Disclaimer: I don't own anything Twilight related!

Thankfully this chapter came out a lot easier than the first and I'm pretty happy with it.

"Werewolves and vampires," Milly sighed. "My one comfort in life was that the possibility of vampires had to be false."

Milly couldn't sleep; she couldn't help but repeat everything she had been told in her head over and over again. Claire was tired and tried in vain to fall asleep numerous times but Milly wouldn't shut up.

"You'll be fine." Claire mumbled.

"Here! If there are vampires here, then they're probably at home too!"

"Michigan is sunny a lot, Milly. Now shut up before I duct tape your mouth."

Claire rolled over, Milly huffed, and they both fell asleep.

It was Claire's turn to be annoying, so at eight in the morning she jumped on top of Milly and laughed as Milly awoke with a scream.

"Dammit Claire!"

Milly pushed her off the bed and smiled at the loud thud Claire made when she hit the floor. One of the flaws in their friendship was that Claire was a morning person and Milly most certainly wasn't. In fact she could be quite a beast sometimes.

"Ouch! I've got rug burn!" Claire cried, still on the floor.

Milly peered over the side of the bed and looked down at her best friend. She was already dressed in shorts, a t-shirt, and had a pair of hiking boots on. Milly's eyes narrowed in on the boots; Claire wore sandals almost every day in the summer. Claire noticed Milly's gaze and chuckled.

"That's right, Milly. We're going hiking."

Milly groaned, "Remember when I told you I never took gym in high school?" Claire nodded. "There was a reason for that."

"Oh come on! It's not that bad." Claire stated. "Besides after last night you could use it."

In the end, Claire won. It hadn't been pretty; there had been a lot of shoving and cursing, but in the end Claire got her dressed and outside.

"I've got lunch in my back pack so we're all set, so let's go!"

They entered the woods through Claire's backyard. At first it wasn't too bad; there was a small path. But further in the path ended and the trees were closer together. Not to mention the huge limbs everywhere, that Milly kept tripping over.

"You are such a city girl." Claire laughed right after Milly gained her balance from the last branch.

"I'm not from a city." Milly countered.

"You lived in town."

"There were woods next to my house!"

Claire laughed and sat down on a fallen log. Milly joined her as she pulled out their lunch from her bag. It was already noon and the woods looked about the same as they had three hours ago.

"So I think I've had my fill of the trees, Claire."

"Shut up, there's a really cool cave somewhere around here and we're going to find it."

Milly rolled her eyes and turned back to her lunch. Was Claire doing this to take her mind off of last night's events? Because it was working; she was so annoyed and that was all she could think about. After their lunches were gone they set off again; Claire with a happy smile, Milly with a scowl. But Claire was right; after ten minutes they found the cave. It was set into a huge wall of rock and the opening was about the size of two average men.

"Claire, you couldn't pay me enough money to go into there." Milly stated as she stared at the darkened entrance.

"Fine, but I'm going."

"Are you crazy?"

Claire was already headed towards the entrance, determination in her step. She didn't spare Milly a second glance as she stepped into the cave, and then she was gone.

"Shit."

Milly waited for what felt like hours, but was really ten minutes, when finally she heard Claire.

"Milly! I'm stuck!" She called.

Normally Milly would have laughed, but this time it meant that she had to go in the cave after her.

"You are lucky I love you Claire!" Milly yelled before she stepped into the cave. The temperature change was immediate, causing goose bumps to break out all over her body. The cave was also pitch black, so Milly had no idea which way Claire was.

"How am I supposed to find you?"

There was silence, and then a beam of light came from about ten feet up. Sure enough Claire was wedged between two rocks. How she got there in the first place was a mystery.

"Claire, you are such an-"

As she walked forward she failed to see the crater in the ground, and twisted her ankle. She fell with a sickening thud and immediately grabbed her foot. If the pain wasn't bad enough, her ankle was already swelling, and Milly couldn't help but start crying.

"Shit, Milly, are you alright?"

"Obviously not." Milly cried.

"Is it broken?"

"I don't know! But it hurts like hell! Now what are we going to do?"

"Shh, it's alright just let me think."

"Look where that has gotten you." A male voice said from behind Milly.

Claire shone her light behind Milly to reveal both Quil and Embry; both were breathing hard and looked pissed. Quil approached Claire and Embry immediately knelt down beside Milly. He carefully lifted her into his arms and carried her outside. He set her down on the moss covered ground and knelt down to inspect her ankle. As soon as he touched it, Milly cried out.

"I'm sorry, but I need to look." He said soothingly.

Milly took a deep breath, cursing the tears still flowing from her eyes.

"You're going to have to go to the hospital." He stated looking into her watery eyes. He moved closer and tenderly wiped away the tears from her cheeks. He gently pulled her onto his lap and rocked her back and forth until her crying ceased. Quil came out with Claire in his arms then, still looking pissed.

"I'm not hurt, so you can put me down!" Claire yelled.

"No I can't, your clothes are ripped because you were stupid and went into that cave. Look what you did! You got yourself stuck and your best friend is hurt. What if Embry and I hadn't heard you two yelling?"

"I'm sorry okay? I already feel bad enough about Milly."

Quil nodded and turned his attention to the two on the ground. Embry was still rocking her back and forth, and Milly's head was buried into his bare chest.

"How is she?" Quil asked.

"She needs to go to the hospital." Embry replied.

"Here take my shirt; I know yours got ripped." Quil said as he juggled Claire and threw Embry the shirt.

"Milly?" Claire asked tentatively.

Milly turned her head to look at Claire.

"It's okay Claire."

Claire turned her head into Quil's chest as Embry stood with Milly cradled in his arms. Then he started running. With his wolf speed they were out of the woods and to his house in matter of minutes. He put her into his truck and then he drove to the hospital. By the time they reached the hospital her ankle was purple and swollen, and she was taken into a room in no time.

Embry kept sending her strange brooding looks as they waited for the doctor to appear. He looked like a part of him wanted to leave, but the other part so desperately wanted to stay right where he was.

"Are you mad at me?" She finally asked.

He ran a hand through his shaggy black hair and sighed, "No, I'm mad at Claire for putting you in that position."

"Well, it's not her fault I have as much athletic ability as your pinky."

Embry laughed, and Milly found that she loved his deep husky laugh. It was at that moment that the doctor entered, clipboard in hand.

"That doesn't look good." He said immediately.

Milly and Embry exchanged glances while the doctor started to inspect her foot. Milly cringed and resisted the urge to scream when he felt around her ankle.

"Have you ever broken a bone before?" The doctor asked.

"No."

"Well, now you have. We're going to take an X-ray and then I'll cast you."

After the X-ray confirmed the thankfully clean break, Milly decided on a red cast, and then they were out of there.

"Can we go to the pharmacy?" Milly questioned.

Embry held up a bottle of pills, which Milly immediately grabbed.

"I went while they were doing the X-ray."

"Thank you…for everything."

Embry grabbed her hand from where it was resting and held it in his abnormally warm one. Although she knew she should pull her hand free, she didn't.