A/N: Hey guys long time no talk huh? So I made an extra long chapter for you guys, three hundred words and Lord am I tired! Please please review, I love your comments (good or bad). Happy reading

A loud banging noise awoke me from my deep, peaceful, slumber. I didn't move, well I couldn't move actually. Jared was lying behind me with his warm arms wrapped around my stomach and rock hard chest flat up against my back. I felt comfortable but at the same time I knew I shouldn't. I mean, I've only known this guys for like a few minutes and now Im waking up to find him spooning me? What the hell is wrong with me?!

"Open up Emily!" A female's voice yelled.

I heard a door swing open and footstep along with another door being opened. "Rebbeca? What's going on? What are you doing here?"

"Where is he?" The voice yelled again, followed by angry sounding footsteps. "Where is Jared?"

Panic ran through my veins as I realized who the girl was talking about. I quickly turned in his arms to look at him. He was still sleeping soundlessly. His firmly shut eyes and his parted lips being slightly turned upward suggested that he was dreaming about something; something nice.

"Jared? Why would you think that he would be here?" Emily asked. "Rebbeca what's going on?

"That jerk stood me up! I have been waiting years for him to ask me out and when he did I was so happy I could probably throw up butterflies! I got my nails done, hair done, everything done – I even wore pantyhose! PANTYHOES! Just for him, and he didn't even call to cancel!" the girl wailed and then took a deep breath. "I when over to his house this morning and Ben said that he might be here. So is he?"

"Honey, maybe you should calm down and-"

"So he is here!" I heard footsteps coming closer. Oh crap.

"Jared," I whispered, shaking his shoulder. "Jared."

"Rebbeca! Stop you'll wake the kids!" Emily whispered shouted angrily.

"Jared! Jared, I know you're here!" Rebbeca yelled pounding on doors. I could hear her coming closer.

"Jared!" I squealed, shoving him.

His eye brows mashed together and he moaned. Suddenly, rolling on top of me. I froze in the position I was in, not knowing what do to. He unconsciously (I think) moved down to my stomach and rested his cheek on my stomach murmuring, "five more minutes."

At that exact moment, the door burst open to hold a tall girl with curly blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin. Her eyes were big with shock as she stared down at us like an eagle. I gulped, this wasn't good.

I pushed sleeping Jared with all my might and got him to topple onto the floor. He landed with a thud and shook his head, regaining consciousness and quickly grasping the situation. "Oh shit," he said and stood up facing her. "Rebbeca..."

Rebbeca raised he hand as if she has had enough and turned on her heel but gave a last look of devastation before walking out.

Jared looked to me as if he was asking me permission to go after her. I did the only thing I could do, and nodded. He hesitated before sighing and walked up to me. He placed his large warm hand on the side of my face and stroked my cheek. "I'll be back, I promise," he said walking backward until he reached the door and took off. "Em, would you please-"

"I won't let anything happen to her Jared. Don't worry, Sam is also here," Emily's unseen face said. She then came into view and leaned against my door frame. "How you doing, Sweetie?" she asked.

"Better," I croaked.

"Theres some clothes on the closet you can wear and a bathroom down the hall for you to get freshened up in. After you're done come downstairs for some breakfast, okay?"

As I came down the stairs everything got suddenly quite. All of a sudden there were about 20 pairs of eyes on me.

"Kim," Emily said coming forward. "Glad you're awake. Did you want breakfast? I made some scrambled eggs. Did you want some?" she asked while taking a bite of her plate. I liked Emily; she was really nice and welcoming towards me. It's going to be really hard seeing her die.

Everyone started moving around and talking again. She patted the chair seat next to her and motioned me to sit. I sat down next to her as she filled up my plate high with fruits, bread, eggs and basically anything else you could think of.

I smiled at her and she smiled at me as she continued on eating. This place was familiar but at the same time these people weren't. They all looked at me in pity. I could handle the little amount of pity I got with any other tribe but I couldn't handle this. They all looked at me as if they knew me for years! And I could feel that I knew them but I just couldn't. I wanted something that I could grasp and be my reality. I wanted Alec.

I wanted his hand on my back guiding me through this. I wanted to see his brilliantly red eyes. I wanted him to take me away from this unknown yet known place. I wanted…

"Where's Jared?" I asked quietly to Emily.

Everyone stopped talking again and stared at me. I gulped nervously. Maybe I should have just stayed quiet.

"He's uh taking care of things with Rebbeca," Emily said with a smile. "He'll be back soon. Don't worry-"

As if on cue, the front door opened and Jared walked in. He wore the same clothes as last night and he literally broke into a thousand watt smile when our eyes met. "Kim," he said walking up to me.

At first he look like he was about to come and kiss me, but I guess my reaction to that didn't seem to great so he casually sat beside me and smiled at me again before grabbing a plate of food.

I continued to nibble at the crust of my toast as I began to get nervous again.

"What's wrong?" Jared asked suddenly taking my hand in his and rubbing little circles on the back. He then gave me a comforting look that said 'you can trust me'.

"They're making me nervous," I said in a small whisper. "They all seem to know me but I don't really know anyone here."

"You know me," he said sweetly. I looked down and felt my ears go red. Why did he have this affect on me?! "...and Emily."

I smiled at him and continued ratting but left my hand in his.

"Come on," he said tugging on my hand and bringing me to the kitchen which had a small counter/ window that outlooks the dining room, which everyone else was sitting in. "See that guy next to Emily over there?"

I nodded. The guy was holding her hand from under the table while both of them looked at a toddler girl and two young looking boys who were scooping up cereal by the mouthfuls.

"That Sam, Emily's husband for four years now and the first one to phase out of all of us. Those little boys are Sam and Emily's twin son's who are turning 5 in a couple weeks Tyler and Grey and that little baby over there is Joanna but everyone calls her Jo. She just turned a year old a few days ago."

Jared pointed to three guys sitting on a couch watching a football game. Each of them had a plate full of food and we're shoving food into their mouths.

"They guy in the middle there, his name is Seth he imprinted on Joanna," Jared said and then looked at me.

I wasn't going to freak out. This was a pretty normal in tribes. "But it's more of a brotherly bond at the moment." I asked.

Jared nodded. "Sam forbid Seth from even thinking like that until she's Twenty-five," Jared chuckled.

"Forbid? Is Sam the Alpha?" I asked. If he was then Aro would want to know.

But Jared just shook his head. "Nah, he retired once the twins were born and gave it to Jake" – he pointed to a guys sitting next to Seth – "Even though he didn't want it. You can imagine how happy Jake was when Ben phased last month and actually wanted to be Alpha-"

"Ben? My so called brother, Ben? " I asked as Jared nodded. "Wait does that mean that my dad was an Alpha too?" I asked. I didn't know who my parents were so this was really big, getting to hear about my parents. I wondered if they were still alive.

"Um, I really shouldn't be the one to tell you this but your mother kinda slept with Jake's Dad, Billy Black, and that's how Ben was born. So, he's your half brother and that's why he's Alpha. He has Chief Black's blood in his body," Jared said hesitantly.

All that happiness of finding my parents suddenly vanished. "So, where are my parents?" I asked.

Jared looked at me with pain in his eyes. "Kim; I really shouldn't be the one to tell you this."

He was scaring me. I felt my throat closing up. I could breath. "Jared… w-what… a-are they okay?" I asked worried. He rubbed his face with his hand. I started to panic. "Jared?"

"Your mom died from a vampire attack when you were twelve and your dad is in prison for trying to steal money from Forks Bank," Jared said quietly, not looking at me. "He's been in there for three- almost four years, because of drinking and driving as well."

I couldn't believe my ears.

I had always imagined my family as a pretty normal people. I like to think of them living in a white picket fence and a big house. Not… this.

I took a deep breath as I felt tears spilling over the edge about to drop. I gulped down and gave out a weak chuckle. "Wow," I smiled, feeling a tear run down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away. "My family is pretty crazy huh."

"Kim – "

"No, I'm fine," I said pushing back him back as he stepped forward. I gave my best smile and sniffed before I asked, "Speaking of Ben, where is he?"

"He's probably out on patrol. He's been out there all night. He's too angry to phase back right now," Jared said. "Kim, I'm sorry."

I looked at him. I looked at his big warm brown eyes and his smooth rustic skin and his messy midnight black hair. I shook my head. "Why are you sorry? You didn't do anything wrong."

He stepped closer to me and pushes back a strand of hair behind my ear… and kept his hand there, cupping the side of my face gently, and spreading warmth through my cold body. "I'm sorry you're the one going through all this."

I smiled. I just couldn't help myself. Despite how tired I was and how much pain I was in; I smiled. "Thank-you."

He smiled and turned away. Jared pointed in another direction where a pretty pale faced girl sat on the lap of a big tough looking guy. "That guy over there is Paul, he's the flirt of the pack but is legit head over heels in love with Annabell. But she's a – "

"Vampire," I said through clenched teeth. I could see her dark red eyes. "What's she doing here?"

"Paul imprinted on her two years ago. He proposed to her last week. They are really good for each other."

"But aren't you guys sworn enemies?"

"That's just how imprinting works, it bring together the worst people and make them good," he said smiling to himself.

"But how can he stand her? I am, doesn't she… you know… drink blood?" I whispered.

"She used to drink human blood but she couldn't when Paul imprinted on her. She tried to even drink animal blood to survive but that didn't work either."

"So how is she alive?"

"She drinks Paul's blood. It's kind a sick having a leech sucking our your blood and from what I hear when it happens apparently the… donor – I guess you can say- experience some real sexual attention. But I honestly don't know how he can handle having a leech on him."

I heard a deep but really quiet growl come from Paul even though he wasn't looking at us.

"Who's that?" I asked, trying to change the subject away from vampires. I pointed to a girl who was sitting on Embry's lap kissing him. Both of them look like they were trying to breathe the same air.

"You know Embry, and that's Leah, his imprint and also the only wolf girl of the pack."

"She's a wolf!?" I sputtered. "None of the legends say anything about there ever being a female wolf. H-how?"

"No one really knows how she became a wolf we all just know that after her dad died it triggered some angry feelings her and her brother, Seth, and both of them phased."

"That's... Amazing," I said staring at her.

"Yeah, I guess. The worst part is, she's engaged so someone else."

"What?!"

"Her mother, Sue, was born in the Mehkan Tribe up north from here. Her parents were on good terms with the Chief of the Tribe and then Sue was born she was promised to the Chiefs son on her eighteenth birthday. Eighteen years later Sue begged to go out of the reserve to study at University of Seattle to get a nursing degree. The Chief let her go if only the moment she stepped back on to their land she would marry his son. She agreed and left for Seattle only to meet and fall in love with Harry Clearwater, one of our tribal Elders, who was there to study business and who imprinted on her.

"Harry took her back here to get married. Word got out and the Mehkan Tribe Chief was so angry that he banished Sue from ever coming back to her 'birth tribe' ever again. Even her parents disowned her. They didn't think much of it at first. This meant that Sue could now live happy life with she actually wanted to be with. Flash forward seventeen years, Sue gets a phone call from her mom saying that her Dad was on the verge of dying from kidney cancer and he's only wish was to see Sue one last time and apologies.

"Sue thought she could get in and out of the Mehkan Tribe fast enough before anyone actually noticed. But somehow the Chief found out and didn't let her enter his Tribe. Sue begged him and soon he agreed if only Sue's daughter married his grandson."

"Oh my god."

"Yeah, while Harry, back home, had a heart attack once he heard the news. Leah phased for the first time along with her brother Seth, and she also imprinted on Embry and vise versa."

"Poor Leah," I whispered starting at both of them.

"In a couple months it's going to be her eighteenth birthday and then she'll have to move to the Mehkan Tribe and get married to the Chiefs grandson."

"They would let that happen. Will they? What's going to happen?"

"Nobody knows."

There was silence. I hated this. Embry deserved to be happy. He deserved to be in love. And so did Leah!

"This isn't fair," I said, my voice coarse.

Jared laughed once. "Life isn't fair and neither is love."

"No, I mean that this. This werewolf and… and imprinting crap," I said. I closed my eyes frustration. "First of all imprinting is supposed to be rare. But there's like four cases of it already in this pack! And Secondly, imprinted is forced. Look at how much of a mess imprinting made for Leah and Embry! What happens if one day Annabella slips up and drains Paul dry? Or Seth gets pedophilic thoughts towards Joanna and rapes her? Huh? This whole imprinting thing is gross and discussing."

"You think imprinted is discussing?" Jared asked, making me open my eyes. His whole body was turned to face me. He looked like he had just tasted something awful. I could see little flickers of yellow in his chocolate brown eyes. I shuttered at the thought of him so close to me and so close to phasing. "Do you think I'm gross and discussing? I loved you Kim, hell I still do! And I want to be in love with you, I'm not forced to do it. Imprinting pushes us in the right direction. That's all. What I feel for you, that is love."

I stared into his eyes, suddenly not so scared anymore. "How can you love me? You don't even know me."

He looked deep into my eyes, as if he was looking into my soul. I gulped nervously.

I gasped as he took a step towards me. I took one back feeling the counter top press against my lower back. I was trapped. But I couldn't make it seem like I was venerable. No, never to a werewolf.

"I know that when you get nervous you bite your lower lip," he said calmly. I realized then that I had my bottom lip in between my teeth and quickly let it go. "I know that your cheeks don't turn red when you embarrassed but the tops of your ears do." I could feel blood rushing up to ears quickly. I wanted so badly to turn away and not look at him but his gaze into my eyes was so intense. "I know how much you love dancing because it's a way you express yourself." I never let anyone watch me when I danced. Never. How did he know though?

"I know you more than you think, Kimmy," he said placing his hand on the counter on either side of me. My breath hitched. A musky scent mixed with the scent of rain came off him. He was so close. I could feel my heart pounding with anticipation. "I love you Kimmy."

"And despite what you think," His warm breath fanned along my neck and hovered above my lips. I brain was practically screaming at me to stop but I could help myself from reaching up on my toes, just trying to taste or even touch those lips.

"I know you love me too."

And with that he pressed those lips against my craving ones.

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