Kittykitty359: I'm happy that you love the story. I just loved the review and I was so in awe when you said I could write that well. It makes me overjoyed to get comments like that. I hope that you like this chapter.

Guest review: I guess we'll have to wait until then. But it will be for the next chapter.

I groaned as I felt a harshly bright light above me. My body felt so sore I wanted to cry. What happened to me? I could hear a beeping noise somewhere close to me. All I wanted to do was get up, but I was too weak. What hurts the worst was my head. It was like someone hit me with a hammer.

Then I remembered what happened. I could see the tree rooted into its place. And Seth's voice was so clear in my mind. He was calling my name over and over. "Seth," I whispered harshly. My jaw was aching from just saying his name. And I was extremely thirsty.

"I see that you are awake Ms. Hanson," I heard a smooth voice say from somewhere in the room. With the strength I had left, I opened my eyes. The light burned my eyes, but I was too determined to see who was talking. I look over to my right to see him. A young doctor with gold colored eyes just like the Cullen's. "Hello, I'm Doctor Carlisle Cullen."

I nodded my head stiffly remembering that he was the father of the group that I didn't have the chance to meet. "Yes, I never had the chance to meet you. I wish it was under better circumstances." I had to clear my throat by how harsh my voice was. My mouth was dry. Seeing me struggling he walked to the bedside where a cup of water sat. I tried to sit up, but it was a difficult task. But I got up nonetheless.

He came over and brought me the glass. "You have quiet the audience Ms. Hanson. They have been asking about you none stop of course."

I drunk some of the water to help me talk. "You can call me Stormy, doctor. And what audience?"

"Your family, friends. They have been demanding to see you. One of them refused to leave." He had this glint in his eyes like a friendly glint. "He just got back, went to go talk to the others." He must have been talking about Seth. At least I hope he was talking about him.

"How long have I've been out?" I asked him. He stood at the clip broad writing something down.

"Three days. You have a minor concussion, but nothing to be afraid of. You also have some bruising with a fractured brow bone. But we already went into keep it in place. And you have six stiches on the left side of your rib cage. Other than that you're in good health." That's it? I thought I was a goner.

"Are you feeling any pain?" he asked me as he checked the IV.

"Yes. My head is killing me. And my body is so sore." I told him. He nodded softly.

He did something with the IV. "This will ease the pain. Most of your bruising are in the torso area, but with the fracture the left side of your face is in bad shape. I'll prescribe some medicine." He went on checking me over and wrote on his clip board. He walked to the door. "I'll let them know that you are up, Stormy."

"Thank you." He left the room. I took in a breath of disbelief. Did that really just happen? Seth had to have been freaking out. My left eye felt swollen. I had half a mind to go check it out. I pushed the covers off of me. Now the bathroom was calling me. It's been so long that I barely felt it. I slid off the bed. I yelped as my feet touched the cold floor. My vision seemed to have blurred for a moment.

I stumbled as I was off of the bed. Someone knocked on the door. "Come in." I expected to see my parents rushing to me. But it was Seth. He had on clothes today. I smile and laugh. "Seth!" I opened my arms to go hug him, but my feet weren't on the same page as me.

"Stormy." He reaches me before I could fall. I clutch his shoulders as his arms wrap around me. "What are you doing out of bed?"

I tilt my head to the bathroom. "I have to pee."

I could feel his hand ghost over the left side of my face. I look down embarrassed, ashamed. He shouldn't see me like this. He caught the action, but didn't comment on it. "Come on. I'll help you."

He had his arm around my waist as I held the IV and his other arm. I was definitely feeling the medicine. But it was still hard to walk alone. He left me to my business and waited outside the door. Once I got to look at myself I gasped. The left side of my faced was bruised alright. I had stitches across my eyebrow. The skin was a dark purple color. And my eye was somewhat swollen. I looked away in disgust.

Seth helped me once again to the bed. I got back on it with a big sigh.

"So how are you feeling?" he asked me sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Good question. I'm tired mostly. I'm happy that you're here, but I'm… scared, terrified even." I told him honestly. I have been thinking about that night when my tires were slashed. I would hope that it was just some teens acting up. But no one acted like that here.

"Why?" His voice took a serious turn. My eyes widened at his demeanor. He looked worry, but angry at the same time.

"I, I, I was just driving. I only stopped for gas. The brakes, it was like someone cut them. They were loose before. Now they weren't attached. I tried," I was crying now. "I tried to stop for you, but the tree was there." He moved over next to me and put an arm around my shoulder. "Who would do something like that? What did I ever do to them?"

I was all out sobbing now. My body was shaking. He pulled me closer and was careful enough not to hurt me. "Shh, it's okay. I will protect you no matter what. They will have to go through me first." He made me look at him. "No one will come after you. I will protect you I promise."

I shook my head at him. "I couldn't ask that of you. You're just. Oh god. Seth I dragged you into this." I was getting hysterical now. The heart monitor would have been going berserk if the doctor kept it on me. "I felt them watching me last night. As I was getting gas, someone was out there."

"Look at me," he practically shouted, but kept it down because of the other patients. "I have the guys with me. No one will come for you. They will not hurt me, no one will. You're too precious for me to just let you go." I calmed down my breathing hearing him talk. "As of right now you're fine. Do you trust me?"

I nodded my head, "I trust you." I pulled him in for a hug. I wiped away the tears from my face. I was still overthinking it. For Seth I will keep myself together.

"Good, your parents are coming in next. Just, don't mention this to them. It would worry them. Please."

I nodded my head quickly and let out a soft yes. He wiped the tears from my face. "It'll be okay."

He was still sitting on the bed when they came in the room. My mom burst into tears when she saw me woke. She rushed over to the bed. Seth almost didn't have time to move out of the way. Dad was right behind her. Mom was all over the place. She was hugging me then hugging dad while fussing over me.

"I should have never let you leave. You could have left the next day." She was talking and fixing my hair at the same time. She was looking over my injuries with worried eyes. "What happened?"

I put on a confused face. "I was driving and something jumped in front of the car." I glanced at Seth. He just stood there awkwardly. "I avoided the animal, but not the tree."

Dad sat on the edge of the bed where Seth first was. In the corner of my eye I could see Seth walking to the door. I sat up straighter and I almost whined. I was still so scared. I gripped the sheets in my hand.

My parents look over to see what I was looking at. "I'm going to tell them that you're alright. I'll be back." with that he left the room.

"So we met your boyfriend. He seems well put together." Mom said making dad raise an eyebrow at her. "He was very concerned for you. Is there something you're not telling us?"

"He's not my boyfriend. And nothing is going on." None I was getting upset. "We're just good friends." Deciding to get off of this topic I said, "Now who's this audience I've been hearing about?"

"Oh, some people from the reservation, a strange group of boys." She looked at me as if to explain myself. "A group of friends from college came by, but they said they would visit once you were to be released. And Aaron has been calling nonstop. You could give him a call once you're out. I'll let him know that you're up."

They stayed talking to me about what they could do about my situation. But I would be fine with going home without them. I was just really bummed about my car now. She said the shop would have it for a while until they knew all the damages.

I started yawning half through the conversation. They took notice after the third one. "I guess our time is up." Mom said.

I shook my head stubbornly. "I'm not that tired." I let out another yawn.

"Yeah right. Besides that little boy band was out that to see you." I let out a snort then started laughing hysterically. Dad was looking at me with a smug look. He thought he was pretty funny.

"I called them the same thing. The matching look is so over used." I wiped the tears from eyes.

Mom was just smiling as she shook her head. "You and your father… I can tell them to come see you tomorrow."

I sighed wanting to sleep, but also wanted to see them. "No, let them come. But only for a minute." After saying their goodbyes and promising to be here tomorrow they left the room.

Feeling more exhausted I lay back down on the bed. I sighed as the pain was gone from my body. I was now only emotionally screwed. Someone was after me and Seth thought he could be my savior. The last thing I wanted was for him to get hurt.

But who the hell is after me and why? Nothing made sense to me right now. And those giant wolves in my backyard the other night weren't all that scary, but it was weird. Something strange was going on and I wish that it would be over now.

I could hear people talking outside my door. I sighed wanting to go to sleep, but I needed to see them. This time no one bothered to knock they just walked in.

Emily was the first to walk in followed by Sam, Seth, then Jacob, Paul, and Leah. I was surprised to see her here. She was probably with Seth. Emily was holding some flowers. Sam had some get well soon balloons. I laugh at how cute they were.

They all started talking at once startling me.

"What happened?"

"Are you okay?"

"That head wound looks sick." That was Paul. Jacob nudged him in the gut.

"When we heard the call…"

I held up my hands. "Calm down. I'm on meds at the moment so slow down for me. And I know y'all asked the doctor what was wrong with me. I'm fine. I'm still alive right." I pointed to Paul then to my face. "Mention it again you'll get a matching one."

He raised his hands in mock surrender. Emily rolled her eyes at him. "Well we're happy that you're okay." Seth and Leah were quiet in the back. Seth already talked to me, but I wanted him closer.

"Yeah and Seth would have taken it pretty hard if you left." Paul commented. This time Seth nudged him, but Paul had an innocent look on his face.

I yawned, but tried to cover it up. "Thank you for visiting." My mind started going fuzzy. "Just… why would someone do that?"

Everyone, but Seth looked confused, even Leah was confused. "Do what, Stormy?"

"Well cut my brakes. I'm a good driver. The brakes didn't even make a sound as I tried to stop." I covered my mouth again from another yawn. "And then my tires last week. What the actual hell? Maybe I gave some nerd the wrong book. Took out their anger by slashing my tires. I don't know."

I moved closer under the sheets as I watched them. "Why didn't you call one of us?"

"Alice brother had helped me, silly. She and Jasper stopped by to get a book, but it was time to close. When I went to my car, the front and back tires on the left side were slashed. At first I thought it was an animal, but that's just stupid."

Sam nodded his head, but he looked angry. "Someone's trying to kill me." I say brokenly and rolled over to face the wall. "Why would someone do that?" I breathed out deeply and closed my eyes. I was too tired to say anything else or to focus.

Third POV

Jacob was looking around in disbelief. "Can someone explain what just happened?"

Seth looked down sheepishly. "She mentioned it the other night. After that fight with Leah, I went over to her place. Jared and I were in the backyard when she caught us. But she didn't freak out." Seth rushed out with the look on his alpha's face. "But she told me everything that happened."

Sam walked closer to him. "And you didn't think to mention this before. If someone is after her, we have to know. We keep our pack safe."

Seth looked down as if he was a kicked puppy. "Sorry, I just thought I could do it by myself."

Jacob then jumped in. "That's why we're a pack, Seth. We help each other and stay protected." Jacob looked to Sam. "This changes things."

"Did she tell you anything else?" Sam asked Seth.

He nodded, "Yeah she said that she felt someone watching her outside the gas station where she stopped." Seth paused. "Alice was there at the library. Maybe she caught the scent of the person."

Sam huffed, but Emily shook her head at him. "If they know anything about this, it could help. We don't know who or what's after her."