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I rolled over in my warm bed trying to convince my body to sleep more, however my body had other ideas. I opened an eye to glance and my bedside clock. 10:15 am. I groaned at the sight. I should actually be excited. Today was New Years Eve and Madison, Ashley and I were heading to La Push for an annual New Years Eve Party that was being held at Sam and Emily's house.

For the past week I had been working the morning shift at the Café and then spent my afternoons in La Push helping Emily with cooking and baking for tonight's party. The other girlfriends and partners would also help out, whilst the boys were working or playing video games. Work for a lot of them was quiet due to the festive season and the blanket of snow that continuously covered the ground.

My nights were spent with Seth, having dinner at his house. I met Sue, who was nothing more then a genuine and lovely person, and could see where some of Seth's personality traits came from. Leah lead some banter between us younger ones, but I was quick to put her in her place after I threatened to reveal some drunken college stories.

Ashley had gotten the courage to tell my Aunt and Uncle about her new relationship with Collin, but had no plans to introduce him to the family just yet. Madison and Andrew were getting on like a house on fire, spending at least three quarters of a day together and then spending the other quarter texting and talking on the phone. Kim had told me yesterday that she had never seen her younger brother so happy.

A few days ago I made the trip to Port Angeles with Mads and Ash, I had to admit that this New Years would be special because I would be celebrating with a boyfriend. After our disastrous first date, Seth and I had a long discussion and heated kissing that resulted in making our relationship official, making this shopping trip was extra special. We had spent the whole day shopping leaving our feet sore and our wallets emptied, but it was worth it because at the end of the day we had outfits to bring in the New Year in our hot hands.

I finally trudged down the stairs still in my pajamas and bathrobe to find Ashley and Madison already sitting at the dining room table with nail polish and other beauty products scattered across the table. I just gave an inward smirk and walked to the kitchen to fix myself some toast and juice before making myself comfortable at the dining room table watching my sister and cousin paint their nails.

"What time are we heading out?" Madi asked, not taking her eyes off her nails.

"I spoke to Emily last night she and said that most people were coming at 7:30, but we were more then welcome to come down earlier, so I offered for us to come at 6:30 to help set up."

"Fabulous, that will give us plenty of time to get ready" Ashley exclaimed.

I heard a car pull up in the drive way and a few minutes later heard my parents come through the front door carrying groceries. They were having a party at our house tonight, so when they saw the mess on the dining room table Mom chucked a fit and Madi and Ashley grabbed the beauty products and walked upstairs.

"Are you planning on coming home tonight?" Mom asked as she started putting items away in the cupboards and fridge.

"Yeah, I also cleared it with Aunt Jen and Uncle Dave, so Ashley is fine to stay in La Push for the night, so I guess we will be home some time tomorrow," Mom nodded at my response.

"Ok, that is fine, just look out for Ashley, Jenny told me that she is dating Collin, who is friends with Seth. Where will you be staying?"

"For sure….we will be staying at Seth's …..but before you say anything if we do stay at Seth's his Mom will be home and us girls will be sleeping in the spare room."

"Eliza I do trust you" Mom stood up from bending over to put something in a bottom cupboard.

"I know, I just don't want you freak out," I placed my dishes in the dishwasher and walked upstairs to take a shower.

A few hours later the three of us had showered and were primped, curled, straightened, painted and polished for our night out. The three of us stood in front of Madi's wardrobe with floor length mirrors attached to the doors evaluating the finished product. Ashley was wearing dark wash jeans, a black tank top with a royal blue wrap cardigan, with royal blue flats. Madison wore black jeans, a grey top with a black sequined bow sewn on with a black cardigan and black ankle boots. I stood in my new outfit, jeans with a frilled sleeveless shirt, my old black leather jacket and red ballet flats. We all stood there admiring our fashion efforts and hoped that the men in our lives were just as appreciative.

"I have never been so excited for a party before, and that Collin will be there makes it an extra special night," Ashley gushed as she applied her lip gloss.

"And the fact that we get to stay in La Push for tonight," Madi joining in with Ash's excitement

"Ladies don't get to carried away, remember Sue has been very nice to offer us a place to stay tonight," I tried to act with some authority, but I could see it wasn't working.

"Yes Mom," Madison mimicked, "We will be on our best behavior." I could tell Madi was speaking.

"Sure Sure," I looked at her, knowing that she was just saying that to be annoying.

I walked back into my room to grab my belongings and walked downstairs to see that friends of my parents had congregated in the dining area. I said a quick hello my parents guests before Madison and Ash walked down the stairs and the three of us said goodbye and walked to my car. Before I drove off I rang Seth to see where he was, he and Leah had just arrived at Emily's and I told him we would be there shortly.

The roads were quite icy so I drove a little slower then usual. When we did finally arrive at Emily's, we were greeted by Seth who asked if we chose to drive via Australia.

"Haha very funny Seth, you know what, you should become a comedian," I responded sarcastically as we walked the front steps of Emily's house and were greeted with laughter, love and a lot of yelling. The yelling was mainly coming from Emily who was shooing away some of the boys that had strayed into the kitchen to snatch some food. It had taken a smack across Embry's head with a metal baking tin, which I resulted in a massive dent, for the boys to stop entering the kitchen.

"Did you want any help Em?" I asked, Emily put a tray in the oven and looked at me, her smile so wide and bright that you could barley notice the scars that were etched on her face.

"No it's ok, you have been the biggest help these past few days, and it will only take me a few more minutes… Go!" Emily shooed me out and into the lounge room that was slowly starting to fill with numerous people.

I scanned the room and found Seth standing with Sam and Jake huddled into a corner of the room, heads low and speaking in hushed murmurs. None of them realized that I had approached until I slid an arm around Seth's waist and gave him a swift kiss on the cheek.

"Not disturbing anything?" I asked, looking at the three men that towered over me.

"No, not all, we were just talking business," Sam replied, his reply a little too well rehearsed. I could tell his was not being entirely truthful with me, but I brushed it off.

"Let's go celebrate the end of a year," Seth said a little too brightly and walked us over to join Quil and Claire.

I always thought Quil and Claire had an unusual relationship. I knew that Quil was 25, and Claire was around 15. I had asked Seth if they were brother and sister, but Seth's reply was that they were just really close, and that Quil had known Claire since she was 2 and had promptly changed the subject. I noticed Seth did this a lot.

I remembered on Saturday when the girls and I had gone shopping for tonight, and Seth, Collin and Andrew were meeting us for lunch and they had been extremely late coming to meet us. When Seth and I had a few minutes alone, I asked him why they had been so late and Seth replied that the pack meeting went longer then expected. I asked him what the heck was a pack meeting, Seth's made a face as if he had let slip a secret and tried to recover by saying he must have heard me wrong he said work meeting.

I may have only known Seth a little under two weeks, but we both felt like we had known each other a lifetime, hence we both had come to the understanding that we both wanted this relationship to work, but in the back of my mind I got the niggling feeling he was holding back on something. I had even brought this up with Ashley and she said Collin acted the same way sometimes and when she had bought it up with Collin his reply was that everything was fine and not to worry about anything.

I was immediately bought out of my trance with Seth waving a hand in front of my face. I hadn't even realized I had gotten so lost in my memories.

"Huh?" I shook my head and looked up at Seth.

"I said, would you like a drink or some food," Seth chuckled at my reaction.

"Ah, yeah, sure that would be great," I answered, still in a bit of a daze.

Seth led me to the table, with copious amounts of food and drink. He poured himself a coke as I helped myself to some sprite and then continued to pile food on to two plates. I took the drinks to a corner of the room with Seth following closely behind with the food. We settled onto the floor facing one another with our legs crossed as I leaned my back against the wall. Seth devoured almost all of the food on the two plates, while I ate sporadically from either plate. When I was done I realized that I had forgotten to pick up a napkin to wipe away the sauce that had stuck to my fingers, so I opted to lick them clean instead. No sooner had I cleaned the first finger that I heard a low growl float on the air and I glanced up to see Seth staring at me with an expression I had never seen before in his eyes. I was surprised to find that his eyes seemed to be almost black onyx in color instead of the warm chocolate that they normally appeared to be and were filled to the brim with lust and want. That look in his eyes caused a dull longing ache to stir in the pit of my stomach, which I embraced with warm welcome.

Seth leaned over into my personal space and captured my lips in his. This kiss was not our typical soft and gentle brushing of lips, but rather more intense and animalistic. I felt his arms enclose around my waist as he lifted me easily into his lap. Seth's tongue demanded entrance, and my mouth complied without hesitation as my tongue happily welcomed him. My hands ran through his hair and down his neck. I felt the goose bumps rise from his neck and he let a soft moan escape and I made a mental note to remember that action for future reference. I could feel his hand make lazy circles on the bare skin of my back where his hands seemed to have made it underneath my top.

After a few moments, we were interrupted by a loud coughing noise and then some chuckling in various tones. I reluctantly broke away from Seth and looked up to see Embry towering over Seth and I snickering. I peered around Seth's arm to see some of the boys, along with Ash, Madi, and Kim giggling at the scene taking place in front of them. Thankfully none of them had seen Seth's arm set up camp underneath my shirt as my back was facing a wall.

"Excuse me you two, but we do have to keep it PG at least until midnight." Embry said with a sarcastic smile.

"Sorry," I blushed and rested my forehead against Seth's shoulder.

"Yeah well, none of us can be as lucky as you two." I could tell Embry was trying to be serious but the smirk on his face gave him away.

"Go suck on a lollipop Embers!" My sarcastic side was now kicking in.

"I believe that is your job Lizey," Embry winked and walked away, I could see Quil and Paul howling in laughter, rolling on the floor.

Seth mumbled some swear word underneath his breath as I lifted myself off of his lap and went to get myself another drink in an attempt to try and defuse the swirls of lust from my stomach.

"Geez Lize, never thought you had it in you," Madi whispered as she came up next to me and put some food on a plate.

"What are you talking about?" I blushed furiously.

"You and Seth…your PDA was unbelievable!" I turned to Madi who had a wicked grin upon her face.

"Was it that bad?"

"Let's just say that Claire may only be a few years younger then me but Quil had to cover her eyes," Madi snickered at her answer and I groaned at her response.

"Oh fabulous, that is just what I need," I moaned as I placed my forehead in the palm of my hand

"Someone talking about me?" Seth walked up behind me, enveloping me in his arms and rested his chin on my head.

Madison took it upon herself to tell Seth about Claire, but Seth was not as fazed about it as I was.

Soon after music was blaring from the stereo system and people started to get up and have a bit of a dance. The room started to couple off as I saw Sue Clearwater in the arms of Chief Swan, as well as Emily and Sam, Madi and Andrew, and Brady and Charlotte all move onto the dance floor.

"Did you want to have a dance?" Seth asked gently into my ear.

"Sure, why not."

Seth led me over to the impromptu dance floor and spun me under his arm before gathering me in his arms and gently swaying to the music. It felt nice to be in his arms, which were comforting as well as soothing, my recent embarrassment long forgotten. Regardless if the song was upbeat or slow we swayed to our own beat, caught up in our own world. Kisses were stolen from each other not bothering if someone caught us.

At 11:45 everyone had gathered in the lounge room, the music on softly and the T.V was on one of the local stations to watch the countdown take place. I went to take a place on the lounge when I felt a warm hand encase my small one and lead me outside. It was quite chilly but Seth was considerate enough to have grabbed my jacket on our way outside. We noticed Jared and Kim standing at one end of the porch sitting on the swing lounge, Seth and I chose to sit on the steps.

"Aren't you cold?" Noticing Seth was only wearing a sweater.

"Not at all," Seth leaned his back on the railing and pulled me into his lap. "I want to spend the new year with you." He whispered into my ear as I leaned into his chest and took comfort in the sound of his steady breathing

We sat there for a few minutes in silence; I glanced over at Kim and Jared who were deep in conversation. We could hear the voices in the lounge room.

"Any New Years Resolutions?" Seth asked me in a quite voice.

"To do what I want and not what others expect of me……….let myself free fall into the unknown"

"Sounds good, can I join you on that?"

"The train leaves in 3 minutes," I said as I checked my watch.

"Eliza," Seth's voice turned very serious and I turned in his lap to look him directly in the eyes, "I just want to let you know that I am falling in love with you." His voice did not waver when he spoke those words, his tone laced with love and affection and my heart jumped for joy.

"I am definitely falling in love with you too." Seth's face broke out with delight at my words.

We both could hear everyone inside counting down to the New Year and I was happy that I got to spend the opening minutes of the New Year sitting on the steps, outside, in the arms of Seth. My Seth.

As we heard the final numbers, I gently leaned into Seth and kissed him softly and gently on the lips, letting my feelings of love, lust, and bliss melt into him. The first few minutes of the New Year were spent gently kissing a man that I would gladly spend the rest of my life with.

We broke apart at the sound of Kim shrieking and jumping down for joy and then leapt into Jared's arms kissing him with fury followed by more jumping and yelling causing people to come outside to see the commotion. After a few minutes we finally heard her scream, "I'm getting married!" after which 'congratulations' and hugs, kisses and handshakes were shared.

Seth and I sat in our spot content to watch from afar, as I watched the sights before me I silently prayed that I would be in her shoes soon.