Chapter 9

The next month flew by fast. Today was Halloween, and I had to work. Don't ask me why a bakery was open on Halloween, but this one was. It was almost closing time, when the jingle from the door sounded. I looked up and seen 3 boys that I recognized as Jacob Black, Quil Atera, and Embry Call. I looked them over and seen that both Jacob and Quil were getting tall and gangly, but it was Embry that surprised me. He was pushing 6' and had bulked up considerably. Sam never said anything about Embry. As far as I knew, he was Makah, not Quileute. I pushed my thoughts aside and smiled at them.

"Hi, what can I get for you."

"My dad called in an order." Jacob said.

"Yes, Black?" He nodded, "It's right here." I handed him a box of jelly filled dough nuts.

"Um... that will be 14.50." He handed me the money. I rang him up and gave him the change.

"Anything else?"

"No thanks."

"Have a nice night." I called after him.

I hurried up and cleaned up for the night and closed up. I broke the speed limit by at least 10 miles on the way home. As soon as I pulled into the driveway, I jumped out of the call, barely turning off the ignition. I ran in the house.

"Sam? Are you home"

"Yeah, what are you yelling about?"

"I ran into Jacob Black Quil Atera, and Embry Call, and guess what. Embry looks close to phasing." Sam looked shocked.

"That's impossible."

"That's what I thought too, but Sam, he's almost 6 foot. He's taller than Jake and Quil."

"I'll have to look into it, thanks Em. I'll have the boys keep an eye on things." He said.

I could tell that he was very confused. I would be too. He went to call the boys and let them know. They were all going out patrolling tonight. For some reason Halloween was a popular night for the bloodsucker's to attack. I got to thinking about the leeches that left. It made no sense for more boys to change. The leeches were gone, or were they? Why are the boys still changing? Has anyone gone to see if the Cullens were really gone? Should I? Sam would never let me if he knew. But why should he know.

With that thought, I grabbed my keys. I yelled to Sam, that I had forgotten something at the store, and that I would be back in about a half an hour. That should be enough time to run to Forks and back. It only took me 10 minutes to get out of Forks. I know the driveway is on this road, and that it is almost impossible to see. If they really haven't' been here, then it would be overgrown. This was stupid. Really, what did I expect to accomplish by coming here. Wait, what is that? It looks like a grass road or something. I turned down it and drove for about a mile, before the trees broke off into a huge field, and right in the middle was a mansion.

I stopped the truck, and stared at the house. It was huge, and beautiful. I was staring so hard, that I swear I seen someone look out the window. I threw the truck in drive and turned around. I took off back down the driveway towards home.

What was that in the window? Was it a person? A vampire? It was a flash of red. I know that much. Maybe I'll slyly hint to Sam, that he should check to make sure that all the Cullens are gone.

I pulled into the drive way and tried to compose myself. It was weird that I was engaged to a werewolf, but vampires scared the hell out of me. I walked into the house and immediately started to bake. The boys were out patrolling. I made some popcorn balls, and cooked up some pumpkin seeds.

At about 11 at night, the boys came in dragging their feet. I walked into the living room where they had plopped down all over the furniture.

"You guys OK?" I asked them. They all glared at me, well, except Sam.

"Yeah just dandy." Paul said sarcastically.

"Did anything happen?" I asked them.

"No, just a bunch of crazy kids on a sugar high." Jared answered this time.

I nodded and went to the kitchen to get the food I made. I carried the tray loaded with popcorn balls, sandwiches, and nachos, into the living room and set it down on the coffee table. They all thanked me and dug in. I chuckled. They were always hungry. It's a good thing that I got that job. We were doing so much better now. I then thought back to earlier today at the Cullen mansion.

"Sam?" I asked hesitantly.

"Yes, hon?"

"I just had a question..." I broke off not knowing how to word the question.

"What was the question?"

"Well, you said there were only three in a pack, so it doesn't make sense for other's to be phasing. Well, I was wondering if you ever checked to make sure that the Cullens left."

"No, we didn't. But it makes sense. We only phase when their around. We'll go check tomorrow."

I nodded and left them be. They needed to rest.

Sam's Pov

The night after Emily planted the idea that the bloodsucker's might still be here I got the boys together. They met me at the border. I looked them over. Jared looked like he would rather be with Kim, and Paul, well, he was always up to a fight.

"OK, guys. We're going to just check it out. Smell around and see if the scents are old or new. If you see anything we get the hell out of there got it?" I told them. I really didn't want to go up against all those bloodsucker's with just the three of us. They nodded and we all phased. I led them over the border and headed to where we knew the Cullen Mansion was.

The stench was almost unbearable. Jared made a gagging noise and Paul growled. It was fading but there was a fresh new scent under it. It wasn't like the rest of the bloodsucker's that lived here. It was different.

You guys smell that?

Yeah, but Sam, it doesn't smell like them. It smells different somehow.

Jared, Paul. We go back. We need to double patrols.

I took off running back to La Push with them on my tail. We have to protect the tribe. There are more bloodsucker's here. Hopefully the other's will be joining soon. I felt the agreement from Jared and Paul. Even though we really didn't want anyone else to be bound by this life, we knew that we needed help. Tomorrow, we would start tailing Jacob and Quil. Perhaps Embry too. From what Emily says, he looks closer then the others. It doesn't make sense, he's Mekah, but I'm not arguing.