Chapter 1 Reunion

I stared down at my feet and fidgeted with my seat belt. it's actually really embarrassing to be so scared of an……Airplane. Pathetic that's what it is, I mean I'm so post to be a big, strong, fearless werewolf. Things are so post to be afraid of me, and yet I'm terrified of this puny airplane. I looked up and glanced around at everybody's faces, just to make sure nobody caught me in my terrified mode. Not one Pearson even moved so I guess nobody saw me fidgeting. I relaxed and leaned back into my seat, I pulled my long golden blond hair from my back and set it on my shoulder. Well maybe I should just sleep. I didn't realize how tired I really was when I was so concentrated on the fear that emotion swept the tiredness away. So I let my heavy lids win the fight, my eyes started to droop shut I yawned and snuggled further into my seat. Then a few seats ahead of me a light flipped on and my eyes slowly fluttered open I could feel my green eyes glisten with curiosity searching for the Pearson who turned it on. Oh it's just a older woman who had to search for something in one of those insanely over sized floral bags. I slowly crept back into a deep dreamful sleep.

I should be getting there soon, really soon hopefully. Iv been running for around ten minutes now. I could get use to this, this is by far the best part of this whole werewolf mess, getting places faster than driving would ever and of course, feeling the wind whip on my thick white fur while I'm running. I glanced around to see that just a little further ahead there is a gap, I slowed to a walk and went through the gap to see a long white sandy beach the water splashing up against the steep cliff a little further down the beach. Ah! finally I'm here! La push. I kind lf liked the name, it was a little catchy. I said It a few times over in my head. La Push, La Push, La Push. I felt as if I was headed for a bigger adventure than I expected, like I wasn't just in for a visit to my sisters. I shook the feeling and ran to my sisters house, Abigail would be exuberant. I cant wait to see her two little black haired kids, annabell, and, kaleb, too! That just made me run all the faster. I stopped at her house and morphed back to the lanky blond haired human I was. I walked up to the big blue door and stopped, I looked down to see if my green shirt or jeans were messed up or covered in slobber since I held my cloths in my mouth while I was running, nope. I lifted my hand up to knock on the door then wrapped my knuckles on the door, I waited a minute "Come in!" I heard Abigail holler. Hesitantly, I opened the door and walked into the overly organized home, the bright white walls were almost too bright, they gave me a headache. "Abigail?" I said hoping she would notice it was me. I turned into the hall and walked almost two steps when my tall lanky sister pounced into the hall, her light brown hair cut just below her chin waved wildly in every direction as she ran at me squealing, "Anna, Anna, Anna!" I just stood there, arms wide open, waiting for her scrambling feet to find their way to me. She threw herself at me, and I caught her just before she thumped to the ground. I just sat there and squeezed her in a hug for as long we could. "ANNA!" I hear two little high voices squeal. Then I saw two little figures run out from the room on the right, then Annabell ran at me her long black hair flying behind her and then kaleb fallowing Anna. They were both no taller than my knees, I bent down and hugged them both then I leaned back "So, how old are you two now? 4 going on 41?" they both giggled then both the twins answered at the same time, "No, silly, were only 4 years old." Anna giggled and ran back to the room and Kaleb fallowing shortly after. I turned around stood up strait, "they get cuter every minute!" Abigail smirked and looked at me like she was going to smart alech me, and I probably should have known that, that was exactly what she was going to. "well maybe you should settle down your self, Wolf." she snickered under her breath. I should have known she would bring that up. "Haha Abigail," I said sarcastically, "your hilarious and I'm only 17." for some odd reason she actually looked smug. I just shook my head in disapproval and asked, "so where do I get to lounge tonight?" the smirk washed away from her face and a look of humor took its place she peeked up at me and said, "outside, doggy." she snickered again. I could feel frustration take over my face, and since I stink at hiding expressions I let her feel triumphant. "No, but really where, I am kind of tired." she rolled her eyes and pointed towards the couch. "thanks" I mumbled almost too low for her to hear. I finished staggering over to the couch and fell motionlessly to the soft cushion. I slept anxious to get to meet the town tomorrow… and anxious, not scared.

"ugh," I grunted as I uncurled from the ball I was sleeping in, and stretched my limbs. I'm not so sure I enjoy sleeping on this couch so much, I feel stiff.

"Morning!" I heard Abigail say. Mmmm I heard the bacon sizzling in the pan, and I smell filled my head and made me realize my stomach was vacant. I sat up sniffing the air, "So I guess the family dog smells the food." she chuckled again knowing how much I hate it when she calls me names. "Oh, shut up!" I growled. She just snickered, once again. I sighed and flung myself back against the couch. Then Abigail walked up with a plate of bacon and eggs in her left hand. I shot up, hands open ready to take it. "here you go, Anna." she said, pleased that she resisted to call me any name she could think of off the top of her head. "thank you." I said, and took the plate from her hands. She walked back to the kitchen as I ate my food.

I put my plate in the sink, "I think I'm gonna run around and meet the town, ok?" I said to Abigail, "ok but you aren't going as a wolf right?" she asked, fear, or concern, I'm not sure, struck her eyes. "Of course not." I said after a minute. "well then ok, go have fun." she said relieved. I smiled at her and walked out the back door, then made my way to the front of the house. "Good thing I decided to leave my truck here last time I came." I hopped inside and revved up the engine. I decided to take a look at the town first. So I sped off through the winding trail headed to La Push. I looked at the forest as it passed me by. All of the sudden my truck started to shake, "Oh, crap." I whispered to myself as I watched the cloud of black smoke rise from the front of my truck. I pulled off to the side of the road as my truck died. "Grrrr……" I growled as I got out of my truck and slammed the door shut behind me. I stomped my way to the front of my truck and folded my arms across my chest frustrated at the mishap. "Hi, um… do you need help?" I jumped, I think maybe a whole foot and flung myself around to see a whole 6ft 7 standing in front of me. "Gah!" I said, not sure if it sounded rude "sorry you scared me." I didn't realize I jumped till I looked up and saw the expression on his face. "Oh, sorry, um, my names Jacob." he said, a little embarrassed that he scared me. "Hi, I'm Anna." he walked a little closer and smiled, I think about then my heart started to race. I was only hoping that I wasn't blushing but I cant promise I wasn't. "So," I said trying to take the attention away from my moment of fright, "do you think that you can help with my car trouble?"

"Ya, of course, I actually do this for fun more than is probably healthy for me." I giggled a little and looked up at his face.

"ya, ok sounds good."

He walked past me and opened the hood. "Oh, I see what's wrong." he said as he looked up at me and halfheartedly smiled in my direction. There goes my fluttering heart again. "You might not be able to drive anywhere for a few days, ok?" he said. "so come hop in and I can drive you back to your house if you want." I answered quickly, "NO! I mean, well I came out to explore around and I don't really want to go back."

"so your not from here," he accused.

"ya, I'm from a lower part of Washington."

"oh, ok, so where do you want to go?" he asked. "do you want to hang out with………me?" he asked, apparently he saw in my eyes I was hoping he would ask. I could feel this time I was blushing, "Ya, sounds good, I don't really have anyone to talk to around here." then it was his turn he started to blush and said, "then maybe we could get to know each other."

"ok"

Chapter 2 Discovery

The car sped away, leaving the old truck I knew so well behind. While he was driving he had one hand on the steering wheel and the other resting comfortably on the top of the seat, reaching toward me. He peeked up at me now and then to make sure he still had me under his trance, after awhile he finally said, "You look kind of tired and, not that its any of my bisness or anything, and you don't have to tell me but, what have you been up doing lately?" did I really look that tired It must be from running here last night. Well he looked kinda tired too maybe if I ask him why he looked so tired that would make him forget about it. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you, and why do you look so tired?" I asked eyeing the circles under his eyes. "believe me, Anna, its not so hard for me to believe you." I thought about what he said for a minute and decided I wouldn't tell him because, well, I don't know him all that well, so I decided that I was going to have to lie to him, 'sorry, Jacob,' I whispered in my head "Oh, well I uh, baby-sit um, very late."

"well that's not so hard to believe"

"I guess its not" I hope the guilt hasn't showed up on my face.

"So, whats your reason?" I asked hoping to change subject. "Well, um, I uh, stay up late fixing um, you know, um, vehicles." it was starting to sound as if he was hiding something from me, the way he struggled to find the right words to say. "Oh," was all I said trying to take the heat off of him, feeling a little guilty I put it on him in the first place. We pulled up by a beach, actually, it was the same beach I ran across last night. We got out of the car and he led me to the beach. We walk till we were a few feet from the water and plopped down in the sand, my hands behind me to keep me from falling backwards. He sat down next to me shortly after I fell. He looked at me and smiled, I smiled back, not sure exactly what to say. I looked behind him and I saw a huge,………… Wolf print in the sand. I stiffened. I should have been more careful last night, I should have known, somebody was going to see it and when they did what were they going to think?. I wanted to come up with an excuse to leave but I didn't want to leave, well him anyways, and I wouldn't want him suspicious, actually that would be the last thing I want. How pathetic, this was my first day here in La Push and my klutziness has already taken its course. He peeked behind his shoulder to see what I was looking at, just to make sure nothing evil was sneaking up behind him. " whats wrong?" he said, breaking my gaze at the print. "oh, um its nothing……so…" I said a bit fascinated by how well he paid attention. "Well, what do you want to do?" I asked cautiously.

"Um… I'm not sure, what-" a thunder bolt hit only a few feet from where we were, interrupting his sentence. I screamed once, and jumped to my feet, running and slipping across the sand towards the truck. I stopped about yard from the truck, turned around, only to see he was running after me, close after me and ended up tackling me when I stopped throwing us both to ground, and I turned around just in time to see it. "OOf!" I said while getting the breath knocked out of me. He rolled off of me and lay there dazed, until he could get up and started spitting questions out at me like I just got pushed off the empire states building, and lived. "Are you ok? Did I hurt you, why did you stop.?"

I just looked up at him and started to laugh hysterically. He just looked confused, he was even cuter when he was confused.

"Yes, Jacob, I'm fine." I said still giggling. I sat up at the same time he did, then the dark purple black sky started to pour out what was lingering inside of it. I felt a few rain drops on my cheek, he reached over and wiped them from my face. I looked over to thank him but he was already standing up. I got up next to him and hopped in the car. He jumped in the other side. " so what to do now?" I wasn't sure if I was sounding pushy but I didn't really care, I don't want to leave Jacob. Apparently he didn't think I was being push because he seemed just as eager as I was, but it couldn't hurt to ask… right? "Um, Jacob?"

"Ya?"

"Just by curiosity, do you think I'm being…… pushy? Because if yo-" he cut me off, "No your not at all, in fact your really fun to be around, do you want to go to my house?" My face got hot as I blushed, "Of course I will, Jacob." I said. I'm so relieved that he wasn't getting sick of me. He revved up the engine.

"So, Jacob, what will we do at your house?" he pursed his lips, and a thoughtful look washed across his face. I heard him grumble to himself a few times and then it looked almost as if a light bulb turned on in his head. "Do you want to cliff dive tomorrow?" he asked gazing at my face to see my reaction. I thought about this for a moment I want to hang out with Jacob tomorrow but…… yes ill do it. I want to hang out with Jacob tomorrow, and I will. "ok, sure id love to." the way I said it was bubbly, kinda goofy, but I meant cheerful, I think he mistook it for sarcasm. He eyed my face, his looking skeptical. "was that a joke or do you really want to?" he asked, still looking at me for any trace of humor. "ya, I'm serious I would love to." I'm sure he doesn't think I'm joking now, he cant… can he? I checked my face, no doubt just confidence. "ok that works, I'm sorry but then ill have to take you home." he flipped a u-turn and started off toward Abigail's house. "But why cant we hang out right now too? I knew it I am really annoying!" I slouched back into my seat, my legs pulled up in the seat, and my arms wrapped around them. I took a deep breath I tried to keep it smooth but It sounded jagged, like I was about to cry, was I about to cry? I felt a hot salty tear roll down my face. Oh No, I was, he reached over and wiped the tear away. "Your not annoying, I mean it. And I'm sorry, I didn't-"

"stop, Jacob, you didn't hurt me, It's my fault, and I'm sorry"

"What could you possibly be sorry for, Anna?"

"Making you put up with me." I said stubbornly.

"STOP THAT!" He yelled I was a bit frightened, and that made me curl up a little tighter into ball. He took a deep breath and sighed, "Anna, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you, but you don't know what you mean to me already. Maybe ill explain to you tomorrow, its impossible to keep things from you." I looked up at him startled for a second, I didn't know that he tied so close to people, so soon. The cars tires squeaked slightly as it pulled to a stop in front of my house. "Ok, so tomorrow then?"

"yes, Tomorrow goodnight, Anna, and seven o' clock sound good?."

"seven sounds great!"

I hopped out of the car and walked up to the house, I turned around stood on the balls of my feet and shook my left hand franticly, trying to make it look like an exuberant goodbye. I saw him giggle a little and put two fingers to his forehead and do a quick flick of his wrist, a more graceful way of saying goodbye I would say. He chuckled a little more and drove off. I turned around and walked into the house. "EW! JACOB BLACK?!"

"What's wrong with Jacob? He is so far my only friend in La Push."