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Chapter 53: You Are My Sunshine, Always.

There was no no chance of us eating out since Jacob had gone and imprinted on Chloe, it meant we would have to go back to the reservation, most likely to Jake's house and spend of the evening explaining to Chloe all about the pack etc. Lovely. It was as if we just couldn't get a fucking break from the supernatural. I was still in shock that Jake had imprinted, it wasn't that I was jealous, it had just come as a surprise that's all. I always knew it would happen, just not this quickly. Staring at the girl in front of me, I regarded her warily, like I always did with newcomers. She was tiny, even smaller than shaina, Seth's imprint. Her long golden hair fell down her back in shimmering waves, her fringe falling in her large brown eyes. She looked very happy with him. He was huge compared to her, they would forever be dubbed as little and large. Embry was now complaining that he was going to miss out on his pre-planned steak dinner thanks to stupid imprinting. This brought me out of ny internal ramblings, giving myself a mental slap I turned to him with narrowed eye's.

"Shut the hell up embry, it's thanks to stupid imprinting that you have just had probably the best sex of your life, so don't you dare stand there complaining about a stupid dinner, that I can easily make for you if we go shopping then back to Paul's ok!" I said snapping at him.

Embry stood back and stared at me, Angela's face went bright red, Paul smirked and Jake and Chloe looked to me as if I'd just burst the happy bubble they'd been in.

"What's imprinting?" Asked Chloe.

"If you come with us, Chloe isn't it? We can explain everything to you in due course, that ok with you?" Asked Paul questioningly.

"Yeah of course, I've seen you around Forks!" Said Chloe blushing slightly.

"This is my girlfriend Bella!" Said Paul looking at me lovingly.

"Are you the same Bella that Jacob has been talking non-stop about?" Asked Chloe questioningly.

"The one and only!" I said smirking at her.

"Its nice to meet you, Jacob speaks very highly of you!your best friends aren't you!" Said Chloe blushing slightly.

"Yeah, always will be" I said to in a challenging manner. I wanted to let her know that regardless of her being Jake's imprint, there was no way she was coming between our friendship. He was my sunshine and always will be.

"Ok guys n dolls, let's go, this place is going to be closing soon!" Said Paul looking at me.

We headed out the library and Jake phoned Billy telling him that he was to expect company, that he was getting invaded by all of us. Paul phoned Sam telling him that Jacob had imprinted and Quil would need to continue patrol with Alistair and Garret alone. He was not going to be happy with that at all. Arriving at billy`s house, we piled into the living room and set about telling Chloe about the wolves. She got really excited when it was explained to her that Jacob had imprinted on her, her eyes shone brightly with happiness and her smile nearly split her face. I was happy for them, she took the whole business very maturely. I was even more surprised to find out Chloe was in fact a year older than me, at nineteen. It's just she looked so young and her height dud not help her case either. She could see me looking at her in disbelief, so she pulled out her id and sure enough, soon proved to be she was in fact nineteen. Being three years older than Jacob didn't even bother her, something else that surprised me. I got up off the sofa and went into the kitchen to make myself a coffee as I was parched. The others stayed in the living room, Angela chatted away with Chloe as if she'd known her her whole life. This girl had litterally come out of nowhere, Jake imprints on her and she just fitted right in as if she'd always been part of the pack, this bothered me. Don't ask me why, my whole demeanour was wrong. This girl had done nothing to me, but I was wary of her. Paul came into the kitchen, putting his arm's around me protectively.

"You ok?" He asked me.

"I honestly don't know, I just feel off, I don't know why?" I told him truthfully.

"Its Chloe isn't it!" He asked me in concern.

"Yeah, I feel like she's hiding something, I don't know, she's just been told about shapeshifting wolves and it doesn't bother her one bit, at least Megan, shaina and Hannah reacted, Chloe hasn't!" I said matter of factly to Paul.

"Why don't you go speak to her, see what you can find out?" Suggested Paul.

"You think that would work?" I asked him.

"Well it wouldn't hurt to try, would it?" He said smiling.

"Thanks Paul, your right, I might be overreacting over nothing!" I said, kissing his cheek.

I sighed and walked over to the living room to where Chloe was gelled to Jake's side.

"Can I talk to you outside please!" I asked her outright.

"Sure Bella!" Said Chloe smiling.

We walked away together, outside she followed me like a little puppy. Once I was satisfied I was far enough away from the other's, I turned to face her, determined to find out the reason she made me uneasy.

"Ok, I'm just going to tell you once and once only, I don't take kindly to people keeping secrets from me, in fact I hate it, and there is something telling me your hiding something so I'm giving you the chance to speak up before I make your life a living hell! Jake is my best friend and I'm not going to stand by and let you hurt him! Imprint or not!" I said straight to the point.

Chloe looked at me, it was like she came to life. She'd been looking at the ground previously before my little outburst. Now she faced me with a fire in her eyes that unnerved me.

"You are a very perceptive girl Bella, tell me, how did you know?" She said staring in my eyes angrily.

"So I'm right, you are hiding something!" I asked her.

"I'm not hiding anything, I just haven't told you yet and I thought I would be telling Jake first!" Said Chloe heatedly.

"Well, I'm waiting!" I said glaring at her, expecting the worst.

"I wasn't surprised to find out about the pack because they aren't the only supernatural creatures I've come across ok!" She said angrily to me.

"What do you mean?" I asked curiously.

"I'm renting an apartment just outside forks, I just moved here from Seattle, my parents were killed when I was younger, I've been in and out of foster care since I was a kid ok!" She snarled at me.

"Ok, is that it?" I asked hotly.

"Please, just let me finish!" She said now, a tear was forming in her eye. I was startled by this.

I nodded for her to continue.

"I was seven when my parents were killed, I was there when it happened, I still remember the murdering bastards, it was a guy and a girl, both had red eyes!" She said painfully.

"Your parents were killed by vampires!?" I asked in shock.

"Yeah, I swore to this day I will find them and burn them!" Said Chloe angrily.

"I'm sorry Chloe, it's just I'm very protective of the pack, Paul and Jake especially!" I said apologetically.

"I don't blame you, I'm sorry for making you feel like I was hiding something, it's just I didn't want to talk about it yet, I mean I've had this secret all my life, finding out about the pack wasn't anything new!" She said smiling at me now.

"Out of curiosity, how did you get away from the vamps?" I asked her.

"They left because they were full, apparently my parents were the fourth or fifth couple they'd killed that night, they told me I was very very lucky!" Said Chloe heatedly again.

"And here you are, well I'm glad you told me and I'm sorry for my attitude! Can we start again, friends?" I asked her outright.

"Yeah, you are extremely cool to deal with that lot, in such a short time as well!" Said Chloe admirably.

"Well thanks for saying so!" I said appreciative if the compliment.

"When I heard Jake's dad mention the cold ones back, it took me right back to James and Victoria killing my mom and dad!" She said angrily.

"Whoa what were their names?" I asked in shock.

"James and Victoria!" Said Chloe.

"Shit, fucking shit!" I stated wringing my hands together.

"Why, have you heard of them?" She asked me quickly.

"You could say that, has Jake told you about me at all, that I used to date a vampire!" I asked her outright.

"Only little bits Bella, that he completely fucked you over, that right?" She asked me.

"Yeah, well I can tell you now that James is dead, and Victoria is on the warpath!" I said angrily.

"How do you know this?" She asked me.

"Because my fucking asshole ex killed him and thanks to that stupid fuck, Victoria is after me because she blames me for her mate being killed, that's why and how I know!" I said totally and completely raging now.

Chloe looked at me, tears were streaming down her rosy cheeks, I wasn't the only one who'd been fucked about by leeches. Standing here, looking at Chloe reminded me how strong I'd become, she had been through so much, and she wanted Victoria gone as much as I did now, the other thing was that maybe this would bring Paul and Jake closer, after all they had the same goal, rip, tear and burn Victoria. There was hope after all.

Swallowing the lump in my throat, I stepped closer to Chloe and put my arm's around her, she might have been older than me but in some way, at this moment of a small child. it fucking sucked to be her, and it sucked to be me, but we could be there for each other.

We went back inside, Jake came over to her, smelling her scent, it was a wolf thing I would never get used to seeing, yeah it was fine between Paul and I, but to see Jake doing it now just reminded me that my source of sunshine was gone. He was there for me when Paul was being an ass, who would be there for me now, I knew I was bring selfish. Things had just changed so much in such a short time. I feel a tap on my shoulder, it's Jake.

"Can I talk to you for a moment?" He asked me, sudden feeling of de ja vu happening here!

"Sure Jake, what's up?" I asked him softly.

"Are you ok, I mean with me imprinting an all?" He asked me quickly.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be!" I fake laughed, knowing that I was losing my Sun.

"Bella, you forget, I know you better than anyone, you are not fine!" Said Jake matter of factly.

"Ok, I feel like I'm losing you when I never really had you in the first place, ok, I'm being stupid and very selfish! I'm sorry!" I said gently.

"No your not, being selfish that is, we're best friends Bella, and your not losing me, that ain't ever going to happen honey!" Said Jake softly hugging me.

"You mean your still going to be my sunshine?" I playfully questioned him.

"Always!" He replied, smiling that big sunny smile of his.

"Sorry for acting like a child, like one of my favourite toys has been taken away!" I apologized to him.

"You've only acted like this cause you love my ass that much!" Said Jake happily, ripping the pish out of me.

"Leave your ass out of this!" I laughed.

Paul came out and walked over to us, he watched Jake and I play fighting. Then he smirked.

"You touching up my woman black?" He said, jokingly to Jake.

"Nah, she is fine, but not my type, my type is in my house!" Replied Jake happily.

"Well go get her then!" I said to him, pushing him away.

"I do love you Bella!" He said smiling to me.

"I love you too, Mr sunshine!" I said smiling at him.

Jake walked back inside, leaving me and Paul alone in the yard.

"You ok now, do you feel better?" He questioned me, kissing the top of my head.

"You know what Paul, I couldn't be better!" I said truthfully.