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Chapter 2

Chance POV

I turn and face my brother, who is cracking up. He pulls himself together, a little, and turns for the truck with a shake of his head. "What?"

He throws his hands behind his head, lacing together his fingers,"That was Leah Clearwater. Not the person to make made. Although I've never seen anyone run her off that fast."

I stop in my tracks,"You know her?"

We'd reached the truck. Sam easily jumps to sit up on the hood. "Long story."

I sit next to him,"I got nothing but time."

Propping his forearms on his knees, he clasp his hands together. "Well for starters I dated her. We were together through high school. I went over one day and her cousin Emily was down to visit. I got my first look at her at it was over. I loved Emily right then and there."

"And Leah?"

He shrugs, "We tried to make it work. Finally I broke it off. I just couldn't do it anymore. It hurt Leah when we finally did get together. She's hated us sense. We found out Em was expecting and she apologized for everything. That was maybe a month ago give or take. She's been amazing sense then but you can still see the hurt in her eyes."

He has this far away look on his face. Like he's in another time. "You still love her."

He chuckles,"I'll always love her. Its just gone from romantic feelings to sibling like feelings. She was my best friend once. I lost that when I hurt her. She got a double dose. Emily wasn't just her cousin but her best girlfriend. So when we got together, Leah lost both her best friends."

"Wow." She's been through so much pain. "No wonder she jumped off a cliff."

Sam throws his head back and laughs outright. "Everyone does it. It's kind of a sport around here."

I look over at him, cocking an eyebrow,"Seriously?"

He grins at me,"You'll have to go with the gang one day."

"Sure."Not on your life buddy!

He hops down and opens the passenger door,"Emily's probably done cooking. Everyone else is most likely there too. Your driving. Can you drive a five speed?"

I jump down and climb in, starting the truck with no problem. Sam gets in and I back out, then turn around and head back the way we'd come. "You where saying?"

"Nothing. You can use the truck when ever. That way you wont go bankrupt paying for a rental."

If you only had a clue. "Sure. Thanks." The rest of the ride was in complete silence.

I could hear the noise coming from Sam's house a mile down the road. No fighting or anything of what I expected of the noise. We walk in the house and it's filled with smiling people. All watching two younger boys race on a video game. The older ones making bets while others just talk. Sam smiles, "Alright alright shut up for a minute."

The game paused,everyone turns and looks at us. The room gasp. Do we look that much alike? Sam grasp my shoulder, tossing me into the room with some effort. "This is Chance. My younger half brother. He's twenty nine and staying for awhile. Don't scare him off or kill him." With that he heads towards the kitchen and leaves me standing in the middle of the room. A short stocky guy with dark eyes and a shaved head snorts,"You got Uley written all over you. I'd mistake you for Sam if it wasn't for those eyes. Creepy man."

The girl on his lap slapped his chest, earning a 'hey' from him. She flips waist length curly hair from her shoulder,"Sorry about him. He's a wolf."

The room is filled with smirks and chuckles at the remark. Some inside joke. Don't think I wanna know. Another guy, lanky with shaggy hair, throws a controller my way,"know how to work one of them?"

I flop on the floor, leaning my back against the couch,"Betcha a hundred bucks I beat you in five minutes flat."

"Your on! I'll Quil."

I just nod and we start. The room fills with people shouting bets. It was close. Very close. In the end I beat Quil. He grumbles handing me the money. Smirking, I head to the kitchen for a drink.

I get into the doorway and stop dead. There she is. Face covered in flour and egg in her short hair. Emily smiles at me behind the girls back, but shoos me from the kitchen. Once I get sat back down, she brings me a drink. I take it, giving her a look. She just smiles down at me,"Out of my kitchen when I'm cooking. And it wasn't hard to figure out. You had your hand on the fridge door when my co-cook caught your attention."

Laughing Emily pats my head then goes back into the kitchen.

Leah POV

Emily comes back into the kitchen smiling. "I can not believe you said that. I didn't catch his eye!" I can feel my tan face turn red. Emily just giggles, going back to her cutting board full of half chopped carrots."You did so. Why else would a man stop opening a refrigerator door?"

At that I did have to laugh. Tears ran down my face I was laughing so hard. "Em sometimes you make the most sensible thing funny."

She just shrugs with a grin on her face and finishes the carrots. Throwing them in a very large pot f chicken noodle soup, she turns to me. Crossing her arms, she leans one small hip on the counter. "How are you? You seem to have been...chipper lately."

Grabbing a rag, I wet it to whip off my face. "I've just been taking some time for myself. I couldn't do that before you know. Now that I can...I don't know. I feel like a weight has been taken off my shoulders. Not having to fight to hide things."

She gives me a hug and we pull the grilled cheese sandwiches from the oven."I'm just glade to see you happy. Go get the girls and we'll get our plates before the guys."

Turning my head towards the door I smirk. "RACHEL,KIM,CLAIR GET IN HERE AND FIX A PLATE!"

"Leah that's not what I meant!" Emily laughs as we fix our plates. I notice Em fixes one slightly larger than ours and shoves it in the microwave. We all head to the back patio as the boys head to the food. Chance taking his time. Emily stops him and whispers in his ear, pointing towards the hidden food. He laughs, pulling her into a one arm hug, then makes a bee line for the food.

Once everyone is seated outside, it got quiet. Wolves sat near their imprints in the middle of the group. The single wolves sticking close to Emily. Chance sits next to Emily, away from everyone else, almost on the outskirts. His eyes dart from the group to the surrounding forest. Sam seems to take notice and gives Jared, Paul, Embry, Quil, and I a look. We excuse ourselves and walk into the den, out of human hearing range.

"Did you see him?" Paul paces the floor, thinking.

"Hmm. Not to human if you ask me." Quil says, propping on the wall.

Embry and Jared just nod. Sighing I look at Sam,"Don't you think if he was suppose to phase he would have by now?"

"I was a late phasing."

"Yes but you where still nineteen. He's twenty nine. That's a ten year jump." I just had to point it out.

"Well I say we keep an eye on him anyway." Paul had stopped pacing and was standing with his arms crossed.

Sam nods and we all head back out to finish eating. We pass Chance walking in the kitchen, a pile of dishes in hand. "What are you doing?"

He just shrugs,"Emily cooked. I offered to do dishes."

Sam gives his brother an approving look before heading out to his expecting wife. Paul looks at him stunned,"Man you offered to do dishes? As in she didn't ask or demand?"

Chance turns from the sink,"Yeah?"

Paul shakes his head,"And you had potential."

The rest of the boys headed outside. I kept a hand on the door a minute. "Thanks for helping out Emily with the clean up." With that I walked back out and said my goodbyes. Heading home to get some rest, my mind is full of the blue eyed mystery man. Chance Uley.

Authors Note: And End of Chapter 2! Thanks for reading. Review?:)