A/N; Well, it's been a freaking month since I updated! Sorry about that, guys. I had absolutely NO inspiration for this. Just so you know, Bella is still having her issues with seeing Edward and whatnot, but I'm not focusing on that. I'm focusing on Sophie and Jake for this story. I'm really sorry about the wait, though. Forgive me?


"I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from falling in the snow, and I turned 'round and there you go
And Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summertime"


It was Saturday; a week since the incident in the kitchen. Bella was trying to appear better, but Sophie knew she was still upset. She invited Bella to spend time with her and Jake, and it actually seemed to be helping. She was getting back to her old self, and Sophie couldn't be more pleased. Jake was happy too- he had always been friends with Bella. They were all sitting in Jake's tiny living room, watching movies with Quill. Apparently Embry couldn't make it.

It was one of those stupid guy movies that made no sense, but you couldn't help laughing at. Bella didn't seem to want a romantic comedy- and Sophie couldn't blame her. Sophie didn't want a horror flick, so this was their only other option. Bella was actually laughing along. It wasn't full blown, roaring laughter, but it was still better than nothing. Bella was getting better, and Sophie couldn't hope for anything more than that.

"So, where is Embry?" Sophie asked as she helped with the after-dinner dishes.

Jake shook his head and rolled his eyes. "He's joined Sam's cult," he said.

"Cult… I don't understand," Sophie replied.

"Embry used to call them hall monitors on steroids… but now he's just as bad," he explained.

Sophie furrowed her brow and thought about what Jake said. "Can't you just avoid them?" she asked.

Jake scoffed and said; "I wish. It's not that easy. They're everywhere! And Sam keeps giving me this look… like he's waiting for something."

"What could he be waiting for?" Sophie asked.

"I have no idea," Jacob replied.


The movie ended, and Bella left to drive Quill home. Sophie was alone with Jacob, and resting her head on his shoulder. There was something off, though. She was getting a weird vibe. Jacob had a serious expression on his face ever since he told the story about Sam and his minions.

"Jake… what's wrong?" she asked.

"I just keep thinking about what Sam is doing, and it makes me so angry!" he exclaimed.

His hands were shaking and he kept clenching his fists. "Hey, Jake. It's okay. You don't have to worry about it, okay? Just calm down," she said in a soft voice as she placed her hand on the side of his face. He felt warm.

"Jake, I think you might have a fever. You're burning up," she said.

He nodded and said; "Yeah, I do kind of feel off. I think I need to go to bed."

"Okay. I'll call you tomorrow, Jake," she said before kissing him goodnight. He let his lips linger a little longer than usual, but she wasn't complaining. She smiled as she pulled away, and he smiled back. "Goodnight Jake."

"Goodnight," he said.


As Sophie drove home, she couldn't help but think that something was terribly, terribly wrong. Her instincts were telling her that something big was about to happen, she just didn't know what it could possibly be. As her thoughts consumed her mind, she almost missed the dark figure standing in the middle of the road. She caught sight of it at the last minute and gasped.

She slammed on the brakes and turned the wheel sharply to the right, causing her car to roll and land on its top. She coughed to expel the glass that had flown into her throat. It was a good thing she was a vampire, although she hadn't had blood in quite some time, so she wouldn't heal as quickly.

She turned to see what she almost hit, and saw a russet colored wolf standing in the road. It was huge! It was at least the size of a bear. Was the state of Washington feeding its bears steroids now? It didn't even look at her as it sped into the forest on the other side of the road. Sophie was sore- she would definitely need blood when she got home. She tried pushing her door open, but all the blood was rushing to her head. She couldn't muster up the strength to open it.

She heard footsteps approaching and she hoped and prayed that the person could help her. She saw a pair of familiar brown eyes staring back at her, and she smiled when Embry was able to open the car door.

"Is she okay in there?" someone else outside the car asked.

"I'm fine, but my seat belt is stuck," Sophie said.

Embry reached in and pulled the seat belt loose, causing her legs to fall forward. She pulled herself out of the car, with a little help from Embry. He was shirtless- as were the other two young men with him. She remembered them from the fire pit, but their names escaped her mind in that moment. Her only thought was along the lines of when did Embry get so buff.

"She looks dazed," one of the other boys said. Joshua... was it? Maybe Jordan.

"Thank you, Doctor Jared," said the other. Jared was his name, she remembered. And the other was Paul.

"I'm fine guys. Really," she said in a daze. She was feeling better though.

The three of them just looked at her like she was crazy. She spotted her cell phone on the ground and picked it up to call her sister. "We've already called Charlie. He's on his way," Embry said. She mentally cringed. He was going to ask so many questions. She thanked them anyway. They were just trying to help. Embry shifted on his feet uncomfortably, and looked like he was searching for something to say. "Um... Sophie, how exactly did you wreck?"

"Well, I was just driving and saw something in the middle of the road," she said.

"What was it?" Paul asked sternly, earning scathing looks from Embry and Jared.

"It looked like a... wolf, but it was too big. A bear, maybe?" she said.

"It wasn't a wolf," Paul said quickly. "It probably was a bear."

She just nodded and looked at her arm. There was a gash on the underside that would probably require stitches if she were human. However, it was was already beginning to heal for her. It was slow-going, since she hadn't fed in a day or two, but she could feel it stitching itself back together.

"That looks pretty nasty," Jared said as they saw the lights from Charlie's cruiser coming towards them.

She quickly pulled her sweater from the wreckage and put it on, hissing when the material came in contact with her wound. "Please don't tell him about my arm," she said.

"Why?" Embry asked.

"Because, he'll make me go to the hospital. I don't like hospitals. I can take care of it myself, just do not tell him, okay?" she asked.

They eventually consented and everyone took turns telling Charlie what happened. He drove her home while lecturing her about the safeties of driving, and she snuck a blood bag from the cooler hidden in her closet before she went to bed. Her arm was all healed the next day, but Charlie had seen the wound, so she wore a bandage just for his sake.

Even after all that, she still had the feeling that something bad was going to happen. She couldn't shake it, and she couldn't shake the fact that she had seen a giant wolf. Something strange was going on in Forks, Washington, and she was determined to find out what it was.