Good evening everyone!

Sorry I didn't post this earlier but I was busy this morning then went to a wedding this afternoon/evening.

Life tip: When your mom gives you times for a wedding, confirm when the actual start of the wedding is and when the actual meal starts for the reception. Because I thought that with the wedding being at 4 PM and then the reception being at 6 PM, that I could meet up with some friends late for a girls night out. I was wrong. 4 PM wedding means like 4:45 because of some tradition on starting a wedding on the up turn of the minute hand. The 6 PM reception was actually a 7:30 PM meal time. Which meant my time frame got pushed back majorly.

Also, if you're going to catch up on old childhood family friends, a wedding that they are hosting is definitely not the place to do it. I wish I could've actually talked and spend time with them but sadly they're heading back home after the weekend.

How was the rest of all of your days and week? Hopefully it was less busy and crazy than mine.

Though tomorrow I have a payoff of getting to go shoot sporting clays for the first time. I'll probably miss all of them, but I get to shoot a gun and that's all I care about.

Anyways, I'm done rambling and I'm sure none of you read this.

So, onwards!


SPOV

When I got home I went straight into my bedroom and crashed on my bed laying my stomach. I bunched the pillow under my chin to prop myself up as I laid there staring at my headboard. I kept contemplating ways on how to tell her about the world of the supernatural. Maybe I should ask one of the guys how they told their imprints about everything. But there was one thing that was completely different-she ran away from me and didn't seem like she shared the same feelings.

I'm sure that I imprinted because of the feelings I felt for her already. Surely she had to feel some of it. The feelings, pull, how perfect we felt together or even the small electric current that seemed to coarse through my body when we touched. Everything fit, but then why did it seem like she didn't want me. I kept thinking in this loop until I got frustrated enough I growled into my pillow.

"Problems Romeo?" Leah asked amused as she stood in my doorway. I just growled back. I was in no mood to deal with her. "Touchy. I was just making sure you were back because I'm going on patrol and I didn't want to deal with your thoughts. The pinning and the mushiness and all that imprint stuff is not really what I want to hear right now"

"Just go then. I'm busy trying to think."

"Fine, I was going to tell you my theories about your imprinting situation, but if you're going to be like that," she said leaving my room.

"I'll bite," I groaned. "What were you going to say?" I sat up to face her.

"We all know you imprinted. But have you ever thought that she's not ready for a love relationship?" I looked at her confused wondering where she was going with this. "As your imprint you're to be there for her and to pretty much give her anything she wants right?" I nodded my head. "What if all she needs is a friend?"

"But what about how I feel for her. I love her, Leah, with every fiber of my being. But why did it seem like she doesn't feel the same about me?"

"Obviously, trying to get you to figure it out won't work. Look at Jacob and Quil. They love Nessie and Claire as well. But right now it's not romantic or anything like that, because they don't need that, and it would be illegal and that's not how they feel. But when the timing is right then the relationship will turn into that for Jake and Quil.

"Sometimes all an imprint needs a friend, a big brother type figure to be there for them. And the parents get an all too willing baby sitter. So just like their needs maybe this Alison just needs a friend."

I just sat there staring at the floor thinking this over. "Yeah, but we're the same age. Everything should just fit. I mean look at Jared and Kim."

"First she always had a crush on him. It was just Jared that had to change."

"Then what about Paul and Rachel?"

"They're both older and were already looking and ready for someone."

"Then what about…Sam and Emily," I said quieter hoping she wasn't going to explode. As I waited for her answer there was that wall that she used to block out all emotion when everything first happened with them. Sam broke up with Leah to be with his true love, Emily, our second cousin. He broke every promise he made to her. I saw it quickly go away as she put on the mask that she wore so no one would see her pain.

"They were both ready for love. The only thing that stood in the way was me, but I was quickly out of the picture," she said with no emotion.

"Leah, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have-"

"It doesn't matter. It's the past. I have to go on patrol. Bye," she said leaving. I heard her paws hitting the ground propelling her into the forest before the backdoor closed.

I felt bad for bringing that up and I almost didn't say it. But the stubborn side of me wanted to hear her explanation for that. But I still felt bad bringing it up.

Then after feeling a bit guilty I thought about what she said. What if right now I just needed to be Alison's friend? What if she already has a love and meeting me made her question it and now she doesn't know what to do? I know she belongs to me, but what if she's trying to stay with a boyfriend? If she is, then forcing myself on her wouldn't be the best thing, even if she supposed to be mine.

I started to feel an emotion, jealousy I think, begin to rise in me. I didn't like to think about her hugging, kissing, laughing, smiling, thinking, dreaming, touching and loving someone else. I didn't even know this person and I was jealous. I wanted to find and hunt this guy down and rip hands off and his eyes out just for touching and looking at Alison. All because I wanted to be the one that she did all that to. I wanted to be the reason she laughed and smiled. I wanted to be she thought and dreamt about. All I wanted was her to be mine, but she belonged to someone else.

Think straight. Leah just said she might not want that yet. She never said that she had a boyfriend, I thought.

That was right. I smiled to myself thinking about her being mine. At the same time I felt selfish with how much I wanted her only for me. But she was mine. We're soul mates, we're meant to be together.

Now I kept thinking on what I was going to do to be closer to her. If a friend is all she wanted then I would be her best friend. I would be there whenever she needs me. I vowed I would be there for her from now on. I just had to be patient until she's ready. After thinking about being able to be with her I rolled over and fell to sleep, still dreaming about Alison.

In the morning I got up and went on patrol. As I ran I kept thinking about how I could get closer to her, if only as a friend. While running I heard familiar voices and I went to see what they were doing. I saw Jacob playing some hand clapping game with Nessie. When they saw me Nessie got up and sprinted forwards and tackled me. From an outsider's point of view it must look interesting seeing this small girl tackle any of us to the ground.

"Hi, Seth," she said hugging me around my neck as she lay on top of me. I gave a wolfish smile. She sat up just petting me as if I was her pet dog. But I didn't mind, she loved to feel our soft fur, mostly Jacob's, of course. I rolled onto my back and let her rub my belly.

"Hey, Seth," Jacob said walking over. "Anything going on?" I shook my head.

"Seth, guess what?" Nessie asked excited. I rolled onto my side looking up at her letting he know that she had my attention. "I get to come to your family's cookout," she squealed bouncing up and down. She got excited whenever she was able to come to La Push, because she loved seeing everyone. I laughed at how you could tell the time with Alice had rubbed off on her.

"Okay, Ness, you're gonna have to let him get up and continue his patrol," Jacob said.

"Fine, I'll see you later Seth," she hugged me again. It's funny how Nessie loved all of the wolves mostly because she saw us as playmates when Emmett and Jasper weren't around. I rested my head on her shoulder covering her up almost completely. When she let go of me I gave her a quick lick on her face, making her giggle before I trotted off.

Hey was there anything out of the ordinary today? Embry asked.

Nope, nothing.

Still thinking about the new girl?

Yeah, I just don't know how to get close to her without overwhelming her.

We really should've taught you how to talk to girls so this wouldn't happen, he joked.

Yeah, because you're just so much of a lady's man. Besides it wouldn't be the same. I think right now I just need to be her friend. Like I said I don't know what to do.

I have an idea. She's new here and so therefore she'll be new at school. Go to the school and volunteer to help her around the first couple days.

Embry you are a genius. I'll see ya later, I said running towards the school.

I know. Good luck.

When I was close enough I phased and made my way quickly towards the school. I couldn't help but be happier that I remembered to grab a shirt. As I made my way in the front office I saw Mrs. McKinley working away at the computer.

"Hello," I said to get her attention.

"Hello, Seth, how are you doing today?"

"I'm good. I was just wondering, are we going to have a new student this year."

"Well we're going to have a quite a few since we'll have new freshmen."

"I was actually referring to someone other than an incoming freshman. I think her name is Alison Uley."

"Yes, she's coming here. Why do you want to know?"

"I was just wondering if she still needed a student helper?"

"Let me check." She turned back to the screen to check. Thank God for Embry and also for it being a small reservation. That meant whenever someone new came to the school we had someone escort them to make them feel more welcomed. "Actually, we do have someone. Stuart Johnson is supposed to be showing her around."

"You know if Stuart doesn't want to do it, I'll be more than happy to help," I told her, probably a bit too eagerly.

"Have you met her before?"

"Not really. I just know she's Sam's cousin and Sam is like an older brother in a way. So I feel it's only right if I'm the one to show her around."

"I guess since you know her family, it might be more comfortable for her to have you as a student helper. Make sure you're here before school starts so you don't keep her waiting."

"No problem. Thank you Mrs. McKinley."

"No, thank you, Seth. I'll change who is entered as her student helper in the system and inform Stuart about it. I'll see you next week," she said as she looked back at her computer.

"See you later," I waved good bye as I left. As I headed back home I couldn't help but smile at the prospect of getting to spend the first couple days of school with her. This would be, hopefully, the first step towards us being friends and eventually more.

When I got home I saw Leah eating a sandwich at the table. As I walked into the room, she just stared at me. Obviously she was still mad at me.

"Leah, first I'm really sorry. I wasn't thinking. Secondly, I took your advice."

"Which would be?"

"To just be her friend," I smiled.

"I see. I'm happy for you," she mumbled. "And it's not your fault about Sam."

"Leah, it's not yours either," I said knowing she blamed herself.

"You can't know that."

"And neither can you. Besides isn't love from your adorably little brother enough," I smiled.

"Unfortunately that'll have to do for now," she teased.

"That hurts," I put my hand over my heart dramatically, "my love isn't even appreciated."

"You're such a baby," she said getting up. "I'll see you later, I'm going out." As she walked by she ruffled my hair like she did when we were younger.

"Bye," I called after her fixing my hair a bit.

When she left I got myself a little bite to eat and then went to watch TV. I didn't even realize when I fell asleep until I heard my mom.

"Seth?!"

"Yeah, Mom," I called back sleepily.

"I wasn't sure you were home. Where were you last night?" she asked.

"Nowhere, Mom."

"Honey, you can tell me. Besides you look tired and most of the time you have energy to spare. You haven't fallen asleep watching TV sine the Volturi came. Besides it'll really ease my mind."

I sighed. "I was watching her last night," I answered embarrassed.

"Alison?" I nodded my head. "You really did imprint didn't you?"

"Yeah, I did," I smiled sheepishly.

"I really am happy for you. Just be careful around Leah," she warned knowing how Leah will act as she sat on the couch beside me.

"Don't worry. I'm fully aware of that."

"She hasn't given you a hard time has she?"

"No, she was actually happy for me. She said I deserve it. It was just something we talked about last night that's all. I'm sure she's fine by now. Leah doesn't like to let anyone or anything keep her down."

"True. I just wish both my children could be happy."

"I know there's someone out there for Leah. There has to be. She deserves it as well."

"I hope he come soon. I'm going to start making dinner," she got up off the couch and went towards the kitchen.

"I'll be back, Mom." I got up and left my house making my way to the beach. I walked down a ways until I was at the spot where we met. I just sat down staring off into the distance. My arms propped up on my knees as I thought about yesterday.

As I sat there I started to feel a cool breeze cares my face as the coolness of fall started to come. I closed his eyes imagining what Alison might be doing. I kept thinking if I should go to her house and visit her. Take over some food saying that my Mom wanted to make them a meal, that is what neighbors did for each other right?

Maybe I should be patient and wait to see her around. It is a small reservation where everyone pretty much knows each other, so we're bound to meet again randomly. If that failed I was going to escort her around the school next week.

I opened his eyes I saw the sun setting and decided I should probably head home. When I got there Mom was done with dinner. I sat the table for her as she plated the meals. Then I heard Leah come in the back.

"One thing I missed was your cooking Mom," Leah said hungrily.

"I'm glad you missed me. What did you do today?"

"Nothing much, just familiarized myself with the are again."

"That's good. Are you staying long?" Mom asked as she sat.

"I'm really not sure. Right now, I'm planning on staying for a bit," she smiled at Mom. She knew how much our Mom missed her. After my Father's death it was hard for the family, and it never has been the same.

"I'm happy to hear that. Now let's eat before this gets cold," she smiled at both of us.

As we ate we talked about different things that went on in Leah's absence. Leah told us some of the places she saw and what she did. It was really nice to have a normal family dinner. And it was nice to have my sister here.

It's weird. You would think that you wouldn't miss someone who treated you like a little kid and made fun of you all the time, but I missed her. Besides when you get in a fight she's one of the best people to have on your side.

"So are you going to go stalk her again tonight?" Leah asked finishing her dinner.

"What does it matter to you? Besides, I don't stalk her."

"True stalking is following someone. I guess that makes you kind of like a peeping Tom," Leah said getting up to put her plate away.

"No it doesn't. I'm making sure she's safe."

"From what? A crazy deer that might climb into her window?"

"Both of you," Mom said. She sighed not missing this part. "Seth, just don't go overboard."

"I don't. I didn't even go to see her at all today."

"That's a shocker, alert the media," Leah mumbled.

"Leah, be nice. Your brother is in love and doesn't know what to do. Let him learn on his own and do what he sees fit."

"I was just saying, sitting outside someone's bedroom window watching them is a bit weird," she defended herself leaning against the counter.

"Whatever Leah, I'm going. I'll be back later," I said getting up, putting my dishes away and practically running outside to phase and go see Alison. Even if she couldn't see me I still liked to watch her to learn more about her.

In a couple seconds, I was back to my spot outside of her view. When I looked up I saw that she wasn't in her room yet. I decided I would see the other parts of the house, from outside. As I went to the side of the house I saw that they were still eating dinner. It seemed like they were having a fun time laughing and eating. I sat there loving how her face lit up when she laughed. Her laughter was the best sound I've ever heard.

When she went up to her room I walked around back to her room so I could watch her and hopefully hear her voice. As I got there she was coming from, what I think is her bathroom, and sat back on her bed. After staring at the ceiling for a short amount of time, she rolled over disgusted about something and put her headphones on.

After laying there watching her toss and turn in her bed she finally fell asleep. With all her tossing and turning, it made me wonder what she was thinking about that made her restless and a annoyed. When I saw the sun starting to come up I decided to head over to the Cullens to get a bite to eat and go on patrol from there. As I got closer I smelled Esme's cooking, obviously Alice saw that one of us would be coming.

"How have you been, Seth?" Esme asked as I walked in.

"Very nice. Thank you," I smiled sitting down at the table with an amazing food spread.

"No problem at all. Besides instead of throwing away all this food I get to cook it," she smiled.

"Seth, you up for another wrestling match this afternoon?" Emmett asked excited as he came down the steps.

"Hell yes. You are going down this time. I've gotten better."

"That's what you think pup, but we'll see."

"Just be careful. I hate when you guys wrestle," Esme said. She has never been one for violence and even if we're playing around. She was always worried someone was going to get hurt.

"Mom, it's totally fine. Besides, Seth is a big boy," he came towards me and put me in a fake chokehold.

"Emmett, he's trying to eat," Esme chided him. Emmett immediately let me go still smiling.

"I hope you plan to change your shirt before you even touch me again," Rosalie said as she sauntered into the room.

"Morning, Rose," I said taking a bite laughing. Some things never change. Even though Jacob or someone from the pack was always around she still hated our smell.

"I can't help that you guys smell so bad," she shrugged. "Alice and I are going shopping, we'll see you guys later," she said walking towards the garage.

"Later, babe. Oh and make sure you get some more of those outfits that I like," he grinned waggling his eyes. Again some things never change. Rose just winked back as she walked away.

"I have to go on patrol. Thank you again, Esme. And I'll be beating you later," I pointed to Emmett.

"In your dreams," he laughed loudly.

"Anytime," Esme said softly.

When I made it to the tree line I phased, starting my day over once again. I kept going over my game plan for later to beat Emmett. The rest of the day went smoothly, except for Emmett beating me.

The same could be said for the rest of the week. It went smoothly and quickly. The same routine as always but at night I watched Alison and loved every moment of it. I only wish that I was able to be with her.

"Seth, I forgot to tell you, the Uleys are coming too," my Mom said as I was setting up tables for our annual back to school BBQ.

"Yeah, Sam and Emily always come."

"No, I wasn't talking about them. I was talking about Michael and Vanessa Uley with their kids, Josh and Alison."

"Are you serious," I turned to her quickly, accidentally flipping the table I was setting up over, knocking some of the others over as well. I never even thought about Alison being here.

"Yes, I invited them when I first went over there, before I even knew you imprinted on Alison Uley."

"Thank you," I ran to her and gave my Mom a bear hug. I was finally able to talk to her and see what she needed from me.

"You're welcome. But get all of this set up. Also, make sure you look presentable. I know it's a casual get together but make sure you wear something better than worn out sweatpants. You want to make sure you make a good impression."

"Okay Mom. And thank you, again." She smiled as she went to get food ready for tonight I knew it was a bit weird that I just watched her from the woods at night as she fell asleep, but I didn't know what to do. I didn't know if she would talk to me if I stopped over. So I just kept my distance and I never saw her walking on the beach since that day, or even come out of her house for that matter. But I was finally going to be able to talk to her and find out more about her.

After I finished up I ran into the house to get ready. I went and took a quick shower and then went to my closet to pick out an outfit. The bad part is that I really didn't have anything nice to wear. So I just had to settle for a t-shirt and some torn jeans. This is the kind of moments where I wish that I had Alice to help me chose a nice outfit. But I put the t-shirt and jeans on and went downstairs as people started to come.

I went outside to start greeting people and I saw Leah over by the grill. I went to see if she needed any help.

"You need any help?" I asked as I got closer.

"No, I'm good. Besides you need to be ready when Alison comes."

"Mom told you didn't she?" I groaned.

"Yup," she smiled.

"Leah, be nice please? This is all hard enough without you scaring her."

"You think I would actually try to ruin your happiness?" I gave her an 'I don't know maybe' shrug. "Seth, I would never do that to you. I know I pick on you but I wouldn't chase your imprint away. Like I said, you deserve this," she smiled.

"Thanks, Leah," I gave her a quick hug. "Oh, and don't embarrass me either."

"You can do that without my help, but I can't guarantee anything."

"Try."

"I can't guarantee it."

I groaned knowing she had enough stories to go on for at least a year.

"Seth," I turned to see Jacob walking up with Nessie on his back holding a bag.

"Hey, what's in the bag?"

"It's an outfit for you. The Cullens found out about you imprinting and asked me about it. I heard from Leah that she would be here tonight. Alice thought that you could use some better clothes than what you have on."

"Thanks, but does anything stay a secret around here?" I said.

"It's a bit hard when you can read other's mind just by being a wolf. And also, you have a mind reader, a psychic and an empath from the Cullens. Even though Alice can't see us, she's getting better with seeing around us."

"True," I started to read for the bag but Nessie wouldn't let me grab it.

"You can only have them, if you promise to play with me later," Nessie said holding the bag.

"Or I could just tickle you," I said and I started tickling her as she screamed while laughing. Then I took the bag from her embrace. "Thanks, Nessie."

"But…," she pouted.

"Don't worry, I promise we'll play together tonight. Maybe we'll even take Jacob down together." Her face light up.

"Okay," she said excitedly.

We all just laughed at how excited she was to play a prank on Jacob. I went inside to go change. Right as I went up the steps I heard Alison was here and Sam was greeting her and Josh. I ran up the steps as if my life depended on it.

When I got there I practically ripped my clothing off to change faster. When I opened the bag I saw a navy and white stripped polo and a pair of faded jeans. I put them on quickly and I was surprised that they fit perfectly. That little pixie vampire was an amazing personal shopper. Before I left my room I looked myself once over making sure I didn't look like a dork and then I noticed my hair. It's been a while since I cut it last and it looked a bit too long.

So I took the shirt back off and went to the bathroom to trim my hair a bit. The whole time I could hear everyone was talking and I could hear Alison meeting the Elders. She seemed to be having a good time as she was meeting new people; most of them were from the pack.

I kept messing up as I was hurrying to go out and talk to Alison, mostly when she was talking to Leah. Thankfully Leah actually was nice to her. Eventually my hair was short enough to just pull off that short messy look. So I put some gel in my hands and ran my hands through my hair a couple times and it didn't look too bad and to get rid of all the loose cut hairs. So I threw my shirt back on and ran down the stairs.

When I got out of the door I didn't see her so I went quickly over to Leah.

"Where is she?"

"She's just-whoa what happened to your hair?" she asked as she looked at me.

"I cut it. Now where is she?"

"Calm down Romeo," she laughed. I wasn't really in the mood for this. Then I heard Nessie's laugh getting closer. I turned towards it and saw her running towards me with Jacob close behind.

I bent down and picked her up throwing her in the air a bit as she squealed.

"Giving Jake a hard time?" I asked when I caught her. She nodded her head enthusiastically.

"Keep it up Nessie," Leah encouraged her.

"Don't encourage her," Jacob said coming up.

"What one kid too much to handle?" Leah teased.

"Ha ha, Leah. You try to chase her around everywhere. What happened to your hair?" he asked looking at me.

"Why does it feel funny?" Nessie asked running her hands through my hair. We laughed as she wiped the gel off on Jacob's shirt.

"I cut it because it was getting long. Also, so it looked better when I talked to Alison. Does it look bad?" I asked a bit worried.

"You look fine Sethy," Nessie assured me. "But next time go to Aunt Alice to get your hair cut. She does a good job."

"Thanks, Nessie. Oh, and Leah, thanks for being nice to Alison."

"I told you I wouldn't want to mess up your chances. So little faith," she mumbled the end shaking her head.

"Still thanks."

"But to answer your question for earlier, she's sitting by Mom," she told me.

I looked up and found my Mom. Then I saw a couple seats away Alison was sitting there. When I looked at her our eyes met. All I could do was smile at her. My heart started to beat faster.

I gave Nessie back to Jacob and started to walk unconsciously towards her. The only thing making my legs move, was the supernatural pull her. All the sudden, she jumped out of her seat like a rocket saying her goodbyes to everyone. As they were making their way the car, she seemed to be walking faster with each step, until she was practically running and jumping into the SUV.

Once again, I felt a pain shoot through me like it did last week. I knew it was because she was walking, more like running, away from me. I hated to see her retreating from me. Did she really not want to talk to me? Did I really imagine imprinting? When I saw her drive off all I could do was stand there.

"You okay?" I heard Jacob ask.

"I don't know," I let my head fall in disappointment as I stood there with my hands in my pockets, kicking at the dirt.

"Just be patient. You don't know what's going on with her right now."

"The bad part is that I volunteered to show her around the school tomorrow. What if she really does hate me and I'm wrong about imprinting? How am I supposed to show her around when she hates me?"

"She doesn't hate you. The moment you came out she was staring at you. It wasn't a just the normal starting, she was looking at you like Kim looks at Jared. Like Emily still looks at Sam. Like Rachel unfortunately looks at Paul." I laughed knowing how much Paul annoys him. "Don't worry."

"Thanks Jake."

"What are Alpha's for?"

We walked to where Nessie and Leah were talking. Nessie walked towards me and asked me to pick her up, so I did, it was hard to say no to her. Besides she knew she had everyone wrapped around her finger. When I picked her up she showed me her meeting Alison. I smiled at how Alison seemed to love Nessie. It was funny how people fell in love with this small girl so quickly.

"She's pretty and I like her. Can she come to my birthday party?" Nessie asked.

"I'm not sure. I'll have to ask her."

"Okay. I hope she comes. And I hope she becomes your friend. Jake said that she's supposed to be your imprint."

"Yeah, she is. And I hope she becomes my friend too."

After talking to people for a bit I went inside and made my way up to my room lying on my bed staring at the ceiling. I thought about what Jacob was saying but it was opposite to what she did. If she was staring then why did she run away from me? Was volunteering to show her around tomorrow a good idea? Why was she all that I thought about? She's the only person I ever want to be with? But it seems to me like she never wants to be with me? Ugh, why can't things be as easy as they were when I was a little kid?

When I couldn't come to a conclusion in took my clothes and laid back down throwing my arm over my eyes. I fell asleep like normal, thinking about her and wondering if she was thinking about me.


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