Coraline

"You know, I'm offended for you not calling me too."

"EMBRY! How on Earth are you trying to guilt trip me when obviously I am about to become the world's most sarcastic chew toy!" I was pointed at the wolf that started 'chuckling' again.

With that, Sam was here holding a toothbrush in his hand. "WHAT!" Oh holy Yoda, some toothpaste fell out of his mouth.

"Oh lord, I've died. I'm actually dead and my own personal hell is a world full of comedic situations that I can't respond to because I'll get eaten if I do." The wolf just kept chuckling, and soon so were Sam and Embry.

After what seemed like an eternity, they stopped. I was dead, there was no way I was alive. I must have died.

Sam was the first to say something, I expected it would involve some kind of pie that would come out of nowhere or maybe he'd become a clown, then I would definitely be in purgatory. "Coraline, I have to go spit out this toothpaste, Embry's gonna get the wolf out of your room and then we need to have another talk… okay?"

"Fine, but I swear to Yoda, if you come back with a seltzer bottle, I will actually be convinced I've died."

Embry finally decided to move, he looked at the wolf, which sprung up, looked at me and traipsed out of the room without a care in the world. Like a freaking house puppy. Sam followed them out. I got out of the bed and started to pace.

I flashed back to what had happened the last time I was conscious…because who was I kidding, I wasn't dead.

"The legends, all of them, they're true." The second she finished her sentence she got up and went to stand far behind me.

"Haha, guys. Very funny. Are you all going to leave your bodies now? Or just one of you? Or are you going to threaten to drink my blood? Oh, or even the most ridiculous theory. Are you all going to turn into wolves right before my eyes?" The last sentence hadn't even fully escaped my mouth when Sam, Embry, Jake, Leah, Jared, and Quil started to shake, when Seth and the others saw they each closed their eyes and started too. "….or are you guys gonna do some weird kind of dance….?"

That's what did it. All of them started to bug out simultaneously. It sounded like ripping flesh, and growls flooded my ears. I couldn't blink it was like my eyes were taped open all of my friends and family seemed to tear at the seams in front of me. It was a complete and total nightmare, and when shock comes around its cousin unconsciousness seems to follow.

Huh, being an orphan had its advantages and disadvantages. I made up my mind. "Cool, abandonment made me go insane." I looked around and saw my knapsack that I normally carried around. Let's just say the paranoia started to kick in and I was glad that I always carried my wallet and some essentials in that bag.

The next thing I did was the most shocking. I opened up the small window with the smallest amount of creak possible. I figured that I must have been working quick because Sam shouldn't have taken this long to brush his teeth. "The suckers don't even have screens on the window, oh my." I murmured and immediately started to feel remorse for calling them suckers. I looked down, I was only up one floor, and the grass was lush. I threw the bag, and then with one fluid movement, I jumped.

Paul

Oh Taha Aki, this girl was a fountain of wit. I watched her try to convince herself she was dead. I don't blame her, she had the most ridiculous looking brothers right now.

I started to remember when Sam told Embry about the imprint.

"Hurt her and you die." That was all he said to me, he couldn't do anything else. Now I knew why, I was gonna have my own troubles trying to get her to fall for me. She was a firecracker.

I didn't notice that Sam was talking, but I figured out that I was supposed to leave.

When we got to the living room, I phased back only to see Quil pacing by the mantle. "You okay over there, spazzy?" Embry just threw me a pair of shorts and went to go put his stupid book away. I could here the faucet running, which means Sam was done being ridiculous, and Coraline didn't make any noise. I guess she was just shocked.

Quil decided that that was the time to look up. "Is she awake yet?"

Something inside me grumbled, I guessed it was the imprint's jealousy. I had to remind myself that Quil imprinted, but he had gotten close to Coraline and if other pack members were here they'd as the same questions.

"Yeah, you can go up and see her, if you'd like. Sam's going to talk to her in a couple of minutes, but you should be able to pop in and say hi."

He dashed by me and spluttered, "I've never had many…girl…no, uh…friend girls?... She's really cool."

"I guess?" I had to play the aloof hot-head, no one besides Sam, which means Emily, and Embry and Jared knew about the imprint. I wasn't on planning of having anyone else know. I was determined to fight it. Commitment was just as bad as saying cuss words in church.

How long had I been standing here, at the foot of the stairs? I suddenly got my answer, Quil was rushing down the steps. "Paul, you've been playing space heater in the guest room right?" That was the excuse of me staying with her all the time, I offered to be the free heat, with some kind of excuse that taking care of Alyson made me too tired for patrols. I had to thank Sam for that some time.

"Yeah. Why?"

Quil's eyes just got big, and then I understood.

"CORALINE?" Sam sounded furious. Embry ran in with a dozen cookies dispersed between his hands and mouth.

She ran.