Chapter 10

We sat at Sam and Emily's for a little longer. Sam told me about what Joseph was like before he died. He really did love my mother, and that made me sad for her. The love of her life passed away and left her a single parent. It had to have been heartbreaking. He also told me that Joseph's personality and my personality were almost identical.

"Oh, and you DEFINATELY have his 'smartass attitude' as my Mom would say." Sam said chuckling.

"I'm not a smart ass!" I argued, crossing my arms.

"Yeah. You kind of are." Jake said leaning away from me. I made a "I can't believe you just said that face" and punched his arm.

"OWWW! Remind me NOT to piss you off the day of the fullmoon!" He said rubbing his arm.

"How about you don't piss me off period?" I said looking at him

"And there's his point.." Sam said hiding behind Emily.

"Okay, okay. I'm a little bit of a smartass." I admitted.

"A little?" Asked Sam and Jake together.

"OKAY! I'm a HUGE smartass! Happy?" I asked shaking my head and rolling my eyes.

"Yup." Jake said smiling, leaning towards me.

"Well guys, it's time to go get ready." Sam said kissing Emily.

"Bye! Be safe!" She yelled as we were walking towards the woods.

We walked for a good 10 miles before we ran into the others. They were in a big clearing by a creek. It was the one from my dream. I looked more closly at my surroundings and found a small waterfall a couple yards down stream. It was beautiful. I looked up and there was a perfect hole in the trees where the moon would be. I was getting more excited by the minute.

"This is where we're running to tonight. It's perfect for what this night represents." Sam said smiling. "We'll start 10 miles west of here. Lets get going." He said, and walked away. I quickly ran to his side.

"I'll race you." I said to him confidently.

"Ha! You realize that I'm the fastest runner in the tribe right?" He said cockily.

"Hmm. Good. More of a challenge. You going to race me or what?" I asked copying his cockiness.

"Lets go!" He yelled and took off.

I caught up fairly easily. He couldn't believe I was keeping up with him, which made me smile. We broke through the clearing and I beat him by, maybe, an inch.

"DAMN! You can run girl!" Sam said trying to catch his breath. I smiled.

"You, my dear cousin, might be the fastest runner in the tribe, but I'M the fastest runner in TENNESSEE." I said sticking my tonuge out at him.

"Nice! Now I know we're related!" he said hugging me and rubbin the top of my head.

I suddenly shook with a shock of energy. It was time. It was the most amazing feeling I had EVER felt. I looked at Sam and smiled. I looked back to the woods and the others were just making there way out of the woods and into the small clearing Sam and I were in.

"Lets do this!" I said happily.

We turned around. I stood between Jake and Sam and the others were behind us. We started running. It was daja vu. I decided not to even look at the boys since I wasn't confused like I was when I was dreaming. I saw the log I jumped over in my dream, and sprinted to it. I closed my eyes as I jumped over it. My skin started to tingle and I heard the ripping of clothes. Well, good thing I didn't like those anyway. I landed and took off like nothing had happened. We made it back to the clearing to where everyone could see me. I ran straight to the creek and looked at myself. I still had on the necklace, but my clothes were gone. My eyes were like they were at Sam's house. I looked STUNNING. I had never seen fur, or for that fact, ANYTHING as white and glittery as mine. It looked like I had bleached a rug 40 times and poured a tub of glitter in it. I turned to look at the rest of them.

"HOLY SHIT!" I heard Jake think. I walked over to him with my head high. I was really wishing I could have been as tall as them. I wasn't more than 4 inches shorter, but it still sucked.

"I told you I was GORGEOUS." I thought touching our noses together.

"HOLY SHIT! And she imprints with Jake? SERIOUSLY!?" Thought Quil and Embry together.

"Haha! Sorry boys!" Jake thought wagging his tail.

"Well guys. I'm not sure why I'm the chosen one or what I'm supposed to do, but hopefully it'll just come naturally. Don't think I'll try to be a dictator or anything like that. I'll listen to each and every one of you guys and your opinions." I thought to all of them.

"You'll do great Kate. Don't you worry about it. We're behind you 100%." Sam thought. He walked over to me and nudged my shoulder with his nose.

"Thanks guys. I'm really glad I know why I've felt so..'out of my element' until now." I said to them. "Hmm...I wonder what my howl sounds like." I thought. I tried it out and it was AWESOME!

We played around the creek and talked, well "thought", to each other. When the sun was starting to come up we headed back to Sam's house. I went into their guest room to transform back. The thought of people looking at me naked was terrifying. I transformed back and realized I forgot to bring extra clothes. Leave it to me. I cracked the door and there stood Jake. Automatically, I shut the door in his face.

"OW! Are you out to cause me pain or something!?" He yelled through the door. I cracked it back open and he was holding his nose.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! YOU shouldn't have scared me!" I said hiding my body behind the door.

"GEEZ! I was only going to give you my sweat pants and t-shirt! And the bra and panties I took from your drawer this morning." He said the last part quietly.

"You went through my drawers!?" I asked, feeling violated.

"Well it's not like you remembered to bring anything to change into. Besides. I didn't figure you'd want to go full out camando." He said smirking.

"Haha. You're hilarious Jake. But thank you." I said reaching for the bag. He pulled it away.

"Jake! Give me the bag!" I yelled.

"Nope. Not til I get a kiss." He said bending down and pukering his lips out. I rolled my eyes and gave him a kiss.

He handed me the bag, smiled, and walked to the living room. That boy. I don't know what I'm going to do with him. I got out the sweat pants he brought me along with the black t-shirt. I pulled out my bra and panties and, of course, he picked out the white laced one with the matching boy shorts. I quickly got dressed and went in the living room. Jake didn't notice me, so I walked up behind him and slapped the back of his head. He stumbled forward and looked back at me with the 'what the hell' look.

"THAT was for not handing the bag over when I asked you." I said smiling.

"Pay back sucks Kate!" he said inching closer to me.

"Not if you can't catch me!" I yelled and ran out the door.

"NO FAIR! YOU HAD A HEAD START!" He yelled at me.

This was my life now. I've imprinted with a guy, a very attractive one, I figured out why I had felt out of place my entire life, I figured out that I was part indian, and I got amazing friends. My life was going perfect! That was until I went to school the next morning.