Once they had passed a sign stating they were in La Push, Sam relaxed a bit. "I'm going to call a pack meeting tonight where you can meet the rest of the guys and girl. Are you hungry?" he asked. "Starved." Aimee said. "Ok we'll stop by my place and Emily will get you something to eat. I do ask you to refrain from staring at her." Sam said. Aimee waited for him to elaborate but Sam had gone silent and pulled into the driveway of a small house. Once inside, the tiny house was filled with the smell of someone cooking. "Hello honey" a woman said and kissed Sam. Aimee suddenly realized what Sam had meant and looked down and started picking at her nail polish. The woman would have been absolutely beautiful if it had not been for the scars that ran down her face and arms. "Emily, this is Aimee, a new wolf." Sam said. Emily looked shocked. "But, how?" she asked. "I have no clue yet. She was brought to Carlisle by a stranger. He called me when he noticed the signs." He said. "Well I've made spaghetti and garlic bread. Help yourself Aimee." Emily said. "Thanks." Aimee said and she and Sam sat and ate in silence.
After dinner Sam called a meeting with the pack. They sat around their usual camp fire site. "Where's Jacob?" Sam asked. "Um it was the vampire girl's wedding today…" a boy said. Actually Aimee wasn't sure if any of them were boys, but men. They were all HUGE. "Quil. Go get him and tell him it's an emergency." Sam said sternly. The guy named Quil rose and started running in the direction to another of the small houses. " So uh, who's the new girl?" Another one asked. "Wait for the other 2 to return and I'll explain what I can." Sam said. "She's pale enough to be a bloodsucker." Another one of them said. "Excuse me?!" Aimee asked. "A bloodsucker. A vampire. You're awfully pale, but you don't stink. I'm confused." He had said. "Enough Embry. Just calm down. Look here they come now." Sam said. The Quil boy was now being followed by an equally large boy who was looking at the ground. "When I call a meeting I expect you to be here Jacob." Sam said. "Yah I know." Jacob said without looking up. "Alright so everyone this is Aimee. I'm not sure how exactly to explain it or how it's even possible considering she's not from around here as most of you could probably tell," he eyed Embry as he said his words, "but she's one of us." The boys around the camp site all inhaled sounds of shock. Aimee sat next to Sam, still wondering if she'd somehow hit her head and entered some crazy other dimension were everyone thought they were mythical creature. Thinking to herself that if it were up to her, she'd totally be Sahdowhunter. Guess she couldn't even control her dream life. With a sigh she looked around the circle. "Aimee this is Quil, Embry…" Sam started naming and pointing to people. When he'd reached the boy who wouldn't look up he informed her that his name was Jacob, the 2nd in command. Only then did Jacob look up. Aimee had no idea what just happened.
It was as if a bunch of volts of elecrticity had just entered her body. Jacob didn't break his stare on Aimee, taking in her presence. He took in all her features; how extremely pale she was against the contrast of the dark Quileute boy skin around her, how she looked like a porcelin doll being as short as she was, her long black hair and her vibrant green eyes. Suddenly there were giggles around the circle and the Jacob boy stood up. "Fuck." He said and started back towards the little house. "Um what the hell just happened?" Aimee asked Sam. As the other boys continued into full blown laughter (which sounded almost like a storm), Sam looked confused. "Well that's something that's never happened before. Normally we only imprint with humans. This might complicate things." He said. "Imprint? What the fuck are you talking about and why the hell are all these giants laughing?" Aimee said, getting angry. "I think you should go talk to Jacob. He lives in that little red house just over that hill." Sam said. "Ok I'll take the bait. Time to dive even further down the rabbit hole, she thought to herself.
Aimee knocked on the door to the small house. "Come in!" yelled a voice. Aimee opened the door to see a man in a wheelchair. "Oh,uh, sorry I guess I have the wrong house. You wouldn't happen to know where a Jacob lives do you?" she asked. "Yes he's in that room right there." The man said and pointed to a closed door. "Um thanks." Aimee said and walked to the door wondering if she should knock. For fear of being denied entry she chose to barge in. "Why are you here?" Jacob asked sourly. "Chill the fuck out. Wanna tell me what just happened back there?" she asked. Jacob repositioned himself on the bed. Aimee finally got a full glance of him in the light. He was tall like the other boys and built. Jacob sighed. "We Imprinted." He said sadly. "Am I gonna die?" Aimee asked. "No. To make this short, fate is cruel and has decided you're my soulmate." He said. Aimee took a step back in the tiny room. "Say what?" she said. "Let me ask you something. Do you find me irresistibly attractive and want nothing more than to spend time with me?" he asked. Aimee shivered. "Um ya. It's called hormones. A crush if you will." She said. "Basically. Only this one won't go away. I find you to be the most gorgeous girl I've ever laid eyes on." He said. "So why are you sounding so morose about it?" she asked. "Well before I saw you I was kind of in love with someone else." He explained. "Oh. Well it's not like there's a gun pointed to our heads saying we have to be together. So um I'll go my way you go yours?" Aimee asked. "Not that simple. It'll pain us to be away from each other. I know that in a short amount of time you will mean everything to me. Scary I know." He said. "So explain something to me. How does this all work? Today's been the most confusing day of my life." Aimee said. "Well it's something we're born with. For some reason there's this force, kind of like fate, that finds our soul mates. Some may argue with it but it's never wrong. You could look for someone else but no one will be more right for you than I am. Only it's weird. It wasn't supposed to happen if you're also a werewolf." Jacob explained. "And in the movies and dating commercials they make it seem like it's so hard to find your soul mate" Aimee joked. Jacob let out a little laugh. "You're cute when you smile." Aimee said and Jacob blushed. "So what are you supposed to do about this other chick you love?" Aimee asked. "Nothing. She married my enemy today." Jacob said. "This town is f-u-c-k-e-d." Aimee said. "Something like that. You got a place to stay? I can sleep on the couch. Tomorrow Sam's probably gonna start teaching you our ways." Jacob said. "Thanks Jacob." Aimee said and hugged him. He smelled comfortable and safe. Musky and forest like.
Jacob grabbed a blanket and pillow and made a make shift bed on the couch when Billy came to talk to him. Jacob explained everything and Billy erupted with pride for his son before heading off to his room. Aimee had changed into a t-shirt Jacob had lent her, only it was more like a dress on her 5'5" self as compare to the 6'7"-ness of Jacob. She lay on his bed wondering if when she woke up she'd be back at the place she had been running from. Scared over the thought she snuck into the leaving room to sneak a peak at Jacob. He looked so peaceful even though his legs were almost hanging 2 feet off the couch. She walked over to him. "Hey Jacob?" she whispered. "What!? What is it?" he asked urgently. "Sorry didn't mean to startle you. Um I'm kind of scared, will you lay with me?" she asked timidly. Jacob stood up and scooped her easily into his arms and carried her back to the bed. "Sleep well, my sleeping beauty. Tomorrow's gonna be long." He said. He kissed her on the forehead as she closed her eyes and molded comfortably into him, smelling his safe smell. He smiled and closed his eyes.
Aimee was the first one to wake up. She closed her eyes and re-opened them a few times to make sure she was still in Jacob's tiny room. Cautiously she turned to face Jacob. He looked as peaceful as ever; more like a kid than he does when he's conscious. She made a mental note to ask him just how old he was later. As she stared at his lips she had a sudden urge. They looked so soft and inviting and parted slightly. Aimee lifted her head and placed her own lips against his moving them slowly, enjoying how warm he felt against her. Jacob's eyes suddenly opened and he smiled before placing his hand behind her neck and pulling her in closer. Aimee pushed Jacob onto his back and straddled him while the kiss deepened. Jacob pushed Aimee's hair out of her face and placed his hands on the small of her back while slowly beginning to thrust his hips up against her. Aimee let out a little laugh and pulled away. "Well good morning to you too." Jacob said as Aimee rolled off of him and laid her head between his shoulder and neck. "Sorry I needed to see what your lips felt like." She said. "And? What's the verdict?" Jacob asked. "Warm. Safe. Perfect." Aimee said with a smile. "Well feel free to wake me up whenever you wish." Jacob said. Aimee laughed.
"You hungry? I'm starved!" Jacob asked. "Sure. But can I use your shower first, I feel really gross." Aimee asked. "Sure. You shower and I'll make us some breakfast." Jacob said and handed her a towel from the laundry on his dresser. "Thanks." Aimee said and started to walk out the door. She turned around and kissed Jacob one more time before walking to the bathroom.
When Aimee was done in the shower, she wasn't exactly sure what to wear. The bag she had been carrying around with all her clothes and toothbrush in hadn't made it to the hospital with her. She put Jacob's t-shirt back on and walked towards the kitchen. "I made pancakes!" Jacob said enthusiastically showing her the mountain on the table. Aimee laughed at how excited he was. "I've never had pancakes before." She said. Jacob looked shocked. "How can that be?" he asked. "We only got oatmeal for breakfast growing up." She said. "Well then I'm sorry mine are the first you have to try. I'm not very good at the whole cooking thing, Emily normally feeds us." Jacob explained. Aimee was already sitting down and pilling the pancakes on a plate then drowning them in syrup. She took a big bite and smiled. "These are like glory on a plate!" she exclaimed. Jacob laughed and started on his own pile. "Hey! Where'd all my syrup go?" Aimee asked. "Pancakes soak it up real fast." Jacob explained. "Oh" Aimee said, her checked getting red with embarrassment. Jacob just laughed and poured more syrup on them.
They were almost done when there was a knock on the door. "C'mon in!" Jacob yelled from the table. Sam walked into the kitchen. "Hey guys so I was thinking we'd start training you today." He said the Aimee. She sighed. "So I guess you guys weren't really kidding about the whole wolf thing, huh." She said. "Um no. We take this seriously around here." He said. "Ah. Well if it's ok with you I'd really like to be able to go get a toothbrush and some clothes. All my stuff got lost." She said. "Ok tomorrow night then. Jacob will you bring her to the cliffs?" he asked. "Sure thing Sam. See ya tomorrow" Jacob said.
Before leaving, Aimee put the scrubs back on since it was the only pair of pants in her possession and was thankful for the first time in her life that she had small boobs since her bra had mysteriously disappeared also. Than she and Jacob hopped into his Rabbit and they set off to the local mall in Forks. She had a wad of cash she had stolen from her ex. His drug money. Money he was going to be pissed about when he wouldn't be able to find it. While they were shopping Jacob kept laughing at Aimee since she had to roll up the pant legs on every pair of jeans she tried on. She finally settled for the shortest pair she could find and they moved on. Within 2 hours she had found enough close to last her until laundry days, and a toothbrush and other toiletries. Jacob even bought her a bikini so that they could go swimming so long as she modeled them for him. "Finally done. Let's go back" she said.
When they got back to La Push, Aimee changed into clean clothes and put her hair up in a messy ponytail. Jacob whistled at her then took her hand and started leading her out of the house. Soon they were sitting against a log on the beach. "So this is really weird, right?" Aimee said. "Yes and no." Jacob said. "I mean I don't get this whole Imprint thing. Like I defiantly felt it and still feel it. I feel like if I were to leave I would fall apart and never feel this way about anyone else again and that scares me." She said. "Why?" he asked. "I don't like feeling dependent and vulnerable. I've tried to be in control of my life while failing at every single thing." Aimee said. Jacob lifted her easily into his lap and played with her hair. "It's in my nature to protect you. But I want you to be happy with your life so if you feel that you're losing control just let me know." He said. Aimee kissed his softly and nuzzled against his bare chest. "So what's your story? She asked suddenly. "What do you mean?" Jacob asked. "Like how are you who you are today. What's happened in your life?" Aimee said. "Well… it's been just me and my dad for a long time now. Mom died when I was really young so I don't really remember her and my sister doesn't live on the reserve anymore. I have awesome best friends and up until last year none of us knew of the existence of werewolves. I was really upset about the whole thing at the beginning since it was causing problems between me and this girl – " "The one you loved right?" Aimee interrupted. Jacob nodded. "Anyways now I love it. The speed, the thrill, everything. What about you. How'd you end up here?" he asked.
Aimee took a deep breathe. "Well I grew up being shipped from foster house to foster house until I was 15 and I ran away with this guy. We had a shit apartment in a crack neighborhood in New York. I thought it was love. I was convinced he hit me because he loved me and that I deserved it for not being able to give him what he needed. Then one night a few days ago he had a really bad trip. I never touched the stuff, it scared the shit out of me. But he got scary and violent so I packed a bag. I had a secret account hidden from him so he wouldn't spend my money on drugs. I've been working multiple jobs over the years trying to save up enough money to get my ass out of that place and make something of myself, to prove everyone wrong, you know? Anyways I bought a train ticket to Seattle then started hitch hiking to wherever. I guess I was here when they found me. I'm not exactly sure what had happened when I woke up. Now I'm here and everyone's telling me I'm a werewolf and it's freakin me out and then of course there's this whole thing with you" She finished. Jacob held her a little closer. "You don't remember because you phased. It's completely logical. It never happened to you before because it only happens to us when there are vampires around. This must have been the first time you've come in contact with them and that's why it's never happened before now." Jacob said. "Well I guess we find out tomorrow." Aimee said. They sat quietly a little while longer staring at the waves.