A/N: it's that time of year again everyone! My church is doing the Daniel fast which means I will be logging off for 21 days! I will be back on January 26th! In the meantime, I will post some of my older stories although some are not quite finished. I will begin to repost found son -Quil x Bella tomorrow!

Previously on Naked and Afraid:

Dad… there's something we need to tell you. It's going to be a shock but I just hope you can be happy for us. Paul… he loves me and I .. love him. So we wanted to tell you that…Paul and I are married."

…..

Sam groaned as he took off his work boots. He had been so busy ripping and running that he hadn't had time to talk to the pack.

I'll do it tomorrow he told himself.

It was the silence of his home that made Sam relax. His wolf nestled in contentment as Bella's brown eyes flashed through his mind.

He was grateful she was home. So freaking grateful and now that he knew why she was important to him, and to the pack a certain measure of assurance hit him.

An assurance of his pack and the unity that would draw them together because of one small human girl.

"Oh crap," Sam murmured as a thought hit it.

If he imprinted on Bella, would anyone else imprint on her?

The scent at his front door drew his thoughts away from his sister imprint and toward the woman who held the number one spot in his life.

"Emily!" he greeted as he opened the front door, pulling the groceries out of his wife's arms.

"Sam! Your home! Boy is it quiet in here!" she greeted as she kissed him passionately.

"No! SShhh! Don't say the Q word! That's like saying Macbeth in the theater!" he scolded gently. Emily laughed and shook her head.

"Whatever you say, my love. How did your day go? And where in the world did you go last night!?"

"It went well, better than expected actually. I have some great news by the way."

"Oh and what's that? Does it have something to do with why you rushed out of here yesterday and I awoke by myself."

"It does in fact, and you'll be the first in the pack to know that…" Sam paused for dramatic effect.

"Bella's home!"

Emily dropped the pan she was holding and shrieked. Sam plugged his ears and grinned.

"NO FREAKING WAY! SAM! ARE YOU SERIOUS? WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME SOONER!" she exclaimed

Sam laughed as Emily danced around the room trying to put on her shoes and coat.

"Honey where are you going?" he asked.

"Im going to see Bella, you big oaf! I can't imagine what she's been through! She's going to need us! Oh Sam I am so mad at you!" she pouted.

Sam shook his head and laughed again.

"Slow down honey, there's more to it. Besides, last time I checked she was hanging out with Paul, so she might be busy."

Emily's eyes bugged out of her head at the mention of their most dangerous pack member.

"W-what?"

Before Sam could explain, the front door burst open and both occupants turned to see an angry Quil.

"See what I meant about the Q word!" he told Emily as he gestured to Quil.

"What is it Quil," Sam asked.

"You want to tell me when you were going to tell us that Bella's home! I had to find out because she was shopping in our store and then my soul almost left my body when Paul the freak appeared out of thin air and the two of them skipped off as if they were off to see the wizard of OZ! So what the heck is happening!"

Once again, before Sam could reply, two howls sounded in the air.

Immediately, Sam and Quil were out the door, Sam only stopping to shout at Emily.

"Emily! Stay here! Don't leave the reservation!"

…

Bella was ready to call an ambulance as she watched her father's face turn red and then purple. The vein in his neck looked like it was ready to pop.

He blinked at her and then blinked at Paul.

"Isabella Marie Swan, you want to repeat that? And tell me I heard you wrong!" he hissed.

Bella took a deep breath ready to repeat herself but was cut off when Paul spoke.

She hadn't realized her husband had faced the woods, frozen as if he were listening for something.

"Get inside," he ordered, a supernatural chill filling the air. "Both of you."

A howl filled the air prompting Paul to disappear into the woods.

"Let's go Bella. You and I will be having a serious conversation"

….

Bella sat across from her father at the dinner table waiting for him to speak. At the moment, he was drumming his fingers across the table as if he was trying to figure out what to say.

"Explain," he ordered angrily.

"Thiers nothing to explain Daddy. Paul and I are married."

"ISABELLA MARIE DONT PLAY GAMES WITH ME!" her father yelled as he banged his fist on the table.

"MY ONLY DAUGHTER DISSAPERS OVERNIGHT! ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT SHE HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED BY A VAMPIRE WHO DID GOD KNOW WHAT TO HER FOR A WHOLE YEAR! AND TO MAKE IT WORSE I FIND OUT THE RESERVATION DELIQUENT IS OUT THERE WITH HER! SO PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE YOU THINKING!"

"I WAS THINKING THAT I WAS TIRED OF BEING TORTURED BY VAMPIRES DAD! I THOUGHT THAT I DID NOT WANT TO WASTE ANY MORE OF MY TIME BEING LOST AND TRAPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE! I WAS SCARED AND SICK AND I MISSED HOME! I MISSED YOU! I MISSED MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS!" Bella exclaimed. Her face was just as red as her father's as the two were locked into a stubborn shouting match.

"And then Paul saved my life.." Bella told her father softly. " he helped rescue me from Victoria and then for months on end he and I were lost in the Amazon jungle. But Paul has sharp instincts and we found a tribe that helped both of us get better. I wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for him."

Her father looked at her with angry eyes as he finally sat down.

"What it sounds like to me Bella is that you married Paul because he saved you. You married him because you thought you owed him something and you don't. Yes, he saved you but that doesn't mean you sign your life away to a man who doesn't deserve you." Her father argued. "I just got you back for crying out loud, now you expect me to help send you off to live on the reservation with a gangbanger. How is that fair baby girl? What about your life? What about college? And a job? I always hoped you would have good plans for your life Bella and do better than your mother or I ever could. I-I don't know what to say to this."

Bella's face turned redder than she had ever known it as she stared down her father.

"First of all, I didn't marry Paul because he saved me, Dad. And if you must know it was me who asked him! I love Paul and he loves me! We bonded in that jungle. We fought to live! And how dare you assume I don't know my husband or his record? I know exactly who he is and what people think of him. And you know, I can't believe you think I would be so selfish as to not understand that you need me to. That I was just going to come in here and pack up my stuff and leave you. I couldn't do that to you Dad. I won't do that to you again. And Paul would never ask me to do that. If anything he was more than understanding and pushed me to stay with you. Do you think im not upset about college and my job? Well, I am Dad, a whole year of my life was taken away from me, Daddy. A whole year missing birthdays and holidays and I missed you. I missed you so freaking much and it's so unfair and I am so angry! I did one thing, ONE THING FOR MYSELF AND NOW THE WORLD IS ACTING LIKE IT'S GOING TO FALL APART!"

It was then Bella began to cry, hiding her face in her hands. She was so tired of crying. So tired of the arguments and surprises and just plain tired.

She had only been home for a full day and already it felt like the world was on her shoulders.

To her surprise, warm arms encircled her bringing her to a flannel-covered chest.

"Alright, hush now baby girl. I apologize for yelling bells. I was just… shocked. And I didn't want you to end up like your mother and I. Marrying young and not even getting your life together first. You're so smart baby girl and you could be anything you want to be. I just want to see you safe, happy, and successful. I don't want to see you hurt and brokenhearted. I don't want to see another Edward fiasco."

Bella snorted and chuckled.

"Daddy, does Paul give you any perception that he could act or treat me like Edward?"

Charlie chuckled as well.

"Yeah your right, sissy boy could never hold a candle to Paul. Paul's a man compared to that boy."

"In more ways than one!" Bella laughed as she wiggled in her eyebrows.

Charlie groaned and rubbed his temples.

"Isabella Marie swa-" his father stopped and sighed as his eyes became misty. "Isabella Marie..lahote.. Do we need to have the safe sex talk again?"

"Dad! Im married now!" Bella quipped.

"That doesn't mean I want grandchildren yet! I want to see you walk the stage at least!"

"I will Daddy, I promise. I'll probably do online school though while I work.." she told him softly.

"Ok, that's a good plan, and what about work?"

"I don't know" Bella sighed "I don't want to go back to the coffee shop or Newtons. I guess I want something a bit more meaningful."

Her father was silent as he stood and played with his mustache.

"What 'd you think about a desk job?" he asked cryptically.

"I wouldn't see anything wrong with it. It's better than being on my feet all day."

" how about a job at the station? Three days a week, that way you can focus on school too and I can keep an eye on you."

"I wouldn't mind a job at the station but what do you mean keep an eye on me?"

" Babygirl you were kidnapped by a vampire during a vampire war, you think I won't be looking over your shoulder for a while? Not to mention the other vampires out there now."

"Wait.. ..what other vampires?" she asked.

Charlie shook his head.

"I'll let Sam explain it but you don't have to worry about anything. Especially with…Paul around. I may not like him but I know he can keep you safe. I trust him that much. Are you sure about this whole marriage thing?" her father asked again.

"Yes, daddy. Paul is your son-in-law and nothing you can do will change my mind." Bella told him firmly.

Charlie shook his head and pulled her in for a hug.

"So stubborn. But you're gonna be the one to tell your mother."

Bella groaned.

The father and daughter didn't get to settle long because a bark at the back door was heard.

Bella peeked out the back door and smiled.

"COLIN! BRADY! SETH!"

She was quick to throw the boys some cut-offs as they shifted with no shame of their nude bodies.

"Bella!" Colin and Brady greeted Simultaneously as both thirteen-year-olds turned to look at her

And at that moment, for the second time in her life, Bella lahote had become an imprintee.

"No freaking way," Brady whispered.

"Did .. we just..imprint.." Colin asked as he looked at Bella with wide eyes.

Bella gasped as she felt something in her heart shift.

This wasn't the same with Sam.

With Sam, she felt protected, safe, and cherished.

But with these two preteens, Bella felt as if they needed her.

"Why don't you all come in. what's going on anyway?"

"Sam sent us here on guard duty. The pack and the Dracula clan are chasing a few nomads." Brady explained as he reached for a hug.

Bella hugged him hard as the wave of their new bond tied together. The same happened with Colin when she hugged him.

The two boys went inside leaving Seth to look at his feet.

"Seth? What is it?" she asked gently.

"I failed you. You were taken because of me. Paul had to rescue me and go after you because I failed." he whispered.

"Seth! No." Bella scolded sternly. " you can't blame yourself. You were double-teamed by two newborns and that was unfair to you! It wasn't your fault. Seth look at me."

This time Seth looked up from his brooding to look at her and when he did both of them gasped.

Bella had just gained another imprint.