I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him for the first time. At first I thought it was just a dream; it was after all 2:30am when I saw the figure standing just on the edge of the forest visible from my window.

I had woken up with a pounding headache that felt as if someone had used my head for drumming practice. I got up and went into my bathroom for a glass of water to take some aspirin with. The glass felt cold against my warm palm and as the cool water ran down my throat it felt like a cool spring on a summer day. I walked back into my bedroom and towards the open window. It was mid-December but I needed to have a window open to be able to sleep comfortably. My mother and father didn't appreciate it much but they accepted my strange behavior. My mother always joked that I had an unnaturally high body temperature and was my own personal space heater even when I was a baby.

As I stood by the window, the cool, crisp night air caressing my cheek something caught my eye on the edge of the woods. At first I thought it was a person, but then as I looked closer I saw it was a dog. No, it couldn't have been a dog, it was too big to be a dog. I looked again and again it appeared that a person was standing there. I decided to investigate. After all, what was this guy doing on our property? Dumping his dog off? I grabbed my Northwestern hoodie and slipped a pair of sweatpants over my shorts. I slowly crept downstairs, past my parents' bedroom, and out the front door. I moved quietly until I was a good 10 feet from the house and then snuck towards the woods. As I got closer I saw what looked to be a boy maybe a few years older than me.

"Hello?" I called out as I started to approach him. He had his back to me and seemed to be distracted. When I reached him I touched his shoulder causing him to jump and I suddenly felt myself be pulled back with such a force that I lost my balance and fell into, what I was sure, a thick tree. I tried to get up, but suddenly realized that someone was holding me and that the boy I had touched just a moment ago was shaking uncontrollably.

"Jacob calm yourself. She didn't mean to spook you. Just relax, take a few deep breaths. You don't want to change right now do you?" I heard a deep, husky yet velvety voice say behind me. I turned my head and saw what I was sure had to be a dream. There stood the most amazing looking guy I had ever seen, straight out of a Greek-god book. I mean if there was such a thing and we knew that's actually what they looked like.

"Let go of me," I said trying to get loose the other boy starting to shake less.

"Not until Jacob regains full control of himself. Right now he's a danger to you." I kept struggling expecting the grip he had on me to get tighter but it didn't. He just held me back as if it was no feat at all.

"Will you at least tell me your name? Oh yeah and what is going on here?" I heard laughter from behind me and when I turned my head also from the boy the other one had called Jacob. I felt him release me as Jacob came towards us.

"Well she's a feisty one isn't she Emmett?" The boy approached us. "Hasn't anyone ever told you not to sneak up on people?" Jacob stood in front of me.

"Hasn't anyone ever told you not to trespass on people's property? Especially at 3 in the morning. I mean what are you even doing here? I should call. . ." I was silenced by a cold hand covering my mouth.

"Okay there 20 questions how about one question at a time. First, I'm Emmett and this is Jacob. Second, we were having a minor disagreement about hunting. Jacob thinks that deer are a better hunt, I think that grizzly bears are fun." I looked at him in disbelief. " 'Your' property as you so delicately put it ends over by those bushes over there actually." He pointed just a few feet behind us. "And as for you Jacob, I thought your ears were better than that or at least your nose. I heard her and smelt her since she started watching us from her window up there." He pointed at my window and while they were distracted I quickly took a smell of myself since he said he had smelt me. I heard them laugh again.

"Don't take what Emmett says so literal. I mean I think you smell good, but then again there's so many smells here I couldn't tell you were getting closer." I backed away a bit.

"Okay you guys are crazy. It's freezing out here and you're dressed in shorts with no t-shirt on and you…" I looked at Emmett, "You're here in jeans and a t-shirt as if it was a nice fall day. And what is that on your shirt anyway?" Emmett looked down.

"Oh just a little blood. Guess I got some dinner on me after all." He and Jacob started laughing as I began to run. I looked over my shoulder just to run into something hard. I looked up confused because I didn't remember there being a tree there, and I was right. In front of me stood Emmett, like a mighty oak.

"Ouch. Could you stop doing that? And what are you pure muscle or something? I felt like I just ran into a brick wall." I heard Jacob laugh.

"Yeah that could have something to do with the fact that he's as hard as marble." I heard Emmett hiss at him.

"Enough now Jacob." He looked down at me. "What is your name?" I felt his eyes look deep into mine, as if he was trying to read my very thoughts.

"Umm Jasmine." I said, not daring to lie to him.

"Well Jasmine, I think it best if you don't tell anyone what you saw tonight. One people would think you're crazy and two it would just cause unnecessary trouble. So just pretend this was all a dream and everyone will be fine." I nodded and he moved out of my way. I started walking towards my house, awestruck at what I had seen, or thought I saw.

After I made it back into the house and managed to crawl under the covers my mind was still swimming. I closed my eyes and as I started to drift off to sleep I thought I heard Emmett's voice whisper in my ear, "I shall see you soon pretty Jasmine." I sat up quickly but there was no one in my room. I laid back down and told myself I had just been dreaming. With that thought I fell into an uneasy sleep.