EPOV

I walked down onto the beach, seeing Leah lying down in the sand, the sun dancing off of her caramel skin. My mind started going places I didn't want it to, and I immediately shook them off. 'Jesus, Emb, get it together. It's just Leah.'

Taking a deep breath, I walked towards her. Her breathing was low and even, I wondered if she was sleeping.

"Leah" I said softly, standing above her nervously. "Leah" I repeated, a little louder.

Her eyes flew open, and I instantly felt bed for waking her.

"I-I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" I fidgeted with my hands, wondering why I was so nervous. I'd talked to her a million times before. What had changed?

"Uh, yeah." She said, looking a mixture of surprised, angry, and confused to see me.

Clearing my throat and regaining my composure, "Well, we're late for patrol, so are you just gonna lie there or are you gonna get up and come with me before Sam kills us both?"

"Relax. Sam's not going to do shit. Jesus, I swear you're all like his little bitches." She barked.

I rolled my eyes and started walking towards the woods, smiling when I heard her footsteps behind me. My smile immediately faltering, thinking to myself, 'Okay, Embry, get it together.' Taking off my shorts, tying them to my ankle, and phasing quickly.

LPOV

Watching Embry walk towards the woods and take his shorts off, my mind involuntarily flashing back to the dream, getting nervous, wondering how I'm going to hide it from him once we are both in wolf form.

Realizing I'm losing him, and quickly peeling off my short and shorts, and phasing, to go run after him, thinking 'Wait up, Asshole.'

'Sorry, I don't take orders from anyone but Sam. I'm his bitch, after all.'

'I just call them like I see them, kid.'

'And I'm not a kid either.'

He was definitely right about that part. All the boys had grown up mentally, and physically since they all phased. Most of them were really good looking, especially Embry..

EPOV

Stopping dead in my tracks, and whipping my head around to look at Leah.

'Wh-what?' I stuttered,

'What?' she replied sharply, 'Goddamnit!'

'So you think I'm hot?' I questioned, attempting to make a joke out of it, hoping that way she wont kick my ass. I heard her sighing internally.

'I'm not going to kick your ass, freak, and NO I don't think you're hot. You've got to be kidding me' but she faltered in her thoughts.

I couldn't help my responding thoughts of what I imagined it would be like between us if Leah and I ever got together. I tried stopping them, but the more I tried, the faster they sped across my mind.

Leah's reaction was something I wouldn't have expected.. She was running through a scene in her mind of us, naked, in the woods. Was it a dream? She was dreaming about me? I couldn't take the jumbled mess of both of our minds anymore, so I phased back as quickly as I could, she followed suit.

So there we were, just like in her dream. I decided to take a leap of faith and see where that got us. I stepped forward, just like my dream self had, and caressed her cheek. I opened my mouth to say her name, but someone else had already beaten me to it.

"Leah?" I recognized Sam's voice at once. "EMBRY?"

Damnit. He was pissed.