Usually, at one o'clock in the morning I was sleeping.

Of course, usually at one o'clock in the morning my cousin wasn't calling me to talk about her insane boyfriend.

"What did he do this time?" I mumbled into my cell phone...I still wasn't awake...

About three weeks ago her boyfriend disappeared without a trace, not even bothering to call and tell her where he went. Two weeks later he came back with half his hair cut off acting like nothing had happened. Leah- my cousin- even mentioned that he had grown a foot and was covered in muscle.

My guess? Steroids.

"Nothing!"

"If it was nothing than you wouldn't have dared to wake the beast."

She snorted, "Oh god. I'm sorry about that. I should've waited, it's just..."

"What. Did. He. Do?"

Leah sighed, "He stood me up. It's our three year anniversary and I us got reservations at this really nice restaurant and he said he'd be there and I waited there for an hour and when he didn't come I called but he didn't pick up and I just...things haven't been the same since he got back."

I sat up my bed and switched the phone to my other ear, "Oh sweetie...look, I've only met the guy once and he seemed fine then but if this is the way he treats you then it might be best if you two just-"

"No!"

"Okay, okay. Find him tomorrow and get him to talk about what happened. He can't get away with treating you like this Lee. You can't let him."

"I know...I will. You still coming to visit next week?"

I smiled into the phone, "Wouldn't miss it for the world. And maybe when I'm there I can give Sam a piece of my mind."

Leah laughed, "Alright. Goodnight Em."

"Goodnight? Check your clock. Good morning Lee."

I hung up the phone and flopped back down into my bed. I did not know what to do about this Sam issue. He used to be so sweet...Leah used to call me up at one in the morning to describe some romantic midnight picnic he took her on or whatever. It just didn't seem like him to stand her up.

But what did I know? My knowledge on Sam Uley was limited to everything Leah told me, and Leah tended to gloss things over.

I shook my head and closed my eyes. I was not going to have the last thing on my mind before I went to sleep be Sam. I didn't want to dream about some jerk.

I didn't end up falling asleep for another three hours.

I did, however, end up falling asleep during English. Luckily, the teacher is a really sweet, timid guy who, instead of waking me up and giving me detention, simply ignored me.

I had my phone pressed between my shoulder and my ear, staring at a canvas with a half finished painting of a wolf.

What is it with me and wolves?

"I just don't know what's with him. I tried to call him and of course he didn't pick up. So then I went to his to talk with him, like you said, and he just sort of stood there and let me yell at him. Then he said sorry, that he wouldn't do it again, and that I should probably go home. He told me to go home!"

"At least he said sorry...I can't find my round tipped brush."

"Check your hair," I did. It was the only thing holding my hair into a bun, "I just don't understand. He used to be so loving and attentive. It's like he's a whole other person."

I bit my lips and carefully painted in two golden eyes, "I'm telling you Lee, if he's acting like this you have to-"

"No! We've been together for three years. Three great years. We even talked about...well, we even talked about marriage," I raised an eyebrow even though she couldn't see it, "It's just a small bump in the road. We'll get over it, I know we will, I just don't know exactly how."

I dropped my paintbrush in a glass of water, "Why don't I come early?"

"Why don't you what?"

"Come early! I mean, it's basically summer already. I could just finish up with my finals tomorrow and leave after school. Mom would be cool with it."

"Are you sure about that?"

"One hundred percent. I haven't missed a day of school all year and I've got straight A's. Plus she loves you."

"Oh this will be awesome! You'll get to meet Sam. Like really meet him. And you'll see that it's just a small bump and you and your Cupidness will help sort it out."

"My Cupidness?"

"Your Cupidness. Alright, I have to go. See you tomorrow!"

"Bye."

The phone clicked off and I slid it onto the table, grabbing a paintbrush out of the cup and pressing it onto a towel.

I have friends. But they aren't really close friends. No one I would have sleepovers with or go shopping with. I have friends but I don't really have...I guess the word would be a best friend. Except for Leah.

Leah and I would stay up late watching horror movies, snuggling together and throwing popcorn at the TV when the bad guys came up. I trust her, more than anyone in the world. And this Sam guy is pissing me off. He can't just treat my cousin, my best friend, like this and expect to get away with it. When I get to La Push Sam Uley is going to feel the wrath of Emily Young.

This is the first in my Imprinted series. I think if people like this one then I will move onto Kim and Jared and then Rachel and Paul and then start with the other wolves and my OC imprints. But only if you guys like it so if you do then please review/follow/favorite. There is nothing I love more then a review from one of you guys! I'm really wondering what you guys think of how I'm portraying Emily. Also, don't worry. The other chapters are going to be a lot longer. I just needed something to start out with.

~me