When I woke up I was laying on a couch, but it wasn't my couch. I tried to sit up but Emily pushed my shoulders back down. I looked up and came face to face with her. "Hi. You gave us quite a scare back there. How do you feel?" she asked with a smile. Her emotions told me she was relieved and happy that I had woke up. Lucky for me she hadn't touched my skin.
Emily helped me up after a little while. I told her what happened and when she freaked, not really freaked, but she was worried, I sent some calming waves her way. We had been talking about twenty minutes when Sam, Paul, Jared, and Quil walked in. All of them were slightly pissed except Paul, he was really pissed, who I'm guessing is always pissed. I sent some calming waves to them but it didn't work as well as I had hoped. Emily left the room to check on something.
"Hey Cass. How do you feel?" Sam was questioning me before he had even sat down. "I feel better, but for the next few weeks I need you to do me a favor." "Yeah sure. What is it?" "I need you to not touch me. Well, I mean I can't let you touch my skin." "Why?" Okay this is what I didn't want to say. "Well, when I come in contact with Jasper's power, I absorb it. I don't if you know but he's an empath. For a vampire his power isn't very strong, but for a human it can overload the brain. When I absorb Jasper's power it lets me feel everyone's emotions all the time. When bonded with Alice's power, the slightest touch on bare skin lets me see every memory a person has, and feel every emotion they have every felt. The worst part is that I can't exactly control it, so no touchy." I started to feel Paul's anger rise. "Wait! So you mean that you've seen and felt everything I have ever been through!"
"Well, yes but there is something else. I have Edward's power too. So I've also heard every word you have ever thought." I said sheepishly. "WHAT?!" He was beginning to shake uncontrollably. Jared and Quil lunged at him hoping to stop him, but it was too late. In less than a second I was staring into the brown eyes of an enormous wolf.
Paul growled at me and again I heard the noise of shredding clothing. I looked around, there were now four wolves but just as I thought Paul might back down, he lunged, jaws spread wide revealing two rather large rows of teeth. I clamped my eyes shut and on instinct through my arms out in front of myself. But as I through my arms up, they connected with something hard as rock but strangely warm. I was scared but hesitantly I opened my eyes. All I saw was a t-shirt covered, well-toned back and broad shoulders with a semi shaved head on top.
I put my hands down and tried to walk around who ever was blocking Paul so I could get a look at him. I made it to his elbow before his hand shot out and stopped me from moving any further. I was perplexed as to why he had stopped me until I realized why. In front of me stood Sam on all four paws. In front of him was Paul, he was sitting on the floor with his tail between his legs and a chunk of flesh torn out of his shoulder. Quil was sitting on his left side and Jared to his right. I had never noticed it before but Sam towered over Paul in this form.
I looked to my right and finally noticed it was Jake who had jumped in front of me. "Th…Thanks Jake." I was literally shaking in my shoes. This was why werewolves were considered so dangerous. "Um. Thanks guys. I didn't mean to make him mad." I said a little louder. "Sure Cass. Besides Em would kill me if I let anything happen to you." Jake was all smiles and sunshine about this, but I didn't get why Emily would be so protective of me, so I took a little look into his head. 'Man, Embry is going to kill Paul for this.' was his main thought. I pulled out of his mind when I realized Embry was who Jake had been talking about.
"Guys I think I'm going to go for a while. I think I need to think about some things." I turned away from Jake but he caught me by my shoulder. "Let me come with you. Please." Jake looked sad and he felt really nervous. I shook off the feeling and told him to let me go grab my bike.
I walked home and was relieved when everything looked the same. I went in and got my keys, and helmet and put some shoulder length gloves on (just in case). When I came outside Jake was leaning against my bike. I know he doesn't have a helmet so I was going to let him wear mine. "Hey." I started to hand him my helmet but Jake shook his head no.
"Cassandra, you know I imprinted on Nessie, right?" He looked worried. "Yeah Jake, why?" "Well we werewolves can't really stand to be away from our imprints for very long and with the Cullens-" "Stop Jake. I get where your going with this." "You do?" "Yeah and Jake, I'm going to miss you." I slung my arms around his waist, mainly because it was all I could reach.
"Cass, there's something I need you to do for me." Jake was really nervous now. I pulled out of the hug to look at him. "Um, sure Jake. What can I do for you?" I asked a little skeptical. "I need you to tell the pack." I felt my mouth drop open as I took my time to think about what I was going to say. "Wh…Why, Jake?" Damn that stutter. "Because Cass. I'm going home and telling my dad and…and then I'm leaving, Cass." I was shocked. Did he know how hard this was going to be? 'Of course he does.' My conscience always shows up at the worst times.
"Okay Jake, but you should write what you want me to say." Jake looked at me like I was crazy. "What?" Yeah he thought I was crazy. I took a pen and piece of paper out of my satchel. "Write on this sheet of paper what you want me to tell them, unless you want me to just walk into Sam's and shout 'OMG! Jake's gone!'" Okay now I know he thought I was crazy. "Okay. Give me the paper." He took it from me and I turned around so he could use my back as a writing surface. "Okay, I'm done," He folded the paper up and acted like he was going to hand it to me, "But don't read it till you tell them and don't look at it till you tell them. Okay?" He looked at me sternly for a second. "Jake. Wipe that look off your face, your too young to look that serious. Your going to give yourself worry lines. And I promise not to look at your note until I tell your family." He smiled and nodded his head before wrapping me in a warm hug. "Thanks Cass." with that he let go of me and walked into the woods. "I'll wait till six before I tell them!" I shouted after him. "Sure, sure." Jake was always like that.