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Chapter 13

That voice. A voice that I thought I would never here again. The last time I had heard it was telling me to take care of myself and saying goodbye. That day was the worst day of my life so far and I could never forget what he did to me.

My eyes snapped open and Paul was already on his feet between Edward and me. The man that I was supposed to spend the rest of eternity with and then left me was back.

"I wouldn't do that here dog," Paul was shaking badly and his only response was a loud growl. I don't know what made me pull Paul back and make him sit on the bed with me in the same position as when Billy and Sue had been here. Maybe it was the part of me that still had feelings for him.

"Hello Edward," I said nodding in greeting.

"Hello my love," he said walking gracefully to the chair at the foot of my bed," You did not answer my question. Who is this man that held my place in line while I was gone?" Paul growled at him again.

"This is Paul Lahote. My boyfriend." I said intertwining his fingers with mine.

"Ahh I see. Well Paul although I do appreciate you taking care of my Bella while I was gone I do not approve of her be around werewolves," he spat the word out like it was some horrible disease," So it would be greatly appreciated if you would leave for Bella and I to catch up."

My jaw dropped practically to the floor at Edward's words. He still thought I was his property and that he could still control me.

"Sorry no can do leech. You see Bella and I here are bound to each other for life and it pains both me and her to be away from each other to long which is why she will be finishing her senior year at La Push High School."

Now both Edward and I were wearing the same looks of surprise and confusion.

"She will not be."

"You don't control me anymore Edward. We are not mates and never will be again. I have Paul now and he is ten times better then you ever were."

"Please Bella. I still love you. Everything I told you that day was a lie. I could never forget about you."

"If you really loved me you would understand that Paul is it for me and would respect my decision to be with him and would not try to interfere."

"Of course my love as you wish. I will not interfere with yours and the mutt's relationship but I will wait for you to come to your senses. I will always wait for you," he was by my side in an instant and before Paul could react he brushed a kiss on my forehead just like he had in the woods.

"Goodbye Bella." And with that he was gone.

Paul visibly relaxed as soon as he had disappeared and I was glad for it because I had a few questions that I needed to ask.

"So someone told me that I am going to be going to high school in La push," I said doing the best I could to cross my arms over my chest without touching my scratches.

He had the decency to look sheepish at least," Yeah me and Sam have been talking about it with the Cullen's back and the red head that keeps slipping through we think it would be safer. I mean I won't be…" he kept talking but I had stopped listening. Victoria was here and she had been in Forks? How come I had not been told about this? Of course they did not even know that we knew each other let alone she was after me. I could hear the heart monitor going crazy the beeps almost blurring together.

"What's wrong baby?" Paul asked slightly panicked. I didn't reply just trying to get my breathing under control. Of course Sam chose that moment to walk back into the room with his nose wrinkled at the stench of the vampire. He took one look at me hyperventilating and Paul nearby and Paul on the edge of panic not knowing what to do and strode over to stand next to Paul.

"What happened?" Sam asked looking down at m with concern.

"I don't know I was just telling her about the red head-"

"Victoria," I squeaked out.

"What?"

"Her name is Victoria," I said finally able to catch my breath.

"Do you know her? How? Is she a Cullen that we didn't know about? Don you know what she is after?" Sam asked eager to get answers. I didn't blame him. I decided to tell him the whole story and by whole I mean the whole story. Starting with the first time I saw the Cullen's and ending with when they had left.

"So no she is not a Cullen and yes I do know what she is after or rather who." I said after giving them a minute to process all the information that I had just told them. I could see them both shaking ever so slightly at that point, but their heads snapped up at those words.

"Who?" they asked at the same time.

I took deep breath trying to clear the lump out of my throat.

"Me."

My proclamation was met by Paul's growling and Sam's silence before he kicked into alpha mode.

"We need to adjust patrols to include your house Bella, maybe we can…" he trailed off glancing at me then to Paul and back again.

"Hell no. No fucking way that is not happening," he said glaring at Sam.

"I didn't say anything," Sam said.

"I know what you were thinking and it is not happening," Paul said.

"We will discuss this once Bella is well enough to come back to the reservation."

"I am not letting this be a discussion. That is not happening."

"Umm… would anyone like to explain what you guys are talking about?"

"Nothing that you need to worry about baby because nothing is going to happen," he said not stopping glaring at Sam to look at me.

"Like I said we will discuss it later. Goodbye Bella," he kissed me forehead," I hope you feel better soon," Paul growled at him as he walked out of the room.

"Paul what is going on?" I whined.

"Nothing Bella. Absolutely nothing because what he is thinking will never happen," he was already shaking so I decided not to push him anymore and grabbed my hand. I looked at him a question apparent in my eyes.

"Doctor Vamp is coming," he said not taking his eyes off of the door. I could tell that whatever Sam was thinking about doing was bothering Paul really bad, so I reached over and brushed my fingers down his jawline.

"It's alright as long as we're together we'll be okay right?"

"Of course baby," he said laying a kiss on the inside of my wrist.

"Well Bella it looks like you are free to go as long as you promise to take one of these pills whenever you are in pain. Can you do that?"

"Of course Carlisle," I said smiling at him.

"So Edward tells me that you will be finishing out high school in La Push is that correct?"

I sighed of course he would tell him," Yes Carlisle I think that it will be for the beat."

"Well Bella I want you to know that if you ever need anything you know where to find us. Everyone would be so excited if you were to come and visit us although I am sure they will understand if you can't." I thought about it. It would be great to see Alice, Esme, Jasper, Emmett, and even Rosalie.

"Sure Carlisle. I would love to come over. When would be a good time?"

"Great everyone will be overjoyed to see you. You can come over whenever is best for you."

"Thank you for everything," I was kind of surprised when he reached over and pulled me into a hug.

"Bye Bella take care of yourself. I look forward to seeing you again under better circumstances."

"Bye," I murmured trying not to let the tears that were building behind my eyes. I missed them all so much and Id decided that I wouldn't let Paul or anyone in the pack stop me from seeing them again which I could tell by the look on Paul's face he was going to try to do just that.

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