I ran back to my house, and shifted while running. Bad idea. I thought, getting up off the ground. I ran into my house, and upstairs. I hit my parents bedroom before I heard the door open, "Kierra?" I ducked into my parents bedroom, making sure all the lights were off and then went into their closet behind the boxes. I really did not want to deal with this right now. I sat down on the floor and kept quiet. I heard his footsteps on the stairs. "Kierra?" He called out again. I kept quiet behind the boxes and made sure not to touch anything that could make noise. I heard the bedroom door to my room open, for a few seconds, and then shut. Next the bathroom door. Each door opening for a second. I heard my phone go off in my room, probably Jake trying to find me. He must of heard it too because he quickly walked in the direction of my phone. "Dammit Kierra. You can't just leave your damn phone home. I have to talk to you. I need to know something. Call me." He said, slamming his phone shut. I tried to contain my laugh so he wouldn't find me. I wanted to see how well he could find someone. He must of heard something because he walked into my parents bedroom. I put my hand over my mouth and slowed my breathing. I heard him walk around the room and then I heard his hand on the closet door. I heard the doorknob turn and then there was light. "Kierra, I know your in here. I can smell you." I barely moved so I could smell myself, and noticed that I didn't stink. I smiled to myself, and thought, He must smell my natural smell. "Kierra, if you don't come out, I am coming in. I waited, and then the door shut. I heard him get down low and then I heard his knees against the carpet. "You made me do this." He said. I heard him in front of me. He must of gotten close because his breath was hot on my face. "Found you." He said, then kissed me. I kissed him back as his mouth moved against mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he lifted me into his lap, "What are you doing in here?" "Testing your skills." "My skills?" "Seeing how well you can find someone." "Oh." "Yeah. I'm thinking that if I hadn't laughed, you would of left." "Probably." He pulled me up into his arms and walked me out of the closet and room, into my bedroom. I smiled as he tossed me on the bed and laid down next to me, "Why are you hot?" "Because I just am naturally like that." "No," he said, touching my forehead, "you're burning up." "Oh, that's just how I am." "I don't remember you being this hot." "Well, I am. So." "Okay." He laid on his back and looked up at the ceiling. "You yelled at me over voice mail." I said. "Well, you shouldn't leave your phone home. Or, try not hiding from people." "I hide for good reasons." "Don't hide from me." "Too late." "I'm serious." "Fine." "Do you want to do something fun?" "What?" "Me and some guys are going down to the beach. It may be to cloudy to surf or anything, but I want to walk the beach." "That, actually, sounds nice." "Well, let's go." "Can I change first?" "Fine, meet me downstairs." "Will do." He jumped off my bed and headed out of the room and closed my door. I jumped off the bed and grabbed my pants and slipped into them. I then grabbed my hoodie and pulled it on. I went to grab the keys to my car and then remembered that Edward was supposed to deliver it to the treaty line. I grabbed my phone and stuffed it into my pocket. I walked out of the room and into the bathroom, made sure my hair wasn't a mess and then went downstairs. I turned into the living room and saw two boys other than Jake standing there. "You ready?" Jake asked. "Yes. I am." "Kierra, this is Shawn and Shane. The twins of La Push." I nodded towards them. "Are we taking your car Kierra?" I walked outside ad saw that my car was sitting in my drive way. "Sure." How the hell did this happen? I got in the car and grabbed the keys out of the center console and put them in the ignition and started it. The twins got in the back and Jake got in front next to me. My phone went off and I looked at it. Your welcome – Jared. "What did Jared do?" Jake asked. "He helped me out. It isn't anything to worry about." "Okay." I drove out of the driveway and down to the beach. "Just pull into my drive, we can walk from there." "Fine." I pulled into his driveway like I was told and then parked it. Everyone got out and I locked the car and followed the twins and Jake down to the beach. We started walking along the shore, the twins in front of us. "Have you been here?" "I was with Jared." "You two seem to be hitting it off very well." Jake said, frowning. "Jake, don't do that." "Do what?" "Go all protective over me. I am not doing anything with Jared. He is like, one of the greatest friends I have." "Well, what am I?" He said, grabbing my hand. "The greatest of all time." He stopped and smiled at me. "Hey, Jake. Isn't that Bella Swan?" Jake dropped my hand and ran towards where Shawn was pointing. Well, that went okay. Not. Jake went up the stairs and passed a guy on his way down. The guy was carrying a surf board and about knocked Jake over. "Sorry dude." The guy said and carried on. He passed me and stopped, as Jake went up to Bella and started talking to her with the twins. "Hey." The guy said, dropping his board at his feet. "Hey." I said. "My name is Tyler. What's yours?" "Kierra." "Do you know that dude I about ran over?" "Oh, that's just Jake." "Ah. Well, I just thought I would introduce myself. Bella said she knew you. So, I am just going to continue on into the water." He picked up his surf board. "Hey, have fun." "I'll try." He said, laughing.

Bella and Jake came down the stairs. "Bella, nice to see you again." "Oh, hey Kierra." "Kierra, we are going to walk. Mind if it's just me and her?" "Well, no. Go have fun." "Thanks." Jake said, walking off with Bella. "You look like your having a blast." A boy said, walking up to me. "Not really. Well, not now anyways." "Hey, I think I've seen you before." I looked him over and then it hit me, "You're the guy from the store. I was in there the other day buying paint and wood for shelves." "Oh! That's right. Well. Hey. My name is Mike. My parents own the store." "Ah. My name is Kierra." We shook hands, "Well, Kierra, would you like to take a walk, since the ones we came to hang out with have disappeared with each other?" "Sure." We walked in the opposite direction of the way Jake and Bella went. Shawn and Shane stayed behind with the other group of kids that Tyler, Mike, and Bella were with. "How long have you been here?" "Just a few days or so." "Oh." "Yeah." "Where do your parents work?" My heart was crushed again and tears flooded my eyes. "Hey, are you okay?" "Yeah. I'm fine. It's just, my parents were in a car crash a few days ago and didn't make it. You're the first person I have talked to about this other than my cousin and everyone who knows." "Oh my. I am so sorry. I had no clue." "Nobody does." We continued on down the beach in silence. "Mike!" We heard a girls voice call. We turned and saw a dirty blonde headed towards us. "Jessica. Hey." "Hey, can we talk?" "Well, I am walking with Kierra." "Go ahead Mike. I need to do something anyways." I lied, checking my phone. "You sure?" "Yeah. It's okay." Mike just nodded then walked away with Jessica. I heard a howl and then ran into the forest. I shifted and then ran towards the howl, which was about a mile away.

Jared, what the hell?

You looked like you weren't having fun.

So you howl, causing me to shift?

Well, you need to have fun. Why don't we go see if Jake is getting himself into trouble?

I nodded and ran around the forest edge, making sure not to be seen. I could hear everything, even Jessica telling Mike she really likes him. I hit the highway, making sure that nobody was coming and crossed, Jared right behind me. I followed Jake's scent and kept a half of a football yard away from him and Bella and laid on the ground, Jared following. "Like, wolves? Real wolves?" I could hear Bella ask. Yeah, right behind you. I retorted. Jared just laughed. "Yeah, that's the legend of our people." Why the hell is he telling her these legends? I asked Jared.

Well, I over heard her ask about them, and if he continues, he most likely will tell her about "The Cold Ones".

You mean The Cullens?

Yeah, but here we refer to them as "The Cold Ones".

Okay got it.

Jake looked back towards us, and didn't see us. He looked away and then we ran towards his house. I shifted back and so did Jared and we got in my car. I took off towards my house. I parked and ran inside into my bedroom, Jared to the living room. We both needed clothes. "I will grab some sweat shorts of my dad's and a t-shirt." I said, running up the stairs. "That would be wonderful. Thank you." I ran into my bedroom and put some clothes on then went and grabbed some for Jared. I called down to him, "Here's the clothes." He came around the corner and I tossed them down the stairs to him. "I am going to be in my bedroom, come up when you are dressed." He nodded and then I went around the corner and into my bedroom.

I hopped onto my bed and grabbed my phone. Jake had messaged me. Where are you? I thought you were still at the beach? I replied to his message, Well, after you and Bella took off on me, even though you were the one to invite me, Mike asked me to walk down the beach with him, and apparently that Jessica girl thought I was a threat to her, so I took off. I am safe. No need to worry. I want to be on my own though. I set the phone down and called down to Jared, "Lock both he front and back door please. Jake knows I took off and I don't really want him here right now." "Will do." He called from the stairwell. I heard him lock the front door and then I heard him go through the house. My phone buzzed. Well, where are you? I started typing, I am with Jared. You evidently didn't want to spend time with me after asking me to tag along, and Jared asked to spend time with me. So far, he is the only one who wants to hang out. So, go. Have fun with Bella. Don't ask me to hang out if you don't want to. I knew I sounded bitchy, but it was the truth. I heard Jared on the stairwell, and saw him when he hit the top landing. "What did he say?" He asked, nodding towards my phone. "He just asked where I was, and I snapped at him. I mean, if he didn't want to hang out, why ask me to go? It's just ignorant, in my point of view. So I told him you actually wanted to hang out so I was with you and I told him to leave me alone." "It is." He nodded in agreement. My phone went off again, but this time Jake was calling me. Jared leaned over me and took the phone, "Look. She told you to leave her alone. Let her cool down dude. She is pissed off and you calling her won't make it any better." I could hear Jake, "Well, at least let me talk to her." "Put it on speaker." I whispered. He did, "Jake, I will not let you talk to her. She said leave her alone." "Dammit Jared, let me talk to her. It is her phone." "Yes, it is. And if she wanted to talk to you, she would take the phone from me right now and talk to you. But she isn't, therefore she doesn't want to talk." I just smiled and mouthed, "Thank you." Jared nodded. "Dammit Jared. Fine. I will talk to her today though." "No Jake, I am pretty sure you won't. I think you and your little crush ruined your chance." "My crush?" "Oh, come on Jake. We all know you've been bugging your dad to take you down to see Bella. We all know you like her." "Does Kierra?" "She does now." "Dammit. Tell her..." I hit the end button. I didn't want to know what he had to say. "How is that possible Jared?" "What?" "Well, if you've imprinted, doesn't that mean that the one you imprinted on is yours? No one else can have them?" "Well, this is the first time we have had a girl wolf, and I don't really know if the imprinting works the same for a girl as it does a guy." "Well, that sucks. Oh, well." "How about we forget about this and have a movie night and order pizza's?" 'That sounds fantastic. Just us?" "It can be whatever you want." "Well, then it can be us, besides. I want to get to know you a little better. You may be my best friend." He smiled and then dialed the number for the local pizza joint. "How many pizza's?" "Twenty. We can finish them." "What kinds?" "I want ten of them Hawaiian. Get the other ten how you want them. This way we each have our pizza's." He nodded and started talking to the person on the other end of the line. I got up, Jared following, and walked downstairs. I went into the living room and started pulling out movies. We each picked five of our favorites, making ten movies total. I let Jared put in his first movie, Jarhead, and sat on the couch, while Jared kicked the footrest of the recliner out. He got off the phone and handed it to me, "The guy said that it would be here in about forty-five minutes, or it's all free. And we need seventy-nine dollars if it isn't free." "Oh wow." I said, "I'll go grab my wallet out of the car. Watch the credits and I will be right back." I said, hopping up. I walked to the front door and unlocked it. I thought about where to park my car in case Jake decided to come find me. I made sure the back door key was on my key-chain and then pulled the car around the house so no one but the people in my house and Sam's could see it. I parked it, grabbed my wallet, and locked the car. I unlocked the back door, walked in, and relocked it. Then I walked to the front door and locked it again. "Did you move your car?" "Yes, I thought of if Jake came looking for me. If its in back, he won't see it." "Good thinking. Now come sit down." I sat back in my spot and took my blanket from the back of the couch and laid it over me. I pulled out the money for the pizza just in case and set it on the coffee table, "That's in case I fall asleep." "Ah, okay. Well, if you fall asleep, I will only wake you when the pizza's get here." "Okay." I hit play and watched the movie begin. I was never really interested in this movie so I just barely watched, and payed more attention to the weather changing outside. It started to rain, so I got up and shut all the curtains in the house. Jared continued to watch the movie, "Do you want something to drink?" "Get me some Iced Tea?" He asked. I just nodded and went into the kitchen. I grabbed two cups from the cupboard and went to the fridge. I pulled out the Iced Tea and the Water, and then I put ice into our cups. I filled his and mine up and then went back into the living room and handed Jared his glass. "Thanks." he said. I nodded, taking a sip of my water. I sat back down on the couch as Jared continued to watch his movie. I grabbed my phone and started to play some games on it.

The door bell rung when the movie ended, so I grabbed the money and got up off the couch. I looked through the peephole to make sure it was the pizza guy and it was. I opened the door and he handed me the pizza's. "It was over our forty-five minute mark. Pizza's are on the house tonight." The guy said. "Thank you." Jared said, coming up behind me and taking half the pizza's. I tipped the guy for his time and shut the door when he walked away. I locked it and went into the kitchen where Jared was, already scarfing down one of his pizza's. I grabbed a slice of mine and shoved it into my mouth. The door bell rang a few minutes later. "What else did you order Jared?" I asked, laughing. "I seriously didn't order anything." He said, getting up and finishing the slice in his hand, "Stay right here. I will take care of this." He walked out of the room after I nodded. I heard the door open for a few minutes and then shut. In walked Sam, Paul, and Jared. "What are you guys doing here?" I asked, setting my pizza down on a plate. "We all need to talk." Sam said in his Alpha voice. Jared, Paul, and I all sat down at the table. We looked to Sam and he continued talking, "Bella has fallen for Edward, and she knows about him, thanks to Jacob." Paul started to say something but Sam cut him off, "We do have to protect all humans and that does include Bella. She is apart of Jacob's family. He is in love with her." And here I thought he was supposed to be MY imprint. "What do you mean? He can love Bella. I mean, Kierra..." Jared started to say. "Jared. No. I am done with him. He loves her." "But Kierra, you..." "Jared. I said no. It's fine. Let it go." "Fine." I looked to Sam, "Continue." "Well, apparently, she is interested in finding out more about him. We just need to lie low for a few days and see what happens." We all just nodded in agreement. "Guys, there's pizza here. I've lost my appetite, so don't let this go to waste please." The guys just nodded and I went to the living room and grabbed my phone then ran upstairs and to my bedroom. I shut the door behind me and locked it. I didn't want to be interrupted. I turned my TV on so that the guys couldn't hear me and I dialed Edwards number. "Hello Kierra." "Edward, don't hurt her." "Hurt who Kierra?" "Bella. If she get's hurt it will hurt Jake, and I don't want him hurting. He is my imprint and I will do anything for him." "I know Kierra. Alice saw that Jacob and Bella were talking about us, and we understand what is going to happen. I swear not to hurt her." "You better. Because if I find out..." "Kierra. Calm down. It is alright." "Okay, well, keep me updated please." "I will." "Thank you for bringing my car to the border." "Anytime. Be safe. We do have three vampires on the loose, and I don't want anyone hurt. We are trying to get them to leave, but it isn't working so far." "Oh! You mean the girl and the two guys?" "Yes. How did you?" "We crossed paths the other day. I don't much care for them." "Well, the same here." "Okay, well, like I said. Just keep me updated." "I will." "Okay. We will talk later." "Will do." "Bye." I hung up the phone and put it on the charger. I laid my head down on my pillow and watched the rain outside. I heard a light knock at my door but I didn't answer. I was to tired to even try. I could hear someone on the other side of the door say something, but I couldn't quite make it out. I shut my eyes and drifted to sleep.