NPOV

It confused me. I had smelt Lexii as soon as me and Emily had stepped foot into her house, but she wasn't usually here without Emily. It smelled fresh too, a trail of it going down to the basement where Sam and Emily lived. Emily led me downstairs and left me in her bedroom as she went off to take a shower and I could smell my sister even stronger down here. It sounded stupid, but I went to sniff her out. I followed my wolfy nose until I was stood outside of Sam's bedroom and I curiously peeped my head around the door. I glanced around the room to see Sam's laptop open on a word document, his chair halfway across the room facing the bed and as I followed my eyes over to the bed I saw Lexii wrapped up in the covers, crying in her sleep with Sam sat to the side of her stroking the side of her face to keep her calm

"What the hell happened?" I asked quietly as I went further into the room, I went and sat the other side of Lexii as she'd taken a place in the middle of the bed and I played with her hair lightly

"Did you hear about the rumours today in school?" Sam asked me quietly and I growled before nodding. What kind of fuck up would create those lies? "Well apparently Embry believed them, and Lexii is no longer his girlfriend" He stated even quieter than before, I think he was hoping that I wouldn't quite catch it but I did.

"What?" I growled; my whole body began to shake violently. How dare he break my sister's heart! I'll kill him. I'll fucking kill him!

"Nate, you need to stay with her. Apparently Embry's already had it out with Paul and him and Rachel have split too" He told me seriously

"What the fuck is wrong with him?" I growled lowly this time

"I don't know, but if I could I would kill him myself. However, I will be killed if I don't finish this essay ... could you stay with her?" He asked me

"Yea" I nodded quickly, "Of course I will"

"Thanks Nate" He smiled thankfully at me and jumped up from the bed and back over to his desk to finish his essay. Lexii's eyes shot open at the loss of contact from Sam and it looked like she was panicking

"Shhh it's okay Cand, I'm here ... shhh" I jumped under the covers and hugged my sister to calm her down, I then began to stroke the side of her face again to get her to fall back asleep and it worked. She was soon a dead weight in my arms but I still hugged her anyway

"Sam, do you know where Nate went?" Emily's soft voice sounded from the door

"Right here" I held up my hand and waved at her and she frowned at the sight but quickly came to join the two of us, hugging her best friend from the other side, it would have looked quite odd because I was giving my twin a brotherly hug and my girlfriend was spooning her from the other side. She didn't say anything, just nuzzled her face into Lexii's hair and quickly fell asleep there

"I'm going to kill him." I told Sam after a little while

"I'll help destroy the body" Sam stated seriously and I nodded once at him. How the fuck could he hurt my sister like this? Did he have no heart at all? Could he not see that she loved him with every fibre of her being?

I moved to kiss Emily's forehead and then Lexii's before settling myself down to sleep too, Sam shook his head and laughed at the three of us but went back to doing his essay

"Who the fuck do you think you are?" I yelled, crashing into Embry's room to see him curled into himself and clutching one of Lexii's shirts between his grasp, he had his nose buried into it and dried up tears were at the corners of his eyes. He looked just as heartbroken as my sister, his imprint. His ex-fucking-girlfriend.

"Lexii?" He gasped, shooting up in the bed and frantically searching the room

"Why the fuck would she be here after you dumped her?" I yelled at him

"I don't know Nate. But it hurts, I need her Nate. I need her" He looked like a broken man as he begged me, it had been two days and the two of them hadn't moved from the beds they collapsed into that first night. Embry's room looked a complete mess which was very unusual for him and Lexii had stayed in Sam's bed over the two nights, not moving at all. I was sent to go and get a few of Embry's shirts from her bedroom this morning and she was now wearing one, the other was being used as a pillow and a tissue at the same time. Quite like what Embry was using her shirt for right now

"Why did you dump her?" I asked, moving forward and softening my voice a little, I'd probably be in the same state if it was me and Emily

"I don't know. I didn't mean to Nate, I honestly didn't." He shook his head quickly again and fresh tears fell down his cheeks, I felt bad for him. "Her stuff, it makes me feel worse and I hate myself. I hate myself so god damned much."

"You've got more out of him than any of us have all weekend." Leah stated, coming into the room

"Do you know what happened?" I asked her

"No. He was bawling his eyes out when Collin found him in the clearing and it took three of us to get him over here. He keeps waking up every now and again and yelling for Lexii but no one can get hold of her" She explained, watching Embry with sad eyes as he curled into himself again and fell asleep to the smell of Lexii. Although she hated to admit it, she did really care for her pack brothers as much as she did for Seth – her real brother

"That's because she's in the exact same state at the Wayman's" I explained, glaring at the asshole that broke my sister's heart

"What happened?" She asked curiously

"He broke up with her." I growled and Leah looked completely shocked, baffled even

"Why?"

"Because the fucked up shit-bag believed the rumours that Lexii and Paul fucked in the back of Quil's truck" I growled in Embry's direction and she joined me in doing so

"So is that why Paul's been explosive for the past two days and Rachel refuses to talk to him?" She asked and I shrugged, but nodded anyway, "What the fuck is wrong with this kid?"

"That was what I said." I nodded and Embry shot up in the bed again, he looked around the room quickly before reaching over his bedside and spraying Lexii's shirt with her favourite perfume, he then hid himself in the shirt again and fell into a deep sleep

SPOV

The two of them shocked us Monday morning by being up and ready for school. The two of them were still in the separate houses, but Lexii had gone home early Monday morning – taking Embry's shirts with her – and being ready for the day ahead of her. She had arranged for me to go and pick her up to drive her to school and I was there exactly on time. In English she had asked to move away from Embry and sit next to me, our teacher happily obliged and Lexii was relatively happy for the remainder of the lesson. I don't know how she was in Math because I wasn't in her class, but she seemed pretty okay when she came out and I met her at lunch. Oh god lunch time. That was the worst. Lexii had heard some of the extra's that had been added onto the original rumour and when she heard that she was apparently pregnant with Paul's kid, she calmly got up from her spot in the cafeteria, dumped her untouched food in one of the bins and made her way to the girls bathroom. The same bathroom I found her in 10 minutes later crying her eyes out once again

"Lexii, come on ... open the door" I asked of her for the sixth time, and for the sixth time I didn't get an answer so I dropped to the floor and army crawled underneath the stall, "This is worse for you because now I'm about to give you a hug after crawling around in piss." I stated, trying to lighten the mood but she wasn't having it. I pulled her into my lap and hugged her as she continued to cry and cry and cry. We were sat in there until the last bell rang signalling the end of the day but we didn't move until sometime afterwards. She had asked me nicely to drive her home and stay with her for a little while because she didn't want to be on her own and I gladly did so until Nate came home

LPOV

"It's not true Nate, I promise you. It's not, I'm not pregnant and nothing happened. I didn't even see Paul last week" I jumped into my brother's arms as he walked into the house, sobbing into his shoulder and refusing to let go

"I know sweetie, shhh" He rubbed soothing circles into my back and hugged me tightly, he walked the two of us to the living room and sat us down on the sofa, "Shh, it's okay ... I believe you" I tried to take deep breaths and calm down, but then I realised that someone had walked in with him, I had no idea who it was but for some reason it got me worked up all over again and I continued the loud sobbing. I faintly heard Nate talking hurriedly with this person and someone then sat the other side of me and began to rub circles into my back. A little while later I had calmed down a hell of a lot and I was tapped on the shoulder and Emily's face popped up, handing me a glass of water, a hot water bottle and my tablets

"Thank you" My voice was hoarse from the crying and I took the pills and water from her gladly, I then took the hot water bottle from her grasp and cuddled into Sam's side. He was the other person that had arrived with Nate and Emily; he put a comforting arm around my shoulder and began playing with my hair lightly

About two hours later I woke up and Nate and Emily were no longer here, I practically threw Sam out and I took a long shower before dressing myself in a comfortable pair of Jeans, Purple Converse, one of Nate's old jumpers from before he phased and a raincoat over the top. After dressing myself I decided to make a move ... I was going to see Rachel

"I don't think I want to talk to you right now." Rachel peeped around the door frame; she looked just as bad as me. Her face was bright red and puffy, she looked overly tired with the huge bags under her eyes and looking at the sweats she was wearing made me smile the tiniest smile ever. Although she was majorly pissed at him and refused to even see him, she still wore her imprinter's clothes.

"To be fair, you have no option." I stated, pushing the front door further open and stepping inside of it. I needed to sort things out and this was first on my 'to do list'. "I'd appreciate it if you guys left the house whilst I talk to Rachel quickly please." I dragged Rachel with me to the living room to get rid of Jake, Quil and Jared

"Are you okay?" Quil asked me as he walked past

"I'm fine" I nodded once and waited for the three of them to leave before pulling Rachel along with me to the comfort of her own bedroom

"Lexii, seriously ..." She started out and I shook my head at her, gesturing with my head for her to sit on her bed. I sat on the edge of it and fiddled with my bracelets whilst I was figuring out what to say

"Okay, so – um ... you need to talk to Paul." I stated after a little while of us sitting in silence

"You don't tell me what to do" She told me, stubbornly crossing her arms over her chest and shaking her head once

"No, but your hardly living without him. You're a fucking wreck. And from what I've heard of Nate's conversations, so is Paul. Nothing happened between me and Paul. I've never even fucked anyone in the back of a car, I mean ... come on, I do have some class. Okay so he's tried it on with me when he first turned wolf, but that was almost a year and a half ago. He hasn't done anything of the sort since Embry phased; he certainly hasn't since the day he met you. And let me tell you now; he doesn't ever stop thinking about you and how much he loves you, ask any one of the wolves ... they're always taking the piss out of him for going soft as soon as you came into his life." Her face was getting softer and softer as I spoke and her body visibly relaxed, "You know I'd go nowhere near him, not even with a ten foot barge pole" I chuckled and a small smile crept up onto her face, "Don't you remember the conversation we had in my loft? I didn't want that from him, not now not ever" I shook my head

"I was stupid to believe the rumours wasn't I?" She questioned herself

"Very." I nodded

"When you find the person who started them, give 'em and extra thumping for me would you?"

"Gladly" I nodded with a smile

"How's Embry then? How did he take it?"

"I don't know, where not together anymore" I shrugged and shook my head, I then got up and was about to leave the room, but I was stopped by Rachel

"Why not?" She asked quickly, not moving from her bed

"Because he believed the rumours and he didn't want to be with me anymore" I shrugged again, "I'm gonna go get Paul for you, Kay?"

"Please" Her reply made no sense as she nodded wildly, I smiled lightly and made my way out of the house and into the woods. I know for a fact that one of the three guys, if not all, had phased and told the others that I was talking to Rachel. And I know that Paul has been sitting close to her house for the past few days, so it was easy to find him here

"Paul?" I yelled his name and after a few second, his form trotted into the group of trees I had stopped in. He looked hesitant, scared, angry, determined and completely broken all at the same time ... if that was ever possible for a wolf, or even a human. "I'm sorry about all this shit Paul" I apologised and scratched the fur between his ears, "Rachel wants to see you." I stated and his eyes widened to look freaking huge! I could see questioning, excitement and longing within them and he cocked his head to the side, "Seriously. Go before she changes her mind!" I joked and laughed as he bolted towards the house, I turned and left the woods and made my way back home. However I came across a wall. A very human like wall. One that shaped the form of Samuel Uley, Nathan Ateara, Quil Ateara and Jacob Black. The four of them were stood with their arms crossed, their eyebrows pulled together in slight confusion and scowls on their faces. I had to giggle at the fact that the four of them looked exactly the same. If I didn't already know they weren't, I would have thought that they were quadruplets or something. Another expression was added to their faces; worry. I sighed overly and gestured for them to come out with it

"Are you okay?" Nate asked

"I'm absolutely fine thanks" I nodded once

"Are you sure?" Quil questioned and I nodded once more

"What did you say to Rachel?" Jake asked

"That she should talk to Paul." I shrugged

"How come she listened when you said it and not us?" Sam asked

"Because you're a dude. Plus you share a mind with Paul, she's hardly gonna 'open up' to you lot." I shook my head at him

"Did she open up to you?" Jake asked at the same time that Sam said; "She wouldn't listen to any of the girls"

"She didn't open up to me, but if you remember rightly; it was me that made Rachel be nice and give into the imprint in the first place. I think she's gonna trust me a little more than you lot or the other imprints"

"Why did you do it?" Nate asked

"Because what's the point of having Rachel and Paul suffering because Embry's being an asshole? I haven't had sex with anyone in the back of a truck, and certainly not with Paul Walker. Like I said to Rachel, there's only ever been one time he's tried it on with me and that was over a year and a half ago. I told him to fuck off and kicked him in the bollocks." I explained

"He's not being an asshole" Jake defended one of his best friends and both Nate and I grumbled in disagreement

"You should talk to him." Sam stated

"I'll talk to him when you can give me a good enough reason as to why I should be with someone who can't trust me." I stated, just as firmly as he spoke to me

"Because it's obvious that the two of you love each other" Jake stated

"Love can't work if trust isn't involved" I told them, and tried to get past them. However the stupid human wall moved so I couldn't.

"He does trust you" Quil nodded

"Why did he believe Natalie Miles over me then?" I glared at him. He was my cousin, my best friend and practically my brother and now he was defending Embry instead of me.

"He didn't" Jake shook his head

"He told me that he believed the rumours." I stated obviously, "He then broke up with me. He then became an asshole that I no longer want to talk about right now. So could you please move? Because I have somewhere to be."

"Lexii you know that you want to be with him really" Nate smirked

"You wanna know the truth Nate? I honestly don't. I don't even want to associate myself with him right now." I stated harshly. I think that was a little too harsh. Ehh can't take it back now.

"You know that isn't true" Sam shook his head at me

"At the moment, yes it is." I nodded once, "And as I said before; I have somewhere to be" I stated, gesturing with my hands for them to move the fuck out of the way

"Lexii, come on … just talk to him?" Jake questioned, he was practically pleading

"I'm young, free and single. Why would I want to get wrapped up in a guy that doesn't trust me and dumps me at the first chance he can get?" I exclaimed at him and the four of them took deep breaths and focused on something behind me. I turned my head to see Embry stood there looking all sorry for himself. "I have nothing to say to him and I no longer have anything to say to you. Now move the fuck out of my way." I glared at the 4 baboons stood in front of me. "Would you rather I went and fed myself to a bloodthirsty new born vampire?" I warned when they didn't move, this got the four of them growling as they moved out of my way, "Wasn't so hard was it?" I questioned sarcastically and walked straight back to my house.

When I got home Dad was in the living room and Mom was in her bedroom, I easily found an old cardboard box that Dad insists on keeping because they may come in handy one day … which actually it did today. And I got myself a black bin bag. I strolled around the downstairs of my house and anything I found of Embry's went inside of the box, I then went upstairs and cleared the bathroom of his stuff and found myself crying silently as I emptied my room of things that belonged to him. I kept one of his shirts but put the rest of his clothes into the black bag and dumped them at the bottom of the stairs, I tried to make myself presentable before going to find Dad and borrow his car keys. He quickly handed them over and I drove down to Embry's house, thankfully he wasn't in … neither was his Mom, so I used the key that he gave me to let myself into the house. I hadn't thought about needing another cardboard box so I emptied the contents of the one I had with me onto his bed and filled it back up with my belongings, I had to go and retrieve two bin bags for my clothes and when I was done I shakily put the box and bags into the boot of Dad's car. I was still crying as I locked the house back up and posted the key through the letter box before driving home and curling into a ball and crying myself to sleep under my covers