Chapter 12 – Seth's Confession

About 5 weeks later, everyone was sitting on the beach around a huge bonfire. Daniella noticed someone was missing. She looked over at Leah, "Where's Seth?" Leah shrugged her shoulders, "Not sure. He's been moping around now for a couple of weeks. No one can get inside his head long enough to figure out why." Daniella popped out her bottom lip in a deep frown, "And no one knows where he is?" Sam cleared his throat and Daniella looked over at him, as she smirked and walked over, he leaned down and whispered something in her ear.

Daniella looked over and saw the huge sandy colored wolf sitting on a huge rock off the ocean. Dani giggled, "How did I miss that? Boys as big as a fuckin tank. I just walked right by him like he was a flower in the sand." Sam chuckled, "It's okay Dani. Go talk to him...He won't even let me or Jake in his head. Maybe you can help him." Daniella nodded as she walked away from the bonfire and over to the rock. Her hand came out and her index finger softly brushed against Seth's paw.

Seth jumped and lifted his front paw as his eyes turned down to see his favorite cousin staring back at him with a small smile playing on her lips. Seth whimpered. Daniella rubbed his paw, "C'mon...Go phase back and let's go for a walk." Seth stood and shook out his fur as he jogged away into the tree line and came back out with a smile on his face. Daniella noticed he had pulled his shorts and a t-shirt on. Daniella held out her hand as Seth jogged up and took it in his as they started walking along the beach.

Daniella glanced at Seth sideway, "So what's go on with you lately?" Seth sighed heavily, "Did you ever feel like you didn't belong Dani?" Daniella chuckled, "Every day of my life. What has you all twisted?" Seth frowned, "Can I ask you a serious question and have you answer it seriously?" A worried look crossed Daniella's face, "Seth you know you can ask me anything and I'll answer it as best as I can."

Seth stopped walking as he turned and looked at her, "Did you ever feel like it made a mistake with you?" Daniella quirked an eye brow, "It? Tell me what it is and I might have an answer." Seth sighed heavier, "You know the thing that chooses who imprints and who doesn't. I mean is it the Quileute God's or elders or fate...What is it that decides who imprints? With all the shit you was put through with Paul...Don't you ever feel like they made a mistake? That you're not really supposed to be his imprint...I mean you and Jared are best friends...Maybe you was supposed to be with him or Jake or Embry...Maybe Paul accidentally imprinted on you which got in the way of your true soul mate not being able to imprint on you. Maybe you're punishment to Paul for being such a dick to you all those years."

Daniella turned and gripped Seth's shoulders gently, "Listen, Paul is paying the price right now for being such a dick all those years. He's miserable without me. I kind of enjoy the fact that I have such a strong bonded power over him. It's a nice revenge of sorts. But in some ways I do feel like imprinting messed up on us. But then again it wouldn't have let him imprint on me if we were meant to be with each other. If it was wrong on all levels he would've imprinted on someone else. Now what has you wanting to talk about imprinting?"

Seth chewed his bottom lips, "I sort of...Imprinted." Daniella smiled widely, "Isn't that a good thing?" When he didn't return her smile, hers faded from her face, "No? Okay maybe not. Seriously Seth what is this all about?" Seth swallowed hard as he blinked and a couple of stray tears slid down his russet colored cheeks, as his voice dropped to a somewhat whisper, "You know me Dani...I've never been mean to a soul. Never...To anyone. So why would the Quileute God's have me imprint on one person who I actually did hurt?"

Daniella shook her head, "Seth you're not making any sense honey." Seth blinked as more tears slid down his cheeks, "I hurt my imprint Dani...Brady, Collin and I were throwing the football around and I crashed into her and she fractured her wrist. I squatted down to help her up and as soon as I looked at her I imprinted." Dani smiled weakly as she cupped Seth's burning cheeks in her hands trying to wipe the tears away with her thumbs, "Seth you didn't do it on purpose. It's not like you meant to hurt her. I know you. You wouldn't hurt a fly." Seth whined, "Why does it hurt so bad then Dani?"

Daniella wrapped her arms around Seth as he buried his face into her neck and cried. He was still so young and completely wore his heart on his sleeve. Daniella comforted him as best as she could. She promised that she would help him come up with a plan to help apologize to his imprint.

Paul watched from the bonfire. He could hear the whole conversation. He knew the others were tuning him out because they were too busy having fun and just relaxing. But Paul couldn't pull his eyes from his imprint. She was loving and caring and he NEVER deserved someone like her. He had been trying to think up a way to fix the disaster between them. He'd already gotten his plan in motion. He smirked to himself knowing she'd find her surprise when she got home that night.