Unforgiven

Marie POV

Whilst Jake walked me home the guilt sunk into me, I'd been awful on the beach for no reason whatsoever. Why did I have to say those things? Why did I have to make Leo hate me… Maybe it was just my personality? I retracted those I loved. Honestly I was such a drama queen!

"Marie" I looked up to see that I was now back at the house. As I stood I automatically pulled my hand through my wet hair with nerves as I turned back to Jake.

"Thanks Jake. I'll cya.." I tried to escape into the house so I could get away from him and whatever it was that was pulling me towards… and further from my family.

"Wait" His warm hand held my arm softly exactly where Leo had. "You're not doing anything wrong! We're not doing anything wrong!"

His words were too easy to believe as I gazed into his eyes.

"Marie, please meet me tonight at the entrance to the woods at about 10. I need to see you again"

I looked at him with the same need I'm sure he was feeling and I couldn't suppress the word that fell from my mouth.

"Definitely"

"Cya later!" Jacob let go of my arm and stood back as a smile covered his face. I almost forgot about what had happened until I found my mum in the hallway furious.

Joanna POV

I was furious at Jacob Black, saddened by Leo and… I didn't know what to think about my daughter. As she entered the house I took a step back at her appearance, she looked more like a drowned rat then the girl who had always cared for her appearance.

"Where have you been?" I asked unsure whether to seem angry at her or sorry for her.

"On the beach with the guys and… Leo" she tried to sound careless but her smile lacked the charm it normally held.

"He called me" He hadn't really. Sam had. "He's going to stay over at Sam's tonight for a get together or something" Again another lie and my daughter sensed it. As her eyes filled up with tears I wrapped her in my arms.

"I said some awful things to him on the beach and I don't even know why I mean it was just that I was I don't know I couldn't help it and-"

"Shush! Darling, loads of siblings have arguments. You'll both get over it, don't worry. Go and run yourself a bath to calm down darling!"

As she wept I held her in my arms knowing that her dad was going to be furious. To him it will seem like a petty argument sparked by Marie because Leo was trying to look after her. But ever since I'd learnt Lucas's secret I had done the research imprinting wasn't preventable or destroyable it was love. Something that could never be broken and Marie had stood on that beach today and fought for the right to follow her fate.

As I held her I realised imprinting isn't rare and someday Lucas would imprint and when that day comes I wouldn't stand a chance, like Marie.

Marie POV

I fell asleep in the bath, but I soon woke up when my dad came back.

"WHERE IS SHE?"

I didn't hear my mum's reply.

"I DON'T CARE! LEO FEELS-"

"BUT WHAT ABOUT MARIE!" My mum didn't normally shout she would normally wait for my dad to finish ranting. "SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING? LUCAS! WHAT CAN SHE DO?"

There was no answering yell, just silence. As I pulled the plug from the bath tears started falling from my eyes. I didn't know what was happening but it was something bad and it was starting to get to me. Thousands of questions whizzed around my mind what was it with me and Jake? Why was I yelling at Leo? What was going on with all the guys? How did I manage to get involved in it?

I pulled myself up out of the bath then looked at myself in the mirror. My skin was bright white and I was shivering with coldness. With eyes bright red and my hair hung all over I didn't look anything like normal. A weak sigh left my mouth as I wandered over to the window to look at the forest where the entrance was just out of view. Jacob knew what was going on and soon I would.