A/N- I DON'T OWN TWILIGHT. Stehpenie Meyer does. By the way, this is in Sephara's POV. Sephara is the girl Embry imprints with. Please R&R

Chapter 1

Fights and Friends

"What did you just say?" I growled.
"I said that I know why you're a freak. Because your parents left you, and they won't come back. They'll never come back, and there is nothing you can do," the girl said.
I pulled my arm back and punched her in the jaw. I punched her again, and that's when some one grabbed me from behind. It was her boyfriend. She came up to me, tears streaming down her face, and she punched me in the eye. She must have had a ring on, because something tore through the skin next to my eye, and hot blood flowed down my cheek.
"Hey, what's going on out here?" a teacher yelled.
The boyfriend let go of me, throwing me to the ground, and ran off, along with the girl. I jumped up and was about the start running after them (to beat the boyfriend up) when the teacher grabbed my arm.
"Crap," I mumbled.
He pulled me to the principals office.
"What this time?" the principal asked as he sat down.
"It is not my fault! She was making fun of me, so I decked her," I said.
He sighed. "Sephara, what more can I do to you to make you understand? I've already given you detentions."
I just signed.
"I can't give you detention now, since school was over when you punched that girl, but can you explain something to me, though? You're one of our smartest students, but you get in trouble the most. Why?" he said.
"I don't know. Can I go now?"
"Fine. Go on."
I left La Push High school and started walking. I didn't want to go home, that much I knew.
I walked through the trees towards First Beach. School had ended an hour ago. I knew my eye was bruising already but I didn't pay attention to that, or the blood. I was concentrating on what I would tell Ms. Daine. See, Ms. Daine let me live with her and her daughter, Ashley. She had been getting on my case a lot lately about me getting in trouble at school. I knew she would be furious.
I walked onto the beach. I slipped off my shoes, dropped my backpack, and walked to the water. The sand was warm, despite the cold weather. I walked to the rocks that the waves crashed into. I sat on a large rock and put my arms back. I looked out at the sky. The spray of the waves splashed on my feet. For that moment, I forgot about everything that was going on. I forgot about school, Ms. Daine, everything. I closed my eyes and listened to the sound of the water crashing into the rocks around me. I let my hair out of my hat and it fell down my back.
"Are you okay?"
I jumped to my feet and turned around. My hat fell in the water from my sudden movement. I cursed under my breath. Standing there was a tall boy with russet-colored skin and short black hair. He was wearing only a pair of jeans, and the muscles in his chest and arms were sculpted perfectly onto his body.
I quickly took the rubber band off my wrist and tied my hair up.
"I'm fine," I said.
He put his hand out to my face, and I cringed from his touch. He pulled his hand away.
"What happened?" he asked.
"I got into a fight at school."
"Do you want to come with me to a friends house? He's more like family, actually. My brothers are going to be there."
"Sure." The word just came out of my mouth, but after I said it, I realized I needed somewhere to go to keep me away from home.
"I need to get my shoes and backpack first, though," I said.
"Alright. I'm Embry Call, by the way."
"I'm Seph. I don't know my real last name, so I just use Ms. Daine's."
He looked at me for a moment, and I started walking to where my things were. I put my shoes back on, but Embry picked up my bag for me.
"Let me get something out of there real quick," I said.
He handed me back my bag, and I pulled out my other hat. I put it on, and Embry took my bag back. I followed him through the trees.
"So, why did you get in a fight?" he asked.
"This bitch made fun of my because I don't know my family, so I decked her, then she punched me. And its not my fault. I didn't mean to break her jaw," I said.
"You broke her jaw?"
"Probably. Bitch had it coming to her either way."
I shrugged.
"I don't know who my dad is," he said after a while.
"Something we have in common. What happened to yours?"
"I don't even know. What about you?"
"My mom died the day after I was born, and my dad walked out on me. Never got a call, or even a letter, from him."
He put his arm around my shoulders. His skin was incredibly warm, and I moved closer to him. I rested my head on his shoulder. I surprised myself. I never even let Ms. Daine or Ashley hug me. No one had ever shown me sympathy about my parent, though. We walked like that till he got to a nice sized house that was through the trees. He kept his arm around me as we walked inside.
"Hey, guys. Come here," Embry said in a regular tone.
I didn't think anyone else heard him but me, but then seven guys and two girls walked in. The tallest man was in the front, and the younger girl was standing by the shortest guy. The woman was standing by the tallest guy. They all had russet-colored skin and black hair, and all of them, besides the woman, were really tall, like Embry. Only one of the guys had long hair.
"Guys, this is Seph. Seph, this is Sam, Emily, Jacob, Paul, Jared, Quil, Seth, and Leah," Embry said, indicating to each of them as he said their names.
"Nice to meet you," Emily said. I noticed she had three long scars that went down one side of her face, causing half of her smile to be in a permanent scowl.
I nodded.
The one named Paul was giving Embry a look, so I glared at him. I'm not sure why, but I didn't like him giving Embry that look. It was a look of distrust and annoyance.
Embry pulled me closer to him, and I moved as close as possible to him. Sam smiled.
"Seph, let me fix that cut on your face. Come with me," Emily said.
I followed Emily to the bathroom, and she put something on my cut. She wiped the blood off my face, then taped a piece of gauze over my cut.
"So, what happened to give you that black eye?" she asked as she was putting the stuff away.
"I got in a fight with this girl at school. I decked her, so she punched me. That reminds me, do you have a phone I can use?" I said.
"Sure. The phone is in the kitchen."
I followed her back to the kitchen, and she handed me the phone. Embry wrapped his arms around me, and I chuckled.
"Hey," he said.
"Hi," I said, smiling.
I dialed Ms. Daine's number, and it answered on the second ring.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Ms. Daine, its Seph," I said.
"Where have you been? Ashley said you got into a fight at school. I told you not to get in anymore trouble."
"I'm at a friend's house-"
"You have no friends. Where are you?"
Embry's arms tightened around me.
"Yes, I do. I just want you to know, that I'll be late, and I'm fine," I said.
"No. You are to come here right now. I have it in my right mind to send you back to the foster home."
I bit my lip and held back tears.
"Let me talk to her," Sam said. I handed him the phone. I turned around and burried my face in Embry's chest. He tightened his arms around me, and tears silently fell down my cheeks and onto his chest.
"Its alright, Seph. I won't let her send you away. I promise," Embry said.
I sobbed a few times and looked up at him.
"I must look like a wuss, a sixteen-year-old crying over something like this," I said.
"You broke a girl's jaw. You're not a wuss," he said, wiping the tears off my cheeks. I nuzzled my head to his chest, liking the way he smelt, the way his skin was so hot on mine. We stood there like that for a while. Sam walked in and put the phone on the counter.
"What did she say?" Embry asked.
"She said that she won't send Seph back, but some one will have to take her in," Sam said.
"You can stay with me," Embry told me at once.
"I don't want to impose," I mumbled, still thinking over what Ms. Daine had said.
"You won't be imposing. There's a lot of extra room at my house. Please?"
I sighed. "Fine. I'm kinda hard to live with, though."
"I think he'll get over it," the one named Quil said, walking in.
I could have sworn that Embry growled-his chest vibrated-but whatever he did, he quit after a second. He pulled me closer to him.
"I'll help you get your things tomorrow," he said.
I nodded. He kissed the top of my head. Normally, I would slap any guy that even tried to touch me, but I didn't mind being close to Embry. We just seemed to...fit. I knew he cared about me, I'm not sure how I knew that, but I did. I liked being close to him.
"Come on. Let's go," he said after a while. I wondered how long we'd been standing there, but followed him outside, anyway. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders while we walked. I was perfectly content in his embrace. We walked to a hill that had a barn fire burning on it. There was three people there already: a man in a wheelchair with long hair; another man with long hair that was sitting next to him; and a woman sitting on the other side of the man in the wheelchair. When they saw me, they didn't look away. I shrank into Embry's arms. I didn't like when people looked at me. I wasn't used to it, people only looked at me to talk about me.
"Its alright, Seph. This is Billy Black, Quil Arteara Sr., and Sue Clearwater," Embry told me, pointing to the man in the wheelchair, the other man, and then the woman.
I gave a little smile, letting only the corners of my mouth move up a fraction of a centimeter.
"Who is this young lady?" Billy asked.
I shrank into Embry even more. I really wasn't used to people being nice to me, or even acknowledging my presence.
"This is Seph, my, um, friend," Embry said. I realized how he said 'friend', like he wanted to say something else.
"Ah," Billy said, nodding.
Embry sat down, and I noticed that every one was sitting in a circle around the fire. I felt out of place. Embry pulled me down on his lap, wrapping his arms tight around me. I never would have known it was cold out because of how warm he was. I nuzzled closer to him. I listened to the legends intently. They were about the Quiluetes coming from spirit warriors, their chief Taha Aki, and stories about the cold ones (vampires). They said that the Quiluetes were werewolves, or at least the ones that were direct descendants from Taha Aki. Billy Black's and Quil Arteara Senior's voices were full of wisdom and pride. When the legends were told, every one slowly left. I didn't want to leave Embry's arms, though.
"Do want to stay with me tonight? Or do you want me to bring you home?" he asked after most of the people were gone.
"I don't want to go home," I said, a hint of fear in my voice.
"Then you won't."
I stood up, and he did also, in unison with me. He wrapped his arms around me, and we walked to his house. It wasn't far. A woman was in the kitchen putting food on the table when we walked in.
"Embry, I just finished dinner. Oh, who is this?" she said. She looked at me then to Embry.
"Mom, this is Seph. Seph, this is my mom. Um, Mom, would it be alright if Seph lived with us? Her foster mom wants to send her back to the foster home, so..." Embry said.
"Of course she can stay. Oh, sweetie, what happened to your eye?"
"A girl punched me," I said, looking up at her. She smiled at me, and I couldn't help but smile back.
"Well, let me clean that cut before you go to sleep tonight," she said.
"Thanks."
"Like I said, there's food on the table. I ate earlier, so I'll just go take a shower."
She gave us one more smile before heading up the stairs. We sat down at the table.
"I don't want to eat your dinner," I said.
"Its not a problem. I eat too much anyway," Embry said, putting half his food on another plate and handing the plate to me. I hadn't eaten lunch, or breakfast, so I was really hungry.
"Eat," he said.
I grabbed a fork and started shoving food in my mouth. I realized how I must look to him. I looked up at him, a piece of chicken half-way in my mouth. He just smiled and started eating. I kept on eating again, and he finished a few minutes before me. He took my plate when I was done, and put it in the sink. He walked over back to me, and I stood up.
"Thanks for the dinner," I said.
"Of course," he said, kissing the top of my head. I blushed, which was very unusual for me. He smiled.
"One of you can take a shower now," Ms. Call said, coming down the stairs.
"Seph, you take a shower first," Embry said.
"Okay. The food was really good, Ms. Call, thanks," I said.
"You're welcome, dear," she said.
I walked up stairs and found the bathroom because the door was open. I turned on the water and looked in the mirror. I had a black eye, and the gauze taped on my cut. I pulled the gauze off my face, and the cut under it was ugly. My long brown hair was still hidden under my hat, and my green eyes were sparkling like never before. Actually, they never sparkled before. I looked kind of...happy, despite the black eye and hideous cut. I undressed, and took off my hat, letting my hair fall to my waist. I took a quick shower. I wrapped a towel around me and pulled my hair back up with the rubber band.
"Um, Ms. Call?" I called, poking my head out the door.
"Yes, dear?" she called back.
"I don't really have anything to wear."
She came up stairs and handed me a pair of pajamas.
"Thanks," I said.
I changed into the clothes and went back downstairs. Ms. Call took my dirty clothes from me, and went to the washroom to clean them. Embry and I went in the living room. He sat on the couch, and I sat next to him. I yawned.
"Tired?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said.
He picked me up in his arms and carried me up stairs. He laid me down on a bed.
"This will be your room," he said, sitting next to me.
"Thanks," was all I managed to say.
"Good night, honey," he whispered.
"Good night," I mumbled, already half asleep.
I could have sworn I heard him say "I love you", but I was too tired to really be sure. Then, I was asleep.