Sorry it took so long. I had sooo many tests and quizzes this week, not to mention homework.
So as a treat for waiting, I'll make this one more emotional than before. :D


It was hours later when Skye awoke. It was four in the morning and all but two left.

Reneesme grew tired, to her dismay, so Jacob and the Cullens left with her. Sue silently went up to her room after Charlie had left. Sam and the pack left seprately, each one with a grave look about them.

Only Embry and Seth remained.

They silently battled. Who would stay? Who would have hope? Who would leave? Who would prove that they, indeed, did not love her?

In the end, Embry's body just wasn't up to it tonight. He had run patrol the whole night before and his body desperately needed rest.

Seth didn't even move when he heard Embry get up. He was too busy with Skye, whispering all the words he couldn't say to her. He stared at her beautiful face, longing for her voice, her touch. Her whole being.

A tear glistened as it paved a path down his cheek silently as he whispered three words.

Three words that silently reflected a million.

"I love you."

He squeezed his eyes shut as he asked a four worded question. A question that would turn his world upside down if she answered in one word.

"Do you love me?" No...she doesn't. Seth sobbed quietly as he pounded this into his head.

"Why... Why are you crying?" He felt petal-soft fingers brush away the tears that fell so freely down his face. Seth selfishly grabbed at them, holding them to his cheek as he tried to calm down.

Skye got to her knees and wrapped her free arm around his back, holding him close. "What's the matter?"

Seth had stopped crying by then and he became fully alert. She... She smells like... vampires? "You were... in a coma."

"Then why are you crying?"

Seth looked down. I wish I knew...

Skye, realizing that she wouldn't get an answer, dropped her hand and sat back.

Come closer... They thought in unison.

"Where is Embry?"

As much as Seth admired Embry, he couldn't help but feel angry. Why does she only think of him when she's with me? "He went to sleep." He spat.

Skye cocked her head to the side. "That makes you mad?"

Seth growled murderously. "Yes. You were hurt." He snarled.

"It was a coma, I didn't feel a thing."

"... I would have stayed here forever."

"Even if it took years?"

"Yes." Seth looked to the side, avoiding her gaze. "I said forever, didn't I?"

Skye didn't respond.

"For someone who just came out of a coma, you seem pretty relaxed." He commented lightly, deliberately changing the subject.

Skye's eyes widened as she recalled the very thing that sent her into a 12 hour coma. She began to shake.

"Skye?" Seth felt a tingle up his spine as he said her name.

"A-are you sure Embry's not here?"

"... Yes."

"G-good." She crawled over to his lap in the darkness and hid her face in his chest. Seth instinctively held his hands out to her as she came.

"You're shaking." He whispered into her hair.

"That's because I'm sc-scared, you dork." She had tried to make her voice hard, but failed as it wavered then broke.

Seth chuckled lightly and began to stroke her hair, even though he knew he shouldn't. She isn't mine... He forced the small voice to the back of his head. "Scared of what?"

Skye took a deep breath to steady her vicious heart. "Embry... Embry is a wolf."

Seth tensed. "That's what you're afraid of?" He asked in a monotone voice.

"No... Just... A guy-Never mind."

She's... Not afraid of us? "Tell me."

She stared up at him for a while, wondering if she could trust him. "... Embry, when he was in his wolf form, began to growl. At first, I thought he was mad at me, but then a man came out from behind a tree. He was pale and he had golden eyes...

His face... It was so...haunting. I don't think I'll ever forget it..."

Golden eyes? The Cullens? "What did Embry do?"

"Attack him. But the man... he jumped on me. He pinned me to the ground... and... and..." Skye began to sob.

"Did he...?"Seth snarled murderously. If I get my hands on that filthy-

"No... He... He bit me. I remember how his skin was ice cold and how his teeth penetrated my skin so easily. I remember feeling my blood being sucked out... I remember thinking I was going to die. Embry saw what he was doing and knocked him off of me. The man hissed... His... His lips were covered in my blood. He jumped at Embry and nearly tore his leg off. Although my vision was hazy... I could see that he was badly hurt. After that... I guess I blacked out." New tears replaced the old on her face.

Seth rocked her back and forth as he contemplated if he should go out and kill the jerk or tell Skye the truth. After hearing one loud sob, he decided to stay with her. "Skye, we haven't been completely honest with each other..."

Does he know? "I guess..."

"All of us are wolves. And that man you saw? He is a vampire."

Skye was caught off guard. "... Even you?"

"... Yes." He didn't dare look at her.

"Okay... I can handle this... I think." She whispered mostly to herself.

A light bulb lit in Seth's head. "Wait... If he bit you... You should be turning into a vampire by now..."

I don't know if its I can't hide it or I don't want to... "That's what I wasn't really honest about."

"He didn't bite you?"

"He did... Its just that... I'm protected."

"Protected?" Seth echoed. "I don't understand..."

Skye sighed and began to finally tell the truth. "See, my dad is a biologist. A genius, as some said. One day he made a break through. He discovered a new species. Vampires. Everyone thought he had passed his limit. Gone insane. Even I had... But that night changed everything. Someone knocked on our door one night, so my mom got up and answered it. A man; pale, red eyes, ice cold... He... He killed her. He went down to my dad's lab and bit him . My father screamed and injected the vampire with some needle. The vampire fell to the floor immediately and my dad passed out... I didn't know what to do... I was scared... I noticed a serum my dad was working on labeled protection... I took it... I didn't know if it worked or not... I guess it did, seeing how I'm here now. I looked around for one for my dad, but when I injected him... It made the process faster..." Her voice got more and more quiet, until it faded.

"... Your... Your dad is a vampire?" Seth was whispering too.

"Yes..."

"Did he ever...?" Seth wanted to wring her dad dry if he ever bit her.

"In the beginning, a lot. But now... Not so much."

"Not so much?" Seth was shaking.

"He tries not to. He loves me. I love him." Skye tried to calm him down. "I... I think that vampire was one of... Them. The ones who are following us..."

"They?" The Volturi...

"I don't know..." Skye huddled closer to him, hiding her face in the crook of his neck. "Seth, I'm scared."

"I know." He couldn't help putting his arms around her and leaning his head to hers. "But I will protect you."

She looked up at him, eyes wide with fear. "Why? Why are you so nice to me?"

Seth kissed her once, hard. "Because I think I'm in love."


Sooo SORRY! It took ages, but here it is!