"No, you're wrong. You're completely wrong and I can't believe I was ever friends with you!" I exclaim at Embry. Jake sighs and a few people around us stop to see what the commotion was. I may be overreacting, and I may look like an idiot but no one, I repeat no one, will ever diss Mountain Dew and get away with it. "That is just sickening" I pretend to gag.

"Hey, hey, hey! There is nothing wrong with Dr Pepper!" Embry defends himself.

"It tastes like complete shit, you fool!" I tell him honestly, picking up the large bottle of Mountain Dew. "Mountain Dew is a freaking god send!"

"No, you're just… oh my god, how dare you insult my Dr Pepper like that!"

"I would rather drink piss than drink Dr-shit-tasting-Pepper" I over exaggerate a smidge and Jake laughs.

"That's just sick" Embry says in disgust.

"Ok, enough!" Jake put's a stop to our bickering. "You're like a married couple, honestly. Here, we'll get this. Everyone likes just plain ol' lemonade, right?" He says, holding the bottle up. Embry and I both make a face at the soda in Jake's hand. Lemonade? Mm, not the best. "Seriously, guys? It's Lemonade! Well, you go drink your piss and share it with Embry while you're at it" He snaps, shaking his head at our behaviour.

Embry and I both look at each other and try not to laugh a serious Jake. "We'll get Mountain Dew, just to play it safe… and we can get the freaking Dr Pepper next time, okay?" I make a deal with Embry and he agrees reluctantly as we make our way to the check out.

We put the soda on the register and Embry and I add a bunch of candy, fighting over who gets what.

"You got what soda you wanted, so I get the twizzlers. It's only fair!" He says seriously and I sigh. That was fair, but I wasn't giving up.

"But… I'm allergic to M&M's, so I can't have them" I lie stupidly and Jake usher's us out of the store.

"You are not allergic to M&M's you liar!"

"I'm your girlfriend and I say you're a bad boyfriend"

Embry laughs. "Ok, here's the deal. We'll go halvsies in the twizzlers and the M&M's?"

"Fine" I grumble as we climb into the car. Jake sit's in the front with Paul, who refused to join us in the store and I sit in the back with Embry as we split our candy like little kids on Christmas.

"Twizzlers are sooo yummy!" Embry moans from beside me.

"You two are shit. What did you get me?" Paul asks, turning around.

"… Mountain Dew" I tell him cautiously. He frowns but then shrugs his shoulders and turns back to the front, fiddling with Jake's radio.

I hum along with the familiar song. "I hear that train coming' it's rolling round the bend, but I ain't seen the sunshine since, I don't know when" I lightly sing along to the song. Embry stares at me in surprise.

"You actually know this song?"

I nod as if he were crazy. "Who doesn't know this song!"

"When I was just a baby, my mama told me 'son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns'. But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" Embry and I sing alone to the song, putting on our best Johnny Cash voices.

Paul angrily changes the radio station onto an unknown song… so unknown in fact it sounded like it was being sung in Indian. Embry and I say nothing as Paul smiles smugly in the front. Eventually, we get to our place, where everyone was hanging out at. It was strange because everyone was usually at Emily's, but I guess because Steven wasn't here in this house was much bigger than Emily's, it fitted the ginormous boys better. It still confused me why all these people were giants.

"You didn't get Dr Pepper did you, I hate that stuff" Emily says, making a face as we walk in. I laugh sarcastically at Embry but give Emily that happy news that I'd gotten Mountain Dew.

The day drags on and I think by the end of it, I had versed everyone on the Xbox. I felt so victorious when I beat Paul, by the way. T'was a good feeling. Soon, there was only myself, Jake, Sam, Paul and Embry. The other's had gone back to their homes for the night.

I roll over onto my belly, taking up the whole couch as I moan. "I feel sick!" I whine.

"Too many Twizzlers" Jake says.

"Too much Mountain Dew" Paul pipes up.

"Oh, I know. You ate the M&M's. It must be an allergic reaction!" Embry sniggers and I throw a pillow at his head to shut him up.

"I'm not joking!" I sigh, hanging my arm off the couch. "Carry me to bed, someone"

"Like hell" Sam laughs, staring intently at the game he and Paul were currently battling in on the Xbox.

"Shotty not" Jake exclaims.

"The need to 'accidently' hit your head on the door might too overwhelming for me. Not doing it" Paul says, not removing his eyes from the screen. I roll my eyes and look hopefully at Embry.

I grin at him and nod at Paul, knowing this would really piss him off. Plus, I didn't feel like walking to my room. Embry sighs and stands up sluggishly. He walks to the lounge and picks me up, bridal style. I sit in his arms and laugh. I watch Paul slyly. He turns his head away from the game to see what we were doing and he frowns immediately. Just to top it off, Sam win's the game.

Embry drops me onto my bed, literally. I land with an 'oof!' and then I smile innocently at him. "Thanks sweetie" I say in a sickly sweet voice. Embry laughs and looks down at me.

"No problem, hope you feel better soon Darling" He grins cutely as he leaves my room, switching off my light for me. I pull the covers over me, honestly feeling tired and sick. I feel sleep closing in on me as I snuggle deeper into my blankets.


I groan as I hear the voices that woke me up. I was having a lovely sleep! Checking my phone, I notice that I'd slept for a long, long time. It was 4 in the morning. I lie awake in bed, not able to get back to sleep, I try and work out who I could here talking.

"Well, I don't like him" Paul says seriously.

Someone sighs. "You do like him, you're just being stupid"

"No, I do not like him. He hasn't phased for like, 2 days. Why?" Paul asks.

"He told me he wanted to learn to control himself so he was taking a little break. I said I was okay with it" I'm sure it was Sam who was speaking to Paul. Yes, definitely Sam. "Plus, I see nothing wrong with that. You should be the one controlling yourself" He states. I now realize that the voies were coming through my window. I drag myself out and slowly and quietly peep out the corner of my window. I see my pillow on the ground outside and I try not to giggle. Both the boys were standing outside.

"I still don't like him" Paul says angrily.

"You do like him, Paul. You're just in a bad position because Rose turned up out of the blue, it's understandable. Just give it time, would you?"

"Well, if stupid Embry would leave her alone, I'd be a lot happier!" Paul fights back. So, I was pissing him off. Majorly, apparently, seeing as I could see his body trembling with anger in the moonlight. That's not normal, is it?

"So what if he likes her? He hasn't talked about it, so I don't even know if he did. What's wrong with that, anyway? I thought you hated having a sister…" Sam trails off. He doesn't know if Embry done what? What is going on!

Paul glares at him. "I do. I don't… I do. I don't want Embry… touching her. She's blood related, and Embry is… Embry. It's just wrong"

"Paul, calm down. Let it be, would you?" Sam grumbles.

I hear tearing sounds and next thing I know Paul turns into a giant wolf, running off into the forest. Soon, Sam grumbles something under his breathe and does the same thing.

Wait, what? No. what! Did that really… oh, my god. What the mother-fucking-fuck? I'm tripping out. I'm totally tripping out. No, I'm dreaming. Oh shit. I grab my phone and dial the first number that comes to mind.

"This better be good" Embry grumbles sleepily into the phone.

"Embry? It's me" I whisper quietly.

"Rose? What's wrong? It's 4:30 in the morning, is everything okay?"

"No everything is not fucking okay! Get your ass over here. NOW!" I almost yell into the phone.

"Whoa, whoa. What happened first? Tell me!" he says, his voice dripping with worry.

I open my mouth, but don't know what to say. "I… I think Paul must have slipped me something while I was asleep or something because- wait. Am I dreaming?"

"What? No, you're not fucking dreaming! What happened!"

"Paul turned into a fucking wolf! And… and so did Sam. And please don't send me to the psychiatric ward because holy shit, I swear it fucking happened" I collapse onto my bed, breathing heavily into the phone. Silence falls upon the conversation. "Embry!"

"Just… stay there, I'll be there in sec" He says nonchalantly. Did he hear ANYTHING I just said! I creep out of my room, confused and shaking. I sit at the front door, waiting for Embry's car to pull up. I hear a car and I stand up, peeping through the appropriately named peep-hole. I see Embry quickly running up to the door and I open just before he can knock. I pull him inside and straight into my room. I close the door behind him and point to my window.

"They were out there!" I tell him as I freak out. He just nods and walks over to the window.

"Did you… throw your pillow at them?" He asks, laughing.

"Embry Call, you're not laughing right now are you!"

"No Ma'am" He says, standing up. I notice that he must have really rushed over because he was wearing spotty boxers and nothing else. "Sam was with him, you say?" I nod ferociously. "Right. What would you say if I said… I know exactly what you're talking about?" I stare at him as we sit on my bed. "Rose, Paul is a werewolf"

"Oh, I know. I saw it" I laugh.

"Are you okay?" he asks me and I laugh more. I don't know why. I don't see what was so funny but I just laugh anyway. "Um, Sam's a werewolf. So's Seth, and Jake, and everyone you met. And me" He tells me seriously.

"You're not joking" I state and Embry shakes his head.

"Nope. We're the protectors of La Push. Are you okay with this?"

"With the fact that you are a big ass werewolf? And so's my brother and all his friends?" I was not fine with that. What. The. Fuck. "Oh, yes. I am fine with that. The whole concept of it is just so obvious I don't know how I didn't fucking figure it out myself!" I say sarcasm heavy in each word.

"Well, I don't know what else to say. I just told you the truth; you saw it with your own eyes. What do you want me to do now?" He asks me, yawning.

I tuck my legs up under myself. "And… and you haven't phased for two days. Why?" I ask him, repeating what Paul had said to Sam earlier. It made sense.

Embry looks at me, shocked. "Oh, um. To learn to control it… So I don't just randomly burst into a werewolf when I'm shitty"

Oh. I nod my head slowly. "Paul doesn't like you" I tell him, repeating again what I'd heard before. He rolls his eyes, mumbling something under his breath. "I'm just going to…" I trail off, lying down on my bed and shutting my eyes. "Why is this happening?" I ask, not opening my eyes.

"I ask myself the same thing every day" Embry says. I feel him lightly push me over a bit and lay next to me, his warmth goes up one side of my body and we yawn widely at the same time.