Everyone was already inside by the time Sam and I walked in his house.

I gave him a quick kiss as I stood on the first step of the stairs and told him I was going to his room to change out of my bathing suit.

He nodded and told me to help myself to his clothes.

When I got to his room, I slowly opened the door.

The dark green blinds were covering the window, which made the room dark, so I turned on the small lamp he had on his dresser.

His room was cozy. The walls were painted a nice chocolaty smooth brown with nice dark wooded furniture to match.

A nightstand was next to his bed, with a picture of the pack and Sam and I. I smiled and picked up the picture frame. It was outside. We were all standing together at the Bon fire.

I put the picture back in its place.

I went back over to the long wooden dresser and began looking at his shirts and pants.

I decided on a dark blue cotton shirt with some of his checkered boxers. After I changed, I looked in the mirror, which was attached to the dresser, and brushed my fingers through my hair.

It was practically dry, so I didn't even bother doing anything with it.

I took my bathing suit and shut off the light, shutting the door behind me.

Before going to help Emily, I threw my bathing suit in his laundry room to dry.

"Hey. What can I help with?" I asked.

"Well we got the main course, but could you do the dessert?" she asked as Kim was cutting the vegetables.

"Sure!" I said.

Since I thought everyone would be hungry, I decided on making a cake.

Sam's kitchen was huge. It was probably one of my favorite parts of his house.

I mixed the batter, poured it into the pan and I stuck it in the oven to bake. While I waited I rolled out the fondant and made the frosting.

After the cake sat out for a little, I decided to make a cake that had swirls all over it. I guess it kind of reminded me of summer…or the end of it.

I covered it with white whipped vanilla frosting and then stuck on the swirls.

It didn't look bad, but it wasn't a masterpiece.

Dinner was ready and I was done. Perfect timing.

We all ate, laughing and telling jokes. When we were done it was dessert time.

"So Em, what's on the menu for dessert?" Paul asked rubbing his hands together.

"I don't know. Ask Bella. She made something." Emily said cleaning up.

Everyone looked at me, waiting for an answer.

"We are having cake. If that's ok with you? It's a double layered vanilla cake with lightly whipped white vanilla frosting." I said.

"Sounds good." Collin and Brady said.

I smiled and got up to get it.

When I set it down in the middle of the table, everyone gasped.

"What?" I asked concerned.

"Wow." Emily said, while everyone stared at the cake.

She put the knife down and stared at it, just like the others.

"Are you guys ok?" I asked weirded out.

"This is really good Bella." Kim said.

"Thanks." I blushed a little.

"This is fantastic. How did you do this?" Leah asked taking her eyes off the cake and to me.

"I don't know. Sam had some fondant in the pantry and some other stuff." I shrugged.

"Wow." Jared said.

"So are you going to eat it, or just stare at it all night?" I asked waiting to cut it.

That snapped everyone out of their daze and began shouting their orders.

I heard a bunch of "mmhhmm's" and "yumm's" from everyone.

"Bella, you should go into the cake making business." Jared suggested.

My heart sped up a little, and I caught Sam looking at me funny. I looked away from him and back at Jared.

"Thanks Jared." I murmured.

Thinking about the future. What was I going to do? When was I going to do everything?

The words 'mommy' popped back up in my head, thinking about all that. I thought about how Sam wanted kids soon, and to get married, and wants me to go to college. Then I thought about James. He made me shiver. Literally.

There were Goosebumps going up and down my arms just thinking about him.

"Aren't you going to have some Bella?" Seth asked.

"Nah, its ok. I'm pretty full still from dinner." I answered, snapping out of my thoughts.

He nodded and grabbed himself another piece. I found that the cake was practically gone.

I needed to go home soon, so I announced my presence about to leave.

"So I have to go home to Charlie, but I will see you guys later?" I asked, making my way to the door.

"Sure Bells. See you tomorrow, great job on the cake!" Everyone said.

I smiled as I saw Sam coming to walk me to the door. "Did you want a ride?" he asked.

"Nah, I think I am just gunna run or stretch out my powers." I said kissing him goodbye.

"Ok. I will see you tomorrow. I won't see you tonight. I have patrols." He said gloomily.

I nodded and kissed him again.

"Ok, I will see you then. I will give your clothes back tomorrow." I told him while walking out the door.

"Don't. They look good on you." He smiled from the doorway.

I smiled back and blushed. I could hear him chuckle and I rolled my eyes. I waved to him one last time before running down his driveway and to the woods.

I swung from branch to branch, and levitated myself to higher ones. When I got home, I walked through the front door to find Charlie in his favorite chair with the game on and a beer in his hands.

"Hey dad, im home." I announced.

"Alright Bells. How was the beach?" he asked.

"It was good. We went to Sam's after and just ate and chilled."

"Sounds good Bells." He said and then went back to watching the game.

I cleaned up a little and then told him I was going to bed. He grunted and I climbed up the stairs to head to my bed.

I plopped down at my mattress, enjoying the cold sheets hit my body. I closed my eyes and try to fall asleep, but I couldn't shake the thoughts of today.

I sighed and went over to my laptop. I turned it on, and decided to look up some colleges.

There were so many things I wanted to do. I wanted to teach, yet I wanted to bake.

I thought about majoring in teaching, and then doing some baking classes on the side, but that would be a lot of school and a lot of money.

Don't get me wrong, I don't really care about the money. I know I am well off. I have been saving since I was little, but not picking a school in Forks or La Push…or even close by for that matter; and doing double the amount of work/ schooling for two different careers, I don't know if the guys would approve of that.

I sighed. The scholarship in Montana would have been amazing. I would have had free time, and the classes on cooking would have been offered close by there too.

Maybe I should do it? I thought.

No, I can't. I'm Sam's imprint. Do you know how bad that would hurt him? How much it would hurt the pack? I countered.

But I do have powers. I could always take day classes, just like school, and teleport home. I mean I would have the extra class since the scholarship, and if I was to rent an apartment, it's not like anyone would know if im there a lot or not….

I really thought of that option. It was a great option and it seemed to work out, kind of.

So I called Chad.

Ring Ring.

"Hello?" he answered groggy.

"Oh Hey Chad." I said wincing. I forgot it was really late.

"Bella?" he asked more awake.

"Yea."

"Is everything ok?" he asked concerned.

"Oh Yea, everything is great. Its just that summer was ending, and this whole college thing, well…"

"You were still wondering if I kept you scholarship." He finished for me.

"yea." I said laughing a little.

"Oh Bella, I thought I knew you couldn't let it go." He said.

"Yes, I did keep it. I actually wrote them a letter saying you were in a predicament to go because you got a better offer, and they wrote back saying they would put it an apartment for free. Or well I should say money for an apartment. You have a budget, but you could always pitch in your own money, and they said you could pick where ever you wanted it to be."

I gasped. "It seems they really want you." He concluded.

"What did you reply?"

"I said that I would talk to you and you would decide by the last week of summer."

"And they said that was fine, and they would hope to have you."

I smiled. "Wow. This is amazing. Thank you." I told him.

"You're very welcome. I knew you couldn't just toss it aside."

I let out a breath. I was happy. I wanted this, but the thought of Sam and the pack pulled me back into reality and made guilt wash over me.

"Did you want me to write back?" he asked me, cutting me out of my thought process.

"No, thank you. I think I will. But thank you for all you have done." I said grateful.

"You are very welcome Bella. I will have Sarah send the paperwork and stuff in the mail to you. I believe she has your information, am I correct?

"Yes, she does." I said, not really paying attention to him anymore. My thoughts kept wandering to the pack.

"Well I hope to see you again soon." He said. This caught my attention.

I bit my lip. I didn't want to lead him on, but I was grateful for what he did.

"Yea, that would be nice. I'm glad I have such a nice friend like you." I said, stressing the word friend.

"Oh yes." He said sighing.

"Alight, well I will let you get back to sleep, sorry to wake you. Have a good night." I said.

"It's no problem. Good night Bella." He said and then I hung up.

I was too happy, excited, and worried to go to sleep now. I looked up some nice apartments that weren't too expensive and I looked at cooking classes.

Everything was in price range, and a good enough distance. It was practically perfect. Now all I had to do was approve it with Sam and the Pack. I needed to make sure I didn't hurt them too much, but I knew I needed to do this.

I turned off the computer and set it back on my desk.

This was not going to be easy… I thought

I pulled off my covers on my bed and tucked myself in, shutting off my light as I snuggled into bed, letting myself pass out in exhaustion.