Revelations

I was pacing in the living room of the Cullens' house while the pack and Cullens sat around the living room watching me. After Edward had pried me off of Quil he carried him to Carlisle while the rest of us followed. By the time we reached the house everyone except Edward and Carlisle were sitting and standing around the living room. Then the pack all sat down, but I began to pace. This was over an hour ago and I had yet to hear anything. Every once in a while Edward would murmur something to Carlisle in a voice so low I couldn't hear him.

I could hear Quil's heartbeat but it was erratic and sometimes it would stop altogether and every time it did it felt like my dead heart would stop. I knew that Quil wasn't stable and each time his heart stopped I knew there was a chance that it wasn't going to restart. I couldn't handle it if he really did die. I couldn't lose another family member knowing it was all my fault this time. I took too much blood because once I had started drinking I couldn't stop.

Suddenly Carlisle walks down the stairs and looks at all of us. "Embry, could I see you for a moment?" No one else said anything as Embry walked over to Carlisle. All I wanted to do was to start to scream and beg Carlisle to tell me what was happening. I felt like I was going to explode if I didn't know anything soon.

I look back just in time to see Carlisle leading Embry up the stairs. The rest of the pack seemed just as confused as me. I go back to pacing as the pack goes back to watching me. "Bella, Dear, please sit down," says Esme. I look at her and resist the urge to growl or hiss or snap at her. I knew she didn't mean anything by what she said. Had it been her pacing I probably would have done the same thing, but I couldn't just sit back and wait for news concerning Quil. He could very well be dying up there because of me.

"Bella, do as you're told," demands Sam. "Watching you pace back and forth like that isn't helping the rest of us." I sit down on the floor in front of Alice, but I couldn't stop fidgeting. As I sat there Alice began playing with my hair nervously and Jasper looked like he was going to die of emotional overload. Rosalie was tense, but I sensed that she didn't care what happened to Quil. Esme was sitting next to Toby and they were looking at a book together in an effort to keep their minds off of what was going on upstairs. Emmett was uncomfortable and fidgeting in his seat. I knew he wanted to crack a joke, but he seemed to realize that it would only get him into trouble, so he kept his mouth shut. Emmett wasn't good at dealing with emotions, especially those of others.

It was another two hours before Carlisle and Edward came down looking drained. I knew it was emotionally that they were drained, but I had never seen a vampire look so tired. "We've done all we can, now he needs to rest," says Carlisle before sitting down next to Esme and Toby.

"Where's Embry?" I ask worried. He'd never come back down once Carlisle had called him up. Edward walks over to me and pulls me to my feet before hugging me.

"He's upstairs helping Quil, Love. Would you like to go see them?" asks Edward. I nod and he takes me up to Carlisle's office which had been transformed into a hospital room. Quil and Embry were lying on two beds with tubes and monitors surrounding them. Embry was giving Quil a blood transfusion. When I realized what he was doing I immediately began dry sobbing into Edward's chest.

"This is all my fault," I sob.

"Yes it is, Isabella Marie Cullen," says Edward sternly causing me to look up at him in surprise. "It's your fault that Quil is lying in that bed alive. If you hadn't sucked the venom out he'd be dead right now."

"I'm also the reason Embry is lying next to him giving Quil a blood transfusion! I took too much blood!" I sob.

"You got rid of the venom without killing him. Quil and Embry are going to be fine, they just need to rest for a couple of days," says Edward. I walk over to their beds and watch as they sleep peacefully despite the sounds of the various machines and tubes.

"I was so stupid to seek revenge like that. Members of my pack were hurt because of me and there's nothing I can do about it except watch and pray that Quil and Embry come out of this okay," I whisper brokenly. Suddenly Quil's breathing and heart speeds up as his eyes begin to open slowly. I watch as Quil looks around disoriented before noticing me and smiling weakly.

"Hey Bells, did we win?" asks Quil hoarsely. I take a shaky breath and nod.

"Yeah Quil, we won," I whisper brokenly as I fight back a sob. Quil grins and grabs my hand in his. His skin was so warm it almost burned.

"Good, I knew we could do it," says Quil giving my hand a squeeze. I couldn't help it anymore so I crawled into bed next to Quil and laid my head on his shoulder as sobs racked my body. Quil wraps his arms around my carefully and kisses my forehead. "What's all this for?"

"I almost killed you," I sob. "I'm so sorry Quil, I shouldn't have been stupid enough to try to suck the venom out! I'm still just a newborn, I should have known."

"Hey, none of that Bells. I'm alive because you sucked that venom out. I owe you my life," says Quil sternly. I look into his eyes and could see that he honestly believed what he was saying. This only brought on a whole new round of choking sobs. Quil rubs my back as I sob into his chest.

"I don't know what I would have done if you would have died Quil," I admit. "I probably would have gotten the next flight to Italy."

"What's in Italy?" asks Quil.

"The vol—"

"Absolutely not Isabella Cullen," says Edward sternly. "You would not do that. You would stay here and grieve and let us try to help you get through it." Just then Embry wakes up and looks over at Quil and I.

"Hey you're awake," says Embry with a grin. Quil and I look over at him.

"I believe Quil has enough blood now so we can remove Embry's IV," says Carlisle suddenly causing me to jump off of Quil's bed and hiss at him. Once my thoughts caught up with my actions and I realized that I had just hissed at Carlisle I duck my head and apologize. "It's alright, Bella, I understand. I should have given you more warning."

"It was still inexcusable," I murmur.

"You were just trying to protect your brothers. It was a reflex reaction. I startled you and you hissed," says Carlisle reasonably.

EPOV:

"No blood no foul, Love," I tease in an effort to lighten the mood. I could tell that Bella still felt bad about everything that went on today. "Would you like to go home, Love?" I ask. Bella nods and turns back to Quil and Embry.

"I'll be back in the morning, get some rest, you both need it," says Bella before kissing their cheeks and walking out of Carlisle's office. I follow her until we get outside and she takes off running as fast as she can. I begin running and by the time I reached the house I had her beat. Bella was there a second later with a scowl on her face. "You cheated." I chuckle as I open the door and go inside.

"I'm just a faster runner than you, Love," I say as I walk back to our bedroom. Bella walks in a moment later and sighs heavily before sitting down on the bed. I sit next to her and wrap an arm around her before kissing her cheek. "You've had a rough day today." Bella doesn't say anything, but suddenly I was on my back and she was kissing me passionately.

"Help me forget, Edward," she murmurs against my lips. So I did all night.

Epilogue

BPOV: (one year later)

I was sitting with Edward in our new home in Montana. Esme had gotten a house that was even bigger than the one in Forks, if that's even possible, and Edward and I had the whole fourth floor to ourselves. While I had been sad to leave the pack I was also happy to be away from La Push and Forks and all of the memories that came with living there. In Montana it didn't rain as much, but we had hundreds of acres to ourselves that we were free to explore no matter what the weather was like. I was able to test my powers to their limits in the last year and discovered that not only was I able to turn into animals, but I could turn into other people as well.

I had discovered it one day while sitting in my room thinking about the volturi. I knew what they looked like thanks to the painting in Carlisle's office. I remembered Alice mentioning that the Volturi would be very interested in my shape-shifting ability. This brought on thoughts of Aro and when Edward had walked in to check on me he was shocked to see Aro sitting on the bed instead of me. I had been shocked too, because I hadn't realized I had done it.

While it was a cool power to have, changing into another person was taxing and I had to hunt soon after I had turned back into myself. Of course once I had hunted I had to show Carlisle my new found ability and he was even more surprised than Edward. After showing the family my new ability I discovered that the more I did it the less taxing it became. By now I was able to turn into anyone I knew and it didn't phase me at all.

"I miss my pack," I whisper laying my head on Edward's shoulder.

"Perhaps you should call them and ask them to visit," says Edward.

"Sam wouldn't like it," I admit with a sigh. Just then Alice runs out of the house and over to where we were sitting on the front porch.

"Guys the wolves are coming!" says Alice excitedly.

"How—"

"The future disappeared. They'll be here tomorrow afternoon and will stay for the weekend," says Alice before I could even ask how she knew. But she was excited so I was going to be too. "Esme wants you and Edward to go grocery shopping for them."

"Thanks Alice, we'll get on it," I say. With that Alice walks in the house and I look at Edward who was watching me.

"I guess we don't need to call them after all," I say with a small smile. Edward smiles and kisses my forehead.

End Story

A/N: Thanks for reading my story and sticking with it all the way to the end! You've all been great as well as patient. I should start the sequel soon as well as the sequels to Insanity and Change. So I guess I'm back to three stories…plus Shadows and Looking for Love…(which between you and me I might take a break on this one because it's not holding my attention…) Five stories at once is a lot, I'm not sure what I was thinking when I got myself started on all of these…oh well, I started them I should probably finish them, and not to mention do the promised sequels…any ideas for any other my stories would be great and I can give credit as long as I remember. Well review! Thanks! Sayonara! =]