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JPOV

Shit this was going to be worse then I thought. It's only been three hours and I already feel like there's a gaping hole in my chest. How can a four year old do this to me? Wolfing it was probably the easiest solution. Letting my animalistic instincts take over would hopefully ease the stress and if not it was still better then sitting in my old living room thinking of all the things that could go wrong when I'm not there. I walked out of the house that I had grew up in and walked into the nearby woods. With my sweats in the leather ankle band that I always wore, I phased into the huge russet wolf. It still made me nervous sometimes that the whole wolf thing came so easily to me. Even some of the older wo

lves like Embry still had to get upset when they wanted to phase. For me it just came naturally. I could probably stop phasing whenever I wanted to but that would mean I would start aging again. Just then I felt someone else's presence in my head. Great I had company.

Hey man long time no talk. Seth thought.

Dude I saw you two days ago! I felt his laughter as I started running to no particular destination. Sometimes this whole "mind reading" thing was weird but at the moment I actually didn't mind the company. Sensing my need for a distraction Seth filled me in with all of the pack's most recent gossip. I had heard most of it already from other wolves or my dad but anything to get my mind off of Nessie was appreciated.

Bro you got it bad, and she's not even your girlfriend yet. Not looking forward to that. Seth snickered in response to my thoughts.

You know I don't think of her like that at all. I mean she's only four. Well technically she wasn't even that.

Physically. He snorted. Crap I didn't like where this was going. It was getting more and more obvious that Nessie's brain was maturing way faster then the rest of her. One of my worst fears was that she would have a teenager's mind in a ten year old's body. What if she wanted to be with me romantically. There's no way that I could deny her what she wanted, but it would be even worse to be dating a ten year old. Then again it could be worse. What if she didn't want me that way at all. It will never make sense to me why she would want me. Even I thought she deserved better, after all I was just a mechanic, and not even a licensed one at that. There are people in the world who could give her everything she ever wanted at the snap of their fingers.

Hey man calm down! Shit, I forgot about Seth being there. There's no way that she won't want you, I mean do you see the way she looks at you? Nessie loves you more then anything. He showed me memories of me and Nessie together in La Push and at the Cullens. Wow I looked happy. I've never noticed how I always have a big stupid grin on my face when I'm with her. The memory that mad me the happiest was one where Nessie was sitting down with Alice in her room listening to her aunt rant about her mother's fashion sense. Even though she never had the choice of picking out her own outfits, it was obvious that Nessie had Bella's style. Because of this Alice was determined to drill it out of her at all costs, which meant daily lectures on the newest trend in Europe and how to create the perfect outfit. Honestly I could care less what Nessie wore, she would always look beautiful to me. During this particular lecture Nessie was bored to tears, but as soon as I walked into the room her face lit up. Wow she looked pretty, no gorgeous.

And here we go again. Seth mentally smirked.

Dude shut up! It accidentally came out as a command. I would never get used to this Alpha thing. Sorry man I forgot, you can talk just please choose a different subject. I rarely use my Alpha power, mostly on Leah because of her anger issues. Luckily she's gotten a bit better with the whole being purposely mean thing. Her Embry and Quil were sorta friends now even.

Speak of the devil... Seth said as we both felt another mind join into our conversation.

And he shall appear. Quil laughed as he finished the thought.

Hey you got a break from Claire duty? I mad fun of him at the amount of time he spent with her, even though I knew that I was worse with Nessie. The only reason Seth and Leah didn't think we were crazy pedophiles was that they had seen into our thoughts and saw the love that we had for our imprints.

Yep. Today we played dress up. Quil embarrassingly thought of himself wearing the bunny ears that she had made for him. I love that girl to death but sometimes I'm jealous of you and Ness, Jake. Has she ever made you play dress up?

Nope but Alice has. I thought back to our last shopping trip. I was in the dressing room for two hours trying on practically everything in the men's department because Alice was determined to find something that wouldn't be to short on me. Unfortunately for her most stores don't have clothes that fit a six foot eight guy. Luckily for me though I was allowed to keep my old sweats until she found something to replace them, not that it would take her to long, but maybe by then I could find a good place to stash them so she can't throw them away.

Hah good luck with that. Seth thought. Remember when Bella tried to hide her old pajamas from her. She found them in twenty minutes. A few weeks ago Bella decided to rebel against Alice's "only to be worn once" rule and keep a pair of her favorite PJ's. She hid them in Nessie's closet hoping that since her daughter was a blind spot to Alice they would be safe. It worked at first too, but then Alice found out Bella's secret and searched through Nessie's room until she found them.

Dude besides the constant leech smell the Cullen's house seems awesome, Quil thought.

It's weird I hardly notice it anymore. As long as I was with Nessie I was happy. Shit this whole "distracting" thing was not working.

Sorry I couldn't be more help man, it's not my fault your world practically revolves around her. Seth said a little bitterly. He was one of the only wolves left that hadn't imprinted, not that he hadn't tried. If he kept it up he would be one of the biggest "players" in La Push. Not that he was being a jerk to anyone but after one date with a girl if he hadn't imprinted he would move on. But being Seth he never left anyone completely. He had become good friends with almost every girl he's ever gone on a date with. He was a natural little Mr. Popular.

Hah, yeah right! Seth laughed.

Bro seriously your friends with every girl in our school. Not that it's saying much since there's only like fifty of them but still. Quil said. He showed Seth memories of all the times he had seen him during lunch surrounded by a crowed of pretty girls.

Not my fault man. Plus their just friends. He emphasized the word "friends."

Friendship for you anyway. Quil snorted. I laughed along with them. It's been a while since we've had some decent guy time together, with me and Quil always on imprint duty and Seth being in school.

Aw Jakey's getting sentimental. I heard another voice chime in.

Hey Leah. The three of us said.

Hello boys. Miss me? She laughed.

Terribly. I thought dully. I felt Leah's frustration with me and braced myself for her rage at my sarcasm.

Hey guys think peace! We don't need to start any fights! Seth pleaded. He always played peacemaker. That's my job. He added in.

No worries Baby Bro I won't hurt your precious Alpha.

Leah. I warned. Not that it would come to a physical fight but I wasn't in the mood to think of any clever insults.

Hey guys I'm gunna go get back to Claire duty. Don't have too much fun without me. Quil thought as he shifted back.

Well now its just back to the original three. Leah thought smugly. She loved that she was part of the pack before everyone else besides Seth. Being away from Sam was the best thing that had happened to her. She was noticeably happier and even went back to school so she could get a medical degree eventually.

All I have to do now is stop phasing. She thought bitterly.

Don't worry sis you'll get there. Seth said with his usual optimism. I'm gunna head back guys I gotta study for a test I have tomorrow. See you later Jake and see you at home Leah.

Bye bro. I thought as he shifted.

I'm phasing back too Jake I just wanted to check in with everyone. Talk to you later. And she was gone. Great alone again, just what I needed.

I had been running the whole time and now I had no idea where I was. I smelled cooler mountain air. Somehow I had ended up back in the clearing that we fought the new borns in last year. Something else had happen there this winter but I refuse to think of that. Even the glimmer of thought that I could have lost everything that day would tear me up inside a hundred times more then I already was. How did everything always go back to Nessie? I really need to work on my displacement activities. I decided to run back up to the camping spot where me Bella and Edward had stayed the night before the new born attack. As a ran I couldn't help but thinking how weird it was to be back up there. It made me think about how different life had been back then. I had some delusion that I could convince Bella to choose me and leave the vampire world completely. Boy I was happy that I had been rejected, never thought I would say that. Ugh I can't take this I need to at least see Nessie, even if she can't see me. I just need to make sure she's safe and in one piece. I ran as fast as I could back to the Cullen's house, Hopefully I could catch her before they went out hunting.

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