WILLIAM POV

I sat there, just listening to the waves crashing violently against the sharp rocks.

It had been a while since I last came down here and just enjoyed the breeze. My head was spinning all the time; working so fast in order to balance school, family, pack and friends that I didn't have much time left to think about myself.

I had spent so many happy moments here; some with family, some with friends. This was the only place Liz and I were allowed to play at when we came to La Push, since no one could know how fast we grew. Liz grew quicker than me, but I still grew much faster than normal, and people would have noticed.

I remember this was where I had told Kieran about vampires and wolves. I told him the whole truth about us when he was around three years old. He knew very little, and I could tell our parents were sometimes at a loss on how to tell him so I decided that hearing it from someone just like him would be better. Of course, he was always so cool about everything that he didn't even care.

I also remember coming here and dancing with Sarah when she was nothing but a toddler and was so scared of the water. I remember playing football and soccer right here with Keith, Hayden, dad and all the other wolves. This was also the place where I had first kissed Leila, even before I had ever imprinted on her. Of course, that kiss hadn't turned out too well – I had been a spoilt, immature brat at the time.

Ha, I sometimes still was.

There were so many other memories… sad, happy and silly memories.

Today, I returned here just for the sake of it.

It was a stressful time for the whole pack. The wolves were phasing and running wild – even though they had gotten a lot better they were still so, so young. Kayne was still jumping out of his clothes every two minutes, and now with this whole Dan situation I knew he would be too. Christie was currently going through one shit imprint, and even though she didn't know anyone knew I was starting to get deeply worried.

She hadn't phased for two weeks now, and Keith was driving me mad. He had demanded I told him, which I refused. It wasn't my place to tell, and in all fairness I didn't want to have to make him miserable about it too. I had been careful to never phase when he was around, and I know he was starting to get more than a little upset with me.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't see her coming.

Leila was already standing in front of me, her eyes slightly worried.

"Are you okay?" she asked, and I winked.

"Yeah I'm all good, just… thinking." I told her honestly, mesmerized with her.

She was wearing a sweater and shorts, which left her tanned, toned legs bare. Her hair was windblown, and I loved it. I smiled at her, and she smiled back and sat closely beside me. I didn't usually feel nervous about anything - Leila was the only girl in the world who ever made me feel like this - hesitant, anxious, excited...

"About?" she asked, blushing slightly.

"The pack." I said automatically "…and my family." I added, and then leaned my head sideways "Everything actually." I added after a short second, and she laughed softly.

"Ha, and how's 'thinking' about it working out for you?" she asked, looking into my eyes.

"In all honesty, it's just giving me a headache." I sighed and laughed.

Neither of us said anything for a long minute, both lost in thought. At first, the silence was strained, but then it became comfortable.

"Guess what?" she said excitedly, and I looked at her questioningly. "My mum is pregnant."

Well, that was unexpected.

"Really?"

"Uh-uh." she said, her eyes wide open. "She went to the doctors yesterday, and it's only around 2 months old. Pretty crap timing… but she's happy about it." she said, her eyes gazing right into mine.

"What about your dad? How's he taking the news?" I asked, honestly interested. I loved Emily, I always had. Sam scared me, but that was always because of Leila. I was happy they were having another baby – the reservation was starting to have too many teenagers and not enough kids.

"He doesn't know yet." she said, smiling. "Mum is telling him tonight…"

"I'm sure he's going to be really excited." of course he would be. As long as Em was happy, he would be too.

"Well… you'd be surprised. He freaked out when he found out mum was expecting me and Lori - had a breakdown in the hospital elevator apparently." she said in a very serious tone, and then we both burst out laughing.

"What! Why?" I said between chuckles.

"Oh I have no idea, mum only told us this today!" she said, shaking her head.

I was entranced in the way she laughed, watching the way her eyes sparkled. I liked the way she laughed, so carefree and happily. I could honestly say her laughter was one of the things that most attracted me to her. It made me so happy to know that she was happy…

Suddenly I couldn't hold it in, and I sighed.

"What are we Leila?" I said flatly, afraid to hear the answer.

"I don't know." she said, her heartbeat speeding up. I didn't know what else to do, so I just kissed her.

Kissing her felt so right.

The kiss lasted for a long time, and I just enjoyed being so close to her.

She sighed in between kisses, and I smiled against her lips. It seemed like such an eternity since our last kiss.

She pulled away, looking out of breath.

"I think… I think that we shouldn't label it just yet. I don't want to tell my parents." of course she wouldn't... they probably hated me after all I put Leila through.

"Whatever you want is fine with me." I said, smiling and kissing her again.

"And I don't think Lorelei likes you…" she added, chuckling lightly.

"Oh god, don't tell her." I said with a serious tone. Even though she was joking about it now, it hurt me to know that I'd hurt her.

Right then, looking into her bright hazel eyes, I promised I would never hurt her again.

KIERAN POV

"Mum, would I be able to go visit Luke sometime soon? He's not answering any of my texts for some reason, and I'm quite worried." I asked as I zoomed down the stairs to find my beautiful mother in the kitchen making a cake.

"I'm sure you can Kieran, but don't worry darling - I'm sure he'll reply to you very soon." she replied, smiling brightly before returning her attention to the cake.

"Ugh, this sucks mum. He hates his grandmother, and to be honest so do I. I have no idea how Kelly ever managed to turn out normal getting raised by that thing…" she gave me a scorning look, and I rolled my eyes when she wasn't looking.

"She's just a bit… old-fashioned." mum said, trying to defend the old hag. I chuckled sarcastically, and she laughed at me. "but yes you do have a point, I do have to agree that she sounded very nasty on the phone." mum added, cleaning her hands on her apron and making flour fly everywhere.

"I didn't know you'd spoken to her. But yeah, she doesn't really like Luke, or anyone for that matter." I complained whilst stealing bits of whipped cream from one of the bowls.

"Actually honey, I wanted to discuss some things regarding Luke… Kieran!" she screamed once she saw what I was doing, and I jumped. "Stop eating all the cream!" she slapped my hand away, and I huffed.

"The cake doesn't need this much cream." I said simply, taking another bit. She slapped my hand again.

"And neither do you. Seriously, the amount of money it takes to feed you!" she complained, her eyes wide open.

"Well, sorry mother." I said jokingly, and she smiled and went back to mixing something in one of the bowls. "Anyways, do you reckon Patricia's finished moving in yet? I could go give a hand…" I asked her, holding back a smile. As if Seth would let me near his property now!

"Honey, as nice as that sounds I don't think Seth would like that too much." she shook her head, and I grunted. "But they must be almost done, they work very fast. I'm baking this cake as a house warming gift." Ahh, now it made sense. It seemed silly of mum to be making a cake this small considering she had four werewolves to feed.

"That's not fair. Where's my cake?" I said seriously.

"You don't need anymore cake." mum replied simply, looking at me like I was mad.

"Humph." I said. "Anyways, it's my turn to patrol so I'll be off."

"Oh no! I forgot to tell you, you don't start for another hour!" she said suddenly, flour flying all over when she suddenly raised her hands to stop me.

"Why?" I asked, surprised and taken aback by her shock.

"Uh, I don't know… your brother's orders. Why don't you go play outside in the meanwhile?" she said nervously, and I scowled at her. Seriously?

"Mum, I'm not a kid anymore - you can't just tell me to go 'play outside'." I said, making speech marks in the air. "What are you not telling me mumma?" I said shaking my head in disapproval at her.

"Nothing." she said flatly, which immediately told me she was hiding something.

"Mum… tell me." I said, pouting dramatically. She smiled at me and then sighed.

"You'll see in a minute Kieran. Now could you please go put on a shirt? What is it with you and your brother walking around like you can't afford clothes?" she yelled at me, and I squinted my eyes, knowing she trying to distract me.

"Stop changing the subject! Tell me!" I grunted playfully, and she was about to scream at me when her face brightened with realisation.

"Oh look! Just in time!" she said just as I heard a car turn towards our road. She removed her apron and fixed her wild bronze curls, checking in the mirror to see if there was anything wrong with her flawless face. As soon as the car reached the driveway, she ran towards the door. I smelled nothing but a wolf smell and then -

Luke? ...Luke!

"Mum! What's Luke doing here?" I asked excitedly just as he got out of the car. Elisabeth came down the stairs then too, smiling conspicuously towards mum and Luke.

"Well… I invited him to live with us for a while. I didn't think it was fair that he'd have to leave school, his friends and his home really. La Push is where he has everything, so this is where he should stay!" she exclaimed, beaming. I couldn't help but throw my arms around her and kiss her soft, porcelain cheek with gratitude.

"That was the coolest thing you could've done mum, you're awesome!" I told her, grinning and making a mental note to thank dad as soon as he got home. She beamed back, hugging Luke whilst he thanked her over and over again and Elisabeth paid the taxi driver.

"I can't believe you're here!" I told him as I punched his shoulder. He smiled at me, and nodded fervently in agreement.

"Ha, you can't get rid of me that easy!" he scoffed, and we both carried his bags into the house after a couple of insults. Luke thanked mum again once we got inside.

"Does Sarah know?" I asked, curiously looking at Luke.

"No! Which is why I wanted her home but she insisted on going over to Ivory's! The rest of the family will be here soon, so let's settle you in shall we?" mum smiled, and Luke nodded as mum showed him one of the spare rooms upstairs.

When Sarah got home she welcomed Luke, and seemed genuinely happy to know he'd be staying with us. William already knew, so he told Luke he'd be patrolling mornings off and on with Kayne and Dan, and also told him he was happy to have him living with us.

Sarah and I went off to patrol soon after, and she told me that Ivory was already asleep, since teleporting always tired her out and she had done a lot of it today. Ivy never needed as much sleep as humans did - whether that was due to being raised with vampires or not I didn't know.

"She starts school tomorrow by the way." Sarah told me once we were both in our wolf forms. I didn't have to ask to know that it had been Ivory that had asked to start school so early, and when I tried to see more in Sarah's mind I noticed she was getting uncomfortable. "I'm sorry bro, but my mind is off limits when it comes to Ivory…" she said, and I mentally grunted.

"Ooh Saraaaaaah..." I groaned, but she ignored me "by the way, are we driving her tomorrow?" I asked. Even though we couldrun to school, we had to keep up appearances. I usually rode on my motorcycle instead of my brother's car, but I might just have to change that…

"I think Patricia was taking her, but that might actually be a better idea." she said, and I smiled.

The more time I got to spend with Ivy, the better.

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