Sadie had pretty much the whole soccer team for dinner.I sat quietly in my usual seet near the dad got home about halkf way though and sat down."So how were you kid's days?"Mom asked.I opened my mouth to say that I met a new friend but Erine interrupted me."I learned to count to 100."She said and my mom smiled.I opened my mouth again but was once again inturrupted."Mom,you would never guess.."Matt began."YOu know Jared,right?"He was in the football team,very popular and one of Matt's good friends."Yeah."She nodded.I looked up from my food."Well,he's been absent from school for a week now and people think he's on school even went to his house...They said he was sick or something,but I saw him at the beach,he looks like he's on staroids.I think his dad's pushing him too hard with this whole football schoclarship."He Jared,he wasn't mean,he was actrully kind of nice,but still popular so he never talked to least he knew my name from hanging out here."That's horrble.I wonder what's happened."My mom said and I bit my dinner I went up to my room and did my piles of homework.I woke up at my usual 7 o'clock.I went down stairs to the usual flying everywhere,shoes dad on his cell phone,my mom dressing the younger kids,and me,in the middle of it has 8 kids?Crazy people that's mom was out the door at 7:20 leaving Sadie,matt and me because our school starts drove Sadie most of the time,she said it made her even cooler having people know who her brother I had my own dad had an expensive car along with my mother,but matt adn I had used older car,not clunkers but not 's okay with me though.I drove to Kim's house and she ran out to the car sheilding herself from the rain and hoped in and smiled at me."Thanks for the uncle isn't even up yet."She laughed and I nodded."Sure,I don't mind."I said and pulled out and towards the rain poured onto the widsheild,making me drive slower."So I guess you're not used to all this rain."I said trying to start conversation."No,not at never rained in Texas."She said and I nodded."Not trying to sound...rude,but why did you move in with your uncle?"I asked and she looked down and I felt bad I asked."My parents split up and it was a lot of yelling,so they shiped me off to my uncle's."She shrugged."I don't really mind though,Uncle Jay is pretty fun to live with."She smiled and I laughed a little wondering what that pulled into the school and got out.I liked having someone with me,I often got lonely by ,as I could tell,would be a good was normal,Paul didn't notice me,I sat with KIm at lunch school ended and I found myself looking around at the people as I waited for kim ,was nowhere to be seen.I wonder whats really happening?Kim came out of the school and walked with me to my car.I drove her home and went home myself.I didn't have a lot of homework so I decided to go for a walk,maybe take a book.I left the house in a hurry,getting out of the noisy house and walked to my woods.I went to my 'secret' one else knew I went here.I could see Paul's house that sat about 5 away from were on the same street.I opened my book and began to read.I got bored of it so I stood up and started walking around a little but suddenly jumped infront of me something flashed !I fell onto my butt and looked around what the heck was that?I saw one more figure but this one was a black...wolf?Could wolves get that big?He stared at me for a little,he was the only one that noticed me at all then as fast as he came he .He was huge!Size of a horse...that can't be,can it?My mind raced as I picked up my thrown book and walked towards my I saw the spirit of the Quileute legands?Maybe they still live,but aren't seen?I smiled as I walked into the was just about the coolest thing ever!I couldn't tell anyone though,they might scare them is awsome.I wonder if they would come back if I went outside at the same time tomorrow?I wonder what the black one was chasing?I only saw blurs of color.I woke up from my dreams,I dreamt about the wolf.I dreamt I befriended more I thought about it,the more I felt just portected that the spirit of the tribe lives.I mean how awsome is it that me,little ol' Hailey Anderson experienced something so unreal?I know I didn't dream it,it was right there!I picked up Kim and went to school.I noticed Jared had yet another no show...After the long school day I went to the library and learned as much as I could about the Quileute were shapeshifters,they shifted from human to wolf.I wonder if they could be human spirit's too or are they trapped in their wolf bodies?I decided when I got home i'd see if they would come back.I went back tot he same spot as yesterday and sat down.I sat there until dusk and not one thing.I went inside and cleaned up for rest of the week went smoothly and kim and I became the weekend we had made plans to hang out together,nothing fancey just gong to the beach or hiking or both.I picked her up around lunch time saturday and drove to a trail i liked that lead to the walked thought the path in the woods talking most the got to the beach and sat on a rock to eat lunch.I looked up from my sandwhich and behind Kim was someone I noticed,Jared...was that Jared?My eyes got big as I took in his new shape,he was huge,bnbas in muscles and .Kim saw me staring and she tuned to turn back quickly to me blushing."Who is he?"She asked in a whisper,even though he was far away and couldn't hear I leaned to her."Jared Palmer."I said in a hushed tone."He's been absent from school...He looks different."I explained my galking."he's cute."She smiled at me glacing at was turned the other way."Us and all the other girls in high school think that."I shrugged and she frowned."Jared's nice though."I leaned back into my normal sitting turned back aroudn and this time she looked he was looking straight at back was turned towards him and I was facing her so I could see turned back to me bluching even had a weird exspession on his face I could see from a distance."Whats he doing?"She asked smiling huge."Galking."I said,that's the best way to discribe it...She seemed like shewas thinking hard about something."Okay,i'm going to look."she took a deep breathe and glanced over her shoulder,I guess I should've told her he was standing right there?She screamed and fell off the rock.I jumped off and rushed to her side but Jared beat me there."Oh, my god i'm so sorry!Are you okay?"He gushed and helped he up."yeah...I'm-i'm fine thanks."SHe studdered then turned to me and glared a ..."Are you sure?"He asked so worried.I still couldn't get over how big he had looked at her elbow and he gasped."Oh,crap,i'm so sorry."He was bleeding ever so sligthly by a scratch.I laughed a little and pulled out my backpack.I got my little first aid kit out and got a band aid."Thanks Hailey."She said and stuck it to her arm."It's okay Jared,really."She said smiling.I wonder if she knew she had mudd on her cheeck.I poked her arm and gave her suddle hints she had mudd on her right cheeck."Oh!"She wiped it off embarressed but jared wasn't caring aboutthe mud."You know my name but I don't know yours?"He asked and I looked to Kim."K-Kim,"She said and Jared must have relized he was still holding her arm as he let go quickly but smiled."Kim."He siad like it was the most beautiful word in the world."Kim,I like that,i guess you already know me as Jared."He held out his hand and they shook."Are you okay?"She asked and I was took his hand back quickly and nodded."Yeah,just...it's warm out."he shrugged and kim nodded and then he turned to me."Hi,hailey."he said and I smiled and nodded."Nice to see you again Jared."I said almost as a question,I wanted to know where he had been,but was too uncomftrouble to way he was staring at kim,kind of made me looked up into his eyes for a long moment,almost memorized until I cleared my throat."I think we should get going...Kim?"I asked to get her attention.A smile grew on her face as she turned to me."No,we really don't need to...but if you need to..."She said but I took the hint."No,it's ok,I really wanted to try out that new store by the fishing pier."I said which was kind of a total lie."I'll just stay...and clean up."She said and I nodded."See ya."I waved and winked at kim as I smiled and I walked down the beach to the small fishing/suvinear shop that read La Push bait shop.I walked in making a bell ring on the door and was hit with the older house smell.I walked in,the wood floor made my shoes squeek as I walked through the small store looking at it,I bumped into something...,crap,must have been a shelf!I hit hard as I fell onto my butt and put my hands out for the fall.I heard someone grunt...oh,no,this can't be happening to me!