"If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life."

~Cher

"Why am I here?" Pandora whispered to Elaine.

"I asked you to come." Elaine whispered back, smiling at her friend victoriously.

The two had taken the fifteen minute ride to La Push from Forks, Elaine having forced Pandora into the car. They were walking through Billy Black's backyard, aiming for the circle formed around the fire.

Pandora felt something rising in the back of her throat. Elaine ignored her friend as she tugged Pandora's jacket, leading them further into the backyard. Pandora swallowed the bile that rose in her throat and attempted to contain her composure. When there were more than five people in a group, Pandora got nervous.

"Welcome, Elaine." Billy Black spoke as Elaine entered the circle. The small group that had already formed stared at the pale Pandora with disdain. Pandora could feel her heart sink and her face flush.

"I shouldn't be here," Pandora whispered to Elaine before she tried to leave. Elaine grabbed Pandora's wrist as the latter started to walk away. When Pandora turned to look at Elaine pleadingly, Elaine was already giving Pandora the saddest look she could muster up.

"I can't do this without you, Andy." Elaine was being sincere and Pandora knew that, causing her to clench her teeth on the inside of her bottom lip.

Pandora's eyes flicked across each face in the circle, landing on the one she knew to be Sam Uley. As if knowing that Pandora wanted his approval to stay, Sam gave her a slow nod. Pandora slid out of Elaine's grip and sat on an empty log, Elaine taking the seat right beside her.

Pandora looked to Elaine when she realized that a key individual was missing, "Where's Collin?" Elaine rolled her eyes and pulled the sleeves of her sweatshirt further down her arms.

"I left the runt back at home." Elaine grumbled as she hugged herself, "Mom wanted me to bring him but she doesn't get that he's the most irritating kid on the planet." Pandora stifled a snort and lifted her knees to her chest.

"Your brother should be here, I shouldn't." Pandora whispered to Elaine.

"You're right about that." A voice two seats away from Elaine spoke, adding a low growl to the end. Pandora's eyes widened when she noticed Paul Lahote glaring at her.

"Cut it out, Paul." Elaine spoke out in an agitated tone. "What crawled up your ass and died?" Elaine's lip twitched and she glared at the fellow Quileute. Pandora felt out of place as everyone's eyes fell upon her and Elaine.

"I can't do this." Pandora mumbled before standing up and starting back to where Elaine had parked the car.

"See what you did, jackass!" Elaine hissed as she stood up before following behind Pandora. "Come on, Andy! I don't want to be here either; these legends are all bullshit! Just sit through it with me: five minutes – that's all I'm asking for!" Elaine called after Pandora.

Jacob Black's eyes moved over to Paul, "Did you really have to do that?" Jacob didn't seem too enthused about Paul's behavior, much like the others sitting in the circle. The only one who seemed to enjoy it was Jared Cameron, who couldn't contain the small smile on his face. Paul smirked in victory and received a disappointed look from Sam.

Pandora had, at some point, got lost in the array of trees that was La Push. Elaine was not far behind but couldn't see anything but the outline of trees. Pandora's eyes had started to glaze over from the feeling of being unwanted, making her glad that it was extremely dark outside. Something slammed into Pandora that would've forced her on her back, had it not been for the arm that reached out and caught her in time.

Pandora opened her eyes to see a bare chest staring back at her. Feeling her cheeks flush, Pandora pushed away from the body and looked down, their arm falling from her body.

"Am I that late?" The voice belonging to the body asked, "I thought I actually made it in time for the meeting."

Embry Call looked down to the girl standing in front of him, watching as she slowly looked up. Pandora seemed to avoid looking directly into his eyes and admired every other part of his face.

"You're not late," Pandora cleared her throat and blinked away the tears in her eyes. "I'm just leaving."

Pandora's eyes finally landed on Embry's and she could see his body tense. The glint of the moon caused Pandora's eyes to be more visible to Embry. Embry continued to watch Pandora, taking notice of her glazed eyes. Embry's face immediately turned downward into a frown.

"Why were you crying?" Embry asked, holding back from reaching his hand up and touching Pandora's face.

"I-I… I don't even know you." Pandora gasped out, unsure of what to make of the Quileute in front of her. Embry's heart felt like it had dropped down into his stomach due to Pandora's words. Pandora's tongue flicked out and ran across her dried lips, Embry's eyes following said tongue as it did so.

"There you are!" Elaine breathed heavily, finally coming across the two in the woods. "Just stay, please." Elaine begged while grabbing her friend's shoulders and looking at her with a pleading face.

"I'm not going back there," said Pandora in a low voice, thinking that Embry couldn't hear her.

"Paul's a jackass, you have just as much of a right to be there as I do." Elaine told Pandora sternly.

"No, I don-"

"Yes, you do." From the look Elaine was giving Pandora, Pandora could tell that Elaine knew something that she didn't.

"I don't want to be there." Pandora reworded, hoping that Elaine would drop the subject and lead her back to the car.

"Fine, let's leave." Elaine sighed exasperatedly, "At least I can tell dad that I tried." Elaine took Pandora's hand and started to lead them out of the trees.

"Wait!" Embry called after the two. Pandora turned back and made eye-contact with Embry while Elaine turned back confused, having not paid attention to the boy. "What's your name?"

Pandora hesitated before a feeling of comfort went through her body, "Pandora."

"I'm Embry." A grin spread across Embry's face before he asked the next question, "Will I ever see you again?"

"No," Pandora stated quickly while Elaine pulled her onto a different path, making them even further away from Embry.

Embry could feel a pang in his chest as he watched after the two, his improved vision allowing him to see them. He was just rejected by his soul mate… his imprint.

"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."

~Heather Cortez