She stayed there for a few hours until she got an angry phone call from Charlie. That's when she went home, only to get grounded. Aaron took the punishment without any argument before going up to her room. Charlie was under a huge amount of stress and having her do this stuff wasn't good either.
                          
"I'm just happy you're not getting arrested no more," he mumbled under his breath, but she was close enough to hear it. She smirked as she walked up the steps. When she got into her room, she shut the door before making her bed making it seem like there was someone sleeping in it. There was a chance he might check on her, but he also might not. She'd rather take the precaution.
                          
Then she changed into a black sports bra and spandex. When she went over to her laundry basket, she noticed something on the floor. She bent down to pick it up and her heart skipped a beat when she had it in her hand.
                          
Aaron knew only three people with this item and two of them have no reason to be in her bedroom. Neither did the third, but yet here was Jaspers armband with the family crest on it. Rage bubbled up inside of her. This means that he was here in her bedroom recently and he didn't have the decency to even wake her up? Or stay and talk to her?
                          
She scoffed before throwing the thing in the trash. If it was so important to him, he wouldn't have lost it in the first place. It also angered her that he had the balls to come back here after what he did. After he claimed that it would be better for her.
                          
Opening her window, she jumped out landing perfectly on her feet. It was a good thing that she didn't get hurt because she didn't even know if that woulda worked. She ran towards the clearing to meet the wolves who were already there waiting for her.
                          
They nodded to each other before they took off. It was a thrill to do this, just as it was the first time. Only now she had a purpose and knew who these wolves were. They were her friends and she was going to help them protect her home.
                          
- -
                          
The days blurred together and Aaron was having a hard time staying awake. Bella now knew about the wolves as well as what Aaron was, even though they hardly knew anything about it. And even though Bella knew why she was acting differently, it still wasn't enough for her. She knew Aaron had no control over how she acted but she was still expecting her too
                          
Right now she was baking muffins with Emily, waiting for her sister to come in with Embry,  Jared, and Trent. Apparently, she pissed off Paul who phased and then Jacob phased to protect her. It was a mess of things, but just remember Bella pissed a whole pack of wolves off. Emily turned around at the sound of their feet. 
                          
"You must be, Bella. Aaron has told me a lot about you. Vampire girl," she joked making Aaron laugh through the muffin she stole. She had no clue what it was, but there was something absolutely divine about these muffins. 
                          
"And you are all.." Bella trailed off looking at the shirtless boys. Aaron snorted at her sister who was downright confused. Vampires existed, how could she not realize that werewolves did too?
                          
Emily laughed. "Werewolves? I'm just engaged to one. But these animals --" Aaron couldn't help the laugh that bubbled up when she slapped Embry's hand who happened to be digging already. "Save some for your brothers," she scolded as he pouted. "Leave it to Jacob to get around Sam's gag order," Emily commented going back to Aaron.
                          
The two girls looked at Bella who seemed to be uncomfortable with how close they were. "He didn't say anything, or couldn't..." she trailed off awkwardly picking at the muffin that Emily had given to her.
                          
Embry, full of muffin, said, "That's a wolf thing. Alpha's orders get obeyed whether we want too or not. Oh, and check it out, we can hear each other's thoughts," he said tapping his temple. 
                          
Jared slammed his hand down onto the table. "Damnit, Embry. These are trade secrets. You freaking out yet?" he asked hoping that they scared her just a tad bit. For some reason, there was a big difference between Aaron and Bella, and anyone could tell which one he liked better. 
                          
"You're not the first mind reader I've met."
                          
Aaron snorted as Embry made a comment about how weird the sisters were as well as right when Sam walked in followed by Jacob and Paul. She watched the look that crossed Bella's face when he walked in. The brunette wished that she could fall in love with someone else. 
                          
She also couldn't tear her eyes away from the Alpha peppered his fiances face with kisses. She had heard the story and felt terrible for both of them. He never meant to hurt her and at least he was going to spend the rest of his life trying to make it up to her. 
                          
Bella and Jacob left, no surprise to any of them. "Jacob still had to prompt her. Bella would have never figured it out," Aaron told them shaking her head. The way he fawned over her and broke the rules. She is glad that no one has done that for her. 
                          
"Even so, he didn't tell her, so he didn't break any laws," Sam informed her making her huff. She wished he would get in trouble for this. To her, it was wrong for him to just get away with it. 
                          
When the duo got back, it was clear Bella was irritated with her. For what she had no clue. "When were you going to tell me Victora was back?" she questioned after a few tense moments. 
                          
"Uh, never?" Bella sighed and clenched her jaw. It wasn't her job to tell her everything, just to protect her from the redheaded bitch. "Look, she isn't going to get anywhere near you, so I don't even know why you are upset with me. You've done this shit to me before."
                          
All the wolves took two steps back allowing Bella and Aaron to square off. Jared whistled and said in a low voice for the boys to hear, "Catfight."
                          
"This isn't about me, this is about the fact that there is a deadly vampire out there who wants to kill me!" Bella yelled making the boys take a step back and Sam grabs Emily protectively. Aaron cocked her jaw.
                          
"You are not the only one she is after," she snarled low, it came from her throat and was deeper than any wolf howl. "And last time I checked, you wouldn't even be able to survive a vampires kick to your stomach. Oh, wait, that's me. All you are good for is being bait. And honestly, we both need to face the facts, if Edward and Jasper really cared for us, they wouldn't have let us unprotected knowing that she was going to come back for us."
                          
Everyone in the room jaws had dropped at Aarons words. The words stung, but they were the truth. Bella had tears in her eyes and Jacob shoved Aaron into the table to comfort Bella. The rebel couldn't help herself as she kicked him in the balls from behind. He fell to the floor as she stomped out, breaking the door as she did so. 
                          
Everything was beginning to collapse around her once more. This time though, Aaron refused to let it break her. She was stronger than what she was before. All those pieces that had shattered around her were finally put back together with tape and glue, and it was going to stay that way.
                          
Aaron would kill Victoria herself if she had to prove herself to Bella and if she died, it could weigh on Bella's mind for the rest of her life. The problem is, she just had to find her. But how could you find someone who doesn't want to be found?
                          
"Aaron, are you okay?" she stopped walking before turning around to face Trent and Paul. The girl hadn't even realized that she walked into the forest. "Things got pretty intense," Trent stated as the two stopped a bit away from them. 
                          
She just ran her hand down her face. "I just, I can't stand her choices anymore. She has Jake wrapped around her finger and yet I know for a fact all she is going to do is break his heart. If Edward ever came back, she'll be back in his arms in a heartbeat. The two of them cannot exist without one another." Aaron couldn't stop rambling at this point and it made the two of them nervous. 
                          
The scales were going to tip soon and Aaron wondered just how far they were going to go. 









                          
authors note: so, i have the third and fourth book ready to be written, i just want to know if you'd be interested in reading them. Only asking because I don't want to write them if you aren't going to read them :)