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Two weeks later

Embry's POV

At first I didn't notice the subtle changes other people seemed to notice, I thought they were mistaken or that they were just messing with me. Then the changes became more noticeable and pronounced that even I couldn't ignore them any longer. My shoulders were broader than they were before and I've grown several inches in the past month, I was now taller than Jacob and a few weeks ago that certainly wasn't the case. I also wasn't as scrawny as I was a few weeks ago, I've been filling out and have noticed muscles starting to form. The crazy thing is though that I haven't been working out at all except for the poor excuse the school calls Gym.

For the past two weeks I haven't seen Yuni and Jared didn't seem to even notice her absence, he just sat by himself like he usually did well until Paul. Paul Lahote joined the small "LaPush Gang" a week after Yuni first showed up and then just left. It was strange how on her first day at the school she just up and disappears, I would be lying if I said I wasn't slightly unnerved by this. No one seemed alarmed by her disappearance well accept for a few teachers and me, a few times I contemplated asking Paul or Jared about her strange leave but ended up chickening out. It's not like I didn't want to know what happened to her it's just that they were very intimidating and I just don't have it in me.

I flipped through random channels until I found something interesting to watch and it wasn't going very well. Jake was at home catching up on some late school work and Quil had to help his parents with something so I was left alone with nothing to do but think over things that I haven't allowed myself to do lately. My mom had an extra shift at the hospital so I didn't have to worry about her bitching at me about my room being a mess, she's a nurse. Giving a frustrated sigh I settled for American dad and wasn't to disappointed since it was funny as hell, right now Stan was attacking Roger to prove to his dog that he was the alpha male. It had something to do with pack mentality that I didn't fully understand, but I tried.

I busted out laughing when Roger punched Stan in his balls, for some reason Roger is just awesome. Once I calmed down I looked out my bedroom window at the moon outside, it was a thin crescent but had a familiar quality to it for some reason. Which is weird considering I see the moon almost every night but it felt strangely familiar tonight like it held a presence. Is that even a normal thought? Is it possible for the moon to hold a familiar presence? Maybe I'm just tired, I haven't been sleeping right for the past few days.

"Yeah I'm just tired." I mumbled to myself and rubbed my eyes, I wanted to go to sleep but I knew that most likely I wouldn't be able to. Sighing to myself I lied back on my bed and stared up at the popcorn white ceiling, I just couldn't shake the feeling of a familiar presence near me.

My stomach growled loudly and I got off my bed and walked downstairs to the kitchen, lately I've been eating a lot more than I used to. There wasn't really much to eat in the house since it was the end of the month so I just grabbed an apple and sat at the small kitchen table. I no longer felt the strange presence I did in my room and was relieved, maybe I was just a little freaked out from being home alone so late. My mind wandered to Sam Uley and his two followers, they've been giving me weird looks lately like they're expecting me to do something important. It's been bothering me lately and the weird part is Jared and Paul have even tried talking to me a few times last week and to put it nicely it was very weird. Jake and Quil thought it was weird to and started questioning me about all kinds of things, so my past few days have been extremely awkward.

Maybe it'll get better or at least that's what my mom always says when somethings going wrong. All I know is that it feels like something really big is gonna happen soon and the scary thing is that I think it has something to do with Sam Uley and his little gang.

Bella's POV

It was the same thing every night, the same repetitive routine that sucked the life out of me by the time the sun rose and I with it. Falling asleep wasn't the hard part it was the nightmares that plagued me and haunted me in my sleep that made rest almost impossible.

Ever since he left me my sleep had been an endless current of nightmares after nightmares and worse, memories of Edward, the way he held me and protected me. Some people might find it pathetic how I've fallen into an endless depression over some guy but they don't know what we had or what I thought we had. He made it look so easy. It was so easy for him to leave me even after he had told me he loved me, but it was my fault for believing him though. He's a perfect immortal vampire who could have anyone he wants and I'm a fragile human who has maybe 70 years tops before I die.

I looked up at the thin crescent moon that shone brightly in the deep blackness of my room, moonlight spilled in through my bedroom window. The moon taunted me with it's bright luminescence, laughing at my fragile pathetic state as I knew it would if it actually could.

"Please just for tonight keep the nightmares away." I whispered to the moon in vain, the moon couldn't keep the nightmares away nothing could except for him, not even the dream catcher Jake gave me could help me now. I sighed to myself before rolling over in bed and turning my back to the moon the way Edward did to me, my eyes slowly shut and I knew I wouldn't have a good night's rest.

In my dream I was on a beach, which beach I'm not sure of but it was beautiful, the full moon hung in the sky just above the deep blue ocean that reflected everything. My bare feet dug into powder white sand and the air was cool and crisp with an almost mint feel to it. The dark sky was littered with bright stars as far as the eye can see and I was almost at peace, the only thing missing from this perfect scene was Edward.

A dry sob escaped my throat before I could stop it and I fell to my knees in the water, my hands were in the water on the ocean floor balancing me as forceful sobs wracked my body. The pain in my chest hurt so much, I just wanted it to end already. Why did he have to leave me? I thought he loved me.

"Even in your dreams you're impossible to please." A whimsical voice said from behind me. I froze in my place before scrambling to my feet and clumsily spinning around, almost falling in the water in the process. But no one was there.

"Hello?" I called out and despite knowing this was a dream I felt shivers of fear run down my spine.

"You do know that's what the main character always says before they're killed?" The silky female voice asked and goosebumps broke out across my skin. "And it just so happens you're the main focus in this little dream of yours." The voice said and a shudder of fear violently wracked my body and my heartbeat sped up.

"This is just a dream." I said more to myself than the voice.

"Are you sure about that?" The voice was so silky and smooth I was almost certain that it belonged to a vampire.

The voice let out a laugh, almost a seductive laugh. "I'm not a vampire." The last word was said with scorn.

"H-how did y-you know w-what I was th-thinking?" I stuttered out, Edward said he couldn't read my thoughts so how could the voice read them? I was almost positive that this wasn't just a dream, it felt to real to be just a dream.

"I'm not restricted by the same limitations as vampires." The voice spoke, with an amused edge to it.

"L-limitations?" I stuttered again, what limitations?

"Oh you want to know more? I thought this was just a dream?" The voice taunted me and I felt anger rise within me.

"What limitations?" I said through gritted teeth but the fear was still fresh and very much alive inside me.

"Vampires aren't the only mythical creatures that exist you naive little girl. You think you've seen everything about the world he's apart of? You fool you've only seen a glimpse behind the curtain, only a fraction of what truly exists." The voice spat at me and my anger boiled over.

"Why don't you show yourself instead of hiding?" I spat and immediately regretted my words as soon as they left my lips. Emanating from the moon beams casted on the powder white sand a hazy bluish white mist formed and rippled lightly. I staggered backwards and fell on my rear into the water, why did I have to open my mouth? Now I was going to die, I knew it.

A girl, no a women stepped out of the bluish white mist, and she was beautiful. She had caramel brown skin that glowed brightly like the moon itself, her skin held so many tattoos but on her it added mystery and a deep seduction, she was tall and long as well. Her long dark curly hair held the same unearthly glow as her skin did and seemed to almost float behind her. Her eyes were mismatched and glowed with a strange luminescence, her left eye was a deep brown almost a black and her right eye was a bright gold, far more intense in color than Edwards are. Her piercings held the same unearthly glow as everything else about her did, they made her look even more elegant and mysterious than she already did. The dress she wore looked like something only a goddess would wear, like the moon itself lent her it's beams as clothing and I felt myself become speechless at her beauty, different from a vampires but just as effective if not then more. Her dress was a silky ice blue that set her skin color off even more and truly made her look like she was glowing. The dress in front was short and in the back it flowed to the ground in waves, it was fitted tightly to her slim hourglass figure and held intricate designs within designs embedded in small rare white gems and an odd smoky like layer of the dress. It was strapless with a sweetheart neckline and I felt inferior just staring at her, like I didn't deserve to look at her. Swirls of blue and white glitter ran from her cheekbones up into her hairline by her temples and her lips were a natural pink with a bluish sparkling hue to them.

"Look at you." She eyed me with disgust. "You dare me to show myself but cower when I do." Her eyes softened a fraction and she walked towards me, she was barefoot just like me, and offered me her hand. I shakily took her hand and with surprising strength she yanked me up and out of the water to my feet. "Walk with me." She commanded and began walking back towards the sand and up the beach, I scrambled to catch up to her. I walked next to her and I came up to her shoulder, I felt like an underdressed child next to her.

"Go on ask your questions." Her voice was steely now but at the same time silky.

"Are you Selene?" She laughed at my question and the sound rang pleasantly in my ears.

"No I'm not Selene." My brow furrowed in confusion.

"Then who are you?" I was certain she was Selene.

"I wouldn't go as far to say I'm a moon goddess or a goddess in general but I do have strong ties to both Selene and the moon." Her voice still held amusement and I scowled.

"That doesn't answer my question." I snapped and instead of getting angry she laughed at me again.

"Touchy aren't we?" She mocked me.

"Answer my question!" I exclaimed and was laughed at once again.

"A kitten who thinks it's a tiger." She said and turned her face towards me, she was smirking at me.

"What?" I was confused now.

"You're a kitten who thinks it's a tiger." She clarified and I ground my teeth together.

"Okay fine I'm a cat, now will you tell me who you are?" The smirk remained on her face.

"Edward was right you are a persistent little thing." My heart stopped and my throat closed up.

"You know Edward?" I choked out and a small sob passed my lips.

"I know of him."

"I'm tired of all this cryptic bs just give me straight forward answer already!" I yelled and watched as her eyes lit up and a breathtaking smile illuminated her face.

"There's the warrior I was looking for." Her voice held satisfaction and she eyed me with a proud look in her unmatching eyes. "And no I don't know him I've only seen your memories of him, I'm Yunicia."

"So I had to blow my top for you to give me a straight forward answer?" My voice was incredulous and a tad bitter.

"You know you're very rude to someone who took your nightmares away for the night." She said it like a statement and a small gasp escaped my lips.

"But I didn't think it would really happen." I exclaimed in a high pitched voice.

"Or you didn't want it to happen?" She supplied and I felt my mouth drop open before snapping shut.

"Of course I wanted them to go away why wouldn't I?" I locked my jaw and glared up at her.

"Because the pains the only thing that reminds you that he was real." Her voice wasn't soft but it wasn't hard either.

I shook my head frantically and balled my fists in anger. "No no no no that's not why." But I knew she was right, I just didn't want to face the truth.

"You're forgetting I can hear your thoughts." Her voice had a calming effect and I felt tears press into my eyes.

"I miss him." Was all I croaked out before dissolving into tears.

"I know you do, I can feel it." I only nodded my head weakly at her words. "I know someone who can help you though." My head snapped up at her words.

"W-who?" My voice cracked.

"Jacob Black." I had forgotten all about him, for some reason I nodded my head at the new information. Tears were still streaming down my face and I was slightly hyperventilating, I felt the hole in my chest grow bigger.

"This isn't helping." I snapped. "You were supposed to take away my nightmares but you only morphed them into something worse." My words were slightly garbled by my excessive sobs that were increasing in volume.

"I hope you realize that not everything will come easy to you in life, if you want peace and happiness you're going to have to work for it not expect it to just come at your beck and call like a loyal dog. The same thing with anything else you want." She seethed and her rage sent me taking a few steps backwards. "You've had a pretty good life so far and you're going through this because someone left you? I'm not saying that missing him is wrong I'm saying letting your pain rule your life like this will only destroy yourself more than Edward ever could. Yes miss him but don't let you missing him define who you are, live your life the way he wanted you to." By the end of her speech the rage had leaked out of her voice and it was replaced with almost a soft voice but not quite. My shoulders sagged and all the fight I had left in me vanished into thin air replaced with shame, shame in myself for letting Edward leaving me define who I am.

"I love him though and I thought he loved me." Was my answer to her speech.

"I know." She said in a steely voice and I felt like a child being scolded by their parent. "Look I'm here to help you with your nightmares not give you a lesson on how to live your sad life." I narrowed my eyes at her for her comment but kept my mouth shut. Before I could react her hand shot out and yanked me to her by the front of my shirt, I didn't expect her to do what she did next. She pressed a soft kiss to my forehead, her lips burned with an icy heat when they touched my skin and I let out a cry of pain. I struggled in her grip but she kept me in place with just one hand knotted in my shirt and the other firmly holding my chin, I felt completely powerless in her grip. I could feel her lips burning into my skin and struggled harder in her grip but she wouldn't budge, tears leaked faster down my cheeks. She pulled back and blew on the spot she kissed, her icy cool breath fanned over my face and a strange peacefulness took over me. She let go of me and I stumbled back a few feet, swaying on my feet I couldn't even remember why I was crying.

"Goodbye Bella." Was all she said before walking straight into the deep blue ocean water.

"Bye Yunicia." It sounded drowsy and I happily rocked on the balls of my feet as I watched her retreating figure. Once she was completely submerged into the water, it began to bubble like it was being boiled. A brilliant white light shot from the water and into the sky, disappearing in the distant moon beams. A slow smile stretched across my face and I lied down on the powder white sand, feeling more happy than I've ever been but also tired, so so tired. My eyes slipped shut and the last thing I saw before slumber took me was the moon shining so brightly I thought of Edward in the sunlight but this time no pain followed the memory.

I slowly opened my eyes and was greeted with the sun shining brightly in my face, I sat up and stretched while yawning. For the first time in as long as I can remember I felt well rested and a small smile inched it's way onto my face. I looked at the rocking chair on the other side of my room and my smile disappeared completely, Edward used to sit there at night.

"Edward." The single word sent a pain rippling through my chest but this time it wasn't as prominent as before. The pain was awful and made me want to break down in tears but it was bearable, and for the first time since he left I felt hope, a small sliver of hope but it was still there. Like a small candle light in a dark room, it only illuminated a small part of my sorrow but it was still there and comforting. I slowly climbed out of bed and dragged my feet across the wooden floor, instead of the large gaping whole in my chest there was only a small desolate ache. I opened my door and winced at the loud creak it made, I didn't need Charlie to come and check up on me right now.

I quietly shut the bathroom door and leaned against it, instead of feeling like it was completely shattered my heart felt like it was cracked and twisted but not completely shattered. A soft sigh passed my lips and I walked towards the sink and was reluctant to look into the mirror, all I would see was an empty shell of what I used to be. Slowly I lifted my face up to the mirror and took a deep breath before I pulled my eyes up to meet my reflection, a startled gasp escaped me.

Staring back at me from the mirror was a faint outline of a sparkling blue print of a pair of full lips, my skin around it was slightly red. My fingers reached up and gingerly touched the marking and I was surprised when there was no pain, in the dream it hurt so much but now I knew.

"It wasn't a dream."

Now three weeks later

Embry's POV

"There's a kickback at the beach tonight are you coming?" Quil asked from across the lunch table. I shook my head and returned my attention back down to the book the English teacher had assigned earlier today. "What why not?"

"Shy people and parties don't mix." He scoffed at my answer and rolled my eyes at his reaction.

"Come on Embry." He groaned and flung a carrot at me from his lunch tray, which I ducked.

"You and Jake can go." I argued but knew I most likely wouldn't be winning this argument like all the time.

"Just come with us damn it." Jake was chuckling at our little argument and I mentally begged him to help me out on this one.

"What am I gonna do the whole time, just sit in the sand and play in the water? No thanks." I muttered and he let out an exaggerated sigh.

"You need to get out there more so just come with us and if you don't like it you can go home." I chewed at my thumbnail as I thought it over, I could just show up and leave as quickly as I got there and the best part is that Quil wouldn't be able to bitch at me. It seemed like a pretty good deal to me but I was still a bit hesitant to fully agree, I don't do well with big crowds of people.

"Okay but you can't bitch at me if I do decide to leave." I deadpanned and returned my attention back to my assigned book.

"Who knows maybe Yuni will be there." Jake said and out of the corner of my eye I could see both Jared's and Paul's heads simultaneously snap towards our direction, I shrunk down just slightly in my seat and buried my face in my book. Jake and Quil noticed my odd behavior and followed where my stare had previously been before looking back at me with expectant looks on their faces. "Why do they keep staring at you?" Jake asked me and I only shrugged, I honestly had no clue why they kept staring at me.

"I don't know but it's starting to freak me out a little." I told them truthfully and sunk a bit deeper in my seat when I felt their stares on me intensify, I was almost whispering could they honestly hear two lunch tables down and over all the noise? I didn't think so but a small feeling in the pit of my stomach told me that they probably could. The thought made a chill run down me spine and litter my flesh in goose bumps.

"Like I was saying maybe Yuni will be there and you can talk to her." I rolled my eyes at Quil but felt my stomach flip.

"There is two things wrong with what you just said first Yuni has been gone for three weeks and second why would I want to talk to her anyway?" My stomach tightened in anticipation for his answer.

"You're always looking at her seat." Jake said and I rolled my eyes.

"I'm curious about why she shows up for only one day and then disappears for three weeks." I told them and I could still feel Paul and Jared's stares on me, it was nerve wracking.

"Just come with us yeah?" Jake pleaded and I sighed heavily before nodding my head yes and shoving my face in my book, all the while I could still feel Jared and Paul's stares burning into me.

Jared's POV

"So is this Yuni chick really like up in the moon or?" Paul asked for about the seventh time this day. Since he was pack now he had to know about the alphas little sisters secret, and ever since he wouldn't let up on it. When I first found out it was mind blowing so I can't really be mad at him for his curiosity but that didn't mean the agitation wasn't there.

"Paul this is the last time I'm going to tell you this so listen carefully." I spoke to him in a low voice so the other people on the beach wouldn't over hear and think we had lost our minds. "I'm not sure how all of this works exactly but all I know is that she's somewhere, in like a weird spirit like form, up on the moon with other spirit like things. I don't know when she will be back because she had told Sam that she would be back in two weeks but it has been three weeks." My teeth were gritted in frustration and Paul looked like he was still trying to process everything I had just told him.

"So we came here why again?" I wanted to hit him.

"Were you not listening to a word Sam said before we came here?" He only shrugged his shoulders as a response. "We're here so we can keep an eye on that Embry kid you idiot." He bristled at my words and a small ripple ran through his body before he calmed down.

"Wait if Yuni has this moon thingy then why doesn't Sam have the same thing?" I rolled my eyes at him.

"I don't know everything Paul." I threw my arms in the air.

"Clearly." He mumbled under his breath and I snorted, we didn't hate each other we just bickered a lot.

"Is it just me or does Embry seem to spineless to be a protector?" Paul asked and I couldn't help but nod my head in agreement with him and then immediately felt bad for it after.

"Well maybe if he does phase it will give him that backbone he's been missing." I suggested and still felt guilty for talking about the kid like that when I didn't even know him enough to give my opinion. We were silent for a while after that and stayed in our positions just barely on the outskirts of the crush of drunk and high teenagers grinding on each other to loud rap music. Whoever said this was going to be a kickback lied there ass off, it was a full blown beach party. If we weren't here strictly to watch that Call kid I would've been in the jumble of people and dancing with a few girls by now, maybe even getting laid right about now. Paul probably would've been doing the same thing, he partied a lot before he phased and was notoriously known for throwing some of the wildest parties. Ever since he phased he had to give that up and pay attention to his duties, he could still party but just not as much as before.

"I don't even see him, this was a waste of time." I could tell Paul was frustrated at not being able to participate in the party and I did feel a bit of sympathy for him but not much, being a protector came with a big price.

"Stop being so impatient." I snapped at him before sighing in frustration, I shouldn't be so hard on him. "If he's not here in the next 10 minuted then we'll leave, deal?"

"Deal." He now had a grin on his face at the thought of being able to leave. We continued to scan the crowd for any sign of Call, a small tingle ran down my spine and made me hyper aware, even more tyan usual. I felt a familiar precense nearing and so did Paul, he stood up straight and looked like he was analyzing everything in sight. Whatever it was it felt powerful, I don't think it was Sam because I could pinpoint his precense from miles away.

"Do you think it's a leach?" Paul asked lowly.

"No..." My voice trailed off, I wasn't so sure at the moment. I felt a cool wind blow around me and in a way wrap around me, I stiffened and sniffed the strange breeze, it didn't have a smell that I could name but it reminded me of strong will. Almost like having indefinite spirit despite the odds. "Did you catch a scent?" I asked.

"Kind of." A crease was between his eyebrows and he looked just as confused as I felt. The strange wind came again but this time it felt like it was pulling me in the direction away from the crowd.

"You felt that to right?" Paul nodded his head a little frantically. "Should we follow it?" I found myself asking.

"It's better then just standing here." He shrugged his shoulders and started walking in the direction the wind went with me trailing behind him. The wind was no longer wrapping around us but more like brushing past us and guiding us further from the party, behind large boulders that sheilded us from others.

"This doesn't feel like a good idea." I felt my voice raise an octave but it was still pretty deep.

"Yeah lets go." He agreed but before we could leave a bluish white mist began emenating from the moon beams, a tinkling laugh ringing from it. And suddenly I knew who it was, Paul on the other hand looked scared for his life. Yuni stepped out of the mist wearing a short ice blue skirt that looked like it was crafted from the night sky, a netted white shirt that looked like she cut the fabric from the moon itself, and a pair of alabaster heals.

My jaw dropped, I had never seen her wear anything other than dark colors and jeans. Her skin held an unearthly glow and she looked like a goddess, I would never tell her that though. Her one golden eye looked like it was a nightlight by the way it illuminated the darkness around us.

"Sup Jared, Paul." A devious smile was eatched onto her face and her eyes twinkled with mischevious. "Long time no see." Dare I say that she actually looked like she was in a good mood.

"How what huh?" Was the only thing Paul could get out of his mouth. Yuni let out another tinkling laugh and walked up to him, I watched her closely, afraid that she might do something.

"You turn into a giant ball of fur when you're angry,and defend La Push from blood thirsty sparkling vampires but this is hard to believe." Her voice held amusement. Now that I thought about what she said the irony was kind of laughable. "Well later." Yuni walked off in the direction of the party with us following closely behind her. As soon as we got near the crush of teens she was already in the crowd dancing, I wasn't going to lie she sure could move. Across the way I saw Call staring intently at her, he looked surprised to see her.

"Hey Paul look." I jutted my chin in Embry's direction.

"About time he showed up." He mumbled under his breath but seemed disheartened that we couldn't leave by now. I felt someone bump into me from behind and turned around but saw no one.

"Sorry." A small voice squeaked and I looked down. A short girl, short by a normal person's standards not just mine, stood staring up at me with a fearful expression, her small mouth forming a shocked 'o'. She came up just below my chest, I felt like I was looking at a child. She nervously wrung her hands, her hair blocked her eyes from my sight.

"Watch where you're going next time short stuff." When that left my mouth her entire body language changed. She balled her hands into small fists, stood up straight, and flicked her hair out of her face and glared harshly at me, staring straight into my eyes.

"I am not short." She ground out. I froze once I looked into her eyes. A shift happened in me, one that was pulling me towards her. A warm feeling filled me and made my heart beat faster, it was like her eyes were staring right through me, cutting through me like a knife. She looked so small and fragile and all I wanted to do was sheild her from anything that could potentially harm her. Her dark brown eyes sparkled in the dim lighting and a blush painted her cheeks, I wanted to hold her and never let go.

"Not you to." Paul groaned from behind me but the words barely registered. "It's bad enough that I have to deal with Sam and Emily." He said the last sentence low so she couldn't hear but I did and like the first sentence the words hardly registered.

I had imprinted.

"Excuse me." She moved and walked around me mumbling incoherent words under her breath.

"Wait uh what's your name? I don't think I've seen you around here." She turned sharply towards me with hurt shining brightly in her big brown eyes, they even watered a little bit. What did I do? "What's wrong?" I stepped towards her but she stepped back and narrowed her eyes at me in a hateful glare that looked so out of place on her sweet face. A heavy ache spread through my chest at the look she was giving me, all I did was ask what her name was.

"None of your damn business." Venom dripped from her words and the ache in my chest got stronger, what did I do? She turned around sharply with a swish of her long hair and stomped off down the beach to were all the cars were parked.

"Nice one." Paul snorted from behind me, I felt like crying. I just imprinted, she hates me for an unknown reason, and I don't even know her name or if I'll ever see her again. "Stop looking like that. Trust me you'll end up seeing her again." He left it at that and no matter how much I pestered him he refused to say anymore than that.

Embry's POV

The only upside to coming to this supposed to be kick back was that I saw Yuni dancing in the crowd. What was she doing here? She shows up for her first day if school, leaves for three weeks, and then suddenly appears at a beach party? How does that work?

What she was wearing exposed every curve of her long body, I felt my cheeks heat up at thinking what it would be like to touch her smooth looking skin. In the moonlight her carmel skin looked like it was glowing, her body moved in time with the beat, and I stayed seated on the log staring at her. Her head whipped around as if she sensed my stare on her, she looked me straight in the eye and rose an eyebrow. I averted my gaze to the sand and dug the toes of my shoes in it, I could still feel her stare on me.

When I looked back up she was gone, I felt relief mixed with a strange sadness at the fact that she was no longer staring at me. Someone sat down on the log with me and I froze, slowly I turned my head and let out a breath of relief. It was only Jake.

"Are you gonna get out there at all?" There was a happy grin stretched across his face.

"No I'm good here." My reply was quiet and I was still scanning the crowd for any sign of Yuni.

"Oh looking for Yuni." It sounded like a statement instead of a question.

My head snapped in his direction. "How did you know?"

"Because I know you." His grin got wider. "And I saw you staring at her while she was dancing." He barked out a laugh at the end.

"Shut up." I laughed along with him. "Hey where's Quil?"

"That way." He pointed in the direction of the crowd a few feet away from us. Quil was dancing with Jessica Abernathy! How?

"Does he not know she is the devil's spawn?" My voice had went up in pitch.

"She was the one that came up to him actually. And right now I don't think he gives a damn." Jake laughed.

"Is he drunk already?" His laughter increased.

"Very." At that I joined in his laughter to the point where my side started hurting and I was out of breath.

"And you just left him like that?" I got out between laughs, we were damn near falling off the log by now.

"He didn't want to listen when I told him he shouldn't do it." Our laughter had subsided by now but the situation was still hilarious.

"Hopefully she doesn't decide to make him her new object of torture." I said and Jake nodded his head in agreement with me. We had both been targeted by Jessica before and it was horrible, the power she holds over the student body is crazy.

"Yeah but I don't think she will, she looks like she's enjoying his company." He was right she was all over him, it clearly looked like Quil might be getting laid tonight.

"But with her you never know." Jake agreed with me. "Hey I'm gonna go get my phone from the car, give me the keys." Jake tossed the keys at me and I got off the log, almost falling over and started walking towards the area with all the cars. I was still surprised that Jake's dad let him take the car considering he's under the age limit. My mom would have flipped out if I asked to use her car. I neared the car and stopped in my tracks, there was a small looking girl sitting against one of the cars with her knees hugged against her chest, and she was full on sobbing. I walked up to her and sat down next to her, she didn't even notice.

"Are you okay?" She jumped at the sound of my voice and her head banged against the car door. "Oh shit I'm sorry!"

"Ow. It's okay and yeah I'm okay."

"Why are you crying?" I was way out of my comfort zone on this one but I couldn't just leave her crying like that.

"Nothing it's stupid." She wiped her face with her sweater sleeves and brushed her long hair out of her face, Kim Conner. About a year ago the Conner's had adopted her and she just always stayed in the background of things, no one really knew much about her. "But thank you for being concerned." She sniffed and a fresh set of tears began rolling down her cheeks.

"If it's so stupid then why are you still crying?" I asked softly. She buried her head in her knees and hugged them tighter to her chest. I awkwardly patted her shoulder not really knowing what else to do.

"I'm sorry you shouldn't have to comfort me I'm fine." She removed her head from her knees and nervously wrung her hands, she offered me a weak smile. "Thank you though." I smiled back at her and stood up, I offered my hand and she took it, I pulled her up with ease. She was so light. Kim lost her footing and fell in my arms, she pulled away with het face burning red, I steadied her while laughing.

"Get away from her." A deep voice growled. I turned around and saw Jared, he looked savage like he could rip me apart with his bare hands, and I did not doubt that he could.

"I-I uh found her crying and-"

"What did you do?" His eyes seemed to cloud over and he began shaking, the veins in his neck were popping out.

"I didn't do anything I-" He cut me off by grabbing me by the front of my shirt and pushing me into the car behind me with such force that it knocked the wind out of me. My feet were dangling a few inches from the floor and I was face to face with him, it was like staring a wild animal in the eye. "I swear I didn't do anything!" My voice was panicked, he was going to kill me.

"Put him down!" Kim yelled at him but he didn't seem to be able to hear her, his shaking got worse to the point that I was shaking along with him. He reared his fist back to hit me and I closed my eyes tight in anticipation, instead of being hit I fell to the floor on my ass and heard a loud thud.

My eyes snapped open and I saw Jared lying on his back about to get up, Yuni was standing in front of me with her back to me. She was no longer wearing her heals but still looked incredibly tall.

"Are you fucking stupid Jared?" She yelled at him, Paul came running around a car and pulled Jared's shaking form off of the floor. Jared snarled at her and struggled in Paul's grip, his eyes were set dead on me.

"Jared lets go." Paul grunted while trying to pull him away from all of us.

"Get him the hell out of here." Yuni yelled at Paul and he momentarily glared at her before refocusing completely on Jared. "For the love of." Yuni marched up to them, reared her foot all the way back, and kicked Jared in his balls. I felt his pain. Jared doubled over almost falling to the floor. "There I made it easier."

"Oh shit." Paul muttered before pulling Jared's almost completely limp body towards the woods. Yuni turned towards me and Kim, her eyes scanned Kim's quivering form with a dissatisfied look on her face. Her gaze landed on me and I felt paralyzed, she walked up to me and offered me her hand. I stared up at her like I was stuck on stupid before snapping out of whatever trance I was in and taking her hand.

Her skin was soft and warm but her grip was strong and firm, with a surprising amount of strength she yanked me up from my spot on the floor. Her eyes raked my body with a blank face, it was almost like she was inspecting me for any injuries.

"Be careful who you piss off next time." She told me and I only nodded my head, she was the same height as me without her heels and I felt like I was being scolded by an adult. She turned towards Kim and looked down at her, the height difference was astounding, Kim barely reached a little below Yuni's shoulder. "And you, well good luck that's all I gotta say." I felt like there was a hidden meaning in what she told Kim.

Yuni walked off down the beach further away from the party and the opposite direction Paul took Jared only seconds ago. My eyes followed the swish of her hips and bounce of her long curly hair. A single question kept running around and around in my head.

What the hell just happened?

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