AN: Greetings my fans. Sorry this took so long, but I'm trying to work in a circle right now, so the next update will be Moonset then Roadtrip, Starless, Transfer and so on. Enjoy this.

Also, I have the extended summary now.

-CONT- Meanwhile, Allina notices some strange things happening around La Push, like her fathers youthful-ness and the graduation records of several boys around town. But what will this discovery do to her, and what does it have to do with her past?

The drive to my fathers house thankfully passed quickly, due mostly to the endless talk between my dad and I. I had to admit, things felt as if they were meant to be.

However, when we arrived, I was remotely shocked at the size of the house. I mean, no offense to my newfound father, but he didn't seem like the type of person to hold a big paying job. So how in the world was he able to afford such a grand house?

He must've realized my confusion, for he chuckled.

"I share the place with a few friends. They all pitched in to buy the original property, then helped build up."

I nodded a bit, frowning inwardly. I didn't like the fact that there would be more men around. I knew that most guys, teens or adults, struggled to show compassion with companions of the same sex around. It kind of put a grim shoadow around my hopes of bonding with my long-lost father.

However, dad seemed to be perfectly fine at being a gentlemen. He politely opened the door for me, and overed to take one ofmy bags. Not wanting to do discourage him, I allowed him to take one. Not even an hour into our meeting, I was already warming up to him.

"Hah!" He suddenly shouted, jerking my out of my thoughts. "I told Embry I wouldn't mess up his car!"

My dad swung his arms, and my rather heavy bag. A few moments later, the cracking of glass met our ears, followed by an outburst of laughter.

"Hah yourself!" A voice shouted. "Twenty bucks Collin!"

"Hey! He made it to the house didn't he?" A another voice, slightly higher in pitch, shouted back. "That shouldn't count!"

"That wasn't the bet!" The first voice roared. "Our bet was that Shawn would bust some part of the car!"

"So?"

"So there wasn't a time limit. It was a standing bet. You would've lost at some point."

I smirked a bit and turned to my father, who was immobile, aside from a slight twitching in his right eye. I couldn't help but laugh at the slightly cartoon-y act.

"Shit..." He finally muttered, turning away and stalking into the house. Knowing that the fun was over, I scampered after him. I definitely didn't want to get lost in the house....those boys didn't seem all that friendly.

"Who were those guys?" I asked when we reached the top of the stairs, only to recieve a grunt in response. Clearly my dad didn't like being laughed at.

Dad paused at a door and peeked in, his eyes sweeping around it.

"Here we are." He smiled, his earlier demeanor returning. It seemed as if my dad had already forgotten about the events of five minutes ago. On the other hand, I was sure the mood would return when Embry, the owner of the car, I assumed, found out.

"Hope you don't mind the posters. I managed to get most of the stuff down, but with the limited time-"

"It's fine dad." I told him, cutting him off. He sounded like he was about to ramble. At least I knew where I got my primitive social skills came from.

"Right...well....are you hungry?" he asked.

"Not right now...unless you were planning on cooking..."

"Not yet. In a few hours." He smiled. "You have a cell phone, right?"

I was remotely surprised at the question, but didn't voice it because my dad was already continuing his sentence.

"Don't go out without it... It can be dangerous around these parts."

"Dangerous?" I questioned, immediatly on edge.

My dad smiled nervously and shook his head. "Wolves and bears." he told me, chuckling lowly.

"Right..." I nodded a bit and looked out the window. It gave a wonderful view of the dark green forest, a sight that sent a slightly animalistic longing through my body.

"Well...Dinner's probably gonna be in two hours... if you want you to, you can take a walk around town." He looked down, looking embarassed. "And that makes me sound like a prison warden."

I laughed a bit and shook my head. "I understand."

He smiled at me.

"Thanks..." He whispered and walked downstairs, leaving me standing there, my thoughts jumbled. I was in a new home, my mom was off in London most likely, and I was sitting in a room with swim suit pictures and strips of paper.

"Well...better make the most of this."

After unpacking, I began to grow cagey and decided to go for a walk, as my dad had suggested. I went as I was, a pair of slightly holey jeans and a black sweatshirt. I certainly wasn't impressing anyone, but whatever.

I headed downstairs, where the laughing hadn't seemed to stop. This time however, my dad was laughing along with the others. I smiled at this and stuck my head into the room he was in.

"Hey, dad. I'm going for a walk, okay?" I asked.

He turned to me and nodded.

"Do you think you could do me a favor Allina?"

"Uh...sure." I nodded a bit as my dad slipped out an envelope.

"Give this to the guy in the General Store."

"Okay...where's that at though?"

"Don't worry, you can't miss it." He blinked a bit and then chuckled at my panicked look. "You aren't good with directions are you?"

"No...got that from mom."

Dad mulled it over for a moment, then turned his head to one of the guys sitting on the floor, a video game controller in his hand.

"Paul, take-"

"No, I'm not doing it." The guy growled.

"Come on." My father pled.

Silence followed, and a slight blush began to creep across my cheeks.

"Fine... but you owe me Shawn. And I'm not leading her back!"

"Okay."

The guy stood, stretching out to his full height. I stared at him, the slight blush of embarassment turning into a flush of heat. The guy was, without a doubt, one of the sexiest guys in the world.

"Come on kid." He growled as I looked down. Kid? He referred to me as a kid...

Shit! I whined mentally. Why does he have to think of me as a kid!

I followed after him, my head bent. However, as oon as we got out, Paul seemed to calm down, a smile now working his way across his face.

"This works out well. I can get Embry fired up as revenge."

I looked at Paul, struggling to keep my gaze on him without drifting to his chest. Bare...chest...

"What do you think?"

"Eh?"

"About my plan?"

"You mean ratting my dad out to this Embry guy?" I asked, and recieved a nod. "Well...I guess that could work... but I don't see the point."

"I was in the middle of my game!" Paul told me, whining. Though I didn't really get it (maybe it was because I didn't have the extra Y chromosome to do so) I nodded a bit.

"I guess it would work."

Paul started to say something, but broke off as we walked up to a cute little building with lattice fencing surrounding it.

"This is it. Just keep your mouth shut while I pull this off."

I looked down with a blush, biting my lip slightly. Paul opened the door and peeked in.

"Yo, Embry, c'mere."

Paul stood there as footsteps came closer, and then reached the door.

"What is it Paul, I'm working."

"Well, You know how Shawn borrowed your car. To go pick up his daughter-" Paul broke off and looked at me, as did the guy, who I could barely see, nodded and looked at me as well.

"Well guess what? He busted the window."

Paul stepped back, but no reaction came. However, Paul's eyes widened as he looked between me and the guy, who I assumed to be Embry.

"Embry...broke the window...hello?"

"O-oh...right...well.." Embry shifted a bit. "It was an accident...right?"

Paul glared at him and stormed off without another word, leaving me alone with this shadowy man.