Dear Readers,

So the way I set my story up is so that it's mainly about the Quileute Pack. I made it so that Brady and Collin are twins. The twins are Jared's cousins. Jared has a little sister named Keira (who is one of the main characters) and she's 16 and a junior. Sam is 22. Jared and Paul are 19. Jacob, Embry, and Quil are 17 and are seniors. The twins and Seth are 16 and they're juniors.

Keira doesn't know about the wolves. She knows there's something going on but figures it's about something stupid. She soon figures out that's not exactly the case.

It's the first day of school and Keira is just back from spending the summer with her Aunt and Uncle (not Collin and Brady's parents) on the other reservation. Let me know if you have any questions. I hope you enjoy it! Beautyandthebooks.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Twilight characters.

"Jared! You said you'd drive me to school!" I yelled from the kitchen as I was packing my lunch. I grabbed my vintage army green over the shoulder bag and walked over to Jared's room. I opened the door unceremoniously with the kick of my foot. Jared was snoring lightly and sprawled every which way. I rolled my eyes. That's what he gets for staying out late and partying on the beach.

I walked over to his bed and started to try to shake him awake. Though since he's a heavy sleeper, I ended up screaming in his ear and he woke with a start. I wonder why. "Jared," I scolded him, "You said you'd drive me to school on my first day!" I know I was whining just a little bit but Jared promised. He never broke his promises to me. Okay, he spoiled me just a bit, but he was just that type of big brother.

"What time is it?" he yawned. I pick up his clock on the bedside table. It stated that it was 7:15 cheerfully in green. School started in ten minutes and it was about five minutes away. If I bolted from the car I could make it but that would cause Jared to move his ass. I shoved the alarm clock in his face and he smiled sheepishly at me with a look on his face that screamed, 'My bad.' "Well, let's go," he said as he walked quickly out of his room and I heard the screen door open and close.

Oh, now he moves fast. I hurried out of the house and down the front steps before I jumped into Jared's blue pickup truck. He quickly pulled out and we were en route to school. I looked over at Jared who was looking like he was trying not to fall asleep at the wheel. He was still in his pj's which consisted of gym shorts. He better not try to get out of the car like that. I didn't need to be mobbed by the hormonal girls trying to get my brother's attention.

"Jared, if you knew you were going to stay out till four in the morning, why did you promise to take me to school?" I asked with a curious tilt of my head. Jared looked over at me and smiled.

"I wanted to have a chance to talk to my little sis." Jared said with a slight reproachful gaze. I smiled. Yes, this was a typical Jared thing to do. He was the sweet older brother ... but I knew there was something else lurking under his caring older brother façade.

"And?" I prompted. He smiled, chagrinned that I had caught on so easily. Jared was usually so docile and easy to get along with. I mean he still was ... it's just there was this different part of him that made me feel a little curious as to what I had missed this summer.

I knew that Jared had gotten a girlfriend, Kim, but other than that I couldn't seem to catch what was different. It wasn't a bad thing it was just different. He had certainly grown. When I left for the summer, he had been about five foot eight. He had also been thinner and less muscled. Now he was about six foot two and really looked like he spent his summer living in the gym. He'd also been kind of vague about how he spent his summer. His response was a typical guy response of "Just hangin' out."

Also, Jared had been so easily angered by guys staring at me. When I went to the bonfire last night, Jared had been glaring at all of his friends if their gaze stayed on me for more than three seconds. I guess you could say I changed over the summer too. The guys definitely seemed to notice just how much I had changed which made Jared send them death glares if they came within five feet of me. I didn't know exactly what was going on, but I definitely knew something was different. It just killed me that everyone pretended I was making a big deal of things.

I looked back over at Jared who was looking a little sheepish. I raised an eyebrow in curiosity and Jared just laughed nervously. "Why are you giving me a ride?" I asked. "I could have gotten a ride with one of the guys." Silence answered my statement. I turned my suspicous gaze over to Jared. "Oh my God! You didn't want them to give me a ride because you thought they would hit on me!" I said and I was slightly upset that I hadn't thought of it earlier.

"If I said yes, would you hit me?" asked Jared sweetly. I slapped him in the arm and then turned to face the windshield. I was seething slightly. Did Jared think I'd just hop in the backseat with some guy?

"Jared, just because you don't trust them doesn't mean you can't trust me!" I scolded him and exhaled still upset over what he thought. "Seriously, you've gotten so overprotective since I got home. What happened while I was gone?"

He grunted in response as he pulled into the school parking lot. I hurriedly said as I got out of the car, "And anyways Jared it's not like I haven't been on dates this summer."

I felt his eyes widen and he opened his mouth to most likely ask who he had to kill, when I slammed the door shut and headed towards the building. "We'll finish this conversation later!" I heard Jared yell from the car. I smiled to myself. Sometimes Jared was so easy to anger. At least I knew that he hadn't changed that much. I was still laughing to myself, when I walked into my first period class.

I walked over to the last open seat in the front of the room as my math teacher scolded me with her eyes and I apologized for being late to class. We listened to the announcements and soon after our teacher went into what she expected from us and so on. Half way through the class I realized I felt like I was being watched. I subtly looked out of the corner of my eye to see Seth in the back of the class room staring at me intensely.

I smiled at him. Seeing as we were in the same grade and the reservation was so small, Seth and I hung out a lot. Once I smiled his face seemed to light up. It made me feel happy too. I couldn't seem to drag my eyes away from him. Even when the teacher brought the entire attention of the class to my obsession with Seth. I apologized and managed to stare straight ahead for the rest of the class.

Since I couldn't stare at him, I began to think. He'd seemed to have grown up this summer too. He'd gotten taller, more muscular, and had a certain something about him that just made me smile. We hadn't talked much while I was away. He said he'd hung out a lot with Jared and the guys though. Maybe Jared wouldn't mind if I went out with Seth. He knows Seth is a good guy. Or it could be the exact opposite but I didn't seem to care what Jared would think about me dating Seth.

I distantly heard the bell ring and realized that it was time to go to my next class. When everyone started moving, I seemed to shake myself out of the daze I had been in. I had completely zoned the entire class thinking about Seth Clearwater. I'd never been that insane about a guy before. I was proud of myself for not caring what guys thought. I was an independent person. I quickly collected my books, still reeling. I managed to quickly look back at Seth. He smiled at me so lovingly it overwhelmed me. It also kind of freaked me out a little. I hurriedly left for my next class without making eye contact again. What the hell was going on?