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Ch.1

Life Sucks

I hate vampires. That's what kept me running. I was actually enjoying myself, I was at a party with normal people, having a normal time. But, as always, my life was ruined again by a stinking blood sucker. Since Jacob had become that little monster's lapdog, I was now resigned to defending vampires... from other vampires. It was sickening. I hated watching him follow her around like a puppy on a leash. The one thing I hated more than vampires, was imprinting. I knew I would never imprint, I was cursed forever as the only female wolf. My body never changing, unable to reproduce. If Sam's theory about imprinting and vampires was right, as long as those Cullen bloodsuckers stuck around, I was doomed to a lonely eternity as a vampire's guard dog.

I raced through the forest, still uber pissed for having to leave Joey's party, patrolling for a vampire that threatened our precious Cullens. I didn't get why the others, like the fighters, Emmett and Jasper, couldn't do all the patrolling. Oh, that's right, because I was disposable.

I guess that little Renesmee or her idiot mother Bella had pissed off another vampire or something.

Easy Leah, Seth's voice came through the mental link, I'm sorry you had to leave the party, but, you're not just protecting the Cullens.

I rolled my eyes as I sprinted through the forest. Seth was their other lapdog.

You're protecting our people, that's why we are what we are. And I'm more of their friend than their pet,

he added gently.

Whatever I ended our conversation.

Suddenly, I felt Jake phase in.

Anything yet?

Nope, nada. Seth said, chipper as ever.

Leah?

I was halfway between La Push and the Canadian border.

Nothing here, I reported.

Okay, Emmett, Jasper, and Edward are going to run some patrols. You guys can go home, but be ready.

Finally.

I turned south, and headed back to La Push. I wouldn't go back to the stupid party, but I would go home and sink so far into sleep that you'd be digging for years to find me.

I woke up to Seth's face.

I jumped, and tried my hardest to suppress the heat running up and down my spine.

"SETH!!" I shrieked, "Do you want me to tear the house apart?"

"Sorry, sorry!" he apologized from the hallway outside my door, "I didn't mean to!"

"Geex," I grumbled, the heat fading away, "What the heck is so important that you had to scare me like that?"

Scaring a werewolf like that was a big, big no-no.

Seth poked his head into my room, cautiously,

"You need to get up," I glanced at my clock, which read 3:00pm., "mom wants us to go with Billy to Charlie's house for dinner."

"What, is Jacob too busy with the Forks Ness Monster?"

"No, he's still trying to confirm the disappearance of the female." He ignored my play on the little monster's nickname.

"So it's gone?" I asked of the vampire.

"We think so."

"Thank God." I looked up at the ceiling, gratefully.

Seth and I piled into my mom's minivan, Seth, too big to fit comfortably. Unlike the male members of the pack, I only shot up to, like, 5"9. The boys were towering at anywhere from Collin's 6"2, to Jakes 6"11 ½. We stopped by the Black's house and picked up Billy, Seth putting his wheelchair in the back. The awkwardness of being around Charlie with his new knowledge of us wolves had almost completely worn off. We were just advised to stay off of the topic of wolves.

By the time we got there, it was raining, what a surprise. Seth and I got out, and helped mom with the food, and Billy to get inside. I knocked on the door, and I could hear two voices inside.

Out of nowhere, I felt a sudden urge to go inside. The feeling was unlike any other, and Billy, in his wheelchair in front of me, could sense something was wrong.

"Leah?" he turned around, "are you-"

He was interrupted when Charlie opened the door.

"Hey guys," he said, "come on in."

I hesitated, I was scared of this new sensation. It was one longing, like it was all I ever wanted just to walk into that room. Too bad I never get what I want. Billy was eying me with concern.

"Leah?" Charlie asked, looking at me funny, "You ok? You look like you've seen a ghost."

I shook my head slightly, and gave a small grin.

Charlie just smiled and made room for me to push Billy in from the porch.

When we got into the living room, Seth followed me in, and Charlie followed mom to the kitchen to show her where everything was. I could hear him say to my mom,

"I hope you don't mind Sue, but I invited a guy who just moved here to stay for dinner."

"No that's fine."

"Ok, he just moved here, from Ireland, of all places." he added disbelieving, "He just walked into the station today and asked for the chief (me) and we got to talking. His name's William, he's a really nice guy, you'll like him."

"I'm sure I will."

No sooner than mom had said that, I heard the toilet flush. As gross as it sounds the feeling returned at the knowledge of the person upstairs in the bathroom. Get you're mind out of the gutter, I had a good idea of what this was, and it was scaring the crap out of me.

I listened to every step of the person coming down the stairs, my natural instincts as a human, warring with the newfound wolf instinct.

"Leah," Seth said from beside me, "do you need to go outside?"

I looked at him, and saw him react to my tense expression.

I saw his eyes look behind me, and I turned around. There, at the bottom of the stairs, was a gorgeous man with spiked, white hair. The feeling of longing flared up within me, to the point where I knew that it was going to consume every fiber of my being. My human instinct to bolt won over, and I was out the door. Somehow, I was able to phase and keep running. I knew what had happened, and, though I knew there was no getting rid of it, I just had to get as far away as I could.

I was so confused; how could this happen? It wasn't meant for me, this isn't how it was supposed to be! My confusion and frustration fueled me, and my already uncanny speed (even for werewolves) doubled.

How could I have imprinted!?