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Disclaimer Deuce: it's been such a long time… I think I should be going… but time doesn't wait for me it keeps on flowing.

D POV

I didn't like Embry being mad at me… well duh, I thought you'd enjoy that. I answered myself condescendingly. It was bad, I felt horrible, but didn't know why… I needed to make things right. I couldn't sleep. I needed to find him, I didn't know what I'd say yet I just knew I needed to talk to him, he looked so hurt. I knew it was one a.m. but he didn't seem to sleep much and I couldn't sleep at all. I made my way out in the cold in my pajama pants and hooded sweatshirt and slippers. I went to where I last saw him and Rose was standing there as if waiting for me.

"What do you want?" she said in the same angry tone she held for me earlier in the day. I crossed my arms, I didn't care if she was a vampire she wouldn't scare me again.

"Listen girl, I don't know what your problem is but I don't care you're-" she scoffed cutting me off.

"You're just like her." She said loathing me. Her? I was hoping she didn't mean what I thought she meant.

"You are just like Leah." She said glaring at me. I reached up to slap her but I missed I barely saw her head move the rest of her body was motionless.

"Wow, really it's like a fucking mirror, besides the fact she was faster, stronger, and prettier than you." She said with an evil smile. Ouch what a bitch! I thought to myself. Emmett appeared at her side whispering too quietly for me to make out. He disappeared quickly.

"Apparently I'm being too harsh on you… fine I'll tell you why you're just like Leah, then you can see him." What's she mean? I didn't like the look in her eye, she seemed to pissed at me.

"You think you're so different then her, but just like her you dumped him for someone else… you never let the wound heal… you just went out with someone else after you broke up with him. I bet you want him to just move on, yeah it's so much easier for you to move on while you cry on his replacements shoulder." She said showing real anger. Emmett appeared at her shoulder again.

"Quiet down, you'll wake him and you know how hard it was for him to fall asleep." Rose clenched her fists then moved to the side. She turned around and walked away and Emmett followed. I looked on then followed behind them.

In the center of a small clearing there he lay. His fur was gray and had patches on it of black on his back. He looked calm, majestic I thought to myself. I had the overwhelming urge to hug him and pet him. Something caught my ear… I heard the sound of a guitar in the background. I saw Jasper leaning up a tree with Embry's guitar playing it. the song was soothing, soft, as if willing Embry to sleep… he played it at such a tempo it couldn't be anything but a sleepy song, almost a lullaby. I walked closer to him I stopped when I neared Embry. I walked closer to Jasper.

"What's that song, it's so calming…" He smiled as he continued playing it. it's soft melody almost lulled me to sleep right then.

"It's called Z.Z.'s Song…" He said continuing to play it.

"It's beautiful… whose it by?" I asked curiously… I felt more comfortable around Jasper than I did the other vampires.

"Joe Satriani… I like his music. It doesn't have lyrics… it's words are its melodies." Wow, that's so poetic… If I believed Embry was Jaspers brother I'd know where he got his nature now.

"You know I'm the least safe of the three vampires to stand near." He said playing his guitar…

"That one you're so afraid of… she's never once sucked human blood, A distinction not held by her husband, and definitely not by me, I've had the hardest time not drinking human blood…"

"You're not making me sound like a good person again are you Jasper? You know I hate it when you do that." He chuckled softly.

"Sorry Rose I guess I was." He laughed softly.

"Go back and go to sleep." Emmett said from behind me. I turned and obeyed making my way back to my bed. I was almost out of range when I heard Rose call.

"Oh, and tomorrow night, offer him and Jacob a place to sleep inside… they both hate sleeping outside." She said calmly, she didn't have the resentment in her voice she used to have.

"What about you?" she smirked slightly, trying to stay civil.

"We don't sleep."

Embry's POV

I woke up early and went for a distance run knowing I didn't need to worry about Xavier… the Cullens were around to watch over D while I was gone. I pushed myself like I hadn't since I was in Washington weeks ago. My body screamed in pain, to me it felt like approval for what I was doing. I made my way back. I decided to take an extended run to clear my head. I made it back to the clearing realizing a real problem. I'd worked up a real sweat, and didn't have a shower.

"Shit…" I said quietly but loud enough that the vampires could hear me.

"What is it Embry?" Jasper asked curiously.

"Well I forgot I really don't have a shower." Emmett shrugged but was quick on his feet anyway.

"There's a river not too far away to the north." I nodded and ran to the north.

Emmett's POV

I could see D coming from a distance. She is persistent I thought to myself. She was running I didn't move to greet her, I knew she was here for Embry again, trying to make up for what happened yesterday. There was no way to make it up that didn't involve getting back together with Embry. I didn't think she knew that yet. Embry wasn't the type where if you batted your eyes and said you're sorry everything was okay. He wouldn't be okay till it was reversed. I wasn't sure that's what she wanted though.

"Hey… where did Embry go?" She asked.

"Oh he headed north, to the river stream for a swim" I answered without a second thought.

"Thanks… I'm going to go find him then." She said. I contained my entertainment. Rose was at my side as soon as she was out of normal hearing range.

"You know Embry is probably naked in the water…" She said cooing in to my ear with an evil smile.

"Yeah, that's kind of what I'm depending on." She said with a laugh.

"Oh… great."

Embry's POV

The river ended up being large, kind of closer to a lake, or a pond. I hadn't swum in months. It was so relaxing. I felt like water freed me. I dove and held my breath under water. I hadn't really tried holding my breath under water since I first phased, I could hold my breath for nearly two minutes. I came up and caught my breath. It was only five A.M. the sun wasn't even out yet but for some reason I didn't feel comfortable, like I wasn't alone. I quieted myself for a moment to take in the sounds. I heard water moving behind me, from the direction I came. I turned but saw no form, just water moving. Then I saw her. Her head came above water. She saw me staring at her and her look changed from determined to mischievous.

The color from my face faded instantly. I'm not wearing anything right now. I thought to myself as I started to slowly swim backwards. She was at least wearing something I could tell that from here. That brought me relief but the fact I wasn't and she seemed determined to get to me didn't help the situation. She swam then stopped when we were within ten feet of each other.

"Hi Embry." She said normally enough, but I wasn't feeling fine. I was naked in the water with her right there and she didn't know it. Maybe she does? I thought to myself. I saw bra straps and realized she must have jumped in her bra and panties. I tried to think of anything else but that became more and more difficult. Swimming in front of me was a woman I was extremely attracted to in her bra and panties and I was skinny dipping. I cursed myself for not wearing my pants.This wasn't supposed to be a public event. Why does she pick today to get up at five A.M.? I said cursing. She started to close the distance between us. Think Embry, THINK! I didn't have time to think about anything she was coming closer. I did the first thing that came to mind. I clapped my hands together in a seismic splash sending a large wave of water at D. After the fact her mouth was hanging open in astonishment. She splashed back as I was about to apologize catching water in my mouth. I spat it out. She was laughing now as I pushed my arm forward splashing her back. She caught that in the face.

"Hey no fair, I splashed you cause you splashed me first!" she said as if she expected such logic to apply when people are splashing each other.

"You got water in my mouth that's worth at least two splashes!" I said defending my second attack.

"Bullshit!" she yelled splashing at me again. I intertwined my fingers and created another wave splashing her back.

"No fair damn it, you're bigger than me." She said pouting. Does she have any idea what she does to me when she does that? Oh I'm sure she's well aware of it. I saw looking in to her eyes. She swam closer to me as I kept backing up. It was still dark out she couldn't see in the water that I was naked, I hadn't quite figured out how I was planning on getting away though. She dove head first and her lower body came up as she dived, giving me a good look as her ass. Stop don't look damn it! I tried to tell myself after I had already stared at her ass. And damn it was good. No shut up, focus… where's D? I thought before realizing she was under water swimming closer to me. I dropped under water just quick enough to catch her arms as she tried to reach for me pulling both of us back above water. She saw the fear in my eyes immediately.

"What is it Embry?" She said as I hadn't released my grip on either of her wrists. I focused very carefully on not applying that much pressure. I looked to the horizon and saw the sun begin to rise. I stared at it never wishing so much the sun wouldn't come up.

"Umm hey… I got to get going." She was smiling.

"Hey you could stay here have you ever seen the sunrise while in a lake?" She asked, She wouldn't be saying that if she knew I was naked… I shook my head.

"No I got to be going… things to do." I said submerging then swimming back to where my pants were. I was grateful that Jasper brought my clothes and guitar from my storage unit last night. I swam quickly hoping she wouldn't follow maybe not watch me climb out of the pond butt naked but to no avail, much to my chagrin she could keep up with me easily swimming. You didn't exactly train in the water all that time you were working out. I excused myself. I was a human wolf, I was the pinnacle of human strength and speed and this woman who wasn't a professional athlete could out swim me. When we got to the point where I could stand I did and felt the warm air of august on my skin. Okay problem solving time. I told myself. She is ten feet behind me playing in the water, my pants are thirty feet in front of me, how did do I get to them without her seeing me naked. I stood there for what felt like an eternity then it came to me. I relaxed my body and closed my eyes, and then in a single second I was a wolf again, now up to my body in water. I ran for my pants grabbing them and stepping out of her view to become a human again. I pulled my sweat pants on and walked back out to the water trying to act casual. D stood up and walked out of the water with confidence, her red bra and panties drenched. She caught my eye and stood in front of me with her a smirk.

"See anything you like Embry?" She said pulling her pants back on.

"Ahh… no, well yes, I mean, well… umm I'm sorry." I stumbled as I watched a single drop of water drip from her hair down the side of her beautiful skin. The droplet slipped down her temple then down her cheek. I watched another slide down the side of her neck then down her shoulder to the base of her collar bone and down her chest. I stopped myself before following it any further. She was simply breathtaking. Her beautiful bronze skin while the sun peaked in to view. She might not believe it but she was the image of beauty. She was grinning as she caught me staring at her.

"I guess that means you do like what you see." She said grabbing her shirt and putting it back on. I blushed deep red and started making my way up a tree quickly. I stopped twenty feet up and had a thought. I jumped landing on my legs using my knees to catch my fall. I looked at D skeptically for a moment.

"Have you ever watched the sunrise?" she rolled her eyes.

"Yes, I have, I have from a lake and back at my home." She said in a matter-of-factly tone.

"Well have you ever seen it from above the woods?" She shook her head fixing me with a questioning look.

"Would you like to?" She smiled for a moment then asked.

"Hey, you sure you can carry me on your back?" she said questioning me. You know what you're about to say falls under the category of 'things you never ask a girl' right? I couldn't help myself I needed to ask just to see her response.

"Well how much do you weigh?" I said and she gasped and gave me the worst look I've ever seen her give.

"Embry! You don't ask a girl that!" I shrugged and pressed on. Here goes another one of those questions.

"Well I assume you weigh under three hundred pounds." I asked failing to keep a straight face. She was on the verge of taking a swing at me, if I was within arm's length she already would have.

"That's… not… funny…" she gritted through her teeth. She crossed her arms angrily and her eyes narrowed showing how pissed she really was.

"D, I work out with three hundred pounds on my back, I can carry you, now do you want to see the sun rise or no?" She hadn't moved an inch.

"D, you caught me drooling over you a couple minutes ago, are you seriously going to be mad at me?" She tried to stay stern but after my comment about drooling over her she was failing at keep a straight face.

"Drooling?" she said not believing me. I nodded.

"Do you trust me?" I held my hand out palm up to her. She looked at me with a smile forming at the corner of her face.

"What?" she asked as if she didn't hear me.

"Do you trust me?" I asked again extending my arm closer, she could easily reach me from here.

"Yes…" she said smiling and grabbing my hand. I gently pulled her around my shoulder and back. She wrapped her arms around my neck and her legs around my torso. She nestled her face in to the left side of my shoulder and neck, it felt amazing. I reached up to the bark and got my grip pulling up to a branch I tested the branch with our weight on it I bent my body then launched higher in to the air doing a flip grabbing another branch then the trunk and pulling up. She gasped, I'd forgot she probably wasn't comfortable doing flips. I forced my fingers deep in to the trunk as I climbed and broke a branch in my hand finding out it wasn't sturdy. I climbed up higher and latched on to a branch swinging myself higher to a higher branch before climbing up the next trunk to the highest branch on the tree. I softly put her down on the branch not letting go of her for fear of her falling.

"It's beautiful…" She said staring in to the horizon as the sun began to creep up in to view. I could hear her breath slip out of her at the view. Yes, you're right… breath taking. I thought to myself. Her balance wasn't as good as mine, she wasn't shaky, but uncertain. I grabbed her arm to steady her.

"I can show you this world… more of it, I've seen so many things that normal people will never see." I said with my arm wrapped around hers for balance. She hugged my arm. I turned and looked her in the eye she returned my look with the intensity.

"Wynea, when is the last time you really listened to your heart." I said without thinking about what I was saying. It slipped out. I didn't expect an answer, I didn't want to ask the question it just happened. I looked at her and she was speechless.

"I'm sorry I wasn't thinking… I just"

"I always took you for the type of guy who enjoyed beauty but never knew when to shut up." She answered me interrupting. I didn't say a word and just watched the sunrise with her. Soon I had realized my attention had turned from the horizon to her. I tried to imagine the right words but they didn't come to me. I just stopped and stared at her. After a while she noticed me watching her and turned and faced me. Her beautiful features looked puzzled. She looked confused for a moment.

"I never understood how anyone could over think everything and never know when to shut up at the same time." She said looking at me with an amused look on her face. I laughed softly in response how true. I thought to myself. I was always over things but also guilty of not knowing when to shut up.

"See right now you're over thinking but not too long ago you couldn't shut up." She said with a smile giving me a soft shove. I caught my arm on the trunk of the tree before I could lose my balance or hers for that matter.

"You were naked today when we were swimming, weren't you?" She asked smiling watching the horizon.

"What? No… I wasn't I was a just nervous." She laughed next to me and turned her eyes to mine. Her eyes pierced me cut straight through the bull shit.

"No, you weren't wearing them, you were too nervous, you wouldn't let me get anywhere near you, and it's the only reason that makes sense for you to become a werewolf in the water, besides… I didn't find any fabric in the water where you changed." I was dumb founded. Damn she's good, I can't sneak much of anything by her. She is truly amazing.

"Yes… you're right." I said finally conceding.

"Tell me, do you believe in God?" she asked releasing herself from my grip and taking two more steps away from me on the branch. I was very wary of how she stood. Her balance was impeccable. I thought for a moment before answering.

"I'd like to believe in God." I said watching her every movement in case she lost her balance.

"So you'd like to believe. That's interesting… so you don't… You want to believe but you struggle with believing it, aren't I right?" I nodded being sure not to move my body either left or right to shake her balance.

"I believe… I need to, otherwise a couple years ago I would have been robbed at least, raped or murdered at worst." She said without quivering.

"And more than that a vampire comes back and you happen by. You weren't planning on that you happened to find me, you happened to be there, you happened to be a Werewolf."

"Coincidence." I answered for lack of a better word. I failed at finding a better answer to why.

"I, like God, do not play with dice and I don't believe in coincidences." She said confidently. She smiled before continuing.

"I can stand here, without complete control cause I believe in you. Sometimes you need to take leaps of faith, hoping that it will be rewarded." She said. The color drained from my face.

"D, please please don't jump off." She chuckled quietly.

"I told you leaps of faith, not suicide attempts, but regardless I stand here today because of you, and if I slipped right know I have faith that you'd catch me before I fell." I nodded in response, I'd jump right after her without a second thought.

"You need to take risks in life, otherwise you'll never achieve anything. You know this yourself, You're the one who pursued a girl he'd never met before and only knew by named and messages online." I shrugged.

"I knew much more than that about you. You came back for me after I was shot protecting you, you dug the first two bullets out of me, and you didn't leave me until Vampires came to push you away." Her eyes widened…

"That big guy, when I saved you, the one who scared me off. That was Emmett wasn't it?" I nodded taking a step forward.

"Yes, him and my other brother Edward." I answered as I decided to sit down on the branch. D followed my lead.

"So if you don't believe in God… Why are you who you are?"

"I never said I don't believe in God, I just find it hard to, but I want to." I said looking at her as I swung my leg lazily.

"You've managed to dodge my question, what makes you who you are." I sighed before answered her question.

"I've always believed that Karma is too self serving. If you told everyone the better you did, beyond a shadow of a doubt the better things will be for you, there wouldn't be a single person doing bad in this world. I believe that it's right to do what is good… because really can't we make the argument everything is self serving? Everything is selfish?" She gave me a funny look that said 'how are you going to explain that?' I smiled.

"Here's how I see it… Everything can be considered selfish because all we do is for our own interest. Let's say you go serve food at a soup kitchen. Why do you do this? To make you feel less guilty? It's nice to help someone but it feels good to help someone as well so that's selfish. Help a friend with homework? Maybe they'll help you in the future. Maybe more simply it feels good. You help an elderly person shovel their walkway, because it's the right thing to do, because people look on you and say 'that kid knows what's good' because of approval of people… because it makes you feel good. So really Everyone is selfish… some people just don't know it."

"That's kind of a negative look at life."

"Maybe it's just in a clear perspective." I responded putting my hands behind my head.

"So what was your motive that night, when you saved me… Tell me how selfish you were that night."

"I wanted to do it because it felt right, it made me feel good, it's simple selfishness."

"So you believe in fate but don't believe in God?" She questioned me. Truly she is smart. She can read me better than Edward can .I thought to myself.

"Is that so hard to believe if that was what I believed?" I asked. She shrugged her shoulders noncommittally.

"Sure, it's completely normal to believe there is a plan and everything has already been decided, that everything we do could be foreseen. That every choice we make, every argument, everything has been predetermined, yet you can't believe that a being put it in to motion?"

"Touché." I responded.

"Here's what I don't get, you knew I had a boyfriend, you knew we were together but you still jumped in the way you hid everything from me and risked your life and if you died I would have never known it was you, why'd you do that?"

"Well simple, I love you. It's really just selfish because…" I faded off realizing what I had said quickly before I knew it came out of my mouth. D was staring at me. She stumbled as she began to stand up and slipped off the branch. I jumped immediately catching her arm but I was also jumping off the branch. I reached for the branch I jumped from but my finger missed it by inches. I pressed my feet against the trunk of the tree behind me and pushed off as we fell. We were gaining momentum fast I started catching branches with my arm, my body, anything to slow down our fall. I pulled her in and she wrapped her arms around me. I was slowing down our fall with each branch I got a hold of even if it was only for fourth of a second. I caught one last sturdy branch but I felt a large pop in my shoulder as I landed. I rolled up to my feet.

"D are you okay?" I asked setting her down softly.

"Yeah I'm fine. Holy shit what happened to your shoulder." I shook my head.

"It's nothing don't worry about it." she gave me one of those 'are you really going to try and pull that shit with me' look which under a different circumstance would be entertaining.

"Come on my mom's been a nurse for years we'll have her look at it." She wasn't asking she was telling me. As we headed in Emmett and Rosalie stopped us.

"Wait I can pop that back in." I stopped Rosalie.

"Yeah come with us, D wants to make sure we do it right." She was displeased that D didn't think she knew what she was doing but followed silently as I did my best not to make any noise or complain about my shoulder being popped out of socket. We made it to the house and Mrs. Steramin pointed to a place on my dislocated shoulder. Rosalie made it look like she pushed hard to apply pressure but it was simple and rather painfully back in its socket. I clenched my teeth to avoid the yell I wanted to release but didn't. One good thing did come from all of this. D was now rubbing my shoulder, and thought words I'd said before so many times 'hurts so good' I laughed to myself.

D POV

Embry and his family had gone back to the forest. But I still wanted to see him. I went back out even though it was nightfall. I approached and saw two wolves fighting. One was Embry but the other one I'd never seen. He was nearly as big as Embry. Unlike Embry he was a deep brown color. Russet if I had to place it. They had locked teeth and were both on their back legs pushing against each other. The other one climbed over him and swung but Embry rolled out of the way causing the brown wolf to stumble slightly. Embry managed to get his head under the torso of the other wolf rolling him over and putting his teeth to the other wolf's throat. He jumped off and ran to the trees before coming back in a human form with pants, the other wolf did the same. I recognized him as Jacob. Wow Jacob is a werewolf too. I saw a small girl emerge from the trees and nearly tackled Embry with a hug. He had to brace himself to stay on his feet. Then she moved over to Jasper. It looked like they were having their own type of moment. I turned back to Embry.

"I have a bed made for you, and one for your brother Jacob." I said proud that I remembered his name from weeks before. I turned over to the rest of the much paler and normal sized people.

"Umm you said you don't sleep right?" They nodded. I led Jacob and Embry back to the house and heard soft whispering behind me.

Embry POV

"So this is the girl huh?" Jacob asked quietly.

"Yeah she is, you met her already I hear." He nodded quietly. D looked back at us and I tried to act like we weren't talking.

"It's like she's Edward, she can read me better than he can."

"You've fallen for her haven't you." I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah whatever."

"You had those puppy eyes for Leah too, pardon the pun." I pushed him away

"Shut up you"

"Hey no fighting back there." D called as we reached the house. We entered the house and headed to a room.

"Jacob this room is for you, please make yourself comfortable." She left the room with me and kept walking to the next room with a bed.

"Here Embry this is your room." I walked over to the bed and climbed in it. She was about to leave but turned around at the door looking over her right shoulder.

"Hey Embry… Thanks for saving my life today. It is a big deal that you jumped from a fifty foot drop to save me."

"It's not completely your fault… I distracted you…" I quickly regretted saying knowing what I said. Before she could say something I did.

"D, can you just give me a hug?" she smiled immediately knowing what I meant. She walked over and climbed on the bed wrapping her arms around me. I pulled out the covers and covered her in them and drifted off in to a comfortable sleep.

Wow that chapter was full of music, movie quotes and philosophy. That's crazy… Interesting but crazy… Thanks my reviewers, my hard core reviewers who are still with me. Without reviewers I wouldn't have the inspiration to keep writing, much less do this much of it. Reviews, knucks, high fives, and rolls of twenty dollar bills, (don't forget any ideas are welcome I've used reviewers ideas in this story already)