"What did he mean by that, Embry?" I asked him, and he suddenly looked back up to me.

"We need to get to Emily's. Be prepared, Bella, you're about to have an information overload tonight." I finally let go of his hand, feeling the loss of contact immediately. We walked to my truck and without any words, he jumped in the drivers seat and I reluctantly got in the passenger seat. Jared was already standing in the back. It was a very quiet ride there, and Embry's eyes seemed to be glued on the road as I took the time to study him. I didn't know what was happening, but I felt like if I walked away from him I would be lost. Why did I feel like that? Why was I itching to touch him, to feel his werewolf heat? Why was I no longer conflicted over Edward or Jacob? It was like all of the romantic feelings were gone immediately, and I felt like they should be there, but they just weren't.

We pulled up to a wooden house deep in the forest and they both hopped out. I rolled down the window.

"Hey I think we should go back and see if Jacob's alright." I told them and they both started laughing.

"I hope Paul sinks his teeth into him, serves him right." Jared said as they walked toward the house.

"No way, Jacob's a natural. Did you see how he phased on the fly? I got 5 says that Paul doesn't touch him." Embry told Jared. "Come on in, Bella. We won't bite." He yelled back to me, but his eyes were glistening with play. It stirred something deep inside me.

I reluctantly got out of the truck and walked toward Embry who had turned back around to tell me something.

"Oh look, about Emily, Sam's fiancée, don't stare. It bugs Sam." He said before walking inside. I was confused. "Why would I stare?" I asked but he was already inside.

I walked just inside the door to see Jared grabbing a muffin and Embry walking over to a woman, who I assumed to be Emily, whispering in her ear. Her eyes went wide for a second as she turned around. Embry walked back past me, out to the porch and I could feel our proximity to each other. "Go, talk to Emily." He told me before sitting on the edge of the porch and putting his head into his hands. Why was he upset?

I turned back to Emily inside and she turned around carrying a tray of muffins. I saw her face and immediately knew why he had said not to stare. She had jagged scars running down one side of her face that looked like claw marks.

"You must be Bella, come in." She said with a cheerful smile. "Muffin?" She asked and I hadn't realized how hungry I actually was.

"Sure." I said, walking up to get the muffin she handed me. "So you're the vampire girl?" She asked and I could have sworn I heard a growl from outside.

"Not… not anymore." I replied, honestly believing it now. "You must be the wolf girl." I said and she just laughed. "Guess so, well I'm engaged to one." She said and motioned me to sit down, but I declined.

"Is Embry ok?" I asked her and she looked up at me with a soft smile.

"He's a bit conflicted, but he'll be fine. Why don't you take him a muffin. I'm sure he's hungry." Emily said, handing me another muffin. I wondered what she meant by conflicted? I took the muffin and walked back out onto the porch, sitting down next to him, handing it to him before taking a bite of my own.

"Thanks." He said, taking the muffin before biting nearly half of it off in one bite.

"Are you going to tell me what happened back at Jakes?" I asked him and he closed his eyes.

"It's a wolf thing." He muttered, but I could sense it was much more than that.

"I gathered that much. Are you going to tell me what it is?" I asked him.

"Bella, I—" He was about to talk when we heard the same animal call from the woods, where Sam, Paul, and Jacob were walking towards us. "I need to talk to Sam." I felt disappointed at the fact that I still had no answers and now Embry was getting up and walking in the other direction, Sam running to catch up to him.

Jacob was walking up to me after Paul passed by, walking inside. "What's up with Em?" Jake asked as he walked up and helped me to my feet. His touch didn't feel right anymore. I let go immediately.

"I don't know." I told him honestly, but something inside me was telling me not to say anymore until I spoke with Embry himself.

I walked around to the edge of the house, and peered around the corner, where I could see Sam and Embry speaking about something quietly before Sam put his hand on Embry's shoulder and then hugged him. It could feel a small tug pulling from my chest in Embry's direction and he looked up immediately, seeing me peeking. I felt a blush rise to my cheeks before I quickly turned around and walked inside the house.

I stood by the counter watching Jacob, Paul and Jared shoving muffins in their faces before Sam walked inside.

"Jacob, Embry needs to speak with you, outside." Sam said seriously in a tone I hadn't heard. Jacob's expression immediately went blank and he nodded, walking outside.

"Do you think they'll be alright?" I heard Emily ask Sam and he walked up to her, wrapping his arms around her looking down at her with the most loving, devoted expression I'd ever seen before kissing all of her scars several times.

"They have no choice but to be." He told her and I wondered what was happening. No one would tell me.

"Can someone please tell me what is going on?" I asked and they all turned to me.

"Bella, Embry will explain everything once he is done talking to Jacob." Sam said to me, just before I heard growling outside. Suddenly, I saw two large wolves, fighting each other just outside the window. One was a red brown I recognized as Jacob and the other was a dark gray, whom I could immediately tell was Embry.

"Why are they fighting?" I asked, watching out the door as Jacob viciously attacked Embry, but Embry was attacking back just as hard.

"Because Em broke the biggest rule in the bro code, and not even on purpose!" I heard Jared say and Paul smacked him in the back of the head. What did that mean?

Sam shook his head and walked outside towards the wolves. "Enough!" He commanded and they both stopped, looking at him. "What's done is done, respect it." I heard Jacob's wolf whimper as he ran into the woods fast. Embry's wolf looked at me with an unreadable expression before I found my feet taking me to him without even knowing it. I walked up to him, noticing just how huge the wolves were up close. I wasn't scared of him, not even a little. I reached up and touched his face, making him lean into my hand while sniffing me. He moved closer to me and put his nose under my chin, between my shoulder and neck, sniffing.

Before I knew it, he loped off into the woods before walking out moments later with only his shorts on.

"Take a walk with me?" He asked and I found myself nodding as I walked in his direction. I followed him down a path that lead to the beach below.

"Will you tell me what happened now? And what was that with Jake?" I asked, not being able to hold it back any longer.

"I had to tell him before I talked to you, it was only fair. Jacob has been my best friend since we were babies and what just happened essentially was like the spirits way of me stabbing him in the back on accident." He told me and I just looked at him.

"So what happened?" I asked, needing to know now.

"Like I said, it's a wolf thing. It was supposed to be super rare to happen, and I definitely didn't think it would happen to me, seeing as I'm only half Quileute, which was a surprise that I even phased at all." He was rambling now.

"Embry, just tell me." I told him, grabbing his arm to stop him and turn him around to look at me.

"I imprinted on you, Bella." He said and I stared up at him in confusion.

A/N: I love Embry, I really do. He just seems so sweet. I also have a Bella/Paul story in the works because I cant help but favor the misunderstood.