Prologue:
"GAH! Luke! Give it back!" Scout hollered, punching her older brother's arm, immediately regretting it, once her fist made contact with his scorching hot, hard-as-rock body. "Ouch," she muttered, shaking her hand violently.
Luke was sitting on one side of his only sister, trapping her between him and his younger brother, Jonathan. It was enough that Scout had to roast alive between the two of them, but Luke further irritated her by swiping her ancient MP3 player. He turned to her, looking innocent.
"Sorry, did you say something?" he asked tauntingly.
Scout rolled her eyes, emitting a frustrated groan. "Real mature for a 20-year-old. Give me my MP3 player back, you moron!" she seethed, glaring fiercely at him. Luke grinned wickedly at her, nodding his head 'no'. Scout snarled, looking like she was about to rip his face off.
"Day-um, Dude! It's too bad she's a wussy little human! She'd make one Hell of a werewolf!" Jonathan exclaimed, laughing, holding his hand towards his brother. "Luke, give it here!"
"Jonathan Kainai, Watch your language!" Rafe, their father, shouted from the driver's seat in irritation. They'd been driving for 18 hours straight, and still had several more to go before they reached their new home in La Push. They all weren't sure how much more they could take.
Scout took the opportunity to it's fullest. While her brothers were distracted, she snatched her MP3 player from Luke's hands, and yanked the ear buds out of his ears.
"What really sucks is having to be the only friggin' human in a whole family of werewolf siblings! Not to mention the only girl out of five brothers!" she snapped, turning to Jonathan, and barking at him to switch her places, lest she die of heat stroke. Thankfully, he complied.
Once they resettled, Scout began listening to Rascal Flatts's "Me and My Gang", letting her long, crow-black hair fall into her beautiful, dark skinned face, as her unusual tawny eyes stared out the window, admiring the forested scenery as they drove on.
Chapter 1:
"Jacob!" Quil and Embry shouted in unison. "Dude? Are you there?"
Crawling out from under his almost completed Rabbit, Jacob stood, and wiped the grease off his hands. "Yeah! I'm here!" he called. Next thing he knew, his best friends came bursting into his garage, looking like they were about to explode with news. Jacob laughed, holding his hands, wondering what the heck was so exciting.
"Whoa, guys! Where's the fire?" he asked, grinning, and pushing an escapee strand of his long, crow-black hair out of his face.
"Dude! There's a new family moving to La Push!" Quil cried. Jacob could understand his excitement, of course. Hardly anything interesting happened on the Rez. Maybe, with any luck, there would be some kids their age. Everyone could use new friends, right? And with school starting back up in a couple of days, they could help these new 'friends' settle in, couldn't they?
"Swe-et!" he exclaimed, drawing the word into two syllables. "When are they getting here?" He asked curiously. He wanted to get a good look at this family just as much as the other two members of their troublesome trio.
"They just got here! C'mon, let's go check it out!" Embry said animatedly. And with that, they tore off down the path, Jacob briefly telling his father that he'd be gone for a little bit as they ran.
They arrived at a small, homey-looking two-story house with an SUV and a moving van parked in front of it. They watched as five very tall boys, all looking about the age of twenty-five, started carrying things inside the house such as furniture. Another older-looking man, probably their dad, came and started to help them, as well as a woman they thought to be there mother.
"Let's go see if they want any help," Jacob suggested. Quil and Embry shrugged and nodded in agreement. Just as they were about to head over there, they heard a whoop. They turned their heads to see a large timber wolf bolting down the street, and right beside it… A tall, pretty girl with a grin on her face, and wearing a black 'wife-beater' and slightly baggy jeans that were ripped at the knees, straining to match the wolf's speed as they raced up the dirt road, and back to the house.
Quil let out a low whistle of appreciation. "Man, that girl is damn fine," he muttered. Embry nodded, staring wide-eyed, and Jacob, much to his surprise, found himself thinking the same thing as he watched her long, tangled, coal-black hair fly behind her, revealing her striking, dark face. That, and the way she moved with incredible grace as she ran…
Her grace was short lived though. She made a move to jump over the fence in unison with the wolf, but she didn't catch herself in time, and went tumbling over the ground. The wolf, apparently concerned for his opponent, ran to the girl and tackled her, licking her face frantically. The girl was laughing, as she struggled to get to her feet. She succeeded and stood, petting the dog.
"Good boy, Juno… Gross," they heard her say, as she wiped her face on her arm. That was when her eyes found Jacob's. She froze, and Jake felt his mouth go dry when her fiery, gold eyes that matched wolves eyes seemed to look right through him. He felt a slight twinge inside of his chest, which confused him slightly.
The girl lowered her arm, and one corner of her mouth tugged up in a crooked smile, and she waved at them briefly. Jake found himself returning the gesture, when Sam Uley arrived on the scene, which extinguished any urge to go over there. Sam bugged the holy living crap out of the three friends, and they watched with a sort of disgusted awe as Sam put his arm around the girl's shoulders, putting her into a headlock, and then performing the annoying action of rubbing his knuckles against the top of her head.
The boys turned on their heel and started to walk away when the girl squirmed out of Sam's grasp and punched him in the gut, shaking her hand with a pained grimace afterwards.
"Well boys, I guess we'll meet her at school then," Embry announced in a casual tone. Quil groaned, and Jacob rolled his eyes.
"Don't remind me, Loser," Quil muttered. He perked up, and nudged Jacob in the ribs. Jacob looked at him questioningly.
"What?" he asked slightly annoyed.
"Seemed like you two had a moment back there, you lucky dog," Quil said, grinning stupidly. Embry snickered. Jacob emitted an agitated groan.
"Shut up, you two. It was nothing. Nothing," he said, putting emphasis on the last word.
"Sure, sure," Quil said, chortling. Jacob gave up and walked away from the pair of stupid retards.