A/N: So, I was soooo excited to write this chapter. jessa76 and I were deliberating about it, and we came up with some great ideas. However, I'm visiting family and will be for like the next month so I don't know how regular my updates will be. Sorry about that.

"Family is,
forgiveness and patience,
it's sweeter than the sweetest fragrance,
the power of family is a reflection of Gods compassion and magnificence."

Last time: His eyes opened and I was drowning in deep pools of ice blue.

It was like imprinting all over again.

I focused on his whole beautiful face.

His lips were now a deep red.

A light blush covered his now lightly tanned cheeks.

Holy shit.

My imprint was even more handsome, now.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters that are in this story, except Ariya. She is my own little creation.

Ariya POV

A smile pulled at those dark red lips, the tips of his white teeth showing.

Good lord.

I looked back into his clear blue eyes that were shining like crystals with his tears.

His hands came up and wound around my body. He hugged me to his chest, and I could hear him sniffling.

"Honey?" I don't think I could get used to seeing this man cry. He was physically unable to this whole time.

He pulled back away from me, and I watched as he opened his mouth to speak. It closed up again, and he grabbed his throat.

"Emmett? What's wrong?" He began clawing at his neck. "Are you thirsty? He nodded.

I called for Sam, who came running up the stairs.

"What is it?" He watched as Emmett was squirming and making raspy noises. "What's going on?"

"He needs a glass of water. Hurry!" He nodded and ran down the stairs only to come back up less than a minute later with a water bottle.

I quickly twisted the cap and pulled it off. Helping Emmett to sit up a bit, I tilted the bottle to let water trickle down into his mouth. He swallowed his first mouthful with a painful look on his face. By the time he finished the bottle, he was swallowing the water with ease.

I put the empty bottle on the side table, and took the wet napkin that Sam had brought up, and dabbed Emmett's forehead. He sighed, leaning into the cold.

I stayed with him, waiting for him to gain enough strength to sit up and talk to me. Finally he sat up and turned to me, his eyes becoming cold.

"Emmett?"

"What are you doing here?"

"What are you talking about? I haven't left you."

"You didn't seem to mind being away from me when you were with Jacob Black."

My eyes widened at his accusation, and he pulled away from my touch.

"See? You're not even denying it. Why don't you just go back to him, since you love him so much."

That shocked me.

"What!? Why in the world would you say that? What could possibly lead you to believe that I would ever leave you? That I love someone more than you?"

"Oh please. Don't give me the imprint lecture. I could be anything to you, not just your mate."

"Why are you doing this? Do you not want me anymore?" Oh god. Now that he's not a vampire anymore, does he not want me because I'm a wolf?

"Don't turn this around on me. I'm the one who deserves to feel like that." I didn't understand.

"I really don't understand you. You know that I don't love Jacob like that. I really never did. Why don't you trust me?"

"I saw you wrapped up in his arms as if he couldn't stand being away from you. I heard you tell him how much you missed him and I heard him say that he missed you too, that he loved you."

"He meant he loved me as a friend! We only love each other as friends! God, you seriously think that I could care about anyone more than you? I love you, Emmett. I love you so much. I love you more than anyone could ever fathom. You make me so happy, so much more than anyone else could ever try. Please understand that I would do anything for you! There isn't anyone else. There could never be anyone else."

"I don't-I can't-" He closed his eyes and swallowed. "You can't even begin to understand what I'm feeling right now."

"I don't? I have no understanding?" I asked incredulously. "Oh, please, Emmett! You have no idea what kinds of insecurities go through my head! You don't understand what I feel everyday! I have this intense fear of you leaving me every day. You cannot tell me that I don't know what it's like to be terrified that the one you love will realize that he deserves better than you; that you will find someone better. That eventually you will leave me."

I nearly burst into tears as I sat there. How could he ever think that? How could he not understand me?

I felt a hand on my back and looked up to see Jake looking down at me, sadly. That was it. The dam broke. Sobs racked my body as the tears cascaded down my face. Jake pulled me into a hug. I was hysterical.

I kept repeating the words "He's going to leave me!" over and over again. He rocked me back and forth in his arms.

I heard growling and looked up to see Sam, Paul and Embry at the door. I ran into Sam's arms and he held me for a little before passing me over to Embry. I felt Paul kiss my head and ruffle my hair before Embry carried me down the stairs.

He sat me on his lap, holding me, whispering to me calming words. I could hear yelling coming from upstairs, and I struggled to get out of Embry's grip. Even though he doubts me, I'd protect and defend Emmett with my dying breath.

I could hear some talking, but it was muffled by the sound of my crying. I heard two sets of footsteps, and watched as my imprint followed Jake out the door.

Emmett POV

I didn't expect Jacob Black to defend me from Sam and Paul's attacks.

"We told you what would happen if you hurt her. I told you what comes with the imprint bond, and you still do it!" They moved to either side of the bed. I sat up, raising my arms.

"Come on, guys. You have no idea what I saw; what I heard."

"We know what happened. Jacob phased and showed us." Sam crossed his arms in front of his chest. I had the immediate need to growl or hiss or do something to defend myself… when I realized I couldn't.

I'm human now, not a vampire.

I can't do any of the things that I used to do.

I did the best thing that I could, though. I faked it. I stood up off the bed, wincing at the sudden movement that my limbs were not used to, and stood to match him. I may be human, but that didn't change anything about my stature. I was still this gigantore, and I could probably still kick some ass.

I felt a hand on me, and looked over to Jacob, who stood at the same height as me now.

"Enough of this. Ariya will be fine. Let me talk to Emmett alone. He will understand."

I was confused at how talking to the one guy that I wanted to kill right now, would do any good for me.

He motioned for me to follow him, and I did. We headed down the stairs and I saw Embry holding my Ari. I looked at her tear stained face and her blood shot eyes as she was still crying. She looked exhausted, and I just wanted to hold her in my arms as she fell asleep.

Walking out the door, Jake led me away from the house. I guess we needed more privacy for this talk.

We walked to the beach, and he pointed at some logs to sit on. After we got comfortable, Jake started his story.

"When I was on my spirit walk, I was shown visions of what would be a cold one becoming human only as a result of his bond to the shape shifter. A wolf cannot imprint on a cold one, however the bond between you and Ariya was so perfect, Taha Aki couldn't think of a more perfect pair. You were meant to be together. No one, not even Mother Nature herself could ever come in between you two. That was why you changed. Your bond to Ariya changed you. I have seen glimpses of your future together. Your very human future. It was always meant to be this way. Ever since the day Ariya was born. You both were born to love each other. A forever kind of love. However not forever of the flesh, but more of forever of the spirit. The pack sees your bond, and we will do everything to protect it. You are, and forever will be, one of the pack."

My mind was reeling when he was finished talking. Does that mean…?

"Do you have any questions?"

"So, that means that you're not interested in her?"

"No. She is my best friend. Yes, if you weren't there, then we would be together, as by the Spirits, but it wasn't meant to be that way."

"So you won't imprint?"

"No. And I will not be having children, either."

"What? Why not?"

"That's just the way it's meant to be. You, however, will be having children."

"I… What?" I swallowed deeply. Did he just say kids?

"You and Ariya will be having kids. And soon, at that."

"Soon?"

"Yes. Your children will be the future Alpha children of this pack. Ariya has two wolf genes in her, from the Uley's and the Ateara's. You both will pass on the knowledge of both the pack and vampires, considering you were one, to them."

"Kids."

He laughed. "Yes. Kids. Is that a problem? I mean, some would consider it a great honor."

"No! I mean, yes it would be an honor, but I don't think I'm ready for that. Not even 4 days ago, there was no possibility for me to even have the chance to have kids!"

This was too overwhelming. Kids!

"This is the way it's meant to be. You are meant to be a father. The only thing I'd worry about is what Sam would do to you once he found out that you impregnated his baby sister."

Oh shit. I didn't think about that.

"Fuck."

Time skip…

We walked back into the house where I saw Emily making Ari help her cook some food. I smelled the aroma of the cooking meat, and I felt my stomach vibrate, and heard a loud gargling noise.

Hearing laughter, I looked up to see Emily and the rest of the pack laughing. I felt my face heat up, which caused them to laugh even more. Ariya didn't even turn around from the pan to look at me.

I need to make this right. I walked forward to see her, when a plate was shoved in front of my face. On it, were two hugely packed burgers and a side of veggies and mashed potatoes.

My stomach made the weird noise again and I looked up to see Sam glaring at me.

"Eat first, then talk. You haven't had anything to eat in like, what is it, 80 years?"

"78 years."

"Yeah, same difference."

"Uh. Thanks."

The rest of the pack were still glaring at me, and I watched as Ari walked out of the kitchen murmuring something about not being hungry. I ached to see her, to be with her, my heart was constricting in my chest with my cravings, but with one look from Sam, I sat down and ate as quickly as I could.

Not eating for 78 years can do some damage to a person.

Like, not remembering to chew before I swallow. I swear I almost choked at least 5 times before I got the hang of it.

The pack never stopped making fun of me.

Time skip…

Finally, I was done eating.

Walking to where the pull in my chest was taking me, I sat down on the porch next to my tiny mate.

She didn't even acknowledge me as I sat there.

Grabbing her hand, I toyed with it, sighing at the feeling of her skin touching mine.

We sat in silence for a little before I finally got the courage to speak.

"Jacob talked to me."

Silence.

"Look, I know that I may have seemed out of line this morning, but I'm not saying sorry."

More silence.

"I'm not sorry because, even though you have your insecurities even with the imprint bond, I have my insecurities because I've gone through a huge change. I'm not a vampire anymore. I'm human. And I don't know if I'm strong enough to do everything that I was so sure about when I was a vampire. I can't protect you like I used to. But Jacob can. And he is better capable for everything now than I am. You're both Quileute, how can I compete with that even? I love you. And I know I was jealous. But I'll always just be a little jealous when it comes to you and Jacob Black. He'll always have that one thing I could never have, your first love. Even if you say that you didn't love him like that, you definitely cared for him in a way you never cared for someone before. And that's hard to compete with. So, please, try to understand where I'm coming from with this."

Ariya slowly turned to look at me. A couple minutes passed before she spoke. "I don't know what to say. You're not even sorry for doubting me. I don't care about Jacob or anyone else like I do about you! I couldn't! And there's no competition! You're everything to me, and you're perfect. I don't want to change you. Sure, you did change, but I love you just as much now, as I did when you were a vampire!"

"I understand that. So, please, can we just forget about what happened? Please?"

"Fine."

"I love you."

"Love you."

I wrapped an arm around her, moving to hover over her. "Oh come on now, you can do better than that." I started to tickle her.

"Okay. Okay! Emmett! Stop! I love you! Alright? I love you!" I stopped tickling her, and kissed the tip of her nose before going to pull away from her.

Her arms wound around my neck before I could even move. She pulled me back down to her, and began kissing me with fervor. I opened up my mouth for her tongue, and she began exploring my mouth, moaning.

I was getting hard, and all of a sudden, Sam's face flashed in my mind. Fuck. I don't really want to die yet.

I pulled away quickly using the whole, 'we're outside' excuse.

She jumped up and began dragging me inside the house and up the stairs. She threw me on the bed and began kissing my neck, sucking on it hard, while unbuttoning the shirt I was wearing.

As I was beginning to forget everything else in the world except for my mate, I once again pulled away from her, sitting up.

"What's wrong, now?"

"Don't you think we should wait? I mean…" I scrambled to think of an excuse. "Well, everyone is downstairs and can hear everything!" HA!

"Oh. Right. It's just that, well." She straddled my body, hooking her arms around my neck. She leaned in to my ear. "I'm so tired of waiting, Emmett." She bit down on my ear, sucking on the lobe.

Fuck. This is tough. I took her arms away from my neck, and backed away from her.

"Well, maybe we should, you know, wait until we all get used to me being human. I'm kinda breakable here."

Ariya followed me, making me back up until I was fully up against the wall. "Well, I could be real gentle, baby." She licked up my neck. She's really good at this. Shit.

"Well, we don't wanna take any chances, now do we?"

Ari leaned back and pouted. "Fine."

I jumped off of the bed. Leaning down to kiss her before bolting out of the room and down the stairs.

Ariya POV

Emmett's been having a hard time adjusting to being human. He forgot how to do everything that he didn't have to do when he was a vampire. Going to the bathroom was one thing.

Poor Sam had to teach him how to go, aiming included. I made sure to make him a whole bunch of his favorite foods in gratitude.

I laughed at the memory of hearing Sam explaining everything to Emmett.

Flashback*

I leaned in to listen at the door.

"Okay Emmett, just hold on to it, aim in the bowl, and just let it all go, man."

I heard the sound of him peeing, and a large sigh of relief. I had to hide my laughter.

"Okay, you're done? Cool. Just kinda bounce to get the rest off. Yeah. Okay now I'm going to leave and you just wash your hands before coming out."

End Flashback*

Sam was so embarrassed that he asked Jacob to Alpha order all of us to not bring it up.

Speaking of Jacob, he went to the elders and we had a ceremony to officially introduce him as Alpha. He said that he couldn't be Chief, according to the Spirit Walk, the person with the first-born son would become Chief.

Jake would make a great father, but Emmett said that he learned he wouldn't be having any kids.

Ugh. Sometimes, our lives suck.

My thoughts turned to Emmett.

He's been avoiding me these past couple of days. Every time I try something with him, he pushes me away and gives me some lame excuse.

It really hurts to be pushed away so much. I want him so badly. Why doesn't he want me too? Am I not appealing to him? Do I freak him out because I'm a shape-shifter and he's now a human?

I guess I'll just have to keep trying. He can't keep saying no to me. I'll crack him soon.

So review and let me know what you think! Until next time

~Ariya-angels