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Chapter 10: The Werewolves

"Bye Mom! I'll see you later!" I yelled as I walked out the door. I wonder if Edward and Alice are going to pick me up again. I mean I can walk to school. I walked to school for five and a half years before Ben became…my boyfriend.

I was at the bottom of the driveway when a Rosalie's car pulled up. "Come on Angela! I don't want to have to speed to get to school on time!"

"I'm coming," I said as I climbed into the backseat behind Bella. "Where's Edward?"

"With the rest of the guys on a hunting trip," Alice answered. I cringed. The thought of them hunting was still a little revolting to me. It was still hard to remind myself that they hunt animals not animals. "We eat animals, remember?" Alice asked, misreading my expression.

"I know. It's still weird though." Alice smiled. "You okay, Bella? You're kinda quiet." I observed.

"Yeah. I'm just tired. Rose and I were up last night talking."

"Charlie let you stay up late with Rosalie?"

"No. I'm sleeping over at the Cullen's house. Edward doesn't want me doing anything stupid, like hanging out with werewolves."

"They're dangerous, Bella. And I can't see you when you're with them. They could kill you and I would have no way of knowing."

"I know Alice, but why do you let me hang out with Angela then?"

"Because Angela can't kill you."

"You don't know that," Bella responded. "And you can see her?"

"No. But how would she be able to kill you. Besides she's your friend, she wouldn't hurt you," Alice argued back.

"You know why I'm a witch, right Alice?" I asked.

"Sort of."

"It's to protect humans from vampires and werewolves. My…power is meant to help me. In my dreams, I watched two different witches kill a vampire and a werewolf. It looked pretty easy to me, granted they had different powers."

"Exactly. You are meant to protect humans."

"That's what Jake and his pack do," Bella said quietly.

"But Angela doesn't turn into a huge wolf!" Alice said, exasperated. "I don't know why we're even having this conversation. Edward doesn't want you going down to La Push."

"He sounded fine with it yesterday at lunch."

"But that's because he trusts Angela to protect you. And you were going to be on the beach where there would be other people around," Alice reasoned as she pulled into the parking lot.

"Thanks for the ride Alice. I'm going to go to gym before my instincts kick in."

"Okay, see you at lunch then Angela." I headed toward the gym, only to be ambushed by Jessica.

"Hi Angela."

"Hi Jess."

"So, where's Edward?"

"Since when did you care?"

"Since my best friend is hanging out with him and his sister," she answered innocently.

"Jess, I have no idea where he is. Alice pulled up in front of my driveway this morning and told me to get in because she was driving me. I didn't think to ask."

"And Bella didn't tell you?"

"Why would she if I didn't ask?"

Jess just rolled her eyes. "See you in gym. I have to talk to Lauren."

I got to my locker in the locker room and Jessica was waiting for me. "How did you get here so fast?"

"Lauren was outside the gym waiting for me."

"Oh."

"Yeah. So anyway, why have the Cullen's been picking you up?"

"I don't know. I guess its because Ben broke up with me and I would have to walk to school."

"I say its because Bella asked them to pick her up."

"What would be so bad about that?"
"Bella can get the Cullens to do anything she wants. It's not fair. Before she came, they wouldn't talk to anyone. Then after she came, they all started talking to her, but ignored the rest of us."

"Are you jealous, Jessica?" There couldn't be any supernatural stuff going on with Jessica like there was with Jake and Edward. At least, I hope not.

"No I'm not jealous. I'm just stating the facts."

"On how unfair you think it is?"

"Yes."

"You sound jealous to me."

"I am not jealous!" she yelled at me.

"Whatever you say, Jess," I said unconvincingly as I walked out into the gym.

~*~

"Hey Alice," I greeted as I sat across from her at the lunch table. Alice was playing with her phone under the table. I looked around the lunchroom, then asked, "Where's Bella?"

"She…uh…she went home sick," Mike answered.

"Oh." I looked up at Alice, "Where is she?" I mouthed. Alice grabbed a pen out of her purse and wrote on a napkin and slid it over to me. Somewhere with Jake or one of the wolves. I can't see her. I don't know if I should tell Edward or not. He'll flip out and come home right away if he finds out, and that won't be good. What do you think?

I pulled my favorite lime green pen out of my purse and wrote back to her, this was to supernatural to risk anyone overhearing us. How about I go down to La Push after school and go get her. I'll have to let my mom know somehow though.

"Sounds good. I'll drive you and I can stop at your house first if you want, or you could just call her. But you're going to have to walk a little, unless you want to drive Rosalie's car."

"I'd rater call my mom. It won't take long. How far is it to La Push from where you would drop me off?"

"About three miles. Are you sure you don't want to take Rosalie's car?"

"I'd rather not drive her car. It looks too fast for me."

"Would you rather drive Edward's car?"

"Yeah, but you don't have to go through all the trouble, I'll just drive Rosalie's convertible."

"Nonsense. Rosalie would love to have her car back. I'll just text her to switch the cars."

"Really, Alice, you don't have—"

"All settled," Alice interrupted. "Now for the other problem. Should I let Edward know? He'll just come right back home."

"I wouldn't. I think we can handle things here. Besides, he'll just come back and do what? Sit and wait?"

"Good point. He'll find out when he gets back though," she mused.

"And he won't have anything left to do but get over it."

"I guess…" she trailed off.

"When did she leave?" I asked out of the blue.

"Right after first period. Jake came on his motorcycle and picked her up. She didn't help plan it. I would have seen it if she did. It was all his idea. I saw it happen as I was coming out of chemistry," Alice explained, and then leaned in and whispered, "I've been frantic all morning. Edward will kill me if anything happens to her. He's so protective of her. He reminds me of a mother hen sometimes."
I laughed, but it was so true after he came back in April. I changed the subject. Not just to get Alice's mind off of what was going on, but also mine. They're dangerous, Bella. I can't see you when you're with them. They could kill you and I would have no way of knowing. I shuddered. "So, did you find out where Jessica's getting her information?" I asked.

"No, not yet. But I think I have a pretty good idea and it's not as juicy as I hoped it would be."

"So…"

Alice smiled. "I'll tell you when I'm positive. And I'll also make up a story. One that's full of juicy tidbits."

"Alice," I whined, "Don't do that. What if someone overhears and thinks it's the truth? She already hates you guys enough. Why add to it?"

"But it'll be fun," she whined back.

"Fine. But tell me the truth first."

Alice sighed. "Fine."

~*~

I tapped my foot impatiently as I stared at the clock. Five more minutes. I don't think that Bella is actually in danger, but I could be wrong. I mean she used to spend a lot of time in La Push before the Cullens came back, even when all the wolf sightings were happening. She was always happier when she came back. Jake is good for her, but so is Edward, in different ways of course.

Edward was her boyfriend; he completed her. Without him, she was lifeless; she couldn't exist. I saw that last winter. On the other hand, Jake was her best friend. He was there to help her through the hard times, like all friends should. And she was there for Jake, or at least trying to. I don't blame her for going with Jake. She told me Saturday that Jake was hurting and he needed her.

I looked at the clock again. One minute. Alice said she would be waiting for me outside with Edward's car.

"Class, don't forget finals are coming up. I trust you've all started studying—" She was cut off by the bell and the noise from the hall. I hurried to my locker and grabbed what I needed, quickly shoving what I needed in my bag. I rushed down the hall, not wanting to keep Alice waiting.

By the time I pushed my way through the halls and got outside, Alice was already waiting by the curb. The windows were all down, in an attempt to make her sweet scent a little less potent.

I opened the door and climbed in. As soon as I closed the door, Alice sped off. "Here, call your mom," she ordered, throwing her phone on my lap.

I dialed my phone number and waited for my mom to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Him Mom. It's Ang."

"Hey sweetie, what do you want?"

"I wanted to let you know that I'll be home a little late. I'm going down to La Push with Bella. I'll be back in time for dinner."

"I thought you were going to go down tomorrow?"

"I probably will. Bella said she needs to take care of a few things tonight and she asked if I wanted to go with her."

"Okay. I'll see you later then."

"Bye Mom," I said as I hung up the phone.

"Fudging the truth a little?" Alice asked.

"Just a little. She's a little worried about me hanging out with you guys yet. She doesn't want me to hurt you."

"You won't hurt us by throwing things at us. Fire is the only thing that could actually hurt us."

"Thanks for letting me know."

Alice slowed down and pulled over onto the shoulder. "This is as far as I can take you. You'll have to drive the rest of the way."

"Do you have any idea where I should start looking?"

"Maybe the beach? Or at Jacob's house? This is so hard not knowing."

"The rest of us feel that way all the time, Alice."

"I don't know how you deal with it."

"We're just used to not knowing, Alice. Hey, are you going to wait here?"

"Probably. Why?"

"So I know where to stop so you can drive us home."

"Oh, okay. Good luck," Alice said as she climbed out of the driver's seat. "And be careful, Edward will be devastated if something happens to his Volvo."

"Alright," I buckled my seatbelt and lightly touched the gas. The car sped forward. I was barely touching the gas and I was already going 40. The sweet smell was a little more potent on this side of the car, and I'm assuming it's because Alice was just driving. My hands gripped the steering wheel.

I made my way to the beach and found a parking spot. It wasn't crowded, considering school was already out for the La Push kids. I wasn't in a big hurry to find Bella, if Bella said she was safe with Jake, then she is safe…but then again, her boyfriend was a vampire. But on the other hand, I wasn't in a big hurry to meet the La Push Werewolves.

I was at the beach now, and decided to just wonder along to see if I could find them.

As I walked, I scanned the people on the beach lazily. Two people were playing Frisbee, someone else was playing fetch with their dog, a bunch of couples were spread out among the driftwood and multicolored rocks, and there were a few surfers as well.

I didn't see Bella anywhere. I walked for another ten minutes or so when I saw someone approach me. He had short hair and no shirt or shoes. He was really tall, and had amazing abs and a big smile on his face. Another guy ran out of the trees behind him, he looked about the same as the first guy, but he wasn't smiling and his hair was a little longer, "Seth! Seth where are you— Oh god. Jared come one! We have to go fetch lover boy!"

Seth ignored the boy behind him and kept walking towards me. "Hello," he greeted. His voice was deep. "Are you looking for someone?"
"Yeah, but I doubt you know her."

He smiled even bigger, "I love a challenge. Try me." His eyes were glued to my face; they were dark and full of secrets.

"Bella Swan."

"Oh. Jake's friend. I think they went to his house. But what's your name? It has to be pretty. Someone as beautiful as you must have a beautiful name."

I blushed bright red. "I'm Angela. What's yours?"

"Just as I thought, beautiful. I'm Seth, but it's no where near as nice as yours." His friends caught up to him now, and I caught a whiff of their scents. Definitely not human. It was foresty. My muscles tightened and my jaw clenched shut, my smile and blush disappeared. But as I took another breath, I relaxed. I then realized that the foresty scent was quite soothing.

"Are you alright?" Seth asked with concern evident in his voice.

One of the other two guys started to talk to Seth, "Geez Seth. Don't do that again."

"Yeah, I'm…fine," I replied confused.

"That's good," he beamed.

"Hello? Seth? Anyone home?"

"Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?" I asked, smiling, though I was still confused.

Seth turned to look at them. "What?" he asked, taking in their expressions. Seth looked utterly confused. I giggled.

"Geez, Seth. You're worse than Jared here."

"What?" he asked. Then something dawned on him, "Oh. Shit. Leah is going to be thrilled," he ended sarcastically.

The one named Jared laughed. "We'll let you tell her. And aren't you going to introduce us to the lucky girl?"

"Right. Angela, these are my friends Embry and Jared.

"Nice to meet you Angela," Jared greeted.

"So…Seth, were you going to tell me where Jake's house is? Or am I going to have to find it myself?"

"Why are you looking for Jake?" Embry asked.

"I'm not looking for Jake, just Bella. He picked her up from school this morning."

"Ohhh, so that's why he ditched Quil and me this morning!" Embry realized.

"I can show you the way to Jake's house, but why are you in such a hurry? Are you trying to get away from me?" Seth asked.

"Thanks, and I'm actually borrowing a friend's brother's car without him knowing. So I kind of want to get back before he does."

"That's probably a good idea. But before we go to Jake's house, let's check out a spot that they used to hang out at a lot. It's not too far."

"Okay. You probably have a better idea of where to find him than I do."

"Alright, cool. See you guys later."

"But Seth, we're supposed to go to Sam's for…"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tell him I'll be by later," Seth called over his shoulder.

"Seth—"

"Leave him alone, Jared. If he wants to get into trouble, let him."

"Are you really going to get into trouble?" I asked.

"Probably not, just yelled at a lot. It's no big deal really."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. I'd rather be with you."

He'd rather be with me. What's that supposed to mean? That he likes me? But I can't have another boyfriend yet. Ben broke up with me five days ago. That would be like betraying him.

"Something wrong? You look sad," he commented.

"Not really. I was just thinking about Ben."

"Who's he?"

"He was my boyfriend, well up to five days ago. So I guess he's my ex-boyfriend now."

"And you're over him already?" he asked incredulously.

"No. I still love him, but he had me in mind when he broke up with me."

"Huh?"

"We were both going to go to college together, but the school sent him the wrong letter so instead of sending him a rejection letter, they sent him an acceptance letter. And his family is moving to New York, so he's going to go to college there." I don't know why I'm telling him this, I just feel like I should.

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay. We're still going to try to be friends, and it's like they say, long distance relationships don't work." I tear slipped from my eye and rolled down my cheek.

Seth wiped the tear away with his thumb. His skin was really warm. "Don't cry. At least you know why he broke up with you. My sister's boyfriend didn't tell her why. He just left her."

"Wow, that's sad." We walked a little farther down the beach until Seth stopped.

"I guess they're not here. They probably went back to Jake's house."

"Okay. Lead the way."

"Your wish is my command," Seth smiled.

I giggled. "Are you always this good at cheering people up?"

"Well, I don't wan to brag or anything, but I tend to think I am. My sister on the other hand finds it aggravating."

"I think you're good at it." Seth beamed at my comment.

"Don't get a big head just because one girl says you're good at something, Seth!" someone called from behind us.

"Shut up Leah!" Seth called back without turning around. I turned to see her run up to Seth and me.

"What? Are you upset that I found you?"

"Go away, Leah," Seth growled. Then he turned to me. "Sorry 'bout this, Angela. This is my sister Leah."

"Hello," I said timidly. I felt like I was standing next to Rosalie. Leah was stunning. She was tall, and had beautiful black hair, though it was cut differently than the rest of the women in La Push. It was shoulder length and pulled into a low ponytail. Her skin was a lovely copper color that contrasted nicely with her dark brown eyes. The only thing that took away from her beauty was her frown.

Leah looked at Seth, then to me, "Aw, not you too! I'm outa here! I'll just tell Sam I couldn't find you," she whined as she turned and walked away.

"He'll find out anyway Leah," Seth yelled to her.

"Like I care! It's not like he can hurt me anymore."

Seth turned back to me, "Again, sorry about her."

"It's no problem. There are worse girls at my school."

"Really?"

"Mmhmm. Was Sam her boyfriend?"

"Yup."

"And she still talks to him?"

"She doesn't really have a choice. Sam's the chief."

"And she's not over him?"

"No. Believe it or not, she used to be the happiest girl I knew."

"It must be hard living with her if she's so bitter now."

"Sometimes. She's trying to get over him."

I could see the path back to the parking lot. "What did Leah mean by 'not you too?'"

"She thinks I like you and she's tired of looking at lovesick Jake, Jared and Kim, and Quil and Clare. Basically most of my/our friends are dating. Especially when she sees Sam or is going to see Sam."

"Oh." She thinks I like you. Does he? He wiped the tear away and he is kind of cute and tall and…Stop it Angela! Ben just broke up with you. You can't be thinking of having another boyfriend yet. "Do you like me?" I asked quietly.

He looked at the rocks, "You seem like a nice girl, and a happy one too. Well, if it weren't for your ex-boyfriend…"

"But do you like me?"

"In a friend sort of way." He looked up at me and I smiled.

"Me too." I unlocked Edward's car, "Can you drive?"

"Not yet. I'm only fifteen."

"Really? You look older than that."

"Thanks. And your friend has a nice car, well, nicer than most of the cars around here."

I sat in the driver's seat and got another whiff of the sweet scent. I tensed. I forced myself to calm down and relax. I couldn't let Seth see me this way. I looked up to see if Seth noticed only to find him as tense as I was. I went out on a whim, "I know, it's really sweet, isn't it?"

His head whipped around to look at me, "You know?"

"Since Sunday, yeah. How do you know?"

"You don't know what I am?"

"No, But I can take a guess."

"And…"

"It'll be wrong, but just tell me."

"A werewolf," he barely whispered.

"My guess, but still wrong."

"What was wrong?"

"You're not a werewolf."

"Yeah I am."

"No you're not."

"I'm not joking, Angela."

"Neither am I, Seth. If you were an actual werewolf, I would want to kill you the instant I saw you."

"What?" he asked confused.

"Just tell me two things first."

"Okay…"

"One, which way to Jake's house, and two, will you be at the beach tomorrow?"

"Make a right, pass two stop signs, make a left, and it's the last house on the right. And I am, why?"

"It's going to take a while to explain, and I really do need to get back. I'll tell you tomorrow. Promise."

"How do I know you'll be back?"

"I live in Forks. Where am I going to go?"

"You go a lot of places in one night."

"If I pinky promise to be back tomorrow, will you let it go?"

Seth looked at me, "Fine but you better be there. Pinky promise." I entwined my pinky with his as I pulled up along the curb in front of Jake's house. His hands were warm and our fingers lingered in that position a little longer than necessary, but I didn't mind. It was nice. Stop it Angela! What is it about this boy that's making you forget about Ben? "Come on, they're probably in Jake's garage."

I got out of Edward's car; it was starting to rain. I ducked my head and jogged to catch up with Seth.

"Jake? You out here?" Seth yelled.

"Go away! I don't want to talk to anyone!"

"Fine, Mr. Grumpypants! It's a good thing I don't want you! Is Bella here?"

"No, Mr. Smartypants, she just left! Why do you want her anyway?"

"Cuz I brought someone who's looking for her."

"Who?" Jake asked, glaring at Seth as we entered the makeshift garage.

"Angela. A friend of hers from school, I'm guessing?"

"Mmhmm."

Jake looked at Seth and me. "You imprinted too?" he gasped.

"What's imprinting?" I asked.

"Thanks a lot, Jake," he whined. "It's…you know what? I'll tell you tomorrow after you tell me."

"What! That's not fair! This, I think, involves me. I have a right to know!" I yelled.

"Well, you did say you needed to go…and it might take a little while to explain, but then again."

I scowled at him, "Fine. See you tomorrow Seth. Bye Jake." Just before I left, I slid the hammer half way across the floor.

"What was that?!" Jake yelled, as Seth yelled, "Haunted garage!"

"I'll tell you…tomorrow."

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