I gasped and jumped. I knew it was Sam. I could it was him because the spark I felt when his hand touched me. It would spread throughout my whole body making me feel warm and cozy.

"Sorry" he muttered.

"I-Its ok." I stuttered. "What are you doing here?" he said in a stern yet caring voice.

"I was ummm…going for a jog." I said to him, not looking into his eyes. I felt a pang of guilt for lying to him, go through my body. I guess he could sense it too because his face turned hard and he lifted my chin to look at him. His eyes showed love but his face was masked with anger.

"Please don't lie to me" he said. "It hurts me when you do." He said as he squeezed his eyes shut.

I didn't know what to say to that. "I-I'm sorry."

He opened his eyes quickly. His face was a mixture of confused and loving. "Y-you're sorry?"

"Yes. Is that a bad thing? I didn't mean to hurt you…I just…umm…" I said while trying to think of an excuse without lying. I then realized what I was wearing and the marks I had all over my body.

Panic racked my body and it was like he could feel it to. I quickly turned around before he could get a glimpse of my body.

"I...Umm... I have to go. I will talk to you later!" I said as I was running up to the house. As I thought of the damage the vampire did to my body. I began to felt the pain. Geezz, I guess mind over matter really is true. I thought. I didn't stop running to my house in case Sam was following me. I made it all the way to the front door till I realized I told Charlie I was going to bed and snuck out my window.

Crap. This is not going to be good. I made my way to the side of the house, where my bedroom window was. How can I get up there without using my powers? There was a tree right near the window. I thought about climbing it.

My body protested with pain. I needed to get into my room A.S.A.P. I felt like I was about to pass out and couldn't stand up much longer. A pain ripped through my stomach and I wrapped my arm around myself while standing against the tree.

"Bella?!" I heard.

"Shit, why now." I mumbled.

"Yea?" I whispered while shutting my eyes in pain.

"Are you ok?" Sam said with concern in his eyes.

"Mmmhhmmm" I mumbled while holding my ribs. The pain was so bad it felt like someone was trying to pull out my ribcage. Sam looked at me to the window and back. "Did you climb out your window or something?"

"Yea" I panted in pain.

"Bella, I think we should get you to the doctors. You look like hell."

"Gee, thanks Sam." I said sarcastically

"Come on." He took my arm that was bracing against the tree and wrapped it around his neck.

"Ahh. No Sam! Stop!" I said in a loud voice.

"Bella! Relax. I'm just going to take you to my car so I can drive you to the hospital."

"No." I said while clenching my teeth together. "No hospital. No doctors. I will be fine, I just need to sleep on it, that's all."

His face showed total doubt and he didn't let go (not that I wanted him to.)

"Seriously Sam. I will be fine. Don't worry. I just need to get back up to my room, change and then go to bed." I said while trying to smile to prove that I was fine.

He looked hesitant. "Bells…" he started. I smiled a little.

'Bells.' He called me by my shorter nickname rather than 'Bella'. I took arm away from his neck and walked towards the tree.

"Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I just have to gather the energy to climb up this tree." I said. I knew I couldn't do this without using my power, but if I was to do that…well Sam was here, and I didn't want him to find out about me.

He backed up. "Okay then, well I will just wait here till you climb up the tree so I know your ok. And don't even think about refusing because I am staying and if you don't like it then I will take you to the hospital." He said confidently.

I stood there shocked. He seriously just threatened me with going to the hospital.

I huffed. "Finnee. Whatever. I'm going up now anyways." I turned towards the tree and grimaced.

I waited there for a few seconds, contemplating how to get myself up to the first branch. Behind me, I heard a chuckle. I turned to see Sam standing a few feet behind me with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. I gave him my best death glare, and the smirk was immediately wiped off his face. I turned back around to the tree and sighed. I needed to get up there but I couldn't do it. The more I stood in front of the tree trying to think of ways I could get up there, I felt like I was slowly fading away. I decided to use my power…

"Sam. Will you…"

He was in front of my face in a matter of seconds. His closeness was unbearable. His scent was intoxicating. It took me every ounce of willpower to not lean into his chest. His thumb brushed my cheek

"What did you need" he said sweetly.

"I…Umm… will you turn around?" I asked hopefully. He looked at me confused. "Turn around?" he asked.

"Yes, please." I pleaded.

"Ok." He said as he brushed his thumb over my cheek one more time. His back was now facing me and I rapidly used my powers to help me up the tree. I accidentally scraped my knee against the tree.

"Ouch!" I squealed. Once he heard me he quickly turned around. The smell of my own blood made my stomach turn. I moaned in pain and bowed my head hoping to climb up one more branch to get into my room. Sam quickly looked around.

"Bella!" he loudly whispered.

"Oh, Geez. Are you ok. Relax, I will come up and get you."

"No!" I almost shouted before he could climb up the tree.

"Don't, the tree isn't strong enough to hold the both of our weights. I just need a second. I will be fine" I said. My breathing was starting to come back now and I lifted my head. "Bella, are you sure?" he said worriedly.

"I-I….Y-yea. I'm ok Sam."

I climbed up the last branch and made it into my bedroom. I stuck my head back out.

"Thanks Sam." I whispered.

He smiled that amazing smile. "Anytime Bella. But tomorrow, we need to talk." He said warningly.

I swallowed hard. "Sam…" I started.

He shook his head. "No Bells. We are talking tomorrow and that's final." He said in a stern voice. I could now see why he was the alpha. I could hear It in his voice and feel it when I was around him.

I sighed. "Okay Sam. See you tomorrow. Goodnight." I said before shutting the window. I plopped down on the bed, a little too hard, and grimaced in pain.

I slowly sat up and took a deep breath. I then closed my eyes and clenched my hand into a fist. The green light started to flow down my arm and gather to my fist.

I then un-clenched my hand as wiggled my fingers. I carefully touched my finger to the cuts on my arms, shoulders, stomach and legs. My eyes stared to droop and I felt the room start to spin. The green flowy light disappeared from my hand.

Healing takes a lot out of me especially when I'm already weak. I still had to fix my ribs, which I knew were going to hurt like hell when I healed them. Since the fighting took a lot out of my body and I needed to get some sleep, I decided to fix them tomorrow.

I pulled back the covers and snuggled into my bed. As my mind drifted off, I couldn't help but to think about talking to Sam tomorrow. I felt…excited. I mean, I know everything is at stake- him knowing the real me, knowing that I don't belong here and I shouldn't be here- but when I was with him, it was like all of that didn't matter, like I had a place in life as long I was by his side.