A/N S. Meyer owns most of these characters, but I own Kaylee and her family.

Ch. 1 New in town

Jared's POV

It had only been a few weeks since I first shifted. To say that it came as a shock would be an understatement, my mind was blown wide open to all the possibilities. I had no idea that there was such thing as a werewolf, or I guess as Sam would call us shape shifters. I was the first one other than Sam himself to change. It was weird being a wolf. Being able to hear each other's thoughts was unnerving.

I think Sam was grateful to finally have some company but I could also see that he would not wish this life on anyone.

Right now I was lying in my bed that had seemed to have shrunk since the last couple of weeks. But in reality the truth is I had just grown. I had gain about eighty pounds of muscle and about six inches in height. Which says a lot saying before this I was about six foot two, and now I'm a towering six foot eight. You could call me a giant that would not be understating it a bit.

I heard a howl and knew that I had to meet Sam at Emily's place. Sam had explained the rules of our two people pack as well as he could sense no one has been in a pack for generations. He told me that we would run the border he told me that the infamous Cullen's were the cold ones or aka vampires. We had made a treaty with them and they could not come on our land and we could not go on there's.

I asked Sam if there were no other vampires then why should we run the border especially if the Cullen's swore they did not hunt humans. How that worked I don't really know but I also could care less. Sam had told me that it was our job to protect the tribe and its people. Whatever is all I could say I mean I don't mind watching out for our people and I happen to enjoy being a wolf, but it just made me feel like I was missing out on something?

What was even weirder was not that fact that I turn into a giant wolf or that I could hear Sam's thoughts while in said wolf form. What I really thought was strange was when Sam explained to me about imprinting.

He told me that is what happened to Emily and him. I did not want the sad images of what that did to Leah. Leah and Sam were pretty much perfect together and if you were into the whole La Push gossip chain you would have known that everyone thought they would get married someday soon. I personally was only vaguely curious about why out of the blue Sam broke up with Leah and started dating Emily and know I knew. There was some physic voodoo that will one day break up with the girl I am with and for no reason at all get with said new girl.

At the moment I was not too worried because I didn't have a permanent girlfriend, just a lot of random girls from our school and other reservations that I "hung out" with. Sam said that imprinting didn't happen to all wolves just some and that I most likely didn't have to worry. I was counting on that. I was totally insensitive to girls. I did not want to hurt some girl the way Sam hurt Leah I also did not want some strange voodoo connection with a girl that forced her into liking me.

By now I was in my wolf form a giant medium brown wolf to be exact I heard Sam sigh.

Jared she will want to love you. You will be perfect for her in every way and she can say no if she wants but she won't want to.

What if I just don't act on it if it happens to me what then?

It will be painful being away from her. It hurts you won't be able to do it. And anyways the odds of you imprinting are slim.

I let it drop I didn't need him telling me that I wouldn't be able to do it. I let my mind empty I all felt was the ground against my paws all I heard was the wind and the birds, and the nature. What I loved about being a wolf more than anything was simply the fact that I could see everything. Sam said that my sight was better than his which was obvious I could see the lines of the veins that were on a tree thirty feet above us if I focused on it. It was crazy but so very amazing. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

Jared when you're done with your patrol I need you to head over to the Pond residence and work on their water lines.

I almost forgot. Sam had a friend who owed the local plumbing shop. It was not my first choice of employment but I needed a job and this was the only one that I knew I could get around with still doing my patrols.

I,I captain Jack.

It will be late so try to not wake the residence. Mr. Pond will greet you and show you what needs to be fixed. They just moved in. He then answered my thoughts almost immediately; He is here because of personal reasons. I was just told not to ask too many questions. His wife has taken up a short term post as a teacher's aide. They only rented the house so I am sure they will only be passing through. Just make sure you behave.

I attempted to roll my eyes which, was hard seeing that I was still a wolf. I just grumbled and ok not really caring that I couldn't ask questions I wasn't usually nosey. Ok I was but I knew how to hold my muzzle. That got another sigh from Sam.

Just do your job. I heard him think Always the jokester.

Kaylee's POV

We had just finished unpacking for our so called vacation. I knew we were here because of me. My parents wanted me to get away from city, from the loud noises, and mostly from people. I mean I wasn't dead, yet.

I sighed and walked to my new room. It was small, not that I minded I actually liked it, it was homey. But it wasn't the room I had spent my whole life in. It wasn't the room my friends and I slept in all the time. It wasn't the room I had to spend days on end in because I was sick. I plunked myself on my bed daydreaming about home. I knew we would be here as long as it took. I hoped that it wouldn't be too long. I was sick of the endless grief and of waiting. It was tiresome.

"Kaylee why don't you go for a walk it would be good for you."

"But the move made me tired. I just want to sleep." This was totally untrue I would love to go for a walk but I did not feel in the mood to get lost, but I just rolled my eyes and grabbed my coat, it was still really cold out and it was still September. "Fine I'll be back for dinner." Then I walked out of our new house.

"Oh and Kay a guy is coming over later tonight to fix the water. The power switches are in your room so he will be in there."

"Alrighty." Then I started walking to the beach. It wasn't a very fair walk a few blocks at the most. I was really hoping not to many people would be there I did not want to talk to people about how I was the new kid on the block. I really didn't want to talk to them because well I wasn't Indian so I felt I was kind of an outsider.

I wouldn't have to deal with them at school because lucky for me one of the perks to being me is that I didn't have to go to school.

I walked to the water which was an odd grey color. It was surprisingly beautiful I was used to the bright blue and sometimes green waters of California but these beaches would do. I took of my shoes and socks and stepped into the water. I was shocked at how cold it was and quickly ran back to the sand.

I heard a chuckle from behind me I looked up and was greeted by about six feet of a gorgeously tan man. "To cold for you?"

"No it was just a shock that's all." He looked at me like he knew I was lying. If he saw how I reacted then yea I guess it was easy to tell. "Yea it was maybe a little colder than I thought." He smirked at me and I timidly smiled in return.

"I'm Paul." He held out his hand for me to shake.

"I'm Kaylee." He shook my hand but didn't let go. I knew I blushed a little.

"What brings you to La Push?" He had gorgeous brown eyes. I stared at them while I answered.

"My family and me we sort of moved here for a bit." I didn't feel the need to go into any more detail but lucky for me he was full of energy.

"So you're the new meat in this place! I heard they had a kid." I winced I was hardly a kid. Even though I was sixteen I could have passed for thirty with everything I have been through.

"Yea that kid would be me." I said the word kid not mean just not nice.

"Aw shorty I didn't mean it like that." He was of course referring to the fact that I was barely five four.

"Anyone would be short to you. You're a beast!" We both laughed he dropped his arm around my shoulders and we were walking down the beach.

"What made you guys move here? It's not really on the top hundred places in Washington to visit." He looked at me with purely curious eyes. I knew my parents hadn't told anyone about my condition other than nice Dr. Carlisle who had taken up my case with open arms. He promised he didn't gossip and that it would stay between my family and him, who I was grateful, I really didn't want people to act differently towards me.

"Well my dad wanted a nice quiet place to take a vacation. So he chose here. He heard it was rich in history. My dad is really into old tribe histories and such." And the fact that he thought that the farther away from normal city life the better. My dad also thought that the sun would somehow harm me. Load of crap if you tell me.

"Uh huh. I find that hard to believe. But I won't pry. So you going to school on the rez then?"

"No, I don't need to go to school anymore. I got my GED over the summer." It was one of the many things I wanted to do before… And one of the only things my parents would let me do.

"Woah are you like older than you look, or are you some sort super genius."

I laughed, "Well that depends on how old do you think I am." I gave him a smile. No one ever guessed my age right.

"I don't know I peg you as a girl you just celebrated her sweet sixteen. Am I right?" I glanced at him in shock.

"Um close. I celebrated my birthday a few months ago but yea I'm sixteen. How did you know?"

"Oh a lucky guess." He then winked. "I follow all the latest gossip in the town, I am pretty up to date." We both laughed again.

"So you are sixteen years old out of high school and taking what a few months' vacation here on a rez? Seems sort of odd if you ask me."

"Well good thing no one asked you."

"Ah you're feisty I like that." He squeezed me closer to him and we continued walking.

"What about you?" I asked

"What about me?" He then pulled me down to sit on a log that surrounded a pit that looked like it just was recently used for a bon fire.

"I don't know. How old are you?" He looked like he was close to twenty but I knew since he didn't flinch at my age he wasn't as old as he looked.

"I turned eighteen a few weeks ago. Big bad senior." He smiled. His smile was so cute. It changed the whole look of his face. He had two very small dimples on both cheeks.

"What are you looking at?" I blushed I hadn't realized that he realized that I was staring.

"You just look like a little kid when you smile it's cute." I said it faintly embarrassed for saying so much. I knew that flirting was wrong but he was just so cute I couldn't help myself. Everyone back home would stay away from me because of my heath but here no one knew. I could be a completely new and free person.

"Sweetie I think you have mistaken I am far more than cute." Then he gave me a smile that would have been scary if his eyes weren't so innocent.

"In that case I am so sorry. Your hotness." Then I laughed and leaped off the log to avoid his tickling hands. I ran all over the beach.

He finally had me pinned on the ground and held my arms in one of his massive hands and said in a surprisingly husky voice, "Now that I have you here I think I will take my revenge on you for mocking my superior looks." I couldn't help but laugh.

Then the worst thing happened right when he was about to kiss me I heard my father shoot across the beach. "Get your hands off my daughter!"

Kaylee's POV

"Dad! We were just having fun. You don't need to freak out!" By now I was up and shielded behind my dad. Even though if my dad got into it with Paul we both know Paul would win.

"Sir I promise you I wasn't planning on doing anything disrespectful with your daughter." I was shocked that Paul was taking this well. He seemed like someone who would lose their temper. I knew he was close to losing it by the way he held himself still and he breathed in and out slowly.

"Fine, fine it's just my daughter her has some special…"

"DAD!" I glared at him making him stop mid-sentence. He knew how much I hated the way people treat me differently once they found out. He exhaled then looked down at me with grief in his eyes.

"Alright then. Just so you know son, my daughter is more fragile than other girls her age and you are big enough to take me down so I just want to warn you to be extra careful around her." The change in Paul was obvious to say the least. Now that he knew he wasn't going to get in any trouble he seemed more at ease.

"Yea I hear ya sir. She is a short one at that. I know I look um big but I promise I mean her no harm."

"Your age son?"

"Believe it or not I am freshly eighteen." He had his cocky grin on again. We both saw the indecision on my dad's face and how he was seizing him up. After what felt like forever my father finally looked at me and said,

"Well I came down to find you because dinner is ready and you weren't home yet."

I then looked at the sky to realize that it was getting dark out. I suddenly felt bad for making my dad worried. He had enough to worry about when it comes to me I should learn not to be so reckless.

"Okay um I guess we should be going then, I will um see you later Paul. It was nice to meet you."

"Hey wait before you go Kaylee um there will be a bonfire tomorrow night. Most of the La Push kids come and since you're not going to meet them at school maybe you would like to go… I could pick you up and I could introduce you to everyone. It would be fun." And before I could answer he held out his phone and told me to put my number in and he would call me tonight for an answer. I smiled and said goodbye.

The walk home with my dad was beyond awkward. I tried to make small but I could tell he was thinking something over. I let him but I was afraid of what he might be thinking about. I knew I would probably find out during dinner.

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