A/N: Ok, so this is just something I was working with when I was really bored and I wanted to see how it went. Please read and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Twilight, I just play around with the characters.

Chapter 1: Sam

Emily's POV

Sam walked past me, his hand brushing mine, and in that instant I felt a tiny slip of paper being dropped into my open palm. I unfolded the square piece of paper. Written in slightly messy handwriting, were six words.

Meet me on the path, alone.

What was this about? I wondered as I walked out the door, letting my feet lead me to the worn path that would lead me to Sam.

He was Leah's boyfriend. Always infatuated with Leah, Sam had never shown any interest in me. Well, until today. Leah, my favorite cousin – followed closely by her brother, Seth – and best friend, had confided in me that Sam had been acting a little strange lately.

I had told her that he was probably going through one of those wacky teenage boy phases. But his behavior today had seemed more than just teenage boy hormones. When I walked in the room yesterday afternoon is a good example…

…

"By Dad!" I called over my shoulder as my father's SUV backed out of the driveway. He waved out the window, and then fixed his eyes on the road ahead of him.

I turned toward the door, but before I could even press the doorbell, the door flew open, and I was engulfed in a warm bear hug.

"Seth! If you suffocate her, things will be very unpleasant!" Leah walked up and pulled Seth off of me.

"What? I can't miss my cousin? Is that a new rule now?" We all laughed, Seth was always the comedian in my family.

"I missed you guys so much!" I said as they helped me carry my bags into the house.

Before we walked past the kitchen, Leah said, "Hey, you should say hi to Sam! It's been so long since you came over before!" She lead the way into the kitchen, placed my bag carefully on the ground, and proceeded to sit down and lay her legs in the lap of the boy sitting at the table.

Sam had definitely changed since I had last seen him. He seemed to be more muscular, and there was an intimidating look about him. Like he could rip you to shreds if you got on his bad side. He also seemed to have grown at least half a foot in the time between my visits.

"Baby, Emily came over for the break," Leah said to Sam. He looked up at Leah, and from my position, I could see a look of longing in his eyes, as if he wanted nothing than to be with her for the rest of his life.

Sam finally looked up at me, and as soon as I met his gaze, his expression changed. He looked at me with complete adoration, like a blind man staring at the sun for the first time in his life.

Under his gaze, I shifted uncomfortably. He wasn't supposed to be looking at me like that! Sam was supposed to look at Leah like that! She was his girlfriend after all. Every time I ever saw them together, they looked at each other with the same look as he was giving me now, but less intense.

So why was he looking at me now, as if I was the only star on a dark sky?

"Um…hi," I said nervously, "I'm Emily, Leah's cousin. Remember?" I stood there and fidgeted.

"Of course, how could I forget you, Emily?" He said, as though it were obvious that he could never, and would never forget me. That was just weird! I thought to myself. "Here, I'll help you carry your bags up. Come on Seth!"

Sam jumped up and grabbed my bags, never taking his eyes off of me. This was getting a little strange. Seth lead the way to my room, Sam followed him, his body always turned to me.

When we got to the room, Seth and Sam laid my bags down. My cousin walked out of the room, I expected Sam to follow him, but he didn't. He just stood in front of me, staring. "Um…" I said, and that seemed to raise him out of his trance.

"Oh, sorry, I'll go down now," He walked out of the room, always staring at me. When he finally turned away, it seemed to hurt him to take his eyes off me.

A soon as I couldn't see him, I collapsed on my bed, and thought of what happened. I ended up falling asleep, and waking up to Leah knocking on my door.

"Come on sleepy head!" Leah called through the door, "Breakfast is ready, and if you don't hurry, Sam's probably eat everything, he has the biggest appetite."

Sam was here again? Was he going to be the same as yesterday when I had arrived? Had Leah noticed how he looked at me? "Oh, so what's for breakfast?" I said trying to sound calm, and as if her boyfriend hadn't been looking at me like he should only look at her.

"Well, Mom made eggs and bacon, something simple," She said, accompanying me down the stairs into the kitchen. At the table sat Seth, and next to him, Sam. As soon as I entered the room, Sam looked up from his breakfast and stared at me again, like I was the only meteor flashing against his dark sky. Leah walked to the seat across from Sam and placed some eggs on her plate.

Feeling uncomfortable, as the only one standing, I sat down in the chair across from Seth. Sam hadn't stopped staring at me, and it was starting to feel a little less uncomfortable. The stare was so full of love, and compassion, it was hard to feel very uncomfortable, except, Sam had a girlfriend, Leah. Again, I wondered how much she had seen of him looking at me.

Leah didn't show that she saw anything of Sam's staring, but she was great at hiding her emotions, and also, she had a very good poker face.

After breakfast was when Sam gave me the note.

…

As I walked up the path farther into the woods, I started to wonder if I had to go much farther. What would Leah think of me meeting her boyfriend in the woods? And was Sam lying about meeting me here? Had this all been a trick to get me lost in the woods? I didn't think Sam was like that. He was very nice.

Or, had he led me here so he could kidnap me, and use me for blackmail money?

My thoughts and my steps suddenly stopped. In front of me was a giant, black, wolf.