"Hey, I'm back." I yelled, coming in from the backyard.

I heard chattering but didn't know exactly what was going on.

"Sam? Jake?" I called making my way though the house.

I found everyone having an intense conversation in the kitchen.

"Hey." I said, breaking up the little pow wow.

Everyone turned to me and the room became silent.

"Bells." Sam said stepping away from everyone and giving me a hug.

I hugged him, but watched everyone else over Sam's shoulder, analyzing them carefully. I noticed Billy was here, which meant it was something big.

"What's going on?" I asked parting away from Sam.

"Hey Billy." I said greeting him with a hug.

He smiled at me warmly and had this…confliction in his eyes?

"Well….we….-" the guys started to say

Everyone started running their hands though their hair; a classic way of saying hold on, we are making up an excuse.

"Sam?" I asked, knowing he wouldn't lie to me.

He looked back, and sighed.

"We are having a pack meeting."

"Oh." Was that supposed to be a big deal? I thought to myself. I walked over to the fridge and pulled out the orange juice. I took out a glass and began to pour the smooth orange liquid into the cup.

"What are you guys talking about?"

Everyone was silent.

I finished pouring my orange juice and looked up at them. Something strange was going on.

"The Cullen's want to mend the treaty."

I screwed the cap back onto the orange juice and walked over to the fridge to put it away.

"Oh, why do they want to do that?"

I was truly confused. Wasn't that a good thing? I mean, it's not like they were bad people. I know they are vamps or bloodsuckers as the pack likes to call them, but they seemed nice and plus they didn't drink human blood. So that's got to count for something.

"Because the bloo-Cullen's…." Sam quickly mended.

He knew how much I hated when he called them that. The Cullen's have been generally nice to me, and I thought since they seem to show a little respect towards the pack, Sam should do the same.

"…believe you are the one to bring us all together." He needed.

I jumped up on the counter and grabbed my juice.

"So what are you going to do?" I asked, taking a sip of my juice.

"We are having a meeting with them tonight. And before you ask, no, you are not coming."

As soon as Sam said those words, my hand tightened around the glass so hard, I thought it was going to break.

"What?" I asked dangerously low.

"No Bella. There is a clan full of vampires. There is no way in hell you are coming."

"So what! I was with all of them when I went to their house!" I yelled jumping down and walking over to Sam.

"And we aren't putting you back into that situation!" he yelled.

I was angry. No. I was furious. I wasn't some little girl that could be pushed around.

Calm down. I kept telling myself. I didn't need to lose control.

I took a breath and looked at Sam. I felt everyone watch us as I stepped closer to him. I observed how ridged his body went. His shoulders were so tense and his hands were clenched into fists.

"Sam, look. I know that you are worried about me. And I know I may not be a werewolf or some indestructible person, but I'm not normal either. I can do this Sam. I want to go. I need to go. You can't keep me in the dark Sam. Whether you like it or not, I am important. Not only to you, but to them."

I took a breath and looked in his eyes. They were still guarded, but were fading into the Sam I knew. My Sam.

"I promise I will stay by you guys. But they need me Sam, just as much as we need them. Trust me. Please. I'm not going to get hurt, and I'm not going anywhere. So just trust me." I pleaded.

His body relaxed and he pulled me into his chest.

"Bella, why." He whimpered.

"Trust me." I whispered, listening to his heart.

He sighed again and ran his hands up and down my back.

"Ok, but you are staying close to us. I want Seth and Jared by you at all times in their wolf form." He commanded.

I smiled up at him and nodded. "Ok."

I gave him a sweet kiss and pulled away to sit back on the counter and sipped my juice.

I heard Sam sighing, and went to go sit down on the chair. He put his head in his hands and shook it. Everyone laughed at how whipped he was.

"You got it bad dude." Jake laughed, slapping Sam on the back.

I chuckled a little.

"So when are we going?" I asked looking at the clock.

Sam looked up at me and then the clock. "About an hour."

I nodded and jumped off the counter again. "Ok, well I am going to get ready so we can be on time."

As I made my way out of the kitchen I smiled.

I made a detour and made my way towards Sam.

I plopped down in his laugh and felt him chuckle a little. It was like I was sitting on Santa's lap.

"Thank you." I told Sam.

He nodded and brought me into a kiss. The kiss was full of need and love. It was just about to get a lot steamier and lustful when someone cleared their throat.

Sam and I both sighed. We pulled apart and I looked at them.

"Throat clearing. Really?" I asked.

I heard Billy and some of the others chuckle.

"Well pardon us for feeling all nasty inside for watching you and Sam suck each others faces off." Paul teased.

"First of all, sucking is totally the wrong word. What are you like 5? And secondly, it's called turning your head. No one said you had to watch."

"Trust me, I didn't." he snickered.

"Sure perv." I mumbled.

The guys laughed, well everyone except for Paul.

"Whatever." He murmured.

Of course, since I couldn't think of anything to say, I just stuck out my tongue at him. He looked at me and just rolled his eyes.

I felt Sam's body shake softly with laughter.

I turned back to him and he flashed me a grin.

"Go get ready." He said patting my thigh. I flashed him a grin and skipped up the stairs.

I quickly put on a white tank top and a turquoise blue tee shirt to layer on top. I looked out my window and saw how dark was getting and decided to grab my favorite black hoodie.

I put on some black converse and some sweatpants and then stuck my hair into a messy bun.

After I was all ready I trotted downstairs.

I walked into the kitchen and found everyone nervous. They were all standing and pacing the floor, as tense as ever.

I looked around for Billy but found him no where in sight.

"Where's Billy?" I asked out loud.

"Jake took him home. He should be back soon." Sam said looking me over.

I felt myself blush at the way he was staring.

"What? Should I go change?" I asked feeling shifty.

"No, Damn. You make sweats look hot Bells!" Leah whistled.

I laughed awkwardly and blushed even more. "Thanks Le-le."

I leaned against the door way for a few more minutes just watching everyone.

As my eyes fell upon Sam I saw how tense and nervous he was.

I walked over to him and glided my hands over his firm shoulders.

"Relax. Everything is going to be fine."

He looked down at me and smiled slightly.

"Did I ever tell you how sexy you look in a ponytail and sweats?" he asked huskily.

I blushed and looked away.

"I mean it Bells." He said, fanning his hot breath against my ear.

I faintly heard someone close the door and enter the house, but I didn't really pay attention.

I felt myself get weak in the knees as Sam began kissing and nipping on my ear slightly. After a few seconds, he finally stopped torturing me with embarrassment and pleasure, and I put my forehead against his chest.

He laughed slightly and I knew he was smiling, smug with delight.

"Ready to go?" Jake asked us, stepping into our little bubble of happiness.

We both looked to him and took a second to pull our thoughts together.

"Vamps. Right. Yes." I said answering jakes question.

I heard all of the guys' chuckle slightly, and Sam hug me to him. We walked out of the house, with my back pressed against Sam's chest, and our hands entwined wrapped around my waist. I laughed at our wide steps and our feet which were walking together in sync.

We got outside in the driveway, and I knew Sam needed to go phase into a wolf.

I pulled our hands away from my waist and gave him quick kiss.

"Do you think I should connect all our minds?" I asked breaking the kiss.

"Did you want to?"

"I don't know. I mean, I think it would be helpful. And that way I don't have to just stand there only knowing one side of the conversation." I pointed out.

Sam chucked. "Well that's true."

"Do you mind?"

"Of course not Baby. I'm fine with that, and I'm sure the rest of the guys and Leah are too. Just don't over due it ok? I don't need you bleeding with a bunch of vamps around and I don't need you getting hurt." He brushed his thumb across my cheek bone.

I laughed. "Ok, I will try not to let that happen." I reached up on my tip toes and gave him a peck on the lips.

I chuckled as he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled my feet so they were on top of his.

I broke away from the kiss to burst out laughing as Sam began to tickle my sides.

"Sam!" I shrieked.

He and I were both laughing as I shifted all around in his strong arms, giggling like crazy.

"Stop!" I cried in hysterics.

He finally stopped tickling me to let me catch some breath.

"Thank you." I huffed out.

Before he could start to tickle me again I unwrapped his arms from me and pushed him off towards the woods with the others.

He walked away but looked over his shoulder to give me a wink.

I giggled, and then laughed at myself for being like a school girl.

Oh crackers. I thought to myself. I'm whipped.

I felt a long wet swipe go up my hand and wrist.

"Eww!" I screeched.

I saw a huge Black wolf give something which sounded like laughter and a lopsided grin. Well the grin was more like his tongue sticking out the side of his moth, but it was still pretty funny.

"Sam." I whined and wiped the icky spit on my pants.

"That was gross." I said shaking my finger at him.

I saw him roll his eyes and I laughed. I rubbed my hand over the soft black fur on his head.

I must say, Sam has a beautiful coat. His fur is so thick and shiny. It was mesmerizing.

I heard a soft growl like groan and chuckled.

"Sorry Bub. We have people to go see."

He whimpered a little and jerked his head towards the two wolves that I knew were Seth and Jared.

"Yea, Yea. I got this." I said rolling my eyes at Sam while walking towards the two boys.

The wolves barked with laughter and I pet Seth and Jared's heads.

"Come on Boys, lets go put this unnecessary protection to use." I made sure to stress the word 'unnecessary' loud and clear to make sure Sam would hear it.

Of course, he had wolf hearing so I guess it wasn't really a problem, but still, I thought it was essential.

We walked to the boarder in formation. Well it was more like Sam in front; beside him were Jake and then Leah. Everyone else was behind them, except for Jared, Seth and I.

We were off towards the side, pretty much behind everyone.

Can everyone hear me?-Bella

Yea- Embry

Yup.-Quil

I got you Bells! - Paul

Yes baby- Sam

Sure thing! - Leah

Of course- Jake

Hey bells- Collin and Brady said at the same time.

Damn that freaks me out sometimes.

Thanks Bells! - Collin and Brady said again at the same time

Erg! Stop that- Bella

Oops. Sorry Bells- Collin and Brady

Everyone was laughing slightly in their head.

Alright guys. Let's get this meeting started- Sam commanded in an Alpha tone.

"Hey Guys. Hey Carlisle." I waved to them.

"Hey Bella." They all said and smiled those perfect white teeth.

I was about to say more, when a bark interrupted me. I looked over and found it was Sam.

Bella. Seriously? - Sam asked in full alpha mode.

I knew not to take it in offense, but I still felt a tad pang of hurt.

Sorry Sam. Won't happen again- Bella

Sam nodded and turned back to the Cullen's.

What do you want exactly? - Sam

We all waited for Edward to read his mind and then relay the message to the rest of the Cullen's.

We waited for about a minute until we all started to get a little impatient, including Edward.

"Son?" Carlisle asked Edward.

"I can't read them." He said, squinting towards us and trying with all his might to read their minds.

"What do you mean?" Carlisle asked him.

"I don't know. It's just coming up blank. I don't hear anything except silence." He whined.

"I can translate…or speak or whatever." I spoke up.

Bella- Sam growled.

Come on Sam. Did you really want to go human form? - Bella

He thought about the strategies for a few seconds before sighing.

Fine, ask them what they want. - Sam

"So what exactly do you want?" I asked the Cullen's.

"How are you doing that?" Edward asked shocked. He started to move forward, but Carlisle quickly put an arm out to stop him. Unfortunately Edwards's movement caused Seth and Jared to go on high alert and back me away. The rest of the pack felt the tension and saw our movement which caused them to step forward to protect me, which caused the Cullen's to get into a battle position and also take a step forward, thinking they're own family was in danger or what not.

Stick to the questions Cullen- Sam said venomously.

"Can we all just chill!" I said getting nervous. Everyone was getting too close to each other, and the growling between both sides was making me antsy.

Everyone suddenly snapped out of it (Thank Heavens!), noticing the tension filled air and got out of their battle positions. They then all took a step back, nodding they meant for peace with each other.

"Thank you." I breathed in relief.

"As for your question Edward, I'm sorry, but can we just stick to the questions for now?" I asked politely.

He got my point and backed away. "Sure Bella, I am very sorry."

I gave him a small smile showing he was ok.

"I actually mainly wanted to talk to you Bella." Carlisle directed everything towards me.

"Me?" I squealed.

"Yes, about when you came to visit me. I think I have an explanation. Would you care to walk with me?"

Bella- Sam growled.

Hell no! - Embry shouted

Don't Do it Belly! - Leah growled

No! - Jake yelled.

I winced at their loud voices.

"As much as I would like to Carlisle, the pack needs to find trust in you all, and taking me off alone wouldn't be doing such." I said apologetically.

"Oh my. I am very sorry. I didn't even think about that. The doctor in me must have gotten ahead. I am truly sorry."

Damn should be- Paul grumbled.

"It's fine. Maybe if you could explain to them about me? I'm sure everyone would like to know, including me." I laughed a little, easing the tension.

"I would love to. If that is alright with all of you." Carlisle asked the pack.

Yes. Its fine Bella- Sam said

"They said it was fine. Please, explain away." I said moving my arms to have him take it away!

"Well, I believe you are the peacekeeper between the two creatures." He started.

"Notice how both sides aren't bothered by each others smell." I noticed how that had seemed to catch everyone's interest.

Weird- Jake

Cool! - Brady

Sweet! – Embry

Hmm…that's…strange. - Sam said while pondering the thought a while longer.

He went on to explain some others things and we all stood there listening to the doc's hypothesis.

When he was done, he let us think about everything and absorb what we were told.

"Is that why when I first came here I was flooded with visions?" I asked the doctor.

What?! –Sam asked concerned

When?!- Jake asked shocked

Why didn't you tell us!?- Leah asked surprised

Hush! - I yelled at all of them, trying to listen to the doctor speak.

"Visions? Tell me about them. When did they start? Have you had anymore? What did you see?"

"Whoa Doc. Slow down." I said feeling slightly flabbergasted.

He chuckled in embarrassment. "I'm Sorry Bella. I seem to get ahead of myself. It's just so exciting to unravel this."

"It's no problem." I waved off.

"As for everything else, I mean, the only time it really happened was when I first got time. I was going over to Jake's to surprise him and when I crossed the border, I had to pull over to the side of the road cause my head was killing and I was flooded with a bunch of scenes of things and people."

"Can you describe them in detail to me?" he asked.

"Well, I mean, it was weird. Like, I knew that there were vampires and werewolves there and…people of my kind? Does that make sense?" I asked him.

"Yes, I believe so. I think there was more of your type Bella. They're most likely more humans with special abilities like you."

"Do you remember what was happening?" he asked after a few seconds.

"Umm…fighting. And noise. Yea, I remember there was lots of fighting and yelling." I concluded.

"That's good Bella. That's very good."

"Dr. Cullen…Carlisle. Were my people…bad?" I asked softly.

I tensed, not wanting to know my answer exactly. Was I the cause of this horrible treaty?

"Oh no. Bella, your kind was defiantly not bad. I believe your kind was the purest of the all. You are the reason we still exist and are here today."

I sighed in relief. Thank the heavens.

Sam. Can I go talk to Carlisle for a few minutes alone? Please? - Bella

Bella- Sam growled softly.

Look, it will all give you some time to think everything over. And he and I can stay on the boundary line. Pleasseeee?-Bella

Fine. But stay close. And make sure you stay in eyesight and close distance. - Sam warned.

Ok, I will. Thank you Baby.-Bella

"Carlisle, would you like to go walk and talk with me?"

He looked at me shocked but immediately took my offer.

I broke through the guys and we walked along the border. I noticed how Jared took a few steps closer and I smiled.

He was really trying to protect me.

Its ok Jared, I will be fine- Bella

I know Bella, I just…I'm being cautious- Jared

Alright, just linger behind ok? I don't need everyone freaking out-Bella

He laughed and nodded his big wolfy head. Sounds good Bells-Jared

"So Carlisle, I don't really know where to begin." I looked down and fiddled with my hands.

"Well, how about we start with any questions. Do you have any?" he asked looking at me.

"I…well… I mean. If I'm what you say I am, then what is supposed to happen exactly? What am I supposed to do? And what about James?" I asked highly alert now.

"Bella, Calm down." he soothed.

I took a breath and stopped walking. "What about my….predicament. About the whole hospital visit?" I asked clearly paling.

"Well, you see I believe it's just a huge amount of stress that causes this."

I looked at him oddly. Stress? That simple thing is causing my powers to go wacky.

I looked at him doubtfully, I mean come on. Let's face it that just sounds wimpy.

"When you had your nose bleed, I am guessing the wolves could smell the blood?"

I nodded, not really catching on.

"This probably created a huge amount of stress. Not only were you already stressed about not healing, but when the pack was worried."

"ok." I said still trying to see his answer.

"Its like your body is working to calm you down, but there is so much stress that it can only reach some extent, which is why your nose just kept bleeding."

"So you're saying I have to be calm?"

He laughed a little. "No not necessarily. I'm saying that you need to find a way to cope with huge amounts of stress. Some people may pace or twitch, but in your case, you need to learn to breath and slow down. That's all."

I nodded and looked over to the pack. They were all still standing around except for Jared and Sam who were laying down with their heads on their legs keeping an eye on me.

"I think they would all be good together." I nodded over to everyone.

"Yes, but it will take some time." Carlisle said clearly upset at that.

"No argument there." I said sadly.

I turned to Dr. Cullen, who was looking at the two families.

"Do you think they will ever trust each other?"

He sighed and gave me a small smile. When he turned to me, I knew how honest he was going to be.

"At first, I thought it would never happen. No matter how hard me or my family tried to gain their trust, I knew it would never be possible. But then, you came along. And I look at them now, and I see how much they don't trust each other, but they trust you. Everyone seems to. And you're that person Bella. The person that everyone knows will make the right decision."

I looked away and bit my lip. Now just wait till I screw this up.

"Bella, I know that seems a lot to handle. But what makes me know that you will do the right thing, is that you will have all the guidance and love. Everyone accept you for you, and we will learn from each other. So it doesn't matter if things don't turn out right away or if you mess up at points, because we will still be here for each other no matter what."

I looked back at him and gave him a teary smile.

"Thank you!" I said hugging him.

Carlisle seemed to be shocked at my actions and tensed a little.

I felt the pack and vamps go tense, along with Sam and Jared who now got up.

Bella! What are you doing?-Leah screeched.

Bella! Back away now! You could get hurt- Sam said panicking

Bella! Get away from the Leech- Jared yelled

Everyone else seemed to gasp and say the same thing.

I'm fine guys. - Bella

"Thank you Carlisle." I murmured to him.

He relaxed a little and moved his arms up from his sides to hug me back.

"You are quite welcome Bella."

When we let go, I laughed and wiped some tears.

I reassured the pack one more time, saying I was ok.

Carlisle and I ended up talking a little more about everything. He said that we should find some time to meet up to teach me how to control my stress levels. He laughed when I said he should probably teach me to handle the rest of my emotions considering I seem to have a slight temper.

He said he would be glad, which made me happier. It was like I was finally putting my family back together little by little.