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SAM JR.

I dropped off Nessie, and sprinted into the forest I phased as soon as I knew I was out of sight.

"What's going on?" I asked.

Quil, Seth, and Jake were the only ones that had phased, I couldn't hear Embry, and I figured he must have stayed in the hospital with my sister. My mom hadn't phased either, now that was weird she hated not being included in all the pack business.

"Yeah Jake what's going on?" Quil asked.

I guess the years of experience had taught Jake to hide his thoughts, because none of us had the slightest clue of what was happening.

"Meet me at the clearing" he ordered.

I pushed my legs as fast as they could go, I didn't need to hear Jake's thoughts to feel the pain that was running through him.

When I reached the clearing Jake was pacing, Quil was right behind me and Seth entered from another trail.

"Phase back" Jake told us.

We all phased back to our human form, the nudity didn't bother any of us, unless my mom was there, in that case Jake was adamant that we all respect her privacy. It wasn't a problem because I sure as hell didn't want to see my mom naked nor did Seth want to see his sister in her birthday suit. Quil and Embry only had eyes for their imprints so my mom didn't need to worry like she did back when the pack was bigger.

"Jake, can you tell us what is wrong already?" Quil asked anxiously.

"Embry's gone" he mumbled.

"What?!" we all yelled in unison.

"Yeah, he left a couple of hours ago; he left me a letter on Susie's bedside"

He handed us the letter it read:

Jake, I am sorry. I can't hurt her. I know you will watch over her. Don't follow me.

I read the letter over and over again; I couldn't believe that he actually left. How could he leave my sister? I couldn't begin to comprehend how he was going to fight the pull in his chest, it physically hurt to be away from your imprint, I had felt the anxiety that runs through your veins when you are away from her.

"Does Susie know?" I asked.

"We don't know, he left when the pain medication set in, I guess we will find out when she wakes up" Jake told us.

"Jake, what are you going to do? When she wakes up and asks for him, what are you going to say?" Seth asked.

"I don't know, Leah stayed with her, I don't even want to imagine, she loves him, his departure is going to break her" he stated solemnly.

Jake and Embry had been best friends since they were in diapers, I knew a part of him was upset that his best friend had left, but the other part was furious because he knew this was going to affect Susie more than any of us could even imagine.

"How could he be so selfish? How he could he just leave her, does he not understand how this will affect her?" I was furious that bastard was hurting my sister, because of his foolishness; if I ever saw him again I would kill him.

"We need to get back to the hospital Susie is going to wake up any minute now, and she is going to need all of us there"

"Jake, has Embry phased?" Quil asked.

Jake shook his head, he was definitely being smart, he knew that if he phased we would force him to come back.

We phased and followed Jake to the hospital, we ran on his flanks until we were close enough to phase back. We walked into the hospital, I was shocked to see Emily exiting my sister's room crying, "Em, what's wrong?" I asked her.

"You need to get in there, she's awake" she told us.

I followed Jake as he burst through the door.

SUSIE

I was tossing and turning, I couldn't escape my nightmare, I was in the forest running after Embry, every time I would get close enough to touch him, and he would disappear.

"Embry stop, come back!!!" I would yell as I continued to run after him.

"Susie, let me go, I don't love you anymore" he would whisper as he disappeared before my eyes.

"NO!!!" I yelled as I finally opened my eyes.

"Susie, honey, are you okay?" my mother asked as she hovered to my side.

"Mom, where is he, where is Embry?" I asked hysterical.

"Sweetie, please calm down" my mom pleaded.

"Susie, you need to relax" Emily told me.

"I WILL NOT RELAX, WHERE IS HE?"

Neither of them responded, they diverted from my gaze, I was getting angrier by the second,

"IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TELL ME WHERE HE IS, THEN GET THE HELL OUT!" I screamed at them.

Emily had tears in her eyes as she left the room, leaving me alone with my mom,

"Mom, please tell me what's going on, why isn't Embry here?"

"Sweetie-"right in that second my dad, Sam, Seth, and Billy stormed into my room.

They all had horrified expressions planted on their faces; everyone was here, everyone but the man I wanted to see.

"Susie, honey, we need to tell you something?" my dad told me as he stroked my cheek.

"Daddy, is it about Embry?"

"Susan, Embry is gone, he left" he told me not looking me in the eye.

"No, daddy you are lying, Embry would never leave me, he told me I was his soul mate, he wouldn't leave me" I was sobbing as I turned to my mom

"Mommy, right that dad is lying Embry would never leave me, right?"

My mom was crying, I looked around the room, trying to get a sense of reassurance from one of them, but I could see it in their eyes, they weren't lying.

Then realization set in,

"Susie, I will always love you, but I have to protect you and by staying with you I am only putting you in danger, please understand"

Embry had left me, he had told me before I dozed off, I whimpered in agony. I felt light headed; my vision was blurred as the tears started to pour down my cheek,

"He's gone" I whispered.

"Oh Susie, I am so sorry" my mom told me as she wiped the tears away.

"He doesn't love me, he never loved me, and I knew I wasn't good enough"

"Susan Black, he does love you, he wants to protect you, and he thinks that by being by your side he is putting you in danger" my dad tried to reassure me.

"You don't have to lie to me, I always knew that I didn't deserve him, he never loved me"

"Susie, please" my mom begged

"Can you guys just leave?" my voice was dead just like my soul.

"Sis, come on don't be like that, we want to help" I looked at my brother Billy, he was in pain for me I saw it in his eyes.

"Please, just go" my gaze fell to the tiles on the floor, I was numb, I couldn't feel my body all I felt was the internal pain running through my veins.

"Fine, we will give your space for now, but Susie this doesn't mean that you are going to shut us out, we are your family, and we love you" Sam told me.

I was grateful as I watched my family leave; I wanted to be alone in my own sorrow. My love had left me, he didn't love me, he never had, I didn't want to live without him, and I couldn't imagine a life without him. Embry had been a permanent figure in my life, a life without him was a life without meaning.

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