Chapter 37

I woke up with the sunlight coming through the windows, last night I couldn't sleep more than 30 minutes at a time, I would either move and cause me to add pressure to a wound or I just couldn't keep my mind from wondering what I would tell Charlie when we would talk.

Knock, Knock

" I brought you some breakfast and your pain medicine" said mom walking in to the room. She place the tray in the night table and gave me two small pink pills for the pain

" Thanks" I said to mom knowing that the pill would make the pain lessen

" No problem, Emily made you an omelet and some fruit salad'' she said placing the tray on the bed and sitting on a chair to watch me eat

" Mom have you eaten?" I asked

" Yes hon, don't worry about me" she said taking out a book from her purse and started reading

I was done about 15 minutes later

" Mom...is Charlie up?" I asked. Mom looked up from her book and gave me a small smile

" Yes, when I came up he was finishing his breakfast" she said placing her book mark on the page she was and closing her book" Do you want me to go get him so y'all can talk" I nodded my head unsure. Mom walked out the door with a last reassuring smile that everything would be OK

Oh God! I feel like I am going to hyperventilate, what am I going to say to him? Well obviously I have to tell him the true but how do you say to the person that is your soul mate that they are your soul mate because of this freaky thing called imprint and-

Knock, knock

The door open slowly, and unsure

Charlie, he looked nervous, scared and most of all worried

" Hey" I greeted, not really knowing what to say

" Hi" he said

" Um you should sit down" I said pointing to the chair where mom had been sitting just a few minutes ago, he gave a slight nod sitting down then he looked up at me meeting my eyes

" Have you slept?" I asked, he looked completely exhaust with bags under his eyes, his hair was messy , he had a slight stubble from not shaving the last couple of days

" Yeah" he said

" Have you eaten?" I asked trying to delay as much as possible the talk

" Yes" Oh I guess that we were back to short answers

Silence

" So I guess I should tell you what happen" he gave a small nod. I got out the bed and sat down so we were facing each other

"You know the legends of the tribe, right?" he nodded his head

" When there are cold ones are near the tribe the wolfs would protect the tribe" he said

" Yes, well the legends are true"

" I kind of figure that out, how did it happen?" he asked with out any emotion in his voice

" Sam was the first to phase about a year ago, he went missing and no one knew where he was until he came back about 6 weeks later. He had changed a lot, physically he was bigger with more muscles, looked older, his hair was shorter,he went from being a regular 20 year old to a responsible men and he always looked like he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulder, he became quiet, and distant" I looked to see that Charlies hand we in a fist,I guess that talking about my-ex boyfriend would make him jealous. This brought some hope in to me, I made me believe that maybe knowing this whole wolf thing wouldn't change his feelings for me what ever they were " Then Paul change ,Jared,Embry, Jacob, Quill and... and then I changed"He looked at me concern, I could see sadness in his eyes but not really sure as to why

" How did you change?" he asked

" I found dad dead in the living room and that trigger me to change" he nodded his head, but I felt his body shift away from me

"Who else?"

" Seth and-"

" Wait, Seth wasn't in ant accident last week was he" it wasn't a question it was statement, he stood up from the chair he had been sitting in

" He was hurt, but no it wasn't an accident it was an attack" he gasped,his face turned pale, I thought he would pass out

" Have you.. you ever been hurt?" he asked with his eyes close

" No, well.."

" Friday" he said in more of a whisper

" Yeah" I replied quietly

" What happen Friday?" he asked

" I was patrolling earlier" he gave me a questioning look " in the legends we protect our tribe from the cold ones"

" That's what attack Seth" I nodded my head slowly " the cold ones are vampires" he said more to him self than me

" Yes, we all take turn patrolling the reservation from them, I usually patrol at night with Sam" his face turn hard and again his hand were in a fist

" But since you and I had plan that night Sam agreed to let me skip it but only if I would patrol in the morning. Paul, Jared and I were patrolling everything was pretty quiet so I... I wanted to cheek on you, make sure you were OK and remembered that you told me that on Fridays you like to eat at home. I arrived at your backyard and I changed back to normal, I was walking into that yard when I smelled the red head leech"

" You smelled?" he asked in a tone that said " What the hell" I chuckled

" Yeah all leeches they smell sweet like they bath in cheep perfume" he gave a small nod " I then saw the leech a couple of feet behind you and I...I got scared that she would hurt you, and my instinct came over me I had to attack her and get you out of harms way"

" Why?" he asked as if I had just said the stupidest thing ever

" You my imprint I couldn't leave you there"

" Am your what?" he asked

" Imprint..it means that you are my soul mate"

Silence

" That's what you meant when you said that Sam and Emily were soul mates" I nodded my head slowly

" But he was with you..." he said deep in thought

" He was until he saw Emily and feel in love with her"

" He loved you, but then because of this imprinting thing he had no choice.." his voice became force " he had to be with her"

There was a moment, in that moment I knew what he was going to say and that no matter what I could say would change his decision

" I will not force you to be with me, I don't want to be part of this super natural thing"he looked me strait in the eyes " Goodbye Leah" he said walking out my room with out looking back