A/N: I'm baaaaaacccccckkkkkkk. My dear faithful readers and hopefully new readers. Finally I have enough of the story written to start posting. This one is a bit different from my other ones but I hope you'll still like it, give it a chance and I promise I won't disappoint. This is the Fifth story in my Chronicles of the Imprinted series and if you haven't read (or reviewed) my first four stories you may do so now...don't worry I'll wait lol. Anywho I hope you enjoy my new story.

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns all original Twilight characters.

Shani (Shaw-nee) 18 in 2011 and Collin 18

Collin's POV

"Oh Shan is coming tomorrow, I'm so excited!" Dionne said bouncing up and down. She had been going on and on about some guy named Shan for what seemed like weeks. I was surprised Embry was so cool with him coming. I would be less than thrilled if some guy was coming and my wife put on a big production about it. I ignored her and continued playing with Marina.

"Don't turn out like any of these females when you get older," I said as she smiled up at me.

"Shut up Collin," Carmen said hitting me in the back of my head. I rolled my eyes.

"Especially not like that one." Carmen pursed her lips and put her hand on her hip.

"I predict that the poor female who'll become you're imprint will be just like all of us combined!" she said. I laughed. Yeah right, I thanked the powers that be everyday that I didn't have an imprint. There was no way I wanted to end up tied down for the rest of my life and look like a puppy on a leash like the rest of these guys.

"Don't tempt the fates Colly-Col," Dionne said wagging a finger. I kissed Marina on the cheek and handed her to Sam.

"As much as I love listening to you ladies talk…" I said pausing deliberately, "I have things to see and people to do."

"Don't you mean that the other way?" Emily asked. I smiled.

"No he doesn't, and please don't make him elaborate," Carmen said shaking her head. I laughed and blew her a kiss.

"Later guys," I said.

"Don't forget to come to my house tomorrow for lunch!" Dionne shouted.

"Yep," I said jogging to my car. Freedom. As much as I loved all of the females I had to take them in doses especially when they were all together. Don't get me wrong, they are some of the most beautiful and loving females I've ever met but they also believe that everybody wants to be happily mated like they are. As much as I love women, I don't love the thought of settling down while I'm this young. Maybe in a few years I'll be ready to meet my imprint and treat her like the queen she is but for now…nah uh not happening.

"Hey bro, where you headed?" Brady asked.

"Getting ready for my date," I said smiling. He laughed a little.

"Same one?" he asked.

"Of course not, we already had date number 3, that's my limit," I said looking at him as if he was crazy. He rolled his eyes.

"My bad, I forgot," he said not sounding sorry at all. I shrugged.

"It happens. See ya," I said jumping into the driver's seat and peeling off. Tonight I was going out with the beautiful Francesca, she was French. I got to my one room house that belonged to one of the guys before, can't really remember who. We share each other's houses so much that I kind of lost track. I showered quickly and put on some of my nicer clothes and sprayed a little cologne then left to head to Francesca's house. I knocked on the door and she opened it but she was in a robe. I frowned a little.

"Did I come too early?" I asked looking at my watch. She smiled.

"No, you're just in time," she said grabbing the front of my shirt and pulling me inside. She wrapped herself around me and kissed me and I kicked the door shut with my foot.

"What was that for?" I murmured.

"I think I'd rather, how you say, eat in tonight," she said then dropped her robe revealing nothing…nothing but her birthday suit. I smiled and approached her. Ces't la vie.

I made my way to Dionne and Embry's for lunch. I was running a little late but I had a late night so I needed some extra sleep. When I got there people were already scattered around eating. As soon as I got in the house the most amazing smell hit me. It was like roses but the smell was compounded. I knew Dionne was into plants but as many times as I had been to her house it had never smelled quite like this. She must have been working on some new remedy or something.

"Nice of you to show up," Dionne said standing on her tip toes; I bent down so she could kiss my cheek.

"My pleasure," I said. I surreptitiously looked around trying to spot this new guy that Dionne was talking about but I didn't see anybody out the ordinary. Maybe my senses were off, that rose smell was doing strange things to me.

"So where's your friend?" I asked. She looked behind me and smiled.

"Oh Shan, here's another one of the guys. This is Collin, Collin this is Shani," she said. I turned around and frowned for a split second realizing that Shan wasn't a guy…no Shan was a woman. A beautiful, voluptuous, angelic, amazing looking woman with golden eyes and heavy, dark, wavy hair. Her skin was sun-kissed and she was wearing a pair of holey jeans with an off-the-shoulder orange top. She smiled at me and my heart went double-time. Who was this creature? This vision? This…goddess?

"Nice to meet you Collin," she said in a surprisingly husky voice, she had a British accent with a hint of something else that I couldn't place. I realized she was waiting for me to speak and I cleared my throat.

"Nice to meet you too…Shani." Her name tasted like heaven on my lips and I was sure she would taste like…ambrosia.

Her smiled got wider, "Oh call me Shan, everybody does," she said.

"Shan," I said reverently. I continued to stare at her ignoring everybody else around us though faintly I could hear the laughs and the whispers as the guys realized what I had done.

"Sorry I took so long, Amun called me. He wanted to know if I made it safe. I guess with all the excitement I forgot to call him," she said shrugging.

"Amun?" I asked.

"My boyfriend, or soon to be fiancée if he has his way," she said.

Oh no! She's engaged? Didn't see that one coming did we? Actually I got this idea from one of my readers though I can't remember who at the moment, whoever it was, thinks for the idea, now watch me run wild with it! Weiver please, and for all you new readers that means review, review, review!