*Disclaimer* Please don't hurt me! I'm sorry it took so long to write this chapter...There's just lots of stuff going on!

I literally have no excuses, but please don't send any vampires after me or i'll have Edward kill them for me! or Angel or Emmett...

just saying!

So, anywhoooo, here's the next chapter! I've deviated a little from the story (as you can already tell...i let Laurent live...Jacob's freaked b/c Bella/Sarah knows about werwolves!...) and now there is a lot of screaming and yelling going on in this chapter!

i even included some things from the movie! Yaya! (which comes out on March 20th in the US...!!) oh, and I just figured out that Eclipse the movie will be coming out on my birthday! wahoooo!

okay, enough ramble...onto the werewolf showdown!!!!! oh, and review for me puh-lease!


"Get your stinking paws off of me!" I thrashed against the huge person that had picked me up and carried me outside. But whoever it was was freaking strong!

"Get off! Get off! Get off!" I started screaming the second whoever it was let go of my mouth.

They only let go when I bit down into their hand. I couldn't tell who it was when they hissed in pain, but I did get that whoever it was was a guy. Again, a really big guy. "If this is a werewolf, you are so violating the treaty right now! LET ME GO! AVA! ANGEL! HELP M—" Whoever it was stuck their hand back over my mouth.

Soon enough, they put me down in front of the cottage, but I still couldn't make out who it was in the dark cover that the forest provided. Reluctantly, he took his hand off my mouth. Okay, it had to be a werewolf, because this guy was at least a half foot taller than me and his hand practically left scorch marks on my face. I stood calmly for about a second, and then proceeded to kick whoever it was in the shin and try to run back inside.

I slammed the door shut before whoever it was could come inside. I sat down in front of it, too, when he started banging on the door. "Bella! Damn, that hurt! Let me in!"

My heart just stopped. No seriously, I think I am truly scared shitless. "Jacob?" I jumped up and opened the door really fast. Once I turned the light on, I saw him bending over rubbing his shin and frowning up at me. "Jacob, what the hell were you thinking? You just scared the living daylights out of me!" I remembered I was mad at him, so my tone went from astonished to pissed. Really pissed. "What do you want?" I thought for a second how he was able to get in the cottage without getting his head ripped off by Ava. "And where is Ava?" There's no way she would have let him come anywhere close to me. Oh, please God, don't tell me he killed her!

Mr. I'm-a-werewolf-so-breaking-and-entering-is-no-big-deal just shrugged. "The vampire? She took off just a few minutes ago. I waited until she left to come talk to you." Maybe Jacob is a lot smarter than I gave him credit for. He must have planned everything perfectly! I'm slightly impressed.

But I'm still mad. Stupid jerk. "Talk to me? You mean you actually are available to talk to a lowly human like me? How did I deserve such an honor as being in your presence?" Okay, harsh, but I'm still mad. I even put my hand on my hip just like my mom does when she's waiting for me to crack.

He hung his head in shame. Man, this is so much better than fighting with him. And, on top of everything, he's shirtless. And it's slightly raining outside. Perfect. "I think we need to talk about what happened earlier today. You know? In the woods?" His eyes were filled with questions that I couldn't ignore.

Not. Innocence all the way on my part. "Hmm, in the woods? Whatever are you talking about? I wasn't in the woods today and I'm pretty sure you were supposed to be in Port Angeles watching a movie. Not running around shirtless in tiny jean shorts and with short hair! I hope you at least donated it to locks of love."

He clenched his fists. I was starting to rile him up. Whoops! "Bella, please. What you saw in the woods earlier…"

Okay, fine! You don't want me to avoid the question. I won't. "What? When I yelled for you to wait for me and you just sort of stood there until my friends whisked me away? Is that what you're talking about? Are you somehow worried how I know your secret? I'm sorry, Jacob, but I've known for a long time about your…issues and I don't really need you breathing down my neck to find out how. Because it wouldn't work anyway, I'm not telling you." Take that wolf boy!

Okay, maybe I was a little too…something. He looked really mad all of a sudden. So much so, that his shoulders were trembling. "Bella, you don't understand. I can't—"

"What? Is Sam going to come calling you back soon? Did you really think that I would just confess everything with one look from you?" Another thought sprang to the front of my mind. "Or were you planning on kidnapping me?" His shoulders stopped trembling. Suddenly he had that scary calm that all the Cullens had when I scraped my knee on my birthday. Needless to say, it really creeps me out when people do that now. I completely switched my mode of attack after that. I took a deep cleansing breath and walked a little closer to the hulking giant that used to be shorter than me. "Okay, look I'm sorry for yelling at you. I'm just so frustrated that I can't stop all this from happening to you. All of this is my fault."

Well, apparently he didn't want me taking any blame. No wonder Bella from the book is such a whiner. All she has to do is admit the truth to someone and they immediately tell her she never does anything wrong. Well, I know what is and isn't my fault. Jacob becoming a werewolf is up on my 'Definitely My Fault' List. "Bella, you didn't do any of this! If you want to blame someone, why don't you point you finger at those filthy, reeking bloodsuckers that you love so much?"

I was being nice. Reasonable, even. And then he went there. He had to go there. And now, I'm going to kill him!

"Those filthy reeking bloodsuckers happen to have saved my life yesterday while your little pack showed up late!" I shoved him farther and farther away from Ava's cottage every time I poked him in the chest. "Those filthy reeking bloodsuckers are some of my best friends in the whole world who've helped me almost as much as you did when the filthy reeking bloodsucker that I happen to be in love with left me to protect me from all the other filthy reeking bloodsuckers in the world! And, whether you like it or not, I'm going to be one of those filthy reeking bloodsuckers one day soon!"

I'm pretty sure that did it. He was going to kill me when he wolfed out right in front of me. That's fine. Sure, Hallucination Edward decided to show himself when I really pissed off the werewolf and now started berating me about talking to Jacob like that. But I really didn't care. I had said all that I was capable of saying, and now I just want to be stupid and reckless. I would've probably slapped him if the owner of the cottage didn't pick now to show up.

"Umm, would either of you like to explain what's going on? Or perhaps explain why my home now reeks of wet dog?" Ava's voice broke Jacob and me out of our intense stare down much to Hallucination Edward's satisfaction. I hadn't listened to a word of what he had just lectured me about, but whatever it was, what Ava had to say was apparently more important.

I slowly turned around to see that Ava was neither angry nor afraid. Instead, she actually looked amused, holding what looked like donuts for my breakfast. "Goodbye, Jacob. I don't care how much you mean to me, but I can't watch you miserable like this. You aren't acting like Jacob anymore. And I'm starting out this new thing where my friends and I keep the promises we make each other. Right, Ava?"

She put down her stuff to come put her arm around my shoulder. "Right. I think she's said everything's that to be said, dog. Don't let the fleas bite when you run away from here."

Jacob looked even more astonished when I had said Ava's name. Seriously, did the pack not tell him anything? "Ava? I thought…Bella said you were in a car accident."

Ava looked as confused as I was. She looked over at me for some sort of answer, but I just shrugged. How was I supposed to know whether they told him or not? "I thought you wolves shared thoughts. Sam knows who I am. I got bit last year by the same guy who was after Bella. I'm going to have to tell Carlisle about all this." She whispered to herself.

"The accident? You two weren't in a car accident? A vampire was after you? And they didn't tell me?" Uh-oh, trembling shoulders, hissing, and flashing eyes. Now, I don't have a PhD on werewolves, or shape-shifters, whatever, but I'm thinking Ava and I should be walking or running away in a rushed manner.

"Ava…" I warned.

"We're good. Jake, cool it. Seriously, it's all good. I'm a vegetarian now just like the Cullens. You should know that much at least. I took the name Elizabeth Masen to pose as Bella's ex's sister. And my husband is going to be back any second, so I think we should probably cut this particular pow-wow short. Go home, or just go running before you wolf out in front of the human, m'kay pumpkin?"

Jacob got that glazed over look that everyone under Ava's influence does, but he looked like he was going to shake it off like Edward does on occasion. He started to turn, but he before he did he looked me straight in the eye with a surprising intensity. "I guess I know which monsters you prefer."

That was uncalled for! I can't help that I'm a vampire girl, it's just in my blood, if you can pardon the pun. Jacob started shaking again from not following Ava's command. I wanted to tell him that he was still my friend no matter what he was, but he didn't let me get it out. "Jake, I—" Of course, now he doesn't want to talk.

"Save it, alright?" He finally took off into the woods. After a while, I thought I heard him howl. He didn't sound very happy at all. I was slightly afraid for a second, but then I realized I still had three vampires that would be watching out for me.

The sun had just started to peek up over the tree line, but I was still exhausted. I felt completely drained now that all the adrenaline had finally coursed out of me. "So, those donuts for me?" I asked as lightly as I could, but my voice cracked.

Ava laughed and dragged me back towards the cottage. I hadn't realized how far away I had pushed Jake. "Come on, you can tell me why an overgrown mutt was stinking up my porch." She scrunched up her nose when we walked inside. "Damn it, Bella, did you invite him inside, too?" I sat down while she pulled the bleach out of her kitchen and started scrubbing literally anything she could get her hands on.

"No, he attempted to kidnap me when you left. He scared the shit out of me, too. He must have waited until you were far enough away so that you couldn't hear what was going on, then came in, stuck his hand over my mouth, and tried to drag me out of the house! Then, of course, we got into a huge argument about him being a werewolf, which you then interrupted before I could piss him off enough to make him wolf out on me."

She stopped scrubbing for a second and watched me. I was about to ask what her problem was when she finally started talking. "You like him, don't you?"

Well, I wasn't expecting that to say the least. My teeth clenched together unintentionally. "Like who?"

She looked scared like I was the one that was going burst into a wolf, but she covered it up with a shrug. "Jacob. You like him, right? I don't mean like…like him. I mean, you like him as a friend, probably a best friend, huh?" She came and sat down next to me at the table. It sucked that she knew me so well, otherwise she wouldn't have caught the fact that I was kind of upset about what I'd said to Jacob despite how much he deserved it.

"I—I feel bad for him. I'd never seen him like that before—"

"What? Shirtless?" She smirked, trying to make me feel a little better, no doubt.

I rolled my eyes despite how much I appreciated the humor. "No, not shirtless! He didn't have that same funny kid in him anymore. Jeez, shirtless…although he does have exceptionally good abs. Even you can admit to that."

"Of course I can. I was Team Jacob if you remember." She grinned at me.

This is all Jacob's fault. If he hadn't woke me up, I would have probably been relatively calm all day, but now I'm going to be wound-up all day long. Which would probably account for my next actions of standing up and yelling at Ava. I even threw my hands up! "Ugh! I've had it with all this freaking 'team' this or 'team' that crap! It's not a matter of whose team anyone is on; all that matters is that I am most definitely going to end up with Edward and no tiny detail of me having a werewolf for a friend is going to change that!"

Ava watched me in mild astonishment. "Anything else?" She asked me calmly.

I thought about it, and figured ranting might help me a little with the wound-up thing. "Yes! There is something else…when people are Team Jacob does that mean they want him to end with Bella…or me, whatever…is that it? Or are they happy when he ends up with Renesmee?" Ava started to answer, but I cut her off. "And what the hell is Team Volturi? DOES EVERYONE BESIDE ME WANT EDWARD DEAD?!?" I think I've started to lose my voice from shrieking so much. No, seriously, my voice levels lately have been loud and surround-sound stereo loud for the past two days.

"And?" Ava asked. She had her eyebrow raised, daring me to keep going. I still had a little more despite my voice box's protests.

"I've decided something."

This thoroughly amused her. "Oh, yeah, what's that?"

"I'm going to go either murder all the werewolves for attempting to kidnap me, or at least neuter them all!" I started shouting again when I said I would go neuter all of the werewolves. Then I started coughing like no tomorrow until I was doubling over since I couldn't stop. Ava sat me back down at the table, and quickly poured me some steaming drink. I didn't even realize she had a stove in here. Oh well, I'm not going to ask where she got it.

"Alright, freedom fighter, let's not scream until you're sick. You're going to need your strength for your trip today."

"Trip?" I hate being kept out of the psychic vampire's immediate loop. Especially since the loop is currently running breaking news on what I'm going to be doing.

I've been friends with Ava practically my entire life and I still get scared when she smiles that evil, sort of a 'You're not going to like this, but I will' smile. "You're going to see the wolves today. And you're going to be yelling…a lot."


"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NOT HAPPENING! NOT TODAY! I ALREADY YELLED AT HIM TODAY!"

"Yeah, Bella, and now you're yelling at us." Angel said from the backseat. They'd highjacked my truck and were currently getting really close to the La Push border where I knew they would have to let me go because they couldn't cross the border without becoming Puppy Chow.

"JESUS!" I screamed in frustration. Ava decided that I would go confront the pack today and Angel, being the whipped boyfriend/husband he was, he went right along with her plan with no concerns on my safety. Some protective vampires they were…times like these are when I really really miss Edward. He'd never have gone along with this, and I'm pretty sure he would have tried to rip Ava's head off.

"Nope, I'm only an Angel, sorry."

I whipped around to glare at him. Damn vampires, think you all are so funny just because you've been watching comedians since the freaking 12th century! "Not funny, Angel."

"Oh, come on Bella, lighten up! You already know that he's not gonna stay mad at you for long. You've just got all the boys here wrapped around your fingers, don't you?" He ruffled my hair as he kept on teasing me. If only I were a vampire right now, I would have probably killed him. Or re-killed him, whatever.

"You want me to wrap you around a tree, Angel? Because, I swear to God—"

"Seriously, Bella, shut it. You too, sweetie." Ava barked at us. I guess we've somehow pissed her off. Hey she's not the one who has to scream at a werewolf, again, with very little voice left. Seriously, I think I've contracted laryngitis from all my screaming escapades lately. How am I supposed to work up the sort of intensity that I need for him to actually listen to me? Maybe he'll think it's funny or something and listen.

But, wait a second, I don't want to talk to him. He's the stupid werewolf who freaking tried to kidnap me! And I actually held my ground and beat him up! I bet Edward's real Bella couldn't do something like that. Well, ha ha, Edward, ha ha!

Suddenly Ava jerked my poor truck to a halt. My head would have slammed onto the dashboard had Angel not grabbed me in time. "Alright, Bella, it's up to you now. I will force this truck to keep driving if I have to." Ava warned me. I already knew I was going, she didn't need to make me feel even worse by forcing my freaking car to drive me there. Ugh, here goes nothing…


"Jacob! Oh, Jacob! Come out, come out wherever you are…" I knew I should have just suggested that Alice, Ava, and I go to Rio or something. It would have been so much more fun if I'd just gone after Edward now and saved myself and the rest of my friends the trouble from me being schizophrenic over Jacob and Edward in Eclipse. Not that there's much of a choice. Edward is so dumped and I'm going to shack up with Jake and have his puppies.

Ha, yeah right. He's going to shack up with my half-immortal child. I wonder if I did get together with him if he'd imprint on his own kid…eww! Eww! Eww! Werewolves are weird enough without the element of incest stuck in there too.

Speaking of weird, how is even possible that I can't find them? They're all as big as freaking horses and I can't find them! First, I checked in at Jacob's house with no success. Billy almost told me to buzz off. It would have been a hell of a lot funnier if he did, though. At least it would have spiced up the most boring part of New Moon there is.

Anyway, now I'm actually taking Alice's original advice and aimlessly wandering around in the woods. Stupid, yes. Working, nope! Maybe I should have brought a squeaky toy…

"Yoo-hoo! Anyone? Sam? Jared? Paul? Embry? Come on guys, I'll rub your tummies if you just come out already!" I'm starting to get bored just walking around in a circle. Truth be told, I was too scared that Victoria might get close, so I've stayed within sight of the beach. And mainly because the whole area around here sort of creeps me out.

"Dammit, Jacob Black get your ass out here now!" I'm cold, wet, tired, and I just want to wrap myself up in a blanket and re-read Breaking Dawn while drowning my sorrows in mounds of chocolate.

"Fine, I'm leaving now, but I'll have you know I was going to forgive you for trying to kidnap me, but I guess you don't care about that anymore since you're some bad-ass werewolf now! You don't need mundane human friends like me! You know, I bet poor Quil is beside himself worrying that something is wrong with you! I mean, why can't all of you werewolves just tell your secret already? It's not like there something wrong with you all because of it!" My voice echoed through the wood. I guess I was a little further in than I thought. Hopefully the psychotic redhead out to kill me won't hear.

"Okay, maybe there is something a little wrong with you, but it's just that you all have to listen to someone else's orders all the time. Yeah, I'm talking about you, Sam! It's awful that they have to follow every single thing that you tell them—"

"Yeah, well, your little friend made us pretty much follow everything she told us. Is that any different than what I do?" Someone said to me from somewhere around here. Another reason why the forest is not a fun place: echoes. You speak, your voice echoes everywhere.

"Hello? Sam, is that you? Where's Jacob?" I whirled around in circles, trying to find where he was. I finally locked in on something moving like twenty or so feet away. It wasn't just Sam, either. I'd gotten the attention of the entire pack, minus Jacob. Oh, God, what if Billy lied to me? I bet he did! Jacob was probably sleeping or something inside. This better not be anything like in the movie!

"That's not important right now. You need to tell us now how you know everything about us." Sam motioned for the other three shirtless dudes to stay a little bit back. Damn, they had nice abs! And don't be mad at me, I'm only human after all! Sam was getting closer and closer to me. He was walking towards me like I was the dangerous person here. "Please, Bella, we need to know."

I've been prepared for moments like these just in case people started asking questions. I kept a straight face and didn't break eye contact with him. "Not a chance." I said loudly and slowly so that all the boys listening in could hear me. I'm still a little miffed I've never actually made one of them wolf out yet. I seriously thought I would when I was talking to them right before I left to run away from James last year.

I'll get it down to an art eventually. And since I'm being reckless, why not start now? "Sarah, just tell him." Well, my best friend was back. No, not Jake. Hallucination Edward was standing behind Sam with a mixture of anger and worry on that perfect face of his.

NOT A CHANCE. I shouted at him in my head. He glared at me in return. Turns out Sam was glaring at me too. "Bella—"

"No! I'm not going to tell you! It's connected to too many other people." I mean, really, I would have to tell him about the books, which would reveal everything about Edward and the Cullens, plus the Volturi and Renesmee. Yeah, Sam, so not going to happen.

One of the hot shirtless dudes, Paul most likely, rushed over with trembling shoulders. "She's not going to say anything unless we force her, Sam. We should go back to our original plan."

"Which was what exactly? Get Jacob to kidnap me? Brilliant plan, I must say, up until the point where I beat him up." I smirked at the stupid dog who wanted to try to kidnap me…again! Well, Paul is officially at the top of my 'STUPID PEOPLE' list, right under Edward. But he'll have the chance to move up soon. "You want me to do that to you too, mutt?" I really don't like Paul!

"You're going to get yourself killed, Sarah. Please, stop, for me." Hallucination Edward moved in closer to me. I visibly flinched, making both Sam and Paul jump back a couple of feet. For a second, I thought they were both going wolfy, but I was wrong. Paul still was in the trembling shoulders mode of turning into a werewolf. And then Sam had the audacity to try to make him calm down.

Shut up, Edward. You are the one who's making me do this anyway. I hissed at him. It was his turn to flinch this time.

"Mutt? Is that what all the vampires are teaching you?" He sneered down to me. I think this is the first time that I've ever been talked down to. And, trust me on this, I do not like it one bit.

So, I went into snarky bitch mode. Which made Paul start gritting his teeth together. "No, I knew the nicknames already. I learned some of your lovely nicknames for vampires too, and I have to say neither of you are very clever when it comes to that sort of thing." Oh, I think I'm getting close now!

"Well, then leech-lover, I—" Seriously, he was clenching his fists together so hard, I'm surprised I didn't see any blood yet. It's coming though!

"Leach-lover? Really? Is that the best you can do?" He started to interrupt me, but I cut him off before he could go on. "You know what? I just came here to talk to Jacob, and since he isn't here I'm going to leave." I turned to walk away, took some deep breaths to get all the thoughts of pissing off Paul out of my head, and then Hallucination Edward just had to talk.

"Good, Sarah. You don't know what could have happened if you didn't walk away." I stopped, thinking over what he said. My little hallucination was proud of me for not being reckless and walking away from something potentially reckless. Well, that's just not going to stand with me seeing as I'm not so happy with him right now.

Sam kept calling my name, which sort of sealed the deal. I had been sort of apprehensive about slapping a werewolf, but now, thanks to Hallucination Edward, it sounds like fun.

"Sarah, don't do this." Hallucination Edward was reaching his hand out to come closer to me. I flinched away again for the second time today. I don't need to be touching anything that isn't really there.

Shut up. I said quietly.

"Please, Sarah, I don't want you to get hurt. You know I wouldn't be able to take it." His tone sounded too much like Edward. I could imagine the real one talking to me, begging me not to do anything reckless. It brought back too many memories that I'd pushed out for the time being.

Please, shut up. I was louder this time, and squared my shoulders to confront Paul.

Hallucination Edward finally got mad. "Do you want me to die? To go to the Volturi?"

That's it! "SHUT UP!" I screamed towards my hallucination and both the werewolves that were screaming my name. "Just shut up! I am so sick of people telling me what I should and shouldn't do! And you know what Paul? You have anger issues out the wazoo! I'm just trying to find my friend, but you and Sam feel the need to kidnap me about knowing your secret. Just to let you know, I'm not the only one! Probably every single person in the world knows about it!" Apparently Ava was right about the whole 'yelling' thing. I'm surprised my voice hasn't given out yet.

Both of them just sort of stared at me in an astonished manner for about twenty minutes. I was staring back at them with a sense of superiority and triumph. True, I was a little happy for not listening to Edward too, but that was just an added bonus.

I'm pretty sure Embry and Jared were scared of me now too. I'd just flinched and screamed at a hallucination and made the two biggest guys in the pack go catatonic.

And who says humans can't do anything?

"Everyone?" Sam asked quietly, mostly to himself.

I was still in snarky bitch mode, so I popped my head to the side and tried to make it look like I was considering what he said. "Well, everyone except the people in Forks. That's about it. Sorry, guys!"

Paul, who I really wanted to just turn into a wolf already, just kept on trembling and glaring at me. I was just about getting sick of it. "Who told?" He snarled, sounding more like a dog growling than anything else. Yay!

"Stephanie Meyer." I smiled back at him. I wonder where Jacob was. Surely he would have heard all the screaming going on since we were within spitting distance of his house still. He might need to fight Paul soon.

Strike that, he will have to fight Paul because he's got that cocky grin on like he did in the movie right before Bella smacked him. I knew I should have brought a crow bar before I got here! "What'd Jacob tell you? He told you about all this, didn't he?"

I grinned right back at him. Hallucination Edward was on his knees now begging me to stop. Ha, like that was going to happen. "Nope, he didn't tell me anything. Maybe it's because he's scared of you or something…" I said just to make him laugh so I could slap him finally. I tried to look angry with just a hint of fear thrown in. I should so just go to Hollywood and try out for the Twilight movies now!

To my delight and Hallucination Edward's supreme horror, Paul started laughing. From a little ways back, so did Jared and Embry…Sam, on the other hand, looked upset. I think he knows what I'm up to. I didn't care! I gave Paul a look that warned him 'You better watch out!' Then I slapped him.

Oh, boy, was that fun!

I full on bitched slapped a werewolf! Yippee! I was about to do a happy dance or something when someone started yelling. Okay, well a lot of someone-s.

"Bella, get back! Paul, calm down now." Sam yelled at me and Paul.

"Watch it, Bella!" Embry called to me. He jogged up behind Paul.

"Too late now!" Jared yelled while he ran to Paul's other side.

"Sarah, run! Run now!" Hallucination Edward tried to grab me, but his hands went straight through. Well, at least now I'm positive he's a hallucination. "NOW!" He yelled right in my ears.

I was still smiling a little too wide and Paul was bending and twisting like he did right before he burst out of his skin in the movie. I backed up slowly, then ducked behind a tree. Not that it would help much, but all the guys around here did tell me to get away.

Then it happened! It really did! Paul just burst right out of his skin and a huge grey wolf was standing where he was a second before! AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF ME!

And for some unfathomable reason, I got really scared and started running out of the woods towards Jacob's house. Okay, so maybe I was a little out of line there. And, maybe I shouldn't have egged Paul on like that just to amuse myself and scare the crap out of my hallucination. I should have probably gone to see if Jacob was even inside his house or not.

In any case, I was going to find out if he was home now or not. I finally burst through into his back yard when I heard loud booming noises behind me. I might have pissed Paul off a little too much since he was now chasing after me, and he was still a wolf. Oh, this is not good!

"Jacob! Jacob, help me! JAKE!" I kept on running even though Paul would catch me in a second. So that's why humans should stay away from fast-moving mythical creatures!

Right before Paul caught up to me, Jacob poked his head out of his back door. "Bella?" He looked confused why I was running for my life towards his house. But once the big bad wolf that was following me came into his view, he took off across the porch. He even ripped his shirt off! "Bella!"

Which sort of made me trip…I'm sort of surprised that didn't happen sooner. "Jacob! STOP HIM!" I tried screaming, but my voice finally decided to check out. I just sort of squeaked in terror.

I scrambled further back as fast as I could, but I didn't think I would be fast enough. It'll all be okay, though. I can pull off a huge scar on my face, right? Alice might kill me because she'll put in extra time on makeup, but I'll live!

Oh, what am I saying? I don't want to be a vampire with that big a scar on my face for the rest of eternity! Come on, Jacob, help me!

Okay, big bad wolf was right in front of me with his jaws snapping. He's not going to eat me, is he?!? "Jacob!" I tried screaming again, right when a big blur of copper-y fur flew over top of me onto Paul.

I'm not going to lie, I think I peed my pants. Watching two werewolves fight over you is a very scary thing. But I didn't hang around long enough for it to get any more dangerous. I got up as fast as I could and ran straight back to my truck. I didn't even wait for Jake and Paul to turn back before I slammed down on the gas pedal to get the hell out of La Push.

I had the truck going as fast as it would go without breaking when the passenger door flew open. I didn't have any more screams left in me, so I just sort of hoped it would be someone friendly, who didn't want to kill me.

I sighed in relief when Ava slammed the door shut. She didn't notice my terrified face when she asked, "So, how'd it go?"


No cliffs this time! I thought the fight with Paul went rather well, don't you think? Jk jk!

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Preview for the next chapter:

"Well, you did sort of slap him, Bella."

"Yeah, when he laughed at me. And plus, he's just a big stupid…stupid head who doesn't know when to shut up! And he called me a leech-lover! I am no leech-lover; I'm a pro-leech, pro-mutt, person. Is it my fault that no one seems to understand that?"

"You're rambling, Bella." He grinned at me without answering my question.

"I'm a rambler, what can I say? You, on the other hand, need to ramble a bit more. Like, would care to explain why you tried to kidnap me?"