Disclaimer-- Don't own Claire or Quil, they belong to Stephenie.

I woke up and glanced at my alarm clock, 4:00 a.m. Great. It was still very dark outside, I glanced up at the window and had the sudden feeling, someone was watching me. I was never one to freak out, I thought of a logical explanation. It's just my imagination. I told myself, using one of my frequent excuses, but for some reason, I could not shake the feeling that there was someone on the other side of my window. I stood up and wuietly tip-toed over to it and glanced out. I din't see anything. Maybe I should go outside and check. I thought as I strode to the door.

I quietly opened the front door and walked around the house to where my window was, there sitting, under my window was a gigantic yet stragely familiar dog/wolf. I was very fond of animals so I catiously walked up to it and started to stroke it's matted fur. It looked up at me then trotted off. I sat down and looked up at the night sky, I would never be able to get to sleep,if I tried.

I heard a rustle in the woods beside me and turned to see Quil gracefully walking towards me.

"Hi," he began,"Claire there's something we need to talk about."

"Go ahead." I told him.

"Well you know the old Quilette legends right?"

"Of course, I've heard them all my life, how we eveolved from wolves and all."

"Well do you believe them?" I wasn't sure what to say, I had always thought they were made up by people with too much time on their hands.

"Um... Not completely." I stuttered out.

"They're true," he told me then paused looking me square in the face." And I'm a werewolf." I felt my mouth drop open.

"R-R-eally?"

"Yes, all the legends are true." I was estatic now, that was so cool.

"So are all the legends true then?" I queried.

"Most yes."

"Even the ones about that imprinting thing?" He looked scared when I asked this. He even scooted away slightly.

"Well yes, they are, but only if you want them to be." what's that supposed ot mean?

"Can I see?"

"See what?"

"You in wolf form?"

"Oh. You already have but sure." He said as he got up and walked back towards the forest. 10 seconds later the same wolf type creature that had been sitting under my window came up to me. That's when I realized, Quil had imprinted. Imprinted on me. I didn't want it to show, but of course it did, traitor tears slowly slid down my face as I realized, I'd found my destiny. Even if I din't want it. My whole life lay in that wolf in front of me. Presently Quil had sat on his hind legs and was looking at me intently.

"Quil... am I your imprint?" I asked shakily. The gigantic wolf nodded his head up and down meaning yes. I jumped up the tears flowing freely down my face and ran back to the house and into my room.

How could this happen? I have everything I want right now, a best friend Quil, the perfect boyfriend Stephen and over all a pretty good life. Now everything was upside down, was I supposed to want to be with Quil, because right now I was so confused. I loved Stephen with all my heart, and wanted to be with him forever. Quil, is like an over-protective brother, maybe a best friend, nothing more right now. I need time to think I decided and got dressed quickly grabbing the keys to my mom's car. and heading for the garage.

I got into the car and was about to start the engine when a husky voice behind me whispered, "Claire, I don't expect you to want me like you want Stephen. I know, I waited too long. You fell in love a long time ago, I wish it were with me but I can't stop you. Please be safe, and remember, I'll always be waitng for you." He quietly turned and headed out the side door, I thought I heard a muffled howl as I pulled out of the driveway, which only made me cry harder. Great now my best friend is in pain for me, what's gonna go wrong now? What should I do??

Hey ya'll,

I know I write short chapters, but I like stories that update daily so I thought maybe if I stuck to writing short chapters that might happen. Really it all depends on what time it is when I get to an OK stopping point. I know this isn't the best story out there, but thanks for reading, a review would be great. Any constuctive critisism? Well anyway, I need some help deciding what Claire will do, ideas would be nice.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed. it really makes me feel great!

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