Title: Heated to 100 Degrees.

Author: Mary

Claim (or Fandom): Twilight Saga.

Characters Involved: Usual pairings - Edward/Bella, Alice/Jasper, Carlise/Esme - Emmett/Rosalie (until the wolf imprints him). Emmett/OFC

Disclaimer: Don't own them. Characters, settings etc - copyrighted to Stephenie Meyer.

Rating: PG-13.

Summary: Being a werewolf isn't what people think it's like. We actually have control ... unless the rage comes on. Andrea Davenport is a new student - three weeks after Bella arrives, not just that but she's a wolf who doesn't know the rules. However, she's not a threat much like the rest of her kind tends to be towards the vampires.

Warning: Mild Adult language use.

Being a werewolf isn't what people think its like. We actually have control ... unless the rage comes on.

Almost like a light switch. That dangerous. And deadly. Even worse. I'm a werewolf in Forks, Washington.

Because werewolves aren't allowed to cross the treaty line. And my parents didn't know. So ... when I wanted to run after my first change ... I couldn't.

At night I can barely be seen ... black fur matches the shadows if you run fast enough. Only way anyone see's movement is if they catch the flicker of silver and red streaks in my fur. Forks may have been the worst choice my parents have ever made ... because this town ... has a coven of vampires.

Not a good sign for me. Because my first day at a new school ... I should have turned back the black jaguar I drive ... should have never set a foot on that campus. But I had no choice. Massive ray-bans covered my eyes - hiding the swirls of green and gold that were my eyes. The sunglasses are the mirror of Oliver Queen's from 'Smallville', and sure Forks is always clouded over or having rainy weather ... but I had to hide them.

I keep my thoughts to school only ... nothing else because I don't want anyone knowing anything personal about me. My arrival here was three weeks after Bella's ... and however much I didn't want to be spotted. I was. And already I didn't like it ... so I sat alone in the lunch room and watched. I could smell the stench of death before they walked into the room ... and it didn't make me hurl. Which ... I think bothered them all - because they all looked at me once they knew the scent I carried.

I ignored the looks they were giving me from across the room ... the shades are dark enough to hide my eyes lifting up from the chem lab book in front of me. AP Chem ... because I am a certifiable genius. My parents send me to school with a massive cooler for my lunch ... because I burn off whatever I eat - metabolic rate is really fast. But I pace myself anyway, looking like a pig in front of all these humans and bloodsuckers would be bad.

Before lunch is over though, I leave the room and head back towards my car. The wind is following me ... then I realize that smell? Ain't the wind. "Hello." The voice in my head as I put the cooler in the trunk of my pretty car - daddy and mommy are hot shot lawyers and the firm needed them out here. I'm not sure if I should greet him ... he's one of them though - and I stare at him from behind the sunglasses for a while before I decide to answer. "Hello." I'm neither on the defense nor am I playing the offensive - he looks confused because the only thing he see's INSIDE my head? Are thoughts related to school.

"I'm Edward Cullen."

"Andrea Davenport." Eyes flicker as I see the blurry movements form behind him ... his family. Immediately - I take a few steps back near my bag as it rests on the trunk. "Andrea - this is my family. Rosalie, Alice, Jasper and Emmett." They're together ... but they're foster kids to the good doctor in this teeny town.

"Animal or human?" When I say it - it comes out just as I wanted it to ... pertaining to their food source. The looks on their faces mean shock ... I'm a natural born observer. "Animal." Alice says and I look towards the pixie-eqsue girl and Jasper is at her side.

The blonde one - Rosalie, was hand in hand with the big bear like boy. Emmett. I'm not sure if that's jealously I'm feeling or ... resentment. I don't dwell on it because before they can speak again ... I walk away, almost crushing my car keys within my hand. Edward looks confused again... because he can't figure out why my emotions are just flashing those two. I stayed after school... why? To get the rest of the assignments for that week.

Morning came and I drove right back home once my parents were gone. I was old enough now where it was no longer considered truancy to skip school. I wanted the big bear one for myself ... and I had a feeling that he and Rosalie were married. Once more ... thoughts to myself, even if they didn't live in town - no idea if any of them could hear thoughts far away. Something was wrong though...

The air around me became blurry - never heard of wolves having visions? Yeah well I'm special. Besides super strength and speed ... I have visions - present and future, if it changes ... I see it happen. The smallest thing sets it off ... and I see a massive jeep pulling past my home, the faces I know. Why were they coming? It was that bear and the boy who always looked like he was in pain - Emmett and Jasper. Not enough time to leave by car ... only choice was through the woods.

Then so be it. Wait. Why should I be running? This is my home - and unless they have a good reason, they'll be sent packing. No matter how good looking the bear one is. Even if he smells of death. Before they knock on the door, I open it and look right at them. This is the first time they're seeing my eyes and they actually do swirl with green and gold. "If you two have a good reason for being here ... state it or leave?" With no answer, I grinned - and there was almost a slight growl when I did. The door closed after and I headed back upstairs towards my room.

This was after getting something to eat and carting my drink upstairs with me. Pushing the door open to my room with my knee, I stare at the body in my chair and growl under my breath. Emmett is sitting in it and reading what I was writing - AP Chem homework (extra credit assignment to boost my grade). Did I leave the window open? No. But I noticed the latch was unlocked and I remember doing that. "Ahem." I clear my throat in a rather rude manner and the big monkey stood from up from where he had been seated.

"You're scary smart."

"Thank you." I'm not sure if that was a compliment or an insult, my eyes are downcast as I move around him to sit back down in the chair. "I highly doubt you're in need of a tutor ... so why were you reading my work?"

"What are you doing here?" Emmett looked at me as he moved towards the window. He did realize he'd end up smelling like wolf once he left here. He explained the treaty and then realized ... I wasn't aware of it and I wasn't here to cause trouble.

"You're not like the others of your kind are you?"

"If you mean I'm white instead of Indian? Yes." Gazing at him as my fingers literally glided across the keyboard before the print button was pressed. I spun my chair to face him more and stood up, "And if by that you also mean I'm not here to cause trouble for you and your family - then once again yes. I'm more tolerable of certain things."

"I'm not sure how my family would feel about that."

Brow Arch and arm cross. "Would they prefer if I was suddenly a part of the family?"

"What?"

"One of your own kind would make it easier rather than being what I truly am. A beast." I had a point. You either were accepted because you were one of them (humans did the same thing) or rejected because you didn't follow the rules. "You should be going." I say that because I hear that engine of the jeep returning already, can't mistake that sound even if I tried. Seems he didn't know what to think of what I said, so he left. The animal in me was saying to find the Cullen home tonight and watch from the woods.

I had to wait until after my parents went to sleep and easily I could have done some laundry to mask the sound of my car leaving ... but I shifted forms and left a pile of clean clothes on my bed to change into. Rushing through the woods was a lot faster and people wouldn't notice a blur if they couldn't see it. Especially when my speed was much like a large cat - the cheetah, the fastest predator in the desert and that was me. I stopped and searched the scent in the wind ... death ... more like a stench of death and took off once more towards the woods surrounding the massive home far from the town.

Edward stood up in his bedroom at that moment, I was keeping my distance but he knew I was there. "Carlisle." He called out to his father who entered the bedroom. The older blonde man looked out where he pointed and allowed him to come out to me. He didn't come alone though ... the older woman he brought with him was Esme, his mother in a sense. "Hello Again."

His voice was in my head once more, I sat back on my hind legs. Front paws in front of me as I looked at them both and tilted my head to the side. "This is Esme, my mother in a manner of speaking. This is the one Emmett and I was talking about." The woman's eyes seemed to be searching my mind and once more ... I went back to thinking about school and nothing else. Occasionally I produced the thought of a career change or food to keep her from being bored.

"Edward, see if Alice has anything that will fit her. She'll be cold otherwise." How'd she know I was thinking of shifting back? When she looked at me, I willingly followed her back to the house and followed her upstairs to the bathroom. Alice ... the pixie looking one had left a pair of sweats, slippers and a t-shirt in the bathroom. "Are you hungry?" I nodded my head in response as I stood on all fours on the tiled floor. The moment the door closed I changed forms once more and wondered if they'd mind me showering before changing.

I did it anyway ... because I was filthy all the time somehow after changing forms and I at least had some control over my urges to do so. Exiting the bathroom ... Alice's things fit me and I didn't want to keep them. She could easily wash them or burn them when I went running home later. I may have lived on the second floor ... but I could sneak in through the garage door that led inside from the back yard. The pixie haired one was waiting for me in the hallway, along with the boy who always looked like he was in pain. "Yes?"

"Esme wanted us to walk with you downstairs."

"Oh." Must not want me to wander. That's fine. I followed behind them and I could hear someone having an argument. The other blonde ... the one who had thorns for nails in a manner. Rosalie was having a banter attack with Edward and Emmett about moi? The red and silver streaks became more noticeable in my hair; don't ask how I did that because I think it was something handed over. They took me into the kitchen where Esme and Carlise had made me food. And a lot of it. Means they know how fast it burns through my kind. "Thank you." I'm polite because it's the proper thing to be and I keep my eating habits in manner mode.

Don't want to scare them with how much I can wolf down. Heh. Little joke. When the older gentleman approaches me, I sit up straighter than usual and sip my water. Gazing at him as he looks at me the same way Esme had. Before I can speak however, he gets up and walks off into the other room. The fighting becomes silenced and Alice is at my side. I look at her and she escorts me towards the living room. The looks the rest of them are giving me ... match the same Esme had given me and Carlise had given me.

Now they know the truth. I cause trouble for myself ... no one else and I'm not here to hurt their presence. Good. Maybe they'll leave me alone. "Emmett and Edward will take you home." Alice said to me, my gaze returned to her again. "You can return them to me tomorrow." With a nod of my head, I followed the two out to the silver colored volvo and climbed in the back behind the driver's seat. No one would ever believe this.

But I think I just ... by accident while Edward drove and I was unaffected by the speed - imprinted myself on Emmett. I hoped no one else noticed it because I'd be in a LOT of trouble if they did. "Stop here." I said and they both gave me a strange look, I climbed out through the window and in a blink of an eye - disappeared through the woods and into my home again. It was almost 4 am and I went to shower again before changing my clothes, watching the sun peek out from behind the horizon since I couldn't fall asleep. Too much. Too soon. Damn.

"Dad." I said while downstairs for breakfast, he looked at me and up from the paper. "The tattoo?" He then remembered me asking him to bring me down to the parlor to get my ink done.

"I'll call you out from school then." Mom said and went to do so, Dad brought me to the parlor in town - picking up some soda and waited in the lobby after the artist took me into the back. I came out almost an hour later and handed my dad what I needed to keep it from fading. On my forearms were the words 'Hollywood' (left) and 'Undead' (right), he brought me to the local drugstore and we went back home. Mom was already at work as I headed upstairs to put the stuff on and let him go to work now.

I have to wear those 3/4" sleeved shirts for a while because of where the tattoo is. For now my forearms are wrapped up to prevent infection just for the first few days anyway. However. Before I can go back inside, I turn my head towards the left side of the street and walk further up the driveway. Just as I do the shiny volvo, jeep and other car that Rosalie drives appears in the driveway. The driveway does the half-circle thing in front of the house but there's also the option of actually pulling a straight line ... if you understand what I mean.

Anyway. So why pray tell are all the Cullens now at my home. Uh oh. Somehow I don't think is a casual visit. Damn. Alice and Jasper are holding Rosalie back from getting to me. Shit. She knows. My world went from black to red then.