The next day, I met up with Embry before class, and hugged him. He didn't hug back, and kinda stayed away from me. I brushed it off.

"So, are Jared and Paul gonna show up again today?" I asked.

He shrugged. "They show up unannounced." I nodded. Something tells me that today's not gonna be like yesterday.

***

At lunch, I sat alone. Everyone that I had met yesterday, wasn't there. I sighed, and decided to go look for my sister.

I found her, face shoved in a book, and sniffles coming from her. I realized she was crying.

I sat next to her. "Serena, what happened?" I asked with concern.

She sniffed, looking up at me. Tears were slowly falling from her eyes. "I can't handle all the staring and the comments and the fighting! I wanna go home!"

"What are you talking about?"

"They keep calling me a vampire, won't stop staring at me, and Seth just got into a fight with some kid. Because of me. They had to leave, and it's all my fault!"

I pulled her to my side. "Shh. It's ok, Serena. I'll find out what happened. And, why was Seth fighting anyway?"

She shrugged. "Some kid said 'What the fuck, Clearwater? Having a vampire as your fuck buddy won't go down well with the elders'. Seth took it to heart, and started wailing on the kid. Then this group of kids took him out of school."

I was confused. Why was Seth so protective of Serena? I shrugged it off. "How about I call dad, and tell him we're going to Seattle. It's Friday, anyway. So, lets go." I pulled out my phone, and called my telling him what was going on.

I closed my phone, and smiled. I pulled Serena up, and we left school, walking home. We put our stuff in the house, grabbed the keys to my car, and left.

***

We drove to Seattle, listening to her ipod. Whenever I caught Serena frowning, I would find a ridiculous song that I knew she had on her ipod, and sing to it. It would make her laugh and smile.

We got to Seattle, and went to a coffee shop. As we sat down at a table in the corner, we heard to older men talk about recent unsolved murders.

"Listen here, Mick 'Five more deaths in the Seattle area. Cause of animal attack.' Sounds like there's a murderer on the loose."

"Or an animal attack. Like the paper had just said."

"Animal attack? Mick, are you off your rocker? No way in Hell there's an animal attacking all them people. Telling ya, there's something else to these killin's."

Serena looked at me concerned. "Come on, lets go," I whispered. She nodded and we left.

***

We drove through Seattle with no destination in mind. I looked at Serena. "You hungry?"

She nodded. "Yeah. Lets get something."

We drove to a little café and went in. It was adorable. It was like a house with more tables.

We were sat down, and ordered.

During our meal, I looked at Serena, but something out the window caught my eye. A fiery red haired woman was outside, staring at us. Her expression was one of hunger. But, I don't think it was for the food.

The women saw me, and locked eyes with me. The hunger shown in her eyes as she stared at me and my sister. I looked away from the creepy woman, and looked back at my sister.

"What?" Serena asked me.

"Oh, um, nothing. Something out the window."

"Oh. Ok."

We finished our dinner, and went to the car. The air once happy and calm, became eerie and deadly. I looked at Serena. "Do you feel that?"

"Yeah… But, before we go, can we go to the park?"

I gave her a confused look. "Um, I guess." We drove off to the park.

We sat on a bench. Serena laid her head on my lap. I looked down at her.

"What?"

I smirked. "So, what's the deal with you and Seth?"

"Nothing. Why?"

"Well, it's kinda weird to hear that a guy just got the shit beaten outta him, when you and Seth are 'just friends'. Usually, there's a deeper reason. " I smiled.

She pushed my shoulder. "Shut up. We only met yesterday."

"It don't matter."

"Whatever."

She rolled her eyes.

For a moment, I thought I heard noises coming from the bushes infront of us. That was confirmed when that woman with the window ran out of the bushes, right at us.

"Serena, run!" I exclaimed. We ran, the woman chasing after us. The park seemed longer than before. We ran towards the crowd of twenty foot tall trees, just as two giant wolves – one russet colored, the other sandy colored - jumped out of them. It scared Serena so much, that she fell to the ground. I ran to her side, as we watch the wolves.

The wolves went to the woman, and started chasing after her, until they were no longer insight. Serena took in a deep breath.

"What the fuck was that!?" She yelled.

I shook my head. "I don't know. But, that woman was after us for a certain reason. I saw her out the window at the café."

Serena stared at me.

We both knew that there was something going on. Something more than human.

"Should we tell dad?" She asked.

I shook my head. "We shouldn't worry him. Come on, lets go."

She shakily stood up. I held her and helped her walk to the car.

At a stoplight, I caught her staring out the window. I put my right hand on her shoulder. She looked at me. I smiled. "You ok?" I asked.

She nodded. "Yeah. Just shaken up."

"Anything else?"

She shrugged. "It's just, that sandy wolf. I think… I mean, I think I know him."

"What do you mean?"

"I think I… I think he-"

"Come on chick, Spit it out!"

She sighed. "I saw him in a dream."