A/N I'm really sorry that I haven't updated in a while. There have been a lot of things going on in my life and my grandpa recently passed away so I wasn't in the mood to write. But I'm back now and get ready for the updates to come XD I will try my best to do weekly updates. I will be updating this story as well as Quileute Redemption on either Saturday or Sunday. Enjoy XD

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, SM does.

As he finished speaking, Bella stepped through the trees in her wolf form. The sun glinted off her mahogany fur and her golden paws gracefully walked towards them.

Everyone gasped and Esme's eyes were filled with wonder. "She's beautiful."

Seth and Bella snorted at the same time but for different reasons. Seth felt that that was an understatement while Bella didn't really see the beauty in turning into a giant wolf.

Edward grimaced. "I still can't hear her."

Seth glared at him. "Good. Thoughts are private and should not be known to anyone."

Bella turned around and went back into the trees to phase back. She sprinted back next to Seth. "Believe me now?"

Chapter Twelve: Honey I'm Home

They nodded, all with dumbfounded expressions on their faces. Esme was the first to snap out of it. "Where are my manners? Bella, why don't you and your..friend..come inside?"

Bella wrinkled her nose in displeasure. She wasn't too enthusiastic about being stuck in a house full of vampires. The stench was already unbearable. But she knew that if she wanted their help, she would have to be somewhat civil. Forcing a smile on her face, she followed Esme, dragging a reluctant Seth behind her. The Cullens and their friends brought up the rear.

Bella gasped again when she walked inside the house. The décor seemed to come out of a magazine. With the expensive furniture and antiques, she was almost afraid to touch anything.

Seth, however, wasn't even looking at the house. His eyes were darting everywhere, planning an escape route if things went wrong. He wasn't going to risk anything happening to his mate.

One of the women, who appeared to be the mate of Jasper's friend, looked at Seth curiously. "Is he all right?"

Bella tore her eyes away from the house and rolled her eyes. "Seth, snap out of it. You're being ridiculous!"

Seth snorted. "Yeah? Well tell that to Paul when he's beating me to a pulp because I didn't protect you."

Emmett exchanged glances with the other Cullens, wondering who this Paul was. Was he her boyfriend? He sounded kind of violent. If he found out that this Paul hurt his little sister, he would kill him. "Who's Paul?"

Bella glared at him. He abandoned her and he thinks he can ask about her life? "Not that it's any of your business, but he's my big brother."

Emmett flinched at her words but recovered. "Don't be silly, Bellsy. I'm your big bro."

Bella snorted. "You lost that right as soon as you left me, along with the rest of your so-called family."

Rosalie glared at her. She wasn't going to let Bella talk to her mate that way. "Oh, don't act like you're hurt. It obviously didn't take you too long to move on." Rosalie may not care about Bella, but who could miss the loving looks she kept exchanging with the wolf.

Edward was confused. "What are you talking about Rose?"

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "You haven't seen the happy couple making goo-goo eyes at each other?"

Alice sighed. "Don't be silly, Rosalie. Bella loves Edward and would never betray him in that way."

Bella had managed to remain silent, but Alice's words quickly changed that. She started trembling and almost lunged at her ex-best friend when Seth held her back.

Jasper growled at her. He may have liked this new Bella, but he wasn't about to stand by and watch his mate be harmed.

Bella growled back at him and glared at Alice.

Edward chose this time to speak up. "Bella, love. Obviously, these mutts have had a bad influence on you. But don't worry, that can be easily remedied. Just come back to me, my mate, and I'll try to forget about your…condition."

Now it was Seth's turn to shake as red entered his vision. One word kept repeating in his head…MINE!

Bella placed her hand on Seth's arm and spoke to him soothingly. Slowly, he calmed down and grabbed Bella's hand for comfort.

Bella turned her gaze on Edward and Alice, glaring at them hatefully. "FYI, Edward is not my mate. Seth is. And the sooner you two get that through your cold dead skulls, the better everything will be."

Everyone's mouth dropped. Bella had never been so bold, she had changed so much since they left. The Denalis were amused, but Peter was full-blown laughing. "This shit is better than soap operas! If only I had popcorn!"

Charlotte sighed. "Peter, you do know you can't eat popcorn, right."

Peter looked like someone had killed his puppy. "Yeah, I know. I can dream, can't I?"

Everyone laughed and the awkward tension ended.

Carlisle turned his attention to Bella. "So, Bella. Why don't you tell us what you've been up to?"

Bella narrowed her eyes. "Don't act like you care. You as well as the rest of this family abandoned me, and now that I show up, you want my life story. I don't think so, I assure you that this 'visit' is strictly business. Now if you excuse me, I have to update my family with what's going on. They tend to worry if I don't check in every once in a while."

And with that, Bella walked out of the house and ran into the trees. Seth almost stood up to follow when he heard her tell him to stay. Normally, he would have followed her anyway, but he could sense that she needed some time alone.

As he looked up, he could see concern etched on Edward's face. "Aren't you going to follow her."

Seth glared at him. "Nothing is going to hurt Bella. She's a werewolf, she's not exactly breakable. Plus, she doesn't like to be coddled." He looked pointedly at Edward when he said this.

Esme looked pleadingly at Seth. "Please, tell me what happened to our daughter when we left?"

Seth almost refused to, but when he saw the look on Esme's face, he changed his mind.

"Bella's going to be really pissed that I told you this…but, what the hell. It's not like she can stay mad at me for long. Or at least I hope so…"

Jasper sent him a wave of encouragement.

"Well, it all started when Doucheward over there broke her heart and left her in the woods…" He was about to continue when all hell broke loose.

"YOU DID WHAT?"

Jasper and Emmett had Edward pinned to a wall and were growling ferociously at him, looking as if they were ready to rip his arms off.

Carlisle looked at Edward sternly. "You told us that she was okay with us leaving. That she didn't want to see us anymore after the incident with Jasper."

Edward sighed exasperatedly. "Of course she wasn't okay with us leaving. But it was for the best. She wouldn't have let go, so measures had to be taken. You know how stubborn she is. So I told her that I didn't want her and that the family wanted nothing to do with her. It was the only way to protect her."

Even Peter was growling now, and he barely knew the little firecracker. How this idiot of a boy thought that telling a teenage girl that they were not wanted was protecting her, he had no idea.

Emmett was shaking with his anger, almost as if he were restraining himself from harming Edward. Jasper on the other hand, had no restraints, he slammed Edward to the ground, and proceeded to beat the hell out of him.

Seth grimaced. "Okay okay guys. As much as I'm enjoying seeing him getting his ass handed to him, the story is far from over."

Alice, of all people, who had remained silent, was the one who had to pull Jasper off of Edward. He could hear her muttering to herself, "Why didn't I see this?"

Seth continued on. "She was out there for hours, until Sam, our alpha, found her. After that she was like a zombie for weeks, she wouldn't eat, sleep or do much of anything. Charlie said that when she did sleep, she would wake up screaming sometimes. After a while, Charlie threatened to send her back to her mom. That was around the time that Jacob started coming around."

Rosalie, of all people, interrupted him. "Who's Jacob?"

Seth was hesitant. "He's her…best friend."

Alice looked deeply hurt by this but quickly hid it.

Jasper, who was still upset but slightly more calm, narrowed his eyes at him. "Why did you hesitate? What aren't you telling us?"

Seth glared at him, it wasn't really the easiest thing in the world to talk about someone else who loved his mate. "As I was saying, Jacob and Bella started hanging out, riding motorcycles, cliff-diving, stuff like that.."

Edward looked at him in shock. "B-Bella rode motorcycles? That's dangerous!"

Peter just grinned. "This girl gets better and better."

Seth sighed. "It was kind of their thing. Bella found some bikes that needed fixing and Jake helped her rebuild them. He's a great mechanic and had them running in no time."

Esme still looked confused. "What's cliff-diving?"

Seth rolled his eyes. "It's when you dive into the water from a cliff that's about a couple hundred feet tall. Kinda stupid really, but hey, Bella was kind of an adrenaline junkie back then."

Esme gasped. "Isn't that dangerous?"

Seth laughed. "That's kind of the point. But Bella was okay, Jake was with her."

Rosalie huffed. "The way you're going on, its almost as if this Jacob kid was in love with her."

Seth remained silent.

Emmett laughed. "Dude, you totally stole her from this guy didn't you? Oh snap! Scandalous."

Seth glared at him. "I did not steal her from him. She didn't even like him that way. She thought of him as a brother."

Emmett snorted. "Whatever you say, man." He sobered up. "So what's the deal with this Paul guy? Is he really Bella's brother?"

Just as Seth was about to answer him, Bella came in giggling, with a twinkle in her eye.

Seth shook his head, wondering what she was up to now.

Rosalie huffed. "There goes that god-awful wet dog smell again."

All of a sudden, Paul strolled in like he owned the place. "Honey, I'm home!" He glanced over at Rosalie and Edward and nodded at them. "Whatup, Fuckward, Rosabitch."

-earlier that day-

Paul was stuck running patrols with Quil and he was about to lose his fucking mind. Now he knew why no one wanted to patrol with him, he was annoying the hell out of him and they'd only been patrolling for a few minutes.

A/N Paul italics, Quil underlined italics

I wonder if Bella and Seth have done it yet. I mean, they're all alone, together, in the woods, with only each other to keep themselves warm…

I swear to God, Quil, if you say one more word, I will not hesitate to kill you.

Quil tsked. Someone sounds a little touchy. Must not have gotten laid in a while. Wait, oh yeah, Bella is your sister. Awww, look at you going all big brother on her.

Quil? Do you have no sense of self-preservation?

Quil shrugged. Yeah, but I know that you would never kill me. Bella loves me, and you wouldn't do anything to rouse the wrath of the almighty Bella.

Paul sighed in disappointment because he was right. For some reason, Bella did not find him as annoying as every other sane person did. She found his presence amusing. And as much as he wanted to tear Quil apart, he knew he wouldn't do anything to hurt Bella.

Quil then began to look ahead. Do you see that? It looks like…yep, sorry man, I think your man card just decided to go on a vacation."

Paul growled but continued to run, trying his best to ignore Quil.

Hey Paul! I just realized something. Bella and Seth are the only mated wolves, They could REALLY do it doggy style.

And with that, Paul's patience ran out and he lunged for Quil, both tumbling around the forest and knocking down trees. They froze when they smelled a sickly sweet scent.

Shit! That's a leech!

Quil and Paul jumped up and followed the scent. As they caught sight of the vampire, they sped up, but the vampire made a sudden turn and they lost the trail.

Did you see what it was carrying?

No, I was too busy trying to catch the leech. I don't give a fuck if it's carrying anything.

You should, he was carrying one of Bella's shirts.

Paul's eyes widened and he took off for Sam's house. As he burst through the doors, Sam looked up at him in exasperation. "No, for the tenth time, you are not going with Seth and Bella."

Paul rolled his eyes. "You might want to rethink that, Alpha. A leech got away, and he had Bella's shirt. With her scent on it, he'll be able to find her in no time."

Sam was speechless for a minute then sprung into action. "All right, Paul. Maybe you should join Bella and Seth for extra protection. We'll have to tighten patrols around here until you get back. Leave right away, I don't want that bloodsucker getting to Bella first."

-time skip-

Paul arrived in no time, only having to follow Bella and Seth's trail. He saw Bella, she must be talking to one of the others. The pack had discovered that Bella could shield her thoughts from the rest of the pack, and only talk to one if she wanted to. Whatever she was talking about, had her really upset because she hadn't even noticed that he was there yet.

Paul huffed to get her attention and she jumped with a startled yelp. He chuckled and waited for her to open her mind to him.

A/N Paul italics, Bella italics underlined

Hey, lil' sis!

OMG! What are you doing here?

Just providing some extra muscle. I don't think Sethy has it in him to handle anything.

Bella mentally rolled her eyes. Cut the bull, Paul. What happened?

Paul sighed and showed her what happened, surprised when she didn't seem that upset.

It's just one vampire, Paul. We can totally take him. You might have been able to get him if it wasn't for you and Quil wrestling like a couple of juveniles.

So, what's been happening around here?

Same old, same old. Bella showed him what had happened between her and the Cullens so far and he growled.

Nice standing up to the Ice Bitch, Bells.

Well, I learned from the best, big bro.

Hey sissy, let's go back, I want to meet this excuse of a family.

Paul, don't start anything.

Who me? Of course not.

-Present Time-

Paul walked a few steps behind Bella, anticipating his plan.

Just as Seth was about to answer something, Bella came in giggling, with a twinkle in her eye.

Seth shook his head, wondering what she was up to now.

Rosalie huffed. "There goes that god-awful wet dog smell again."

All of a sudden, Paul strolled in like he owned the place. "Honey, I'm home!" He glanced over at Rosalie and Edward and nodded at them. "Whatup, Fuckward, Rosabitch."

A/N See? No cliffhanger, kinda, I guess. I know this was mostly a rewrite of everything we already knew, so bear with me. Next chappy will be the end of the question game and then things really interesting. Now review done there, ya know you want to.