Sam was looking at me with appraising eyes. Even in the dark, I knew he could see me. The only light we had was that of the moon, and it wasn't even that much help.

"I'm alive, you can go home now," I spat without thinking about it. It took much to not tell him to go home to Emily. I knew how much it hurt him that I wasn't over what had happened.

"I-I wanted to talk to you about…the pack, actually." He was trying to keep his voice clear and without emotion.

"Well, get it over with," I said, crossing my arms over my almost too bare chest.

"Maybe when you're decent," he said, turning to leave.

"Oh, is that what, then? I'm not decent enough?" I couldn't help my tone of voice. It's like it spoke for itself, without my consent.

"You know that's not what I meant." His voice was serious.

He was about three yards away from me, and how I longed to embrace him. Better get this thought out now, I thought.

"Of course you didn't," I replied sarcastically.

"Leah…"

"Yes, Chief Sam?" I teased without humor.

"Don't call me that. I may be the leader of the pack, but it doesn't mean you can go insulting me with name calling. It's bad enough that you keep on remembering things that are better left in the past. There's never any need for you to be harassing the pack with those…memories."

Picking up my clothes, I started walking away. If he continued, I didn't know what would come out of my mouth next. I felt someone grab my arm hard. I was pulled back, unable to leave. I rolled my eyes, knowing Sam was probably going to start lecturing me as if he were my dad. He may be the pack leader, but he would never be more than that, ever.

"We aren't done talking," he said, not letting go. He knew me too well and knew that if he let me go now, I'd run for it. "The pack pleaded me to talk to you, and as the Alpha, I think you should listen to the request of the others," he suggested in a trying-to-be-calm voice.

His closeness made my body tremble, my heart speed up, and my blood boil. What made me think the reason he finally let me go and stepped back was that he had been through the same, but I could also be deluding myself into thinking that.

"It's not my fault I have to see the cause of my pain every single day." I knew I was being mean and selfish, but I thought he should at least understand why I did what I did.

"I guess not." He sighed. "But I guess we can't change that, though." This time as he turned to leave, I didn't stop him. "He should get home- Sue and Seth must be worried about you," he said over his shoulder.

When he was out of sight, I felt a single tear drop down on the sand.

"I plan on being your someone you can always count on, someone who will always be there for you, someone who will dry your tears, someone to protect you from the monsters under you bed," he joked. I laughed with him as he left a trail of kisses from my collar bone to the corner of my mouth.

He didn't keep his promises.

I knew it wasn't his fault, though, or even Emily's, but I couldn't help cursing this life I was supposed to live. And I still asked myself one question: Was I ever going to imprint?

Was I going to be left alone for the rest of my life with no companionship? My life would be long after all, and I didn't want to waste any of it, though I would have preferred to of never have gotten it. I would have been better off human- being naïve of our existence, not having to share the same thoughts, and not having to be near Sam every day.

I transformed into my wolf form and headed home, then. I could feel, suddenly, somebody else thinking with me. Sam. He was still in his wolf form, too. It wasn't long before I felt alone again. He was in human form right now.

I saw that the lights to the living room were on. I walked in, blank of emotion on my face, to find the whole pack there. It looked as if they were having a feast. There was my mom taking things out of the oven: cookies. My stomach grumbled loudly, but I doubted anyone could hear it over their booming voices. Worst of all, Emily was there.

Everyone kept on with their business as if I didn't even exist. I guess I should have been getting use to that. I did see Emily looking at me from the long couch. I looked away quickly and headed toward my room without announcing my return.

After I had slammed the door shut, I went to lie on my bed without turning on the light. I didn't need it anyways. Sliding out of shoes, I sat still on my bed, listening to the laughter coming from the kitchen.

I had closed my eyes when somebody knocked on the door.

"Go away," I shouted.

"It's me, Seth, can I come in?" It didn't sound urgent, but I let him in.

He sat at the end of the bed, staring at me.

"What so you need, Seth?" I asked, already annoyed.

"I came to ask you where Sam is. He was supposed to get back over here and he's not. Emily is worried and-"

"Of course she's worried. Why wouldn't she be? They're practically married already." He didn't seem surprised by my tone or reply. Instead he kept talking.

"He said he would go find you after you left for a while. You weren't in your form, so he went to look for you. It was weird. He should have found you in no time, but instead you two were gone for quite a while." His voice made me realize what he was thinking.

"Nothing happened, and if you don't believe me, then wait until tomorrow when we change. Though, I don't think he'd appreciate that you'd be thinking these things. He's Emily's anyways, isn't he?"

He stood and turned the knob, opening the door and letting light flood in.

"I think you need to rest. I'll tell Mom you're okay and if you need anything or are hungry, just call me, okay?" He was the best brother I would ever want. Sometimes he was obnoxious, but he was a kind hearted child…or werewolf brother.

I got up in a heart beat and ran to give him a hug. I knew he wanted to object about me being a girl and hugging him, but right now, I could tell he wanted me to just be happy for a while.

"Thank you," I said sincerely. "You know I really love you, little brother, right?"

"Yes. And you how much I love you, too, but can we not ever show this publicly?" we laughed at his remark; the he left, leaving me in my dark room again.

I really liked this chapter, but I need somebody else's opinion. Please-R&R