Back from the hiatus, thingy!

Fang: That's your only warning...

Me: If you want to know what's gone on while I've been on hiatus, read my newest Poetry Corner (Ch. 19.) update on it. I'm not going around explaining all the details in each A/N.

Fang: We'd be here forever.

Me: And I just want to get back in the swing of things around here, so let's do this!

Risa's POV

The Pros of Vacationing in Forks:

1. No lines.

2. No other annoying tourists.

3. No expensive tourist attractions.

The Cons:

1. No nothing.

Within a day, Embry had shown us just about everything there was to see in Forks, which wasn't a lot. And La Push didn't have much to offer, either. For a place that was home to both two huge packs of shapeshifting wolf people plus one of the largest vampire covens in the world, the place was pretty boring.

So here were Embry, Fang, and I, sitting on the Cullen's front porch, trying to figure out what to do with ourselves.

"We could go cliff diving." Embry suggested.

"Cliff diving?!" Fang snapped back. "Oh, that sounds like a great idea! Let's send Risa here flying off a cliff!"

"Well, Fang, I'm sorry you don't have as much confidence in Risa's cliff diving abilities as I do-"

"Boys, boys!" I said. "Please! Here, let's go for a walk. Then, at least we'll be doing something besides arguing!" I got up and stormed off in a random direction. It wasn't long before I heard Fang and Embry following me close behind. A loud bark I heard from behind told me that Bo had seen us leave and was following us as well.

I sighed, grabbing a leaf off of a tree and ripping it to shreds. It was a good thing those two had learned to let me cool off a bit. If one of them came up to me right now, I'd probably rip his head off, thus ending this long, love triangle relationship. It was moments like these that I'd begin trying to just pick one already, trying to force myself to make a decision. But, of course, all I'd have to do was spend some time with the both of them, and I'd find myself unable to make a decision. Heck, after some more romantic time, I'd find myself unable to make any decision, but that's another story.

Finally, the boys plus Bo caught up with me in a clearing. I picked up a stick and threw it for Bo to fetch, then turned back to Fang and Embry. "So, Bry, where are we now?" I asked Embry.

He looked around the area. "Not sure. Random clearing, I guess."

My eyes flicked to Fang. "Hey, Fang, fly up and see if you can see anything interesting, will ya?"

You didn't need to tell Fang twice. The one thing he loved to do was fly. Unfortunately, it was also the one thing he didn't get to do as often as he'd like. Fang nodded once and took off his jacket, placing it around my shoulders. Then, his wings snapped out and he was running, taking off into the air, even doing a flip in midair on his way up. He could be quite graceful when he wanted to be.

"Show off..." I heard Embry mutter.

I watched Fang circle a couple times, diving and swooping randomly. I had to admit, though a lot of it was just from the joy of being in the air again, Fang was being a bit of a show off. I couldn't make myself blame him, though. Despite Fang's strength, Embry was always a bit stronger and tended to beat him at, well, everything. Flying was one of the few things that Fang could do that Embry couldn't. The other thing was singing, but that was another story.

Finally, Fang swooped down towards me, tucking in his wings just before he got to the ground and coming to a graceful stop in front of me. "There's a large pond with a brook running into it up ahead." Fang said, pointing. "The water looks pretty clear from what I could see. It may be good for swimming."

"All right!" I said, handing him his jacket back and heading in the direction he was pointing. "Sounds like something to do. Follow me, boys!" I walked purposfully forward, grabbing the stick that Bo had in his mouth and leading him along with it.

"She's amazing." I heard Embry mutter behind me.

"Yeah, I know." Fang answered him absently.

"No, I mean, she's so....random. Look, she's walking off like she actually has some idea where she's going! And the worst part is, she's somehow talked us into following her."

Fang chuckled slightly. "You need to spend a day with Maximum Ride sometime..."

We made it to the pond in about 10 minutes. It was a pretty big pond, with clear, clean-looking water. I guessed it was probably a great swimming hole, even though it was probably also ice cold. I hopped up on a rock that was near the water to get a closer look.

"This place is pretty." I said as Embry and Fang followed me onto the rock.

"Yeah." Embry answered. "I guess I've never really noticed it before."

"Funny, I noticed it..." Fang muttered.

"Why don't we go for a swim?" I said before Embry could reply to Fang.

"Our clothes'll get wet." Fang pointed out. "We'll have to walk back in them."

"What, are you gonna melt, birdbrain?" Embry said.

I put my hand up to shut them up. "I get Fang's point, Embry, but I think I have a solution."

So, I started to take off my shirt.

"Risa!!!" Embry exclaimed. "I don't- Uhh... You shouldn't do that!"

Fang, meanwhile, was probably trying to pick his jaw up off the ground.

I pulled my shirt off, glad I had worn a sports bra today. I can't imagine how they would've reacted if I'd worn something more...revealing. "What, boys? You guys have seen me in a bikini before. I'm not showing any more in that than I am in a bra and underwear. Actually, I probably show off more in the bikini."

"It's just...It's so...It's not right, somehow." Embry stuttered out.

I rolled my eyes, slipping out of my jeans. "Fine, then I'll go swimming and you can sit here on the rock and try not to look at me. Fang, are you coming?"

Fang, who had been standing there with a look of disbelief stuck on his face seemed to be shocked out of his stunned coma. "Uh, I, uh, maybe."

I sighed. "Right..." I took two steps and, with a yell, jumped of the rock, hitting the water with a loud splash.

I nearly went into cardiac arrest. I was right, it was freezing. I pulled myself to the surface and waded for a bit, getting used to the water. I looked back towards Embry and Fang on the rock. "Come on, guys! Water's fine, though your warmth wouldn't hurt, Bry!"

I began doing a laps while I waited for the guys to make a decision. Embry paced back and forth on the rock like, well, like a wolf, trying to decide. Fang just calmly watched me like a, well, like a hawk.

God, animal similies fit these guys a little too well.

Finally, I saw Fang shrug slightly and pull his jacket off.

"What are you doing?!" Embry shot at him.

"I'm going swimming." Fang said simply, trying to work his shirt off around his wings. "Coming, or do I have to throw a stick in the water first?"

Embry glared at Fang for about two seconds before he, too, began angrily ripping off his shirt.

You know, it's not often a girl can get two hot guys to strip down to their skivvies right in front of her. So entertaining...

I guess I could stop for a minute and describe things like how Fang's olive skin shone in the sun that reflected off the water. Or how huge and strong Embry looked, now that I could trace almost every muscle on his body with my eyes. How Fang's black wings had a slight tinge of purple from the sun and seemed to be more a part of him now that I could see where they connected. How Embry's long, dark chesnut brown hair draped perfectly over his muscular shoulders...

But you don't want to hear all that rambling, do you?

As soon as Fang was down to his black boxers (Yeah, the kid has black everything.), he ran off the rock, jumping into the air, doing a couple twists and diving into the water, splashing both Embry and I at once.

"Fang!" I yelled, laughing.

He surfaced right in front of me, grinning mischieviously. Now I had a new observation. Fang's wet hair in the sun was shiny and silky-looking. I reached out and touched it.

"What?" Fang said, reaching up and taking hold of my hand.

Before I could answer, I heard a yell of "Kowabunga!!!" and a splash that soaked both Fang and I.

When I finally got the water out of my eyes, I turned to see Fang glaring at a grinning Embry.

"I'm sorry, birdy, did I get you wet?" Embry said mockingly.

Fang's hands balled into fists. "You ever wonder what it's like to be a fish, Embry? 'Cause you're gonna find out in about three seconds."

"Ok, boys." I said, swimming in between them. "Let's not make war, here. This is fun. Remember fun?"

They both nodded, still glaring at each other.

I waved my hand in between them. "Boys?"

Still glaring...

I splashed both of them, getting them out of their trance. "Hey!"

They both looked at me.

I grinned. "I see London, I see France, I see both your underpants!" I laughed and dove under the water.

The rest of the afternoon went much better. We played a game of Marco Polo, which we found out wasn't a very fair game for Embry. Wherever the water was the warmest, there he was. Embry did win back some of his pride in our biggest splash contest, though. No matter how high Fang flew, he couldn't beat Embry's cannonball. Besides, he could only go so high. There are just some heights that you can't freefall from and survive.

We eventually ended up lying on the grass, me between the two of them, drying out.

"We should do this kind of stuff more often." I said.

"Yeah, more swimming." Fang said.

"More diving." Embry added.

"More sunny day stuff."

"More sunbathing."

"More water sports."

"More nudity."

"Risa!!' They both exclaimed.

I started laughing hysterically. Those two were priceless.

Seth's POV

"So, our meeting can now come to order."

I raised my hand. "Excuse me, Jake?"

"Yeah?"

"Exactly what is this meeting for, anyway?" They'd told me to meet them here at the beach this afternoon, but never told me why.

"Operation: Help Embry and Eliminate Fang!" Quil exclaimed.

I rolled my eyes. "You have got to be kidding me..."

"Come on, Seth! Embry needs us!" Jake said. "Risa needs us, too. We've got to help her realize who her true soul mate is!"

"You know, from what I've gotten to know of Risa, I bet she can find her soulmate herself." We'd all gotten to meet Risa and Fang the other day. Risa seemed like a nice, spunky-type girl. Fang didn't seem that bad, either. Maybe a bit nervous-looking, but that may have been because of all the werewolves glaring at him and refusing to shake his hand.

"Obviously not." Quil said, eating some of the chips he'd brought with him. "She can't choose between Embry and some guy who's obviously wrong for her."

"I don't think Fang's wrong for her." I answered him. "He didn't seem like such a bad guy."

"Well, he's wrong for her because Embry imprinted on her." Quil said, as if that actually meant anything. "So we're gonna think up ways to make him race on outta here."

Jake snapped his fingers. "That's it! Quil, you're a genius!"

"What's it?" Quil asked.

"A race!" Jake answered him.

I started to get up. "You know what? I don't want any part of this insanity. I'll see you guys later."

Jake shrugged. "Fine. Suit yourself." He turned to Quil and began to plan whatever insanity he had thought up.

And I headed back to La Push, wondering when I had become the most mature of the Pack.

That took a couple days to finally write.

Fang: Too bad Fanfiction won't let you read new reviews lately.

Me: Don't remind me....Grrr....

Fang: May I ask what inspired the whole...errrr....strip scene?

Me: You really want to know? -grins mischieviously at Fang-

Fang: Nevermind, I don't.

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