A/N: I am SOO sorry to everyone who is reading this story! I did not mean to make the wait in any way, shape, or form this long. Life just really caught up to me, and I had a lot of things that I had to do (prom, auditions, etc.) that took up time, but that really isn't an excuse. I should have a least let you guys know what was going on. But I hope you all are still interested in this story, and I'll have a lot more time from now on! (And I'm not just saying that this time. I had my last day of high school yesterday (saddest thing to happen in a while) and so school things won't be as time consuming.) But THANK YOU to all my reviewers and readers! We reached over 200 reviews! :D That is freaking AMAZING! ENJOY the next chapter of FULL MOON!

"You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, 'I don't care how hard this is, I don't care how disappointed I am, I'm not going to let this get the best of me. I'm moving on with my life."

~ Joel Osteen

I slapped the newspaper on the counter, scaring the poor clerk from his half-asleep state. "How much?" I asked.

"$1.50"

I threw the money on the counter next to the paper, snatched the paper, and made my way through the store to try and find Jake and the others. I eventually found them near the chips. They were begging Emily to buy them the the twenty bags of chips and ten boxes of devil dogs they were holding.

"I'm not buying you those things. You know you guys get gas with them, and I'm not having my house stink like that again."

"Think about it, Em!" Quil exclaimed. "With no more food in the house, you're gonna need to get more! Why not start now?"

Emily sighed, and Jake elbowed him in the stomach. He let out a yelp and crouched down in pain. "What was that for?"

Jake glanced at Emily, and Quil widened his eyes. "Oh... I'm sorry, Em. I didn't mean too..."

She shrugged. "It's alright. Now, let's buy you those chips. No devil dogs," she said with a fake smile.

Embry put the devil dogs back on the shelves. We walked over to the counter and started placing food on the counter. With each ring, I thought of each way this could horribly end.

216 rings. 216 items we bought. 216 horrible ways this could end.

Jake and Embry grabbed all of the bags and we made our way out of the shop. We walked to the edge of the parking lot, and Jake passed all of his bags to Embry.

"I'm going to go check to see what's going on with the others," he said before he ran off into the woods.

Embry placed all of the bags on the ground. "Well, this has been an interesting day." He sat on the ground and pulled out a bag of chips.

"I think I'm going to go back to Australia for a while."

"What?" Embry said. Pieces of chips fell out of his mouth and littered the ground.

"I'm going to go home for a bit."

"But you can't! Jake's going to fall apart!"

"He's a big boy," I said with a slight smirk. "He can handle himself for a while."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Emily said. I looked over at her, and she was staring off into space. The wind got stronger and blew at all of us, making our hair whip around us.

"And why not?"

"They don't deal well when their imprints aren't around them."

"And then what happens when I leave for college? It's probably going to be weeks until I see him next."

She looked at me. "I don't know. We've never had anyone leave for college. They've always stayed at home or planned on going to a community college."

"I would talk to Jake. I don't exactly know what he's going to say when he hears that," Embry said, looking towards me.

I grimaced. "Well that's not going to be a fun conversation."

Jake came back and said that it was alright if we went back to the house. It took ten minutes to get back to the house, and we finally walked up to the house and saw the ruins. The whole front of the house was burned down, but the back still seemed to be stable. Sam, Paul, and Jared were scrounging around in the house ruins. A few belongings were in their hands as they rummaged through the remaining wood, but most of the belongings seemed to have been burned in the fire along with the house. A shudder rippled through my spine as I thought of who caused this. Me.

Sam walked over to me and handed me a book. Quileute Legends.

"It's one of the only things that is yours that survived. Paul's got the other stuff."

I nodded and kept the tears out of my eyes. Better my stuff than their stuff. I knew that I deserved it. It was my fault that the house burned down in the first place.

Three weeks passed since our house burned down, and anytime one of the pack had free time, they'd help rebuild it. Occasionally we'd get a few neighbors to help out, but most people didn't want to be near the house that randomly burned down and that was owned by the leader of "the gang."

Sam was right when he said that only a few of my stuff survived. I only had ten possessions to my name in La Push at the moment: the book, my phone, my baby blanket, my computer, three shirts, two shorts, and a sweatshirt. They were all luckily in a separate room that wasn't affected by the fire.

I started to have nightmares too. Luckily they weren't too bad, but I'd always wake up sweating and I'd end up zoning out every so often. The only one who was able to pull me back was Jake.

I started telling Cleo about my nightmares the last time we talked.

"That's not good, Hale. Are they getting any worse?"

"I don't know. I can't tell 'cause I don't even know what I'm like when I zone out. Jake just tells me that I zone out and that's it. Nothing more. But I think the nightmares are getting worse."

"Maybe it'd be a good idea to take a break for a while. Come back to Australia until the nightmares go away."

"I know that. And I've thought about it multiple times. I even told Embry and Emily that I was thinking about it. But I just can't say good-bye to them."

"You can leave them a note. It's not like you'll be here that long. I don't recommend it, but if it's the only way to do it, it's better than nothing. And I think you do need to get away for a while."

I sighed. "I suppose you're right. I'll see what I can do. I'll take to you later, alright?"

"See ya, Hale."

I hung up the phone and fell onto the bed. We were staying with Embry's family at the moment as he has the biggest house.

I grabbed my computer and went to check airline prices.

I let out a long sigh. That was A LOT of money. I did have enough saved up in my bank account, but it would put a huge dent in it.

I called my mom to ask her if it would be okay if I go, and she reluctantly said yes. I told her my break was coming up soon, so I wouldn't be missing any school.

"If it's what you think is best, honey, go ahead. But you're going to have to pay for the trip with your own money."

"That's fine. I kinda assumed that anyway. And mom? Can you not tell Sam about it till afterwards? After I leave?"

She let out a long sigh. "Hayley..."

"Please, mom?"

"Fine. But it wasn't my idea."

I smiled. "Thanks, mom!"

After talking a bit more about La Push and how the restoration of the house was going, I hung up the phone and purchased my airplane tickets. I was finally going home.

I was walking around La Push one day after school, bored out of my mind with the boys being on patrol. Walking down the abandoned roads, I decided to stop by First Beach and go for a quick dip.

I ran straight into the water without a second thought. The water felt incredible as I glided through it. I missed being able to go swimming everyday in Australia! But I knew I would be able to do it soon, and that brought a smile to may face.

I passed by the little cave in the wall of rock where Jake first saw me in my mermaid form and I laughed to myself. It was scary as hell when it first happened, but after the fact, his face became hilarious.

I followed the wall for a few miles and saw a school of fish up ahead. I raced ahead to go swim with them and giggled when they tickled me as they swam across me. I turned a corner in the wall and stopped short.

I almost threw up when I saw what was in front of me. For the past three weeks, I did good. I kept my distance. But now, Dr. Denman was swimming right in front of me.

She stared at me, obviously forgetting about her work. She grabbed her camera, but I raced away. This was not good, not good at all! She knew that we were lying now! And what is she went back to Zane's dad? What is started pursuing us again?

I dried off my tail and raced home. I ran up to my room and look at my plane ticket reservation. 5 days. 5 days, and I would be away from Denman. I just had to keep my distance until then.

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dalistar123: I know that there is a chance that Sam wouldn't be able to order Jake around, but I'm basing it off the fact that Hayley is Sam's sister and Sam is Jake's Alpha, so Sam would have a role in when Hayley was told. I also know the bathroom scene was kinda quick, but I wanted to get things rolling between Jake and Hayley and finding out the two's secrets as that's what I personally like to read (fast-paced stuff). And with them barging in, that's true, they really shouldn't have now that I think about it. And for the breathing under water thing from H2O, it never specifically said that the mermaids could hold their breath under water (if I remember correctly, and if I'm not, if you could show the episode where it came from that'd be great because I want to make sure I get as much stuff correct as possible). They just say that they were able to hold it for at least 17 minutes or something around there, never that they could hold their breath indefinitely. But thanks for pointing things out to me, and I hope you enjoy the story!

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