Sam's Soul Bonded

AN: I am going to start speeding the plot along. I really love working on this story but it feels a little dragging so plot progression time!

Part Nine

BPOV

I was getting breakfast going when my cell phone rang I turned the stove off before answering it.

"Hello?" I asked into the phone as I didn't know the number.

"Is this Bella Swan?" an older sounding woman said.

"Yes." I answered.

"This is Jessica Hayes the owner of the diner down in Forks, I heard from Charlie that you were looking to buy it when I retire is this correct?" She asked and I could almost hear the eagerness in her voice.

"Yeah me, Leah Clearwater, Emily Young, and Kim Redfeather, decided we want to open a restaurant, then my dad said that the owner of the diner was retiring. So he offered to give you a call." I said.

"My only concern right now is the fact that you are still in High School, Which one of you will be running it primarily?" Jessica asked.

"Kim is, she is taking business classes online at the moment, I plan on doing the same thing when I graduate. Emily and Leah are going to be Managers. Leah will run the front, and Emily will run the back." I said. I could tell I impressed her.

"Charlie was right when he would always brag about you having a good head on your shoulders. I would like to meet with you in person, will Monday at nine be good?" She asked.

"Yes thank you I will let the others know." I said Jessica chuckled.

"I will wait til after our meeting on Monday to make my decision, if I decide to sell it to you I will need your father to co-sign as you are still in school is that alright?" She asked.

"Yes that's fine see you Monday at nine." I said and we hung up.

I looked up to see my amused mate cooking breakfast. I smiled at him as my business partners came in.

"Jessica Hayes will meet with us on Monday at 9:00 am." I said and the girls nodded with smiles on their faces.

"Breakfast is ready ladies." Sam said as he let us get our plates first, before he and the guys got theirs.

"Alright now that we have our possible location, we still need to figure out menus, and such, also looking around for other locations in case the diner is a no go." Leah said.

"I think for the restaurant side we should stick with comfort foods and good home cooking. For the Bakery we should sell muffins, cupcakes, and other sugary goodness. We can go to a real estate office later on today and see if they have any commercial properties for lease." Emily said.

"If we can we should stay close to the business district, we should also think small as well for the first two years. As those are the hardest years starting out. We should also consider who we would hire if we can't get the diner. Any ideas?" I asked as I still didn't know many people in this town.

"We can't do anything else that requires contract signing until Charlie gets back as Bella is still in school. So we will now talk about menu ideas. Any ideas?" Kim asked.

"lets think about how many hours we will be open during a day first. I think we should start with being open for Breakfast and Lunch during the week, and then on the weekends we will be open for dinner. That way it won't tire us out too much, and those still in school or have other jobs can get their work done." Emily said.

"Works for me. Next we need to tackle marketing and advertising. Where do we want to advertise it, what age base are we aiming for, what specials do we want. And are we going to give discounts to people?" I asked.

"Internet, and fliers to start with for advertising, I think all ages to aim for but mainly we will want the working people to want to come for good filling food. For specials we can come back to that when we know where we will be location wise. For discounts employees definitely get one, one for the police force for now." Leah said.

We worked for the next three hours refining our plan until Sam came out and made us all lunch. I felt bad about him having to cook for all of us, but this was important to us. Just as he was heading back into his office I got up and hugged him tightly.

"Sorry about leaving the cooking duties to you." I said. Sam bellowed out a laugh.

"Honey I am used to cooking for lots of people, what you girls are doing is important to you. So that makes it important to me to support you in this. Now go back to work, Paul and Jared are preparing food for tonight's bonfire." Sam said shooing me back to the table.

After a few more hours of brainstorming we stopped planning to enjoy the weekend. Angela came over with her overnight clothes and we got our homework done for the weekend so that we could enjoy it more.

"I am so nervous about tonight." Angela confessed as we put our hoodies on.

"I am too, but it is important as well." We went downstairs and I saw my dad, Billy, and Harry with the pack and the rest of the elders.

"I guess I will be going back tonight huh?" I asked my dad.

"Nope, we will go back to fishing on Tuesday, we are here for the pack bonfire and to help you girls with your business strategy." Dad said. I looked at my partners and they all nodded their heads yes.

"We could always use the input of people more experienced. We will leave you with what we have figured out so you can look it over this weekend, and go over it with us on Sunday night." I said to dad.

"Well lets get to the bonfire already!" Billy said with his usual grin.

The bonfire was spent really as a way to introduce Jake, Angela, and Quil as new wolves. And to introduce Leah and myself as imprints. After the food prepared by Jared and Paul was consumed we all sat down to listen to the history, as legends doesn't fit anymore, of the tribe. I sat contently in Sam's arms as I let the stories wash over me.

Soon the fire died down and it was time to go back up to the house. I reluctantly left my cozy spot and followed everyone else up to the house. I went into Sam's office and grabbed the papers outlining what we have come up with so far.

"Here you go dad! See you Sunday night!" I told my dad with a wide grin.

"You look really happy Bells." Dad said with a wide smile.

"I am! He treats me like an equal!" I said as I hugged my dad goodbye.

"I love you Bells." He told me.

"I love you too dad." I said as I watched him leave.

Sam and I went to bed shortly after he left.

EPOV

'It is so not fucking fair! Why did Jake and Quil ditch me for that bastard Sam!' I snarled in my head as I watched my ex best friends at the bonfire from afar. I felt myself shake uncontrollably as anger like never before coursed through me. I felt something strange build up in me as I ran I barely made it halfway through the woods before I fursploded.

'What the fucking hell!' I yelled only it came out as a howl. I began panicking I was pretty sure I was not supposed to have four legs and a tail.

'Embry calm down! I will explain when I get there man!' I heard Jake's voice in my mind followed by Quil's.

'It is intense but awesome!' Quil added as a Russet wolf, and a Chocolate Brown wolf bounded over to me.

I listened in disbelief for two hours as they told me about the legends I was never allowed to hear before. I almost didn't believe it, but the proof was in front of me. Finally after four hours I phased back to human.

"Sorry we had to avoid you man! New Shape shifters are very volatile as the wolf brings stronger instincts. Although you may be a true brother to one of us, what do you think Quil?" Jake asked as they phased back and put on shorts. That reminded me that I was still naked.

"I guess it's cool now, but uh can I get some clothes!" I said with a blush as I finally took in the fact that I was taller, and broader now.

"Well his mom never did say who his father was, so the council never considered him one of us before." Quil answered as he pulled an extra pair from a string on his leg.

"We tend to shred clothes when we phase so we just wear shorts for the most part. There are hidden nooks throughout where we keep extra shorts." Jake said as we then headed out.

"Can I stay with one of you? I really don't want to see my mom just yet." I said

My relationship with Kay Call was tempestuous at best. Quil and Jake always took it upon themselves to look after the half-breed outsider. I never showed it much but I always appreciated it.

"Sure man! You are always welcome at our houses you know that." Jake said and Quil nodded.

I rushed them in a sudden hug, I knew I would be ribbed for it later but right now I needed this. They hugged me back we staid in that group hug for a few minutes before we pulled back. We headed over to Jake's where Charlie and Billy were playing poker with Harry Clearwater in the kitchen.

"Em Phased. Do you know who his father possibly is?" Jake asked, he was always the overprotective one.

All three men shared a look before nodding. "We believe that Joshua Uley was the most possible Candidate. We never said anything because we didn't think the Cullen's would come back or that you could phase." Billy said.

So the man I was always talking bad about is possibly my big brother. Would he even want the outsider, would he even care? Jake pulled me into a one armed hug, Quil came up on the other side of me and did the same.

"Sam would love to have you as his little brother. We will go over tomorrow and explain what the council said." Jake soothed as he sensed my unease.

"Go to bed you three I will call Joy and let her know where Quil is." Billy said with a smile at us.

To say I practically lived at either Quil's or Jake's would be an understatement. My mom could barely care less as she was always busy working or dating random losers who would be nice enough to her until they met me then they would run in the other direction.

Since Jake's room was to small to fit all three of us we all wound up camping out in the living room. Normally we would stay up all night telling jokes and stories, but tonight we were to wiped to do so.

SPOV

I had a feeling something was different as soon as I woke up. A good different like the kind I felt almost a week ago when I found my Bella. Speaking of whom she looked peaceful, but I needed to get up. I need to find out who my new pack brother was, I heard the howl but just let Jake and Quil handle it.

I heard the door open and sighed as I had to get up and meet Jake, Quil and who smelled like Embry, my possible brother. Growing up I always felt that Embry was familiar to me somehow, and when I phased my wolf claimed him as family. I would have said or done something if I had solid proof outside of a hunch.

"Go down already our pups need you!" Bella grumbled as she looked up at me sleepily.

"already think of them as yours?" I asked with a smirk.

"Well I am technically the Den Mother" Bella said as she got up and grabbed a change of clothing. I sighed as I got up and went downstairs.

Jake and Quil was already in the middle of making breakfast, Embry was sitting nervously at the kitchen table.

'Pack! Brother!' Wolfie snarled ecstatically as he finally got close enough to tell.

Embry looked up shocked I guess his wolf was doing the same. Bella came down behind me just then.

"Quil and Jake let's go for a walk and let these two bond." Bella said as she hugged me from behind.

Quil and Jake each gave Embry a hug before following Bella. Once they were gone I finished making breakfast before I dished out heaping plates for both of us. I sat down after I handed him his own plate.

"For years now I have felt that you were familiar to me. I had my suspicions that you were my brother. But until today I never had solid proof to go on. So I never confronted your mother on it, it never sat well with me how she would leave you for hours or even days on end. At least you had the Black's and Ateara's looking out for you. I won't push for a relationship if you don't want one but you at least deserved to hear the truth." I said.

Whenever I would picture having this conversation the words always came out easier than they did just now. And it would either go with him accepting me in his life as his brother, or him denouncing me. Embry looked at me closely before nodding to himself.

"Can we get a blood test done to know for sure before I make my decision. And if we are brother's can I stay here right now if I see my mom I might just kill her on accident." Embry said with a voice that barely held in his emotions.

"Of course you can but we will have to get Kay to sign over guardianship to me. That might be better in the long run because the council is strict about who may know our secret and who may not." I said and we ate in silence.

Bella, Quil and Jake came in from the back and Bella smiled at Embry before she sat by him with her plate. Bella exchanged small talk with Embry and even managed to get him to smile. I knew then that she will be looking out for him as much as she can.