed his neck and pulled his mouth to mine. He certainly didn't fight me. His hands found the bottom of my shirt and before I knew it, it was laying on the floor. I was really glad I wore the shorts. There was no way I would be sexy in sweats. I lifted his shirt over his head. His chest was so amazing. I probably could have stared at him all night but he had other plans. He pulled at my shorts.

"I think you should take these off.""Edward we really shouldn't do this.""Why?""Because giant werewolves could burst in at any moment and your brothers are outside."

"They don't care."

"And the wolves?"

"Emmett and Jasper will warn us.""I don't want them seeing us!"

Edward stopped kissing me and looked me straight in the eye.

"Bella I honestly don't think anything is going to happen. If you still want me to stop then I'll stop."

I knew this wasn't the time. So stared down at my hands. I didn't want to tell him to stop. He knew that. I climbed off of his lap and found my shirt. Edward had his shirt on before I could get mine over my head.

"I'm sorry Edward."

"Don't be. I should have thought this through more."

I crawled into bed next to him.

"Would you like me to stay here until you fall asleep?"

"Will you come back when Charlie goes to sleep?""Of course love."

He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me against him. I wondered if I hurt his feelings.

"Edward you know that I wanted to…continue…I just thought it was a bad time…""I understand Bella. You were right. I wasn't thinking like I should have been. You seem to have that effect on me."

I smiled. It was nice to think that someone as perfect as him was effected by me like that. That was my last thought before I fell asleep.

When I woke up it was gray outside. It looked like a storm was coming. I stretched and realized I was alone. Edward must be downstairs. I pulled on a pair of jeans and walked down. I heard voices from the kitchen to I headed in. Charlie and Edward were sitting at the kitchen table talking. It was an odd sight. I smiled at them and pulled out a bowl and the cereal. They continued their conversation while I made my breakfast.

"Honestly I didn't know what to think. That girl didn't look like she stood a chance. If your father hadn't been there, I don't think she would have survived."

I stopped and stared at him.

"Bella something terrible happened last night."

I looked at Edward but he didn't look at me. That was a bad sign.

"There was another break in. It was at your friend Angela Weber's house. I guess she was home with her brothers. She tried to defend them and whoever broke in just tore her up. Dr. Cullen got there quick after we called him. She's doing alright now but I don't see how. It was awful. That man is a miracle worker."

I felt the hot tears in my eyes. Angela was easily the nicest person in Forks. If I had a best friend, it would be her.

"Oh…that's horrible…can I go see her?"Edward finally looked at me.

"I wanted to go talk to my father today, if Charlie doesn't mind, I could take you with me."

Charlie set his fork down.

"I don't think that will be a problem. I wont be here and I would rather you weren't home alone. Not that I like the idea of you being out in all that craziness but its better than the alternative."

"Yeah I want to go."Edward nodded. I sat down between them and started eating.

"So Edward, hope the couch wasn't too hard on you."

"No it was fine. I didn't sleep much anyway. This whole situation makes it a little hard to relax."

"I agree with that. Its got me a nervous wreck. I hate that I have to leave Bella here."

"My parents don't care at all if I stay here with her. They know that you have to work on all this."

"Well that's kind of them to let you stay with Bella. I know she doesn't mind having you around."

I blushed but kept eating.

"I think we'll leave right after breakfast Bella, if you don't care."

"That's great."

"I think you kids should come straight back."

"I was going to stop by my house and get a few things, then come back here.""That's fine. I just don't think it's the time to go hanging out anywhere."

The way my dad said 'hanging out' almost made me laugh. I saw the corner of Edwards mouth twitch up. He thought it was funny too. Like we couldn't 'hang out' here.

"Well its about time I get going. We have to go check out the Weber place some more."

He said goodbye to us, then left. Edward didn't say anything, he just stared out the window while I finished eating. Afterwards I went upstairs to put my hair up and grab my coat. Edward was tense.

"This is going to far. They need to take control of these pups."

"Are you it's the wolves? Maybe it's a gang or something.""Jasper and Alice went over to the Weber house last night. It was the wolves. Their scent was every where."

"Oh."

"Carlisle wants to meet with the Quileute elders to discuss what's happening. So far they wont talk to him."

"I thought you said this didn't have anything to do with you.""It does when they start attacking people that live near you." We were now in the Volvo on our way to the hospital. Edward was driving fast but careful. His eyes were darting all over the place. It was making me nervous. The hospital wasn't that far so we got there within minutes. Carlisle wasn't hard to find. He was standing in the lobby talking to a nurse. When he saw us he sent the nurse on her way and lead up to his office. I sat down but Edward stood. I had the feeling he was still expecting to be attacked. They stared at each other for a few minutes and I realized that they were talking. I wanted to know what was happening too.

"Hey come on. Please talk out loud."

Carlisle sat behind his desk and gestured for Edward to sit as well.

"Alright Bella. I know you're worried about your friend so I'll start with that. Angela is lucky to be alive. A fair amount of her bones have been broken and she had some minor internal bleeding. I managed to get all her casts on and we performed surgery early this morning. She suffered a concussion but its nothing to worry about. I doubt she will be out of here any time soon."Angela really did get lucky.

"Wow…how can they get away with that?""I don't know that anyone can stop them. I have tried contacting them but they refuse to talk to me. The most I got out of them was that they blame us for this."

"What? How is this your fault.""They claim that our presence is making the teenagers on the reservation react. They think that it's a natural defense. If we weren't around there would be no wolves at all."

Edward finally spoke.

"That's no excuse for the elders to just ignore what these children are doing."

"I'm sure they are doing what they can. You have to remember that these aren't just wolves. They are a bunch of hormonal teenage boys. I can only assume that they have trouble controlling themselves."

Then something clicked. It was something that I hadn't thought about.

"Edward can I use your phone? I'm sure you want to talk to your father alone anyway."

He eyed me for a second then handed me his cell phone. I left the office and closed the door. I looked around. There were a few people in the lobby so I decided to go outside and make my call. I leaned against the side of the Volvo while I dialed Billy Blacks number. Before I could hit call I heard a thump behind me. I turned and looked around. I couldn't see anyone but I had an uneasy feeling. Maybe I should have called from inside. I shut the phone and started to walk back towards the hospital. I was only on the second level of the parking garage. Not too high up that I couldn't scream and get someone's attention. Edward would hear me.

"Bella?"I stopped dead. I knew who it was. When I turned my heart started pounding. Jacob Black was standing a few feet away from me. He sniffed the air.

"Bella…hi."

"Umm…hi Jake. Why are you here?""I was following…check up…I'm here for my check up."

"Were you following me?"

"No. Not you."

The hair on the back of my neck was standing up. He was one of them.

"I need to get back…I'll see you later Jake.""Are you with that blood….Cullen guy?""Why?""I wanted to talk to him, I figured you would know where he was."

"What do you need to talk to him about? I'll call him."I had his phone, great idea Bella.

"Its not that important…"

He took a few steps towards and me and stopped.

His eyes got wide. I had no idea what was going on.

"Jacob are you okay?"

"I can smell him…on you."I swear my blood froze in my veins.

Jacob suddenly looked furious.

"Does Charlie know you're sleeping with a bloodsucker!?"

I was stunned.

"Excuse me? What does that matter to you?""Do you know what he is Bella!?""Yes I do.""He will kill you! That's what they do!""Oh and you guys don't? What about my friend Angela? She almost died!"

He flinched.

"That was an accident. We don't eat people."

"Neither do the Cullens!"We were staring at each other. The phone in my hand was vibrating. I looked down. It said Carlisle. I opened the phone and waited.

"Bella its Edward. Do you need me out there?"

"No. Jacob was just leaving."

Jacob stared at me for a second them ran off. I waited for a minute then spoke again.

"He said he needed to talk to you.""Come back inside."I hung up and turned back towards the hospital.