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The incident with Riley had everyone on high alert. If I already didn't feel smothered, then I definitely was now. I was being guarded 24/7. One of my siblings or Alex would always be with me. I think the thought that I could have gotten hurt so easily rattled everyone.

True to his words, Carlisle had the window fixed. Though I couldn't get the image or feeling of me being pulled out of the window out of my mind. Every time I looked at that window the memory of that night kept replaying in my head. I have stayed away from that window, afraid that Riley would come back and try to kill me.

I could tell that my family was worried about me. I was so shaken up that I have barely eaten or said anything. I could hardly sleep because every time I did I would end up having a nightmare.

The dreams were always different but they always ended the same. It always ended with me being dead. I could tell that my family felt helpless. Jasper tried to calm me down but even then there was only so much that he could do.

We didn't tell Edward about what happened until he got back home. I didn't want him to be worried about me when he was all the way in Florida. I was correct on what his reaction would be. He freaked out and made sure he was with me whenever he could. I could tell he was starting to blame himself for what happened. It was honestly starting to get annoying.

It wasn't just Edward, I could tell that my whole family were blaming themselves for the almost accident. I tried to reassure everyone but that only went so far.

I found myself laying in bed trying not to go to sleep. Evertime I did, a nightmare would occur. I don't know how much more of those dreams that I could take.

"Are you ok?" I turn my head to see Alex at my door.

"I don't know what to do anymore. I'm tired but I don't want to go to sleep." Alex looked at me sympathetically. He walked over and sat on my bed. I scooted over to give him some room.

"I'm sorry. I know that you are frightened but we will protect you."

"I know. I just keep worrying about my safety, Bella's safety, and you and my family. I never considered my safety before because I had all of you. I was so naive to believe that. I'm constantly scared that him or Victoria will come here and kill me." Alex grabbed my hand and squeezed it.

"You know that we won't let that happen."

"I know but I can't help but to worry. The nightmares aren't helping." Alex takes his hand and strokes my head.

"Just get some sleep. We are all here if you need us." I look at him as he starts to stand up. I grab his hand before he walks away.

"Can you please stay with me? I don't want to be alone right now." Alex eyes softened and he layed on my bed next to me. I placed my head on his shoulder and fell asleep while he rubbed my back soothingly. For the first night since the incident, I didn't have any dreams or nightmares.

The next couple of days consisted of dreamless nights. Alex stayed with me when I was sleeping and I felt at peace.

The drive to school was quiet today. Edward was driving and I can tell that he knows I'm staring at him. He still hasn't told Bella about Victoria coming or that I was targeted as well. She is in the dark and I knew this was going to blow up in his face. We soon get to school and Edward's head snaps to the side as he parks. Edward starts clenching onto the steering wheel tightly, straining in an effort not to break it into pieces.

He turns and looks at the both of us. "If I told both of you to do something, would you trust me?"

I narrow my eyes at him. "That depends," I reply.

"I was afraid that you would say that."

"Edward, what do you want us to do," questions Bella.

I stare at him confusingly as he looks at Bella and I. "Will you two please stay in the car." Before we can reply, he gets out of the car and starts walking away. Me and Bella both get out and walk towards him. It was then that I saw Jacob leaning against his motorcycle.

I forgot that he would be here. What really threw me off guard was that he wasn't alone. There leaning against a car right next to Jacob was Paul Lahote. What is he doing here?

Edward sighs when he sees us. "Of course not."

"Hey Jacob. What are you doing here?" I got nervous as Bella stared at Jacob. I knew that she was about to find out about Victoria.

"Charlie said that you were gone for the weekend."

"Yeah, I was in Florida visiting my mom," replied Bella.

"He's here to make sure that your still alive," interjects Edward. I just remained quiet and observed the whole situation.

"Stay out of my head leech." I tightened my hand on the strap of my backpack. I hope nothing bad comes from this.

"What are you doing here Paul?" My eyes stare at him in confusion. In the book and movie only Jacob came to Bella's school.

Paul just shrugged his shoulders while looking bored. "Wanted to make sure you were ok."

"Also to give us a message. Message delivered. Considered us warned." I shuffle my feet as Bella looks confused.

"Warned? What are you talking about? Why would you be concerned about Sophie?" Realization dawns on Jacob and Paul's faces.

"You didn't tell her?" Jacob's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Just drop it Jacob."

"What don't I know?" I could tell that Bella was getting frustrated.

"He didn't tell you that their big brother crossed the line Saturday night?" Jacob's voice was layered in sarcasm. Jacob's eyes looked at all of us before landing back on Edward. "Paul was totally justified..."

"It was no-man's land," hissed Edward.

Paul glares at Edward and pushes off of his car. He stands next to Jacob and glares at Edward. "No it wasn't!" Paul looked pissed and I could tell that he was starting to shake. Oh no. Not here. Jacob puts a hand on Paul's shoulder and he takes to deep breathes to calm himself down.

"Why haven't you told her? She deserves to know." Bella stared at Jacob and Edward before looking at me. I just stared at my shoes trying not to look guilty.

It seemed that everything clicked into place in her mind. Bella's eyes widened. "She was here, she came for me. That's why you wanted us to go to Florida suddenly." She turned to Edward. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Edward sighed in frustration. "I didn't want you to worry."

"No but you lied to me." Bella looks at me and then back at Edward. "What did Paul mean about checking to make sure Sophie was ok."

Edward sighed. "A vampire showed up at our house and attacked Sophie. He pulled her out of a window on the second floor. Alex was there and he was able to save her." Bella turned and looked at me. I was racked with guilt about her being in the dark.

"Sophie, your ok."

I nodded my head and gave her a small smile. "Yeah, I'm ok." Bella pauses before turning back to Jacob.

"You. You haven't returned any of my calls." Jacob shakes his head as he turns back towards his motorcycle.

"I didn't have anything to say."

"Well I have tons." Bella then marches over to Jacob.

Edward stops her as Jacob gets on his bike. "Bella."

"You have to trust me Edward."

"I do trust you, it's him that I dont." Bella stares at Edward before shaking off his hand and walking to Jacob.

I can only stare at her as she gets on the bike and watch as Jacob Black drives away with her.

"Well, I'm glad your ok." I look to see Paul getting into his car. I completely forgot that he was here.

"Is that really why you came here? Or do you have an ulterior motive." Paul just snorts.

"Yeah right. You can come too if you want."

"What? Like, come to the reservation with you? Right now?" Paul shrugs his shoulders.

"Sure, why not. Think you can get past your family? Make a decision fast, I don't have all day for you." Such a gentleman.

I look at Edward and see that he's starting to protest. "Edward I'll go to make sure Bella is safe."

"Absolutely not. You aren't going. You can't go."

"Actually I can. I'm 18 which makes me a legal adult."

"Sophie your still grounded remember. What do you think Carlisle will do?"

"Tell Carlisle that he can add another week or month to me being grounded. I'm doing this for you and Bella. I will be back later. I'll make sure that she's ok. You can't go over the line but I can."

"What about Alex?" Edward was trying his best on preventing me from going. I knew that Alex wouldn't be happy about me being in La Push. I just hope Alex doesn't cross the line in his anger.

"I'll be back home later. Tell him that I will make it up to him. Also tell him that if he tries to cross the line then he has me to worry about instead of the wolves."

"Well are you coming or not princess?" I rolled my eyes. Paul is starting to really annoy me. I look at Edward before turning around and heading to Paul's car.

I get in and put my seat belt on. "Don't make me regret this." Paul just smirks.

"Whatever you say." I sigh as Paul puts the car into drive and drives out of the school parking lot. Heading to La Push.

The ride to La Push was mostly quiet. I didn't know what to exactly say to Paul. I'm assuming that he's thinking the same thing. To say that I was tense would be an understatement.

"You know that you can relax right? I'm not going to hurt you."

I just let out a sigh. "Sorry. Been a rough couple of days." The car got quiet once again.

"What exactly happened?" I sighed and looked at him.

"Edward pretty much said everything. I was in the house with Alex and I had my back turned towards a window. This vampire burst through the window and grabbed me before yanking me out of the house. He let me go in mid-air but Alex was there to catch me."

"What happened to the leech?"

"The one that attacked me? He ran off. Everyone is keeping an eye out just in case he returns."

"Well, glad your not dead." I let out a sigh as I watch him.

"Paul, I'm not trying to be mean but why do you care? It's obvious that you don't like me. Why go through all this?" I wave my hand around me to emphasize the car ride taking me to La Push.

"It's not that I don't like you. I tolerate you is more accurate. Your human and could have been hurt by a leech. Even though you live with a bunch of them doesn't mean that we don't care. We are protectors that protect people from vampires. Your human so that protection applies to you too."

"Thank you but I think I'm ok. I've been with them for 12 years. If they were going to hurt me, they would have done it by now."

Paul just snorts. "Whatever you say." I narrowed my eyes at him but chose to keep my mouth shut.

Soon, Paul drove us onto the reservation. I looked behind me to see Forks growing farther away. I hope Alex doesn't do anything stupid.

I'm brought out of my thoughts when Paul parks the car at Sam's house. I look to see Jacob and Bella already talking with the other werewolves. I sigh and walk out of Paul's car and head over to Bella.

"You honestly have no idea how annoying Jacob's been. Deciding if he should call you or not."

I don't say anything as I quietly make my way to Bella. I look at the tan people that are around me. They were all huge. They were tall, buff, and just looked intimidating. I'm really starting to regret my decision in coming here.

All too soon it got eerily quiet. I looked around me to see everybody's eyes trained on me. Yeah, it was a mistake coming here.

"A Cullen is on our lands, never thought I would see this." Jared couldn't keep his mouth shut.

Bella came over to me and tried to give me a reassuring smile. I tried to give her a small smile back. Easier said then done.

"Paul, why the hell did you bring her here?"

"Yeah Paul, why did you bring me here?" I look at Paul again and give him a withering look.

"What can I say, I thought it would be amusing."

I narrowed my eyes at him. "So I'm here just so I can be your amusement?"

Paul just shrugged his shoulders. This guy.

"You told me that I can come here because I'm human. I only came to make sure nothing happens to Bella."

Paul then narrowed his eyes at me. His whole demeanor started to change. "So the Cullen's are having you monitor her. What are you some kind of watch dog?"

"What do you think Lahote? I'm not a watch dog. I'm a concerned citizen."

"Maybe it was a mistake to bring you here."

"You think. Just when I start thinking you care about other peoples safety, you have to go and ruin it with you egotistical attitude! Glad that I'm alive huh? Well rest assured I'm fine. I'll just be going now."

Paul let out a growl as he stared at me. I just gave him a long hard stare. Our staring contest ended when someone started coughing.

"Wow," said Embry. I almost forgot that the pack was still here.

"Dude. She has the same attitude as you do Paul. How did you not imprint on her." My eyes widened at that. Me and Paul both whirled to look at Jared.

"What!" Bella looked a little confused.

"What's an imprint" she asked.

"An imprint is our soulmate," answers Jared.

Jacob just rolls his eyes. "An imprint is more than that Jared and you know it. It's not like love at first sight, really. It's more like gravity moves suddenly. It's not the earth holding you here anymore, she does. You become whatever she needs you to be, whether that's a protector, or a lover, or a friend."

"Like hell would I ever fall in love with this dog." I remark while pointing a finger at him.

"Well I'm glad that I didn't imprint on you Cullen."

"For once, we are in an agreement Lahote." We both look at each other with narrowed eyes. I am glad that he didn't imprint on me. It would be awful if he did. We would constantly be at each others throats.

"Ok..." Sam interrupts us while trying to calm the both of us down. "Let's just all calm down shall we. Paul go take a walk. Sophie you can come inside, Emily just made muffins."

At the sound of muffins my head perked up. I look at Emily suddenly excited and hungry. "What kind of muffins? Chocolate, blueberry, banana nut?" Emily started laughing at my excitement.

"Blueberry. Come inside and have some." I start to head inside her and Sam's house while ignoring Quil, Embry, and Jared's comments about how I'm not Paul's imprint.

I barely registered Paul's grumbling or the fact that he ran off into the woods.

I walk into Emily and Sam's house and I'm instantly hit with the smell of blueberry and butter lingering in the air.

"Come on Sophie, make yourself at home" said Emily. She walks past me and picks up a plate that is full of blueberry muffins.

I smile at her as I take one off of the plate. "Thank you." I sit at the table and take a bite out of the muffin. I'm instantly hit with a buttery blueberry flavor. My eyes widened and I started to eat faster. "These are delicious," I tell Emily.

I'm replied with a laugh. "Thank you." I look to see Emily staring at me. I look at her and I try not to stare at the scars on her face. I can only imagine what Sam feels when her looks at her.

"I appreciate your hospitality. I was honestly skeptical about coming over here. I didn't know if I would be allowed or not." Emily smiled at me kindly as Sam walks into the house.

"That is understandable since technically you are a Cullen."

"The only difference is that I'm human."

"Correct. I hope that we didn't make you feel uncomfortable. We were just surprised to see you here with Paul. We had no idea that he was going to be bringing you," stated Sam.

I shake my head. "It's fine. It took me by surprise that he wanted me to come here. Sorry about Emmett by the way."

Sam just nodded in response. "It's fine. I just don't want it to happen again."

"It won't, I can promise you that. I've already had a heated discussion with Emmett."

Emily then just let out a giggle. "Now that is something I would have wanted to see."

I gave her a smile in return.

"I hope you don't mind me asking, but Paul told me what happened. Do you think that the attack was random or is Victoria behind it?"

I give Sam a calculating look before sighing. "I think Victoria is behind the attack. She's angry about what happened with her mate James. Last year we encountered James, Victoria, and Laurent. James wanted to kill Bella but I was his main target. He wanted to hurt my family and thought that by losing me, it would hurt my family the most. He saw how more of my family members were attached to me compared to Bella. He lured Bella into a trap knowing that I would follow. He almost succeeded in killing me too." I rolled up my shirt sleeve to show the bite mark scar to Sam and Emily. I didn't really look at their faces before rolling my sleeve back down. "Edward killed James and Victoria wants revenge. We thought it was only Bella that she wanted but I'm thinking that I'm a target also. I think that she didn't come after me at first because I was so well protected compared to Bella. I believe that she turned someone and sent them to come kill me. There are disappearances happening in Seattle. Too many people are disappearing without a trace. The news is saying that a killer is on the loose. I think that it's Victoria creating an army. She wants to destroy us. Seattle is the perfect area to create a newborn army before coming to get us." I stop talking and look at Sam and Emily.

They both look stunned. I can tell that Emily keeps glancing at my arm where the bite mark was at. Sam looks at me deep in thought. "All that information is a lot to consider. It does make sense why she would be coming after you and Bella. You obviously got bit by that vampire. How come you are still human?"

I subconsciously rub my arm. "Edward sucked the venom out. I'm glad that he did, the pain was excruciating."

"I can only imagine." All of us grow quiet, not quite sure what to say. That's when the front door to Emily and Sam's house opens. Bella enters looking dejected. I have a good guess on what happened between her and Jacob.

"Hey Sophie. I think it's getting a little late, everyone is probably getting worried. We should probably head back." Bella gives me a look and I know that she wants to go home. Whatever Jacob said really hurt her.

I nod and stand up. "Ok. Emily thank you for the muffin." Emily gives me a warm smile.

"You're welcome. Sophie, don't be a stranger." My eyebrows raise at that statement. Am I allowed to come back.

"Sure, why not. It was actually really nice to talk to you," Sam answers my unasked question. I smile at the two of them.

"Ok." I walk over to Bella and realized something when we walked out of the house. "Wait, how are we going to get home?"

"I'll take you two." I grimaced at the voice. I turn to look at the idiotic hot head.

"Did you cool off? Think you can handle driving us back to Forks?" Paul just snorted.

"Please, I'll be fine. Think you can survive a car ride back to Bella's house? It's either you walk or you get into the car." I grumbled as I walk to Paul's car and get into the backseat. There was no way that I was going to be sitting next to him.

Paul soon gets into the car followed by Bella. I smile and wave at Sam and Emily before Paul drives off. Taking me and Bella to her house. I just hope that my family isn't too angry with me.

The ride to Bella's house couldn't be any more slower. I felt that Paul was taking his time driving us just to annoy me. I kept grumbling at him to drive faster but he always ignored me. I even caught him smirking at one point.

"Paul will you hurry up!" I couldn't take this any longer.

Paul started laughing. "What, am I bothering you your highness?" If looks could kill, Paul would be dead right now.

"The fact that you are driving 20 miles under the speed limit, then yes you are bothering me."

"Whatever you say sweetheart."

"Do not call me that." I growled at him. I'm close to killing the man.

"How much longer until we get to my house Paul?" I look at Bella to see her looking very uncomfortable. I kind of felt bad for her. She's stuck in a car with a girl and a werewolf with anger management issues who can't help but to argue with each other.

"Not long." True to his word, we pulled into Bella's driveway about five minutes later. I couldn't be happier to be back in Forks. I quickly get out of Paul's car and walk towards Bella's house. My happiness is quickly extinguished once I see Alex standing at Bella's door, and he looked pissed. I wished that I stayed on the reservation.

I let out a sigh and walk towards him. "Hi." I've never seen Alex this angry before. Not at me anyways.

"Do you have any idea how close I came to breaking the treaty. What was I supposed to think when I hear from Edward that you skipped school to go hang out with wolves."

"Alex, I'm sorry."

"I can't believe you would be so reckless!"

"Alex, calm down. I only went to make sure Bella was ok." I instantly realized that I just said something that I shouldn't have.

"You went to the reservation because of Bella? Why is it that you are always putting your safety aside for her!"

"Alex don't be mad at her."

"Why not? She's constantly putting you at risk or in danger." I looked at Alex pleadingly. I was hoping he would stop this and not cause a scene in front of Paul and Bella.

"Why don't you calm down leech. She's perfectly safe with us. We wouldn't hurt her or Bella." I turned to see Paul staring at Alex. Bella and Edward were watching us from behind him.

"I'm sorry that I'm concerned about the health and well-being of my girlfriend," hissed Alex. My eyes widened as I jerk back to look at Alex perplexed.

Girlfriend? We never put a label on us dating yet. Sure, it was only a matter of time but hearing him saying it like this is taking me by surprise.

"So your dating a leech Sophie? Looks like we have another leech lover." I look at Paul with wide eyes. I watch as Paul's whole body is engulfed with tremors. His whole body is shaking and he's giving me the eyes of death.

"Paul, calm down please. Don't do anything that you will regret." I pleadingly look at Paul but I can tell that my words land on deaf ears. I try to walk towards him but Alex quickly puts me behind him. Making sure he would protect me in case Paul shifted in his anger.

I barely register Edward pushing Bella towards her house. He's trying to protect her by taking her inside the house. Edward guides Bella to her door and she starts to unlock it. It's only when she opens the door that the guys freeze.

I look at them confusingly. "What is it." I see Edward and Alex looking into Bella's house. "Something's wrong," states Edward before disappearing into the house. I look at Bella as she follows Edward into her house. I then decide to follow also.

I follow Edward and Bella up the stairs and into her room. Edward is analyzing everything in the room.

"Edward, what is it?" asks Bella. She looks confused just as I am.

"Someone's been in here." In that instant I start to remember Riley. How could I be so forgetful? Riley has come into Bella's house and has taken some clothes and possibly a pillow case. Anything that has her scent on it he has probably taken. Things were starting to get more serious. "Is there anything missing?"

Bella looks around her and analyzes her room. Her eyes start to widen. "I had a shirt on my hamper. It's gone now. Some other clothes are missing also. My hamper isn't as full as it was this morning. A pillowcase is gone too. Edward, who would be in here? Is it Alice or anyone?" Edward just shakes his head.

"No, it's not someone that I have encountered before." Edward then looks at Alex who just appeared behind me. "Alex, do you recognize the sent?"

Alex shakes his head also. "Not really. It's no one from the Volturi, I am positive about that. It seems familiar though." I was wondering if he caught Riley's scent when he came for me previously. Alex stills. "Wait. I have smelled this before, faintly and briefly." Alex then turns to me. "It's the same person who came for Sophie." It was like a pin dropped.

"Wait, so your telling me that the leech who came for Sophie, stole one of Bella's shirts? Why would he do that?" I didn't realize that Paul followed us into the house.

This was all too much. I never realized how much danger me and Bella would be in. Edward turns and looks at me and Bella. "Come on, we are going home." I nodded and followed Edward, Bella and Alex down the stairs. We just get outside when I'm suddenly yanked backwards. I yelp in surprise. Alex and Edward whirl around and glare at Paul who has his hand on my arm. Edward pushes Bella behind him while Alex gets into a position where he will lunge at Paul to protect me.

"I need some clarification. Why would a leech that we don't know be in Bella's house?"

"Paul, let her go." Great we have another wolf that decided to join us. At this moment I could hug Jacob.

Paul let out a breathe and gently let go of my arm. I instantly went to Alex where he held me in his arms in comfort.

"Someone has been in my house apparently." Jacob looks at Bella before looking at the house. He doesn't say anything before he darts into the house.

Edward let's out a frustrated sigh. "Great." Bella rushes back into the house while Edward follows her inside. Leaving me alone with Alex and Paul. Paul looks at me like he's trying to study me. I'm then brought back to reality when I find Alex sniffing me. I look at him to see a disgusted look on his face.

"You stink." He smells the werewolves on me. I don't say anything and I'm engulfed in his arms. I can only stand there while he puts kisses all over my face. No doubt he's trying to get the werewolf smell off of me.

"Ugh, your being dramatic. We don't stink, you do." Alex growls and pushes me behind him.

"You need to back off. Go back to the reservation, we've got this covered." Paul growls and narrows his eyes at Alex.

"Alex, Paul, both of you stop this. This arguing isn't going to solve anything." I push my way and stand between the two of them. I place my hand on Alex's chest to prevent him from going any farther. Even though he could easily get to Paul in a second. Alex looks at me and his eyes soften. He gives me a nod and looks back at Paul.

I look at Paul and he starts to grumble. "Fine." An awkward silence engulfs us. I was thankful when Jacob, Edward, and Bella exit the house. "Well, his stink is all over the house. It will be hard to miss when he comes back over here. We will handle it from here." This would not end well. Edward turns and faces Jacob with Bella standing in the middle of them.

Edward glowers at Jacob. "We don't need you to handle anything or anyone."

"I could care less what you need."

"Ok great. Then we will all work together," intervenes Bella. She knows that this would not end well. She looks at Jacob and Edward as they have a staring contest. More like a glaring contest. "Come on guys. We all have the same goal don't we? To catch the bad vampires."

Jacob just smirks. "Like there's a difference." In that instant I could punch Jacob. My family would never hurt me or Bella.

"Jacob.." I start, about to give him a piece of my mind. Alex squeezes my arm in warning.

"Don't, it will only make things worse," whispers Alex. I look to see Paul nodding his head. I guess they were thinking the same thing.

Edward shakes his head and looks away. "We're done here." He takes Bella's hand and starts to lead her to his Volvo. Alex turns me around and walks me in the direction of the car.

I look back to see Jacob grabbing Bella's arm. "No, we're not done here." Edward's eyes then flare up and I can tell that he is about to start yelling at Jacob.

"Stop!" Bella takes her arm and hand out of their grasps. "I'm tired of this. From now on I'm Switzerland ok? I know you guys don't like each other but we've got bigger problems. This is just one temporary solution. If you both would be willing to try." Edward and Jacob both look at her before sighing. They start to nod their heads in agreement. I can tell that it's grudgingly.

"Ok," nods Bella.

Edward stares at Jacob with a frown. "We need to take Sophie back to our house. I'm taking Bella and we will do a perimeter over her house. We will let you know what we find." Without waiting for his answer, Edward leads Bella and I to his car. I climb into the back of Edward's car with Alex sitting beside me. Edward soon starts the car and Bella puts on her seatbelt. I stare straight ahead of me getting lost in my own thoughts. I don't look behind me to see Jacob and Paul leaving. What should I do?

"Why would someone be in my house? He took some clothes and a pillowcase. It doesn't make any sense." At that moment, I made a decision. I needed to protect my family. Even if it meant that it could possibly ruin my relationship with them in the aftermath.

I take in a breath. "His name is Riley Biers." Silence engulfs the car. Edward instantly pulls off to the side of the road and I notice that they are all looking at me.

"How do you know that?" Edward and Alex look at me perplexed while Bella looks at me confused.

I let out a sigh before glancing at my hands. I look up and look at Edward in the eyes. "I think it's time we had a family meeting."To say that I was nervous would be an understatement. After I said that we needed to have a family meeting, Edward instantly put the car back into drive. I think he wanted to find out how I knew Riley's name. The car remained silent the rest of the way to the house.

Once we got home, everyone got out of the car. I slowly got out of the car taking my time. I think I wanted to drag this out a little bit. I wanted to prolong this as mush as possible. Alice came out of the house and walked towards me with a reassuring smile on her face.

Alex squeezes my hand. "We will be inside." I nod as I watch Alex, Edward, and Bella walking into the house. I sigh and look at Alice.

"How much did you see?" Alice puts her hand on mine and squeezes it in an effort to calm me down.

"Not all of it, just bits and pieces."

"You basically understand though right?"

Alice gives me a small smile and nods. "Yes. It is hard to understand though."

I nod in agreement. "How bad is it?"

"Not as bad as you think. There will be confusion but it will all work out in the end."

"Are you upset with me? I kept this to myself when I could have just told all of you."

"No, I'm not upset. I actually understand why you kept this to yourself. I would have done the same thing. I do wish you could have told me more about my past though. I already know about who I was and that I have a great niece. James mentioned it in the video he made when you and Bella were in the ballet studio." I nod my head.

"I'm sorry about that. I remember when you left over the summer for a couple of weeks. I assumed that's what you were doing but I couldn't bring myself to say anything. If you have anymore questions then please ask me."

Alice gave me another smile. "I'll keep that in mind. Let's go inside. Everyone is already sitting at the table." I nod and let Alice lead me into the house. Sure enough, everyone was already sitting at the table. Alice sat at an empty chair which left the chair at the head of the table open. I sigh and take the seat. Alex is sitting on my left while Rosalie is sitting on my right.

After a long pause, Edward starts the conversation. "Sophie. How did you know the vampire's name?"

Rosalie starts to rub circles in my hand with her thumb in comfort.

"I'm not really sure where to start. It's a long and complicated story."

"Why don't you start from the beginning and then make your way down to where we are at right now," said Carlisle.

I nodded and looked at everyone. "I'm not exactly from here."

Jasper furrows his eyebrows in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"I guess you could say I'm from a different universe. A universe where all of this," I motion all around me and towards them. "Is part of a book series." I glanced at everyone to see there eyebrows raised. "You see, I was driving to my house from visiting a friend. It happened to be raining when I was trying to get home. It started to thunder and it was hard to see. I was turning a corner when a driver skidded and hit me head on. I barely remember getting slammed into a tree and being pinned by the other car. I later woke up in this white room. This woman showed me that I was in a coma. I was hooked up to so many wires, I was battered and bruised. She told me that she was sending me to a place to heal and I would then have to decide what happens from there. I then woke up as a four year old in my other parents house. I didn't really understand where I was at for a little while. I didn't understand why I would be here. It was only after Rosalie found me that everything was put into place. I've been here for fourteen years. I'm not actually sure how long time has passed in the other universe. All I know is that I am in a coma over there while I am living in a universe that was a book series where I am from."

Everything was silent. I looked at everyone to see them watching me, deep in thought. I am so afraid of how they are going to react.

"Is everything that has happened so far been in this book series?" asks Carlisle.

I shake my head. "Yes and no. Some things have changed with me being here."

"Like what?" asks Emmett.

"For one, Bella is the one that gets bit by James. I did instead of Bella. How the events unfold have been changed with my presence. I'm not supposed to be here but how things unfold have been altered. I try to stop things from happening but it doesn't always work out. Like how I tried to stop Bella from jumping off of the cliff."

"Bella's birthday." I look up at Edward. "You were trying to stop it from happening. You gave Bella gloves to decrease the chance that she would get a paper cut."

I nod. "Yes. You all leave in the second book because Bella gets a paper cut and I didn't want Bella to go through the pain that she did. I was almost successful too. I didn't anticipate Bella tripping outside of our house."

"Are there things happening now that are unusual." I can't help but to let out a grunt.

"Yes. Paul isn't really around in the books that often. You really only see him when Bella is around Jacob or on the reservation. I'm not actually sure why he's around as much as he has been. Also, you only see Riley near the end of the book. Him coming after me completely took me off guard." My family look at me.

"Sophie, you know what happens next don't you." I nod my head at Edward. "Is Victoria behind this?" I slowly nod my head. I look at Edward to see him looking conflicted. "Why didn't you tell us sooner Sophie?"

"I didn't know how. How am I supposed to tell all of you that 'hey I'm from a different universe where your whole life is part of a book series.' I didn't know how to tell you. I tried my hardest to prevent things from happening. I didn't anticipate Riley coming for me or to be a target either. I never saw Alex coming by a mile away."

"What do you mean? You know basically what happens correct?"

"Basically speaking, yes. However, I didn't anticipate Alex." I look at Alex in the eyes. "Alex, you don't exist in the books. You take me by surprise because like me, you are a new character." Alex looks at me, as if he's studying me. He takes a few moments before he calmly stands up and quietly walk out of the room. I then here the back door open and close softly. Tears start to threaten my eyes. I try to hold myself together. I am afraid that I just ruined my relationship with Alex.

"Whatever happens next, you need to tell us now Sophie. What is Victoria planning?" Edward looks on the verge of snapping.

"She's planning on coming for Bella. She changed Riley Biers in order to have help on killing Bella. The disappearances happening in Seattle, she's behind it. She's creating an army in order to not only kill Bella but all of you as well."

"When?"

I shake my head. "I don't know. Things have been changing so she could come sooner or later."

"Next time Sophie, if Bella's life is in danger you should speak up. Instead of keeping this to yourself. Your putting her in more danger by keeping secrets." Without saying anything else Edward takes Bella's hand and they stand up. Bella looks at me puzzled. She doesn't say anything as Edward leads her out of the house. He's probably taking her back home.

Tears start to stream down my cheeks. I'm ruining this family. I can't bear to look at anyone else. "I'll be upstairs if you need me." I stand up and head to my room, ending the conversation.

I walk into my room and flop onto my bed. I curl up around my pillow as tears start to flow down my face. I've ruined everything. I should have told everyone about this sooner. I couldn't bring myself to look at everyone. I was so afraid to see the looks on their faces. I wouldn't blame them if they hated me. I am just afraid that they will look at me differently now.

I don't know how long I was on my bed until I heard a knock at my door. I turned around to see who it was and then let out a sigh. I turned back around as I heard him entering my room. I then felt a dip on my bed and a hand being placed on my arm.

"How much do you hate me?"

"I don't hate you. I was just surprised is all." I turn around and look at Alex.

"I just told you that all of this is part of a book series in another universe," I reply while waving my hand around me. "I would be surprised too. I thought that you hated me when you left the room."

"I could never hate you Sophie. It was a lot of information to take in. Finding out that in another Universe this life is in books and that I don't exist in them."

"Are you upset that you don't exist?" To my surprise, Alex starts laughing.

"No, I'm actually glad that I don't exist. It keeps my life private and no one knows about me." I sit up and look at Alex.

"How can you take this so easily?"

Alex smiles and brushes some of my hair out of my face with his hand. "I trust you. You had a reason why you kept this a secret. I'm just glad that you chose to tell us now instead of later."

I give Alex a small smile. "What about everyone else?"

"They aren't mad at you. They just wish that you would have told them sooner. Carlisle actually finds the whole notion of another Universe to be fascinating. Emmett actually finds it hilarious." I smile. I felt relief that they weren't mad at me.

"Edward?"

"He'll come around. I don't think that he's mad, he was just caught off guard. He didn't know how to handle the situation so he decided to get angry. He could of handled the situation better. It'll all work out."

I nod my head in understanding. I knew this would be a lot to take in. I look at Alex and give him a small smile. I wanted to change the topic. "So, I'm your girlfriend now?" Alex started to chuckle and gave me a smile.

"Yes, you are. Only if you would like to be my girlfriend. I'm falling in love with you Sophie. What do you say? Will you be my girlfriend?"

I look at him and gave him a smile. "I thought that you would never ask." I then lean in towards him and give him a kiss on the lips. Sealing the deal that we were now officially dating.

The next couple of days after my family found out about my secret went by in a blur. It took everyone a day to comprehend everything but they assured me that they still loved me. The only person that I haven't talked to was Edward. I would see him but he would always leave before I could speak to him. I could tell he was angry with me despite my family saying otherwise.

It was hard to see him at school. We usually walked together but he has found a way around me. Alice has had to start driving me to school, I usually rode with Bella and Edward. It was torture to see him and not being able to talk to him.

I am currently standing at my locker putting my books away. It was Wednesday and I could not wait until Friday. Alice was a good support for me at school while Edward kept his distance. It was in this moment that I wish Alex was here with me. The thought of Alex brought a smile to my lips. We made it official that we were dating. Everyone was happy for us. Alice actually said that it was about time. I got lost in my thoughts that I was unaware of the presence that appears beside me.

"Sophie?" I jump back started at the person beside me. I look at Bella with wide eyes.

"Oh, Bella, hi." She gives me a small smile.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you." I shake my head at her.

"It's fine. I was just zoned out." She nodded her head. "Is everything ok?"

"Yeah, everything is fine. I wanted to ask if you wanted to come to my house on Friday after school." I raised my eyebrows at her. "Angela will be there for a little bit. I'm helping her hand address her graduation announcements. We can then hang out after she leaves."

"Is there a reason why you want me at your house. We haven't really hung out in a long time."

"I just want to spend more time with you. I also have some questions." I sigh and close my locker door.

"I understand. Sure that sounds fine." She gives my a smile.

"Great. I'll see you later Sophie."

I smile and give her a small wave as she leaves the school building. I hope this goes well.

It took some convincing from Rosalie and Alex for me to hang out with Bella. It was no secret that she wasn't their favorite person. Alex thought she was a bad influence on me. I won the fight by promising to spend the whole day on Saturday with him. Our first date officially. Rosalie grumbled but eventually relented. Which found me currently sitting on Bella's bed helping her hand address graduation announcements with Angela.

"Thank you for helping me with this. My mom has a thousand cousins and she wants me to hand address all of them."

I smile at her. "It's no problem."

"Have you two sent out graduation announcements?"

"No," replies Bella. "Renee knows when I'm graduating and who else am I going to write to?"

"What about you Sophie?"

"Yep, all done." That was true. Esme and Carlisle thought it would be nice to send out announcements to our cousins in Denali and to Peter and Charlotte. I think they wanted me to have a human experience since I am graduating High School. For the first time in this universe at least.

"I really do appreciate this. The both of you are saving me from a wrist injury. Eric is pretending that he has tendonitis," she said laughing.

"I don't mind at all," I reply. It was really nice to get out of the house for a little while.

"What's Edward doing tonight?" she asked after a few minutes. My pen halts on the paper. I looked to see Bella's pen stopping also.

"Emmett's home for the weekend. They're supposed to be out hiking with Alex." It surprised me how easily Bella responded to Angela.

"That's nice that he can go hiking with his brothers. Speaking of Alex, when did you meet him Sophie? It's obvious that you two are dating." I let a small smile slip onto my lips.

"We met in Denali right after we left Forks. He's friends with my cousins and they kind of introduced us. When we moved to Ithaca, he followed us there and we spent time together. He is doing online courses for college right now. When we came back, he wanted to stay with us so he officially moved in with our family I guess."

"When did you two start dating?"

"Officially? About three days ago. We've kind of hinted about it for the past two months. If you told me that we would start dating when we first met, I would have told you that you were crazy. I hated him when we first met," I said while laughing. "He was an egotistical idiot but he slowly warmed my heart."

I stopped and looked at Bella who was writing more addresses down. She was really quiet. Angela noticed too.

"Bella, are you ok? You seem...anxious."

Bella smiled sheepishly. "Is it that obvious?"

"Not really." Bless Angela for trying not to make Bella feel bad.

"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. I'll listen if you think it will help."

"Your right. I'm anxious. It's...Edward."

"What's wrong?"

Bella let out a sigh. "He's mad at me." I'm not completely surprised at that. Edward hasn't spoken to me but I knew he wasn't happy that we went onto the reservation.

"That's hard to imagine," she says. "What's he mad about?"

Bella sighed. "Do you remember Jacob Black?"

"Ah," said Angela.

"Yeah."

"He's jealous." Bingo Angela.

Bella furrowed her brows. "No, not jealous. Edward thinks Jacob is a bad influence, I guess. You know how much trouble I got in a few months back. It's all ridiculous though."

I sigh and look at Bella. "Bella, I know my brother. He's jealous."

Bella looks surprised. "What?"

Angela shakes her head while agreeing with me. "Bella, I've seen how Jacob looks at you. I'd bet the real problem is jealousy."

Bella frowned. "Jacob knows how I feel. I've told him everything."

"Edward's only human Bella. He's going to react like any other boy." I grimace at that comment.

Angela patted Bella's hand. "He'll get over it."

"I hope so."

Angela then turned to me. "By the way. Who was that guy that was with Jacob in the parking lot? You got into his car after Bella left with Jacob." I wrinkled my nose at the memory. It had been a mistake to go on the reservation.

"His name is Paul. He's an idiot." Angela raised a brow.

"Is anything else going on with him?" I looked at her confused before realizing what she was insinuating.

I look at her with wide eyes. "God no! I can't stand the guy. Well that's not completely true. I more on the line tolerate him. I see him as the annoying older brother that I never wanted." I bite back a smile as Angela starts to chuckle.

"Ok then." Angela then changed to subject. She started talking about how she was going to Washington University in the fall. Eric would be joining her. They were off to Seattle in a few months and I hoped that everything in Seattle would be settled by then. I was hoping that Victoria would be gone by then. "Have the both of you decided where you are going?"

I looked at Angela and glanced at Bella. "We are going to the University in Juneau, Alaska." Angela looked at us surprised.

"Alaska? I'm not surprised that Sophie is going there but Bella, I thought you would go somewhere...warmer."

Bella laughed. "Yeah. Forks really changed my perspective on life."

"And the fact that Edward's going there too," I chimed in. The three of us started laughing. The rest of the time was filled with small talk. It was awkward when Angela mentioned that we would have to stay in touch. Just signifying that we would have to eventually stop talking to everyone once me and Bella were turned. It wouldn't be as difficult for me since I really only hung around my family. Though I knew it would be more difficult for Bella. It got quiet between me and Bella once Angela left. I knew that Bella wanted to ask me questions.

"Alex doesn't really like me much does he?" I look at Bella. I'm surprised that she's not starting out by asking me questions.

"It's not that he doesn't like you. He just thinks your a bad influence. He also has the same viewpoint that Rosalie does."

Bella nods. "Edward told me that he used to be part of the Volturi."

"Yeah. He was with them for a long time. He left them fifty years ago but only settled with the Denali's about two years ago. He followed us to Ithaca after I met him. I can't begin to tell you how annoying he was at first."

"Does Alex have a power?"

"He does. He has the power of persuasion, as he likes to call it. Basically, you have to do whatever he tells you to do. I don't think it would work on you though. His power doesn't work on me either."

She nodded and it soon got quiet between us. Bella looked at me for an awkward moment. "Can I get you anything?"

"Oh, um sure. Just a water please." I go and sit on her couch while Bella gets me a glass of water from the kitchen. I gladly take it when she comes back. "Thanks." We then sit in awkward silence. I look at Bella to see her looking deep in thought. I give her a small smile before starting the conversation. "What would you like to know?"

Bella pondered for a moment. "It's a lot to take in. So basically, there is a universe where my life is in a book."

"Yes."

"So everything that has happened thus far, you already knew about it."

I nodded my head. "Correct."

"This is a lot to take in."

I smiled at her apologetically. "I know. I'm sorry that I never said anything. I didn't know how to."

Bella nodded her head and looked at me. "How many books are there?"

I look at her and decide I need to tell her more but I need to be careful about it. "There are four books. They were turned into movies also."

Bella's eyes widened. "Movies?"

"Yeah. I preferred the books though. Some things were glossed over in the movies."

"Where are we currently in?"

"We are currently in the third book."

"So, Victoria is behind all of this. She's turning everyone into vampires to come after us."

"Yes."

"What happens next? Are we able to defeat her? What happens in the fourth book?"

I look at Bella. "I can't say anything Bella. I'm worried that if I say too much then everything will start to collapse."

Bella looks at me. "How so?"

"Some things are different. I'm worried that if things from the future come out then it either won't happen or something horrible will happen in it's place. I want to help out the best that I can though. I want to let you all know as much as possible so that everything unravels more smoothly."

Bella nodded her head. "Ok." We are soon engulphed in silence.

I look at Bella for a moment. "How's Edward handling everything?" Bella looks surprised.

"He hasn't talked to you?"

I shake my head. "He's been avoiding me. I really miss him. I know that I probably ruined our sister brother relationship but I just want to make sure that he's ok." I look up at the ceiling instantly feeling another presence in the house. "Edward, you can come down now. How much did you hear?"

In a blink of an eye, Edward is sitting in the chair across from the couch. He looks at me for a moment. "Almost everything," he replies.

I nodded my head and stared at him. "I'm sorry."

Edward started shaking his head. "No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have reacted the way that I did. I've been avoiding you and I am sorry for that. It was just a lot to process." Edward starts raking his hand through his hair.

"It's ok. So, what now?"

"Well. We now know that Victoria is behind this. When does she come to Forks?"

"Sometime after graduation."

"Graduation is three weeks away. Do you know how long after we graduate?"

I bite my lip. "In the movie, she comes three days after we graduate. I don't know if it will be then or if she will wait a little longer. Or she might be on her way now."

Edward starts shaking his head. "Alice would have seen it."

I started shaking my head. "Not necessarily. She's figured out how Alice's visions work and has been letting someone else making the decisions. She's staying out of her sight. She only makes the decision at the last moment."

"How did she figure that out?" Edward looks astonished.

"I believe James told her before he came for me and Bella. She wants revenge."

"What do we do now?" asks Bella. I look at Bella and Edward.

"I will tell you as much as I can. You know that Victoria will come sometime soon. It's best to stay here and when the time comes we will be ready for her." I pause and look at Edward. "Your not going to like this, but we will need to team up with the wolves. They will give us more numbers to protect the town and the other vampires won't know that they exist. It will give us an advantage over them." I look at Edward and watch as his eyes harden.

"Your right. I don't like that. It means more protection for you and Bella though. So I guess that I will go along with it for now."

"I do have a request though Edward." Edward raises an eyebrow. "Don't tell them about the other universe and how they are in a book series. I'm not exactly sure how they will handle it. Let's just tell them what they need to know."

"Alright. The less they know the better everything will turn out."

"Hopefully," interjects Bella. I turn and stare at Bella. "I think they have a right to know. They are involved in this also."

"Bella, how do you think they are going to take the information that you know. What will Jacob say when he learns about his life being in books?"

"He'll understand. I'll make him understand."

"Fine, say that he does understand. The wolves can see each others thoughts when they are phased. What happens when Sam, Jared, or even Paul finds out. How will they react? Do you think they will understand?"

Bella sighs in defeat. "I guess not. I just hate keeping secrets from Jake."

"It's easier this way," interjects Edward. Edward's hardened gaze was staring at Bella. Bella just huffed in annoyance but decided not to touch on the topic any further. Edward looked at his watch he had on and turned to me. "Come on Sophie, I'll take you home." I nodded and stood up.

"Will you be back tonight?" I already knew that question was aimed at Edward.

"Yes, I'll be back in a couple of hours." Edward leaned and kissed Bella on the forehead. He turned to me and I followed him out of the house. I waved goodbye to Bella right before I climbed into Edward's Volvo.

Edward put the car into drive and we started to head back to the house. I look at Edward's emotionless face. "What are you thinking?" Edward cracked a small smile.

"I could ask you the same question." I smiled and sat back in my seat. The car was full of comfortable silence all the way back to the house.

Well, I hoped that you enjoyed this chapter. I think this is the longest chapter that I have done yet. Next chapter we will really start to see the growth between Sophie and Alex. Until next time!