Chapter 9, yay! Enjoy!

Chapter 9: Meeting the Extended Family

Ivy

As I walked down the stairs I touched Danni's mind with my own.

'Ivy! Are you alright? We were worried sick!'

'I'm alright Danni, just a little shaken up. I'm sorry about that by the way…I should have had better control of my emotions…' she thought back

'Don't say that. It's not your fault. It's Dad's for sending you away so long because of the imp-'he stopped short.

'Danni, what were you going to say?' I urged on

'I'm sorry Ivy but I can't. It makes me too angry even just thinking about it.'I saw a picture of Alexa go through his head and I felt him calm down. Just then we were at the end of the stairs and went into in the kitchen. I came out of my conversation with Danni and saw Aunt Emily looking at me weird.

"What?" I asked

"You spaced out coming down the stairs…" she stated

"Um…yeah. About that…I'll tell you later." I replied

"Ok then, are you ready to meet the family?" she asked

"No time better that the present, so why not?" I said quietly.

"Ok, I'll be right back. You wait there and I'll see if the boys are ready. I don't want them to end up tackling you." She said with a chuckle. Then she left the room. After a seconds I heard a couple cheers and then Emily walked back into the room. I heard some angry murmurs which made me really nervous. After a minute Emily came back into the kitchen with Danni.

"I could tell that you were nervous so I came back to help you out." Danni said

"Yeah, if you're scared you can hide behind Danni until you're ready. They won't bite or anything like that." Emily said

"Well Paul might, but it's highly unlikely." Danni stated matter-of-factly

"Um…why just him?" I asked even more worried

"Well, Paul has always been kind of short tempered. But trust me, there's no way that you would get hurt even if you did make him angry. He'd get torn to shreds before that would happen." He replied cheerfully.

"Um…ok." I said in a tiny voice. We started heading to the living room and I hid behind Danni. He reached behind and took my hands which calmed me down. We would into the living room and from where I was I could see my mom and dad. It made me smile a little to see them laughing at me. I could vaguely comprehend that Emily was talking to the guys. And then there was silence, Danni gave my hands a little squeeze. I popped my head out a little bit so I could barely see everyone in the room. My hair was hanging sideways at the angle my head was but I didn't care. I saw every single one of the pack except one. Seth.

When I saw everyone looking confused at me I took another step out from behind my brother. I looked towards my parents and they gave me a nod. I stepped all the way from behind Danni and I saw something that warmed my heart to the core. All the wolves that hadn't seen me yet gave me the warmest group hug ever. Quil was the first one to hug me though. I began to cry because I was so happy that they didn't hate me after all these years.

"Hey, let's all go to the beach." Sam said.

"Yeah! We can even do wolf back to!" Brady said. At the sound of that I hid behind my brother again and trembled. I heard a slap and a small 'ow'.

I heard Collin ask. "Ok…why did she turn sheet white and run away behind Danni?" I head another slap and an 'ow'. I peeked out and saw my dad's hand still in the air. He looked over at Sam.

Sam gave a nod. "Do you guys remember that night when Ivy was kidnapped by the vampire?"

Danni

I looked back at Ivy at what I saw made me almost start shaking. It was her eyes, they looked dead. They always looked like that when things about that night came up. Just as long as she didn't get hurt, if she did Alexa would kill me.

God these wolves were stupid. How could they not remember, and if they did how could they not expect her to be scared. I bet she's even afraid of roller-coasters.

Ivy

My legs started shaking uncontrollably and I fell down. I felt horrible.

"Um…I think she's going to sick, someone should get her upstairs." I heard someone say. I felt Danni pick me up and rush me to the bathroom. After I was done throwing up I push my hair back and walked to the sink. I washed my face and rinsed out my mouth. I looked down at my hands. Danni appeared in the door way.

"Does it hurt that much?" he asked

"Does what hurt?" I replied

"I know that your heart hurts whenever you think about that night." Danni stated crossing his arms.

"Yes…it hurts so much Danni, but I don't know why. I mean, I think I'm going crazy it hurts so much. I've been so cold lately, and there's been times were I've seen himin the mirror. Danni, I don't know what to do." I said, my voice cracking in the middle

"Let's all go to the beach, hopefully it will all go away soon." We walk down the stairs but I kept almost falling down. I had washed all the make-up off so I looked semi regular. When we got downstairs everyone was silent. My mom walked up and gave me a hug.

"We could do wolf back but-"she stopped and looked at me "if we do there would be no running, just walking. Understood?" There was a chorus of 'yes ma'ams' throughout the room. We all went outside. The boys walked over to the bushes and then came out wolves. I saw the smaller black wolf that was my brother but to double check I connected to his mind. When I got a confirmation I walked over and got on his back. The ride was short because I was alright with trotting with was the speed of human running. When we got to the beach I saw someone standing alone. I knew right away who it was for some reason. It was like the breath had been knocked out of me and I couldn't remember how to breath. The pulling in my heart pulled me toward him. Then he turned around and I got my breath back. It was exactly how I remembered. Seth.

OK, you have all been asking when Ivy get's to meet Seth, mmy answer is now next chapter. Like, follow, and enjoy, but for now, CB...OUT! ;D