Summary: Lin is dumped in an old house that her parents are going to buy in Forks. For two months! One night during a thunder storm a wounded dog scratches on her front door. At least …it looks like a dog. Will this dog bring true love to Lin who has never been loved before? Not even by her own parents!

A/N: WARNING, I WILL PROBABLY HAVE NO RHYME OR REASON TO THE CHAPTERS BECAUSE I HAVE TWO OTHER STORIES AND I SHOULD DEFINETELY GET GOING ON THOSE OR PEOPLE WILL START SHOWING UP AT MY HOUSE WITH PITCH FORKS. HAHAHAH! BAD JOKE! LIVE WITH IT. I JUST DID THIS ON A WHIM. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS WILL BE.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT.

I huddled under my hello kitty comforter. Lame, yes, but I like the cat, she's got spunk. It was raining, again, in Forks. My parents had dropped me off two days ago to go to Aruba. I didn't really mind. I have been taking care of myself for twelve years, since I was five. My brother had died in a car wreck with a drunk driver. He was eighteen, a football captain and a straight A student. Needless to say we were devastated. He was my best friend and then he was just gone. What was worse was that my parents just stopped taking care of me.

I had to grow up fast. It's not like I'm a drug dealer or something. My parents make a comfortable living and I'm always fed. I just get this feeling that they would trade me to have my brother back. I have okay grades and I absolutely loathe sports. I see them every once in a while. When they have connecting flights in wherever we live at the time.

Another bolt of lightning shot through the sky followed by a clap of thunder. I jumped. I hated thunderstorms. The worst part was the electricity in the house went out so I couldn't even turn on the lights to try and read a good book.

Another clap of thunder, I cried out. This is sooooo much fun! Sarcastic much. I picked up my comforter and sneaked down the hallway to the living room. I hated staying in one room when I was alone. I usually went around the house at least once before I even attempted sleep. I was extremely paranoid from late night marathons of Law&Order SVU. Darn you! I settled on the couch with the comforter bunched around me. That's when I heard the noise.

It was a scratch and then a whine. It was coming from the front door. Oh god! I was going to die! Shut up Lin! Stop being so dramatic. Take deep breaths in out in out in out. Now go look through the front window. I obeyed my inner voice and got up from the safety of the couch.

I pulled back the curtain slowly. I yelped. There was something big slumped on my front porch. And when I say big I mean BIG. It looked like small hippo was trying to get into my house. Then another flash of lightning lit up the sky, and I gasped. It was a dog. I was a sucker for dogs. I threw off my comforter and opened the door. The dog looked up at me with big brown eyes. "Come here baby it'll be okay come in." I opened the door wide so that it could fit its bulk through. I t hesitated but then walked in. it limped to the middle of the living room and collapsed.

I ran to it and held its huge head between my hands. "You poor animal. I'll help you. Stay." I called over my shoulder and walked to the bathroom. I got a whole bunch of towels then walked back in. the dog hadn't moved. It was staring at me though. I got on my knees next to it. It was a beautiful sandy color. I picked up a towel and gently started to towel it off.

"You know you're very pretty. I never had a dog before. I would love to keep you but you don't look like a stray. You'll probably belong to someone." I started talking to it. I liked talking to dogs. They weren't judgmental. They just listened. Next I started on his huge body. That by the way is how I found it was a boy.

"I wish you could stay with me. I'm all alone. Maybe I could just keep you forever. "He actually seemed to perk up at this information. "Probably not. You seem pedigree. You are probably at least five thousand dollars."

He actually looked sad. "Don't worry." I said trying to make him look happy. "We still have tonight." He wagged his tail. "Now you need a name. How about Peanut butter?" I asked it barked. "Okay. How about shaggy?" it barked again. " Okay." I thought for a second. "Sandy? You look like the beach." I said. He thought for a moment then wagged its tail. "Sandy? Good I love that name."

I talked to Sandy until three in the morning. I talked to him about my family, my brother, school. Everything. He was a great listener. Then the power came back on and I yawned. So did Sandy. "Time for bed." I announced." Goodnight Sandy. Don't worry well find your real family tomorrow." I said the kissed his muzzle and wrapped another comforter around him. I laid down on the couch and put my hand on Sandy stomach.

"I'm happy I have someone to stay with tonight. I'll protect you and you can protect me okay?" as if confirming this he put one of his huge paws on my hand. It was in that moment that I knew I would never give Sandy back to whoever owned him. He was mine. I needed him. With that I fell asleep.

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The next morning I woke up happy. That was until I felt something weird on my hand. It wasn't Sandy's paw. It wasn't furry. It was smooth. I looked over the couch and I almost fainted. There was an extremely naked guy lying on my living room floor. How did I know he was naked you ask? Well the comforter was only covering about five percent of his body. Which was, thankfully, the most private area.

Next I noticed that this certain naked guy was EXTREMELY hot. He had a russet tan skin. He had a six pack and shoulder length black hair that was rich and smooth. And his shoulders! Oh my god! This guy must have some sort of angel looking out for him because he was doing great in the looks department. I shook my head. There is a naked burglar in my house and I'm checking him out. I need to be committed or something. I cannot be normal.

And were was Sandy. What did this guy do with Sandy? I looked around but I couldn't see him anywhere. What if he hurt him? Oh man! This was not good.

I pulled my hand away softly. He frowned in his sleep. I thought it looked pretty cute. Snap out of it Lin! I got off the couch and stepped over the sleeping man. I went to the far end of the room and then I screamed. The guy jumped up and I got an eyeful. And I don't want to seem crude but it wasn't that bad of a view.

I turned to my side then said, "Pants!" "Whuh?" he asked still a little tired. "Pants!" "Oh!" then I heard a shuffle and he said, "You can look now." I turned and he was indeed covered. He had the comforter wrapped around his waist.

"Okay. One; what are you doing here? Two; where is Sandy? And three; why in the hell are you naked?" I shouted the last part. He flinched and sat on the couch.

"Those are actually all the same question Lin." He said thoughtfully. His voice was so deep and beautiful it took me second to catch up with his words.

"How do you know my name?" I asked. Visions of him stalking me flashed through my mind. I shook it off. I really needed to see a therapist.

He looked up at me with brown eyes. My breath caught in my throat when I recognized them. "You told me last night Lin."

"Sandy?" I said breathless. How could I forget the eyes of the only friend I had had in twelve years. I slid down the wall and looked out the window. The sun was shining for the first time since I got there. I remembered my father saying something about a beach nearby.

I got up. "Stay here. I'll be right back." I don't know what I was doing. I was going to the beach with a guy that used to be dog. Needless to say this was definitely strange, but if you can't beat 'em join 'em.

I got my favorite red bathing suit with Hawaiian flowers. Then I went to my parent's room which was spotless since they were never there and got a pair of blue surfer shorts for the guy. Good thing my dad was a little heavy because even with the extra room it was still going to be tight fit.

I walked back down the stairs and walked into the living room. The guy was still on the couch. "What's your name?" I asked him handing him the shorts.

"Seth Clearwater." He said and held out his hand for me to shake. I shook and smiled. "Hi Seth, I'm Lin McCarty." He smiled and dropped my hand went into the hallway to change. I grabbed my car keys, two towels and my cell phone. Seth came out seconds later looking too good for words in the swimsuit.

"Wow." I breathed. Oh god! I said that out loud didn't I?

Seth just smiled. I laughed. "Les go." I said and grabbed his hand towing him to the car. He followed compliantly and got into my old Chevy truck. I got into the drivers seat and he got into the small passengers set, well small for him.

"You are one strange girl." He said. "I like it." He turned and smiled at me. I smiled back and pulled out of the drive way. "So how d we get to the beach?" I asked him. He gave me directions and we got there in no time.

We set up on the beach and I laid down on the towel. He looked me over for a second and then sat down. "Aren't we going in the water?" he asked. I nodded. "Don't you want to enjoy the sun first, then we can get wet." I said. He nodded.

We sat for a few minutes in silence. "So Seth, how are you and Sandy the same person?" I asked casually even though I was burning with curiosity. He looked into my eyes for a second as if trying to word something correctly. "I am a werewolf."

I thought about it for a second then said, "That makes sense." He looked at me like I just ate a chicken head. "Tell me more." I said quickly before he said anything.

Two hours later I was an expert on werewolves. I sighed. He sighed. We looked out over the horizon then I jumped up. Which made him jump. "Water time!" I shouted. I grabbed his hand which engulfed mine and ran towards the water. I jumped in up to my thighs. This time I didn't let go of his hand which he didn't seem to mind. I splashed him with the water and he splashed me back. There weren't very many waves which I was disappointed, but it was great for swimming.

I let go of Seth's hand and dived in. I swum under the waves for a second then snuck up behind him and pushed. He didn't even jerk forward. He turned and laughed. Then he swung me over his shoulder and walked deeper into the ocean. I was playfully hitting him with my fists on his back. Suddenly he flung me forward me landing in the water. I came up. My long brown hair was in front of my face.

Seth was laughing his butt off. I glared at him. My back was facing towards the ocean so I never saw the giant wave coming. And then it hit me I was knocked forward and turned under the water. Then I was caught in a riptide that kept me under the water. I tried to swim up but I couldn't. My lungs were screaming for oxygen. My vision was blurring, and then I felt strong arms pulling me to the surface.

Seth was carrying towards shore. I concentrated on getting air into my lungs. I coughed and sputtered. Seth laid me down on my towel. When I could breathe again he said, "Oh thank god. I'm so glad your okay. I was so worried." He was clutching at his heart like it was going to burst.

"You were worried about me?" I asked. He looked at me as if I was crazy. "Of course I was worried. You almost gave me a heart attack. I-" I cut him off with my lips with his. He was shocked then he moved his lips with mine. He leaned down so he was hovering over me while we were kissing. I wrapped my arms around his neck. We finally broke apart out of breath. He laid besides me and held me in his arms. I laid my head against his chest.

"I never had anyone care about me before. Except my brother." I sighed. He kissed the top of my head and tightened his hold on me. "I'm glad that I could have the job." He chuckled. I kissed his jaw, because he was so long that was the only part I could reach.

We stayed like that for a couple more minutes then I saw that Seth was falling asleep. "Seth?" I whispered. He gave me a lazy smile. "We need to get up."

"Why?" he whined and buried his head in my neck I laughed. "Aren't you hungry? We need lunch." He perked up at this. He let me go reluctantly but when I was up he took my hand. It was like he couldn't stand to not touch me.

I got in my car. "So what would you like for lunch?" I asked him. "You don't have to make me anything." He assured me. I smiled at him. He had a little frown in the middle of his eyebrows. He was too cute. "I want to. Besides I have lots of food and I have no one to cook for." He smiled at me. "Okay whatever you want."

"Cool." I was so excited I did ninety all the way to my house. Seth gripped the seats all the way there. When I parked he bolted out and mockingly kissed the floor. I rolled my eyes. "C'mon you coward." I pulled him in to my house. I sat him on the couch in front of the television. I turned it to a football game. "I will be right back. Stay."

He leaned back into the couch to show he was going to stay. I walked into the kitchen. I went to the fridge. I needed to tide him over. I saw a plate of cooked chicken wings. I heated them in the microwave and brought them out to Seth.

"This is great Lin thanks." He said taking the plate. I scoffed. "Seth Clearwater. Give me more credit then that. This is just the appetizer. It'll take me about an hour to make lunch and I don't want you to go hungry."

He looked sad. "Why don't you just order pizza and you could spend more time with me?" I kissed his cheek. "I want to make you something special. Be patient please." He nodded. I beamed at him then walked back into the kitchen.

About thirty minutes into preparing lunch I felt eyes on me. I turned and saw Seth watching me with his elbows on the table and his head on his arms. "What are you doing?" I asked with a smile. "You are much more interesting to watch then football." He said simply. "And your still in your bikini." He added.

I looked down. I was still in my bikini from earlier. I laughed at myself and went to change, but Seth caught my arm and pulled me into his lap. "I like it." He whispered in my ear and ran a hand down my arm. I felt the goose bumps rise. "Seth, you cannot distract me. I need to finish lunch." I said. He gave me a puppy dog look. I looked away. He was too, too cute. "I thought you were hungry?" I asked still looking away.

"I got over it." I laughed. I got up from his lap. "Why don't you just keep watching me?" he seemed to agree with this and settled in. I finished the food. It was a little strange having Seth watching me, but it seemed so natural.

I set a huge portion of spaghetti and meatballs in front of Seth and a considerably smaller amount in front of me. "This looks great Lin. I'm sure glad you can cook. This looks way better then pizza." He stabbed a meatball and took a bite. "Oh my god. Marry me?" he said and waggled his eyebrows. I rolled my eyes. "Eat your food."

We both sat in comfortable silence. I finished mine as soon as he did. I walked over and kissed his forehead. "Did you like it?" I asked. He beamed at me and brought my mouth down to his. He tasted like spaghetti. "It was amazing." He said against my lips. I smiled and came up for air.

"Lets watch a movie." I said and dragged him into the living room and gently pushed him on the couch. "Okay lets watch a horror." I leaned down and grabbed my favorite. I put in and sat down next to Seth. He put his arm around me and I leaned into him with my hand on his chest.

When the movie came on I felt Seth tense. "What's wrong?" I asked. He shook his head and said nothing. So I settled into watch Dracula. Seth scoffed at several parts of the movie. The fangs, the sunlight, the coffins. Almost everything.

Finally when the movie ended I yawned. I looked up at Seth. His eyes were closed. I crouched on the couch so we were face to face. "Your cute when your sleeping." I whispered. I kissed him gently when I opened my eyes his bi brown ones were open looking at me with affection.

"Who said I was sleeping?" he said and kissed me a little deeper. We broke apart. I got up and walked to my room. I was still in my bikini.. I walked back out to Seth who was laying with his head back on the couch. "I'm going to take a shower." I said he opened one eye. "Be careful." He said and closed his eyes again. I rolled my eyes. "Don't roll your eyes. I was serious."

I gasped. "How did you know that I rolled my eyes?" I asked. He shrugged. "I know you." I smiled at that. Know one has ever known me well enough to predict me. And this guy did it one day.

I walked into the bathroom and started the shower. I washed in my favorite body wash. Carmel apple. I washed my hair then got out. It was then that I realized I had used all the towels on Seth last night. I walked to the door and cracked it open. "Seth?" I called. He didn't answer. "Seth?" I called again. Oh god. Oh well. I've seen him naked. This will be like payback.

I snuck around corners to the living room. Seth wasn't in there. I made mad grab for the towel. I got to it but I didn't have enough time to put it around myself before Seth walked in carrying my ipod. That's why he couldn't hear me. I wrapped the towel around myself. Seth had gotten an eyeful.

He just stood there. His mouth was open and in the silence I could hear the soft strumming of a guitar. "Seth?" I called. He still had that blank look on his face. I walked up to him slowly. His eyes were on me the whole time. I pulled out the ear bud and called, "Seth?" that snapped him out of it. He jumped.

"I am so sorry Lin. I didn't hear you. I thought you were still in the shower. I didn't mean to…I mean to …I saw…" he was way too cut. "It's fine Seth. I saw you. I guess now were even." I laughed. He laughed to but it was strained.

"Don't tell me you saw something you didn't like?" I said in mock horror. His mouth went agape. "No no. I saw something that I liked…a lot." He said. I looked at him with a smirk. "You dog." He smiled.

I went to my room and pulled on a pair of pajama pants and a fitted tee. I walked back down. Seth was on the couch on the phone. "Leah, I'm not going to be home again. I'm staying at a friends." He smiled at me. I came up behind him. I sat on the top of the couch and wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed the place were his shoulder and neck met. He shivered. I giggled.

"No Leah." He said. "Yes I have friends." He said indignantly. I laughed. He glared at me but his lip was twitching. "No you can't talk to her." then he slapped his forehead and groaned. "Yes it's a girl." He said. "No you still can't talk to her." he listened for a moment. His eyes went wide and he handed me the phone.

"Hello?" I asked. "Omg. There is actually someone there! Hi I'm Leah, Seth's sister." "Nice to meet you." I said. "If he tries something call me and I'll come over and rip him to shreds for you." She said. I laughed. "Thanks that's not necessary." "Okay. Welcome to the family. I can't wait to meet you. Bye." She hung up. I looked at the phone for a second. I felt tears welling up in my eyes.

"Lin, what's wrong? Did she say something mean? I'll kill her." he reached for the phone. I held it back. "No, she said welcome to the family." I smiled at him. He looked at me curiously. "No one ever said that to me before." He pulled me into a hug. He kissed my forehead. "You'll always be part of my family." I hugged him back.

He got up off the couch and carried me to my room. He laid me in my bed and was about to leave when I grabbed his wrist. "Stay?" he smiled. "Always." He breathed. Then he got in behind me and wrapped me up in his arms.

We were quite for a moment then I said, "Seth?" "Yes?" I thought for a moment. Maybe I shouldn't. "Lin?" he asked. "I love you." I blurted.

He was quite for a moment then he leaned over to my ear and whispered, "I will love you for all time Lin." That's when I knew I was with the right person. The person I would be with for the rest of my life. I snuggled into Seth and fell asleep with the love of my life right beside me. Forever.

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wow that was really randomn. im thinking about making it longer tell me what you think. i know its goofy but i love it!!