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The first week of school went by slowly, yet quickly at the same time. The days themselves seemed to drag, but when the final bell rang on Friday, it was almost as if Monday had just been a few minutes ago. Seth was, of course, hanging out with me all this weekend, so I was, needless to say, excited. Lucas was still on the loose, and Sam was in one hundred percent panic mode. Apparently, Lucas had four friends with him, two girls and two boys. This made me, if possible, even more nervous.

"Do you want to go get something to eat?" Seth asked. We had been hanging out at Seth's house for an hour or so since school got out. My stomach growled when Seth mentioned food, and I smiled at him.

"Yes, please!" I said, standing up. Seth got up, also and took my hand. We walked out to his car and drove to a hamburger joint and ate. I had just a plain cheeseburger. Seth, however, had two triple cheeseburgers with everything on them. And he ate them faster than I ate my single one.

"I'm going to go get another burger," I laughed.

"Of course you are!" I said and he just smiled at me.

"I eat a lot! I'll be right back," and he got up to get himself another burger. I watched Seth order his burger, and wondered how I had ever gotten somebody so perfect. He was the first boyfriend I really had. And, as if he couldn't be any more perfect, he brought back a milkshake.

"I know chocolate's your favorite," He said, setting the large, chocolate milkshake down in front of me. I could feel my face light up. He was right, chocolate was my favorite.

"Thanks, babe," I said, taking a sip of the milkshake.

"Anytime, love," Seth and I had taken to calling each other pet names, much to the annoyance of Embry and the rest of the 'pack.' I decided to bring up the topic we'd been avoiding all day, just to get it over with.

"Any news on Lucas yet?" I said tentatively. Seth always got upset when I brought up Lucas. He was really protective.

"Not really," He said, shrugging, "just the same stuff we already know." I nodded, and we quickly changed the subject.

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I woke up abruptly the next morning to a loud wolf's howl. My stomach clenched. I had only heard a howl that urgent once before. It was obviously Sam, and something bad had obviously happened. The next moment Embry was in my room.

"Ann," he said his eyes wide. "Alice, Bella, Edward, and Emmett are in the living room, go out and sit with them, and stay in the house." I had never seen Embry so panicked, something was wrong, really wrong.

"O-Okay," I stuttered, but Embry was already out the front door, and, probably, a wolf. I put on a sweatshirt and quickly walked into the living room, and sure enough, there was Alice, Bella, Edward, and Emmett.

"Wh-What's going on," I asked as I entered the room and sat down on the couch.

"I'm not quite sure," Bella said, he eyes quickly moved to Edward. He, of course, knew everything that had happened, what with his 'gift' and all.

"Sam and Jared cornered one of the vampires," He began, looking into the distance, probably focused on the minds of the pack to try and capture a play-by-play. "A female. The others quickly came to her assistance and Sam sent out a distress howl. The pack is fighting them now, it seems we slightly misjudged the numbers, and there is an extra male and female. They are good fighters; a couple of them have scars like Jasper's." I wondered where Jasper and the other Cullen's were. "They're all hunting, way up north, they needed a good meal. There's no way they could get here fast enough." Edward's mind- reading was actually convenient at times like this.

"Edward, is anybody hurt?" Bella asked, I wondered the same thing. Were all the wolves fighting?

"I'm not sure. Everything is happening so fast," Edward said, "Sam, Jared, Paul, Jacob, Quil, Embry, and Seth are all fighting. Leah is apparently still refusing to phase and Brady and Collin are outside protecting the house." Guilt swept over me, they were all fighting because of me, and they could possibly get hurt because of me. If only I hadn't ever moved here…

"Don't feel guilty, Annie," Edward said, he was still gazing off into the distance. "We're protecting you because you are one of us, not because we feel forced to. Everyone fighting out there wants to fight for you. Nice move, Quil!" I was touched by Edward's words. And apparently, Quil had made a good move. "Oh, ouch." Edward winced slightly. He probably heard my frantic thoughts because he quickly said, "Nothing serious, Quil just got a little bite on his shoulder, he's all good though." There was silence for a minute, Edward was so intently focused on the fight, he didn't even heard my silent pleas for information.

"Edward! We're in the dark here!" Alice said, obviously growing impatient. Edward shook his head.

"It's just very confusing," Edward said, his brow furrowed. "Lucas and the other vampires have really no desire for Annie's blood anymore, they just want a fight. Seth is fighting remarkably well, almost as well as Jacob." Edward, for the first time, looked over at me. "He really loves you." I would have smiled if I wasn't so nervous. Edward looked off into the distance again. His eyes grew wide. Something had happened. Something bad for us.

"Edward, Edward!" Bella said, franticly, "What happened, Edward?" Edward looked around at all of us, and said two words, but they were possibly the two worst words he could have ever said.

"It's Seth."

A/N – SORRY. It was a ridiculously long wait. :( I'll get the next chapter out sooner! (Especially since it's break!) I think the story is coming to a close. Just a few more chapters left, I think. Please remember to review! :D