Author's Note: Here's the second chapter! Hope everyone will enjoy the story, and vote on who Bella should be paired with. You can vote by going to my account page, in case some people didn't know. I would love to know what you guys think.

Chapter 2

It was five days before she returned home, and it only took that long because she wasn't about to skulk back to the elders with her tail between her legs and ask them, as best as a wolf could, for help in figuring out how to shift back to human.

So, at three in the morning, she climbed through her window, naked of course, and landed, more graceful than ever before, in her room. She then took a long shower since she had to be smelling like death, raided the fridge downstairs, and went to bed.

Only to wake up the next morning to find a very pissed off Rachel and Emily standing over her.

"I can explain," Bella said immediately as she sat up, because that was the line anybody dealing with one or more pissed off lovers went to.

"Really? Are you sure?" Rachel asked in such a scathing, furious tone, that it actually made Bella wonder if Rachel might be a werewolf too, because she apparently had one hell of a temper. "Can you really give anyone an explanation that explains why you were gone for five days, making everyone worried sick?"

"How did you even get in my house?" Bella asked instead, because that was the second thing that pretty much anyone being accused of something by an angry lover did. When you know you can't win, try to turn things around on them.

"Your father called us and told us you came home," Emily answered, to which Bella grimaced. Damn it, Dad.

"So, start talking," Rachel said, and with that, she crossed her arms over her chest and waited.

Before Bella said something stupid, she tried to think things through, tried to come up with a reasonable explanation that she was actually allowed to tell. This, of course, made Emily and Rachel pretty damn pissed off with her, and Bella knew she was in for it.

"Okay, we're clearly all a little emotional here, so I have an idea to help us work out all of our excess energy; a threesome." Apparently, this wasn't such a good idea, because Bella got smacked over the head by both girls. To both Bella and the girls' surprise, Emily and Rachel let out an exclamation of pain, while Bella barely realized she had been hit. "Sorry?" Bella tried to apologize as both girls cradled their injured hand protectively.

"Oh, you're going to be sorry. Because I still want an explanation as to why you decided to run away or whatever while you were sick, of all things, and not tell anyone where you were or if you were alive for five whole days," Rachel hissed at her.

Huh. Maybe Rachel was going to turn into some kind of werecat instead. She's already got the hiss thing down after all. Then again, she had the hiss and temper down for years now, so maybe Rachel was just another pissed off human chick. Not allowing her mind to travel too far down the supernatural road, Bella turned to Emily, the less likely to kill her of the two, to coax to her side.

"I have my reasons, I swear," Bella said, giving Emily the big, smoky eyed look. "You understand, don't you Em?"

"Ah...um," Emily replied intelligently, because for some reason, Bella was even more distracting than usual. Distracting in the sexy sense, that is, and it was a little hard for the older girl to get her brain to function correctly.

What the hell is this? Rachel thought with unconcealed shock. Because even though Bella wasn't focusing on her, Rachel could still feel the effects of Bella's stare. It was like in the five days Bella had been missing, she had gotten even sexier, but in a dangerous, can't-stay-away sense. And did Rachel see even more defined muscle now? Seriously, what did Bella do while she was away, train for a marathon?

"Em?" Bella repeated, her voice silky and almost hypnotic. Bella reached out to wrap an arm around Emily and pull her closer, and Emily almost melted into her. "You understand that I have my reasons, right? I mean, I'm all better now, so you know I had to leave for a reason."

All Emily could do was nod dumbly, and she got a wicked smile in return.

With that done, Bella turned to focus her attention on Rachel, but Rachel quickly turned away. "Just get ready for school. There's no way in hell I'm going to let you skip another day, because at this rate, you're not going to graduate."

"Yeah, of course," Bella agreed, setting Emily aside as she got to her feet. She strode over to her dresser with a graceful, predatory lope that had both Emily and Rachel staring after her, and then proceeded to get undressed, then dressed, without a hint of modesty. Of course, both girls had seen her naked many times before in their time together, but most girls would still at least hesitate. However, modesty had never been a word in Bella's dictionary, and she also enjoyed getting ogled by Emily and Rachel so openly, which was a bonus.

It was just as she was going to put on her shoes that a howl echoed through her head, and Bella froze. Immediately, she knew what was happening, and knew something had to be done about it.

"Bella? What's wrong?" Emily asked with a frown of worry, realizing something was up.

"Ah, uh...nothing. Just don't want to be late for school." Without another word, Bella took off, down the stairs and out of the house without looking back.

"Wait, Bella, your back-" Emily started to shout as she ran after the younger girl, holding up the backpack in question. However, when she caught sight of Bella just before disappearing through the trees, she dropped the backpack with a sigh and said, "She's not going to school, is she?"

"Nope," Rachel replied with a scowl.

Regardless of how hot Bella was, she was going to pay for everything the second Rachel got her hands on her.

Bella was running through the forest pretty damn fast, stripping as she went. She was down to only a bra and underwear once again when she thought, Just fuck it and shifted into her wolf. Immediately, just by tasting the panic and other rollercoaster emotions, she knew who the new wolf was; Sam Uley.

Sam, you need to calm down. Freaking out just makes everything worse.

Bella? Bella, is that you? What are you doing inside of my head?

Baking brownies, what the fuck do you think I'm doing, dipwad? Now just shut up and stay still, I'll be there soon.

Sam must have taken Bella's words to heart, because he really did shut up. Bella started to enjoy the power she was going to have over the older dickhead, until Sam decided to break his silence.

What did you just call me? And what do you mean, you have power over me? Sam demanded, sounding a little pissed off.

Damn it, the elders didn't tell her that other wolves would be able to hear everything she thought. They really needed to come up with a guidebook or some shit.

The elders? What do they have to do with this? Sam asked, and as he spoke, he seemed to be calming himself down. Which meant Bella had even more access to his brain, what he saw, what else he thought, and fuck, did Bella not like it. She was definitely going to find a way to make her mind a little more private.

I told you I'd explain things when I get there, didn't I? So just wait a few more minutes, or else you'll piss me off, and we'll be at each other's throats even more than usual. As she thought this, she picked up the pace. She seriously just wanted to get this over with. For fucks sake, of all the boys she'd have to be stuck with first, it had to be Sam Uley?

I heard that, Sam said, but didn't say anything else. He seemed abnormally subdued, which would have worried Bella, had she not known that Sam had to deal with the fact that he just turned into a werewolf.

A werewolf? I am? Sam asked, starting to get a little freaked out again.

Damn it Sam, stay out of my head!

Like I want to be there in the first place. I'd get out if I could!

Letting out a frustrated growl as Bella realized he was right, seeing as she couldn't stop hearing what was in his head either, so she focused on getting to Sam as fast as possible. And just to be mean, she started playing crappy elevator music in her head, just for him.

You're such an ass, Sam growled at me as Bella finally found him, all but running him over in the process.

Yeah, I know. And it only makes me sexier, Bella replied with a mental evil grin, making the older boy groan in annoyance. She took a moment to check him over, examining the huge black wolf he was that was nearly as big as she was. Done with the observation, Bella decided to just jump right into her explanation. Okay, now here's all the fucked up shit we have to go through thanks to our ancestors...And just like that, she gave him all the not-too-dirty details. But of course, being lazy, she left out everything she deemed not too important and focused on the major details. The elders could fill him in on the rest, seeing as they had also told Bella they expected her and the other wolves to go on patrols to make sure no vampires were breaching our territory. Because who wouldn't want to do something fun when they could just run around in circles?

By the time Bella was done, Sam looked to be in information overload. Unlike her, however, he seemed to focus pretty easily on the whole duty part of the thing. We were chosen, Bella. If vampires really are such a threat that normal people can't even hurt them, then we have to protect the tribe at all costs.

Why did I know that you were going to say that? Bella grumbled, but also knew he was right. If a vampire really was going to attack La Push, she damned well wasn't going to let them get away with it. While these people could be a serious pain in the ass, they were a pain in her ass, and she was the only one allowed to fuck with them.

But still, the Cullens...who would have guessed that they would be the reason behind all this?

Now that Sam brought it up, Bella gave the Cullens more thought. Wasn't Carlisle a doctor at the hospital? He seemed like a good guy the one time Bella had met him. But to think, that they were all a bunch of leeches...sure, they tried to be good, but they still had to kill to survive, and they would always crave humans. That was kind of fucked up. Why couldn't they be more along the line of those sexy vampiresses like in all of those cheesy romance novels Bella would never admit to reading?

Leeches, huh? Yeah, that describes them perfectly. And you read romance novels? Sam actually sounded like he was holding back laughter, and his wolf was chuffing.

God damn it. Sam had better watch his own mind from now on, because the second she heard something embarrassing, Bella was going to use it for blackmail. Her thoughts were apparently pretty dark for the other wolf, because Sam immediately shut up.

So...do you know who else is going to become a wolf? We should keep an eye on them, after all, Sam said after a brief silence.

No idea. I've been throwing a tantrum in the forest for the last five days, Bella replied breezily. Apparently the packs had never gotten that big, and now that there were two of them, that meant they only had, what, four or five more wolves to go at most?

Well, isn't that mature, Sam thought, and Bella could sort of tell he had meant to keep the thought to himself. That didn't stop her from swiping at him with a paw, knocking him over. Sam didn't even complain as he climbed to his feet, but then he paused, leaning towards Bella to sniff at her. Hey...you smell really good.

Ew. Never say that again, Bella replied, stepping away from him with a warning growl. And don't you have a fiance? How low do you have to go to flirt on the lesbian when you have her to fuck? Bella gave an internal evil smirk. Or are you so bad in the sack that she's doesn't even want to give you some?

Immediately, Sam started to panic. No, wait, I didn't mean you as in you, I mean that there's another scent that's clinging to you...that's what smells good. Then the rest of Bella's words registered, and he bristled. And I make sure Leah is quite satisfied, asshole.

Uh huh, sure. In the distance, a cell phone rang, distracting both wolves. Bella let out a wolfy sigh. And that would be for me. Wonder who called? She started to head toward where she had shed her clothes, Sam following right behind her. When they got to the place where the clothes had been abandoned, Bella turned around, baring her teeth and glaring at Sam. Turn around now, or I'll tell Leah you've been checking out other women. And keep your eyes closed while you're at it.

Alright, alright. Bella could almost feel the eyeroll as Sam turned away, and Bella quickly shifted back and got dressed. Damn it, it was from Emily. Bella guessed they realized she wasn't going to school. Seriously, sometimes it felt like Emily was more of a mother than her lover. Having missed the call, Bella called Emily back. She couldn't even get a hello out of her mouth before Emily was speaking.

"If you're going to skip school, can't you at least have the decency to at least make it look like you're actually going to school so we can have a clear conscience?" As Emily spoke, Bella caught Sam's head whipping towards them. A second later, he let out a low whine, eyes glued to where Bella stood. What the hell?

"Sorry Em, something came up," Bella answered, giving Sam the what the fuck are you doing? Look.

"Uh huh, sure. Where are you now? Either I'm going to come get you, or you're coming to me. I'm not letting you drop out of high school, got it?"

"Yeah, yeah, I know. Where are you? I'll be there in a minute." After Bella dealt with whatever was eating at Sam, that is. After being told Emily would be at Bella's house to wait for her, Bella quickly hung up and turned to Sam. "What the hell is up with you now?" Of course, all Bella got in response was a lot of anxious whining and pawing at the ground, so Bella knew she'd have to shift back. She made him turn back around so he wasn't looking, then pulled off her clothes and shifted.

Was...was that Emily? Sam asked, a strange tone to his voice.

Yeah, why? Didn't you know I was sleeping with her? Bella asked curiously, but without any kind of hostile or taunting emotion to her voice. So she was surprised when Sam snarled and lunged at her, snapping his teeth, even his wolf riled up. Bella got ready to rise to meet the challenge, but just as quickly Sam had lowered himself, whining apologetically, submitting himself to Bella. Seriously though, what the fuck?

I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. I just...something is...I can't explain it, Sam said helplessly. Can you tell me how to shift back?

Okay… Bella stared at him for a moment, and decided since she didn't know what the fuck was going on, she'd just make the elders tell her later. You have to imagine yourself shifting back. You know, becoming human again and all that shit. Bella gave him a sort of visual, then shifted back herself and dressed, once again with Sam averting his eyes. Sam shifting back took a few minuted, but Sam managed to shift back-and Bella ended up getting an eyeful of something she never wanted to see.

"AHH, my eyes!" Bella yelped as she spun around and covered her eyes with her hands. "Oh, god, why do I never think things through? Damn it, Sam, you don't even have any clothes, do you?"

"No," Sam sighed. "I really should have asked you to get some first."

"Shift back. Just shift back," Bella all but pleaded. "I don't-oh, ew, I'm never going to get that image out of my brain."

"Okay, okay," Sam grumbled. "I'll go back to my place and get some clothes, and I'll meet up with you in about five minutes."

"Why do you have to meet up with me at all? Can't we talk about this later tonight? Emily's going to have a fit if I ignore her," Bella replied, still not daring to uncover her eyes or glance Sam's way.

"I...I don't know," Sam muttered, and Bella could hear the haunted confusion in his voice. "I just need to go with you. Need to…"

Oh, fuck me. Don't tell me that being alpha meant the other wolves wanted to follow me everywhere, Bella thought. "Fine, I'll see you soon. Now I'm out of here. Damn it, I'm going to need to find a way to scrub my brain or some shit. I need to get the image of your dick out of my head."

"It is pretty unforgettable, isn't it?" Sam said smugly, making Bella want to snarl at him even though she was still human. However, by the time Bella had stupidly turned around to say a few choice words, Sam had already shifted and fled.

"Less than an hour, and I already feel like I'm gonna kill him," Bella muttered with a shake of her head before starting to jog back to her own home. A part of Bella wished it took longer to get there, because she was immediately faced by a clearly irate Emily waiting outside, in Bella's backyard no less. Her arms were crossed over her chest and she was already glaring, clearly waiting for Bella to arrive and knowing that Bella would try to sneak in through the back. The only good news was that Rachel was nowhere to be seen, because she would have torn Bella a new asshole.

"Hey, Em," Bella said, a little warily, as she came up to Emily and opened her arms for a hug.

"Don't you 'hey, Em' me," Emily said, smacking Bella in the chest and once again frowning when she only managed to make her hand ache. "What is with you avoiding going to school? Do you know how hard it is to get a job even when you're a high school graduate, let alone a high school dropout…" And so Emily's lecture continued. It was clearly going to be a long one, so Bella sighed and sat on the ground, pulling Emily down with her, right into her lap. Emily blushed a bright red, but still continued to lecture. A lecture that Bella quickly tuned out of. However, she wasn't so tuned out that she didn't notice when Emily's voice came to an abrupt end.

Glancing up in confusion, Bella caught Emily with a confused and nervous look on her face as she stared at something over Bella's shoulder. No, not something-someone. And that someone was Sam. Sam, who was currently standing at the edge of Bella's backyard. Sam, who had a tense, strained look on his face, his entire body trembling with his gaze locked onto Bella and Emily, his wolf looking ready to burst out of him any moment.

Confused, Bella stood, picking Emily up with her, and set the woman on her feet. "Uh, Emily? Sam? What's up?" Bella asked, knowing that there was something seriously weird going on.

"I...I don't know," Sam answered as Emily looked away with a blush. He seemed to have calmed down a little, as he was no longer trembling, but his entire body was still clearly tense. "She...she's just…"

Bella glanced at Emily with a frown, actually able to smell Emily's arousal and attraction, a scent that had grown much stronger since she had been on Bella's lap. It wasn't too strange, since Bella had always known Emily was bi. However, what was strange was that Emily, sweet and straight-laced Emily, was so openly desiring her cousin's fiance. And that said fiance was also staring at Emily as if he was staring at the love of his life. And that love of his life was suddenly Emily and not Leah.

Just like that, Bella remembered one of the old stories, telling of something just like this. Something rare that only a handful of the Quileute wolves got to experience, something considered a gift from the spirits themselves.

Holy fuck. Sam just imprinted on Emily.