Hello readers, it's been a long time since I updated, I'm sorry for the delays but thanks a million to those who have reviewed! :)

Anyway, I think I'm going to post a chap for RMFTD, Jane/Edward in the next two days so you can look out for that too...and that's all I wanted to say!

Guys, you got it all wrong, Jake is not going to be with Toni, he's imprinted on Leah! But I'll have someone else from the pack interact with her, no imprinting of course cause that would be downhill!

CHAPTER – 7

"So Edward, I am going to the Rez today" Bella said with a nervous look as she knew Edward did not want her to go down to La Push where the wolves resided. However, to her surprise Edward barely lifted an eyebrow before he said "Alright Bella, just be careful"

"Wow" Bella said not able to hide her shock, "I thought you were going to give me a hard time about it" she said with honesty.

Edward thought he probably would have if it had been before he met his intended, then he cared a great deal about Bella, he still did care for her of course but he was not in love with her. He didn't know what had changed but he just did not feel the compelling need to protect her anymore. Besides he knew Jacob was Bella's best friend and he wouldn't harm her intentionally and the last time he heard Jacob Black had romantic feelings for Bella and strangely it did not bother him as much as it did some time ago.

"But I don't know if I should just stay" Bella continued bringing Edward out of his reverie, "Charlie invited Toni to come with" Bella scowled in obvious hatred.

That thought got Edward's attention and he raised his eyebrows and asked "Why?"

Bella was surprised again that Edward would care to know about the reason at all and then shrugged it off as she said "Something about her being cooped up in Forks all the time….although I don't see how it matters anyway"

Edward was now gnashing his teeth and refraining from letting out curse words. How could he just let his fragile human intended into a den of wolves unprotected? And what was even worse was that they were all just puppy's and their transformation was wired to their out of control emotions. If some sodden pup transformed closer to his mate, he did not want to think about the consequences of that. His day had just gotten even worse.

"Alice, maybe you could persuade her to come with us on a shopping trip or something?" Edward begged hoping his little sister would start accepting the way of things and help him already. He was sitting with his 'family' in the cafeteria of the school begging his tinkerbell of a sister to see reason and help him. Bella had gone to sit with Jessica and her group and Toni hadn't come in to the cafeteria yet.

Alice frowned but she had given thought about her brother's life and decided that his happiness was the most important thing and if Bella couldn't make him happy anymore then it was not wise to push her dearest brother into what would definitely be an unfulfilling eternal life. "I'll see what I can do" Alice said finally and got up from their table as Toni walked into the room waving at Mike and the others at Jessica's table.

"Hello"

Toni was startled by the high soprano voice and turned to see Alice Cullen standing inches away from her. "Gods, do you all have a habit of scaring the crap out of people?"

"Sometimes" Alice said with a private little smirk. Although she wasn't especially fond of the idea of Edward leaving Bella again, she was intrigued by this human whose future she could not see.

"Huh" was the only response Toni could come up with as she wondered why the little girl was smirking. And Alice Cullen was little and thin and the hairstyle only seemed to make her face look like that of a pixie.

"So is there something you wanted?" Toni asked as she turned back to grab an apple and placed it on her tray.

"Yes actually, I was wondering if you'd have lunch with us" Alice said in a chipper voice as she glanced back at their table.

"You mean do I want to eat while I'm being watched by seven pairs of eyes, no, I think I'll pass" Toni said, she really did not want to be in their midst, something about them all was just off.

Alice was surprised that the human had noticed that they didn't eat, were they being that obvious about it, they were obviously not hiding their nature properly if the human had noticed.

"….you don't mind" Alice only caught the last part of what left Toni's mouth and she quickly came back to her senses and said "Could you repeat that?"

"I said you should move out of my way"

Alice knew this human wanted nothing more than to avoid them and she noticed Bella was looking at her from her place at Jessica's table with a questioning look but Alice Cullen was not one to give up so easily.

"Oh come on, I'm sure you would want to not handle those hormonal boys for once" Alice said glancing at Mike and Tyler.

On that thought, Toni did want to be away from them as much as she wanted to be away from the Cullen's. She had told them time and again that no, she was not interested but some of them just wouldn't let up. She sighed and inclined her head towards the table were the Cullen's sat but said "You sure know how to make an offer look tempting" to Alice who grinned at her in triumph and nodded her head.

"And why don't you guys eat?" Toni asked, she was curious as to how the Cullen's never ate anything.

"We're on a strict diet" Alice said as she smirked again thinking about their diet of animal blood and how strictly they followed it.

"Are you all planning to be models or something?" Toni asked, she was curious despite herself she felt that there was something fishy about that smirk on tinker bell Cullen's face.

"Nope" Alice said as they reached the table and sat down, the Cullen's had heard the entire conversation of course. Rosalie was indifferent as usual, Emmett was looking forward to meeting the human, Jasper was calm as he already knew Toni and Edward was fidgeting remembering the fight he had had with his intended the day before.

"Uhmm, hai…" Toni said to everyone at the table in general and sat down.

"You don't have to fidget Edward, I'm not about to eat you" Toni said and this made everyone look at her from their previous preoccupations.

"Does that mean you forgive me?" Edward said with a hopeful look.

Toni tilted her head, for some reason Edward Cullen just infuriated her and annoyed her like no other and she was curious about why this particular guy could get to her like that. She took a bite out of the sand which before saying "Hmm, not exactly…"

"What is that supposed to mean?" Edward asked feeling frustrated.

"Jeez, aren't you just utterly frustrated" Toni said with a smirk as she added "The look doesn't suit you by the way…Mr. Sullen" and everyone in their table except Edward started to laugh as he looked baffled.

Edward gaped wondering how the human had turned from hating him to teasing him in such a short time.

"He just needs to get laid" Emmett said and Edward promptly kicked him as the entire table laughed. Just then Bella decided to come to their table and Alice made space for her to sit as Edward didn't show any indication of moving. Bella frowned and shook her head at Alice as she asked "Edward, could you come with me for a minute?"

Edward sighed wanting to bang his head against the table, just when he was getting somewhere and something had to come and ruin it. He smiled politely at Bella and said "Of course Bella" and stood up as he tried to keep up the happy loving boyfriend façade while he was seething on the inside.

When Edward and Bella were out of the cafeteria, Alice turned to Toni and asked away, "Would you like to come with us for a shopping trip?"

Toni was surprised that the Cullen children were actually inviting her for a shopping spree, and she was invited by Alice Cullen who if she remembered right had been giving her the evil eye for as long as they met. Anyway, she was not going out with the Cullen's on her own anywhere. Now how too politely refuse, she went for distraction and asked "When?"

"Today evening, we were all planning to go out into Port Angeles for shopping" Alice said with a bright smile, not being able to see Toni's future was really intriguing and annoying her.

"Oh, I'm sorry but my uncle Charlie is taking me to the Indian Reservation today" Toni said happy to not conjure up a lie.

"Why are you going there?" Rosalie asked her brows crinkled in disgust.

Toni looked amused for a moment, this was the first time she'd heard the blond girl speak and her voice sounded like bells or some music instrument, she couldn't help but wonder about the lilting voices these 'kids' seemed to have. "Why wouldn't I?" she countered and saw the blond girl sneer.

Jasper quickly intervened and said "It's just the kids there Toni, they're all gangly and it's not a very safe place to be around"

Toni frowned wondering why Uncle Charlie would want to go down to a rogue place if it was so but the Cullen's could be lying for all she knew. She shook her head and said "Uncle Charlie is a sheriff, they won't try anything and Bella goes there often or so I hear"

They all gave up after that knowing that Edward would be brooding and moping the house all evening.

Edward was anxious and snappy by the end of the day and as he walked Bella to the truck. His siblings had failed in convincing his intended to stay away from the mangy mutts. Of course said intended didn't know that if she were to irk some of the overgrown mutts they would spontaneously burst into a bloody wolf and rip everyone in their surroundings apart, to say that he was worried would be an understatement of the year. And everything had been going so well today, Toni had actually talked to him in Government although it was brief and they were partnered for an assignment together.

"Bella" Edward called just once to snoop for details, he needed to know when Black had transformed into a wolf. If he was able to control himself with Bella, he surely would be able to with Toni but then again what if Bella decided to take revenge on Toni by doing something stupid. What was he thinking; Bella wasn't that kind of a girl! He was comparing her to someone like Lauren, he was loosing his mind. However, there was a hatred for Toni in Bella although she hid it well, Bella's face was just too darn easy to read although her mind was silent to him.

"Yeah Edward" Bella turned giving him her full attention as she blinked her brown eyes and looked to him expectantly.

"When did Jacob become a shifter?" Edward asked and the hurried to add, "Do you think he'll be able to control himself from phasing anytime?"

"Of course, he would never hurt me Edward" Bella said with conviction that made Edward lift an eyebrow. Maybe this would be good after all, now if only Charlie hadn't pulled his intended along into this game as well. That man always seemed to cause him trouble; it was really grating on his nerves.

"And he was transformed maybe two or three months before you came back to me" Bella said which made Edward cringe on the inside.

"Alright, just take care Bella" Edward said as he kissed her on the cheek, kissing her on the lips just felt wrong somehow.

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow Edward" Bella said as Edward had not been visiting her at the nights any longer. He had told her that it was because he had been away from her for too long and needed time to get accustomed to her scent again; he knew Bella didn't believe his lies but he chose to not bother about it.

The evening came and Toni was at the door to her Uncle's house. She really liked her Uncle Charlie and they got along really well but when it came to her and Bella it was always rather strained, putting it mildly. She just couldn't stand how much of a weakling Bella was and there had been the utter lack of personality that just irritated her right from when she was young. Evidently with personalities as clashing as theirs they hadn't gotten along very well. What surprised her though was how Bella was seemingly attracted to Edward of all people, the guy was just such a jerk, full of himself, arrogant and now she was ranting. She did not want to think of him now and to top it all off she had been partnered with him. Fate wasn't kind to her when the door opened revealing the object of her musings.

"Edward…"

Ah well, you didn't think he was just going to let her go now did you?

Now, I know I said Jacob would be in this chapter but I changed plans, and am going to bring the shifters only very lately, right now I'm gonna focus on Toni and Edward….

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