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Oh I have so much in store for you people!

"Am I more than you bargained for yet?

I've been dying to tell you

Anything you want to hear

Cause that's just who I am this week"

Sugar, We're going Down

Even though Kenny and I were so close, there were still numerous times when I wanted nothing more than to punch him in the face or even worse… kick him in the balls. Of course I never did the latter, but the former…many times.

Right now was one of those times. We had to get up early to go to the airport and I was extremely tired. So tired that it was amazing that I had even made it onto the plane and into my seat. Of course I planned on sleeping the entire flight, but Kenny had other plans.

He poked my side again and this time I flung out my arm and hit him in the chest. He made a surprised sound before he let out a little chuckle. That bastard knew exactly what he was doing.

"Trying to get beauty sleep for Jacob?"

"Kenny, if you don't let me sleep say goodbye to your manhood."

"I'm sure."

I turned my gaze to him, which I'm sure was pretty scary at the moment, and said: "You wanna bet?"

That shut him up and finally gave me the chance to fall asleep. It wasn't the best sleep in the world, but it was enough.

"Is it safe to talk to you?" Kenny questioned as we made our way off the plane.

"Yes." I laughed.

"Hey don't laugh at me. You are like a fire spitting dragon when you're tired."

I rolled my eyes at him and continued walking. I wasn't quite sure who was picking us up. It could be Jacob, but then again he might have had some pack duty or mechanic thing. But when we finally made it out of the terminal I saw the familiar cheeky grin that belonged to the one and only Jacob Black.

I wasn't about to reenact the scene Kenny and I did at our local airport because this time it wouldn't be a joke; it would be for real and that was just a bit too cheesy for me. Of course as soon as I was close enough he took three giant steps toward me and swung me up into his arms. He spun me around a few times before he set me on my feet and lowered his lips to mine.

I sighed and slid my hands into his silky black hair as his lips caressed mine. I'm sure it would have lasted much longer but a none too subtle throat clearing behind us made us pull apart.

"I got your bags, Silvy." Kenny stated with a nonchalant smile.

I shot him a look as Jake took my bag from him and grabbed my hand with the other.

"Nice to see you again, Jake." Kenny greeted.

"You too; everyone is excited to see the both of you."

"Why are they excited to meet Kenny?" I asked skeptically and received a death glare from Kenny.

"Well Emily is curious to meet your best friend."

"What about Kim?"

"Kim had her baby a few days ago." He replied with a smile.

My face lit up, "What is it!?"

He chuckled, "Kim made me promise not to tell you; you'll just have to go over there and see for yourself."

And I would to. Especially after enduring those talks the three of us had. Kenny seemed pretty confused so on our way into La Push Jake and I explained everyone he would be meeting, of course we kept the whole 'pack' part out of it. Kenny knew me well enough though to know that there was something I wasn't telling him, but he didn't say anything like I knew he would.

So once we got back to the Black house and settled our stuff in, I left the two boys to bond and walked over to Kim and Jared's house. I had never been there before, but it was pretty easy to find in a small place like this. Jared answered the door after one knock and smiled kindly down at me.

"You're back." He stated.

"Yup, and I have orders to come see the baby."

"Kim's in the living room." He smiled and stepped aside so I could enter.

The living room was just off to the right and as soon as I stepped in I saw Kim sitting in the rocking chair cradling her baby. I couldn't tell what it was yet, but when she looked up and saw me her face lit up in a radiant smile. Man, motherhood did some people good. Pictures I had seen of my Mom just days after our births were not pretty, but Kim didn't look anything like that.

"Silvy, I'm glad to see you." She smiled. "Come meet Rose."

I walked close and bent down to see her tiny face and her dark brown orbs staring up at me curiously. I never had really thought that newborn babies were cute, but Rose was beautiful. Her skin was a smooth russet color and her cheeks held a rosy tint, which I'm sure was why Rose was her name.

"Do you want to hold her?"

"No." I replied quickly.

Babies Tyler's age sure, but not babies that were so delicate they couldn't even hold up their own neck. I was the youngest child so I had never been around children that much. And being around babies just made me feel awkward. Tyler wasn't so bad, but there was no way I felt safe about holding Rose.

"Are you sure?"

"I just don't feel comfortable holding her at this young age." I sighed.

"That's alright, Jared was terrified he was going to hurt her in the hospital, but now he's a pro." She giggled.

With that said Jared casually strolled over and expertly lifted his daughter out of his wife's arms and cradled her against his chest as he smiled down at her. It was so adorable! Especially when she grabbed the finger he held out before her.

"She's got a strong grip." Jared smirked proudly. "You sure you don't want to hold her, Silvy?"

"Maybe if I sat down."

I sat down and held out my arms nervously as Jared placed her in them. It wasn't so bad, but I definitely would not be doing it standing up anytime soon. She was so small, yet so heavy, and just plain adorable.

"How much did she weigh?"

"Nine pounds eight ounces." Kim replied.

"Big girl, but not as big as I was." I smiled. "Nine pounds ten ounces is what I weighed and my Mom is a petite lady."

"Well big babies are common with these wolves."Kim rolled her eyes. "Tyler weighed ten pounds three ounces."

"Holy crap!" I exclaimed.

Kim nodded, "I thought I should warn you."

I swallowed; of course as Jake's imprint I would ideally have his children. Not immediately, but I would eventually. The idea only scared me a little, but only because child bearing was so foreign to me. The idea of my children being his children though, wasn't as scary as I had thought it would be.

***

Jake was lucky to get a job with Embry and Quil at their mechanic shop so Kenny and I understood that he had to go to work on our first full day in La Push. That was fine; I knew enough to show Kenny around. Of course my idea of showing him around was dragging him into the woods.

"Turn around." I ordered him as I wielded the bottle of bug spray.

He gave me a dirty look as I finished him off and waved his hands around his head to clear the cloud of spray that hovered around him. He pulled out his inhaler and took a small drag before he pocketed it and looked up at me.

"Why are we going into the woods anyway? You're not a nature buff."

"It's really green in there; you need to see it." I assured him as I grabbed his hand and dragged him towards the line of trees in the Black's backyard.

"Isn't it green enough out here?"

"Oh shut up and come on, Kennedy." I sighed.

It wasn't easy, but I managed to drag him into the woods and once we were well in I let go of his hand. Ever the nature hater, Kenny was swatting at bugs left and right and mumbling about poison ivy while I chuckled at him. I wasn't much of a nature person either, but I wasn't acting like him. Sure the bugs kept flying into my face but I wasn't waving my hands around like a crazy person.

"Chill out before you hurt yourself." I chuckled.

"So are we done yet?"

"I guess so." I rolled my eyes and turned around towards the way we had come.

I had to admit, the bugs were getting worse the further we got into the forest, so it didn't hurt my feelings to turn back and go back to the Black house.

***

"What do you think about cliff diving, Kenny?"

"He'd hurt himself, Jake." I quickly interjected before Kenny could get any ideas.

It really wasn't safe for him, especially if he jumped alone which I knew he would. The only reason I agreed to jump again was because I had Jacob and he wouldn't let me get away with not going.

"I want to do it." Kenny insisted.

"But!"

"I'll jump with him, Silvy." Jake assured me.

I didn't like it, but once Kenny made up his mind to do something there wasn't much I could do. So I went and sat on the sheet where Emily and Tyler sat with little four year old Claire. I watched nervously as Jake and Kenny made the climb up to the top of the cliff.

"He'll be fine." Emily assured me as Tyler plopped himself down onto my lap with a giggle. "Jake wouldn't let him get hurt. So, how long have you guys been friends?"

"Forever." I replied easily as I helped Tyler scoop up some sand and into his orange bucket.

"I can tell." She chuckled. "You two are so in tune with each other; that's probably why Jake is so jealous of him; because he knows everything there is to know about you."

"Well, Jake needs to understand that Kenny had almost eighteen years to learn it all."

There was a loud whoop from up on the cliffs and I looked up just in time to see Kenny and Jake careening towards the ocean together. I bit my lip and craned my neck, waiting for their heads to emerge. Jacob's shot out of the water first, soon followed by Kenny's. I breathed a sigh of relief and went back to helping Tyler make sand mounds.

"That was awesome!" Kenny shrieked as he ran up to me, dripping wet. Jacob followed behind him with a wolfy grin on his face.

"It's your turn, Silvy." Jacob grinned.

I groaned, and set Tyler aside before I grabbed Jacob's hand and let him haul me up next to him. Kenny laughed at me and then Jacob was pulling me up towards the top of the cliff, giving me no time to break away from him. Not that I would get very far anyway.

***

"Okay seriously guys?"

I was squished to say the least and with the summer heat as well as the body heat of two guys, one being abnormally hot, I was smoldering. Obviously this had gotten out of hand. We were all sharing the same room, even though Jake had told me he would take the couch. That was fine; I threw a pillow on the floor for him. But when he realized that Kenny was going to be in the same bed as me, he abandoned the floor to join me. And then Kenny got in.

"What?" They asked in unison.

"Someone is taking the floor and it's not me." I grumbled. "Actually I know exactly who it's gonna be. Jake, I'm sorry, but Kenny has a problem with carpet fibers."

That wasn't a lie; dust bunnies and asthmatics like Kenny did not mix. I cringed at the memory of the two of us seeking out dust 'bunnies' under my basement couch many years ago. That had ended in disaster, especially when we realized Kenny's puffer was out. I'd never forget that ride to the hospital; my Dad firmly telling the both of us that dust bunnies were not cute and fluffy like my cousin's bunny, Harriet, was.

Jake sent me a look that could only be summed up as puppy dog eyes before he kissed my forehead, rolled off the bed and onto the floor.

To say I didn't get any sleep was an understatement. I didn't fall asleep for at least an hour, only to be woken up by Kenny's flailing limbs. He usually hardly moved at all, so I realized he must be having a nightmare. With a loud sigh, I rolled over towards him and shook him awake.

"Huh what?!"

"Shh, you were having a bad dream."

He ran a hand over his face, "Yeah, I guess I was."

"Alright, I'm going to sleep now."

At least I hoped.

***

Kenny was acting strange. Well he acts strange a lot, but stranger than normal. Jake left for a short shift at the shop, leaving Kenny and I at the kitchen table with Billy munching on cereal or in my case a muffin dropped off by Emily. I hated cereal, but Kenny loved the stuff. So it was weird that he just sat there staring at it absently instead of devouring it.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I was just thinking about my dream last night." He sighed.

"What was it about?"

"I had a dream you died."

I smiled, "I'm right here, buddy. Come on, you look like you need some fresh air. Let's go back into the woods!"

"Fine, but we're bringing that can of bug spray with us."

I laughed as the image of Kenny spraying the contents in the air at bugs swam before my eyes. He was such a doofus sometimes, but whatever it took to get him out there with me was fine. After he finished his soggy cereal we headed outside armed with our bug spray and his inhaler.

"Try not to get it in my mouth this time." Kenny sighed as he held out his arms.

"Hold your breath and close your mouth then."

Once we were thoroughly covered in the nasty substance we headed into the woods. It was a bit chillier within the dense trees; the heat that the meager few sun rays provided not being able to break through the tops of the trees. But once we started moving we weren't cold anyway.

"So I've decided that he passes my inspection, which means he passes Scott's as well." Kenny suddenly said, breaking the comfortable silence that had surrounded us.

"What? Did you interrogate him?"

He grinned sheepishly, "Maybe."

I punched his arm to which he automatically screamed: "Ow!"

"I barely touched you."

"I'll be the judge of that when I have a bruise tomorrow."

"Oh shut up."

"Yes, do shut up… the both of you. Humans these days; so chatty and simply annoying." A voice sneered in what sounded like a British accent.

What the hell was someone doing here in the forest by us with a British accent? And why had he referred to the two of us as humans? Could it be…? I snuck a peek over my shoulder and was met with a smirking stone cold face with red eyes. Oh shit.