Ever wondered what happens when a werewolf imprints on a 2 year old?

Chapter 2

Quil's P.O.V.

Once I'd dropped off Claire, Sam called and asked Embry and me to run patrol around Forks; we had just finished our shift and were passing the Cullen's house on our way back. I'd been worrying about Claire at that damn party all night and I was starting to really annoy Embry.

She'll be fine man, Jake's there to keep an eye on her.

Yeah I knew that but I also know that it doesn't take much for Jake to be distracted by Nessie and take his eye off the ball. I had to phase, just to have a quick peek inside and check everything was ok.

She won't thank you for it Quil.

Get out of my head Embry. I ran off to phase.

He was only trying to be rational but he didn't understand how irrational imprinting was. I'd been looking out for Claire since she was 2, going through all the stages of nanny to brother to best friend, now she was practically all grown up, 2 months away from her 18th birthday and was becoming quite sexually aware, flirting with guys and picking up on anything I said that could be construed as something else. It was so confusing; when she got to this stage she was supposed to magically fall in love with me, or so the legends go anyway; instead I seemed to be the only guy she wasn't interested in, if it kept going like this she would soon have a new boyfriend and I'd get pushed further and further out of her life. Sam and Emily had said it would pass and our time as a couple would come but I'm not so sure, maybe my imprint was different, maybe she would never want to be more than friends.

I had tried to come to terms with this fact but I was struggling badly, I couldn't help but want Claire as more then just my best friend, she had grown into one amazing young lady with such a beautiful mind and a killer body. When she appeared on the stairs in that dress today I was sure the Cullens could hear my heart racing all the way back in Forks.

I got dressed quickly (I had already planned ahead and packed appropriate clothing) and made my way over to the house.

What the hell?! Ok now I wish I hadn't bothered! I'd looked through the window and all I could see was my Claire slow dancing with some scumbag that had his hands all over her! I'm going to tear this kid to pieces!

"Oh hey Quil, I wondered where that extra stench was coming from. What are you doing here?" Emmett, one of the Cullen vampires was cool with Jake and me and was as friendly as a vampire can be to his sworn enemy but I wasn't in the mood for his banter. I nodded over to him but kept on route to the dance floor. That was until Jake intercepted me anyway.

"Whoa, not so fast Quil, Esme wouldn't like it so much if you tore her house down and spilt human blood all over the place". He started laughing as he envisioned the scene but choked it back when he saw the expression on my face. I was reeling in anger and the proximity of Claire was the only thing stopping me from phasing there and then.

Jake pulled me outside and got Jasper to give him a hand at calming me down.

"That's funny, I can feel waves of jealousy coming from you and a huge amount of awkwardness and longing coming from Claire." Jasper stated.

What the hell?! Was this blood-sucker trying to calm me down or sentence the guy in there to death?! Feeling my anger heighten Jasper went back to work with his freaky vampire powers, but not before adding that he didn't think that Claire was longing for the guy she was dancing with.

What did that mean? Who was she longing for? It couldn't be me, she didn't even know I was there but why else would Jasper say that? Don't even go there Quil, It's not worth the heartache.

Eventually I was calm enough to go inside, I wasn't going to let Claire see how jealous I was and start distancing herself from me. Jake didn't trust me to behave though and remained close to my side.

"Hey Claire-bear" Ha as much as I hated embarrassing Claire I couldn't miss the opportunity to put this punk off of her. Not that a cute name would work when she looks so damn hot…quit it Quil get a grip.

"Quil! What are you doing here?" The object of my imprinting asked with a huge smile on her face. Damn, why did she have to look so happy to see me-"and do you have to call me that in front of my friends? It's embarrassing." She tried to sound annoyed but she just looked cute.

"'Claire-bear' I like that, it's almost as cute as you." The kid all over Claire replied, giving her a wink and a cheesy smile that turned my stomach. How dare he use my nickname fore her! I let out a low growl I just couldn't contain and he looked up at me noticing I was pissed off and not about to leave.

"Erm hey, I'm Shane, nice to meet you" The scumbag put his hand out for me to shake. I just looked at it and carried on speaking to Claire as if he wasn't there.

"I told you I was gonna help chaperone; what you dancing with this shrimp for anyway? Do the rest of the guys here all stink of dogs or something?" She couldn't help but laugh at our private joke, clearly pissing Shane off in the process.

Claire was quick to ease the kid's irritation, "I'm sorry Shane that was a private joke, Quil just has a really dry sense of humour" She said pouring on her usual charm with the guys. Hell I could rip that bastards head off.

"That's cool, I may be the shrimp but I'm dancing with the girl" He winked at her again then turned to look at me with the most disgustingly smug grin.

"Were dancing with the girl, but now I've arrived you can fuck off" I gave him a look that could kill 10 men his size and felt Jake and Seth move in behind me to emphasize my desire for his departure.

"Quil! That wasn't fair, I like him" She pouted but couldn't hold back a smile, god I loved that smile.

I couldn't help but shift closer to her, puting my hands on her small waist, "Sure you did Claire-bear, pft, Shane, what kind of a name is that anyway?" I said pulling her closer to dance…perhaps a little to close.

Her breath caught in her throat and her cheeks blushed the most beautiful red, she looked away from me, avoiding eye contact, "I like his name, it reminds me of some sexy southern cowboy" She didn't sound at all convincing but I was making her uncomfortable so I regrettably took a step back, allowing more space between us.

"Oh please, he didn't look like he'd done an ounce on manual labour his whole life"

"What's up with you anyway? You're always so protective over me when it comes to other guys. I don't get it Quil they can't all be bad guys." She turned her gaze back to me, looking me straight in the eyes and I knew she could see straight through me. She was searching for something.

What was I supposed to say? Because the law of imprinting says you're mine and I don't want any dirty little shrimp with his hands all over you. No, so I settled with,

"They are all bad guys where you're concerned, I'm your best friend and I don't want anything to hurt you." Arg why did I have to say best friend!

"So what am I supposed to do Quil? Stay single forever, because as far as you're concerned the only guy that won't hurt me is you".

"And the rest of the pack" I added quickly.

"Oh ok so I can go out with Embry?"

"NO…I mean…er…do you want to go out with Embry?"

She chuckled then, "No, I don't want to go out with Embry, I want to go out wi-"

"Quil! We gotta go Sam needs us" Dammit, Jake always has such great timing!

"What for?! Is it important?" I asked showing my annoyance

Jake, picking up on my tone looked at Claire and answered warily "Er yea, the thing we were…erm tracking is back"

I swore lightly under my breath "ok lets go, bye Claire" I kissed her lightly on the cheek.

I didn't want to go but I had to, but not before warning Shane the Shrimp that if he touches her again I'll rip his head off.