Groaning, I rolled out of bed and made my way to the bathroom. It was six o'clock in the morning and my shift for patrol. Neither of which was pleasing to me since I was going on only three hours of sleep.

"Leah," a tired Bella yawned as she walked into the bathroom right behind me . "Why are you up so early?"

"Because I get to run patrol for the next four hours," I answered with fake enthusiasm.

"I thought your mom talked to Sam."

"She did but because we're such a small pack everyone needs to step up until Jacob, Quil, and Jared joins the pack. Besides Paul has been running two hours of my patrol so I can keep up with my college courses. Speaking of college have you looked anywhere yet?"

"I haven't even started my senior year yet," Bella pouted. "So I'm really not worried about that yet. What I'm more worried about is the fact that we don't spend much time together anymore."

Sighing I turned on the cold water as I thought of something to say. We have been together since her Freshman year and my Junior year of high school. She was there for my graduation and the first time I ever shifted. She has always been supportive about the whole wolf thing but having barely anytime together was killing her...us. But what can you do when there's only three wolves and all of them have important things to do what can you do?

"That will change as soon as our numbers brow," I said softly. "Just give it a little time for me."

"Your mom said I could spending another night again," she whispered as she looked at her feet. "Is that okay with you?"

The thought of her spending another night keeping me up late made my monthly twitch. And when I say monthly I mean my cock twitch. Ever since I shifted seven months ago my period was replaced with a fully functional penis. The Elders (Billy, Charlie, Quil, Dr. Lahote, Mrs. Cameron, Mom, Dad) all believe it was to get my future imprint pregnant. Which I guess makes sense? I'm more happy about the whole not bleeding every month thing but whatever.

"Of course it's fine with me," I laughed while reaching for a face cloth. "I mean as long as your dad is fine with it that is."

"I'm going to ask him while your on patrol. I thought I would ask if it's okay with your parents first," she replied quickly.

Chuckling lightly I quickly washed my face before replying. "My parents adore you Bells. Hell sometimes I get the impression that they want to replace me with you." That brought a smile to her face as a small blush crept across her cheeks. "If Charlie says yes you can always come back and keep Seth company."

"Okay." Turning off the faucet I grabbed the clothes Mom had left for me and stuffed them into my drawstring bag. "I could bring that to you after your patrol is over," she said motioning to the bag.

"Not this time Bells. Sam is going to be giving me an update about the boys and I don't think you want to see his junk but it's hard not to when its just flapping in all of it's glory."

"Ugh Leah! Do you really have to put it that way," she groaned as she tried to hide her now brighter blush.

"It's the truth." A howl sounded letting me know that my patrol was going to begin in ten minutes. Sighing I walked around Bella and made a straight line to the kitchen. It was never a good idea to go on a patrol with an empty stomach. At least that's what Sam is always telling me.

"How long do you think the talk with Sam is going to take?"

"I don't know," I answered shrugging my shoulders as I devoured last night's leftover fish fry as quickly as possible. "Most likely ten minutes. None of the-" A loud howl cut me off mid-sentence.

"That's not the patrol howl," Bella stated. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah," I sighed heavily. "Can you grab my cell and bring it to the normal place we meet up with all of my clothes?"

"Leah what was that howl about?"

"We have a new pack member...so do you mind doing this favor for me babe?"

"Okay...How will I know when to bring it?"

"Three howls." Leaning down I gave her a quick kiss before handing her my bag. "Love you Bells."

"Love you too Leah."

With one last kiss I jogged out the back door while pulling my boxers and sport bra off. I looked over my shoulder to see Bella holding my stuff close to her chest as she stared at me with a smile on her lips. I returned her smile with one of my own before I allowed the shift to take over. I knew she hated seeing me rush off to handle wolf stuff because she was worried that I wouldn't come back but she knew if I didn't come back it was because I had to protect those close to me. Bursting into my wolf I took off to the forest.

"About time you shift," Paul huffed as he entered my mind. "Embry is pretty fast."

"Embry," my mind echoed the name. "I thought he wasn't Quileute."

"So did everyone else."

"What's going on a frantic sounding Embry asked.

"Embry you have to stop running," I said trying to pick up his scent. "This is Lean and I need you to calm down."

"Calm down?! How can I calm down when I turned into-"

"A wolf," I sighed filling in the blank. Sadly there was going to be a lot of fill in the blanks since everyone thought he wasn't Quileute.

"A wolf...and now I have the short tempered dick and a even shorter tempered bitch in my head."

Wow I didn't think the day would come when I would here Embry Call cuss. "Okay let's try to be fair I don't think Paul is that much of a bitch," I joked.

"You are such a dick Leah," Paul chuckled.

Picking up Embry's scent quickly began to follow it. I had to stop him before he went off and revealed himself to some of the locals. "But Embry we need you to stop running. As soon as Sam get's here he'll be better able to explain everything to you. Hell you'll even get to here a story."

"Story? Like the spirit warriors that Jacob told me about?"

Jacob Black was going to be in a whole mess of shit now. He knew better then anyone that our stories weren't supposed to be told to anyone who were thought to be an outsider. Even though I'm really glad he did, rules were rules.

"Exactly like what Black told you," Paul said catching up with me.

"But I'm not Quileute!"

"Your father must be, which leaves at least five possibilities of who your father could be."

"Yep, just a little more wolf drama to throw in our hectic lives," I mumbled sarcastically. Seconds later I found a found a grey wolf with a few black spots on his back pace back and forth.

"So my father is from this tribe," he stated in pure disbelief. "My mom lied to me...How could she?!"

"EMBRY," Sam's voice boomed in our heads. "STOP MOVING." Embry froze as his body was racked with the Alpha order. "I know your upset by all of this but you need to calm down so you can shift back to your human form." Laying down I sighed heavily, this was going to be a long day. "Paul I need you to head over to my place and help her with whatever she needs. And Leah I need you to try and show Embry how to shift back so I can talk to him in human form. I'm going to run your patrol while your helping him. Everyone got that?"

"Yep," Paul and I said in unison.

Well this should be easy, I mean Embry is one of the most even minded kids I know. Hell it shouldn't take no longer then a few minutes to have him walking on two legs.

Four Hours Later

"You have to let go of the fact that your mother lied to you," I growled getting annoyed. "Here's the facts she lied to you to protect you. How would you feel if you knew had a family but left you out of that to keep some honor? She struggled by herself to raise you and give you the life she thought you deserved better then having you watch your father ignore you while he took care of the family he had before you."

Embry eyed me with anger in his dark brown eyes. "But if she would have told me I could have made my own decision," he growled baring his teeth.

"Think about it Embry! Would you really want your mother to pull you to the side while you were at a park, point at some guy playing with his kids, and whisper to you that guy is your father?!" That caused him to drop his head and whimper. "I know your hurting about the fact that your father might have been in front of your eyes this whole time but think of all of the great men that stepped up and took on the father roll for you ; Billy, Charlie, Paul Sr. and my Dad."

As the words sunk into him he steadily became calm. "Your right," he mumbled more so to himself. "I should be grateful that my mother tried her best to protect me." After he said those words he was standing in his human form with amazement covering his face. "This is pretty awesome.

Rolling my eyes I ran behind a tree and shifted quickly. Unlike the guys I didn't like flaunting my assets off to anyone who wanted to have a peek. At least not when I have my monthly penis. Popping my out from behind the tree I made it a point to look at anything but Embry.

"Hey, you know where Sam and Emily stay right," I asked quickly.

"Yeah, they live two blocks away from me."

"Okay I didn't ask for your whole back story," I stated sarcastically. "Anyway go there and Sam will give you the run down about everything. I'm sure Billy and my mom is giving your mother the run down of what's going on."

"But she's not Quileute."

"It doesn't matter; this way is better then having to come up with lies all the time every time you have to go on patrol. When I shifted my dad fought with his friends tooth and nail to be allowed to tell my Mom. It took awhile but the rest eventually agreed." Grinning I fully hid myself behind the tree. "After my mother was told and placed on the Elder Council she made an appeal to allow at least one parent of a shifted teen know the secret."

"Why? It's a secret for a reason..."

"It will cause less worry when they find that their kid isn't in bed at night. Now go to Sam's place please. They will have clothes there for you."

"Clothes," he questioned. "Oh my God where did my clothes?"

"They're most likely torn into peices somewhere. What do you think happens when you burst into a giant fucking wolf?" There was no response which caused a smile to creep across my face. The first time I shifted I had completely lost it when I finally realized I was stark naked in front of my best friend's fiance and one of the town's player. "Well it's been great spending time with you and all but I have to go home to see what my girlfriend wants to do tonight."

Without waiting for a response I shifted quickly and began to head towards our meeting place. "Thanks Leah," Embry timid voice called out to me. I stopped for a second not use to being thanked for anything. "For helping me out."

Giving him a short bark to show I heard him I started towards the spot again with a wolfish grin. Having him in the pack might be a good thing.


A/N: So here is chapter one. For those of you who have many questions I will happily answer the first five in the next chapter. Everyone else will get a reply. Do keep in mind I won't answer some questions because it'll give to much of something away in the this story. So don't get mad if I don't answer your question like you want.