A/N: Hello again :) I know I just updated, but I wrote two chapters today, and I'm really proud of myself. So I'm rewarding myself by uploading another chapter. This chapter is short, so is the next one. But I keep writing these lines, and then thinking "Oh that's really good...I'll just end it there." Sorry :( but at least it's longer than chapter one, right?

Oh, and 14 reviews :D i'm so happy! thank you all :)

Like I said in the last chapter, I don't know where I'm going with this. Also, I'm not comfortable with writing sex scenes. I hope you all are okay with this, it's just that I really wouldn't know what to say. I'll probably just imply sex when I eventually get there. So, enjoy chapter 11 :)

I knew that I should sleep, but I couldn't. Every time I closed my eyes, I would see pale white figures with red eyes, hunting. Tearing apart people, drinking their blood. At around 3 in the morning, I gave up trying to sleep altogether. I walked into the kitchen, and found Emily stirring something in a bowl.

"Muffin mix," she said, "I cook when I'm worried." I asked her if I could help, and she got out other various dessert mixes. By the time Aylin woke up at 6, the counter was covered with cakes, cupcakes, brownies, muffins, and cookies. When she walked into the kitchen, she laughed.

"Okay, so I had this dream that vampires were attacking my house, but then they started cooking desserts in my kitchen…I couldn't figure out why, until I woke up and smelled all of this," she said, motioning to the various foods, "did you two sleep at all last night?"

"Nope," I said, "I eventually gave up trying at 3, and came in here to find Emily making muffins, which escalated to making all of this."

"Yeah," Emily said, "And it's not like it'll go to waste. Once this is all over, the guys are going to be starving."

"Then shouldn't we make substantial food, too?" I asked. Emily's eyes got wide.

"Ooh, that's probably a good idea," she said. Aylin laughed.

"Well, you guys are lucky," she said, "I make a mean spaghetti. And I know that Kim makes amazing hamburgers." Emily and I laughed, and we immediately started cooking. I was surprised that she had the ingredients for everything, and when I mentioned it, she said,

"I started stocking up when all of the guys started turning. I figured that something like this could eventually happen, and they would all want to be fed. So we invested in a big freezer, and stocked up on meat and various seasonings. Along with frozen and canned vegetables, fruit, and boxed pastas. I make food from scratch, of course. But when things like this happens, and they get hungry, they could care less whether it comes from my kitchen or Betty Crocker's." We spent the rest of the morning cooking, and finally took a break at noon. It was then that I realized that no one had checked on us in awhile.

"They have," said Emily, "it's just been in their wolf forms. Which means that something is happening. Believe me," she said, noticing our questioning looks, "I've been through this before."

At three, we heard a wolf howl. I looked at Emily, who jumped up and ran to the door. Aylin looked at me, but I just followed Emily, throwing up the door and sprinting outside. Emily was standing at the foot of the stairs, staring at the trees. I stood next to her, and when Aylin finally came outside, she stood next to me.

Sam emerged first, and he didn't even get close to the house before Emily was gone, sprinting towards him. Paul and Jacob came next, then Embry. I waited. Lastly, Jared walked out of the trees. I let out a broken sob, and took off. As I was running to him, he started running too. The second I reached him, I threw my arms around him, and he picked me up, hugging me, holding me. I was a complete mess, sobbing, crying, and saying his name.

"J-j-j-Jared…I-I-I'm so glad you're o-o-okay…I w-w-was so worried…" He kissed my hair, my face, my lips, saying nothing. He eventually put me down, and I immediately grabbed his hand. I wasn't letting go of him anytime soon. We walked back to the house, where everyone was gathered on the porch. I noticed that Emily was like me, making sure to have some sort of physical contact with Sam at all times, afraid that if she let go, he would leave again.

"You guys must be hungry," Emily said, her voice kind of broken, "We made tons of food. How about we go inside, and you can tell us what happened?" We all agreed, and we quickly made our way to the kitchen. I grabbed a little bit of everything, unlike the guys, who grabbed a lot of everything. When we finally got settled, Sam started telling the story.

"There were five vampires, and they had themselves staked around the territory. In the water, on the trees, anywhere. We don't know why they wanted in here so badly, but they were determined. So we came up with a plan, and attacked. We would gang up on one at a time, which took awhile, but paid off in the end." Then he went into detail, which I really didn't want to hear, so I just leaned on Jared and dozed off. Now that he was safe, I could finally sleep. Awhile later, he nudged me awake.

"Do you want me to take you home?" he asked.

"I don't want to leave you," I said, desperation clear in my voice. He nodded, and stood up. He helped me up, and told everyone that we were leaving. I realized that Aylin was still there, and said something. He thought for a minute, and then asked Jacob if he could take her home. Jacob agreed, and Aylin smiled. As her best friend, I knew that she had a crush on him, even though everyone knew that he loved Bella Swan, this girl that lived in Forks.

Jared helped me into his car, and we took off. I asked him where we were going, to which he replied,

"Somewhere," I rolled my eyes, and asked him if I should call my parents and tell them that I was staying at a friends house again. He thought for a moment, and said,

"As much as I would love to keep you for the night, you should stay at home tonight. I don't want your parents to get suspicious." I realized that that was probably a good idea, so I called my mom and told her that I would be home by 8, and that I was hanging out with Jared. She didn't seem to care, she just told me to have fun and to not do anything stupid. By the time I hung up with her, Jared was parking in front of a little house. It was on this large cliff, and looked out over the ocean. I looked at him questioningly.

"Why are we here?" I asked.

"Well, I wanted to show you my new house," he said, smiling, "I figured that my girlfriend would be a good person to help me decorate it."

"You…bought a house?" I said, not believing him.

"Well, I'm 18," he said, "So it's legal, and my mom is starting to get irritated with me being gone so much. So I talked to Sam, and he had this property up here. With the help of some of the guys, we got this place built. Do you like it?"

"Yes," I said, "It's so cute! But you're right, you need my help." It was so drab. We needed to paint it and make it a home. Then I thought of something. "You know, I don't think my parents are going to be okay with you having your own house…they're not going to let me just come over."

"Yeah," he said, "But you're turning 18 next week, right?" I nodded, "So you could technically move in with me if you wanted to." Whoa. This was moving way too fast.

"Jared, this is moving too fast. We've only been together for a little while, and you're already talking about moving in together? I can't do this right now. We're about to start our senior year of high school, and I can't move out before I even graduate."

"Kim," he started, looking upset, "I didn't mean that you should move in now. I was just saying that if you wanted to, you could. There's enough space here for both of us. As for what your parents will think, I can always come over if they don't like it."

"Yeah, that's true. And they love having you over," I said. And it was true. They love Jared. "So, show me the house!" He led me inside, and my first thought was how he was going to fit inside. "Um, Jared, are you sure that this house is big enough for you?" He laughed.

"Well, it's all I can afford for right now. So it'll have to work." I realized that he was right, he probably has little to no money. I knew he didn't have a steady job, but he knew how to fix cars, and was able to earn money doing that.

The house was small, but cute. There was a kitchen, a small living room, a bathroom, and a bedroom. Simple, but efficient. And it was perfect.

"So, remember how I missed your birthday?" I said.

"Yeah," he said, unsure of where I was going with this.

"Well, I'm giving you your birthday present now," I said, smiling. "We're going to go shopping. I'm going to buy you stuff to make this house a home."

"Kim, no. I won't let you do that," he said.

"Hey, this is my house, too," I said, "Well, eventually." I could tell he enjoy that.

"So when are we going?" he asked, smiling.

"How about tomorrow? I'd say tonight but I need to get home soon."

"Yeah," he said, "That's probably a good idea." After that, he took me home, and promised me that he would call me later.

I walked inside, and found my mom in her office, on her computer.

"Hey mom," I said, hugging her, "I just wanted to tell you that I'm home."

"Oh, hi honey!" she said, hugging me back, "Did you have fun at Aylin's, and with Jared?"

"Yes, I did. So did anything important happen while I was gone?"

"Actually, yes," she said, smiling, "Guess who's coming to visit?"

"Who?"

"Aunt Miranda!"

"Really?" I squealed, "Wait. Is Corrine coming too?" My mom nodded and I screamed. Corrine was my cousin, and I loved her to death. Besides Aylin, she was one of my best friends. Because her and my Aunt Miranda lived so far away, I rarely saw her. When she was here, we would constantly get into shenanigans.

"When are they coming?" I asked eagerly.

"Monday," my mom said, "So we need to start getting the house ready. Can Corrine sleep in your room?"

"Duh!" She always sleeps in my room when she's here. Monday couldn't come fast enough.