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Paul is laying beside me when my eyes blink open. I smile tiredly before I sit up.

"Good morning, beautiful." Paul smiles his usual cheesy grin. "You look like an angelic baby when you sleep."

"You was watching me sleep?" I gasp as I pull my school clothes from yesterday off.

"Yep." Paul smirks. "Your bruises and cuts are fading."

I look in the full body mirror hung on my door. "They are, aren't they?"

Paul stands up from my bed, and he walks up behind me. "They are, I'm glad."

I let out a sigh before pulling some denim skin jeans on. "I am glad too."

"Wear this." Paul says, tossing me a green wrap around sweater. "I like it."

I smile before pulling it over my head. "It is chilled from last nights rain."

"I'll meet you at school." Paul tells me before walking out.

---

Rachel showed up soon after Paul left. Emily is happy that I am back around Rachel again, because she knows how close we were before I left with mom and Ricky.

"Guess what happened at school yesterday." I say to Rachel.

"What?" Rachel asks, pulling into the school parking lot.

"Paul imprinted on me." I reply.

Rachel's smile tells me how happy she truly is. "That's great!"

"Why did you two break up?" I ask. "I left, and you two were going strong."

Rachel sighs. "I regret it, but I cheated on Paul with Embry."

"Are you with Embry?" I ask.

"No." Rachel replied as we go inside the school building. "I'm thinking about asking out Jake Richardson."

"A human?" I smile. "I hope he says yes."

"I hope so too, Brandi, i hope so too." Rachel sighs before we separate for our lockers.

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Lunch has came and gone, and I am standing in my gym class. I am in the spandex shorts and muscle tank top I changed out for play today.

"Coach, what are we doing today?" Jared asks from his place beside Paul.

"A little dodge ball, boys against girls." Coach Rodriguez smirks.

My face pales, knowing us girls are screwed. Paul smirks at me as coach decides the teams by the line in the center of the gym. I am crouched down right in front of Paul, and Jared is squatted across from Kim.

---

I hate pain, I have a low tolerance. That explains why I'm curled into a fetal position, in the gym floor. Jared threw the ball a little too hard, and knocked the air out of me.

"I am sooooo sorry, Brandi!" Jared pleads as he lifts me up. "Please don't be angry!"

I whimper in pain as a sharp pain hits my stomach. "I'm. Not. Mad." I sat through gritted teeth. "Just. In. Pain."

Jared frowns before carrying me to the nurse.

----

Sam is the one to pick me up, because Emily is busy cleaning house. He brings me to Forks, tensely, and to the hospital. Carlisle Cullen and Sam have agreed that the hospital is neutral ground, the treaty isn't here.

"What happened, Sam?" Carlisle asks as he helps me into a wheelchair.

"She was playing dodge ball, and my beta accidentally hit her too hard in the stomach." Sam replies for me.

"I'll get her checked out, and I'll let you know."

Carlisle pushes me to a secluded room, and closes the door behind him. "Are you okay, miss Young?"

I frown. "I'm hurting, but not as bad."

"To be on the safe side, I'm gonna do a cat scan and an X-Ray on your stomach." Carlisle says as he hands me a gown. "Go ahead and strip, and put this one. A nurse will wheel you to the lab shortly..."

--/

The lab is full of machines for sick, and injured people. MRI machines, an X-ray, and a cat scan machine. I begin feeling faint at all the machines before Carlisle gets me onto a table.

"I think everything is okay, but I'm being cautious."

"Better safe than sorry." I reassure the Vampire. "Legs get this over with."

--/-

Carlisle was correct, nothing is wrong internally. The dodge ball Jared threw just left a bruise on my stomach.

"Take it easy for a couple days." Carlisle says.

---/

Carlisle wrote me a note for gym, and I am now at the Black place. Jacob and Billy are having me ride to Forks with them, so I can meet more people.

"You okay?" Billy asks as I get into Jacobs rabbit.

"Yeah, just an accident in gym." I grimace at the memory. "Dr. Cullen just said for me to take it easy for a couple days, and he wrote me a note for gym."

"At least you're okay; that's what counts." Billy smiles as Jacob passes the sign for Forks.

The home Jacob pulls up to is a nice house, simple but nice. I help Billy into his wheelchair, as a man calls for his daughter.

"Brandi, this is my pal, Charlie Swan. He is the police chief here in Forks." Billy smiles up at me. "Charlie, this is a family friend, Brandi Young."

"It's a pleasure:" Charlie shakes my hand.

A girl wth long brown hair and dark eyes steps out of the house. Her outfit is so plain, it looks like a boy put it together. She is very pretty, Despite that.

"This is Isabella, Charlie's daughter." Billy informs me.

The girl blushes. "Please, just call me Bella."

I grin at her shyness. "Hi, Bella. I'm Brandi."

I shake Bella's hand before I stand wth Billy and Charlie, while Jacob catches up wth Bella."

"I'm good with the kids." Billy says with a smirk, lifting his cowboy hat off his head then putting it back.

Charlie chuckles. "Of course you are, Billy."

I just smile at the two before facing Jacob and Bella again. Jacob seems happy and content around Bella. She is kind of tense, and kind of shy. Nonetheless, she still seems happy to be around Jacob again.

---/

I actually put on some pajamas when I get home this time, then I climb into bed, beside Paul. He is sleeping over because his father -Randy- is drinking.  According to both Sam and Paul, Randy is mean when he is drunk.

"Get some rest, Brandi." Paul grumbles tiredly. "Tomorrow's another day."

I kiss Paul on his warm cheek. "Okay, Paul. Goodnight."

Paul wraps me in his arms, before we all asleep.

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