SECRETS PART 3

"What the fuck, Bella! You could have been killed!" I yelled

She had just told me what happened last night in Port Angeles.

"I didn't though and I'm fine, Edward saved me." She said looking down at her hands.

"What are you not telling me?" I said as I bent down to look in her eyes.

"I have no idea!" I gave her a look, "No really Jen I have no idea, I have no idea how Edward knew where I was or what was happening. He just showed up. I need to talk to Jake I have to ask him some stuff before I know what's going on and before I can tell you. I promise I will though."

She grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze. I guess for now I would let it go but we both knew I wasn't going to wait for long.

As the rest of the week went by everyone got more and more excited about our trip to La Push. I didn't bother Bella about the PA incident. Instead I focused on my upcoming conversation with Embry. He was something, I don't know, different and I needed to find out.

Saturday came all too soon I was getting ready in my room filling up my beach bag. I was looking for my I-pod when Bella came across the hall and leaned against my door frame.

"Hey Bells have you seen my I-pod?" I asked lifting up the pillows on my bed and then putting them back down when I came up empty.

"Yeah, it's down on the kitchen table you left it there last night." She answered then continued, "So um, you gonna talk to Embry today?"

"Yeah, you gonna talk to Jake today?" I said sarcastically

I finished filling my bag then stood up with a huff. We looked at each other then laughed.

"Come on lets go we're supposed to meet Mike and them at Newton's in 15 minutes." We linked arms and went down stairs. I stopped to grab my I-pod off the table before going out and getting into Bella's truck.

While everyone was loading up in to Tyler's van and Mike's parent's station wagon, I couldn't help but laugh to myself as I watched Bella maneuvered herself so that she wasn't sitting next to Mike. It was a site to see, Jess saw Mike's attempts at getting Bella to sit next to him but when she saw that Bella had no interest she quickly went back to her overly perky self.

When we got to the beach I wasn't sure if I should go find Embry or wait for him to come to me. Since I didn't know where to even start looking I decided to wait for him to come to me.

Tyler, Ben, Lauren, and a bunch of other people went down to the beach to collect wood for a fire later in the day, while Mike, Jess, Angela, Eric, Bella and I hung out by the cars.

Bella, Angela and I were sitting in Tyler's open van door while Jess, Mike, and Eric were putting on wet suits.

"What's wrong Bella?" Angela asked passing her a licorice.

"Yeah I'm good, just cold." Bella replied looking down at her hands.

Just then Jake, Embry and Quil showed up, "Sup, Swan girls!" Quil called out as he came over and squeezed into a spot next to me. I handed him a piece of licorice.

"What's up with Bella?" Quil whispered into my ear.

Jess must have heard him because she answered, "Oh her date bailed!" she said with a grin.

She looked a little too happy for my taste but I ignored her.

"Date what date?" Eric Asked

"Oh she invited Edward!" Angela said smiling but not in a oh ha-ha sort of way just a sweet smile.

"Just to be nice, nobody includes them in anything I figured we should start." Bella said still looking at her hands.

"I think it's sweet, and she's right nobody ever invites them to do anything. It's sad." Angela said.

"Well that's because the Cullen's are freaks." Mike said

"Yeah well so are you Mike!" I shot back as I stood up and grabbed my bag from the van.

Just then Sam walked up, "The Cullen's don't come here!" he said

I heard the double meaning in his words but I figured I would wait until I could talk to Embry. I slung my bag across my chest and stomped over to Embry grabbed his arm and dragged him away.

I looked back to see everyone looking our way, and Jake using his head to motion for Bella to follow him. The last thing I saw before looking away was Bella leaving with Jake.

"Um, Jen, where are we going?" Embry asked

"I have no clue just as long as I can get away from the ass hat that is Mike Newton." I said as I stopped next to a fallen tree.

"I take it something's been bothering you?" Embry said pulling me down to sit on the tree.

"God everything is bothering me Embry!" I yelled throwing my hands in the air.

"Jen, I think I know one of the things that are bothering you." He said. I looked at him he looked guilty.

"Spit it out Embry! I know you're not telling me something I've known for two weeks. So just spit it out!" I said standing up and planting myself in front of him.

He stood up and place his hands on my shoulders, "Do you remember at the bonfire when Billy told the legends of our tribe?"

"Um, yeah I do. What about them?" I asked raising my eyebrows at him.

"Well there was one about the spirit warriors and how Taha Aki joined with a wolf and then was able to shift from man to wolf whenever there is danger. And then after that all of his male descendants would shift into wolves when danger was near." He paused, waiting for it to sink in.

My jaw dropped and I couldn't form a coherent thought in order to form words, so I stood there staring at him.

"Jen, I'm a descendant of Taha Aki." He said placing a hand on his chest. I continued to stare at him so he continued, "Jen can I show you something?"

I nodded, I trusted him for reasons I couldn't understand I trusted him. He smiled then gently grabbed my hand and pulled me deeper into the woods.

When we got to a small clearing he stopped then turned to me, "Okay stand here I'll be right back." He looked into my eyes and I nodded as he went into the tree line.

I waited for a few moments then in the exact spot that Embry disappeared in a large wolf stepped out of the tree line. I took an involuntary step back but stopped myself from going further, something told me not to book it in the opposite direction. I stood very still as the wolf slowly approached me. The wolf was large about the size of a horse, he was a mix of grey and black not patchy but all mixed together like smoke. But when I looked into his eyes I was stuck, they were beautiful brown eyes. They were Embry's eyes, "Embry?" I said as I stepped closer.

The wolf moved his head up and down nodding. We both walked towards each other until I was close enough to reach out and touch him. That's exactly what I did I lifted my hand and placed on his neck winding my fingers in the fur. Embry let out a humming growl. Not menacing but comforting and soothing.

He pulled away slowly after a few minutes, and then looked back towards the tree line where he had come from. I figured out quick that he wanted to go and change back, "Go change back, I'll wait right here."

After he changed back we walked back to the beach together hand in hand. When we got there Bella was there she must have finished talking with Jacob. She motioned for me to follow her, "Embry I'll be right back I have to go talk to Bella."

He nodded and kissed my forehead.

Bella and I walked down the beach out of sight of the others.

"Jen I figured it out." She said stopping and turning to face me

"Figured what out?" I asked

"Edward, I know what I was missing about him." She paused and took a breath then continued, "You remember the stories the legends?"

I nodded

"Well last week I had fallen asleep before Billy got to finish them and before that I never really paid attention to them, which is why up until now I hadn't realized what Edward was." She paused again and then continued, "Jen I had asked Jake to tell me the stories again because after Wednesday I did some research and the Quileute tribe kept popping up. So I asked Jake to retell the stories of the Cold ones."

My mouth popped open in an oh.

"Jen, Edward is a vampire." She practically gasped it out not like she was afraid of him but like all the obsessing and worrying had caught up with her and she was relieved.

"What, the fuck!" I said my jaw dropping. I wanted to tell her about Embry but I couldn't when we had been walking back to the beach Embry had told me I couldn't tell anybody and that when we had more time he would tell me more. So here I am listening to my sister tell me the biggest secret she had uncovered and I can't even tell her mine.

"God I know, but he's not dangerous or anything. At least I don't think so anyways." She looked at me a little worried.

"Bella, what do you feel?" I asked putting my hand on her shoulder

"I have no idea. I need to process this." She ran her hands through her hair, "Let's go back to the group."

"Yeah let's go their going to wonder where we keep running off to." I said as I wrapped my arm around her shoulders

"Yeah I bet your just itching to get back to Embry." She said giving me a sly grin

I glared at her then we both laughed.

When we got back to the group nobody seemed to notice that we had disappeared. We melded back into the group; Embry pulled me into his arms. And somebody lit the fire, everybody was telling stories and laughing and having a good time. It was nice it was comfortable.