"I have to pee." Lilly whispered.

"Can't you wait another hour?" Lilly's older sister, Sarah, sneered.

"Sarah shut up!" Their eldest sister, Amy, whispered harshly; the seats in front of her were quiet, the toddler and infant were finally asleep.

"We'll pull over at the gas station, you three can get out." Their mom whispered as she handed them forty, Amy knew to put thirty on gas.

Sarah rolled her eyes, Lilly sighed in relief and Amy whispered a yes ma'am.

"I'll pay off the gas, while Lilly goes to the bathroom, and Sarah takes forever to find the chips and drinks she wants." Amy told them as they got off the van, Lilly running to the gas station.

She slammed into the bathroom door only to realize it needed a key. She looked up the isles to the cash register where a muscular man was engrossed in a book. She sprinted to the older man and asked rapidly if she could have the keys. He looked up and froze.

"Excuse me, mister, can I have the key to the bathroom. I really need to go." Lilly whimpered. The man only stared and Lilly stared back. She felt funny, a good funny. She cocked her head to the side and the man was removed from his trance, rapdily handing her the key and she did a quick wobble to the bathroom.

And now as she narrowly missed peeing her pants, she realized that the man had stared at her like her dog, Rex, looks at her when she scratches him behind the ears. She giggled at that thought and bounded out the bathroom, only slipping once at the entrance.

"And will you look at that Lilly's out the bathroom and you still haven't chosen a drink." Amy huffed. Sarah rolled her eyes as she scanned the wide selection of drinks. Lilly does her usual, bugles and Dr. Pepper.

"I want to pay." Lilly yelled.

"Lilly! No yelling in public." Amy scolded. Sarah snickered as she shoved her younger sister forward, finally deciding on coke.

"Pay the man Lilly." Sarah said grudgingly as Amy handed her the money.

The man seemed to not be able to speak as he scanned their items and put them in the bag for them, his hands shook between each item that he bagged.

"Are you a mute?" Lilly asked.

"Lilly!" Sarah and Amy cried. Lilly flinched and apologized.

The man laughed and shook his head. "It's fine, this book just hit me with a surprise." He said as he flashed his pearly teeth at them. Sarah and Amy ate up the lie, Lilly seemed to know better.

Sarah's cheeks turned red, Amy rolled her eyes, and Lilly smiled brightly back at him. She gave the right change and skipped off to the van where her mother and sisters were waiting.

Another ten minutes later and they had finally arrived to the old home. Even with just the moon as their only light source, they could see that the house was rundown and old.

"It needs a paint job," Lilly whispered as she leaned in.

"More like it needs to be bulldozed." Sarah said as she leaned in as well. Amy pushed her sisters away and made them get out of the van.

Their dad and dog were waiting outside as he pulled his wife and two sleeping children into a hug. As soon as he let go he was greeted by his three eldest daughters.

"Dad! I haven't seen you in forever!" Lilly not so whispered.

"Missed you guys, come on let's go inside, it's pretty chilly out." Amy's goosebumps agreed with her father and they followed suit into their new home.

Lilly was glad that her room had two windows in it so Sarah and her wouldn't fight over window sides, Sarah agreed. And Amy was glad that this time she didn't have to share a room with little Ty and Emily and. . .

Well, she pushed that thought out of the way.

"Daddy, can I finish my chips?" Sarah asked her father who nodded and let the girls take in the average sized kitchen while he caught up with his wife. Lilly carried the ecstatic dog in her sweatshirt, feeding him a bugle every now and then.

"Okay guys here's the thing, this year needs to be a whole lot better than last year. No more tantrums." Amy stared at Lilly who tried hiding behind her bugles.

"No more talking back." That one was clearly directed at the sixteen year old of the group, Sarah.

"And most of all, no fighting in school, understood?" Amy finished, clearly directing the last comment at both of them.

Lilly looked to her right and then back to the left to her sister with wide eyes and nodded in unision with Sarah.

"This is my final year in high school, don't ruin it." Amy said as she kissed each sister on the head and went to find their bedroom.

And just because Sarah felt like being mad she said: "Quit looking to your right, someone'll think you have an imaginary friend, or that you're retarded or something." Lilly slugged her and ran to find her room, ready to cry to her big sister.

Embry Call had stared at the spot where his imprint had been standing. Baffled that he had imprinted, elated really.

"Em' where'd you guys move the jerk- what's with the face?" His packmate, Jared, had asked.

"I don't know. One second there's the sound of a person running in, the next well, wow."

Jared laughed and clapped Embry's back.

"I me-ean not like- she's young, you can tell, she must be tall for her age probably 12 or something but I. . . I don't know."

"Know who she is?" Jared asked as he walked up and down the isles of the cramped gas station.

"Lilly. Lilly Black."

"You mean Jacob's cousin? Man you're screwed." Jared swerved away from his pack brother's hand and took his change and food and walked off.

Embry just sat there, looking at the spot his imprint had been.