You always think you know what you're going to do later in life. For most people, they want to be a doctor, singer, be a rock star. They want to have kids. They want to find the perfect person to spend the rest of their life with, and they'll have the perfect family. They will grow old with that perfect person. They will live in the perfect world.

I don't believe in that. I don't believe in a perfect world.

I mean, I used to. What kind of girl would I be if I didn't? I always had the dream of falling in love, marrying my best friend… Living somewhere on the coast of La Push. It would have been perfect. Everything would have been amazing and nice… and so right. I would have lived the storybook life. I would have been with my prince charming, and I would be his princess.

That's what I thought until Kendall Knight showed up.

When Kendall showed up, Jacob described it as destroying everything. I didn't believe him at first, but now I am. And I still do. Everyone's angry at each other. Renesmee, my best friend, she hates me. Jacob? He left. Seth and Leah keep on telling me that he's coming back… But I just can't find the truth in their words. Edward and Bella, they're trying to help me too. Who would think of that? The bloodsuckers trying to help the person who their daughter hates with a passion. Kendall won't talk. I've given up on finding love.

I gave up on the perfect world.

Well, I'm going to assume that most of you have questions… So I'll get to the beginning. The very beginning when everything was nice. We'll start with the day that I, Lilly Truscott, turned into a werewolf.

The light sprinkle greeted me as I walked out of Forks High School. I smiled, taking off my letterman jacket and shoving it into my checkered book bag. The rain would hold off until I got home, giving me plenty of time to get the "vampire stench" that Jacob always complained about when I reached La Push.

Why wouldn't I attend school there? Because Jacob wouldn't let me. He insisted on me keeping an eye on the Cullens, and making sure that they didn't do anything bad. Sometimes, being the only human in the tribal pack really sucked…. No pun intended.

I made my way across the school parking lot to my motorcycle. A gift from Jacob and Bella. I giggle, remembering Seth's disappointment when he found out it wasn't his. Apparently, he had his eye on it for some time. I just beat him to it.

I straddle it, preparing to leave the parking lot and get home as quickly as I can. That dream was short lived when I heard my name being called.

"Hey Em, wait a sec!" Renesmee ran up to me. I watched as her curls bounced behind her, and I couldn't help but smile at how her eyes lit up when she began talking about Jacob, "Jacob said that you need to come to the house. Something happened, Alice seen it." Renesmee bounced in her place. I looked up, glancing at Edward and Bella, waiting patiently for their daughter. Edward silently nodded, catching my gaze.

I sighed, "I'm supposed to go home and make dinner for the meeting tonight… But now I'll have to go hang out with the cold blooded organisms. Great."

"Hey!"

"No offense, buddy. I could have called you worse." I smiled.

Renesmee shrugged a little, giggling, "None taken and point taken. " Then she wrinkled her nose a bit, "You smell really weird today. Just so you know." She laughed a little.

"Eau de werewolf?" I laughed too.

"But you've been hanging out with the humans all day, haven't you?" Renesmee raised an eyebrow. I nodded and shrugged. It was nothing new for werewolf smell to be on me. I said my goodbye and squealed my tires as I bolted from the parking lot. I heard Emmett shout in joy, and I gave him a thumb up, speeding down the road towards the Cullens.

The Cullens were able to put up with me because I was full human, just with a "wolf-stench." The pack was my family, and Jacob was my best friend. That was how I knew everything that went on between the pack. I was their way of communicating with each other without the tension.

My mind kept on raced back to Nessie's comment. Did I really smell like a werewolf? That'd be impossible; she was just messing with my head. She did that an awful lot when she had been hanging around Uncle Emmett all day. I grinned a little, Emmett was definitely my favorite. He put up with me much more than the other Cullens.

I put my focus back on the road, inhaling the fresh smell of rain and forest. The rain started to rain a little more heavily now, creating the road to become slicker. Then something flashed in the corner of my eye as I made my way down a wet lonely road. I whipped my head to face it, and didn't see anything. It may have just been a drop of rain that reflected on the sun. I turned my attention back to the road. I would probably get into an accident which wouldn't ever end up well… Especially with Jasper.

Suddenly I was knocked off my bike, and I did a front flip over the handlebars. I silently thanked God that I wore my helmet today. The glass part of the bike had broken, and I skidded through the glass. I left a trail of blood that I knew could be fatal. I soon came to a stop on the pavement. I groaned, looking up to see what—actually, who did that.

A Latino vampire with red eyes stared back down at me, smirking. I frantically pushed back, crawling backwards. My hands pressed into more pieces of glass, and I could feel the blood start to flow out of them. I began screaming at Edward in my mind. The vampire laughed as he picked me up, holding my neck towards his mouth.

And that's when it happened.

I lifted my feet up on pure instinct, and kicked him hard in the chest. Surprised, he let go of me and I went flying backwards. While I was going through the air backwards, I changed into a werewolf. I didn't react to it; I just focused on the vampire in front of me and growled. Edward's silver Volvo suddenly squealed to a halt behind the vampire and he got out of the car. Emmett followed suite, jumping out of his Hummer and grinning at me.

"C'mon, Lilly, let's race home. I'm sure Jakey will have fun."

"Emmett!" Edward shouted.

"I'm kidding…" Emmett chuckled, passing by me and winked, running off. I trailed behind him quickly, limping from the glass that was still in my paw. Then it started to sink in.

I really was a werewolf.

Welcome to the party, Lilly. Seth's voice echoed through my mind. I could almost hear him smiling.

I ran into the clearing of the Cullens yard, growling playfully when I seen Seth. Seth had already changed into a werewolf, and he tackled me from the side. We were rolling around the yard as werewolves in one minute, tops. Our fun was ruined when Jacob shouted for our attention. We quickly sat like the obedient wolves we weren't.

"Lilly, go behind that tree, and change back, we've got a few matters to discuss." Jacob growled. I frowned at Jacob, even though he couldn't see it.

Jackass… I muttered in my mind, I heard Seth laugh in my mind. And I smiled a little, remembering he could hear my thoughts. Leah appeared by my side in her human form, carrying a pair of sweats and a tank top. She nudged me towards a tree without a word.

Once I had figured out how to change back, I noticed that these weren't girl sweats. I laughed softly as I realized that they were Seth's, and that he was probably planning on wearing them later. He wouldn't be getting them back.

I walked back slowly to the house, since Leah had already left. And Emmett popped up beside me; I didn't even flinch.

He sighed, chuckling, "Always breaking the rules, aren't you, Lilly?"

"I do what I do." I grinned, pushing him to the side with my shoulder as I walked into the house. My grin faded as I seen Jacob's frown. I crossed my arms over my chest, looking anywhere but at him.

Then my eyes landed on the Latino vampire, and I growled.

"Easy puppy." One of the vampires next to him spat. He had short brown hair that was slightly shaggy. I might have been attracted to him in High School if I didn't know that he was a vampire.

"James." One of the others muttered, this one had blond-ish hair. And big eyebrows.

"Lillian, these are Logan," The one who hadn't said anything waved slightly, I nodded, we could be friends. "Kendall," the blonde shaggy haired boy, "James," the one that called me a puppy. Edward said each of the boy's names, and I could tell that he was fine with them.

"And last but not least, Carlos."

"The whole trying to kill you thing was a big misunderstanding." He apologized quickly.

Jacob scoffed slightly, "I blame him then."

I raised an eyebrow at him, "Are you having issues again, Jake? The vet can take care of them."

He rolled his eyes, "If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't have ever been turned into a werewolf. You would've stayed a normal, happy girl. A good thing, on my part. I told your father that I wouldn't let this happen to you." His voice raised slightly.

I set my jaw at the father comment, and then I smiled pleasantly at Carlos, "Let's be friends." I held my hand out to him as I heard Jacob break a glass.

Carlos chuckled, and then glanced down at my hand, shaking his head, "You might want to get the glass out of that first."

I smiled a little, nodding, "You're probably right. Hey, Carlisle? Can you do me a favor?" I turned to the blonde-headed vampire. Carlisle nodded, starting to go to his office.

"No." Jacob growled.

I glanced at him, "Jake, it's just glass."

He shrugged, "It can teach you a lesson."

"How is broken glass in my hand going to teach me a lesson?"

Jacob shrugged again, starting out towards the door, "You'll figure it out."

"It's not my fault. You don't have to give me the cold shoulder, because I've turned into something that you are. I couldn't have prevented this from coming, Jacob. You could even prevent this from happening. Obviously, if I have the gene, it couldn't have been avoided." I stated, staring at his back.

He paused at the door, "It wasn't meant to happen this early. I promised your father that I'd do anything I could to slow it down."

"I am seventeen years old, Jake. It was going to happen next year, at most. It could have happened tomorrow. Why are you so bummed out about this?" I groaned.

I watched as he ran a hand through his hair and his shoulders slumped, before he spat, "Because now you can fall in love with somebody that's not me." And then he stormed out.

I stared at Jacob as he walked into the woods without looking back.

Logan cleared his throat slightly, "Well… That's awkward."

Kendall chuckled, "Oh how much do I enjoy my best friends being guys."

"Edward…" I trailed off, glaring at the four vampires on the couch. Edward sighed quietly, patting my shoulder as he walked past.

"C'mon, boys, let's go find you somewhere to stay." He commanded.

Carlisle spoke up, gently taking my arm, "Let's go get that glass out." I nodded numbly and followed Carlisle up the stairs. From there, I sat up on his desk as he went to his work. After a few minutes of silence, he broke it, "You should talk to him about it."

"I know." I mumbled, "And I will. Sometime."

The broken glass seemed much easier to deal with than a broken best friend now.