"Would you like to tell me what the hell just happened?" Sam asked stalking closer until he was in front of Jacob. Hermione noticed he was at least an inch or two shorter than Jacob, but his chest was slightly broader.

"Nothing." Jacob shrugged slightly crossing his arms over his chest and Sam glared at him completely ignoring Hermione.

"Really? Because it didn't look like nothing." he growled.

"Come on Sam that kid had it coming." Hermione thought about speaking up to say how much more than that Draco deserved for how he'd treated everyone for the past 6 years but she didn't. She didn't want to give Jacob a reason to pick a fight with the other boy again, and there was no doubt in her mind that he would if he heard anything about what happened. Jacob was strong but she had no idea how to fight a wizard, and the last thing she wanted was for him to get hurt trying to defend her.

"We only have one rule Jacob, so if it's broken it's a pretty big deal." Sam said quietly. From the way he was talking Hermione knew Sam was in charge of Jacob, and from the way Jacob's jaw clenched she knew he wasn't happy about it. "Now if you can't control yourself you can stay in the woods."

"He insulted her." Jacob said quietly. Hermione watched as a tremor worked its way through his body. For the first time since the conversation started Sam's eyes turned towards her. He looked away from her quickly back towards Jacob, his eyes hard.

"He didn't touch her did he?"

"He wouldn't be alive if he did." Jacob said coldly.

"You must be Hermione." Sam said turning to look at her once again. Hermione nodded slightly even though she knew it wasn't a question and he smiled. "You're all Jake talks about." Hermione's eyes flitted over to Jacob as blush spread through his cheeks rapidly.

"Really?"

"Of course. He can't go a solid hour without bringing you up. We've been wondering when he was finally going to introduce you to us."

"I'm free now."

"I don't think that's -" Jacob started.

"Great, Emily will love to have another girl to talk to besides Leah." Sam said smiling as he looked from her to Jacob.

Sam led the way into the woods and Jacob hesitated glancing at Hermione before he held out his hand. She smiled at him, slipping her hand into his and his lips curved up slightly as they started walking.

Hermione saw a wolf around the same size as a horse and froze for a solid second, reliving Lupin's transformation in the woods. But after another second the sandy colored wolf wagged it's tail and barked at Jacob and Sam. It's eyes shined brightly as it watched the two other boys, sitting down as they passed.

"Hey Seth."

"Get back to patrol." Sam said. The wolf rolled its eyes slightly before it moved on, disappearing in the trees.

They walked through the woods, farther in than Hermione had ever been before and if Jacob wouldn't have pointed out the cabin she would've walked right past it. It was a small log cabin that looked like it was only meant for a couple, but Hermione knew the wonders magic. But before they could even get inside a group of boys poured out the front door. They all looked just like Sam and Jacob except one had boy had a baby face, another had curly hair, and the last one was at least five four inches taller than the other two.

"Hey Jake!"

"So this is her, huh?" the boy with the baby face said as he bit into his apple. His eyes traveled over Hermione slowly and Jacob nodded.

"Hermione this is Jared, Embry, and Quil." Jacob said motioning to each one in turn.

"It's lovely to meet you all." Jared snickered slightly before Embry smacked him. Hermione smiled when she felt Jacob rest his hand on her lower back, then move over slowly to rest on her waist. The fact that he'd shown almost 0 physical contact with her in front of any of her friends put her off but the fact that he was openly showing affection to her in front of his friends, who would surely ridicule him about it later made her feel better.

"Yeah you too."

"So can you cook?"

"Er, we don't really have a home economics class at Hogwarts."

"So let me get this straight, you can make potions that can kill people or make them fall in love ut you can't make decent food?" Jared asked and Hermione felt her cheeks flush and he smiled. Jacob shoved his shoulder back lightly but Jared had to take a step back to balance himself.

"Watch it."

"Don't worry Hermione, if you wanna learn I'm sure Emily can teach you in no time." Embry offered.

"And if you plan on staying with Jake you probably need to learn. The guy eats like a starving hippo." Quil said smiling at Jacob fondly.

"He's more than a hippo." Embry mumbled.

"What the hell is hungrier than a hippo?"

"What about an anaconda? I mean they eat people whole so that's pretty hungry. And they don't even chew their food, they just swallow."

"Sounds like Jake." Jared said smirking.

"I dunno man. Jake's like whale."

"I'd like to think I'm a little bit more classy than that." Jacob interrupted and the other three boys looked at him for a minute before they went back to their conversation.

"Classy like a shark?"

"No, more like a starving dinosaur."

"Can we stop talking about me and focus on more important things?"

"Oh right, this is the first time you've ever introduced her to us. Since your dad's not here we should probably bust out the baby pictures of you in the bath tub." Jacob gave Quil the death glare as soon as the words and Hermione laughed.

"I'd actually love to see what Jacob looked like, before this." Before he was perfect. She wanted to know what he'd looked like 4 or 5 years ago and whether or not he was an awkward teenager or was one of the boys she and the rest of her friends would've fawned over.

"Did Paul leave to patrol?" Jacob asked eager to change the subject.

"Yeah which means Leah will be back any minute." Sam said and the other boys frowned. Jacob's eyebrows traveled over to Hermione before he started to explain.

"She's part of the Pack. Besides Jared, Quil, and Embry we have her, Paul, Seth, Collin, Brady, and a few other kids. Since we can hear each others thoughts being around Leah when we're phased isn't the funnest thing in the world."

"And being around her when she's human is even more terrible." Jared said chomping down on his apple and the other boys all laughed except Sam, who gave him a stern look. "What it's true. She makes everything a competition and she brings up stuff none of us want to talk about. Not to mention how much of a pain she is right after she sees you and Emily making out." Hermione wondered why Jacob hadn't told her more about the Pack before he actually introduced them, before she remembered how he tried to stop her from coming.

"Just ignore everything she says." Jake said quietly as the girl approached them. She had shoulder length silky black hair and almond shaped eyes that were so dark brown they almost looked black.

"The rest of us do." Embry mumbled and Quil chuckled.

"So you're Jacob's new girl." Leah said looking her up and down slowly, crossing her arms over her chest. "Don't get me wrong I'm glad you got him over Bella, but Imprinting probably wasn't the best thing to happen to him right before a war."

"Leah!" Jacob snapped. If looks could kill Leah would be dead. Shock flew across Hermione's face as she turned to Jacob raising her eyebrow.

"What?"