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Chapter 8; Closer

"Resistance is thought transformed into feeling. Change the thought that creates resistance, and there is no more resistance."

~ Robert Conklin

-Se-

Days went by with no sign of the scentless vampire. Then again, he was scentless so he was bond to be good at hiding.

That's what worried us all, the fact that we wouldn't be able to detect him. For all we knew he could be sneaking into our houses at night plotting out deaths. I shivered at the thought and turned my attention to my alpha and the vamps' deep talk.

"So what's this bloodsuckers name, Alice?" Jacob asked and threw his feet up onto the coffee table. Nessie proceeded to slap her wolfs arm and lay her hand there. Jacob shook his head with laughter, probably from something Ness was showing him.

"Everyone just calls him Dickson, probably his last name," Edward answered for his sister as he walked into the room, and opened his arms for Nessie to jump into.

We were at the Cullen mansion at the moment, discussing the recent news about the new danger to the area. The Cullens' somehow knew quite a bit about "Dickson" while us wolves knew nothing. I didn't even know what I was doing at the Cullen house, since Jacob could show me everything later.

"We found Dickson about four years ago when we were up in Canada on a hunt. Well really, Dickson found us. He wasn't wild then and you could tell his from his eyes he was trying to convert to our diet. He's quite a strange fellow, really. Lost almost, as though he couldn't quite understand what was happening," Edward said in a daze as his daughter pressed her hand against his cheek.

"That's very true Nessie," Edward whispered to his daughter after her hand left his face. Edward looked up at us. "Nessie just reminded us that Alice can't see her kind either, so maybe Dickson isn't even in town."

That fact didn't make me feel any better. Sure, Dickson could possibly be else where but then again the Cullens' seemed to bring in the vamps as though they were the Pied Piper themselves.

Nessie's face scrunched up in frustration as she pressed her hand into her father's face with more pressure.

"Why would he be after you Ness," Edward whispered with a laugh. She frowned and jumped back onto Jake's lap, her landing silent.

"Because I'm special!" Ness shouted with a giggle and hid her face into Jacob's chest. Jake laughed with his imprint and whispered into her ear; I didn't bother listening.

"Eddie-Boy, you said Dickson was trying out your diet. So is he really a threat?" I asked and laid my head back onto the couch. Edward laughed and slowly sat down beside me.

"When are you going to learn that vampires are always dangerous?" Edward asked just as Bella walked in.

"He's never going to, I didn't did I?" Bella asked and jumped onto her lovers lap, laying a small kiss on his lips. Did they seriously have to act like that there?

"Sorry Seth! How's Sait?" Bella asked after one glance at my face. Luckily she knew how to make things better, bring up Sait. Although, from my imprint connection, I could tell she wasn't happy.

"Her birthday is on Tuesday," I said and faked a smile. Her birthday being less than a week away meant the anniversary of her parents death was even sooner. That was probably why I felt her being depressed. You know being "her" Prince really helped for me to find out more about her. Like her birthday, something that I wouldn't have known, except she was complaining about it to a large wolf.

"Are we going to throw her a party?" Alice asked, her whole face lighting up at the thought.

"No! She doesn't like her birthday, no one is even supposed to know about it," I said quickly as I shook my head. Alice's face immediately dropped.

"Let me help you get her a gift then," Alice said, her voice kind of ticked off. Even with how much I longed to get Sait a gift, I wouldn't. To Sait, her birthday was more of an omen than a party.

"I'm not supposed to know about her birthday, Alice. What am I supposed to do? Buy her a present and be like, 'I saw this and thought of you, so I bought it?' Yeah right. Oh and I forgot, she hates me."

"She doesn't hate you Seth," Edward said calmly. My head shot up from the ground I was looking at. Edward chuckled and gave his wife one kiss before standing up. Motioning for me to follow, Edward walked outside.

Explain please, I thought to Edward, still to shocked to use my mouth. Edward chuckled again and leaned against a giant rock that sat beside the river.

"Sait doesn't hate you, though she doesn't particularly like you either," Edward said with another one of his chuckles. I growled and motioned for him to continue.

"At Jake's party, when you both sang, she was enjoying herself. Part of her brain, what she thinks to be her logical part but is actually her biased part, was angry that she had to be near you. The other part, her logic, was quite content standing next to you. Even enjoying your company." I felt a large smile cross my face. So I was right all along, she never hated me.

So you're sure she was pretending or something? I asked as we started to walk back inside. Edward scoffed.

"Yes, because a human would pretend to herself that she enjoys your company, while at the same time wanting to hate you. Most people don't think that someone who can read their mind is in the room." I rolled my eyes at Edward and slammed down onto the couch. Nessie giggled and reached out to touch my cheek.

Even though I had known Nessie since birth, it was still shocking to see her memories and thoughts flow into my own. This time was no different.

As Nessie's small, warm hand made contact with my skin, I was blinded. I couldn't see the Cullen furniture that was in front of me, nor could I hear Edward and Jacob's small talk. All I saw was what Nessie wanted me to see. This time, she showed me a couple images of Sait she had from Jacob's party. Even seeing her through Nessie's memories made me feel overly happy.

The next image Nessie showed me was Sam and Emily, the love and adoretion she could clearly see between them. With that image came the question "were Sait and I ever going to be like that?"

Nessie quickly gave my vision back and I nodded to her. I wasn't positive if Sait and I would ever be like that, but most imprinted couples did. It was natural.

"Why aren't you like that now?" Nessie asked, her little voice sounding very aged. She wasn't even one yet, though because of the vampire in her she was very advanced. With the size of a five year old, Nessie also held the brain of a graduated honours student. She made me feel stupid half the time.

"Because, she doesn't really like me right now," I said and Nessie glared at me, her silent sign of telling me to continue. "But someday, kay kid?"

"Fine," Nessie said and crossed her arms over her chest. Jacob growled quietly at me, probably for upsetting his imprint. I sighed and stood up, seriously not in the mood to deal with moody imprints.

"I'm out, lunch is gonna be over soon," I said with a stretch. Since it was in the middle of the week, a Wednesday, I was supposed to be at school. Luckily for both Jacob and I, we had a spare before lunch because we didn't have to take Tribal Studies. Oh the joy of being a wolf.

"You have to go too Jacob," Nessie said with her arms still crossed. Jacob frowned and slammed his head down on the couch.

"Aw c'mon Ness, can't I spend the afternoon with you? I could take you to the beach?" I didn't wait to hear Nessie's reaction for I was already running out the door.

-S-

"So tell me again why we aren't hanging with your boyfriend and his friends again?" I asked as Covey dragged me into the cafeteria where we solemly ate anymore. Before the whole Paige situation, the four of us sat at the furthest table towards the back. Now, the cafeteria was like foregien territory.

"Because I need to talk to you about things and those boys have dog ears." I didn't bother replying to Covey as she dragged me towards our old table. From what I could see, the table was empty besides Tasha and her boyfriend.

"So you're going to tell me these things in a cafeteria of people? Makes a lot more sense," I said sarcastically as I threw myself down on a chair. It felt weird sitting in a chair, instead of the broken tables we sat on in the "gang cave."

"Dog ears, Sait," Covey said and pointed to her ears. Seriously, Covey was a quite questionable person but then again aren't we all.

I wasn't complaining about not being with the Gang, but it felt weird not being there. Sitting with them, besides Seth, made me feel at home in a way. Safe, secure and... well the way I felt with Prince. It was nice, but weird also.

"I lost it," Covey said quietly, disrupting my thoughts. I felt my eyes widen and my jaw practically fell off. I blinked a couple times and thought it over again. My best friend lost her virginity, oh my god.

"Seriously?" I choked out and Covey blushed. I was happy for Covey because I was sure she wasn't going to regret giving herself to Embry. I swear if true love was real, then they were made for each other.

"It hurts Sait," Covey whispered and then let out a girlish giggle. I let out a sigh, were we really becoming those girls?

"I don't think I need to worry about that for a long time Cove." I wasn't lying, I truly didn't need to worry about the pain of sex for a long time. Between school, watching my siblings, seeing Prince and sulking at a graveyard, I had no time to even think about sex. Not to mention there was no one who showed even a hint of interest in me.

Covey stayed silent and pressed her lips into a straight line. I knew she disapproved of what I said and what I was thinking, but she didn't say anything. She knew better than to anger me so close to March the Fourth.

"You said before you had 'things' to talk to me about. What else is there?" I asked when I remembered what Covey had told me early.

"The dates coming up soon," Covey whispered and looked up at me through her long eyelashes. I felt my eyes water but I took a deep breath to keep them down.

"Yeah, I know," I said with a shrug. Covey shrugged back, slightly mocking me. I decided to continue talk. "You would think I'd be excited to be turning sixteen huh?"

Covey gave me a look of disapproval. "You know what I mean Sait. It's been six years now," Covey whispered and again I felt my eyes water.

"I know Covey. Six, fucking, years," I growled and then let my head fall onto the cafeteria table. Six years I had been without parents and even then I still wanted to cry at every thought of them.

"Have you ever thought of talking to someone about them Sait?" Covey whisperer and I shot my head up. Did Jules put her up to this, I thought. Jules had always been trying to get me to talk to people about my feelings, therapists and what not. I laughed at her.

"I don't mean like a phycyatrist, but like I dunno... someone else!" Covey half-yelled and put her hands up. I blinked my eyes at her, did she expect me to go tell all my problems to people?

"Like who Covey?" I growled and grabbed at the end of my sleeves. I seriously wanted to change the subject right then and there.

"Ugh! I dunno Sait. I'm sorry, it's just always around this time of the year you aren't Sait. I worry about you," Covey whispered the last part. It was true that I acted differently, it was just that it was hard to be "Sait Timber" at that time because all I was thinking about were the memories of being "Malactania Marie Timber."

"It's fine really. This week will end and I'll be back to myself," I said and faked a smile. Covey gave me one back, hers unsure. I took that moment to stand up.

"I'm gonna head to class early today, see you later?" I asked Covey as I pushed in my chair. She just nodded back and bit her bottom lip...

-C-

As Sait walked away from the table, I laid back in my seat. I really was worried about her; she was my best friend for gods sake. I just didn't like the way she seemed to act whenever the date was approaching, but I guess I could understand. Losing both parents is a big deal and I'm sure if any of my siblings or parents were to die, I would be devastated. Or if I lost Embry, that would just not be livable.

"Covey?" I heard Tasha whispered from across the table. She was sitting with her boyfriend who was occupied with some type of homework. I was confused, I hadn't talked to Tasha for months.

"Yeah?" I asked and moved my chair closer to her. Her boyfriend, I think his name was Dakoda, looked up and smiled at me only to go straight back to work.

"It's Sait's birthday soon isn't it?" Tasha said quietly, but then again her voice was always quiet.

"Yeah it's that time again," I replied with a sigh. Tasha knew how different Sait became around this time of the year, we all did.

"How's she doing?" It was nice to know Tasha still cared.

"Pretty good considering."

"Considering," Tasha agreed with a nod. Just a year ago had been Sait's worst year. I had remembered Sam Uley coming up to us with Sait in his arms. He found her fast asleep at her parents grave, snow and frost covering her face. It had been bad. I really hoped this year wouldn't be a repeat.

You know, I had hoped that one of the boys imprinting on my best friend would do her good. Make her happier and save her from the misery she lived in, but Sait just had to ignore Seth. She pretended from time to time that Seth didn't exist, but weirdly he seemed fine with it. I wasn't fine with it though. That had been another thing I wanted to talk to Sait about; Seth. Of course, being me, I chickened out and instead talked about "the date."

I knew Sait didn't actually hate Seth, she just wanted to hate him. I understood that Seth tourchered her with name calling when we were younger, but he change. God, he thought Sait was the best thing on earth now. I just wished Sait would give into the imprint.

I sighed and pushed out my chair, giving Tasha and her boyfriend a quick goodbye before leaving the cafeteria. As I pushed through the doors quickly I paused and stepped back in. That was not what I saw, I thought and looked through the window in the door. Weirdly, Sait and Seth were standing in the hall outside of the doors, talking. Actually talking... What was going on with the world?

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