IVORY POV

I don't know how I knew, but I did.

I stood up from my bed, and looked in the mirror instantly. My hair was a mess, and my face looked bare without any sort of make-up… but that wouldn't stop me.

Kieran was out there, and I wanted to see him.

I opened my window gently, slightly afraid of what I might find. Ever since the Volturi had first attacked I had been restless and scared of the night, and the forest. But I had to see him, so I jumped down from my window easily and walked further away from the house, afraid my dad would be able to hear me.

I knew he was here, but I couldn't see him. I could see things clearly even in the dark - there were tiny animals and insects all over the place, and the sounds that they made were enough to make me shiver. The rustling of the trees, and the shadows that the slight glint of moonlight were making made me think that maybe coming out here in the middle of the night was a bad, bad idea.

I walked just a tiny but further, ready to use my gift and get out of here if anything happened. I was shivering with fear and cold, but something kept me going.

Kieran better be here.

I looked around the dark forest, and suddenly heard a sharp noise. Before I had the chance to run, I noticed it was a wolf. Not just a wolf, but my wolf. Kieran's eyes stood out, contrasting beautifully with the chocolate brown of his fur. My heart was hammering in my chest, even faster than usual. I didn't move, but exhaled loudly when I saw it was him.

I smiled then, and he growled playfully.

I found it much easier to look at him in the eyes when he was in this form - maybe because he couldn't talk. I very carefully extended my hand, and he came forward instantly.

"Hey Kier." I said, caressing his furry back. He growled very, very softly, and then nuzzled his face to mine. The wolf really was much easier to hang around with… it simply didn't feel as awkward. But it didn't feel the same either - the human Kieran was a lot more attractive.

I saw him jump back then, and I was alarmed before I saw him reach for his shorts. I nodded and he went quite far ahead, to stand behind some trees. He was too far away for me to be able to see him in the dark, but I could hear him.

"What the hell are you doing in the forest this late?" he said instantly, with a disgraced expression but grinning anyways. He held out his arms, and I immediately hugged him before I spoke.

"I knew you'd be here." I admitted, shrugging.

He didn't reply, but chuckled lightly. He held me tightly against his body, and rubbed my back soothingly for a few seconds before letting me go and deliberately stepping back.

"Your dad." he said, looking around in a frenzy.

"What?" my dad was out here? Shit, shit, shit.

Kieran took one look at my face, and I noticed a small smile tugging at his lips. Yet I knew he wasn't lying, because he kept looking around and didn't come any closer.

Suddenly, I sensed it too. Oh god, I totally forgot my dad patrolled at night today.

"I - I better go." I whispered, instantly alert.

"No, no." Kieran shook his head, and held the top of my arms, "he's too far away to sense us already, just be very quiet." he whispered in my ear, holding me closer. We were both frozen and silent, his heartbeat thumping loudly in his chest. I just stood there and enjoyed the warmth which radiated off his body, and the way his breath felt against my hair.

"Ivy... about what happened earlier… I - I'm not sorry, but," he took a deep breath, whilst I just held onto him. "I don't know how you feel about it, but I - I don't want to be just your friend. I will, if that's what you want me to be! But -" he stopped abruptly. I didn't say anything, and just gulped. I knew he could tell I was nervous, my heart was beating erratically in my chest and I was shivering.

"I don't want to be just your friend either Kier." I admitted, but didn't move. He didn't either, even though I heard his heart flutter unevenly, almost matching the pace of mine.

He let go of me slowly, his grip loosening around me. I pulled back and looked at his brilliant green eyes, which contrasted against the dark night. He leaned in to kiss me softly, just like he had done at the beach.

It was overwhelming - my whole body tingled with fire. I needed to touch him, and I soon found my hands moving into his hair, his neck… trying to push him as close to me as I could.

Kieran kissed me back just as forcefully, and whilst one of his hands was carefully cradling my face I felt the other on my waist, pressing me into his body.

He pulled back this time, and once again we didn't move. That is… until we heard a howl.

"Shit. Go, go!" Kieran said, immediately pushing me further away from him.

"But - what about -" I didn't want to leave him here all alone, but he shook his head.

"They'll know someone's here, I'll just say I was sleeping here to be closer to you, but we're dead if they catch us. Go!" he whispered, placing a kiss on my cheek like he couldn't help himself.

I did as he said and ran into the house as fast as I could, jumping straight through my window and into bed silently and instantly. I was surprised at how quick and silent I had became.

I heard another howl after a few seconds, and it startled me. Was he okay? I knew they wouldn't really hurt him… but my dad would not be happy if he found Kieran lying. Or that I had sneaked out of bed at one in the morning to go make out in the forest with a 6ft tall werewolf/half-vampire boy.

I heard my phone go off, and immediately smiled when I noticed it was his name that flashed on the screen.

'Everything went smoothly :) goodnight Ivy. x' I smiled to myself, texting him back goodnight as well, and then slowly fell into a happy, heavy sleep.

LEILA POV

There was a knock on the door, and my heart started hammering in my chest alarmingly fast. Of course, my father noticed.

"It's Will." he said, eyeing me strangely. "Why is he here?" the tone of his voice was angry, yet he was trying to not let it show. He knew Will was my imprint and I would do anything for him… I knew he understood.

I didn't reply, keeping my head down. I had the urge to laugh for some odd reason. Mum stood up to go answer it, and I heard Will's voice. I was so nervous that I didn't even feel the usual happiness at seeing him.

"Hey… Mr. Uley." William said as soon as he walked into the living room where Tyler, Lorelei, my dad and I were sitting, my mum trailing slowly behind him.

"William." he replied. "What are you doing here?"

My father's voice was so scary that even I felt afraid for a moment. His usually light brown eyes were now black, and his hands were holding on to the sofa for reassurance. He hadn't phased in years, but I could tell he still could. It didn't help that Will was also an Alpha… two Alphas in the same room was never a good idea.

"I'm here because I need to ask you to let me date your daughter." Will said quickly, straining his jaw.

Silence.

I guess he had planned this out. When he looked at me, his brown hair dangling in his eyes adorably, I wanted nothing but to reach out and kiss him, specially after his confident words. He was such a hot Alpha. He was my Alpha.

"What - Leila, what's going on?" my father asked, staring angrily at me. He had a strangely powerful expression on, and I found myself compelled to answer.

"I - we, have been seeing each other for a while, on the low… but uh, we wanted to tell you and -" I gulped and looked at Will "ask for your permission I guess?" I added, looking at Will with a small smile. He smiled back, and did something he had never done before.

He carefully reached down with his tanned, rough hand and intertwined it with mine proudly and gently.

I was too busy being high on Will to notice much else, but somehow a small laugh behind Will startled me. My mother was rolling her eyes and laughing, cradling her small bump like she always did. Dad looked at her like she was mad at first, and then he laughed too.

"Yeah… they already knew Lee." Tyler said from the corner, where he sat completely forgotten. "I kind of let it slip like… two or three weeks ago." he whispered, not looking into my eyes.

"You absolute idiot!" I said after a short pause, letting go of William's hand to hit my brother with a big, sturdy pillow. The armchair which he was sat on actually fell back, and this just made mum laugh harder and even Will chuckle like he couldn't help himself. I, on the other hand, was not happy. And by the looks of things, neither was Lorelei.

"Am I the only sane one in this house?" she said as soon as my eyes caught hers. She looked furious.

I was confused, but dad spoke up before I had the chance to.

"I'm guessing you don't approve?" he asked my sister, looking at her. It was plain from her face that she didn't - she was staring angrily at me but facing dad, her expression furious.

"No! That -" she stopped herself "boy hurt her! And he could easily do it again!" the atmosphere suddenly went from light to tense, and I held William's hand on mine again. I looked at him and saw he was fidgeting uncomfortably, and he suddenly started playing with my fingers. It felt… interesting. But I made myself focus.

"Lori… he can't honey, not anymore." my mum told her, sitting beside her "they're… made for each other." she said, and I blushed. Lorelei just shook her head and looked at me with disappointment.

"No! If they were meant for each other he wouldn't have broke my sister like he did mum, he -" she sighed, looking straight at William, "he shouldn't have done that." she finished, looking at the ground and then quickly running upstairs, ignoring everyone's protests.

Nobody said anything, and apart from William's thumb tracing patterns in the back of my hand there was no other movement or sound. I braced myself for questions or accusations, but everyone seemed at a loss for words.

Mum stood up to follow her, but dad reached out for her arm and shook his head gently.

"Leila will talk to her, we need to stay out of it Em." dad said, and mum sighed but didn't say anything.

"You better not disappoint me young man." mum told Will immediately after, her face slightly preoccupied.

"Yes ma'am." Will replied, making my heart lurch at how cute he looked. It was funny how one part of me was so focused on Lori, but yet the other part was always aware of Will.

"Okay, then. Sam, please give me a hand in the kitchen?" she asked, and dad stood up instantly, still not removing his gaze from Will, "Tyler, you better have this whole room clean before I get back, or I'll tell Ava to stop letting you come over." she told my older brother, who scoffed but started picking the rubbish he'd left all over the place. There was no way he was going to risk not seeing Kylie.

Suddenly, it was just me and Will, standing in front of the TV holding hands. I smiled at him quickly, and he leaned in as fast as lightning to kiss my lips gently. He sighed dreamily before speaking.

"Lee… you should go speak to Lori." William said, his warm brown eyes looking into mine fiercely, and leaving me dumbfounded for a second. "I would - but she probably wouldn't like that right now." he admitted, and I exhaled.

"I guess," I told him, sitting back on my chair. I really didn't want to deal with my sister - she'd start throwing stuff at me and we'd just end up arguing. I was too happy that my parents had kind of approved of me dating William to want to bothered by anything else, "are you going home?" I asked, making sure that he knew this was not the last time I would see him tonight. He smiled knowingly before answering.

"Yes, I'm starving so I'm going to get some dinner, but I'll probably be out to check on the wolves in an hour or so." he said, winking. I knew that what he really meant was that he'd be outside my house in an hour. I beamed, and he grinned back - dazzling me.

"Ooh, okay! Good luck with that, then." I said casually, kissing him again before standing up. He followed me to the front door, and after waving goodbye to my parents and kissing me one more time he left.

I closed the door behind him, watching until he completely disappeared before going upstairs to speak to Lori.

"Stop throwing stuff or I swear to god I'll phase and kill you!" I screamed at her, dodging the shoe she had just thrown at my head.

"Whatever Leila!" she said uncaringly, scowling at me. "Just get the fuck out of my room." she said again, and I shook my head. I also heard dad scream something from downstairs, but we ignored him.

"Why are you so angry?" I screamed, annoyed and confused.

"Because!" she said simply, averting my gaze once again and turning on her laptop angrily, sitting on her bed with her arms crossed. It was quite comical.

"That's not an answer is it!" I said, crossing my arms and leaning on her doorframe.

"That boy has always been a dick to you and I don't care that you've imprinted on him or whatever, he's not good for you!" she said, sighing angrily. "I've told you this over and over again!"

I sighed too, angry that she was badmouthing my imprint - but I didn't say anything. I knew she was only looking out for me after all.

"Look Lori, William is… better now. How much time has he spent making it up to me?" I asked her, my voice only a bit higher than usual. She didn't reply, so I decided to walk in and sit on the edge of her bed. She still looked mad as hell, but I noticed she looked quite sad too.

"But he hurt you." she said in a small voice, avoiding my gaze.

"Yeah well, that's life I guess. He's obviously learned his lesson, he's been making it up to me for months." I replied quietly too, and everything was silent for a long while. "I don't want you to be mad about this Lori, I need you to be happy for me." I frowned.

"Why didn't you tell me, Lee?" she asked me in a cold voice, staring straight into my eyes. I just looked at her, unsure of what she meant. "About you seeing him! You told Tyler! And even mum and dad already knew… and probably the whole freaking pack! Why was I the last to know?" she said, looking hurt.

Uh-oh.

"I - I don't know." I said honestly "I just… telling you would've made it real I guess." I shrugged, and she shook her head.

"I'm your sister! It was me who stood beside you when he hurt you, nobody else. But does that count? No." she said bitchily, and even though I usually would've been bitchy and uncaring back, I decided she deserved the truth - I had been a bit unfair.

"But that's exactly why Lori, telling you would mean I had to be totally over it - the pain and the suffering and the longing and all that girly shit." I rolled my eyes and made a disgusting sound, "Telling you would mean I had forgiven him. And I have forgiven him now, I'm totally over it. He makes me forget everything Lori, everything." I said with a smile, thinking of his words, his touches, his soft kisses… he had made me feel so happy that it was impossible to hold on to the pain.

When I looked back at Lori, she had tears running down her cheek. Seriously, she was crying!

"You're such a loser! Why are you crying? Oh my god." I said loudly, and leaned away from her instantly. I did not deal well with tears.

"That's so sweet." she said, her hazel eyes shining and her lips pouted.

"You're not normal…" I exclaimed, still shocked. Honestly, how embarrassing!

"Yes Leila, we all know you don't like tears." she rolled her eyes at me mockingly, and I grimaced in agreement. She brushed the tears of her face, and smiled.

"Are you okay now then?" I said, hoping to god she'd just stop crying already. It made me… nervous.

"No." she said instantly, scoffing and looking down at me "I still don't like what Will did to you, and I am going to give him a hard time. You might've forgiven him, but I'm not so easy." she said, shrugging. She wiped her eyes again and smiled, so I did too. "And unless you want me to cry again I suggest you tell me stuff before you tell mum and dad, cause that's just rude." she said, shaking her head in disgrace.

I looked down at her and my lips curved into a smile. "Of course," I told her, sitting back down on the bed and putting a hand on her shoulder.

She launched herself at me.

"Good Lee-lee!" she said as she hugged me, and I groaned.

"Get off me, cry baby." I said, pushing her away whilst laughing.

"Now," she said as she sat back on the bed, her expression mischievous. I looked at her questioningly "you must tell me everything!"

Oh god.

KIERAN POV

"Kieran?" Ivy said from upstairs.

"Yeah, it's me. Can I come in?" I said, opening the door and peeking in.

"Be my guest." she said, standing by the door already, and like always - looking sexy as hell. I swear she was going to be the death of me someday. "My parents aren't in by the way, they'll be back soon." she smiled, and my heart literally skipped a beat.

"Maybe I shouldn't be in then." I walked in anyway, unable to resist.

"Shup' silly. But we have no good food, and I'm hungry." she said dramatically as she sat down on the couch. Ivory being hungry didn't happen often - she loathed human food.

"Wanna go buy something then?" I said as I sat down next to her, and without even thinking I kissed her lightly, just once. She blushed adorably.

"You're my imprint, can't you buy me something?" she shot back, looking around for the remote.

"Sorry, left my money at home." - Wolves didn't carry wallets.

"You are officially the worst imprint ever." she groaned playfully, and turned away from me before leaning back on my chest and looking at the TV. I just laughed, knowing she didn't really mean that.

"Better luck next time, dollface." I kissed her on the forehead as I said, smiling. I loved the way she blushed even more, her face almost completely red now.

We did nothing more than watch TV for around half an hour, and we were joking about how stupid some celebrity was, when out of nowhere, BAM, a sex scene.

It went from comfortable to awkward in an instant, until Ivory did what she usually does and started laughing.

"Seriously, look at your face." she shook her head, and kept on laughing. I think I blushed, but I didn't even care. The atmosphere was suddenly tense, but went back to normal as we heard a car parking in the driveway.

"I hope they have food." she instantly sprung from my lap, and I rearranged my shorts just in case. Seth and Patricia obviously had no clue about what had happened last night, and I sure as hell wasn't going to be the one to enlighten them.

I smelled the air, and I was afraid she was going to be disappointed. She must have done the same, because her face dropped two seconds after.

"Ugh, come on. Let's go get something to eat, but we have to stop by mine first." I said, standing up and holding my hand out. She gracefully took it, and I couldn't help but feel elated that she was so comfortable around me.

"Where we going?" she asked, grinning.

"Wherever you want… as long as we can run there that is." I winked, and she smiled and nodded. She let go of my hand and quickly ran upstairs, so I took the opportunity to say hi to the rest of the family.

"Hey Kieran." Patricia said as she walked into the living room, holding Callie's hand.

"Hey Patricia, Callie." I smiled at the little girl. She smiled back, showing off her dimples, but quickly averted her gaze to her dad, who was leaning against the doorway looking scary. "Seth." I nodded, unsure of whether I should have called him Mr. Clearwater instead.

"Kieran." he practically growled. Seriously, dude needs to chill out.

"Daddy, be nice to Kier." Callie frowned in my defence, and Seth laughed. Phew.

Ivory walked down wearing jeans and a loose sweater with a hood, her lustrous hair hanging loose. She didn't even hesitate; she just ran up to me, held my hand and shouted a quick goodbye to her parents before running out of the house with me trailing behind her.

"Can we just get chips and a burger?" she asked, using her mesmerizing grey eyes to tempt me.

"Sounds brilliant to me Ivy." I stared at our hands whilst we walked. Our houses were about five minutes away from each other (for us, anyway), a fact which I loved. The fact that she could pretty much teleport to me anytime she wanted was more appealing though.

"Kieran?" she asked.

"Yes?"

"You know it's our last week of school tomorrow?" she asked.

"Yes?" I repeated, looking into her pretty blue eyes.

"You know the dance?" she was trying to hold back a smile.

"Yes?" YES! The girl's choice dance, course I knew.

"Are you going with anyone?"

"Yup." I answered, nodding. She frowned playfully, laughing.

"Who?" she asked.

"You."

"But I'm going with Dan." she froze. "He asked me two weeks ago, and I said yes," was she serious?

"Oh." was all I said, unaware of whether she was joking or not.

"Jeez, I'm kidding silly! You should've seen your face…" she grinned.

"Haha, you're funny." I said sarcastically, and kissed the hand I held. I think that was the first time I ever kissed Ivy's hand - her skin felt so soft.

"Kieran?" she asked just as we were about to reach my house.

"What is it this time Ivory?" I replied, smiling.

"Have you got the tuxedo for the dance yet?" Oops.

"Uhh…" I said, pretending to think.

"I'll take that as a no. It's okay, you can come shopping with me, Sarah, Alice and Rose tomorrow." she smiled. She had to be kidding me; it would be torture! "It will be so much fun," she added, her pretty blue eyes looking down as if she was thinking.

"Seriously, Ivory? Can't you just shoot me?" I decided to say, unable to lie to my imprint.

"Sorry, but you've gotta come. And we're meeting them bright and early in Seattle tomorrow by the way." she shrugged, but placed a hand on my face and smiled at me.

"Great. This is going to be so much fun." I said, sighing.

"It's going to be awesome." she shrieked, mocking me. "Thanks for coming Kier."

"Anything for you Ivy." I smiled, and this time she stopped and kissed my lips quickly before running off into my house and waiting for me at the door.

I got there two seconds after, and I instantly froze. I noticed Ivory was confused too.

"What is he doing here?" she asked nicely, walking in right behind me.

There, at my dinner table, was Tobias Volturi.

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