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We stood in an awkward silence for a couple seconds as Paul's words sunk in.

"Oh," I said at last. I tried to smile, but the atmosphere was just too...weird. "Hello Embry."

He nodded at me.

"Embry..." Paul started.

"I'd better head back inside, Rachel will wonder where I am." He smiled at me again before rushing back inside.

"I should feel bad. I feel bad." Paul put his arms around my shoulders.

"I don't get it Kell. You and Embry were like best friends. What happened?" I shook my head at Paul. If I knew why I forgot things, my life would have been that much easier.

"Why don't you tell me? You seem to know a lot more than I do about our relationship." I looked up at Paul suspiciously. During our five hour flight back to Washington, Paul had tried to explain to me who Embry was, with little success.

He was apparently my best friend back in La Push. He owned the little souvenir shop at the border of town and he gave me my first job there. Paul admitted that for a while, he'd been jealous of the relationship I had with Embry. They'd gotten in a lot of fights about me. Which was flattering in a weird way. He was the first person I'd met. Although, when Paul had mentioned that, he seemed nervous.

So, based on what Paul had told me, I couldn't imagine why I would forget Embry in a week and a half. If he was on a nickname basis with me, we must have been really good friends. So why was it than whenever someone mentioned Embry, my brain pulled up a blank?

"Kell?"

"Hm?" Paul frowned at me.

"You know, you and Embry weren't really talking when you left..." I looked at Paul. He wouldn't look at me. My eyes narrowed.

"Why didn't you tell me that before?" He shrugged.

"I don't know. I was hoping that when you saw Embry, you'd remember him. And I didn't want things to be awkward if you did." I sighed.

"Paul..." I glanced back at the house. Embry was watching us. He looked away when he met my curious gaze. "What happened?"

Paul shrugged again, sitting down in the grass and pulling me down with him.

"He imprinted. And all of a sudden, things were weird between you two." I frowned.

"But I got over it, right?" Paul didn't answer for a second.

"I think you did. It really seemed like it. I mean, he was the one person you told you were leaving." I couldn't ignore the anger in Paul's voice as he remembered.

"I'm sorry." He scoffed.

"Forget about it. We're talking about you and Embry, remember?" I nodded.

We sat in silence as I thought and Paul worked to calm himself down.

"Wait, when did Embry imprint?" Paul winced.

"A couple days before your mom died." I nodded slowly.

"That's why..." Paul frowned at me.

"Why what?"

"Why I don't know who Embry is." I got up, dusting myself off.

"Kelly?"

"When my dad died, I not only started to forget him, but everything bad that happened to during the days leading up to it started to blur too. Like, Harry turned ten the weekend before dad died, and I cut myself trying to cut up his birthday cake. I had a scar for weeks, but after dad died, I couldn't remember why." I looked back at the window where Embry had been watching us from.

"I guess Embry imprinting hurt me in some way, so when mom died, I forgot all about him. I think it's a self defence thing. I'm hurting enough from losing mom, I don't need other things to eat at me too."

"That is..." I looked back at Paul sharply. He held his hands up. "That is a pretty reasonable explanation?" He raised an eyebrow at me and I sighed.

"I have to go apologize. I have to make things right, I'm guessing I don't have many friends here, right?" Paul nodded.

"I'm sorry Kell." I shrugged. I should be used to it by now.

"But Paul, why would Embry imprinting make me upset? Shouldn't I have been happy for him?" Paul looked away, and for a while it didn't look like he would answer.

"You and Embry kind of..." He sighed, staring at me. "Had a thing? I wasn't really into the imprint at first, and that kind of pushed you closer to Embry. By the time I realized what I'd literally given to Embry on a golden platter, it was too late. Or so I thought." He frowned at me.

"So, when he imprinted..."

"You were happy for him. In a way. But you kinda got dumped." I sighed.

"I guess that would kind of hurt. A lot." Paul smiled.

"Ah, but you got over that too!" I rolled my eyes at his cheeky expression.

"How?" He put his arms around and pulled me close so he could whisper in my ear.

"You imprinted too." I pushed him away, wrinkling my nose.

"Shut up," I muttered, heading back inside.

Harry and a couple of the guys were playing a game of truth and dare in the living room while their imprints watched on. There were some people dancing to music blaring from someone's phones... There were snacks and bottles of pop in the kitchen, which was where I found Embry and Rachel, I was assuming.

She smiled when she saw me, Embry looked away.

I bit my lip.

"Hi Rachel." She smiled.

"Hi Kelly, welcome back." I nodded and we both looked to Embry who was still making a point of ignoring the both of us.

"Do you mind if I talk to Embry for a bit?" She shook her head, the smile still in place.

"Of course not, he's all yours." Embry looked up as Rachel left us in the kitchen.

"Embry, I'm sorry." He shrugged.

"Not your fault." I frowned.

"You heard what I said to Paul?" He nodded. "Then you know I didn't forget you on purpose, it was…"

"My fault." He looked up and smiled sadly.

"Embry, I still want to be friends."

"I know." I glared at his impassive stance.

"I guess I'll start then." He raised an eyebrow at me. "Hi, my name is Kelly. Kelly Daniels." He chuckled.

"Embry. Embry Call."

"I just moved here from California." He sighed, but smiled at me, deciding to play along.

"Really? Well, I happen to own a souvenir shop nearby. If you're just getting started, I'd be glad to give you a job." I grinned.

"Thanks. I may just take you up on that offer Mr. Call." I heard someone giggle behind me and turned to find Paul and Rachel watching us.

Paul shook his head at me.

"You're ridiculous," he told me. I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Ridiculous is fun." Paul smiled at me, before taking my hand and dragging me to the living room. They were still playing truth or dare.

"Okay, okay my turn." I smiled as Kim ran to our little coffee table and spun the bottle. It actually looked like a home with all these people here.

It pointed at Harry. He had his back turned to me, so I guess he hadn't figured out I was there.

"Okay Harry." Kim smiled at me mischievously before turning to my brother. "What's your biggest family secret?" I rolled my eyes at the question.

Harry seemed to pause for a second before answering.

"It never leaves this room, okay?" Everyone promised, not bothering to tell him that Embry in the kitchen could hear everything that was going on.

"Come on Harry, what is it? We're all family here." I nodded, even though he couldn't see me.

Harry sighed.

"I guess…" He took a deep breath. "Okay, I'm only gonna say it once, so everyone be quiet." The room quickly quieted down, even I was starting to get curious.

"Say it."

"Kelly…" I was shocked to hear my name. It was about me?

"What about Kelly?"

"Kelly isn't really my sister."


Dun dun duuuun !

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