LPOV

Bella's baby had finally been born. Jake's pack was still keeping in touch with the Cullens, they were still 'guarding' the Cullens from Sam's pack. All very ridiculous if you ask me. I didn't quite understand why they needed to be separated still, but apparently 'they still had different views' that's what Emby said anyway. Once we'd gone back to school – yes Nicky, Steph, Billy, Mom and Sue had made them all go back in the September term – the two different packs were still separated to the point where they even sat at different tables. Which I thought was mean; because it was only Collin and Brady that were still in school from 'the other pack' and Seth was their best friend. They looked so lonely without the rest of the pack. It was even to the point where I refused to sit with Jake's pack and purposely went to make conversation with the two of them, a lunch that was actually very entertaining. My studies were a lot harder now, I really needed to knuckle down and sort out my Uni applications. I was attempting to get in on Textiles scholarships, something that was easier said than done.

"Floss!" Mom had shouted me from the bottom of the stairs; I was actually sat in my room doing coursework that had been set on the first week back. The first bloody week!

"What?" I yelled back, sketching out some ideas for my garments

"Embry's here to take you to the meeting!" She told me

"Well why didn't Emby tell me that himself when he came up here?" I questioned, stopping my sketching, grabbing my bag that had already been kitted out with stuff that would stop me from being bored and making my way down the stairs

"Because your father has got him discussing futures" Mom rolled her eyes

"Not again." I grumbled, "Dad! Leave him alone. We're going out okay?" I questioned, grabbing Emby's arm and dragging him out the door with me

"Thank you. I don't think I could've lasted another lecture on buying houses and budgeting" He shook his head at me and helped me into the passenger seat of his car. We were going to a pack meeting. It wasn't really a pack meeting to be honest. It was more of an argument that could never get out of control because Emily would kill anyone who phased in her house.

"Is this really necessary?" I questioned as we met Leah at the front door and walked in together. I thought it was odd how they still walked straight into her home even though they were on different sides now

"Yes. It is Lexii." Sam stated

"Keep the trap shut." Paul warned me

"It's a free country; I'm aloud to say anything I want to." I childishly poked my tongue out at him and he smiled at me, doing the same thing as I was pulled into a sofa seat with Emby. Me on his lap because there wasn't enough room for me to sit anyplace else, I had sat facing him because there was no conversation at the moment – we were waiting for the elders to get here first

"Hey Embry? I'm proud of you man!" Paul exclaimed, chuckling to himself as I looked at him in confusion

"Why? What have I done?" Emby asked, seeming just as confused as me

"46? That's quite an achievement" Jared joined in and I felt my face go beetroot red and my eyes go as wide as saucers. I turned back to Emby to see him sat with a smug look on his face however his skin still tinged pink

"I'm gonna kill Rachel." I muttered as I threw my face into Emby's chest to hide my embarrassment, everyone in the room laughed their asses off at me and if it was under different circumstances, I would've been happy. It was as if there was no division between two packs, we were one big happy family again as they all laughed at my expense. I never really cared too much that the pack knew of my sex life through the mind link, but today it was so much worse. Plainly because it had been Rachel and Leah that told them rather than my Emby

"I don't know what you're all laughing at, but you better be using contraception with my grandaughter, Call." Pa warned as he came into the house with Sue and Billy, he always had a sixth sense about conversations he was walking into. The warning in his tone had everyone go completely silent, but then begin sniggering again – yet again at my damned expense!

The meeting had soon started after this and the discussion was as I had predicted; completely pointless. Sam's pack tried to get Jake's pack to re-join and make one pack again, Sam was the only one who wanted this. Sam wanted to continue being Alpha to the tribe; his pack was the only ones who wanted this. Sam's pack wanted to destroy Bella's kid; once again … they were the only ones who wanted this. I'd stopped listening to be quite honest with you. I'd began playing on a Game Boy Colour I'd found the other day, it was hidden under my bag, but Emby could still see the screen and was giving me hints on where I needed to go, if and when I wasn't sure. I had finally had enough. I stopped my game and huffed as I fell back into Emby's chest

"May I ask a question?" I held my hand up as if I were in school and the imprints smiled, chuckling away at me

"Is it a sensible question?" Jake asked, raising his eyebrow at me. My last few comment's had been really inappropriate and hilarious for both me and Pa … I certainly got my humour from him and Dad

"Well it's two really. The first is, shouldn't Great Grampa Quil be here seeing as though he was part of the original pack?" I asked my first question

"He was too fragile to get out today, sweetie" Pa answered for me and I nodded, smiling at him

"Cool, now my second question is; why do you want to kill Bella's baby?" I asked, looking over at Sam's pack

"It's a danger to human life Lexii, do you not know the stories of infant vampires?" Sam exclaimed at me

"Of course I know the stories Sam. I don't think anyone heard the Quileute stories as much as I did as a kid." I glared at him; most of my life was listening to the legends. Near enough all of that time I'd bribed said stories out of my Dad, my Uncle and my grandparents, I was completely in love with them! "What I'm saying is; why do you want to kill Renesmee? Firstly she's the cutest thing ever. Secondly, she's still a little girl who just wants to be happy, and thirdly; it isn't her fault that her parents are the most messed up people to walk the planet." I ranted, shifting myself in Emby's lap

"Exactly. Just because she's half vampire doesn't give you the right to take her life away from her." Quil backed me up

"But she is part vampire; we don't know what she could do!" Jared exclaimed

"So? Werewolves are just as unpredictable as vampires, yet it's still okay for you to have kids." I stated, shrugging, "This is a purely hypothetical case, plainly because it would never happen, but what if Emily popped out a wolf baby three days ago and it had just sprouted fur and went on a rampage to kill the population of La Push? You wouldn't kill the kid because it'd be Emily's baby. So why is there a difference with Renesmee?" I asked them and they seemed a little stumped

"I know where you're coming from Lexii, I know that you love all children and everything, but the point that Sam is trying to make is that this half vampire child is really very unpredictable. We have no idea as to what she is going to do next, who will be her first meal" Pa tried to explain to me

"No disrespect or anything Pa, but I don't think you understand my point. I'm saying that Renesmee is only a child, one who is growing and developing at a fairly speeded up amount. It isn't her fault that her Dad is a sparkly fairy or that her Mom is a messed up teenaged woman who got married way too early in life because he'd dazzled her." I explained my point

"And she's a Cullen. They aren't going to let her go out and kill innocent people – certainly not Carlisle" Emby shook his head

"Plus the fact that she prefers human food to animal blood anyway" I shrugged my shoulders

"How do you know that?" Paul questioned

"Guys come on now. How many times do I have to remind you that I was put on this earth to see your god damned future?" I exclaimed at them

"Our future isn't Renesmee Cullen." He snapped

"Fine. Emmett told me." I glared at him

"Lexii, I don't think it's appropriate for you to be spending your time at the Cullen's" Billy told me

"What because they haven't had chance to hunt in a while or because they're vampires?" I checked

"Both. You shouldn't be the only human around a coven of thirsty bloodsuckers Lexii" Sue told me seriously

"I know, but-" I was cut off by the sound of my mobile ringing, "Sorry" I quickly turned it off, it was only Sam … he could wait

"No one should be around a coven of thirsty blood suckers" Sam corrected Sue, giving Embry a cocky look. My phone began to ring again and I stopped it … again

"I didn't just let her" Emby growled at Sam

"There's no need for petty arguments!" Pa exclaimed at the two of them as my phone started ringing again, "Just answer the phone Lexii, obviously it's important"

"What?" I snapped down the phone

"You should come home…" Sam spoke from the other side of the line

"Why?" I asked

"Because I'm stood in your room right now-" He started out and I cut him off

"Why are you in my room?" I asked him

"I needed to get the prospectus for LA," He stated, "Anyway, in the short space of time that your parents were out, someone has broken into your house and have trashed your room. Nowhere else" He told me worriedly

"What?" I exclaimed, grabbing my bag "Have they been in the attic?" I questioned and heard him going up another flight of stairs to check. "I'll see you guys later, I need to go home" I told the room, they'd heard what was said and every one of the wolves looked concerned, the ones who didn't hear it were just confused, "Love you" I told Emby and pecked his lips lightly

"No, they haven't touched the attic" Sam told me

"I'm gonna fucking kill her." I growled down the phone

"Do you want me to come with you" Emby asked me

"I'll be fine" I shook my head at him, smiling and ruffled his hair as I left the house

"Do you know who it is?" Sam seemed surprised

"Of course I know, she's been bitching at me for the past couple of weeks and I'm not having it. She's broken into my home, trashed my belongings and she needs to be taught a damned lesson." I told him as I began to run home, it wouldn't take that long from here if I ran through the woods

"Lex, you can't do anything. We need to call the police" He told me

"Before or after I deck her?" I asked as I turned into my street, I was getting faster with my running lately

"Before, we don't want to give her any reason for doing this" It sounded like someone else was in the room too

"I'm home, see you in 2 seconds" I told him, hanging up the phone and dumping my bag at the bottom of the stairs before running up them and straight to my bedroom, "Oh god" I stopped at the doorway and felt tears pooling in my eyes. My room had literally been trashed and the words 'whore' and 'slag' had been spray painted in bright red over my teal flowered wallpaper

"It's okay Princess, I'm gonna re decorate your room for you" My Dad walked over to me and gave me a tight hug, "She won't get away with this" He stated, kissing atop of my head softly

"Okay Daddy" I nodded, hugging him tightly too

"Has anything been taken, Sweetie?" Mom asked me, ruffling my hair

"I'm not sure" I sniffed, wiping away the tears that had fallen and walking further into my room. Most things were on the floor, my wardrobe had been emptied of its contents and the same for my drawers … what the hell was she looking for? "Oh no! No, no!" I gasped, breathing quickly and letting tears fall again as I realised one of my wolf figurines from Quil had been broken. It had been smashed to the floor and the wood had chipped … a chunk of his head was no longer attached

"It's okay, we can fix it" Sam comforted me, putting an arm around my shoulder and hugging me sideways as I sat on the floor and cried

"It won't be the same though will it?" I cried, clutching the howling wolf to my chest and surveying the rest of my bedroom, "She broke my picture" I spoke quietly as my Dad went around the room and took photographs of the damage that had been done

"What picture?" Sam asked me softly and I pointed to my nightstand

"The one of me and Emby and the one of me, Lucy and Austin" I stated

"This frame is empty sweetie" Mom told me, inspecting it for damage

"No that had a picture of me and Emby in it; I swear it did" I nodded, quickly getting up to walk over there, "It was from the beach, he had a towel wrapped around me because the unimprinted guys were checking me out and it was pissing him off, I remember him hugging me from behind as the photo was taken" I explained to them and Mom looked at me sadly as she picked something up off the floor

"I think I found it, Lexii" She told me, holding up the photo I had described, it was however in three separate pieces

"Momma" I cried, I loved that picture. It was one of my favourites!

"I know hunnie. I know" She hugged me, rocking me slightly

"Lucas" Sam spoke my Dad's name seriously and showed him the screen of my phone

"We need that printed." Dad stated and I rushed over to see it, it was a picture of my trashed room with Natalie Miles stood just to the side with a huge grin on her face and her thumbs sticking up, another picture of her as she spray painted my wall

"I'm gonna fucking kill her!" I yelled, attempting to run to the door. Dad caught my arm quickly to stop me

"No Lexii, we need to go to the police about this" He told me

Which is how, an hour and a half later I found myself walking out of the Forks Police Department with my Dad and Sam. Mom had stayed home in case Emby came over, I knew he was worried about me … I could feel it

"Thanks for all your help, Chief" My Dad shook hands with Charlie and Charlie gave me one of his awkward smiles before the three of us made our way back to my Dad's car and home

"Lexii!" Someone called my name from down the hallway; I turned away from the pack that had grouped outside Quil's locker to see Sam Wayman running down the hall, "Lexii! You have to see this!" The hugest grin was spread over his face as he finally got to us

"What?" I questioned, grunting as he just grabbed my arm and pulled me

"You'll see!" The rest of the group I had been standing with came along with us and I stopped outside the building to see Natalie Miles being arrested right outside the school grounds by no one other than Chief Charlie Swan himself

"Yes!" I exclaimed, high fiving with Sam and the two of us had begun a happy dance, "Today, is the best day of my life." I stated nodding as she was driven away in the cop car, the crowds of people swarming either to their cars, to the buses or to walk home. Natalie the topic of their conversation

Community service is what she got away with. Community fucking service. The only thing that made me slightly happy about that fact was that she was under the Council's authority now and Pa promised me he'd stir shit for her. The week had passed and it was now Friday lunch time, Nat had been giving me shitty looks all week however said nothing. Something that was part of her service apparently

"Lexii? Are the rumours true?" Sarah asked me quickly, yanking on my arm and pulling me to the side of the Cafeteria, stopping me in my journey to the pack table

"What rumours?" I asked, fixing my bag over my shoulders

"Apparently you fucked Paul Walker in the back of Quil's truck last week" She spoke quickly and quietly

"Ew! No! That's disgusting!" I practically yelled giving her a dirty look

"Told you she wouldn't have done." Sam stated, walking past the two of us

"You believed it didn't you?" I shook my head at her

"No, I didn't" She shook her head and grabbed my arm to pull me towards the table our friends were sat around, Nat had a huge smirk on her face and had her arms crossed over her chest as she leant back in her chair. I glanced up at the pack table to see it completely empty, including Collin and Brady, I guess Emby already heard?

"Whatever you've heard, it's not true guys." I stated, dumping my stuff onto the table and flopping into a seat, Sam stood behind me and messed with my hair

"It wouldn't surprise me if it was true" Nat muttered loud enough for everyone at the table to hear, and it was obvious everyone in the hall was talking about it. Why the hell did drama need to start up? It was like the third week back for Christ's sake!

"Well it's not." I glared at her and she just shrugged, the awkward silence around the table was soon filled by people making general chatter about anything and everything. I wasn't really paying much attention to them, I was more interested in trying to contact Emby but he wouldn't reply to any of my texts and it kept ringing out when I tried to call him. The last hour of school dragged and Sam gave me a lift home because I was supposed to be walking with Emby, but he hadn't turned up. I got home and had a quick shower before going back to my bedroom and finding a note on my dresser from Emby;

I'm sorry I haven't been replying to your phone calls / texts, meet me at the clearing at the end of your street?

Embry xxxx

I quickly threw my high tops on and a jacket before grabbing my phone to shove in the pocket of my trackie bottoms and legged it down the stairs, out the door and to the clearing I was told to meet him at. I got there pretty quickly and found him sat, leaning against one of the trees at the edge of it

"Hey" I smiled at him ducking my head to see his face as I sat next to him, "You know those rumours aren't true right?"

"Aren't they?" He sniffled, looking up at me. I gasped when I saw his face, his eyes were red and puffy, he had a fading scar across his left cheek and he sat up straight so I saw the claw marks on his tummy

"Embry what the hell happened?" I asked quickly, shuffling towards him but he recoiled from my touch and I held my hands back

"You should see Paul" He chuckled darkly to himself

"Emby, it's not true!" I told him again, sitting back on my heels

"I don't think- I don't think this is gonna work" He shook his head sadly, what?

"You're breaking up with me? Because of some shitty rumour? Well fuck you Embry Call." I yelled at him and hurriedly got up, I heard him yelling my name but I continued on my way to the Wayman's place. I know I hardly ever did it, but I knocked sharply three times on the door and tried to hold in the tears until someone came to the other side of it

"Oh hey Lexii, Emily's not in at the moment" Ellie frowned at me, shaking her head

"Is Sam in?" I whispered, I don't think I could've managed anything higher than that

"Yea, go on down sweetie. Do you need me to get you anything?" She asked worriedly and I shook my head quickly as I ran past her, down the stairs and straight to Sam's bedroom. He was sat at his desk on his laptop when I burst into the room, I couldn't hold it in anymore, I just burst into tears. He came rushing over to me, shutting his bedroom door and hugging me tightly

"Floss sweetie, what's wrong?" He whispered into my ear, hugging me and guiding me over to sit on his huge bean bag with him

"Em-Emby he-he doesn't b-b-believe-believe m-me" I sobbed, digging my face into the crook of his neck and sobbing uncontrollably

"Doesn't believe you about-" He cut himself off with a sharp intake of breath, yep. He'd figured it out. My boyfriend had believed some rumour that I'd slept with someone else in the back of my cousin's car and he'd broken up with me because of it. "Asshole." Sam muttered, hugging me tighter