(A/N: I just wanted to thank those who reviewed on the first chapter for those nice reviews. I didn't actually expect anyone to even favorite it with only chapter, much less take the time to write a nice little review .

Also I wanted to sort of get the time line clear. So this takes place After the last book, just a few months after the Volturi visited Washington for Renesmee. Embry has already switched over to the Black pack. Clearly Jessica has not left for California yet. Embry is two years younger than Jessica, so by this point Jessica would be 19 or pushing it, leaving Embry at 17 years old. Also as for the year, just to make things slightly less complicated for me, I'm pulling the dates up from what it was so everything lines up to present day. (Though not exactly, it's based early this year, and the Volturi would have visited in the winter of 2015.)

So that's that. If there any questions please feel free to PM me, or leave a review, though remember if you leave a question review, if you have your PM's shut down, or leave it anonymously, you'll have to wait until the next chapter to receive and answer in the form of an Author's note. Also feel free to leave a review, or PM me things you would like to see in the story, and if I feel like it would fit, I might just toss it in. Credit will always be given.)

Embry watched Jessica leave. He found himself unable to tear his eyes away from her as she hurried out the shop and into her car. She even speed out of the parking space she was in such a hurry to get away. Once she was gone, Embry finally looked over at his long time friend, Jacob Black. Jacob watched him in silence for a moment before scratching his neck and saying. "Well, Good luck with that."

"I need to go out." Embry said directly after Jacob's comment. He completely abandoned cleaning up the mess that his now imprint had made and went to the shop sign, flipping it around from 'open' to 'closed'. "Dude, don't. Your mom's going to kill you. You're grounded and trying to shut down the shop early. She lives right in Forks, just wait…and you're not listening." Was the last thing Embry heard from Jacob as he opened the shop door, closing his behind himself and then running into the woods. He took off his shirt and pants and dropped them next to a tree before phasing into his wolf form. He had to know more about her. Jessica Stanley. And if he could manage it, the future Jessica Call. Maybe he was getting ahead of himself though. It was entirely possible she had a boyfriend already. One who she would marry and have five children with. If that were the case, it'd be awkward for sure, though the root of Embry was more concerned with her well being and happiness than being the one who got to sleep with that beautiful creature. But being the one who got to marry her would be the perfect ending.

As Embry began to run through the woods to get to Forks, he found more time to think. Even if Jessica didn't have a boyfriend, did he really want to bring her into the life he lived? Sure the other imprints seemed perfectly happy. But that didn't make it any less dangerous for her to know about what he was, or vampires, or any of it. And then the entire imprint thing seemed to cause more problems when it was brought up than not. Thinking on it more, the only person who'd actually managed a perfectly smooth imprint situation was Jared, whose imprint conveniently had a giant crush on him before he first phased and so was more than happy to be netted with him forever. But Embry was certain that Jessica didn't have a crush on him. In fact he seemed to have freaked her out. And what if he told her everything about himself, and she decided to leave? Then she'd know the tribe secrets, and would be all by herself with them, without him to watch her and protect her. Or at least, not visibly. Embry didn't even need to think about the fact that if she left he'd follow. Only he'd have to try and keep hidden from her if it came to that, as while Embry didn't know much about girls, he knew they usually didn't like being followed. Even when Bella in danger and the wolves were taking shifts outside her house to protect her, it was clear she was not very fond with it.

Bella.

That's it. Embry had been running to Forks, but he didn't actually know where he would be going after he got to the town. He'd only met Jessica very briefly, one time, years ago. He didn't know where she lived. But Bella Cullen did. Embry jumped up and turned around, heading in the opposite direction that he had been going. He was taking the short cut to Bella and Edward's home. The cottage they shared together with their daughter Renesmee. Embry was almost certain that Bella hadn't spoken with her old friends since before the birth of her daughter. Bella hadn't really spoken to anyone who wasn't directly in the know of what happened besides her parents. And that was just as well. The more people that found out, then the more people there would be to connect the dots, which meant the more people that would find out the bigger truth, and finally the more people that would end up dead because of it. Best to keep everything on the down low. That in itself was the main reason Embry hadn't even told his own mother about what he was, and instead willingly took being yelled at each morning and furthering his ever straining relationship with his mother. They might not have been on the best terms, but Embry loved his mother, and that's why he never told her his secret. To protect her. Even at the risk of her resenting or even hating him for it. Though Embry knew his mother would never hate him. Despite the trouble he'd caused her since before he was even born. If anything there was to admire his mother on, it was her inner strength. Her will to just keep moving, no matter how tough things got. And she never gave up.

By the time Embry had made it to the house, Edward was already standing outside of it. As Embry moved closer until he was roughly ten feet away, Edward shook his head. Embry resisted the urge to roll his eyes, though he was sure that Edward knew what he was thinking anyway. Edward didn't seem to know what privacy was when it came to the wolves. He'd pick through their thoughts all he wanted, and yet he wouldn't even allow them within ten feet of his home unless it was Seth, Leah, or Jacob. Half the time not even Jacob though, and usually Leah had no interest in hanging around the Cullens anyway. So really it was only Seth. Embry stood there, staring down Edward. This was always awkward. Trying to figure out how to speak with Edward like this. Embry doubted anyone had actually figured out an efficient way yet.

'I need to see Bella.'Embry thought. Maybe thinking words might help his case. Or at least make it easier to communicate what he wanted.

"Why?" Was all Edward asked. Embry felt his teeth grit. How did Jacob put up with this shit? For Nessie. That could only be the explanation. Briefly Embry felt disgusted for Jacob. The poor guy was imprinted to something that was half made out this leech. "That's enough. Keep Renesmee out of this." Edward said the moment he caught Embry's thought.

'I need directions. Jessica Stanley.'Embry informed Edward. He wasn't here to pick a fight. Embry never really came to the Cullen home to argue or fight. He just followed the direction of the alpha, and did what was best for his people and the pack. And after the whole mess with Edward's daughter, Embry had left the Uley pack in favor of the Black pack with Seth and Leah. He missed his old pack, but even after Jacob first left the Uley pack, Embry had felt the impact harder than anyone else. Jacob had been his friend since childhood. And over the years their bond had only grown stronger as they grew to enjoy the same things, and further more when they both phased into wolves. So much so that Sam had originally banned Embry from seeing Jacob when Jacob first left the Uley pack. He was worried that like Seth, Embry would leave the pack in favor of Jacob's. He was right to worry.

"Why?" Was Edward's reply. Again. Embry was really starting to hate him. He could never make anything easy could he?

'She's my imprint. I have to make sure she's okay.'Embry finally admitted. Very unwillingly at that. It wasn't that Embry didn't want and imprint. He'd wanted one even since he'd noticed how happy his pack mates were when they were with theirs. While he had always had to sick back on the sidelines and watch. Not that he'd ever complain. He had always been happy for them. All of them. Even Quil who'd imprinted on a baby. Of course Embry had always thought it strange and fairly uncomfortable that Quil had imprinted on a baby, but he knew Quil had been unable to help it. But seeing the look of pure love and adoration on their faces…well…it had a way of making you feel lonely.

Edward got a deep frown and looked at the ground briefly before he seemed to catch that Embry was wondering what the look on his face was about. "She and Bella weren't as close as you seem to think is all. But…assuming you know she lives in Forks, it's second street, 368." Edward got out finally. Embry looked Edward over suspiciously for a moment before turning away without another thought and running directly for Forks. Now that he knew where he was going, his journey would be a lot quicker. Though he didn't actually know what he planned to do once he got there.

It didn't take as long as Embry had originally thought it would to get to Jessica's home. At first Embry thought he might have made a mistake when he didn't see Jessica right away. But he could pick up on the scent of her from where he stood in the woods just beyond Jessica's backyard. Even though he'd only smelled her scent briefly in the shop, and now, he was already confident that he'd never grow tired of it. He could smell her floral lotions of course, but beneath that, everyone had their own underlying scent. Most indescribable, as it simply smelt like them. Jessica's though, well, hers was something special. At least, to him it was. Embry just kept waiting. And finally, it paid off. He saw movement in one of the windows. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that it was none other than Jessica, who had entered that room, talking on the phone. He could see her smile, someone on the other end was making her laugh as she appeared to sit down in a chair.

Embry knew that he should be heading to patrol. The sun had set by now, and it was his night. But he just couldn't make himself move from that spot where he could see her. Watch her. Was this how Jared, Paul, Quil, Jacob, and Sam felt? They had too. And if they really felt like that, then surely they would understand his lack of self control after imprinting on a girl he knew nothing about. Embry laid down on his paws. Obviously he wasn't going anywhere tonight.

Embry hadn't even realized he'd fallen asleep until he woke up. And when he woke up, he looked directly at the window, only to see Jessica was in the middle of changing her shirt. He felt bad about doing a double take when he first realized what she was doing. But he just couldn't believe it. And she left the her curtains open! To be fair to her though…he was in the woods behind her back yard. It's not like her window was facing her street. She thought she had privacy. So with that in mind Embry quickly closed his eyes, even putting his paws over his nose in a most human like manner so he really couldn't see. He didn't want to see anything that Jessica didn't want him too. And he figured that anything like that would be a long ways out. After what seemed like several minutes, Embry allowed his eyes to open again. Jessica was now fully dressed, and once again, on the phone. Was she on the phone a lot? It appeared so. But maybe she just had people to talk too? If he managed to get Jessica's number, he would probably have to force himself not to call her every second of the day.

"No, I totally wasn't sleeping. Like I've been ready for hours." Embry could hear Jessica's voice from inside her home if he listened closely. Whoever she was talking too, she wasn't being entirely honest. Not if she claimed to be ready for something when he'd only just seen her putting a shirt on. "I'm on my way out right now! I promise, There will be waffles in the freezer before you're home, I promise. I'm on my way to the store right now, dad. " He heard her say as she left the room that he'd been watching her in. It wasn't long before he heard her front door open and close, then her car door, and soon after he spotted her car as it rolled out of the drive way and down the street. So she was going to the store? Well he could certainly work with that. But first he needed clothes. Clothes were essential. At least, he thought so. Clearly it'd been too long since he tried to pick up a girl. Or well, now that he thought of it, he'd never tried to pick up a girl. After he got large from his change, some girls had tried to date him, and he'd tried to date them, but they'd go on one or two dates and Embry would end it there. They just never felt right. Now he knew why.

Embry stood up and stretched briefly before taking off through the woods to get back to his own shop. The shop. Oh crap his mother was going to kill him. He'd have to find a way to sneak in so that she didn't see him. He knew that if she saw him, he'd have to stay behind and listen to her. If he did that, Jessica would have left the store long before he ever got to play out his plan. And it was such a good plan. That's why the moment the shop on the reservation came into view, he phased back into his human form, then went around to the tree that he'd left his pants by and slid them on. He then as quietly as he could went around to the door of the shop and pushed it open, praying it wouldn't wake his probably still sleeping mother. This part seemed to be going smoothly, as the door let out a small chime as it opened and closed leaving Embry to hurry up the steps to the house part of the shop. It was small with a single bathroom, tiny kitchen, small living room, and two small bedrooms. One for his mother, and one for him. His mother's was the one closest to the stairs. He peeked into the open door to his mother still sound asleep. He frowned. She looked exhausted. She always did. She'd told him before she could hardly get to sleep when he disappeared. But it couldn't be helped. Embry continued on to get to his room where he changed into one of his only pairs of jeans, and a t-shirt. Normally he would have liked to just throw on shorts and no shirt, but as it was apparently chilly to the humans, he was sure he'd need to at least be wearing a shirt to avoid prying eyes when he got to the store. Embry then, rather than risking the bell ringing door, opened his window and jumped from his window to the ground. To a human, it might have broken a bone or two. But to a wolf…well…they tended to run sturdier.

Embry then went to his truck. His old truck that he had to pray before he tried to make it start. He was working on it though. He knew it would be a problem when he first got it, but he liked fixing things. Gave him a bit of piece. Especially when it was fixing a car. Or automobile of some kind. After all, Jacob didn't fix up those motorcycles alone. At least, not entirely. Embry got in the truck, started it up, and began is journey back to Forks. With any luck, he'd be at the only grocery store in the town with enough time to execute his plan before Jessica came out. And so he did. After a twenty minute drive, he pulled into the parking lot of the grocery store, and spotted Jessica's car immediately. He knew he wouldn't have a lot of time though. He pulled up a few spots down from Jessica's car and parked, then ran over to her car and pushed the hood up. He then pulled at a few wires, and unplugged a battery before he shut the hood and headed towards the door of the store, just in time to see Jessica coming out of it, her arms full of bags. She stopped in her tracks when she spotted him and raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Oh! Uh, hi, there? I didn't know you shopped here." She said, obviously confused. Embry now had to attempt to act "normal".

"Not really, but occasionally. There's a few things you can get here that we can't get at a store on the res though." That wasn't a lie either. A few brands just didn't cater to the considerably poorer stores on the reservation. "Do you need help with those?" Embry asked, immediately leaning in to help her with her bags but Jessica shook her head. "Nope! My car is just over there, I don't want to hold you up. Plus I'm kind of in a hurry." Jessica replied, laughing nervously at the end as she did an exaggerated gesture with her head as if to point out her car while she turned down his offer. Embry pulled his hands away and nodded. "Okay…well…I guess, I'll see you around, maybe?" He said as more of a question, though knew he would make damn sure he saw Jessica again. But he didn't want to freak her out again by insisting he would. So Embry went into the store and grabbed a few cheap and fairly random things before exiting. He had to keep the smile down when he spotted Jessica's car still in the parking lot, and a very frustrated Jessica sitting in the car still attempting to start it. Embry took a deep breath and walked back to his own car. He didn't want to look too eager. He took his time setting his one bag in the back seat before he closed the door and turned around to see Jessica's car still there. He walked over and finally knocked on the window. She looked up startled, apparently having been concentrating on turning her key to death and hitting the steering wheel while exclaiming a certain profanity. Jessica's window then slowly rolled down. "Are you okay in there?" Embry asked, sounding concerned, though he was just glad that Jessica didn't appear to know anything about cars.

"My car won't start." Jessica admitted, her frustration clear by her expression. "Do you want to let me take a look? I'm pretty good with cars." Embry offered, and finally Jessica began to nod. Very slowly. "Would you? That would be great because I know, like, nothing. At all. I can't even change a tire." She replied, speaking fairly quickly once he got her talking. "I guess we'll need to change that sometime wont we? It'd be pretty bad if you got a flat and didn't have anyone to help you out. " And he was serious with his words as he went around to the front of her car. It was bad for the rim, and even dangerous to drive on a flat. And while Embry was going to try to be with her as much as he could, he didn't want to risk Jessica being stranded somewhere because of a flat. Embry opened the hood and pretended to peer inside and look for what was wrong. Jessica came around and looked inside too, though he could tell that while she might have been trying to look for what was wrong, it was all a bunch of strange wires and metal to her. "Oh I think I see it! This looks pretty bad though, I mean I can patch it up enough for you to get home, but this really needs to be fixed." Embry lied, though he was looking at Jessica seriously. Maybe one day she'd be able to tell when he was lying. But thank the lord today didn't appear to be that day because Jessica was quick to nod and agree. "Absolutely! Though I don't really know anyone who can fix cars…." Jessica said and she looked down in thought as if she were trying to go over everyone she knew who might be able to solve the problem. She would rather keep an actual mechanic out of it though, as mechanics tended to do more harm than good to cars in order to get a bigger bill. "Well I can fix it for you if you want. I'm free right now if you want me to follow you home, and I can start fixing it up." Embry suggested. Jessica cocked her head to the side in thought, though by the look she had on her face, she obviously wasn't opposed to the idea.

"Alright….I mean, as long as you're sure. It'd really be helping me out." Jessica agreed causing Embry to smile at her. "Okay then, mind if you get in your car and start the engine when I say?" Embry asked and Jessica nodded once before turning on her heel and doing a sort of prance back into the driver's seat. Embry then began plugging everything he'd taken apart before back into the correct locations. He did it slowly though so as to give the illusion it were a harder problem than it actually was. "Alright, now try to start it!" He called around the hood to Jessica. The engine roared right to life leaving Embry to close the hood of the car and grin through the windshield at Jessica. "We're good."

(Bonus:

I tend to listen to a single song when I'm writing. A different song for a different chapter to set the mood. So I've decided that at the end of each chapter I'll list what song it was. I find listening to the same song helps me keep the mood of the chapter, as well as inspires me.

Song for this chapter: Never be alone – Shawn Mendes)