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Oh my god, I thought. I had just phased.
Congrats Jake, Quil thought sarcastically.
Oh, that's going to take a while to get used to. Is it always like this? I asked.
Yep. You have no privacy anymore, Embry spoke up.
Who now? said a voice that I recognized as Sam's.
Me. Jacob, I said. The pack was really hoping that no one else would phase. But with a crowd of vampires not even 30 miles away, it was hard.
Can I go see Bella? I asked.
I don't think that's the best idea, Jacob. Sam said his voice filled with authority. You could hurt her. She won't be safe, with you just now phasing and all.
I can't leave her alone. I promised her I would come back when I left Quil's. She needs me Sam, I can't leave her.
I think she'll be fine for a week or two.
What do you mean? I can't see her for two weeks? What about school! That isn't going to happen! I yelled through my thoughts, if that was possible.
Jake, I understand. I really don't want to have to forbid you from seeing her. She seems to not be going through too good of a time. I want somebody going with you.
Embry? I asked. I knew Bella was the most comfortable around him.
All right, Jake. Let's run by your house, get you some clothes, and break the news to Billy. Embry said.
Oh yeah, we'll probably have a bonfire sometime soon. Refresh the legends in your mind and Bella should probably hear them too, Sam informed us.
Embry and I left, heading towards my house. After he explained how to get to back to human-form, I told Billy. He seemed happy enough that I was finally part of the pack. He explained how I was the proper alpha, but since Sam was first he took that place. He said that if I wanted to be alpha, I could be. I didn't want to, I was glad that Sam took that spot. Billy let us go and we took my Rabbit down to Bella's house.
The door wasn't locked when we got there, so Embry and I walked in. When Bella saw me with Embry, she got that confused look on her face.
"What are you doing here?" She asked, and then realized that it didn't sound very nice. "Oh, I mean… It's not that I don't want you here… I was just curious why you were here." She said, backtracking.
"No problem, Bella. I know what you mean, but maybe Jacob should tell you…" Embry said.
"Yeah, I phased," I said not very enthusiastically.
"You did? That's so cool! Are you okay with that? I mean…" She started.
"Oh, no. It's cool, but the reason Embry is here is because Sam doesn't trust me being alone with you. He thinks I'll phase and hurt you."
"You wouldn't hurt me, Jacob. I don't think you could hurt a fly," she said having full confidence in me like always.
The rest of the night was slightly tense with Embry around. Bella was a bit more reserved and didn't talk as much. At around nine, I decided that Embry probably would get in trouble if he wasn't home soon.
"Oh yeah, Sam says that we're going to have a bonfire this weekend. He wants you to come so you can properly learn the legends. I understand if you're uncomfortable with coming though, Bella."
"Uh, I don't know. Maybe. I'll see you tomorrow. Wait, will you be at school?" She asked.
"I should be. I'll pick you up around the same time, okay?" I told her.
"Yeah, sounds good. See you tomorrow! Bye Jake! Bye Embry!" She shouted since we had already made our way down the driveway.
If Embry wasn't with me, I probably would've stayed over longer. I probably would've stayed the night. I had a feeling that Sam wanted me back in La Push though so he could talk to me. He was used to people not knowing about the phase and freaking out.
I was fine with it. I had just wanted to make sure that Bella was okay with it. She already knew about it too, but I don't know if she really realized that it was going to happen to me too.
I still wasn't positive if Sam was going to let me go to school tomorrow. I'd have to ask him when I got back home. Hopefully he would. I didn't think Bella would be comfortable going all by herself quite yet. She was healing slowly, but she wasn't there yet.
BPOV
So, Jake had finally phased. I had to admit that I was a bit freaked out by it, but I wouldn't tell Jake that. I just wondered what it was like. Turning into a big, hairy dog on a regular basis. I didn't know how those La Push guys made it through life without taking a trip to insane asylum.
Things had been a bit awkward since Embry was there. Don't get me wrong, I liked Embry. I was slowly being able to get closer to him. I just couldn't open up the way I did around Jacob.
At least Jake would be at school tomorrow. I was a bit scared to go back again.
My phone rang, making me jump out twenty feet. Figuring it was Jacob saying he was home, I didn't bother looking at Caller ID.
"Hey," I said.
"Bella? It's Angela! How are you? You sort of just fell off the face of the earth! All of a sudden we hear that you're in the hospital and the Cullens left. No one could get a hold of you, and then we hear that you're going to the Quileute school? Is that true? Why didn't you want to come back to Forks High? Did we do something wrong? I'm sorry, I'm rambling. I just want to know if you're okay," Angela finally ended.
"I'm fine. I was going through a rough time. I am going to the Quileute school. It wasn't anything any of you did. There are too many memories there…" I told her, trying not to give away too many details.
"Can we hang out Bella? I miss you so much! You don't know how hard it's been trying to put up with Jessica and Lauren without you!"
"I don't know, Angela. I'm busy. Maybe we can… I miss hanging out with you too." It was true, I did miss her. I just knew that I would end up telling Angela the truth, or part of the truth, if I saw her.
I tried to figure out if this was a bad thing. Telling a girl, one of my old best friends, about everything didn't sound too horrible. I didn't think Angela would tell anybody. Maybe it wouldn't be too bad to tell her.
"Hello? Bella? Are you still there?" She asked impatiently.
"Yeah, I'm here. Sorry, I was daydreaming. What did you say?"
"I said that I'm free this weekend. Maybe we can go to a movie or go shopping or something."
"I don't know, Ang. I'll talk to Charlie, okay? I'll call you tomorrow."
I hung up before Angela could persuade me anymore.
