So I'm not going to spoil anything for the people who haven't seen the new Breaking Dawn Part Two, but i would just like to say that it was AWESOME! At first, I was about to walk out of the theater because I was so angry, but it was REALLY good. So I'm not too excited about this chapter, but the next one is exciting. I just had to get this chapter over with. Please review and tell me what you think. It would mean a ton to me!

Thanks,

-S

I opened the door to Quil's office and he looked at me with a stern expression.

"Look, if you're going to yell at me for something I did, you might as well drop it because I re-"

"You did well today, Claire," he interrupted, and I could see that there was kindness in his eyes. His facial expression then hardened, "But I think you'll need more practice for more protection."

"Protection from what?" I interjected. Quil was always being so confusing with this kind of stuff and it was driving me insane. I mean what the hell is he talking about with this protection crap?

"I wouldn't be able to stand it if they hurt you again," he said softly, averting his eyes from mine.

"In case you haven't noticed, Quil, if they capture me again, I wouldn't be able to protect myself; hell, you wouldn't be able to protect me from them."

"You don't understand," he grumbled angrily.

"What don't I understand?" I threw my hands up, "That's all you've been saying for everything I have argued with you about! And guess what Quil, we haven't even known each other for that long! Yes, I may be a naïve seventeen year old, but if I don't understand, then please, be my guest to explain it to me."

"I can't," he said through clenched teeth. Annoyed, I started to walk out of the room.

"Claire Bear wait," I froze dead in my steps and turned around slowly. He looked as if he were in shock.

"Why did you call me that?" I asked him, "Only Aunt Emily and Uncle Sam called me that and that was until I told them that I thought that name was stupid when I was four."

"Why is it such a big deal?"

"Because I hate that name!" I yelled, "I don't know why, but every time I hear it, it fills me with deep sadness that I really don't feel like dealing with. Now why did you call me that? We've known each other for a few days and you're already giving me nicknames? We aren't even friends Quil. You're my teacher. That's it." He opened his mouth as if he was going to say something, but I held my hand up and walked out of his office.

I immediately felt horrible. I'm never this mean to anyone. I don't even have anger issues and right now I'm doing both! I thought about going back into his office to apologize when I was suddenly greeted by Dean. Weird, I was expecting to see Austin.

"Hey," I smiled and walked closer to him, "I wasn't expecting to see you here."

He smiled back, and being a gentleman, grabbed my books so he could carry them.

"I saw you come in here after lunch and I noticed that you were struggling with all these books, so I thought that I could save you from all the torture." I flinched at his word phrasing and decided to just let it go. He couldn't possibly know what happened to me; so I couldn't get mad at him for this.

"Well thank you, that's very kind of you," I smiled and fluttered my eyelashes, making it obvious that I was flirting with him.

"You and Coach Ateara looked pretty pissed in there; what's going on between you two?"

So much more than you could imagine. I thought to myself, but instead said, "I don't know. I guess I'm just making myself a bad reputation already."

"Seriously?" he looked at me shocked, "Normally Quil likes all of his students, especially the ones that do well in his class."

"I guess he just doesn't like me," I said bitterly, making it clear that I didn't want to discuss the subject any longer. He dropped me off to my class and gave me an awkward side-hug.

The rest of the day went by in a blur, and I soon found myself sitting in my car, listening to "Train" Pandora station while waiting for Robbie. Effy and I were planning on meeting at the mall so I was getting a little impatient. I jumped when Robbie opened the driver's car door.

"Claire, the boys want to see how you're doing." I reluctantly got out of the car and looked at the giant men in front of me. Some of them I recognized from being at Uncle Sam's and Aunt Emily's, such as Collin, Brady, and Seth. Frankie was also there. There were four others that I didn't recognize, but one thing stood out; none of them were wearing shirts. Geez, aren't they cold? They all also had the same tattoo on their arm.

"Claire, we've decided that you are going to have some fun with us today," Seth said as Reighn came up to him, giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. She seemed tense, almost as if she were mad. What was up with her?

Reighn

Claire could tell that something was wrong when I came up to the group, but I couldn't tell her. She was just so nice and the girls here didn't understand why all the guys were hanging around her.

It started from the very beginning of the day when Seth dropped me off. I met up with some of my friends; the stuck up group of girls of La Push. I didn't really like any of them, but if you wanted to survive at this school, you had to do what you had to do. Seth and the pack were pretty much my friends; my family means everything to me. I don't mind it at all honestly. Claire seemed like she didn't want anything to do with her family.

If only she knew everything about what her family truly was, maybe things would be different for her. Claire is too independent and hard headed to think any way except her own. That's why mom, dad, Robbie, and I knew that she was going to give Quil a hard time. She can't change who she is. The funny thing is that Quil is also extremely stubborn, so I feel this would be entertaining for everyone.

Lunch soon came around and it pissed me off when I heard Mary talking shit about Claire.

"I mean seriously? That girl is already with the fun populars?" She spat, "next thing you know, your cousin will be dating Dean Ackles." I rolled my eyes; Claire has never been tied down by a guy before, and if it weren't for imprinting, I don't think she ever would have.

"She's not even that pretty," Hope said and I shot her a mean glare.

"No, she is pretty," Mary actually defended, "she looks like Amanda Seyfried as a brunette, but she's not Jennifer Lopez pretty. If she weren't a grade older than us, I would say we should show her, her place, but don't worry, Jana's my cousin and she's throwing as party this weekend so I'm sure I can talk some sense into her."

"Shut up," I sneered, "You guys are just being jealous."

They kept quiet the rest of lunch, but I could see the mean glares that they were sending towards Claire.

At the end of the day, I met Mary at her car and the group quit talking when they saw me come up to them.

"What's going on?" I asked suspiciously and they all looked across the parking lot at none other than Claire who was talking to the pack.

"She now has the pack of hotties wrapped around her finger," Mary said enviously.

"Maybe it's not what you think," I defended, "Maybe Claire really is cool and you just haven't gotten to know her yet." I didn't even want to listen to what else they had to say, so I walked over to Seth and tried to ignore everything that had happened today.

Claire

"Oh, and what do you consider fun around this hell hole?" I crossed my arms and noticed that they all flinched when I called this place a hell hole. I leaned against my car and tried to pretend that I didn't feel bad about saying that.

"Cliff diving!" Brady yelled excitedly.

"Are you kidding me?" I choked, "you do realize that it's November and it's freezing outside, right?"

"Yeah Brady," Robbie glared at him, "It's too cold."

"Oh, right," he stammered, "Then I guess we could go to the mall in Port Angeles, or something."

"That's actually what I was planning on doing with my friend, Effy, anyway," I smiled, "But, are you guys going to come without shirts on?" They all looked at each other as if they regretted wanting to do anything with me. They came along anyway, and I was relieved to see that Effy was already in the mall's parking lot. Frankie practically ran up to Eff and gave her a giant hug which surprised me. I then did the same thing. Her face was filled with concern, but I just smiled at her. We all walked into the mall, but I could feel how much tension there was. I wonder why. I fell in love with the first store we saw, the pet store.

"Oh my gosh!" I squealed and ran into the store. Seriously, this was the greatest place on earth in my opinion. I immediately found the puppies that were up for adoption, and fell in love with all of them. There were huskies, Chihuahuas, Yorkshire terriers, and Dutch hounds. I finally found the pups that I have been dying to have for what seems to be forever; poodles.

"Aren't these adorable?!" I gushed while holding up a parti poodle to Robbie's face.

"Yeah, sure," Robbie said awkwardly, "We don't need any more dogs."

"But we don't have any dogs," I said suspiciously.

"It's a little inside joke," Robbie admitted, "Why don't you ask for one for Christmas or something?"

"But I want this one," I whined. I held up the pudgy black and white poodle that looked like she had a mask over her eyes and had black ears. I had always wanted a dog, but my parents were always too reluctant to get one because they didn't think I was responsible enough to take care of one. Sadly, I put the puppy down and they hurried me out of the door. All I could think about was the poodle pup. She was the largest one, but the smallest one at the same time; let's just say you could tell that she liked to eat.

We then went to a local store that I've never even heard of before and started looking for school hoodies and t-shirts since tradition is huge in La Push. Soon, I had bags full of maroon and gold hoodies, sweatpants, and t-shirts; not my favorite colors, but I guess I would just have to deal with it.

We were sitting in the coffee shop in the mall when Quil happened to walk up to us. My stomach filled with butterflies, and my face got hot only for it to be replaced with anger a short second later.

"Hey guys," he smiled and sat down in a chair right next to me. I crossed my arms and just ignored him. I would not be that pathetic teenage girl who is obsessed with her teacher just because he's hot.

"Well we were going to get some school spirit into Claire's life, but then she found the pet store and she hasn't shut up about some toy poodle she wants," Reighn laughed.

"A toy poodle?" Quil raised his eyebrow, "I don't see you as the type of girl to have a yippy dog; I see you having a manly dog. Plus, aren't they hard to train?"

"Actually," I defended, "Poodles are the world's smartest breed." I then described the cute puppy to Quil, and he looked at me with a grin on his face.

"What?" I asked, "Do you think this is funny?"

"No," Quil assured, "I think this is quite fascinating, actually." I held his gaze for what seemed like forever and I looked away when I felt the butterflies that I had hidden away return. I noticed that everyone was staring at us as if they had hope in their eyes. Annoyed, I got up and started running for the exit. What was this feeling? It was driving me insane and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Right then I wished that my mom was with me so I could talk to her about this. My throat started swelling when I got to my car. I had to get out of this place; I needed to get away from Quil, for he was clouding my every thought and it was driving me insane.

"Claire, wait!" Quil yelled after me and I ignored him. I hoped into my car and drove home, practically flooring it. I got to Uncle Sam's and Aunt Emily's and the tears were already pooling in my eyes and I was trying to keep them from spilling over. I just want to go home. I miss my house and my parents, especially my mom. The tears spilled over when I reached my room. I sat on my bed and sobbed into my pillow to keep anyone from hearing me. I cried myself into a dreamless sleep and the sound of knocking awoke me. I checked my phone and discovered that it was six-thirty. I didn't even realize that I had slept for two and a half hours.

"Claire, dinner's ready if you're up for it," Aunt Emily said and I pulled on a yellow hoody and maroon sweats. I pulled my hair up into a high ponytail as I walked downstairs. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I saw the group of guys huddled around something in the living room. Annoyed, I started to turn around and go back upstairs, but stopped when I heard a bark, well, a yip. I turned back around and discovered the small puppy from the pet store with a red bow tied around her neck.

I ran up to her and picked up the puppy excitedly. I turned around and looked at the group as they all pointed towards Quil.

"Thank you so much!" I thanked him and after I handed the pup to Reighn, I ran up and gave Quil a massive hug. I felt him breathe in my scent as I did the same; cinnamon and pine. The electricity between us was driving me insane and it kept me from letting go. If anything, it drew me closer to him. I felt like I could be there forever. Maybe I shouldn't ignore my feelings; he did get me a puppy.

I let go and started playing with the pup that I decided to name Izzy. She slept mostly, but I could not let her go. She was just so precious. I fell asleep on the couch with her in my arms and I could feel Quil carry me to my bedroom. I felt a stroke on my face and pretended to be asleep when I heard Quil and Reighn talking about me.

"She's driving me insane, I can't tell if she even likes me or not. We don't even have to be in a relationship together, but she's pushing me away."

"Don't worry. She likes you a lot, but she's used to being independent, and in case you haven't noticed, you two are both a lot alike, well with the stubbornness at least."

"But she's my imprint; you have no idea how much it hurts to see her flirting with other guys and it makes me so mad when I see the way they look at her when she isn't looking. It's like she's a trophy that they are all trying to receive."

"You should know her better than that, just give her time."