I'm just going to stop with the author notes. Lol. You all already know that I am thankful for the reviews and that I have algebra 3 -making it challenging to update.

Disclaimer: I am not Stephenie Meyer

-Collin-

My stomach was doing little flips as I paced the driveway. I was nervous. Okay, "nervous" was an understatement but whatever. How is Carolyn going to react when I tell her? What if she doesn't like me that way? What if it creeps her out and she still goes with Jade? How will I survive that? I brushed my wet bangs out of my face. The shower had done me some good; it washed had off the mud. I felt the imprint-gravitational pull before my ears heard the sound of footsteps and I turned. In the distance, was Carolyn, Jacob, and who I can only assume as Jade -the most stubborn being I have ever heard of. Jade had dark brown hair that stretched down to her waist, and gold eyes like all vegetarian vampires. It was hard to convince her to let Carolyn come; I'm just glad that Edward didn't let her know the he was translating for me through Jacob.

I watched as Carolyn got closer, when she finally saw me with her human vision; she gave me the most amazing smile I had ever seen -it was like she lit up from the inside out. She was beautiful -she always had been. I tried to wait patiently for them, I was happy to notice that Carolyn had picked up her speed to reach me sooner, but all was lost when I noticed Carolyn's hastened speed. So I walked towards them, I would have ran but I didn't want Jade to get all defensive. It seemed like for ever, when in reality it was only like five seconds.

Before I could say "hi" to Carolyn, she had wrapped her arms around my waist in a hug; her face was buried in my chest with her body close against mine. My heart stopped and then started up again at a rapid pace. I glanced at Jade; she wanted to kill me. I glanced at Jacob; he had my back. Now that I knew that hugging Carolyn wasn't going to start a war (thank you Jacob), I returned her hug. I could feel Carolyn smile get slightly bigger when I put my arms around her.

"You guys have fifteen minutes. A second later, and I'm going to kick the door down," threatened Jade. I reluctantly let go of Carolyn, and she let go of me a full second later. I glanced at Jacob he nodded to me, assuring that he would handle Jade. I nodded in acknowledgement and thanks. I put an arm around Carolyn's shoulders -I received a death glare from Jade- and led her to my house.

-Carolyn-

Collin dropped his arm from my shoulders when we entered the house. He gestured for me to sit on the couch, I sat. He sat on the other side and faced me; I turned to him and took his hands in mine. I was going to take advantage of the moment; it would be the last time I would touch him. He gave me a small smile, which appeared to be nervous, and he began to play with my fingers. I waited for him to speak. Finally, after a minute, he looked up at me and began, "I don't really have enough time to tell you any Quilette legends…which is basically werewolf history. So I guess I'll get to a more important matter. Werewolves can tell when they find their soul mate. We use the term "imprint" instead of soul mate," he took a deep breath before he continued. It may have relaxed him, but it only made me tense; his words was like a cliff hanger, making me anxious to hear more. "You're my imprint, Carolyn."

What? Me? Out of all the girls in the world, I was his imprint? Was there some kind of mistake? How could someone like me possibly be Collin's soul mate? It just didn't add up…but then again, everything in my life doesn't base itself on logic. Collin's eyes had always been full of intensity and I could never place the emotion behind it, but now I knew; he loved me. He loved me down to his core, just as deep as I did for him. I was about to smile when all of my euphoria came spiraling down into anguish. It was going to hurt him so much for me to leave. I was just as much apart of him as much as he was of me; the pain of leaving him had been nearly unbearable. Surely the pain would be the same for him if not worse…but I can't stay. Can I? If I stayed with him, then it would be less likely that the Volturi will come swooping down because I'm not hanging around with Jade. If I stayed with him, then…

"No Carolyn. You can't, you know you can't. What about Jade?" a voice that sounded like me asked.

"But what about Collin? You're his imprint, his soul mate. You two are meant to be together," an identical voice argued.

"What if he's only in love with you? What if it turns out that you're not his soul mate, huh? What if he made a mistake and it is some other girl?"

"…at least he loves you now. Isn't that what really matters? That you have him now? Isn't this what you wanted?"

"No, what you wanted was someone to be close to. Someone else besides Jade, Ellie, and your Aunt. It didn't matter who it was. Besides, even if the Volturi did come and demand that you be changed into a vampire, it isn't like that would be completely bad. Look at Bella, for example. She wanted to be a vampire. Don't you? Don't you want to be beautiful, strong, and everlasting?"

The second voice could not deny it; I waited desperately for it to say something clever, but it remained silent. My chest felt tight.

"Didn't you and Jade promise that you would never lave her?" the first voice added.

The second voice remained silent.

"You see now, don't you Carolyn?" the first voice said somewhat smugly. I felt kind of lightheaded. "Plus werewolves are so unstable...you know that Emily didn't get her scars from a bear attack. It's better not to get involved. Just say goodbye and leave. Put this all behind you."

"Carolyn, are you okay?" I heard Collin say. My eyes refocused and there was Collin still in front of me, worry in his eyes. "I mean, I know it's kind of a shock, but….um…I'm not expecting anything of you, honest. I just want you to be happy and safe -wherever you go."

I opened my mouth to respond, but instead there was a rush of air going into my lungs. I had been holding my breath? The tension in my chest eased. I exhaled. Seeing the look on Collin's face, I said, "I forgot to breathe. I'm okay." I took another breath to reassure him. "I've gotta go. I'm sorry, Collin." I took my hands from his and stood up.

Collin stood up too, looking hurt and confused, "Is me being a werewolf bother you?"

"No, I'm perfectly fine with you being a werewolf."

"Did the imprint thing freak you out?"

"No, the imprint thing doesn't make sense just like everything in my life, it's normal for something out of the ordinary to happen to me."

Collin looked relieved, but then concerned once more, "Then what's wrong? I can tell that you're upset."

Before I could answer the front door opened, and there was Jade. Jacob was growling behind her, but she ignored him, "We have to go, Carolyn. Now."

"I'll call you." I said to Collin, without thinking.

He smiled, "At anytime."

I nodded and left the house with Jade.

Midnight

-Jade- (A/N: I just wanted to point out that this is the first time the story has gone into Jade's point of view. lol.)

I took a deep, unneeded breath. I detected a familiar scent. "What do you want, David?" I asked, not bothering to turn around.

"What do you think I want?" David whispered in a low voice, placing his arms around my waist.

"You got tired of Elizabeth, huh?"

"How'd you guess?" he murmured in my ear. I was glad that my heart was still for eternity -it would have given my attraction for him away.

"I'm not your toy, David." I growled.

"Then how about I become yours?" he said, his lips brushing the tip of my ear.

I didn't respond. I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted at the moment. Revenge or companionship? Suddenly, his words clicked in my head, "You know about my powers."

"Of course I do. I've been watching you."

"As flattering as that is, why?"

"It's a secret."

I slid out from David's arms to face him. "The Volturi sent you here, didn't they? You've said that you work for some people before."

"Maybe."

"What do they want?"

"You know why."

"They're just a bunch of stupid dogs."

"Dogs that can hurt us."

"Just leave Carolyn alone."

"Oh, I see it now. You've been trying to keep her away from the werewolves so she won't have to encounter me, huh? I didn't think you would actually take me seriously when I told you that I was going to take care of a dog problem."

"I take everything seriously when it could hurt Carolyn."

"You've been manipulating her."

I shifted uncomfortably, guilt building up in my system. "I have to."

"You're going to hurt yourself if you manipulate someone's thoughts too much."

"Shut up, David. That's my problem, not yours."

"Technically, I'm supposed to dispose of any vampire that exposes their true nature to humans," he casually threatened me, reminding me to be nice.

"And why haven't you yet?"

"Because I'd like to make a proposal for you. The Volturi wants you to use their talents for them."

"They want me to join them so they can use me, huh?"

"Whatever way you want to put it."

"You're going to kill Carolyn if I say "no", aren't you?"

"Without a doubt."

"I hate you."

David chuckled, "No you don't. You're attracted to me. You always have been." He leaned in so our lips were only centimeters apart. I glared at him. "Jade," he said in a soothing voice.

"I'll make you light yourself on fire." I warned.

He put some distance between us at that threat. "Shall I assume that you aren't going to be joining?"

My eyes remained dry as I spoke, "No, I'll join the Volturi. And I'll help with the war against the werewolves; I know a coven that may be interested in helping as well."

"Really now?"

"They're friends of the Cullens. One of their names is Tanya."

End of chapter. I know, I know, I'm being evil. It's only going to get worse from this point on…so I'm apologizing now: I'm sorry but there are more cliff hangers ahead. Oh, you're probably a little confused. Well, what happened is that Jade ran into David the night that Carolyn had that flashback-nightmare thingy and he hinted about taking out the werewolves. Which is why Jade has been so against Carolyn seeing Collin cause she doesn't want Carolyn to get involved with the upcoming war. The Cullens mentioned Tanya's coven while Carolyn was with Collin. Um….yeah, Jade can manipulate people's thoughts….that's why Carolyn's mind is like a rollercoaster -one moment she can't get over how awesome Collin is to how she (for some reason that isn't really clear) has to stay away from him. If there is anything that doesn't make sense; please tell me….I may have forgotten a few details or so. I don't know. I still love reviews. hint-hint lol.