So. Yeah. Hi. I'm back. College is awesome. I've been busy and all, but I made time to write this for you all. I'd like to thank raeannaand who made an awesome banner for me. Check it out at: http:/quizilla (dot) teennick (dot) com/stories/17360638/banner-for-broadway188

Thank you all so much for your reviews!

"So." Carlie said while doing homework, a few days after our first fight, in our living room while I watched TV. "I think I've decided where I'm going to go for college."

I gave her my full attention, "And?"

"Stanford." She said with a smile.

I pulled her into a hug. "I think that's perfect." It had been three days since our blowout and things were good. She still didn't tell me anything about that phone call which kind of annoyed me, but I figured she'd tell me eventually.

She smiled. "Did you book our tickets?"

She was excited to meet my family. "Yep. Leaving from Chicago at 4:30pm, arriving in Seattle at 9pm."

Carlie went back to doing her ridiculously long calculus problem and I went back to watching TV.

Living with Carlie was easy. Sometimes silence was uncomfortable, but not with my Carlie. We were at perfect ease just sitting there in silence. In fact, I wondered why she didn't just move all of her stuff here, she still had most of her clothes in her condo, as well as 'other personal' things, she said.

I hadn't breached the subject of her officially moving in, one, I didn't want to push her into anything, two, I was scared that someone might finally realize our relationship, and three, she already pretty much lived here.

I pondered asking her to move in or not until she closed her calculus book and snuggled into me. "What are you watching?"

I smirked. "I be honest, I don't even know. I was busy thinking."

She laughed lightly. "About what?"

"How stupid it is for you to still be spending money on a condo that you never use."

Her smile disappeared. "Jake, you know I cant-"

"Why? Carlie, its been months. No one here is smart enough to figure to out."

"Jake, be sensible! It would be a huge red flag if anyone knew I moved all of my stuff out of my house. Its dangerous enough as it is to be parking my red Jag out side!"

"Its only six weeks until you graduate. Then we're going to La Push, then no one can stop us from being together. You don't have to get a huge moving van and put all your shit in it at once, just bring over a little more every night."

She sighed, "My neighbors have been asking me why I'm never around. Mrs. Wilhelm is Mr. Torres's sister-in-law."

I frowned. "What did you say?"

"I said I had study groups and a booming social life. But I don't know if we can keep everyone in the dark for six weeks."

I pulled her in for a kiss and sighed. "Sorry, you're right. I'm just nervous that you won't want to live with me when we go off to Stanford."

She laughed and straddled my lap. "I think I'll love living with you all by ourselves."

I pulled her down for a kiss just as Seth and Embry walked in. "Ugh. Gross. Get a room."

I rolled my eyes and pulled Carlie up with me. "I think I'm going to love living with you and only you, too. Then I don't have to walk around with any clothes on."

"You don't wear much as it is." She commented, eyeing my shirtless body as we walked to our room.

We both got ready for bed and then snuggled up together. "Demetri has apparently been trying to find me." She said after a few minutes of silence.

WHAT!

If I ever caught that fucker even looking at her…

"I'll protect you." I whispered.

"He's…he's not someone you want to mess with." She replied.

I held her closer. "I don't care how dangerous he is. If he comes after you, I'll kick his ass." Or kill him. The world wouldn't miss a gang member…

She shook her head. "Hopefully he'll never come." I caught the way her voice shook with fear every time she talked about him.

I fell asleep listening to her rhythmic breathing…

"Jake! Jake! Get up! Its an emergency!" Seth hissed in my ear, waking me up.

I immediately went into wolf mode. "What? What's wrong?" It was fucking 1am!

"Vamp." He said simply, dashing out of my room.

I concentrated in listening to the outside, and I did indeed hear two wolves howling. In pain. I sprang out of bed, to focused on helping Embry and Leah to take note of a still sleeping Carlie. She almost got knocked off the bed.

I paused for a second. I would have to leave her. In the middle of the night. Would she be safe here? If there were vampires as opposed to a vampire, would they follow our scent back here and get her to take revenge.

But the pack is depending on me to lead and protect the town, and Carlie is in the town…

I scribbled her a note saying I had something to take care of and that I would hopefully be back soon, then dashed out the door and phased as soon as I got in the forest.

There you are! Leah snapped.

I saw through my pack member's eyes that there were 5 leeches. They outnumbered us. Shit.

We can take 'em. Embry insisted as he tore at a female leech, and simultaneously dodging a big male one.

I pushed myself to go faster. The three of them were fighting five leeches by themselves.

Four. Seth corrected me as he ripped a male's head off and threw it in the fire they started.

I dashed into the clearing they were in and heard snarling, jaws snapping, and marble crumbling. I threw my self into the fight with my pack.

While we were in a fight, our thoughts are usually focused on what we were doing individually, although we could check in on each other. So when I was focused on tearing bits off the female I was fighting. I barely saw the burly male Embry was fighting grab hold of his leg and squeeze before Leah jumped in and took his head off.

Fuck! Embry howled.

Em, you ok? I asked, continuing to fight off the last leech standing.

Fuck! Its fucking hurts! Goddamn it! Was all I got in response.

Leah phased back and threw her clothes on before going over to Embry's bloody wolf form. "You have to phase back, Em." She coached.

No! he howled. It fucking hurts!

Seth and I made short work of the last remaining leech and threw all the remains in the fire before phasing back.

"Em, come on. We can treat you better in human form." I urged. Shit. Now what? No one has ever gotten seriously hurt. Well, except for me. And even then we had Dr. Fang to treat me. We obviously cant take him to a normal doctor. Who knows what kind of freaky shit is in our blood?

"We gotta get him to phase back." I said.

Leah and Seth both nodded.

Then we heard a small whine from Embry as he shimmered a little bit and slowly retained him human form. He was bloody, and it looked like his foot was bent at a weird angle. "Ahh, fuck!"

All three of us rushed forward. "Are you ok? Will it be permanent?" Leah asked.

Embry drew in a shaky breath. "Naw, naw. I think I'll be fine. It just hurts like hell, but I think its starting to heal correctly. I'll be fine by tomorrow."

Seth and I helped him up.

"Fucker got me good." Embry growled as he started to limp home.

It took us a long time to make it back because about half way through, Embry couldn't limp anymore. Seth and I had to carry him, and to make matters worse, he was naked. The vamp tore his shorts. I prayed that none of our neighbors would be up at 2am.

Embry was done cursing when we got back, and he seemed much better, not completely healed, but not in extreme pain. I heard him ask Leah where our store of vicodin was as I made my way back to bed.

I expected her to still be asleep, I was only gone for about an hour. But she obviously wasn't, the bed was empty. I tensed up as a thousand horrible situations went through my head. I smelled tears and fear.

Did we miss one! Did a vampire get her! Is she ok?

I relaxed a little bit when I realized I could hear her heart beat, as well as the shower. But I also heard sniffling and quiet sobs.

She obviously wasn't ok…

I made my way over to the cracked door. She didn't even turn the lights on.

I slowly pushed the door open and walked in. She was sitting in the shower with her knees pulled up and her arms wrapped around her body, still in one of my tee shirts. My mind went to the image of Bella the first time she came around after the leech left her, before I went wolf. But this time, with Carlie, my heart broke a thousand times more.

Carlie didn't even look up when I opened the shower door and sat down next to her, wrapping my arms around her and holding her tight. She didn't say anything, she just instinctively leaned into me as I tried to calm her down.

I don't know who the fuck this Demetri guy is, but I was pretty positive her mood had something to do with him. I hoped anyway. It could be because I had to leave with out telling her.

"Carlie?" I brushed the hair out of her face.

"M-my n-nightmares." She said through quiet sobs.

"Nightmares?" I knew she mentioned that she had them once, but only that first night…

"Th-they went away f-for awhile." She sniffled. "But I had one tonight and y-you were gone. I was sacred."

Damn it. It was my fault for her tears. "Oh, baby. I'm sorry. Embry needed help."

"Its not your fault. I guess him calling made them reappear." She seemed a little calmer now, no sobs.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there. I didn't know they were so bad. I only saw…that first night." I said gently, reaching over and turning off the shower. I hope she didn't have them every night. I would feel terrible for just sleeping through that.

"I thought they had…disappeared. That night was the last one I had."

I sighed out of relief. "Oh. Good. I thought I slept through them."

"No." she said quietly. "I think you make them go away."

I tilted her chin up so I could place a small kiss on her lips. "Come on. Its late."

After I gave her a different shirt, and I put some clean boxers on, we crawled into bed.

"Damn it! I need morphine!" Embry yelled form his room.

Carlie immediately sat up. "What happened?"

I jumped up and went to the door to get him some. "He, uh, just had a little accident."

She looked concerned. "Is ok? If he needs morphine shouldn't he go to the hospital?"

"Uh, no. He just hurt his foot pretty bad and because of our high temperature, we burn off pain meds pretty fast, and the vicodin he took probably wore off. I'll be right back."

I ran to the kitchen and got him some. And when I went in his room, I could see he needed it. I think his foot set right, it was just all swollen, and he had some bruises and cuts everywhere. "Like I said, fucker did a number on me." He spat, taking the morphine.

"Alright. Call if you need more. You think you'll be ok tomorrow?" I asked at the door.

He nodded. "Yeah. Maybe not up to phasing, but I'll be fine to go to work."

Carlie was asleep when I made my way back. Tossing and turning in our bed, looking like she was getting no rest at all. I crawled in beside her and pulled her closer.

She kept me awake for most of the night. Tossing, turning, whimpering, and jerking around like she was fucking running from something. She even let a scram loose once or twice.

I finally woke her up at 5, about an hour before her alarm went off. "Hey baby?" I said, gently nudging her. It was a rainy day. Perfect for the mood I was in. Her, too, actually.

She jerked awake with a gasp.

"Uh, its kinda early, but you seemed like you were having a rough night, so I…"

"I'm sorry! You should have woken me up earlier if I was annoying you." She seemed like she was on the verge of tears again.

"No, baby, you weren't annoying me, I was just a little worried."

"Did I keep you up?"

"I got enough sleep. Do you want me to make you breakfast?" I asked, kissing her cheek.

"N-no. I'm not hungry." She answered.

I didn't like the way her eye were darting around like she was scared. Why didn't she feel safe? I'm her protector and I would never let anything get her. I pulled her into a hug. "Carlie, are you ok? Do you- I don't know. Do you need to talk about it?"

She shook her head quickly. "N-no. I don't- I just need…" she took several deep breaths. I remembered Rebecca doing that when she was on the verge of a panic attack. It kinda scared me that Carlie was on the verge of having a panic attack.

Actually, I kinda flipped out. I quickly sat her up, "Put your head between your knees." I said before rushing into the bathroom for a cup of water.

When I rushed back in she was just sitting on the bed with tears in her eyes, just looking blankly into space. I carefully sat down next to her, she didn't even look at me. "I'm scared, Jake." She whispered after a few of the longest seconds in the world.

I gently turned her face so she was looking at me, "Why, baby? Tell me why and I'll help you. I'll protect you, you know that."

And finally, thank god, she focused her eyes on me and smiled sadly, "I know, Jake. I know you'll try." Try? "But have you ever thought there are just some things you cant save me from?"

What. The. Fuck? I can literally protect her from any physical obstacles that come in her way. But… I can't protect her from mental obstacles. Her emotions. Her heart. Herself. That I can't do. But I'd die trying.

"What's going on, Carlie?" I asked. I needed to know. If I was going to help her, protect her, then I needed to know.

She shook her head and gave me a small kiss on the lips, "Never mind. We're going to be late." She got up and walked towards the bathroom.

But I wasn't going to just drop it there. No fucking way! I caught her my the waist and spun her around, "Carlie, tell me. Whatever it is-"

"Its my problem." She said evenly, "I don't want you wrapped up in it."

"I love you, Carlie." I growled at her. "I- I love you and what ever is your problem, is my problem. I will help you. I don't care if I die trying. But baby, I wont be able to sleep unless I do every thing I can to help you."

She sighed, "It's a dream, Jake. You cant save me from what's not real."

Its gonna suck if she turns out to be crazy. I'll still love her but…

Not real? What does that mean?

She breezed into the bathroom for a quick shower.

Not real. Why was she so scared of her dreams. She obviously must think its some sort of…premonition or something. But what could he dreams be about? She said he ex calling made them reappear. What the fuck does he have to do with an unreal fear?

We went about or normal morning routine. Oh, wait, except for the fact she was totally unresponsive and kept checking her phone for something. She didn't even look up when Embry came limping into the kitchen and cracked a joke about our sex life. She didn't even crack a smile when Leah tripped Seth while he was holding a mixing bowl full of Fruity Pebbles. And when she kissed me good bye, I felt like she was just staring right through me. I even had to remind her shoes were required.

"What did you do?" Leah asked as soon as Carlie left.

"Nothing! I swear! I came back last night and she was sitting in the shower, fully clothed with the lights off, crying. And I didn't sleep at all last night because she was having nightmares and crying all night." Shit. Now I was freaking out.

"Did you ask her about her nightmares?" Seth asked.

"Yes!" I snapped, "Of course I did! She didn't want to talk about it! I don't know what to do! And this morning she was talking about how I cant protect her from what isn't real. Like, what the fuck? How can something not real hurt her!"

All three of the looked awkward, "Um. Maybe- Maybe she should see a doctor or talk to someone." Embry suggested as nicely as possible.

I growled, "So your saying she's crazy!" I gave him a small shove that sent him flying into the wall.

"Hey! Jake!" Leah yelled, coming between me and Embry. "Don't take it out on him. I don't know why she was so jumpy this morning, but, if it continues, then maybe medical help would be best."

I started to shake. This was my imprint they were talking about. They were essentially accusing her of being unstable. These things don't just happen over night! They take years to manifest!

"Whoa, Jake." Seth said, putting a hand on my shoulder, "Calm down. She's probably just tired. People have bad dreams all the time. Its fine. Lets not jump to conclusions here."

I took a few breaths and calmed down. "We're gonna be late." I said to Embry. Now I felt really bad about pushing him. His limp was worse. "Sorry, man. I didn't mean to-" I tried to apologize while we drove to work.

"No, I get it, Jake. It scared me, too." He said in reference to her strange behavior this morning. We drove the rest of the way in silence.

This day was going to suck. No sleep last night and I was stressed out about this 'Unreal Danger' shit she was pulling. As best as I tried, I could push it out of my mind. Was there something…wrong with her? Different?

Since I never bothered to take the soccer goals down, I just decided on soccer again.

I waited in the gym for her, she still came in early everyday, but she didn't show. She came in with Leslie and a few other girls after class officially started. She didn't look anymore…responsive. She still had this dazed, kinda far out look in her eyes.

"Do you think Carlie is high?" Leslie whispered to Riley. I bit back a growl. Leslie was supposed to be her friend!

"She defiantly looks it." Riley commented back.

God damn them. I couldn't take it. "OK!" I snapped, Carlie didn't even look at me, "Soccer again. Same teams as yesterday."

Carlie didn't move until Leslie dragged her to her normal defensive position. Carlie gave Leslie a weak smile. "Sorry, Les. I'm kind distracted today."

"I noticed." Leslie said with a frown, "Are you high?"

"No!" Carlie snapped back as the game started, "I just- I have a lot on my plate right now."

Damn. I was hoping she would tell Leslie and I could eavesdrop.

I watched the game from the bleachers because I was too preoccupied with my imprint problems. In fact, I was to preoccupied with thinking about her to actually pay attention to the real Carlie. She was all the way on the opposite side of the gym from me, which rarely ever happened. I like to be close to her in case she trips.

I was too deep in thought, thinking about what unreal dangers could actually harm her in anyway, to notice that the game had stopped and everyone was staring at five newcomers to the room.

Damn. I hated it when visitors observed gym class. It wasn't even a fucking class. I sighed and headed over with the intention of telling them to get lost when I realized it.

VAMPIRES! FUCKING VAMPIRES IN MY GYM WITH A SHITLOAD OF HUMANS AND MY FUCKING IMPRINT! WHAT THE FUCK!

My heart raced and my hands started to shake as I made my way over. I couldn't phase yet. Too many witnesses and I could end up hurting someone. Carlie would also be scared out of her mind if her boyfriend burst into a wolf the size of a horse in front of her.

911

I quickly sent the emergency text. It meant, 'Get here.' It was pretty much an alpha command to drop what you're doing and come. We decided we needed one, humans generally didn't like to hear howls…

I quickly moved in front of everyone. I noted that Carlie was behind everyone. Good. If worst comes to worst, I can grab her and run.

I studied the five fucking leeches in my gym, five feet away from me. They all wore fucking capes or some shit. The one who looked like he was the alpha was old. His pale skin was all papery and old looking. On his right, the beta, was a young looking one. She had blonde hair and evil plastered on her face. Next to her was a boy who looked just like her, but he looked meaner than straight up evil. The other two were males, one big and burly, the other more lithe. He was smirking.

"Can I help you?" I tried my best to keep the hate out of my voice. I don't think it worked.

The old one smiled, "Yes, I'm looking for my granddaughter. Have you seen her?" He handed me a picture.

Of Carlie.

Vampires were looking for her…

WHAT THE FUCK! I could have phased. I would have ripped his sorry ass up in three seconds, but I couldn't take them all. And then they would get her. Vampires would have my imprint.

This is literally my worst nightmare come true.

I promptly handed it back to him, "Yeah. She transferred schools about three weeks ago. Try the city." I said evenly.

His cold fingers tapped his chin. "What about you?" he suddenly asked Leslie, who was eyeing up the big one. Shit.

She took the picture. I saw her recoil from where his icy skin touched hers. She looked up at me with a confused look, "Umm. Yeah. She, uh, moved away." Thank god she played along.

All five of them smirked, the old one nodded to the blonde little ones. They slowly circled the students and I was powerless to stop them… Where the fuck where Seth, Leah, and Embry!

"Well," the old one said, smirking, "my friend here thinks you're lying." The lithe male nodded and peered over the students.

The I heard the last thing I wanted to hear from the last person I wanted to hear it from. "Fine, you pushy mother fuckers, I'm right here." Carlie spat as she pushed through Justin and Cook.

The little blonde ones stood on either side of her.

Fuck.

Oh. Was that a cliff hanger? My bad…. Haha I PROMISE, PROMISE, PROMISE to have this up in less than two weeks. Maybe if you review, it'll make me write faster? Every time a read a positive review, I get inspired!