It had been 10 years since I've seen Bella. She gave birth to that…that thing and then they moved. I didn't even see it, I didn't want to see it.

I gave Edward permission to save Bella, so we never attacked. Sam and I reconciled and I was alpha, he was beta. No huge changes have occurred in the past 10 years., Leah, Collin, and 5 of the new guys imprinted. Leah wasn't the cynical bitch that she was. I took up that position in the pack.

Our pack consisted of 17 wolves, Sam, Paul, Jared, Embry, Quil, Leah, Seth, Collin, Brady, Chris, Harrison, Josh, Jack, Ian, Ryan, David, and me. We were the biggest pack ever.

Sam and Emily started a family almost right after Bella and Edward. They moved into a bigger house near the edge of the reservation. Paul and my sister lived in a house near them. In fact, we all lived near each other. I moved out of my dad's place a few years ago and moved in a small house with Embry, Seth and Brady. Some of the other pack guys had small houses together. But we all lived in one another's houses since we all lived so close to each other.

Today was the 10th anniversary of Bella and the Cullens leaving Forks. All of us, single guys were going out, so pretty much, Embry, Seth, Brady, Chris, David, and me. They knew I still loved Bella, and they figured I could use a drink.

Not a day goes by where I don't think about her. I imagine her warm brown eyes and soft face. Then I would see her with scary blood red eyes and sucking face with her leech. I preferred human Bella. I had started to think that I really did imprint on her, because I feel physical pain when I think about how I lost her, how I failed to protect her life.

"Hey Jake!" Embry called from the living room, "You ready to go?"

I sighed. I knew Embry planned to get me laid tonight. He takes that task upon himself. Most of the single pack members, except Seth, have taken to sleeping around. Sex took my mind off of Bella for a few hours, but I always felt bad after, I sent them home the same night. I figured tonight would be no exception. I would just find a hot girl, fuck her in the bathroom and leave. "Yeah!" I called to Embry.

We planned to go bar hopping in Port Angeles. Port Angeles didn't have very many bars, but I figured if we hit them all, I could find a decent chick to bang.

We hopped into David's truck and made our way to the closest bar, Shakers. It was pretty busy for a Thursday night. As soon as we walked in, all the women stared at us. How could they not, we were built!

We strolled up to the bar right away and ordered a shot each. Alcohol didn't have that much of an effect on us, so it took awhile for us to get drunk.

"Hey." A voice purred from beside me.

I turned to look at the speaker. Yikes. She looked like she fell of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. In fact, I'm not entirely sure it was a woman. "Uh, hi." I said, trying to be as cordial as possible.

"Dude!" David called from next to me, "This place blows, no hot chicks! Lets go."

I turned to the, um, woman, next to me and smiled, "Gotta go."

We rushed out into the darkness. We had only been in there for 10 minutes, so no one was drunk yet.

"Well, that was a bust." Brady said, "I hope all the hot chicks are at other bars."

"No worries, man. No worries." Chris laughed.

We walked to the next bar, Tommy's Place. We stayed there a little longer, Chris found a girl, but it ended as soon as her boyfriend came. We went on like this for another 3 bars, there were a few chicks, but nobody I was looking for, they were all stupid or ugly. Every single one of us had had enough drinks to get a normal person drunk, but we were only slightly buzzed.

We were on our way to Aiden's Irish Pub when Brady stopped us, "Aiden's only has bitchy old Irish ladies, lets pass and go to Cruiser's."

We all agreed right away. We were en route to Cruiser's, with Embry in the led, when we passed Aiden's. "Whoa! Holy Shit, guys!" he exclaimed when he walked by.

"Embry, what the hell?" Seth slurred. "I thought we weren't going in there!"

"Hot chick! Holy fucking mother of god, hot chick!" he yelled, running into Aiden's. "Dibs!"

I sighed, "Come on guys." I said as I led them in to the pub.

Embry was standing at the bar next to a chick with reddish-brown hair, she was talking to a decent looking girl with blond hair and lots of make-up on, not my normal type, but she'll do for tonight. If Embry was getting laid, I was getting laid.

"Hey, Em." I whispered to him, "You get the brunette and I get the blonde?"

He nodded his head with a smile, "Yeah, shit dude, did you see this girl?" he asked, motioning to the brunette. I shook my head. "She is fine. I swear there is nothing wrong with her."

I smiled, "Did you imprint?"

"Nah." He said right away. Then he considered it for a moment and got a panicked look in his eyes, "Wait, do I have that stupid look on my face?" he asked in a rush.

I shook my head, "Nope, you're all set for a one-night-stand."

He looked relieved, "Sweet." He turned to the brunette, "Hey, can I buy you a drink?" he said smoothly.

The girl swiveled her bar stool to look at Embry and I. She met my eyes first. I froze. She was perfect. Her eyes were a warm shade of brown, I was lost in them instantly. I kept staring at her, her curly, brown hair was tumbling down her back, her perfect pink lips were smiling at something Embry said. I couldn't help but notice her creamy white skin almost glowing in the dim light of the bar. My eyes traveled down her body, Embry was right, there was nothing wrong with her.

I could hear the beat of her heart, it was a touch fast for the average human. I panicked, was there something wrong with her? She cant die now that I've found her! I would do everything in my power to protect her. It was as if my center of gravity shifted.

I imprinted.