I drove up Jake's driveway and parked my bike. I took a deep breath before going to find him. I didn't know if I should go in the garage or knock on the door to their house. I decided to go for the house. I knocked on the front door, and Billy answered.

"Bella!" He said surprised and delighted.

'hey Billy." I said.

"Please come in." he said opening the door wider. "How are you?" he asked. I felt moved. The concern in his voice seemed like he truly cared.

"I-I…im doing better thanks. How bout you?" I said, trying to match the concern in my voice.

"Im doing well. Jake has been kind of moody lately, but other than that it's all good." I bit my lip and nodded. His moodiness was because of me, and it's making Billy stressed and tired. Man, how I can ruin peoples lives. I thought.

"Bella?" he asked me.

"Yea?" I replied shaking my self out of my thoughts. "Come on. Come sit. Jake is out with the boys. He should be back soon though. I haven't gotten to talk to you for a while." He said waving me over to the table. I felt a wave of nervousness come over me, but I ignored it. This is Billy. He is practically my second dad. I thought to myself. I sat down across from him and we stared at each other for a minute before Billy began. "I heard you have quite some powers." I looked at him shocked. "Yea. Yea I do."

He nodded. "Then, you know that you will need all the help you can get. That you don't have to run away. The boys are made to protect." I was about to protest when he put up his hand to stop me. "You can't just let go this easily Bella. They are tied to you. In more ways than one. They love you like a sister, and their natural defense is to protect you. Now, Sam may overstep the boundaries, but they all know the risk. The more you ignore the problem, the less you will be ready when the time comes to fight him." I nodded. Of course, I understood but it was so hard to accept. To let my family participate in my fight, a fight that they could die in. How was I supposed to deal with this?

"I….im not trying to run away or ignore the problem. I just…I can't wrap my head around the fact that im letting the ones I love risk their lives for me. They shouldn't have to fight because im the one who started it, and I will be the one to finish it." This time, he nodded. "Which is why you ran away." He concluded. I nodded, confirming his statement.

"Im so tired of their distrust in me. I mean, it used to be so simple, like I was living in a fairytale. I know what I did was wrong. Running away wasn't a good choice, but they just can't understand my intentions. I know I hurt them, and I know I lost some of their trust by sneaking away, but what else was I supposed to do? I am…I was so tired of trying to explain it to them when I could barely explain it myself. They expect too much of me. They think im some kind of person im not. I feel so lost and fed up with all of this crap. I can't go anywhere without them freaking out on me. I can't walk out of my own house, without being called a thousand times making sure I am ok. I hate being treated like I need to be saved because I don't" I said while pounding my fist on the table. I felt exhausted and relieved to tell someone how I felt. Billy put a hand on my fist. "Look Bella. I know it's hard, but I know you can do it. I believe in you. They believe in you. It's not about living up to the standard they created for you; it's about living up to the standard you want to live. You can't change the past Bella; you can only change the future. And if you ever need somewhere to run away, you are always welcome to run here. The spare key is above the front door on the little ledge." I nodded, and started to get teary eyed. Billy looked at me and smiled. "One last thing. We all know you are capable of protecting yourself. I think you proved that more so by running away and coming back looking better than ever, Jakes phrase of words, not mine." He said. We both laughed a little and he continued. "By coming back looking refreshed and more in control, I think it made them realize that you didn't need them. So I think they are trying to…cling onto you, so to speak. They feel like they are loosing you Bella. You are such a wonderful, beautiful, and courageous girl. I think they are starting to realize they can't lose you. It seems that you are the 'spark of life'. Once again, Emily and jakes words, not mine." I chuckled.

"Thank you Billy."

"Anytime Bella. Remember, you are always welcome here." He said before heading to the living room. I sat there for a minute thinking about everything Billy and I talked about. I let out a breath and stood up. Jake was probably still with the guys, so I decided to head home. I said goodbye to Billy and walked out the front door.

"Bella?!" I head Jake call.

I looked up to see all of the guys standing there. "Jake." I ran to him. We both hugged each other tightly. I melted into his chest. I didn't realize how much I missed him.

"Im so sorry, I just…I was a jerk. What are you doing here?" he asked quickly. I wiped my tears and looked at him.

"Well you called, and I wanted to talk to you. I was going to call but I decided to come over instead and you weren't here, but Billy and I talked…and I just…yea." I said out of breath. He smiled that 'Jake smile' and wiped away my tears.

"Im sorry for spazing out about everything." I said to Jake. "I was just so overwhelmed, and the confidence level you had in me….the confidence level you all had in me was almost non existent that I was so mad and so hurt…that I just…blew." I said to all of them. I noticed Sam looking at me with sad loving eyes. I didn't know if I truly forgave him. He hurt me so much more than the boys. I still can't get the words out of my head. Of course im his imprint and we are supposed to end up together for ever, yada ya, but having a reason to be mad, made the whole pull of imprints to be a lot easier to ignore.

"It's ok Bella. We should be the ones begging for forgiveness." Before he could say anything else I stopped him. "It's ok. Truce?" I called and held out my hand. "Truce." He said and then took my hand and wrapped me into a hug. I smiled and looked at everyone. "Good to have you back Bells!" all of the guys and Leah said. I laughed and joked around with them. Sam was quite the whole time. We all hung out in Jake's garage for a while, but then everyone started to leave. I noticed it would soon end up being Sam, Jake and I, and I did not want that to happen. I was nowhere near knowing to forgive Sam or not.

"Hey Jake? Can we walk for a little? I wanna talk to you." I said. I could feel Sam's stare on me the whole time. It was like his eyes were burning a hole into me.

"Sure." He said getting up from the couch. He quickly gave Leah a kiss goodbye and then followed me to the beach to talk.

"So what's up bells?" Jake asked with his hand in mine while we walked on the beach.

"I don't know." I said taking a breath of fresh air. "I just miss this. I miss us hanging out like old times. I miss the old times." I said with pure honesty.

"Me too." I heard Jake murmur. We walked in comfortable silence for a little till Jake spoke up. "So what did you and my dad talk about?" he said with a smile.

I shook my head. "Nope. You don't get to know. He just gave me some advice, and I got everything off my chest. It felt really good to talk to him. I haven't talked to him like that since I was a kid." Jake looked at me funny.

"When did you talk to my dad like that when you were a kid?"

I blushed. "Right before Renee took me to move away from here." I confessed.

Jakes mouth was gaping. I nodded to him and continued. "That day, Renee told me to pack up so we could get out of here. I asked if I could go see you, to say goodbye. But she refused. So when she left me to pack I snuck out my window, and went to go see you."

*FLASHBACK*

"Bella, honey, come on. You got to go pack. We should leave before your father gets home." Renee said.

"But mommy. Why are we leaving without daddy?" little Bella asked.

"Look sweetie, mommy and daddy…don't love each other anymore. And when people don't love each other anymore, they move away. So I am taking you and me, and leaving." She said scooting me towards the stairs. I stayed where I was and looked at Renee with tear glistened eyes.

"But mommy. I want to stay here. I want to stay with daddy. I don't want to leave. What about Jakey and Le-le? And everyone else?! I want my friends" I wailed.

"Bella!" Renee said with a firm grip on my upper arm. I tried to twist and turn out of her grip to relieve the pressure, but that only caused her to tighten her grip. "Go up ad pack Bella. We are leaving and that's final. We don't have time to say goodbye to Jake and Leah. You will make new friends by our new home." She said a little kinder. The tears started to pour out of my eyes. "Go Bella." She said with a harsh tone. I quickly ran upstairs while tears were pouring down my cheeks. When I got into my room, I slammed the door and sat on my bed. I tried to come up with a plan but all I thought about was running to Jakes house, so that's what I did. I opened my window as quietly as I could and climbed out of my window. I used the trees branches to help me down, and then I took off running towards Jake's house. When I got there, I pounded hard on the front door as the tears came down more quick.

"Bella?" Billy asked

"Uncle Billy" I wailed.

"Come in honey. Where are your parents? Its ok Bella, calm down." he said wheeling himself from the door to inside the house. He tried to comfort me so I could talk more clearly.

"Where's Jakey?" I cried out.

"He's not here. He's out with Embry and Quil." He said rubbing my back while I sat on his lap.

"No, I need him." I cried.

"Ok Bella, its ok honey. What's wrong?" he asked me.

"Mommy. She is taking me away. She…said…mommy and daddy…don't love each other anymore." I sobbed.

"Shhh Bella baby. It's ok." He said over and over.

"I don't wanna gooo." I cried over and over.

"Bella sweetie. You won't leave forever. When you grow older, I can bet you the world you will be back here. Right here, in Jakes arms." He said quietly in my ear.

"You bet the world?!" I said teary eyed and shocked. He chuckled a little and nodded. "Yup. I bet the whole wide world." He said sweetly. I put my head on his chest and just sat there letting the tears fall.

"Im going to miss you guys."

"I know Bellsey. We will miss you too. But no matter how far you go, we will always love you." He said.

"How?" I asked curious.

"How will you know?" he asked. I nodded. He sat me up straighter in his lap. "Because we will always be right here." He said putting a hand over my heart. "Even if you can't see us, you will always know we are there, because we love you and we would never EVER give up on you." I nodded and started to calm down.

"But I need to tell Jakey." I said wiping my tears.

"Don't worry about it Bells, I will tell im for you. He will understand." I let out a small sob and nodded. Billy looked at the time. "You should get going Bells; your dad should be home soon." He said taking me off his lap. I nodded and started to cry again.

"Hey." He said softly.

"We are with you. Always." He said, putting a hand over my heart again. I gave him a big hug and kiss and then left Jake's. I climbed back up to my room, when I heard mommy and daddy yelling. "Bella!" I could hear her yell.

"We are leaving! Let's go!" She yelled from downstairs. I looked around to see I haven't packed anything. I quickly took out a bag and stuffed a bunch of my belongings in there. I could still hear mommy and daddy fighting so I wrote daddy a note. I took out a piece of paper from my desk and grabbed a crayon. I drew me and daddy holding hands. 'Love you' I put in my neatest handwriting. I didn't have time to do anything else because mommy barged through my room and swooped me up into her arms, and took my bag from the bed and ran downstairs. "Bella!" my dad shouted. I looked at him and started to cry.

"Daddy!" I whimpered and cried.

"Love you Bells!" He yelled as my mom through me into the car.

Renee was about to open the door to her side, when I decided to quickly unbuckle myself, open the door, and run into my dads arms. "Love you too." I wailed. "Forever." I said, thinking of Billy. Renee quickly took me out of Charlie's arms and stuck me into the car once again. This time I just sat there. I thought I did enough damage. I just made sure that my daddy knew I loved him. Before I knew it, we were out of Forks and somewhere else.

Jake sat there shocked. We were sitting on the beach together watching the sunset. I was laying in-between his legs with his body against mine while his head rested on my shoulder. "So are you sure everything is ok? I mean, I know you talked to my dad but im here you know." He said looking down to me. I looked up to meet his eyes and smiled. "Yea, Im good. Your dad really helped. And im sorry I didn't tell you about talking to him earlier." He kissed the top of my head.

"No, it's my fault. Im sorry I wasn't there, both of the times, to help you when you needed me." I laughed a little. "Ok. So we are both sorry. Forgive and forger?" I asked him hopefully. He looked at me and smiled. "Yea. Forgive and forget." He said hugging me tighter. We stayed like that on the beach for a while. That's the thing with my relationship with Jake- and Embry, and Quil. I could kiss them on the lips and it still wouldn't be awkward. We would both be cool about it and still be friends. We would know that we were best friends. Jake hugging me and kissing me like that was normal. I think we've both kissed each other on the lips quite a few times. Actually I was Quil, Embry, and Jake's first kiss, and Jake was mine. The four of us all made a pact to stay together forever. It still stands today. Forever means forever. Billy taught me that. I thought about all those great times with the three of them. When the sun finally set and I finally checked the time, I saw it was almost 6:30. I told Jake I had to head home for Charlie, so we started to walk back.