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Let me explain the whole 'A' thing.

Paul was a lazy git, and therefore couldn't even be bothered to say his one and only cousin's whole name. So from the moment he worked out his brain was of some use, he shortened Ariana to ' A'.

Wow, that really didn't take much explaining.

Awesome.

We were still standing in the driveway, staring at each other in a way only I and Paul could manage, when a shout caused both of us to jump and spin, ready, at any minute, to tear the offensive noise creator to shreds.

Once I'd seen the source of the noise, that thought was blown from my mind.

A tall, familiar boy of many years ago stood before us, leaning casually against the door frame, smiling and holding his arms open to me, indicating a hug.

A hug which I, to be honest, really wanted.

"Jacob!" I ran to him, and fell into the arms of one of the only people I could call a best friend.

So far that's him, Paul, and a few others.

"Hey there Ariana." He pushed me away and looked over to Paul.

A little too late I realised what they were going to do.

I was known to well; even my 'couldn't care less' attitude towards some situations would not allow me to consider running when the time came to meet the others inside.

So Paul and Jacob had taken my arrival into their own hands. One pair of hands wrapped around my legs, the other on my shoulders. I squirmed to no avail. So I allowed them to take me into the room of which I could see the pack.

Needless to say, they found the fact that I was carried in through the door one of the funniest things ever.

Paul and Jacob set me down, and after I'd shot 2 quick glares towards the traitors, I turned to the assembly with one hefty smile.

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There was a cough, and for the second time that day, I squealed.

"Sam! Emily!" Two of my favourite people ever had just walked in. The women hugged me tight, and slipped out of the front door with Paul and Jacob, to grab my bags. The man stood and smiled, before giving me a one armed hug.

I was starting to realise just how happy I was to be there. I wasn't expecting that.

I smiled and raised my eyebrows at Sam, before gesturing towards the onlooking pack. He looked confused, resembling a dog that cannot work out why he is tied to tree, which is kind of ironic, if you think about it.

Eventually, he realised what I was on about.

"Oh yeah! Umm, everyone.." The entire group of boys, and one girl, whom I assumed to be Leah Clearwater, sat up straighter at their alpha's command. Sam continued to speak. "... this is Ariana Victoire, cousin of Paul. She is joining our pack." Everyone nodded, instantly accepting their new pack member.

I stood there awkwardly. I mean, what am I meant to say? Smile and wave like some brain dead idiot? I didn't want to resemble Paul any more than I already had to.

That was when I really clicked onto the silence that surrounded me, and cringed at the thought of making a speech.

Bloody traditionalists. Normally, I had no time for traditions.

Thank god for the untimely interruption of Paul, Jacob and Emily falling through the door with armfuls of the over packed, heavy luggage bags that I had only just squeezed into my car.

Oops. I'd forgotten to warn them. Never mind; they'd saved me from being forced to speak.

I made to help them; it was my stupid crap after all. But Sam stuck his arm out in front of me, and I bounced off it. I twirled and went to grab his head. It was only his height that stopped me from beating him to a bruised mess.

That was another similarity I had with my cousin; we both had the same short temper, which led to more than occasional scuffles between each other.

The pack was laughing now; I knew I was quickly becoming one of the few people who didn't need to make an effort to have people rolling on the floor. This was going to become tiresome, I could tell. Well woop dee doo.

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Sam went to speak to me, not even cracking a smile. He was the alpha, a man who could not be distracted by a silly reaction to a girl falling on her arse.

"Ariana, wait a sec. The rest of the pack will be back from their rounds soon, and you'll see us all together. Then you can leave." His commanding tone scared me a little; the first few and only times I had met Sam before, he'd been like a jolly big brother.

I never realised just how brilliant an alpha he would be.

I nodded, and leant against the wall, sighing. I was now getting bored, and I knew, as soon as I got tetchy, I'd end up phasing and ripping apart Emily's kitchen. That would not be good.

I think Paul recognised the signs, because he stood and went to distract me by throwing a fork at my head.

I caught it with ease and threw it back, cracking up at Paul's surprise when it bounced off of his skull.

He really was the biggest idiot of the village. Not that we were in a village.

Why did I even see that?

Footsteps outside announced the arrival of around 5 more people, and, low and behold, in walked the rest of the pack.

Instant mutterings burst from all of the pack members as they greeted each other, threw food to the recent patrollers, and allowed for them to sit. I got some strange stares from the new arrivals, and I started to take in their faces.

I recognised Embry, an old friend, but the others were new to me.

Some seemed incredibly young, though I knew it was possible; I'd been a mere child when I'd first discovered my 'annoying little habit.' It didn't really surprise me.

I hugged Embry, who, as he always did, pulled my hair and greeted me with a quick rendition of 'dun dun dun..." I smiled at the others.

One face caught my eye. He stared at me.

Oh shoot.