She never would have thought this would have happened to her. That she would be left here, lying in the middle of the street, bleeding and heartbroken, but little did she know that this was just the beginning. The beginning of what? Read and find out..

Title: My Angel

Book: Twilight/AU

Pair: Paul/Bella

Rating: M

Authors Note

Alright here's the new chapter. Sorry about taking so long but some stuff has come up in my life that kinda takes precedence over my stories. I'll try to update as much as I can though.

"Speaking."
'Thinking.'
Wolf Thoughts
"Pack Mind"

(~(Bella POV)~)~)

"Wait! What is going on?! I'm not going anywhere until someone explains something!" I almost scream.

Sam turns to look at me.

"I promise everything will be explained soon. We just have to wait for Jake and Paul to finish fighting." He looked at me with almost pleading eyes.

I sigh and toss him my keys. 'I guess I'm going to have to go with him.' He smiles and jogs over to the car. He turns it over and sit in the drivers seat waiting on me. I walk over and hop in beside him. my head is spinning so I lean my forehead against the window and focus on the sound of the truck and the scenery passing by. I breath deeply and close my eyes trying to find my happy place. The more I looked the more I found myself thinking about Paul. His eyes, his smile, his dimples. I sighed slightly and let my mind wander. I could see him smiling and laughing; playing with a small child with lighter skin then any I had seen on the res before.

"Bella!" Sam called and shook my shoulder slightly. I was jolted back to reality and blushed bright red.

"Sorry. Where are we?" I asked.

"My house." He responded simply. It was a quaint little house, painted a light blue, probably big enough for himself and maybe 1 or 2 other people. If anything he would just put expansions on it, like many on the res were known to do. We started walking towards the front door when he stopped me suddenly.

"Oh and don't stare at her. It makes her feel weird." Before I could ask what he meant he started walking towards the door again leaving me to catch up behind him. 'Stare at who? And what for that matter.' I wondered. we walked through the front door and he immediately disappeared into the kitchen. Then I started to smell the sweet aroma of baking blueberry's and sticky syrup and understood why.

"MMM it smells so good in here!" I inhale deeply and smile.

"Well thank you." Came a female voice. I turned smiling at the source of the voice. I stopped dead in my tracks. My smile faltered for a moment but only a moment.

'Oh. That's why he doesn't want me to stare.' The left side of her face had 3 long angry scars running down the side of her face, down her chest, and all the way down her left forearm.

"Your welcome." I blush and hold my arm to my side. She looks me up and down and smiles.

"So you must be Bella. I'm Emily, Sam's fiancée." She holds out her hand and I blush brighter and shake her hand.

"I'm Bella, Jakes best friend." I smile.

"Sam tells me you had a bad accident a few weeks ago." Her smile faltered momentarily.

"Yea. I can't remember anything from the past 2 years apparently." I half smiled and blushed.

"Well that's alright. You'll remember things. In time." She smiled and set down the muffin tin she was holding. Before anything else could be said the back door slams open and heavy foot falls are heard through out the house.

"Don't you dare slam one more thing in this house!" Emily shouts angrily. The footfalls cease immediately. I sit down on the couch in the small living room and fold my arms together. A few moments later a large body plops down next to mine. I assume its Jake so I lean my head against his shoulder. A soft rumbling starts and it feels like its coming from the chest of the person I'm leaning against so I look up to see, not Jake, who I assumed it to be, but Paul, looking very happy. I turned around to see Jake standing with his back to me but I could see he was shaking again. I felt bad that I was upsetting him somehow. I wanted to get up and talk to him but the pull to stay next to Paul was to strong. Before long a few others came inside and sat down at the table. I didn't think all those huge bodies could fit around that small table but they made it work.

"Alright everyone, dig in!" Emily said with a bright smile. Paul shot up and rushed to the table. He squeezed himself in and obeyed Emily's command. I smiled and turned to look out the window. I was day dreaming about Paul and myself when I felt someone sit next to me. I turned to look and it was Emily. She was holding 2 plates of food, which confused me.

"Eat. You look like you could use some good food right now." She handed me a plate. I took it and started eating, daydreaming yet again about Paul. I still couldn't understand why. I met this man only 2 hours ago. Had it really only been 2 hours? 'Wow. It has been just 2 hours.' I thought staring at the clock. It felt like a lifetime.

"Alright! Now, we all know why were here. Jake?" Sam said.

"What? Why me?" Jake asked angrily.

"Because she is your best friend.' Sam stated calmly. Jake gave Sam a look that made the phrase if looks could kill flash through my mind.

"Fine. Bella? Do you remember when I told you about the girl I like?" Jake asked me timidly.

"Well, yes but what does that have to do with you turning into a huge fucking wolf?" I demanded. I looked around and tried to meet some ones eyes but they were all looking away, out the window or at the floor or ceiling. I stood up ready to flip my lid when Jake stopped me.

"Bells, look at me." Jake said gently and took my chin in his grasp, turning my face to look at him.

"The girl I like is you."

"What? J-jake I..." I trailed off. I didn't know what to say. I blushed bright red and looked at the floor. Then the gears started turning in my head.

"Jake... I-I'm.. I'm not engaged to anyone..." I say confused. He just looks completely heart broken and stares at the ground. I try to move into his line of vision but he moves every time. He refuses to meet my gaze.

"Why don't you take it from here Paul?" Jake barley whispers, his voice cracking. I look over to the god-like creature standing next to the others. He looks at Jake with a sorrowful face.

"Well Bella, I'm not rushing to that but what Jake said is kinda true. We are, as you saw, shifters. We protect the pack. From Cold Ones..." He trailed off. I gave him a pointed look to get on with it.

"Well, Cold Ones are also called vampires. They do exist. That is why we exist. To protect our tribe from them." I looked at him like he was crazy. I looked all around the room and saw nothing but serious faces. I took a deep breath.

"Ok so, say I believe you... What do I have to do with anything?" I asked timidly.

"Well, when a shifter finds their soul mate it's called Imprinting. It feels like hell when you're away from her, and there is a tugging in your heart that wont stop until you're back at her side. When you got... hurt... I was the one who found you. And, well... You are my imprint Bella." I just stared at him. I couldn't comprehend what he just said. If it was true, that meant...

"Jake..."

"Don't worry Bells. I still love you. But in a sisterly way. Besides, this just means we wouldn't have worked out." I stare at him critically for a moment before seeing that he knows I know he's lying. I looked at him with sorrow, but I didn't push the issue. He lowered his eyes and sat down in the corner of the room away from everyone.

"So what does all this mean? Who the hell am I supposed to be engaged to?" I asked angrily. I felt a large warm hand on the small of my back and I instantly calmed. I turned around to see none other then Paul.

"Me Bells. I wouldn't say we're engaged. We only just meet today. But I would definitely love to get to know you." He said and stroked the side of my face. I melted and wrapped my arms around him.

"Of course Paul." I sighed and inhaled his deep woodsy scent. I heard the door slam and knew it was Jake. I felt so bad that I caused him such pain, but I couldn't unwrap myself from Paul. His embrace was just to warm, and soothing when it seemed I was always cold and freaking out.

A few moments later a lonely howl could be heard.