I woke up hearing Alice hissing at Seth.

"What do you mean she just fell," Alice's voice was icy.

Seth's answer was calm with a bit of edge. "I mean she just fell. I'm not a doctor Alice; I don't know what else to tell you."

Alice started to answer, but stopped herself. "Alexis," she breathed. I cold pair of hands started to shake my shoulder softly.

"Alexis, sweetie, you need to wake up now. You've got Alice all in a knot," Jasper laughed softly, still shaking my shoulder. My eyes slowly drifted open.

"Hi Jasper," he smiled quickly then was pushed away by Alice. Her expression changed when she saw me.

"Oh Alexis, I should have never left you with this dog," I heard Seth laugh edgily from across the room.

I shook my head slightly. "It wasn't his fault Alice,"

"Of course you would defend him," the iciness returned to Alice's voice.

I shook my head again. "No really, I was the one who over did it. Sorry," Alice glared at me then sighed.

"Fine, let him through," she waved her hand slightly. Emmett and Edward moved aside to reveal Seth leaning against the wall. He glanced at Emmett warily.

Edward sighed. "He won't do anything," Emmett grimaced as Seth slid by him.

"Hi," he said smiling slightly then wincing.

"What happened!" alarm coated my voice. Seth had a black eye and his nose looked kind of crooked.

Seth smiled slightly, trying not to disturb his nose. "I tried to get through security earlier," he nodded toward Emmett. A growl escaped my lips. Rosalie was in my face in a second.

"If you touch him,-" she warned. I froze her lips together before she could continue. Rosalie's eyes narrowed and her hands balled into fists. I smiled at her warily.

"Sorry Rose, but you were really pissing me off," I sat up. My head was throbbing like crazy and my limbs felt like noodles. I groaned. Alice, Jasper and Seth were around me in a second. I waved them off absently. My focus was on Leah sitting on the staircase, her eyes darting around to look at the eight vampires in her house. When she caught my eye, she glared.

"I thought Leah wasn't coming back for two days," I whispered to Seth. He glanced at me quickly before glaring at Leah.

"You've been out for three days Lexi," he replied rubbing my back softly.

I jerked away from him. "Three days?" I asked in disbelief. Seth nodded gravely. Alice and Jasper exchanged glances with Carlisle.

"How long did you think you were out?" Carlisle asked softly. I looked at him still slightly confused.

"Um, half an hour at the most," I said uncertainly. Carlisle nodded and Alice shoved Seth away, roughly. I grabbed his hand and pulled him closer to me. Alice scowled, but otherwise didn't object.

"We have to get you home now, OK Alexis," Alice said this quietly. Seth heard her anyways.

"She's been fine here," Seth said fiercely. Alice and Seth glared at each other.

"I think Alice is right, she should go," Leah came from behind Seth and put a restraining hand on his shoulder. Seth looked at his sister in surprise, but unwound his hand from mine. Alice smiled at Leah before grabbing my arm. She jerked her hand away in a second. Alice stared at me, wide eyed.

"That," I said getting up, "was not an accident." I stalked past her and the rest of the Cullen's.

I got back before any of the Cullen's did. I didn't even look at the house as I stomped past it. I landed on the other side of the river already ready to sprint. Edward and Emmett were running behind me in seconds. I didn't even turn when I heard a set of paws blocking their path way.

"Leave me alone Seth," I said between my teeth. Seth didn't even seem to be listening to me. We ran for a long time. I didn't say anything and he didn't either (obviously). It was a nice silence. I finally had some alone time in my head. Now I could sort out my thoughts. I stopped running after awhile. Keeping to myself wasn't as great as I thought it would be.

"I am a monster," I said softly burying my face in my hands. I looked up; Seth was sitting up with his nose in the air. "Seth, what's wrong," Seth didn't answer, he didn't even look down at me. I sensed them before I heard them. Seth was on his feet growling before I could get up. He stood over me like a mountain, in an obvious protective stance. I looked around him at the trees. A pair of vampires emerged. The first was a male with jet black hair, the second was female. Her hair was long and dark, it stood perfectly still in the night breeze. The male looked at Seth in surprise then at me. His lips pulled up into a snarl. The female still stood still she was looking at me a small smile of anticipation on her lips.

"Well this'll be easy, won't it Adam," the females voice was high and screechy. It made Seth wince.

"Yes it will," Adam took a menacing step forward. Seth stepped forward to meet him. Adam looked surprised for a second then he made his next move. The female and I watched their dance from afar. In his haste to battle Adam, Seth had left me in the open. The female looked at me and cocked her head.

"I could ask you why you're associating with warewolves, but that would be a waste of time," the female took a step forward. I took an involuntary step back. The female laughed. "You're not afraid of a fight are you?" she asked still laughing.

I scowled. "No, I just don't think you deserve to die," I shrugged and she grimaced.

"Is that a threat," she screeched.

I shook my head. "I'm only stating the obvious," the female growled and jumped at me. I panicked. I had never been in a fight before. The second I thought of self defense the female was on the floor, her entire body on fire.

"Gwen!" Seth and Adam's dance came to an abrupt stop as Adam stared at his mate in horror. Seth took the opportunity and jumped Adam. Adam's yell was suddenly cut off. I quickly burned his head before the image of it got printed into my head. Seth came over with the rest of Adam's body in his mouth. He dumped it in the fire and took three steps back. He looked at me and rolled his eyes. I couldn't stop the small giggle that escaped me. Seth smiled and lolled out his tongue. My tense mood disappeared immediately. I laughed holding my sides. Seth smiled, proud of himself. Emmett and Edward burst through the trees at the same time. They glanced at the fire before staring wide-eyed at me and Seth.

"What happened," Emmett asked edging his way around the fire to stand beside me. Edward was standing beside Seth and patting his massive shoulder.

"Isn't obvious Emmett," Edward asked. He continued when Emmett didn't answer. "My good friend here protected our Alexis. Good job Seth." Edward patted his shoulder again. Seth looked at me. I shook my head, let Edward think what he wanted to think. I didn't know why Edward couldn't see the truth in Seth's thoughts. Emmett looked at me for a long moment.

Emmett laughed. We all looked at him like he was crazy.

"Sure he did Edward," Emmett laughed again. I gave him a stern look. Emmett stopped laughing immediately. Edward frowned.

"What's going on," Bella stepped out of the trees smiling.

"Ah," Edward said silently, "no wonder I can't hear you two," he smiled and shook his head at Bella. She smiled back and flitted to his side reaching for his hand. Seth barked a laugh and rolled down one wary eye to look at me.

"Thanks," I mouthed to Bella. She shrugged and smiled.

"No problem," she mouthed back. Edward looked at Bella questionably, obviously aware of our little exchange. Bella shrugged and smiled wider. Edward shrugged back and otherwise didn't answer.

Emmett sighed. "I'm going back. It's getting sort of boring now," Emmett edged his way around the fire again and started to walk back to the trees. Edward and Bella followed after him immediately. I looked after them for a few seconds before slowly walking after them. I stopped when I realized that Seth wasn't following me. I turned; Seth was staring at the fire in his human form. I hadn't noticed him phase back. I looked down at the fire to see what Seth was looking at. The fire wasn't as high as it had been. It was burning close to the ground and the thick smoke was starting to thin.

"Why did you let me take the credit," Seth asked. I shrugged.

"You did do half the work," He looked at me, his eyebrows raised. I shrugged again. "I just don't want them to think that because I can take care of myself they can send me away,"

"You think they'll actually kick you out?" Seth's voice was incredulous.

I scowled at him. "Yes Seth, I think they're going to boot me out the door into the hands of violent vampires." I rolled my eyes. Seth smiled slightly. I sighed. "What's wrong?"

"What if you're right? What if they do send you away?" Seth's voice was husky as he said this. My hand automatically reached out to hold his.

"Even if they did, I'd come back anyways," Seth smiled at me, I smiled back.

"Good," he paused. "I'd better get you home before Alice gets worked up into a frenzy," I laughed as we started to run home.

When I woke up I wasn't in my own bed. I looked around me and recognized Alice's room almost immediately. I sat up, my senses all on red alert. My feet made no sound as I darted down the stairs, running straight into Jasper.

"Where's Alice," panic coated my words. Jasper looked at me wearily before answering.

"She's outside," he paused, "talking to Jane," my breath caught and my body filled with heat. "Alexis, I think it would be better if you stayed inside with me." He reached for my arm then changed his mind. I shook my head violently. I shoved my way past Jasper down the stairs. He moved out of the way quickly. I headed for the back door. A warm arm caught mine before I could open the door.

"Where are you going," Seth growled in my ear pulling me a full three feet back.

"I'm going to help Alice," I said icily.

"She has Edward and Bella," Seth said, pulling me steadily toward the front door. I stopped struggling and let him drag me. Seth used his free hand to open the front door. He picked me up and cradled me into his chest as he ran to his car. It was still dark out, maybe around two o'clock in the morning. Seth put me in the backseat of his car before jumping into the driver side.

"They came back for me," I said quietly when Seth hit the freeway. I saw Seth glance back quickly at me. The car accelerated. The minute we were behind La Push borders Seth was carrying me out of the car. In a few seconds at least seven wolves were surrounding us. I looked around me, alarmed. Seth pulled me closer to him.

"She came with most of the guard," he said quietly, "half the Cullen's aren't even around. You should send some backup." One of the wolves nodded and four of the seven wolves disappeared back into the trees.

"Seth," I said, my voice had lost some volume. Seth looked down at me, confused, but he finally put me down. "Thanks," I said straightening my navy blue satin dress. When I looked up Seth was watching me intently.

"Who dressed you," he asked. I grimaced.

"Alice," I said, really wishing I had changed before leaving the house. Seth nodded, his eyes looking at something far away. "What," I asked when he didn't say anything. Seth shook his head smiling.

"Nothing," he turned back to the wolves who had started to lose interest. "I need to keep Alexis here for a while," the biggest wolf nodded his head. Seth reached for my hand. Without a thought I reached out to grab it. We ran past Seth's car and through the woods. Seth took the lead and in a matter of seconds we were scaling the wall of Seth's house and through his bedroom window. Seth's room looked unlived in. His bed was made and his desk was completely empty. I sat on the floor because I didn't want to mess up Seth's bed. Seth sat beside me still holding my hand. He held both our hands to his cheek.

"I won't let anything happen to you, OK?" Seth looked at me. I nodded, I was afraid that if I spoke I would just end up crying. Seth stared at me for another five minutes before he got up and walked the two steps to his bedside table. He came back carrying a small box in his hand. Seth looked deep into my eyes before handing me the box. I started at him, one eyebrow raised. He shrugged and looked at the ceiling. I opened the box slowly; afraid of what might be in it. My eyes widened as I stared at the diamond studded bracelet in the box.

"Please tell me this isn't mine," my voice cracked. Seth smiled down at me.

"I could do that, but then again I'm not that great of a liar." Seth smiled again. He reached into the box to take out the bracelet. He held down my wrist and fastened the bracelet onto it. I could feel my sea blue eyes filling with tears. Seth wiped them away with the back of his hand. The phone rang at the exact same time. Seth got up unwillingly to pick it up.

"Hello," a look of confusion crossed Seth's face. "What do you mean," Worry creased Seth's face then was quickly replaced by anger. "How could they have gotten by you?" He paused. "Well yes, but that's different." Seth's eyes darted to me and away. "Fine I'll tell them." Seth slammed the phone down with a little too much force. "C'mon," Seth grabbed my wrist and hauled me to the window. He slung me onto his back and jumped. Seth landed with a low thud. He looked around him wearily, my arms tightened around his neck instinctively. Paul and Jared came running from our left side. Seth looked at them, I did too. Alarm was the only expression I could read.

"Seth, you have to get her out of here," Jared glanced behind him, "now." Seth didn't need to be told twice. He started to run in the opposite direction of which Jared and Paul had come. He put me down so that we could run faster. I held his hand tightly still not sure of what was happening.


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