That night as Bella lay in bed, squeezing her eyes shut to try and get at least some sleep, it seemed that rest and peace would never come to her. She just kept playing Jake's words repeatedly in her mind. What did the Quileute legends have to do with everything? She knew the stories about the Vampires were true, but what else could there be? Maybe she shouldn't even look into it, if she found out what happened to Jake maybe it would bring her more supernatural nonsense that she didn't need. But she knew she couldn't that, Jake was helping her feel like herself again, she couldn't lose him. He was her best friend and after tonight, she could see how much he wanted to tell her but obviously couldn't. After everything that he had done for her the least she could do was try to find out the truth. And as she made her decision, Bella finally felt herself drift into sleep.

Bella woke with a start, her eyes opening wide as she saw the darkness of the forest surrounding her once again. She felt the panic in her body beginning to consume her, tears pricking at her eyes as the nightmare begun once more. Her hands grasped at the soggy leaves on the forest floor to help herself up. As she rose to her feet and glanced around at the area she was in, she could feel there was something different about this dream.

It seemed less nightmare-ish and more of a memory. Usually her nightmares would begin with Edward leaving her in the clearing, she would run after him, calling his name repeatedly with no answer and then the darkness would consume her.

The sound of a branch breaking behind her, made her jump, she turned around slowly to see a large, grey wolf standing over her collapsed body. Bella gulped and felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end, the wolf looked up at her, it's black eyes boring into her eyes and when they connected the vivid memories of her day on the beach flooded back to her and it all fell into place.

The cold ones meant vampires.

The Quileute's meant wolves.

Jake was a wolf.

Bella jumped awaked, her breathing heavy and her face drenched with sweat at her realisation, she had to speak to Jake and fast. Without hesitation she pulled herself out of bed, getting a quick shower and grabbing whatever clothes she could find. By the time she got downstairs, Charlie's cruiser was away which meant he was at work, that thought being confirmed by the note that was taped to the fridge, letting her know that he would be home late and if she ordered food to keep some left overs for him.

Bella grabbed her keys from the small hook by the door and raced out to her truck, surprising herself at how stable she was now that she was focused.

It didn't take her long to get to the reservation and even shorter to get to Jake's house, her heart was thumping madly inside her chest as she knocked on the door to the Black's house. She was expecting Jake to answer, but instead it was Billy.

"Bella" Billy greeted, a tense smile on his face

"I need to see him Billy"

"He's not in"

Bella stared at the older man's face, her eyes narrowing slightly as she realised that he was lying, usually Bella would take that as her answer and leave, but with what she now knew this couldn't leave. Surprising herself and Billy, she manoeuvred herself around him. "Sorry Billy, but I really need to see him"

Billy sighed but didn't try to stop the young girl, "Bella" he warned, but she seemed to be on a mission.

Bella's heart was beating so loudly she could hear it in her eyes, she stood on front of Jake's door for a moment, wondering if she was doing the right or not, but she knew she was. If knowing the truth meant she could have Jake back as her friend, then she didn't care. She turned the handle and pushed the door open, for a moment she thought it was empty, only until she heard the soft snores and glanced down to find Jake asleep in his bed. For a moment, guilt washed over her, he must have been exhausted doing whatever it was with Sam and his gang. She didn't want to wake him, he looked too peaceful to disturb.

A loud shout from outside broke Bella from her thoughts, she glanced out the window and saw four equally tall, short haired men walking towards Jake's house. Bella felt the rage building up inside her and before she knew what she was doing, she found herself storming out the back of house and directly towards the four men. She knew what they were, she knew what they could and yet she found that she didn't care.

"What did you do?!" Bella yelled as she finally stopped a short distance from them. The tallest one who she recognised as Sam, the one who rescued her from that damned forest, said nothing. So she asked again, "What the hell did you do?!" And once again surprising herself, she pushed him. But she underestimated how strong her was, the force of her push done nothing to him but sent her stumbling backwards.

A growl erupted from someone standing beside Sam, but outstretched his arm and pushed the guy behind him so Bella was no longer able to see him. "Easy" Sam warned, the one of his voice commanding, almost ordering him to stay back

"He didn't want this!"

The guy who Sam pushed back let out a bitter laugh but made no effort to move forward again. "What did we do? What did he do? What did he tell you?"

Sam sighed, knowing exactly where this was heading if they weren't careful. "Both of you, calm down" He warned.

Bell tried to manoeuvre herself around Sam, to speak directly to the other guy but Sam was a lot taller and muscular then she had expected. "Nothing! He tells me nothing because he's scared of you"

Paul laughed, he was still slightly hidden behind Sam's back with Jared on his other side, they were both stopping him from getting at the leech lover because they knew what would happen. He could only make out the top of her brown hair, he did have to admit though she was feisty.

Bella grinded her teeth together, not appreciating the way that they were laughing at her, she saw the other guy, who she briefly remembered as Jared when Jake pointed him out, shift slightly and she saw an opening. She dove through the small gap and before realising what she was doing, punched the one who was laughing at her right in the jaw. She immediately felt the pain spread through her hand, but she wasn't going to show any signs of weakness. Not to him anyway.

For a moment, she watched as she begun to shake on front of her, his whole-body trembling as if it was ready to explode. Jared chuckled beside her and shook his head. "Too late now"

Paul felt the vibrations running through his whole body, he was ready to shift any moment now, the anger in him was building up so much. He could see from his peripheral vision that Sam was talking, must be to try calm him down but he couldn't hear a word he said. Paul let out a grunt, if the Swan girl knew already then he may as well put on a show for her. He shoved Jared aside and stepped forward, finally able to look the girl in the eye to show her what she's dealing with.

But as Paul finally looked Bella in her eyes, he wasn't ready for what was about to happen. Her brown eyes locked onto his almost black one eyes, and as they connected everything seemed to fall into place. The world stopped moving and it felt like she was the only thing holding him to the ground, his gravity. The vibrations that were coursing through his body suddenly stopped, his heart was hammering through his chest. He allowed his eyes to try drink in the sight of her, memorising everything about of her, it was like he couldn't get enough of her.

Paul continued to stare at her, his breathing heavy and he felt...flushed? As far as he was aware he had never felt flushed before in his life. The two kept eye contact, he could hear Sam and Jared whispering to each other, but he wasn't concentrating enough to listen. To anyone else it would have seemed they were just having an intense staring contest and neither of them were willing to budge, however he and his pack knew different. Sam and Jared especially knew what was going on.

As Paul continued to eye up his Imprint, there was a shift in atmosphere and he could feel a penetrating gaze coming from the Black's house, he couldn't help but smirk. His arrogant side coming out to play as he knew Jacob was going to be a tad surprised and upset when he realized what happened. If Jacob wasn't careful, he was going to blow a brain cell staring at them so hard.

Bella wasn't completely sure what had just happened, one moment the guy-Paul, she heard Sam trying to calm him down, stalked forward and looked ready to attack her. But as soon as their eyes met something happened, she felt warmth and safety in his look. All of the hate and anger suddenly evaporating from his eyes, his body had stopped shaking and he looked ready to fall to his feet at any given moment. She glanced between Sam and Jared, Sam looked surprised but fed up, as if he was anticipating something else to happen. While Jared just looked smug, she could see happiness in his eye for his friend, but something told her he was going to be gloating later.

It felt like they had been staring at each other for hours when in fact it had only been a few minutes. Sam was going to have some trouble on his hands for a while, his eyes drifted to the Black's house and he could see Jake standing there, his eyes narrowed between Paul and Bella.

"Here we go" Jared sniggered; Sam gave him a warning look and Jared quickly stopped.

Bella was eventually able to pull her eyes away from Paul, to see the concerned looked on Sam's face, she frowned and was about to ask Sam why he was so worried, when she felt a presence behind her

"What the hell just happened?!"