Embry POV

We arrived at Snoqualmie Pass sooner than I had thought, I blamed it on Vampire driving, it was now about 8. Bella and Edward rushed into the giant cabin before us with Renesmee in their arms, sleeping soundly. The rest of us stayed to unload the cars, all of the ski equipment and luggage, which there was a lot more than I expected. I went into the enormous cabin still utterly taken back by how huge it was, there was no way this is all ours, I thought. We have to be sharing with another family... or several other families. This place is gigantic.

"Keep moving, wolf."

Rosalie grunted as she pushed past me and then up some stairs to my right. Honestly, the Cullens did not need help bringing in the luggage, they did it all in less than three minutes, so I just carried my own stuff. Bella took Raena up the stairs, showing her the room she could sleep in and Jacob ushered me into the enormous living room.

"Alright," Carslile smiled and Jacob sat in a comfy looking black couch.

"Embry take a seat," Jacob suggested, but it felt more like an order.

I sat and both Carlsile and Jacob looked at me, like they were trying to figure out my next move.

"What?"

"Well, Embry," Carslile started. "Edward overheard your plan to talk to Raena."

"Overheard? You mean read my mind?"

"Embry," Jacob sat up. "We just want to make sure you don't... overindulge."

"Overindulge?"

"Precisely," Carslile smiled. "As you know, Raena is unaware of what we are. She doesn't know about Bella, Renesmee, or the rest of the family."

"I know."

Do they think I'm stupid or something?

"We just want to make sure that when you talk to her, you don't...," Jacob paused and turned to Carslile.

"You want to make sure I don't tell her you guys are Vampires."

Both of them turned back to me and I smiled.

"I'm not stupid. I didn't plan to tell her any of that, that is up to Bella."

"Well, the family has discussed it and we don't believe that there will ever be a time that we tell Raena what we are."

"Wait? Never!?"

I leaned forwards in my chair.

"No," Jacob stated. "She'll be in danger, that's exactly why we didn't tell Charlie."

"But you're the one who told Charlie she was different."

"And I had my reasons," Jacob said swiftly. "Raena doesn't need to know about Bella. I don't want to make this an order like Sam did to me but..."

"First of all, I wasn't even going to tell Raena about Bella, Jacob. I only was going to talk to her about me and even then I'm not sure I'll tell her about who I am. So go ahead, make it an order, it won't change my plan at all."

"Embry...," Jacob tried to apologize but I wouldn't let him.

"Where should I sleep?" I turned to Carslile.

"Erm, well the cabin has six rooms. We all have one, but have no real need," Carslile tried to joke. "But there is a room at the top of the stairs all the way down the hall and to your left that we figured Jacob and you could share."

"Great."

I stood up and left the room without a word. I found the room easily. It had a queen bed along with three sets of bunkbeds. Jesus, who lives here, I thought as I chose the bunkbed furthest from the Queen bed. Jacob will sleep there and I will sleep over here, leaving distance. I took off my clothes and went to bed.

I woke up the next day, Jacob was still sleeping, so I left the room, found a bathroom, took a shower and changed into my skiing clothes. Unsurprisingly, the Cullens were already ready to go when I came downstairs.

"The kitchen is stocked if you're hungry," Esme told me.

"Thanks, I'm always hungry."

I made myself some eggs and bacon when Raena came down.

"Smells good," she licked her lips.

"Want some?"

"Of course!," she sat at the table while I served her. "Thank you, Embry."

"You're welcome."

It felt good to serve her, I liked being the person who could give her what she wanted, even if it was only eggs.

"Who are we missing?," Alice looked around the room.

"The dog," Rosalie stated then turned to me, "Well the other one."

"Dog?," Raena turned and everyone in the room froze.

Rosalie had slipped and now Raena was expecting a dog. Bella looked to Edward who looked to Rosalie, but Rosalie was looking at Emmett who was just staring off into space. Luckily Carslile was quick on his feet, which saved us all.

"Don't mind Rosalie and her nicknames for everyone. Perhaps one days she'll give you one too."

"She calls Jacob 'Dog'? Seems rude," she turned to Rosalie.

"You don't know him as well as I know him," she smirked and pranced off into a separate room.

I took a deep breath and tried to smile on. Once we were all ready, we got into the cars and drove up the mountain to the summit. I spent the whole way in silence thinking of ways to tell Raena about what she means to me. I wanted to be sincere but I couldn't because if I told her how much I really feel for her, it would almost be seen as creepy.

We got to Snoqualmie Summit everyone piled out of the cars.

"Renesmee has skiing lessons on Summit West," Bella told us. "That's also where beginners go," she turned to Raena.

"That's me," she admitted.

"Don't worry, we scheduled you a lesson," Esme smiled. "You as well, Embry. We weren't sure of your skill level."

"Erm, sure yeah. I could use a refresher."

"See you kids later. I'm hitting the slopes," Emmett turned and headed towards the ski lift.

Everyone went that way except for Raena, Bella, and I as we went towards Summit West. Bella took Renesme to her lesson while Raena and I met our instructor. His name was Lionel and he was nice, showed us how to put on skis and how hold our poles, how to steer and everything. The lesson lasted about an hour, for me it was just a nice refresher but to Raena is was a crash course.

"I have no idea what I'm doing," she admitted as we carefully trudged to a small incline.

"Here, let me go first and show you. Watch and learn," I glided down the hill, slightly wobbly at first but after a minute it felt natural. "Coming?"

She crept to the edge and slide down with stiff legs and screaming softly, I laughed as she slide past me.

"Remember, you have to bend your knees, Raena."

"I know, but god! That is so scary! I feel like I have no control!"

"That's why we have the poles."

"This is not what I am used to," she groaned.

"Let's try again, on that slope."

We approached it it was longer than our last one and a little steeper, but nothing too dramatic.

"Together?"

I offered and she nodded.

We slide off the edge and I felt the brisk cold air hit my cheeks, it brought me back to my first time skiing. I was seven or so and my mom had taken me with some of the tribe on a retreat, I don't even remember where. I was scared too, just like Raena. I looked over to her, she was squealing, but I saw her smiling which made me smile too. I'm glad she's enjoying it, I thought as we slide to a halt.

"Not so bad?"

"No, it was actually good. I think I'm getting better."

"I'll be the judge of that."

Raena's POV

Skiing was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. I actually kind of liked it, I could see the appeal by the rich white people in the world. Skiing really did help me forget about Forks and I even forgot about m craving... temporarily. All I saw was the snow in front of me and my mind was at peace.

It was great to have Embry with me, I'm glad he came with us. If he hadn't I would have been alone in my lesson, but since he was there he helped explain things better than Lionel and he made me laugh. We had been skiing for an hour or so and I had fallen so many times my knees hurt.

"Can we take a break?," I asked as I sat in the snow.

"Tired?"

"More like wounded."

I massaged my knees.

"Are you alright?"

Embry sat beside me, his face freckeled with concern.

"Yes, Embry. Just a little sore, I'm not used to all this. Besides, it's kind of hard to breath."

"That's just the altitude, it'll be okay once we head back to the cabin."

"Damn, that cabin in nice, right? It's not just me?"

"Hello no! That is some luxurious living! I don't even want to know how much they spent on that."

"Me neither, it is so extravagant."

"Exactly, it's insane."

"Makes me want to be a doctor."

"Why?"

Embry turned to me puzzled.

"Because that's what Carslile is and look at this. I mean, his house, this cabin, I don't even want to think about how much private lessons are in a place like this."

"Yeah, that's true."

"Bella really snagged herself a richy rich. She seems to fit in with it all too."

How are they so rich but live in the middle of nowhere, Washington, I thought. I mean, they could live anywhere with this amount of dough.

"Yeah, the Cullens have money."

"Yeah... but how are you? How's Quil?"

"Quil?"

Embry was not prepared for that question.

"Yeah, sorry. It's April, she wanted me to ask about him."

Embry chuckled," Tell her that Quil is spoken for."

"Really? He found his 'soulmate'."

I put up air quotes.

"Yeah, in a way he did."

"And what about you?"

I asked impulsively, I was honestly curious to see if Embry had someone in his life. Probably not, he would have told me, right? I mean, we're friends, I tell him about Jonny.

"I... I... I am..."

Embry stuttered and avoided eye contact.

"Oh... my... god! You do, don't you! Don't deny it, I can tell by your face!"

Embry blushed a deep red under his dark complexion. He does have someone, my heart twitched. It was surprising to think about Embry dating someone, I wasn't sure if I was happy about it or not.

"Who is she! Tell me!," I tugged on his coat.

"I... It's just... I haven't really talked to her yet. I.. I'm still working up the courage."

"Courage? To talk to her?"

That's good, I thought. So it's not serious. Wait? What do I care?

"Yeah, I just... I just don't know what to say."

"Erm, yeah that can be tough."

Bella skied up to us," Ready for lunch?"