John's POV

Today's the big day. My date with Leah Clearwater. I wondered what she would wear. I wondered what we would talk about. I smiled just thinking about her. She really wasn't the usual girl I fell for, but there was something about her that just draws me to her every time. As I stared in the mirror, and I finally noticed what was so familiar about Embry's eyes, they were mine. That was all I could think about as I went to the kitchen.

"Good morning, John." Sam said.

"Is Embry our brother?" I blurted. Why am I always so tactless when it comes to this?

"Who told you?" He asked.

"I figured it out. Embry and I both have the same eyes. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I wasn't sure how you'd take it, and I didn't want you to leave. You have just arrived. But if you hate us for keeping that from you, I understand." The pain was evident on Sam's face.

"No, Sam. I'm not mad. Upset, sure, but it will take a lot more for me to hate you."

"John, after the bonfire tonight, we really need to talk. I…well, it's just really important. Okay?"

"Sure, Sam." I said, wondering what this could be about. But then my mind drifted to Leah. It seemed to be doing that a lot lately.

It was about 5:30 and I headed over to Jake's, I still didn't like how close he was to Leah, and she practically lived with four guys. Okay so one was her brother and the other two were too more or less. And she behaved the same way with Quil and Embry the way she did with Seth. But her relationship with Jacob was so different. It was more than platonic, that was obvious. But it wasn't a romantic type of love. It was just…different. Like a love/hate relationship, but Leah had that with pretty much everyone. That was obvious. But I just didn't understand her relationship with Jacob. But something told me there was no romance involved.

I knocked on the door, and I heard someone say come on in, so I went in.

"Hey, John." Quil said.

"Hey Quil." I said. He was holding Claire's hand. I was about to say something, but then that other sweet little girl I saw the other day, Nessie I think, came through the door, holding Jake's hand. And I could've sworn, she had grown since I had last seen her. And then two other very pretty girls walked in through the door.

"Hi, I'm Mia. I'm Embry's friend."

"Hi, I'm Natalie. I'm Seth's girlfriend."

I shook both of their hands and then introduced myself as Leah's date. For some reason, they both looked surprised. I didn't care. I was just hoping that Leah hadn't changed her mind.

"She should be down in like 5 minutes." Seth said.

And then Seth, Embry, Jake, and Quil left with all the other people. It was just me and Leah. I was about to get impatient, but then she emerged. I was sure I had never seen anyone more beautiful. She was wearing a pink floral sundress, a little past her knees. Her hair was in waves and she had the slightest bit of make-up on. It enhanced her naturally exotic beauty.

"You ready to go, Leah?" I asked.

She smiled, and for the first time, it was aimed at me.

"Sure. Let's go."

We walked in a comfortable silence for a while. Then I asked her,

"So Seth said that you guys lived here your whole life," I began. "What was it like growing up?"

She smiled again. Man, I could really get used to that smile.

"It was great. Right down there, when we were little, Seth and I used to make sand castles." I was about to ask her something else when she said,

"Sorry, I'm probably boring you. I'm sure you don't wanna hear about my silly childhood stories. I'm not even sure why I told you. I'm sorry, I-"

"Shh… it's ok. Really, I liked hearing about it. "I said with a smile.

Then she was silent for the rest of the walk. I think she felt a little guilty about opening herself to me. I desperately wanted to know why, but I didn't wanna push her.

"We're here." She said, pointing to the large bonfire that had been created.

Everyone was standing around and talking. The food smelled great. I reached for Leah's hand, but felt nothing. Not as in no chemistry, but as in literally, nothing. I looked for her and saw that she went to talk to Jake and a man in a wheelchair. Then she went up to Quil and an older man who looked exactly like him. I remember him mentioning he was Quil Jr. Maybe this was Quil Sr.? Then she yelled,

"All right, guys. We are about to start talking about the legends. C'mon, let's gather around the fire."

And then everyone sat and the man in the wheelchair started talking about Taha Aki and the "cold ones" who were vampires and then werewolves. I sat alone for a while, feeling a bit awkward quite frankly. But then she came and sat by me. I was kinda mad that she didn't apologize, but whatever. I wasn't expecting her to like me in the first date.

Then, just out of the blue, she got up and left. I tried to follow her, but Sam caught my arm.

"Remember, when I said I needed to talk to you? Well this is what I needed to talk to you about." He said.

"Can't this wait, Sam?" I asked, "I promise I will be back in like five minutes."

"She won't come back. Trust me, I know."

"How can you be so sure, Sam? "

"I know her better than most. Or I thought I did. But anyway, that's not the point. I think we should take a walk. Plus this has to do with Leah."

So we began walking, and Sam began talking again,

"What would you say if the legends you heard tonight weren't legends? What if they were real?"

I laughed. That was just some stuff made up to scare the little kids that were there.

"I know what you're thinking. But it's true." And then he started taking off his clothes.

"Whoa, Sam, what are you doing?" And before I knew it, there was a huge black wolf standing where my brother stood before. And then he told me everything. We're talking the whole nine yards. Then he told me about imprinting, about how he imprinted on Emily, Jared imprinted on Kim, and how Paul imprinted on Rachel. Then he told me about Quil and Claire, and Jake and Nessie. How the imprinting was different for those two. I felt bad for Leah, everyone she pretty much hung out with had imprinted except her. And moreover, Sam told me that Leah probably won't imprint, since she was a girl. But he never had the heart to tell her.

"So, Leah is always so mad because she feels responsible for her dad's death and the fact that she thinks she's a genetic dead end?" I asked, because that was completely understandable.

"Remember how I said I imprinted on Emily, but when I imprinted on her, I had been dating Leah for 7 years." And then he told me his and Leah's story. I didn't know when, but I started shaking uncontrollably. I wasn't sure why, but I figured it was from the anger.

"You know what, Sam? I was wrong. I thought you were different from our dad. But you're exactly the same. You did exactly what our father did to mine and Embry's mom. "

And then, all of a sudden, I had four legs. What the heck happened?

You phased. It's the wolf genes. Usually when we first start phasing, it's uncontrollable. And it usually occurs out of anger. Try to phase back if you can, John.

I tried and I phased back, and then someone tapped me on the shoulder, and I saw Jared holding a pair of clothes. I realized I was naked and I put the clothes on.

"In all honesty, Sam, I don't know what to do. I gotta go." And for some odd reason, I went to find Leah.

I saw her, sitting idly on the beach, back towards me, but I could still feel she was lost in thought. And I looked at her face as she turned so I would see her face sideways. Suddenly, it wasn't gravity that kept me on this Earth. It was this girl, Leah Clearwater. It was if a million steel cables held me to her, and if I was sent away from her, I would die. I had an urge to protect her, to shield her from all evil, it was my duty. Holy shit, I thought, had I imprinted on Leah? I had to find Sam. Quick.

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