New wolves were phasing. All because of Bella's baby. I'd seen it in a vision; the Cullens were rounding up all the possible vampires to help them because the Volturi had been warned of an infant Vampire. It was running both the packs ragged, they'd merged again when they had found out about all of the new wolves. I knew they were keeping the new vampires a secret from me because technically I wasn't pack anymore; I wasn't with Embry so that meant I wasn't kept in the loop anymore. I'd figured it out though, I should still be part of the pack, I was still a huge part of it because of my whole seer thing, I was born to keep a look out for the La Push wolves and I'd been shoved out the day Embry had given up on me. They still spoke to me if I was in the house when they were over; they weren't that much of assholes. But it was only small conversations I had with them; it was obvious they were keeping things from me.

"You look pretty today, what's the occasion?" Emily asked me at the same time as Nate practically yelled at me, "What the fuck are you wearing?" I had a dark coloured tartan skirt on that came to mid-thigh, I was wearing flesh coloured tights underneath it and black Doc Martens on my feet, I had a long sleeved white scoop neck shirt over my top half with a woollen tank top over the top. I then had a short jacket on over the top of that to keep myself as warm as I could be in this outfit, my cast no longer being part of my outfit. I'd had it taken off on Thursday! I was undoubtedly happy about that fact. As was coach. Sam had given me a lift to school this morning after a weekend of parties. I'm surprised I wasn't hanging off the walls!

"Thanks for the complement bro" I smiled sarcastically at him with a nod

"What are you trying to achieve dressed like that?" He threw his arms about

"I'm not." I stated

"Leave her alone. She looks pretty" Emily slapped Nate's arm before coming over to me and poofing my hair for me

"Are you trying to catch your death?" Quil yelled at me as he jumped out of his truck, along with Embry and Jake. Embry's eyes widened quickly and he looked like he caught himself so he didn't come over to me and hug me to keep me warm

"I'll see you later" Sam chuckled at me, I waved at him quickly before turning back to the guys

"Nope. I lost a bet." I grumbled, pulling on the edges of my coat to wrap it around me

"What was the bet?" Emily asked, she was still stood in front of me

"Cards. I downright refused to play strip poker so my forfeit was to dress girly for a week." I told her, smirking as I heard a few wolf whistles coming my way with 'Looking good Lex!' or something similar following each one. I recognised each voice as the guys from the party on Saturday night. I faintly heard Embry growling lowly at each one

"Surely sitting with them and watching them play strip poker is just as bad as playing?" Nate questioned

"None of them played it in the end" I shook my head once

"Looking a little cold there Floss" Jay laughed as he walked past

"Shut the fuck up ho. This is your fault." I turned to glare at him

"Remind me to take a picture later so we can prove to the Forks lot that you've done it" He called behind him as he walked into the buildings

"I hate my friends." I grumbled as Emily dragged me with her along to our first lesson

EPOV

She was doing it on purpose. She was proving that she didn't need me and she could get any guy she wanted. She couldn't. I didn't want her to. I wanted her to be mine again. Mine and only mine. It was Friday and I'd seen her every morning before school this week, each day she'd worn something girly as her bet stated. However she had me going mental. I was literally dying! She was so fucking gorgeous and I couldn't even touch her. I hated it. I probably wouldn't have minded if she was still my girlfriend and I could at least hug her and keep her warm in the small amount of clothing she wore, but no. I was a fuck up and dumped her. What the fuck is wrong with me?

At this moment in time I was unashamedly gawping at her from across the lunch hall, she looked equally as gorgeous today. The kind that wanted both me and my wolf to take her home and keep her there forever, never letting her leave my bed. She at least looked warm today; she wore a pair of cream thick woollen tights that stretched over her stunningly long legs and a pair of denim short shorts over the top of them. She had on a thick grey scoop neck jumper that allowed me to stare directly at her breasts if and when I wanted to. She had her hair in ringlets, framing her beautiful face with a beanie hat hanging off the back of her head. I'd been staring longingly all day at her, enough to notice every stroke of makeup that made her face even more beautiful than normal ... she didn't necessarily need it and I hated it when she did wear it, but I also hated the fact that she might be trying to impress someone other than me. She had quickly stood up and I remembered the boot style heels that she had on, both enhancing her height and her elegant figure. Oh how I wished I could hold that figure in my arms and never let go! She wrapped herself up in her coat and picked up her stuff to leave the hall

"Why don't you stop gawping and go talk to her?" Jake threw a chip at me and the pack laughed when I jumped and quickly sat up straight

"Because she won't talk to me. She doesn't want to." I grumbled, keeping my eyes on her form as she left the hall

"How do you know if you don't go and talk to her?" Nate asked

"Because you told me she doesn't wanna talk" I glared at him

"No, I said you should leave her alone for a little while" He replied

"So has it been a little while yet?" I asked, smiling at the possibility of being able to talk to her again

"I think it's been a little longer than a while" Quil laughed

"You're gonna need to get her back before she finds someone else." Emily stated and I panicked at the thought, ignoring the laughs from the guys as I practically legged it after my imprint. It took me seconds to find her, her scent trailed all the way up to her locker and then to the girl's toilets, I quickly smelt the air around the door to check that no one else was in there before I made my way in. Lexii's stuff was sat in the corner of the room and she was in one of the cubicles so I went and sat in another whilst I waited for her to come out. She was a few minutes but eventually she flushed the chain and made her way out of the cubical to wash her hands. I heard her messing around in her bag and took the opportunity to step out of the cubical

"What the hell are you doing in here Embry? This is the girl's bathroom!" She yelled, although not looking too bothered that I was in here

"I don't care. I just want you to talk to me" I stated, standing beside her and looking at her in the mirror in front of us. We didn't even have mirrors in the boy's bathroom; it was so much nicer in here!

"About what?" She tried to play the innocent as she applied more mascara to her eyelashes

"You don't need that shit, you're beautiful without it." I stated, taking the tube off of her and spinning to get her to look at me

"Can you hurry up and tell me what you needed to please?" She asked, feigning annoyance

"I love you" I stated, staring intently at her eyes and smiling at the way they seemed to weaken under my loving stare

"Isn't that lovely?" She huffed, rolling her eyes at me

"I know you love me too, Lexii" I told her, grabbing her chin as she tried to turn away from me. I loosened it quickly, knowing that I could be hurting her, but I still had it in my grip, "Lexii kiss me." I ordered her

Her heart began to beat erratically and I smirked as she twitched towards me, "No" She finally decided, shaking her head as best she could with her chin still in my grip

"I know you want to. Do it. Kiss me. Kiss me Lexii" I tried to use the old smile and smouldering look that got her to do anything for me and she twitched closer to me again

"I can't" She closed her eyes tightly and shook her head again

"Yes you can. I'll even meet you halfway" I whispered, moving inches away from her face and purposely letting my breath spread across her face

"Embry ..." She gasped and literally weakened at the knees, I knew this because I had to drop her makeup into the sink and grab her elbow to hold her up

"Come on baby, I'm sorry okay, tell me you forgive me. Pleasure the both of us by kissing me" I tried the seductive way as I slowly backed her up against the wall of the bathroom, no one had come in yet, they couldn't have done anyway because I'd blocked the door off and I was glad I had because otherwise I doubt I would have gotten this far with my girl. She mumbled my name again and I smelt her seeping into her panties, "I love you" I told her again

"Embry" She mumbled again, this time actually leaning forward but that was the point in which someone had decided to thump against the bathroom door, it had made Lexii jump so she snapped her eyes open and pushed me away from her. She was talking deep breaths as she shook her head at me, pointing towards the door

"I know you want me" I stated, stepping forward and pressing her against the wall again, our lips were centimetres away and she shook her head at me, making our lips brush against each other, "Kiss me" I said again, touching our lips together, I needed for her to instigate the kiss to make it something that she wanted as well as me

"I-" She was cut off by the thumping against the door again, "You need to get out of here." She stated, pushing me out of the way and gathering her stuff up quickly and heading to the door. I smirked at her flushed demeanour and waited as she moved the mop from the door to scurry out of it, I followed seconds later and laughed at the line of girls waiting outside the bathroom

"I'll get her back soon" I told the pack as they looked at me with a mixture of smirks, smiles and shocks

"What was that?" I heard Sam Wayman ask

"What was what?" Lexii asked, she still sounded flushed and I turned to see her exchanging stuff from her locker to her bag with a slightly rushed speed

"The little get together in the girl's toilet" Sam stated, smirking over at me and I returned it

"Nothing. I'll tell you later." Lexii hurriedly shut her locker and dragged Sam out the front of the school with her

"What did you do to her?" Collin exclaimed with a laugh

"He was getting his girl back" Emily winked at me and jumped to ruffle my hair before meeting Nate at her locker

"Hey Sam" I smiled at him, going up to his till and dumping my Mom's groceries on it

"What was that about at the end of lunch earlier?" He asked me as he began to scan my items; he was the only one on tills because the shop was shutting in a few minutes

"Has she said anything to you about it?" I asked quickly, he shook his head as a no; "I'm just trying to get her back" I shrugged

"What happened? Because when I ask her she gets all flustered and goes red" He stated, scanning the last item and I bagged them as he sorted out my money

"I told her I loved her, said that I knew she loved me and I asked her to kiss me" I explained

"And did she?" He asked excitedly

"She was about to, she actually touched her lips to mine, but some ass made her jump by banging on the door and she pushed me away" I grumbled, taking my change

"Don't give up Em, she wants you" He told me, "She wants you to prove that you trust her and that you need her as much as she needs you"

"I'll never give up Sam, not till she's mine again" I shook my head and happily walked away with my new information

LPOV

"My name is Greggy, nice to meet you, can I tell you baby," The store had just closed but we were still putting out stock and cleaning up so someone had turned the radio up, I was working in Wal*Mart now too as a second job, Sam had got it here for me last week because I had found out my Mom spent half my college fund, hoping I wouldn't have found out. She got that wrong! Greg had now taken the opportunity to begin singing along with the radio to me and I laughed at him as he did so, "Look around there's a whole lot of pretty ladies, but none like you, you shine so bright, yeah." He did little actions as he sung, "I was wondering if you and me could spend a minute, on the floor up and close getting lost in it, I won't give up without a fight." He pulled me close and danced with me, he held onto my hips and grinned at me as he did so, "I just wanna, ooh, oh baby, I just want you to dance with me tonight, so come on, ooh, oh baby, I just want you to dance with me tonight.
We're getting sweaty, hot and heavy in the crowd now, Loosen up and let your hands go down, down, go with it girl, yeah just close your eyes, yeah.
" He grabbed my hands and ran them down his chest before stopping at the waistband of his trousers and winked at me, "I feel the music moving through your body, looking at you I can tell you want me, don't stop keep going till the morning light, yeah." He danced 'seductively' with me and I laughed my ass off the whole way through, "When I saw you there, sitting all alone in the dark acting like you didn't have a care, I knew right then, you'd be mine, and we'd be dancing the whole damn night right," He started up with his little actions again before doing a fast paced ballroom down the aisles with me; "Ooh, oh baby, I just want you to dance with me tonight, so come on, ooh, oh baby, I just want you to dance with me tonight. Break it down now, shake it like that, now bring it all back, to dance with me tonight, one more time, one more time, come on now." Once again with the 'seductive' dancing, "Do your thing, everybody sing, I just want you to dance with me tonight, yeah

I just wanna, ooh, oh baby, I just want you to dance with me tonight
Ooh, just close your eyes, we can dance all through the night, I just want you to dance with me tonight, And everybody sing, girl just close your eyes
We can dance all through the night, I just want you to dance with me tonight
So come on, just close your eyes, We can dance all through the night
I just want you to dance with me tonight
" He ended it by spinning me around a few times and leaning forward as he bent me backwards, he winked at me before placing a light kiss to my cheek and I felt myself go beetroot red as all the staff applauded the two of us on his dancing skills

"You really are an animal!" Our boss; Jack laughed at Greg and Greg took the time to thank our little audience and take a bow. Sam looked at me with a smile and I shrugged at him discreetly

"Embry's got some competition huh?" Sam asked me quietly with a wink when everyone had dispersed, including Greg

"He told you about earlier when he was just in didn't he?" I asked, picking up another box to empty

"Yep. He wants you back Lex" He told me, getting another box and setting himself beside me to empty it onto the shelves

"We've already had this conversation Sam; I can't be with someone who can't trust me" I told him with a huff

"I know, but you're not yourself without him Lex" He gave me a sad smile and I shook my head at him, signalling the end of that conversation

Me and Quil had just popped out of work to grab some lunch for everyone from the Clearwater diner and most of the pack were here, someone came up behind me and loosely wrapped their arms around my neck, I recognised the aftershave as Sam so I held his forearms making sure he didn't choke me

"Have you told the pack about last night?" He asked me quietly, whispering into my ear

"What with ...?" I trailed off and I felt him nod, "No" I shook my head laughing

"What happened last night?" Seth asked from behind the counter, Embry was leaning against the window box from the kitchen with Leah and the two of them held curious expressions, as did the rest of the pack and the imprints from behind and around the counter

"A guy from work serenaded her with Olly Murs' Dance with me tonight" Sam explained with a laugh

"It was quite comical" I added, nodding, "Is he in today?"

"Yea, out in the warehouse" Sam replied, with a nod

"Who was it?" Nate asked seriously, obviously he would know who it was because he worked there too ... just different hours to me

"Gregory" Sam answered, unwrapping his arms from around my neck and sitting on the last empty stool

"He's like 26" Nate stated, he sounded pretty disgusted

"20" I corrected at the same time Sam stated; "Sugar Daddy" with a wink

"Ew." I shoved Sam's head and he laughed at me as he picked up a menu

"Can you finish making my dinner now? Steph's gonna have my guts if I don't get her food to her!" I exclaimed and the pack laughed at me

"You're her favourite worker, that's not going to happen" Quil stated

"You're just jelly cause she made me a weekend supervisor and not you" I poked my tongue out at him and pulled the birdie out, she'd done it because Embry told her I was quitting Steph's Studio to work in Wal*Mart, something that was completely and utterly untrue

"Fuck you bitch." He glared at me

"My point has been proven." I stated nodding once

"Shut the fuck up. Hoe." Sam poked his tongue out at me, "Are you going to Freddie's tonight?"

"Of course I am, I made him change it to this week cause I can't go next week" I told him with a nod

"What's this?" Emily asked, leaning forward over the counter to look at me

"Freddie is having a party tonight, you coming?" I asked her with a grin

"Who the hell is Freddie?" She pulled a face at me

"A guy from my Phil of RE class in Forks, he has the hots for Sammy" I laughed as I ruffled Sam's hair up and he slapped my arm

"Oh right, I can't go anyways" She shook her head

"Why not?" Both Sam and I frowned

"Nate's taking me to Port Angeles" She grinned, pulled a cute face at my brother and let him kiss her

"Bitch, you stealing my friends." I glared at the back of his head

"Yep" Nate stated proudly and I pulled a disgusted face at him

"Oi gorgeous" A male voice shouted from the doorway, I recognised the voice and laughed as I spun around on the chair, "Hey" I smiled looking at a friend of mines older brother

"How'd you know I was talking to you?" He laughed

"Cause I'm fookin' drop dead gorgeous." I grinned

"Do you fancy dropping round to mine once you've finished work?" He questioned

"Umm yea okay" I nodded, shrugging, "Sad or angry?" I knew exactly what he wanted

"I don't know, I can't get anything from her" He frowned

"I'll come prepared for both" I nodded

"Thank you! I owe you a million times over!" He called as he left

"Who the fuck was that?" Quil questioned, pointing in the direction of Mattie

"Mattie, he's Ruth's brother" I shrugged, chewing on the insides of my gum because I was kinda bored

"Why does he call you 'Gorgeous' and not 'Lexii'?" Leah asked

"He doesn't know my name" I shook my head

"Why don't you tell him it then?" Jake questioned

"I have, but Ruth introduced me to him as gorgeous and he can't remember any other name. He's kinda retarded" I shrugged

"Clearly" I faintly heard Embry mutter as Leah passed Seth the two paper bags of food for my work colleagues

"$43.82 please" Seth asked, punching in the correct numbers into the till

"Quil, pay the man" I pointed to Seth retardedly and spoke retardedly too, he along with everyone else laughed at me again. Although Quil did actually pay him, I stayed sat in my seat for a bit because I didn't wanna move

"What happened to Steph having your guts?" Collin laughed, raising an eyebrow

"Ehh, I'm too comfy" I wriggled in my seat, "Hang on!" I exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at him, "Nope. That's not yet, don't worry" I shook my head quickly

"What?" The wolves all asked at once

"What, what?" I asked speaking quickly and laughing at myself, laughing a little harder when Sam started chuckling to himself

"What, what in the butt?" He turned to pull a funny face at me

"Umm Freddie much?" I laughed and he glared at me, slapping the back of my head

"Not even funny." He huffed looking back at his menu

"Shouldn't hit a woman" Rachel tutted at him with a smile

"It's fine, she's a man" He shrugged

"Em he's bullying me!" I whined like a little child

"Sam quit it." She yelled at her twin and I poked my tongue out at him

"Should we leave now?" Quil asked, eyeing up the food in the bags and I nodded

"You, Greg, Jessie, David, Alice" I told Sam, pointing to the food that they would want and departing from the store with Quil

"Thanks!" He yelled in my direction

"I'll pick you up at half six" I yelled back into the store

"You're such a retard. You know that?" Quil laughed at me, hurrying me along and taking one of the bags from me

"Aww come on Quil, you know you love it" I winked overly and picked up the pace because he was practically running

"Why don't you forgive Em?" He asked me as we got back to the shop, yes we were that quick!

"Can you get off of my case please?" I glared at him and went through the beading to get to the back

"Well when it's a little insensitive to have 20 year olds serenading you in the middle of work, hours after your imprint has told you he loves you, that he's sorry and he wants you back ..." He told me

"I didn't ask to be serenaded Quil, plus, it was a joke." I stated, "Just leave it. I'm considering my options at the moment, alright? Just leave me be." I grumbled at him as the rest of the staff walked into the staffroom for their lunch and quickly disappearing again once they had it

"When are you and my Em gonna kiss and make up then, huh Al?" Steph asked, coming into the staffroom and taking her food from the pile

"You've put her up to this haven't you?" I glared at Quil

"I have not!" He held his hand up in surrender and stuffed his face full of food

"What's this?" Steph asked, sitting opposite us

"Nothing" I shook my head and began eating my dinner

"S'not nothing at all" Quil stated around his food

"Quil, shut up!" I yelled at him

"Come on, answer my question Al" Steph prompted

"I don't know." I told her honestly, "I wouldn't hold your breath though"

"Aww come on! What's he ever done to you?" She asked, "Wait. Don't answer that. That was a stupid question." She told herself

"Yes." I agreed with her

"Promise me you'll talk to him though" She asked of me, "You make my little boy smile"

"Fine! I'll talk to him!" I exclaimed, annoyed.

"You better be in a good mood when you do talk to him. Otherwise nothing will get resolved." She warned me and I nodded reluctantly and went back to eating my lunch

"Don't you dare tell him about that conversation with Steph earlier." I warned Quil as we left the staffroom and went back downstairs and out to the shop to get back to work

"My lips are sealed" He smirked at me

"I meant in wolf form." I told him both quickly and quietly, "I'll beat you up if you do."

"How are you gonna find out?" He laughed

"Oh I'll find out alright." I nodded once at him