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Chapter 4-
The guys still haven't stopped calling me "Jr." even though that was an hour ago. I really hope that wasn't going to be a permanent nick name. Leah had assured me that it wouldn't and she glared at all the guys while she said it. I was still a little weirded out by the fact that Leah was downing multiple hot dogs after we had already eaten a couple hours before. They were all garbage disposals, living and breathing. I saw Leah catch the wonder on my face as they were all eating and she offered her food to Seth.
"Hey Leah, you don't have to do that, if you're hungry, eat." I rubbed circles in her back.
"No, I'm fine, Seth can have the rest of mine." Seth seemed happy at her response as he was looking worried she would change her mind. I smiled at him to let him know I caught him. He grinned back.
"So. Seth...I think it would be best if you cleaned my car window." He just laughed and sat in thought for a moment while he scarfed down another dog.
"Or, we can call ourselves even. I don't think I ever wanted to see my sister getting down and dirty in a car." Leah slapped his arm and Seth just laughed again while rubbing the sting away.
A squeaking noise stole my attention away from our little conversation and I saw a long haired man being wheeled up to the bonfire. Behind him was the largest Quillette member I've seen so far, and at his side was a shorter young woman with her arm wrapped around his waist. All three of them were wearing smiles. The young woman was absolutely gorgeous, no where near, Leah gorgeous, but definitely up there. Her skin was pale and her hair fell into beautiful locks on her shoulders.
"That's Jacob and Nessie, the couple I mean. The man in the wheelchair is Jacob's dad Billy." Leah whispered into my ear.
As if they could hear her, Jacob and Nessie looked at me an Leah and smiled. Jacob pushed Billy to the head of the circle and walked over to Leah and I with his arm wrapped tightly around Nessie.
"Leah...so...is this him?" Jacob asked. His voice was deep but friendly.
Leah stood me up and started to speak but I cut her off, I gave her a reassuring look. The whole group of men behind them was now quiet as they watched us. I extended my hand towards Jacob.
"Hello Jacob, my name is Sa..." I was immediately cut off when Jacob grabbed me up in a bear hug, much tighter than Seth's.
"We hug in this family!" Jacob spoke through laughter as he shook me up and down. I saw Seth out of the corner of my eye winking at me.
Jacob set me down softly.
"I should have known from Seth's lesson a little earlier. My bad." Jacob glanced towards Seth and they both started laughing.
I looked over to Nessie and she extended her hand towards me with a courteous smile. I figured since she was smaller than me that it would be safe to offer up my hand. No dice.
"We hug in this family!" Nessie had grabbed me up with the same ease that Seth and Jacob had. The whole group was now rolling on the ground with laughter.
"Man! Jr. never learns!" Someone shouted from behind the fire.
After she sat me down the entire group continued to laugh including Leah. She just gave me an apologetic look and sat me back down. Jacob sat down right next to me and had placed Nessie on his lap. They looked so comfortable together, so right. I turned to Leah and wrapped my arm around her to pull her in closer. I kissed her forehead and we just sat there for several minutes gazing into the fire.
"So Sam, don't you have some questions you wanted to ask me?" She whispered into my ear.
"What? Now?" I was a little nervous now that I noticed Jacob was radiating the same amount of heat at me as Leah was. "I'm fine, thanks."
Billy looked over to Leah and just nodded his head. Okay, I'm pretty sure he just gave her the go ahead to kill me.
"Well, how about I answer your questions for you?" Her voice started to shake as she started picking at her fingers. "I'm a werewolf Sam. I understand if you don't want me anymore." She put her eyes to the ground.
I couldn't help but to start laughing. "Yeah, right, good one Leah." I looked around and everyone was wearing a serious face. "A werewolf Leah? A werewolf." The entire idea sounded ridiculous. I'm sure they were all just punking me again. "Ah, I get it, I know I'm the new guy. Haha very funny you guys." My eyes went from face to face but they still wore the same serious expression.
I felt a tugging on my arm as the silence began to tear me apart. Leah was pulling me up to me feet.
"Come on, let's go for a walk." She had tears streaming down her face as she nudged her head towards the forest at the end of the beach.
We walked further and further away from the fire and the moon was slowly becoming our flashlight. The sound of waves crashing against the beach calmed me down enough for me to speak again.
"Leah, honey, tell me what's going on." I tugged on her arm enough for her to stop walking and turn to face me. Tears still fell from her eyes.
"I told you already, and you just think it's a big joke!" The sadness in her voice sounded angrier now.
"I'm sorry Leah, but I wasn't born yesterday. I know when people are messing with me, and it's not funny anymore alright!" I retaliated the anger but I felt terrible for raising my voice to her. "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to yell at you."
"I wasn't born yesterday either! I'm thirty-eight Sam!" She sounded really frustrated now.
"I'm serious Leah, stop messing with me. You're either loving on a seriously gifted plastic surgeon or you're lying to me."
"I'm not lying Sam! Just stand back and I'll show you!" She took several steps back away from me.
Leah stood there in front of me trembling, just like she had been doing outside the car. Then when her trembling began to blur there came a sonic boom of sound blasting towards me and before I could raise my arms to protect my face, there she was. As much as I couldn't believe my eyes, there she was standing before me with baseball size tears dripping from her massive black orbs. She was a wolf, a frigging gigantic wolf! I felt terrible all of the sudden, my vision slowly tunneled and the sounds of her panting slowly faded away, I distinctly remember hitting the sand and when it went black.
I woke up in our meadow. I must have been out for a long time. The sun was shining straight overhead and I slowly got up and walked over to the pool underneath the waterfall. I looked down at the pool when I saw the white wolf from earlier today (or was it yesterday?) staring back at me in the reflection. I jumped back and noticed that the wolf in the reflection jumped back as well. I instantly took off in the other direction and the trees around me blurred with the great speed I was running. I was breathing evenly, as if my body was hardly laboring with the run. I could hear everything, from a squirrel six hundred yards away to a bear rummaging through a berry bush two miles away, yet I stayed running in a straight line while avoiding any obstacles. I felt free, so alive. It was then when I heard the low growls from several wolves up ahead. I continued to sprint until I was suddenly in a clearing, now in front of dozens of large wolves, but none were larger than me. I faced away from them and that's when I saw an army of red eyed demons in black robes charging down the field towards us. I turned my head to see a look of confusion on the other wolves faces as they eyed me. Next to them was a group of people, but they all had golden eyes and their skin was comparable to Nessie's and the demons. Nessie stood next to the largest wolf behind me. Then all the wolves growled and started the charge down the field. I instantly charged with them and the sweet smell overflowed my mind with hatred as I got closer to the enemy. Yes, the enemy, that's what they were, the unbelievable feeling of loathing washed over me. We all closed the distance as we jumped and collided with the black wave.
"SAM!" It was the voice of an angel, my angel. "Wake up!"
My eyes slowly opened and I realized I was still on the beach with Leah. She had me cradled in her arms and was rocking me gently. I was drenched in sweat and I could feel the waves of heat from her engulf me.
Leah sighed in relief when she saw my eyes open "Sam, are you okay? You passed out on me."
"Huh?" That was about the most coherent response I could muster at the moment. Especially now that I noticed all the guys and girls from around the fire were now circled around me with concerned looks on their faces.
"Sam, you were out for at least an hour. If it wasn't for your heartbeat and steady breathing, I would have thought you had a heart attack and croaked." She still had tears rolling down her cheeks.
I gently lifted my hand to her face and stroked the tears away with my thumb. "Leah, I'm so sorry I didn't believe you, I had no right to call you a liar."
Leah just shushed me and continued to hold me. I noticed the group was still circled around me with concern still on their face.
"What? I'm alright you guys, just passed out like a little girl, you know how it is." I smiled lightly at them. They continued to eye me with concern. "Or not?"
Finally Jacob's low voice asked me.
"Did you know you talk in your sleep?" His voice matched his concerned face
"Oh, wow really? That's a little embarrassing." I'm sure my face was flushed more than ever now.
"You said something about red-eyed monsters?" His voice was now raised so he could make his question more clear.
"I don't know anything, just a dream is all." I laughed lightly again at them.
"What did you see in your dream?" Leah asked softly.
I began to tell them the dream I had, starting with my reflection in the water to the battle in the clearing. They all sat there silently as I told them of the large wolves behind me and the pale faced humans with golden eyes. I described the sadistic looking red-eyed demons of the dream, and they all began to tremble slightly. At that moment Nessie pulled herself tighter to Jacob. He was just about to tell her everything was alright when Nessie's phone began to vibrate in her pocket. She dug it out and answered it with incredible speed.
"What's going on Alice?" Her voice was shaking, full of terror.
Nessie quickly hung up the phone and looked up into Jacob's eyes.
"The Volturi have decided to make another visit. A non-friendly visit." Everyone gasped except me. "This time they come to fight; no matter what." She shoved her face into Jacob's chest as he pulled her tightly to him. Some let out cheers and some just stood there. Leah continued to cry.