I bounced out of the house and down the porch stairs with a smile on my face. As i walked with Paul though, I found my smile quickly fading. The atmosphere was changing and I watched as Paul fought an internal battle.

"So…" I said awkwardly. I kept my hands in my front pockets and walked alongside him.

"Bella, I know I say this a lot but you have no idea how sorry I am." He whispered.

I bit my lip and stared at the ground. We were inching closer and closer to the beach. As the sand hit out feet I slipped off my shoes and dug my feet in the sand.

"Bella?" he questioned after a while.

I stared out in the water and let out a breath.

"You can't keep doing this to me Paul." I said in a shaky voice.

"Bella..." he pleaded.

"No, you don't get it." I said in a fiercer tone.

"I've forgiven you…ive forgiven you all so many times, and truthfully I'm getting tired of it. My heart can only expand so much Paul." I told him.

"I know Bella, but it's just…I finally had you back ya know? And then all of the sudden you are all cuddly with Seth and it just made me so angry."

"It's always made you angry." I cut in.

We were silent for a while just walking along the beach.

"You hurt me Paul." I admitted after a few more minutes of silence.

"I know and-…"

"No!" I cut in again and looked at him.

"You don't get it Paul. No matter how many times you say you do, you don't. You didn't just hurt me; you hurt Seth and hell, you even hurt Sam!"

Paul looked at me with guilty eyes.

"Do you know how many times ive went crying to Sam? How many times ive broken into little pieces because you've made me feel like I had to choose between you and Seth?"

Paul's face flashed with hurt but he didn't say a word. I let out a breath and turned my head to wipe away a tear.

"Tell me what I can do to make this up." He pleaded.

I wiped another falling tear. My heart was aching with pain- not only for me, but for Seth and Sam.

"I don't know Paul." I said sadly as we continued to walk.

"Hey." He said grabbing my arm and pulling me to face him.

"I can't stand this. I can't stand knowing how bad I hurt you, but what I can't stand the most is being without you any longer."

I closed my eyes and tried to take a few deeps breaths. I don't know if I could do it. I want to forgive him so bad, but was I really strong enough? Could I really let him back in only to possibly know he would let me down again?

"Please Bella." He whispered in my ear as he hugged me to him.

"Please, I will make this up to you. I promise I will make this up to you…just please. I need you to stick with me. You just can't give up on my yet. I'm a work in progress." He said with a small sad smile as he pulled away.

I rolled my eyes at his corny comment and wiped away the last of my tears. My head nodded to him and I huddled my body into his side. His whole body then froze and he waited for clarification.

"Ok, we can try it again…just…don't- don't let me regret this ok?" I asked softly.

A million dollar grin spread across his face and he picked me up and swung me around. He yelled out in pure joy and had me laughing with him for the first time in ages.

"I won't let you down Bella. I'm going to try so hard you are going to be amazed." He said smirking.

My heart began to feel normal again and I smiled back a bright grin.

We walked down the rest of the beach just talking and goofing off. I learned that he was thinking of proposing to Emily soon but wasn't sure how to. He kept asking me for advice and I was quite surprised to say the least. We talked like any brother and sister would. The fight and make up just moments ago didn't seem to have any impact on our talk down the beach and to say the least, Paul seemed relieved.

As we were walking back, we found the rest of the pack, including the imprints, setting up on the beach.

"Hey." I said with a smile at Sam.

Sam caught my eye for a second and when he saw I was happy and hadn't ripped Paul to pieces, he walked over to me and gave me a mind blowing kiss and hug.

"I missed you too." I laughed.

"Everything good now?" he murmured in my ear.

"As good as it's going to get." I told him kissing his cheek and moving on to say 'hi' to everyone else.

I talked with Leah and Kim for a while. I was never really close with them, but they were actually two great people. Eventually Kim walked off to find Jared and Leah and I sat on the beach.

As we continued to talk I could see why Jake imprinted on her. She was a really boyish girl and loved to do things her way. She didn't take crap from everyone and stayed away from all the girl drama stuff. Yet even with all of these boy like traits she was a soft and sympathetic human…or well wolf. She laughed and brought up funny things about Jake, and she didn't mind how close Jake and I were or are. She made everything seem easy going and wasn't judgmental.

"Hey you two." Emily said sitting down beside me.

"Hey." Leah and I responded politely.

The three of us found a common ground again and began talking nonstop. By the time it was time to set up and eat, the smile on my face seemed permanent.

I laughed harder than it ever seemed before as us girls got all the food set up while the boys got the bon fire ready.

At times, I found Sam watching me intently and I just arched an eyebrow and smiled at him. Every time he would shake his head blushing a little and then let a small smile spread across his face.

We were about done when the boys were, and they all ran over to get a plate. Thankfully all of the girls got one before we called the boys, so we went down to sit and eat.

After we all ate Seth came behind me and hugged me tight.

"Hey you." I smiled and hugged him back.

"Sorry I put you in that position. I just…I don't know what came over me and I just didn't want to lose you, and it seemed like I was and it just really hurt. But Bella, you gotta know I really am sor-" He whispered to me.

I looked at him in question and then it clicked. He was talking about with Paul.

"It's ok." I smiled, while cutting him off with a kiss on the cheek.

"Wanna go for a swim?" he asked.

My smile spread and I shook my head in excitement.

"Let's go!"

We laughed and ran to the cold blue water. Both of us screamed at the temperature of the water and began making big splashes.

As the sun was setting, everyone came over to Seth and me and joined us in our fun. Sam had me twirling in the air while we all laughed with high spirits.

When he set me down I kept my arms around his neck and looked up into his big brown eyes.

"I love you." I cooed.

He smiled and kissed me hard. "I love you too."

After all the fun and giggles died down, the boys started up the fire and we all attempted to dry off. My hair was soaked and most of my shirt and shorts were too. The guys and Leah were mostly dried off because of their warm temperatures.

"Come here" Sam said, stepping behind me so I could lay against his chest.

Within minutes I was feeling warmer with his body heat.

"Warm?" he chuckled as I snuggled into him.

"Mmm, very."

The night ended in happiness. Paul and I turned out ok and everyone found peace in our new found happiness.