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Chapter 9--Smores

Tony looked at me. "You're okay with telling them?" he checked. I nodded. "Okay, I'm sure they would've found out anyway though…," he muttered.

"What do you mean?" I asked, knowing something was going on.

"The pack can hear each other's thoughts when they're in wolf form-it's how we communicate," he told me. I blinked in surprise. Okay…I'll give myself time to think about that later.

"Just tell them," Leah said, nudging Tony. "Tell them what you told me," she encouraged as everyone stared at us, silent. I looked at Tony. Explaining this was kind of a big deal-to semi strangers especially. But then again, they weren't. Tony wants to tell them-I can see that. He trusts them with his life, whether they know that or not I have no clue but he would never to this to anyone that didn't mean something to him.

"So, you guys might have realized that Vi and I have different last names," Tony said, some of them nodded. "Well, our Mom's maiden name was Savage and my Dad's was Jones. They had me and then they separated, my Mom met another guy and had Vi. He left and my Dad came back and they got remarried and basically took Vi in with no problem-he was pretty much her Dad," he explained.

"And they started having problems when we moved away from here. My Dad's business went down the tubes and he started drinking," he said as I looked down. "He would come home and beat our Mom senseless," he told them, his hands clenched tightly together-there were gasps all around the fire. "If he was still conscious when he was done with her, he would move onto me…and then Vi," he said, a growl erupted from the opposite end of the fire and I instantly knew it was Collin.

I looked up at him and shook my head, silently pleading him to calm down. I clenched his jaw and closed his eyes and I watched as he took a couple deep breaths. "He did it for a while-a couple of years. He knew how to cover it up-and none of us wanted to split the family apart so we stayed quiet," Tony said slowly. He took a deep breath and I knew what was coming next. "And then one day…one day he came home and I wasn't there…I wasn't there," he muttered, running a hand through his hair. "He almost killed her. He almost fucking killed her," he said, standing up quickly. He shook his head, closing his eye. And then he ran, he ran into the woods; Leah bolting right after him.

There was one tearing noise and a 'pop' right after the other as I stared wide-eyed after him. "He'll be okay, Leah's with him," Emily told me softly. I looked up and nodded, not even trying to process what she meant by that. "You don't have to finish if you want," she added gently.

"No, it's okay," I said quietly. I took a deep breath. "Tony was at soccer and my Dad came home. My Mom was absolutely terrified because she normally got most of it and she couldn't handle it anymore. So I told her to hide in the closet…," I said easily. I remember thinking that was the perfect plan-he'd never find her in there. "When he came in the room it was only me in there, just doing my homework or something. He asked where Mom was and I told him she went to the store. He told me he knew I was lying and then…nothing. It's blank. The next forty-eight hours are completely erased from my memory," I admitted.

"I guess a couple hours later Tony came home and found me and Mom in her room. He called the hospital and the police but my Dad was gone. But the damage was already done. My Mom won't go within fifteen feet of anyone she doesn't know well and she can barely even talk to Tony because he reminds her of Dad. He looks almost exactly like him and she almost goes back in time when she sees him," I said thoughtfully. I shook my head, trying to get my thoughts straight.

"Later on, he came back and there was an investigation and they came up with nothing. But my parents got a divorce and my Dad took Tony with him. Mom changed her name back-and mine-and we moved away again. I still talked to Tony just about every day and I guess Dad got better and he wasn't doing anything to Tony but I think it's because he was finally starting to fight back and Dad couldn't handle him anymore."

"But, when he got better Mom got worse. She changed. She was just scared all the time and stuff. I mean, she's better now but it was pretty hard for a while. And when Tony finally moved out he came and visited me everyday at Mom's. He's really protective of me and if there's any chance that I'll get hurt…," I trailed off, shaking my head. Man, it feels like I'm just talking to myself. I've pretty much just blocked that entire part of my life out and it's just like a blank spot in my memory. I don't feel anything when I talk about it anymore. And where the heck did Tony go? Big idiot's going to get hurt protecting me over nothing.

There was suddenly a loud growl-louder than any of the ones I've ever heard. By the time I looked up Collin was gone. I looked around quickly, scanning all of the solemn and teared up faces around the fire for him. But he wasn't there. "He'll be back in a minute. He just needs to…calm himself," Sam told me quietly.

Emily stood up and walked slowly over to me. "I'm so sorry," she whispered quietly, giving me a tight, motherly hug. I squeezed her back, even though I met her maybe an hour ago. Then Claire came over, and Alex, and Kim, and Seth, and everyone followed after. Then Tony and Leah came back. Leah gave me a hug and Tony held me close. For no one here really liking this emotional crap there sure was a lot of it. But I think the little hugging session helped calm my thoughts.

"Hey Tony, I need to talk to you for a second," I said quietly.

"Okay," he said, leading me over and away from everyone else. "Are you okay? I'm sorry I freaked out. I just-"

"-Hey. I know," I said easily. I don't know why, but it really doesn't phase me to talk about it. After all that happened I've never had the problems Mom had or the feelings for everyone in the entire world like Tony had. I was just kind of neutral. "I just wanted to talk to you about Collin," I said quietly.

"Oh," he said, looking down. "Look, I'm sorry I freaked out. I knew he imprinted and after Leah-"

"Wait. So you and Leah did imprint?" I asked, secretly doing a happy dance for my brother. He deserves a soul mate-one who can spell kitchen. He nodded. "Okay, the thought crossed my mind for a second, I just wanted to be sure," I said with a slight smile. "Go on."

"So I was actually pretty happy for him in the beginning. But then when I realized it was you…I just don't want to see you get hurt. I mean, I may have imprinted on Leah but I still hurt her. You can still hurt your imprint," he said, trying to get me to understand.

"But he won't," I said. Collin would never hurt me-he couldn't.

"Vi, just because he doesn't mean doesn't mean he won't," Tony said quietly. "Sam didn't mean to hurt Emily," he told me quietly.

I looked at him, confused, for a second. And them my eyes widened. "Sam did that?" I asked incredulously. How? He…he couldn't. I've seen the way he looks at her and there's no way…

"He phased in front of her Lettie-he got too angry when he was in the room," Tony told me.

"Phased?" I asked, my eyebrows furrowing.

"That's what we call changing into our wolf form," he told me.

I shook my head. "He won't, Tony," I said certainly.

"Okay, I believe you. But if he ever does I'm going to kill him," he said seriously.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine, whatever," I said. He wouldn't. Tony's just like a big baby once you get to know his soft side.

Tony nudged me. "Stop make'n fun of me in your head," he said with a grin.

"No can do brotha bear," I said with a smirk as he glared.

"Not cool Lettie Poo," he said, ruffling my hair.

"Hey, I didn't call you a piece of crap," I said, slapping his hand away.

"Not my fault I thought of it first," he said grinning.

I rolled my eyes. "Leah will you hit him?" I asked as we walked over.

"Why?" she asked.

"Because he called me shit head," I said. Leah whacked him.

"Hey, I didn't call you a shit head," Tony said, rubbing his arm.

"Stop lying Tony, we all know your verbal tendencies," I said, smirking at him as everyone chuckled.

"Man, you two bounce back fast," Seth said, slinging an arm over my shoulder.

"Yeah, you have to learn how to do that. It's a good life skill," I told him. Years of practice.

There was a rustling of leaves and Collin walked back into the clearing, a careful expression on his face. "Vi, I'm sorry I-"

"-It's okay," I said quickly.

"No, it's not okay," he said, coming closer to me and then pulling me away from everyone else. "That's the exact opposite of okay," he said. "I just can't believe anyone would ever do that to you. I mean, how is that-"

"-Hey," I said as his hands started shaking slightly. "Let's just never talk about it again, okay?" I suggested.

"You sure?" he asked.

"Yep. I'm just going to try and forget that ever happened," I told him-my life long goal. It's basically been working out so far-you know, until I had to just repeat it.

"Okay," he said with a small smile.

"So what do we do now?" I asked. After this overly dramatic night I just kind of want to drop.

"We're making smores! Come on kiddies! Let's go, Emily said we can't start without you two losers!" Embry yelled from where everyone was talking around the fire-as if nothing had happened. I looked over at Tony and he winked. Ah, so he told them to act like nothing happened. Dumb ass…but I love him!

"Want to make smores?" Collin asked me with a smile, holding out his hand.

I took it. "I'd love to," I said.

Okay, that chapter was hard for me to write and I think it kind of sucked because I wasn't sure how I wanted to get the back story out there and normally I'm not good with the dramatics over everything so…sorry. Yeah. Anyway, tell me what you think. Leave a review. Be nice. Eat pie. Wipe your nose. Live. :D