I stayed in the living room with my mom, Billy and Charlie. Charlie and my mom were looking at each other like two love struck teens. Why did he have to be Bella`s dad? I would choose Jacob as a step sibling over Bella any day of the week. Billy would look at me every so often. A look I couldn`t really decipher. Jacob and Bella kept to themselves in the kitchen and didn`t really venture into the living room.

"Do you have a boyfriend Sonia?" Charlie asked me. I shook my head smiling.

"Not for a while." My mom said for me.

"A beautiful girl like you. I don`t believe it. Well, at least you are saving your mother a lot of worry." Charlie said graciously. I giggled a little. Billy remained silent in his wheelchair.

"My mom invents things to be worried over." I joked.

"I do not Sonia!" My mom giggled. Oh man this is so weird.

"So, how long have Bella and Jacob been dating?" I asked Billy directly, which caused both him and Charlie to choke on their beers.

"They are not dating." Billy said. I knew that already but I was just probing for information.

"Really? Humm." I said thoughtfully.

"Bella has a boyfriend. She and Jake are just good friends." Billy said stiffly.

"Yeah..Edward Cullen. I wish she and Jacob were dating though. They are so good together." Charlie said quietly. I was all ears.

"She made her choice Charlie." Billy said with a note of finality in his voice.

"I know I know." Looks like I won`t be hearing any more about that subject any time soon.

"Why don`t you go hang with Jacob and Bella?" My mom said. She was so clueless. Couldn`t blame her for that though. I sighed and left them. I wandered into the kitchen and found Bella and Jacob watching the tiny TV. Jacob had his arm slung around her shoulders and Bella had her body curled into him like she was cold or something. I flipped the both of them off before exiting by the back door with one of my moms cigarettes. I went out into the cool air and wandered off to sit well out of sight in the trees bordering Jacob`s house.

Just as I was on my second puff I heard heavy footsteps approaching me from somewhere in the forest. Holy shit. Who was that? A murderer? An escaped prisoner? A madman?

"Sonia Mara." Paul Lahotes gruff voice sounded before I could see him.

"Paul Lahote. As I live and breath." I said as he came into view. He was smirking and punched me lightly on the shoulder as a greeting.

"Smoking I see. Give me drag?" I gave him the cigarette and he inhaled deeply. "Fuck me I`ve missed these." He said nostalgically, eyeing the cigarette in his fingers before giving it back to me.

"What are you doing here?"

"I`ve come to see Jacob. We are friends after all, practically brothers. Brothers in law soon." He guffawed at his own wit. He sure was dumb sometimes. "What are you doing outside? Jacob being mean to you?"

"Something like that." I answered warily.

"He doesn`t mean it. I suppose Smella is inside as well." He wrinkled his nose in distaste which made me giggle.

"Yeah. She is so..."

"annoying?"

"Yeah."

"Tell me about it. Lets get back inside. Have some...fun." He said suggestively.

"Yeah...some fun." I knew what Paul meant by fun. The guy had the sickest sense of humor ever.

"Come on. Lets go play with Jakey." He laughed loudly before picking me up and flinging me over his shoulder.

"Shit Paul." I laughed. "Put me down."

"Nuh uh." He ran towards the Black`s house and raced inside to the kitchen.

"Does she belong to someone in here? I found her out in the woods being a bad girl."

"Paul...what the hell are you doing here?" Jacob said with unconcealed disgust.

"Hello to you too bro. Leech lover...I mean Bella." I struggled in Paul`s hold. How the hell wasn`t he tired from holding me?

"Paul, you can put me down now." I said, the blood was being to rush to my head and I was pretty sure Jacob had a good view of my ass in the position I was in.

"Put her down Paul." Jacob said threateningly. Paul snorted at Jacob before setting me gently on my feet. I punched him playfully on his shoulder. Ow! That hurt a bit.

"What are you doing here Paul?" Jacob said, facing Paul with his arms crossed.

"Just come to hang with you and Sonia." He had left out Bella which made me laugh internally.

"Why can`t you just give me a break Paul?"

"Have no idea what you mean man." Paul replied, playing clueless.

"You know what I mean!" Jacob growled, squaring off with Paul in the small kitchen. He began to shake violently. Oh man! Was he having some sort of fit?

"Calm down Jake!" Paul said seriously. "I`m not here to cause any problems."

"Jacob, what the hell is wrong with you? Paul is your friend." I said.

"Yeah Jake. I`m your friend. You don`t want to...you know...here. With all these people...with Sonia here." Paul said. What the fuck was he talking about? Whatever it was seemed to calm Jacob down considerably. He gave me another sweeping look before heading back to sit beside a nervous Bella. Paul gave me a "that was a close call" look. What just happened? I looked back over at Jacob who was comforting Bella for some reason.

"So..I hear you`re dating Rachael Black now." I said to Paul. Trying to start some normal conversation. His face softened considerably at her name.

"Yeah...she`s perfect. We`re soul mates you know." He said dreamily, looking into space for a while. I watching with knitted eyebrows for about a minute before he snapped out of his daydream.

"Wow...Paul Lahote...in love?" Ahhh, that was so cute. We smiled at each other.

"Yeah totally. So in love."

"You know how goofy you sound?" I said laughing.

"Wait until it happens to you." He said, glancing at Jacob. "So..Sonia. What`s new with you?"

"Nothing much. Just here with my mom on some gross impromptu date." I gave a shudder.

"Chief Swan?"

"Yeah." I saw Bella look over in our direction.

"She could do worse." Paul said.

"Yeah...your father being one." Bella said quietly from beside Jacob. The room went silent, the only sound being the TV and the oldies laughs from the living room. She had just crossed the biggest line.

"Say that again Bella. To my fucking face this time." I said with a dangerous quiet. I had my hands balled painfully into fists. I was shaking.

"I said that your dad being one. A thief. An armed robber. An inmate." She was going to die.

"And tell me Bella.." I put as much venom into saying her name as I could. "..how you know so much about my father." I knew how she knew. I just wanted to hear her say his name.

"Bella don`t." Jacob warned her, standing up and attempting to bring her out of the room. I blocked their exit from the back door.

"Bella do. Do please tell me." I said sweetly, putting my face right into her petrified one.

"Jake told me. He tells me everything."

"Jake told you. Oh really?" I turned my hate filled stare on Jacob now. He looked pained, sorry, he could hardly meet my eyes.

"So Jacob. What gives you the fucking right to talk about me to her?" I hissed lowly.

"I`m sorry."

"Sorry doesn`t cut it. You`ll be sorry Jacob."

"Listen Sonia.."

"No. I`m done with listening to your stupid shit. And as for you Bella. You better be on your toes." I stepped out of the doorway and Bella fled past me. Jacob just stood there looking down at me.

"Please Sonia. Believe me. I am sorry. I shouldn`t have said that." Jacob apologized profusely. It might as well have fell on deaf ears. I went over to the kitchen table and sat there looking at the TV.

"So Paul, do you know if there`s anything good on TV tonight?" I said taking up the remote and flicking through the channels like nothing had happened. Not here Sonia. Don`t ruin your mom`s night.

"Eh...I dunno. I think Mad Max Tunderdome is on soon." Paul said, like he was talking to a crazy person. He sat down next to me and looked me full on in the face.

"Are you okay Sonia?" He seemed so concerned.

"Yeah. Why shouldn`t I be?" I said as nonchalantly as I could.

"Because you seemed pretty mad a while ago."

"I know. I still am."

"So..."

"So...?"

"I dunno. Shit Sonia. Bella says all that crap about your dad that she heard from Jacob and you`re just sitting here discussing what is on TV?"

"What else am I supposed to do? Cause a scene? I`m sure Bella would love that. I`m not going to ruin my mom`s chances with that Charlie guy. She would kill me if I embarrassed her here."

"I guess so. Sorry Sonz."

"You have nothing to be sorry about Paul."

"What is going on in here?" Billy had wheeled into the kitchen. Anger etched in every line on his face. Nobody answered him.

"Jacob Ephraim Black, what is going on in here?"

"Nothing."

"Don`t bullshit me!"

"I told Bella about Sonia`s dad." Jacob admitted. I looked over at him and Billy. Jacob looked at me with hurt written on his features. Billy glanced over in the direction of the living room.

"And why would you tell Bella something that is none of her goddamn business?"

"It just came up." Pathetic Jacob. I snorted in disbelief.

"Did you apologize to Sonia?"

"Yes."

"Sonia? I am sorry for my son. Deeply sorry."

"It`s okay Billy. Seriously. All he said was the truth after all." I shrugged like it didn`t affect me. It did though. I knew it. Jacob knew it. Billy knew it. Paul knew it. Billy looked at me silently for a while before turning back to Jacob.

"You better start getting your act together. This is not a game."

"I know. I`m sorry Sonia."

"I know. You said that already." I said sarcastically. I didn`t want to look into his eyes. It hurt too much. I looked at my hands instead.

"I better see where Bella has gone off to." Jacob said before leaving. I watched his broad figure disappear from the kitchen and into the darkness.

"Sonia, I am sorry again for my son, and for Bella." Billy said before he wheeled himself back into the living room and left me alone with Paul.

"What is Jacob`s problem with me? Please be honest Paul." I begged. He looked at me with sympathy.

"Jacob...likes you...so to speak. He thinks he`s in love with Bella. He has these feelings for you that he can`t control. The only way he can handle them is by blaming you for them."

"That`s the biggest load of bullshit I`ve ever heard." I said scornfully.

"It`s true."

"There`s more that you`re not telling me. There`s more to this than Jacob having some sort of love-hate fixation with me."

"There is. But I can`t tell you."

"Some friend you are."

"I am your friend. I`m looking out for you. That`s why I`m telling you not to make Jacob angry."

"He`s always angry with me."

"No he isn`t."

"I`m finished with this Paul."

"Okay Sonia. Finished for now. It will only get worse before it gets any better." He added cryptically. Oh God! I`ve had enough.

"I`m so tired of all this shit."

"I know."

"You know. Jacob knows. Everybody knows. I don`t know though."

When we eventually left Billy`s my mom was so happy and excited. She said that Charlie had asked her out for dinner tomorrow night. I am happy for her. Truly I am. She deserves a nice man in her life. She knew something was up with me though. I just told her I felt a little sick. She left it at that which I was grateful for.

When we got home I went straight to my bedroom. I changed into my PJs and lay down on my bed, staring up at the glow in the dark stars on my ceiling. I was sick of it all. Sick of Jacob. Sick of Bella. Sick of all the shit.

The next day, after I had finished work and was driving back to La Push my car suddenly stopped. What the hell? The gas was full. The oil and water was okay. Why now? Crap. I checked my bag for my phone. Not there! Oh man. What the hell am I supposed to do. Shit fuckity fuck fuck. It would take me forever to walk back to Port Angeles and even more to walk back to La Push. I got out of my car and leaned against the hood thinking. I wasn`t going to hitch hike. I wanted to cry. I saw a fancy Volvo drive down the road and slow down beside my car. The windows were tinted dark. I felt a horrible fear overcome me. If needs be I would use my keys as a weapon. Nowhere to run Sonia. I knew the person who got out of the car. The pale cold guy. Edward.

"Hello Sonia." He greeted pleasantly. I couldn`t say anything. Christ I`m so scared.

"Again you have nothing to fear from me. I won`t ever hurt you. I don`t have a death wish." He chuckled sardonically at what he said. "Your car is dead." He stated.

"Seems so." I said, trying to sound brave.

"Your phone is gone." He stated again. How did he know that?

"You`re stranded and you need a lift back home."

"I`m fine."

"You`re coming with me back to La Push Sonia."

"I`m not going anywhere with you fucker." He smirked at me before he suddenly disappeared and reappeared beside me. I couldn`t scream for the fear. How did he move so fast? It wasn`t natural.

"You`re right Sonia. I am not natural. You are actually smart to be afraid of me."

"What do you want?" I was trembling with fear.

"I want you to get in the car with me and come back to La Push. I am not going to hurt you."

"I don`t want to go with you." I replied pathetically. Shit! I knew he would make me go with him.

"By force if needs be." In a flash he was face to face with me. I truly did find him repulsive.

"I guess I`m not a dog." What? I am so freaked out now.

"What...just tell me.." I stuttered out. Oh God Oh God Oh God.

"Get in the car Sonia. Then all your answers will be answered."

"No." I said again, backing away from him. Before I knew what was happening I was in a cold grasp and being forced into the passenger seat of the Volvo.

"I`m not going to hurt you. I`m bringing you to Jacob!" Edward said calmly. "I`m going to give you a mild sedative. I don`t want you wrecking my car while you`re inside."

"FUCK YOU! DON`T FUCKING TOUCH ME!" I screamed, trying to make a run for it. Before I could even get the door open Edward, the quick son of a bitch that he is, jabbed me with a needle of I don`t know what. Oh man...Oh crappppp. I felt my body turn to mush. I had no control over my legs, arms or anything. Shit man.

"You`ll be okay in a while. The dosage wasn`t that much. You should feel yourself again in about an hour. Long enough to make you see Jacob for who he really is."

"Why are you doing this?" I asked, my speech considerably slowed and slurred.

"For love Sonia. For love." Edward answered quietly, starting the engine and heading for La Push. He drove fast and stopped short of the border of La Push. I couldn`t move and I was more afraid than I have ever been in my entire life. What did I ever do to deserve this?

"You didn`t do anything Sonia." Edward answered my thought.

"What...can you read minds or something?" I asked with my horrible slurred voice. I hate feeling so weak!

"Yes I can. I can hear your thoughts perfectly. I can see all your memories when you think of them."

"Bullshit."

"I would appreciate it if you didn`t swear so much."

"Fuck you."

"You are willful. Jacob would do good with a girl like you."

"I hate Jacob."

"You love Jacob. I can see the way you think about him. If only he can see it."

"It`s not true."

"It is Sonia. He loves you too. He is a complicated dog. He just can`t let go of Bella. I thought the imprinting would sever his ties to her but I guess I was wrong."

"Jacob isn`t a dog."

"You`ll see soon enough."

We lapsed into a silence that seemed to last an eternity. Edward stayed as still as a statue just watching the road ahead. After a while I could feel my muscles coming back to life. Thank God. I was trying to figure out how to get of the car and away from Edward. I don`t want to die now. I`m too young.

"He`s coming. With my Bella. Get ready for a big show Sonia." Edward said as he unbuckled my seat belt and helped me gently out of the care. I jumped at his cold touch like he had scalded me. We stood together at the hood of his car. Edward maintained a firm grip on my upper arm the whole time. About a minute later Jacob`s crappy Rabbit rounded the corner and ground to a screeching halt. Jacob exited the car shirtless. His body sure as hell was hot. I felt the fear dissolve as soon as I locked eyes with his. He looked pissed. Furious to be exact. So much that he was shaking. Bella got out of the car as well looking confused.

"Sonia...did he hurt you?" Jacob snarled, looking at Edward.

"No...he just drugged me." I said, I still felt a bit weak from whatever Edward jabbed me with. Jacob emitted a furious growl that belonged more to an animal than a human. Fuck me! My heart was beating painfully from the fear.

"You...you fucking leech..I`ll fucking kill you..." Jacob snarled at Edward some more.

"She needs to know Jacob. There`s a method to my madness. I would never hurt your imprint."

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Jacob screamed. The shaking was getting out of control, so much that Jacob started to blur. What the hell was going on?

Then it happened. With one touch. Edward placed his creepy cold hand on my shoulder. One little touch sent Jacob to blur out of control and morph into a giant wolf. Oh! Jacob Black is a wolf. Cool. Wait. What? Run. Run. Run. Run. RUN! Move your legs you stupid bitch. I screamed a blood curdling scream that would give a banshee a run for her money and made a dash for the forest. Oh Shit. Oh no no no no no no. Jacob Black is some sort of wolf. He`s a monster. Shit man. What the hell is going on. All these questions I pondered as I tore hell for leather farther into the forest.