I Saw Her Standing There
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Title Song The Beatles Chapter Song Bob Dylan
Chapter Fourteen Seeing The Real You At Last
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Scarlett POV
"Seth, what's going on?"
We were getting really far into the woods. I was getting worried that a bear would come out and eat us. I really didn't want us to be eaten.
"Seth!"
He stopped and turned to face me. He looked nervous.
"Seth, what's going on?"
"I'm a werewolf."
I tried to not smile, but he was too adorable.
"No, no, don't laugh." He put his hand up. "I didn't say that right... but... it's true. T-the legends, they're..." He pointed to the direction of the beach, "... true."
"Okay." I raised my eyebrows, a smile creeping back onto my face. I snickered and looked down.
"Scarlett!" He walked over and grabbed my shoulders, forcing me to look into his eyes. "I'm not joking."
I was getting slightly peeved. He was really going for this joke, but it wasn't funny anymore. I wanted to know why I was brought into the woods. If it was for joke, I'd be pissed off.
"Seth, I'm leaving." I turned, but realized we were in the middle of the woods. I was lost. I turned around to ask the way out, but Seth wasn't there. "Seth? Seth?!" I was lost in the woods, alone, with bears around. Perfect.
I heard rustling. I swear that my heart nearly exploded.
"Seth?" My voice came out as a whisper. I was too afraid that it was bear or something.
A huge wolf walked out of the bushes. I felt stupid for thinking it, but... I knew it from somewhere. I knew it's sandy-grey coat... I knew this wolf.
"Hello, Mr Wolf." Stop talking to the wolf. "Please don't eat me." Seriously, shut up. "Did you eat Seth? I kind of hope you didn't." STOP CHATTING TO THE WOLF. "I'm just gonna..." I motioned to the bush from where it had come from, and moved slowly towards it. I kept my distance from the wolf, of course, and peeked behind the bush. There was a pile of clothes sitting behind it.
Isn't that the shirt that Seth was wearing?
"Seth? Are you naked and hiding because there's a huge wolf and your pants are right here-!" I stopped and turned back to the wolf.
It sat down and put its paw up.
Wow, like a big dog.
"Mr Wolf, if you eat me, please don't eat Seth, the buff guy that went into the woods, okay? And I know I'm scrawny, but don't eat anyone on the beach either, because they're awesome, okay?" I moved slowly back to the place I'd be standing. I was sure that Seth and I had walked mostly straight to get to this point.
You're rambling to a wild wolf. You have officially reached the point of insanity.
"Run back to your family, little wolf." Little wolf? It's the size of a horse, if not bigger. It's got muscles bigger than my head. "I-I'm gonna..." I pointed behind me, and stumbled backwards, even though I had no idea where I was going. The wolf turned and ran back through the way it came in. I let out a sigh of relief and broke into a run to get out of the woods.
I ran straight and found the beach soon enough, but something stopped me.
Seth was still in there.
"Seth!" I yelled, turning around, I heard rustling. Seth emerged from the bushed. "You're okay!"
"Scarlett... the wolf..."
My eyes widened. It couldn't be true... could it?
The wolf had come from where a pile of Seth's clothes were.
The wolf hadn't attacked me.
I did the only thing I could think of doing, and ran.
I ran towards the bonfire, out of breath.
"...woods...Seth...wolf!" I panted. Nessie stood up and put her arms around my shoulders.
"Breathe, and tell me what happened."
"Nessie, Seth's a giant wolf." I knew that I sounded completely insane, but Nessie didn't seem phased by it.
"Calm down, Scarle-"
"Calm down? Calm down!?" I yelled. Jacob walked over to us, followed by Embry and Paul.
"He turned into a wolf?" Embry asked. How the hell did he hear that?
"She was gonna find out eventually..." Jake started.
"What?"
"Scarlett... remember how I had that secret...?"
"No. Freaking. Way." I mumbled.
And that's all I remember.
"She didn't believe me-"
"You're supposed to explain it, not scare her half to death!"
"Mother?" I mumbled as I sat up. I looked around, I was in Emily's living room, lying on her couch. I looked to see Seth and Sam hovering over me.
"She's awake!" Sam bellowed. I covered my ears. Seth sat down on the edge of the couch, and cupped my face.
"Do you remember fainting?" He asked, quietly.
"I don't faint, I'm a badass." My voice was weak. What the hell had happened?
"Scar!" Nessie ran in, the Pack, Emily and Kim, following closely behind.
"Ow." I covered my ears again.
"Oh, sorry." Nessie whispered.
"Do you remember anything?" Seth asked, he seemed like he was on edge. I just wanted to kiss him and stroke his hair and tell him it was all-
Seth was a wolf.
I jumped back and looked around the room.
"Oh. My. God." I moved away from him, as he tried to calm me down. I climbed over the arm of the couch and back into the corner of the room.
"Scarlett, let me explain."
"You're a protector of people, from the... cold ones..."
"Leaches." Paul said, with a disgusted look on his face. Nessie scoffed.
"Y-you're one too?" I pointed.
"Yeah, we all are." Embry told me. My eyes widened. EMBRY?
"W-what's a leach?"
"Vampires." Nessie said, quietly.
"Vampires aren't real."
"Scar..." Seth started.
It all went dark.
"Are you gonna tell her about you guys?"
"No way, she still has to hear about imprinting... I'll wait..."
"Mmm." I opened my eyes. I was on the couch again. I sat up, slowly, to see everyone looking at me.
"Scarlett, do you remember what we were talking about?"
"V-vampires and were-werewolves... exist..." I gasped and stuttered.
"Do. Not. Faint again." Paul commanded.
I jumped up, standing on the couch.
"I need to walk around." I stepped off the couch. I avoided Seth, so Emily walked me to the biggest space in their living room. "On a cold floor."
"Ooo! The kitchen." Emily walked me to the kitchen, where I paced back and forth.
"You've been wolves this whole time?" I asked, crossing my hands over my head.
"Yeah, we start phasing when we're around sixteen." Sam started.
"But Seth did it when he was fourteen." Jake said.
"Why? Why is he different?" Why is the one I like the weird one?
THE WEIRD ONE? THEY'RE ALL WEREWOLVES!
"Leah changed in front of me... it made me do it too..." He murmured. Apparently they'd hit a sore spot-
"Leah's a wolf?"
"Yeah." Sam nodded. "..Well, a shape-shifter."
I rolled my eyes, and stopped pacing. I picked up a broom from the corner of the room and walked back towards the Pack. I smacked Seth with the brush.
"Hey, what was that for?"
"For not telling me that you're all freaking werewolves!" I continued to hit him with the broom, before hitting the others with it too.
"Stop." Sam took the broom, I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Who else is a wolf?"
"Well... me, Sam, Jake, Quil, Embry, Paul, Leah, Collin and Brady." Seth said.
"That's a lot. In the legends, there were only a few."
"The more vampires in the area, the more wolves."
"Oh." I didn't want to ask about the vampires. I wanted to- "What time is it?"
"Eleven thirty, why?" Emily asked.
"I have to go home. My curfew is midnight. Ugh, I'm gonna be grounded and it isn't even my fault this time." I groaned to myself and walked passed the... wolves and to the front door.
"Let me drive you." Seth said, as everyone followed me.
"Mmm." I thought for a minute. I hardly wanted a wolf to drive me home, but I had to make curfew. "Mmm, yes, okay."
We were sitting in silence. I kept my eyes on the road ahead, but I could feel Seth keep glancing at me.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"I made out with a wolf." I murmured. He chuckled.
"I can't decide if that sounds more awesome more creepy than it actually is."
"Is that why Quil stopped coming to the park? Because he became a wolf?"
"Yeah. When we join the Pack, we usually just stop hanging out with other people."
"You hang out with me."
"That's different."
"How?"
"It's a long story." He turned to me, stopping the car.
"I want to know."
"You have a curfew."
"Come to my window in twenty minutes." I climbed out of the car and went inside.
I said goodnight to my mother and went upstairs. I moved my bras off of the floor and into a closet. I changed the sheets on my bed and changed into my most body-covering pajamas. I sat on my bed, watching my alarm clock. Seth should've been here by now. I jumped when I heard tapping on my window. I jumped up and opened it, Seth climbed in, shutting it behind him.
"Hi." I murmured and walked back to my bed. He sat opposite me.
"So, what do you want to know?" He asked. I sighed and thought of my questions. I should've written them down. I switched on the lamp by my bed and switched off the main hanging light of the room, and started pacing. He turned around, lying on my bed, sitting the pillow up and leaning on it.
"How old are you, really? I've heard the Third Wife story and that dude didn't age."
"I really am sixteen, but I've looked like this since I was fourteen."
"And you got all buff and twenty year old-looking because you became a... wolf?"
"Yeah."
"Why are you a wolf?"
"It's a gene that we have."
"So your kids would have it?"
"Maybe."
"Mmm... are there any other girls? Kim?"
"No, of course not." He laughed. "We didn't know that girls could be wolves until Leah phased."
"Phased?"
"It's what we call changing into wolves."
"That's not what teen wolf called it." I murmured, so quietly that he couldn't hear it. He chuckled. "How did you hear that?"
"Super hearing, super strength, super healing..."
"Awesome." I mumbled, without thinking. I was supposed to be questioning a wolf, not think it was awesome because it was like a comic book.
"Yeah, I guess... any other questions?"
"Hmm... what was the long story?"
He sighed and sat up straight. He put his head down, and covered his eyes.
"What? What is it? Seth?" I stopped pacing and walked over to him. He didn't reply, so I sat down opposite him.
"Some wolves do this thing... called imprinting... have you been told that story by Nancy Norris?"
"No."
"Perfect." He murmured. "Well... it's kind of... um..." He frowned, and took my hand.
"Seth?" I nudged. I was exhausted. Who knew gaining knowledge was so tiring?
"Well... it's kind of like a soul mate, only much, much stronger. It's something in your genes that make you drawn to the person you've imprinted on. It's to try and create the strongest wolves possible. The Third Wife, she was an imprintee-"
"Oh, I get 'cha. Dude was drawn to her and that's why he stopped being a wolf for her."
"Yeah, anyway... your entire world revolves around her... gravity doesn't hold you to earth anymore... she does. You're only job is to protect her, and to be whatever she needs you to be, a friend, a boyfriend... anything. No matter what."
"Sounds totally cheesy." I giggled. My inner romantic wanted to cry at that, but my sarcastic side was too busy gagging.
"Sam imprinted on Emily, Jared imprinted on Kim, Jacob imprinted on Nessie, Quil imprinted on Claire-"
"Claire? She's four years old. Everyone else that you mentioned are couples."
"He's her best friend, right now. It'll be her choice when she grows up if she wants anything more. Quil says he won't stop phasing until she's his age. He wants to grow old with her."
That's sweet.
"That's weird."
"Sam is gonna stop phasing after he and Emily get married."
"Oh." I nodded. Sam and Emily would be normal. Maybe I could talk to them about all of this. "Has anyone else imprinted?"
He froze and wouldn't make eye contact with me.
"I did."
"On who?"
He said it so quietly that I almost didn't hear it.
"On you."
"Oh. So... so... can I watch you become a wolf?"
"Maybe one day."
"Tomorrow?"
"Maybe."
"So, if you bite me, will I become a werewolf?" Is that hope in your voice? You're such a dork.
"No, you have to be born one, sorry."
"I didn't want to be one anyway." I scoffed. He chuckled.
"Sure, you didn't."
"Is the same for vampires? Are they born like that? Or do they bite people to make others?"
"Most of them are bitten."
"Oh. Do they burn in the sunlight?"
He laughed. "Of course not, they... sparkle."
"Dracula did not sparkle."
"Dracula isn't real."
"Of course he is. Maybe he's just the exception."
"So... are you okay with this?" He looked at me, a hopeful expression on his face.
"Yeah, I think. I am still in shock, of course. Tomorrow I could wake up and try to shoot you with silver bullets... we just don't know." I grinned, showing him I was kidding... well, half-kidding.
"Come here." He pulled me into his arms and let out what I think was a sigh of relief. He lay back onto my bed, with me still cuddling into him.
"Can I ask you a question about me being your impretint?"
"Imprint. But, sure, go ahead."
"Well, is that why you want to date me and stuff?"
He pulled me to look at his face. His eyes were serious. "No. It's why I'm overprotective and why it hurts to be away from you, it's why I trust you completely."
"Oh... thanks." I mumbled. I was blushing bright red. Part of me wished that we'd done this in the dark. He grinned.
"I like-like you because you're really pretty and funny and you always say what you think, even if by accident sometimes." He laughed.
"I am pretty awesome." He smiled and my heart melted. "You're awesome-er."
"Not as awesome as you." He rested his chin on my head.
"Sleep over, okay?" I murmured, closing my eyes and nuzzling into his chest.
"I don't want to get you in trouble-"
"I won't, shut up." I said into his chest. He chuckled, but didn't move. He kissed the top of my head and within seconds, I was fast asleep.
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