Angela closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face as Maria's cold breath touched her neck. She was unable to move, Maria's stronger grip on her arm prevented her from escaping. Fear and adrenaline made her heart beat faster and she felt lightheaded. From the distance, she could faintly hear the music coming from the school gym and knew that she wasn't the only one in danger.

They could go and kill everybody in the school and nobody would be able to fight back. The only ones she could think of to be able to have a chance would be the Quileute pack. Where was Jacob? He said he was going to be there.

She let out a frustrated exhale as Maria moved her hair away from her neck, the sharp edge of her nails digging into the soft flesh of her pulse. He promised her he would be there. He promised her he was only going to be a little bit late. And now she was going to die and not be able to tell him off for being so unreliable.

"Angela!" Lauren's voice called out. "Are you here?"

She opened her eyes in shock and stared at Maria in horror. "Please, don't."

She'd left without telling any of her friends and even dropped her phone when James took her. Lauren must've known something was wrong and came to find her. Was she alone? Her friend had no idea what danger she just put herself in.

James smiled excitedly and moved to find Lauren when the blonde burst through the line of trees. Her friend froze and her eyes immediately went to Angela's terrified face. Lauren was always so brave. Angela couldn't help the relief at not being alone anymore but pure terror that now they were both going to die.

Lauren asked warily, "Angela, what's going on?"

"James," Maria crooned. "Why don't you go say hello?"

The vampire moved so fast Lauren had no time to react. She gasped and tried to move away but he grabbed her by her arms and pulled her uncomfortably close. She tried to pull away to no avail. He bared his teeth to bite her but paused. His expression was curious as he took a deep inhale of her scent.

"That's odd," He said. "You smell incredibly familiar."

Maria was becoming impatient. "Finish her. We have other more important things."

"I know, my love," He replied, eyes still on Lauren's terrified but angry gaze. "Did I ever tell you when Laurent and I were in Siberia?"

"What about Siberia?"

"I was chasing this scent. I obsessed over it, chased it through the countryside," His hand moved up to tangle in Lauren's hair, undoing the up-do so the blonde strands fell to her shoulders. He sniffed at a blonde lock with that same curious expression. "I didn't catch it but Laurent later called it something – loup garoux."

Angela had been taking French as an elective for years and could get the basic gist of the word. Werewolf. Lauren was visibly shaking and slapped his hand away making him let go of her hair. She was glaring murder at him.

"Let me go now," She bit out gravely. "Or I swear I will kill you and your girlfriend."

James chuckled. "I like your spirit."

"Nagual," Maria shook her head. "And I thought we just had the shape shifters to deal with. Kill her quick before she can transform."

"Full moon's been up for hours," He remarked. "I don't think she can transform yet."

"Werewolf or not, she's a distraction."

"Alright, alright," James almost rolled his eyes. He sighed as he patted Lauren's face wryly. "Sorry, pretty one."

Lauren didn't scream as James bit into her, her hazel eyes wide in shock and she was frozen for a second before she grimaced in pain. She tried to push him away, her strength no match against his. Angela tried to move to get to her but Maria kept her put. She felt helpless and useless and prayed to God with all her heart to help them. It couldn't all end like this.

James stopped and pulled away from Lauren and the blonde dropped to the ground like a rag doll. He'd been drinking from her for only a few seconds and he was wincing in disgust. He wiped his bloody mouth with the back of his hand. Lauren lay bleeding at his feet.

"Definitely not human," He said. "Tastes like a…"

He abruptly turned to his left and saw the large wolves now running towards them. He moved to Maria's side with impossible speed. "Time to go. Laurent didn't do his job."

"Or he got killed. That useless frog!"

Angela fell to the ground as Maria pushed her away. The two vampires ran and they were two blurs in the darkness. The wolves ran after him disappearing into the night. Howls echoed through the forest.

She didn't hesitate and ran towards where Lauren was. She knelt down and assessed the wound on her neck, a large crescent mark in jagged lines. Teeth marks. Blood rushed down Lauren's pale neck and stained her lavender dress a crimson red.

She nearly startled as she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Jacob. Relief overcame her and she wrapped her arms around his neck. His familiar woodsy scent was comforting.

"Sorry, I'm late," He muttered. "I got caught up fighting that French vampire."

"Lauren needs help," She pulled away, wanting to cry and scream. She knew she was becoming hysterical in her panic. "We need to get to the hospital."

Jacob turned and let out a growl as Dr. Cullen appeared and knelt down to assess Lauren's condition. Angela, who had her fair share of surprises for the night, didn't even bother questioning how he was there. All she cared about was there was a doctor that could help save her friend.

Angela asked, "Will she turn?"

"No. She's…" His brow furrowed as he moved closer to Lauren to make out her scent. "She's not human."

"Werewolf. James said she was a werewolf."

"Children of the Moon," Carlisle looked lost in thought. "I thought Cauis killed them all."

She didn't even bother asking what the meant. "Lauren's dying. Please help her."

Dr. Cullen had looked uncomfortable and guilty as he said the venom needed to be sucked out of Lauren's bloodstream. While the vampire venom couldn't turn Lauren into a vampire, it was still in her bloodstream and hurting her organs. Angela didn't like the idea but she knew it needed to be done. Carlisle shook his head and explained he couldn't do it.

Angela wanted to shout at him. "Why can't you do that?"

"I don't…I don't drink human blood," He said regretfully. "Not even a drop."

"Are you willing to let her be in pain because of your lifestyle?" Jacob exclaimed. "Some kind of doctor you are!"

Dr. Cullen looked like he wanted to say more but Edward had stepped into view, looking morose and resigned. Angela couldn't believe he was there. She thought he had to have been a figment of her imagination. She had to have finally lost it and Edward Cullen wasn't really there.

Edward knelt down and lifted Lauren into his arms so he could have a better reach to her neck. He pointedly ignored Jacob's glare. "I'll do it. I'll suck out the venom."


Angela was having the longest night of her life. They got Lauren to the hospital with the help of Dr. Cullen's vampire speed and her friend had been treated and was now in stable condition. Lauren didn't seem to have super healing like the Quileute pack and would have to heal the old-fashioned way. Lauren's parents arrived and took over from there and Angela had to go the Sheriff's Station to explain to Sheriff Swan what happened.

She didn't feel good having to look Sheriff Swan in the eye and lie that a bear attacked Lauren but it wasn't like the truth would've been believable. Her father came to get her as her mother had to stay at home to watch the twins. She let herself be comforted by her father's unfailing reliability. Her mother was awake when they got home and she tried to only give the essential information as she felt doubly bad for lying to her mother.

She changed out of her dirty dress and took a long shower. She wanted to feel some sense of normality as she went about her nighttime routine. She had to text her friends and explain to them what happened to Lauren with the same lie that was beginning to sound credible even to her own ears. Maybe the truth sometimes was just what everyone wanted to believe it was. Bear attacks made more sense than vampire attacks to any sane person.

Her phone rang and showed an unknown number. She picked it up without hesitation. "Hello?"

"Hi," Edward's voice was a familiar memory. "How are you?"

She took a seat on her bed and picked up Mr. Mozart and hugged him to her. She needed his quiet comfort more than anything at the moment. "Tired."

"That would make sense," He let out a nervous laugh before clearing her throat. "Can I come over? I think we need to talk."

She closed her eyes as she petted Moz's soft fur. "Not tonight. I really can't tonight."

There was a slight pause. "Okay. I'll talk to you in the morning?"

"I'll be visiting Lauren at the hospital."

"We can talk there," He almost sighed. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Sure. See you."

She ended the call and threw her phone to land on top of her bedside drawer. She didn't even want to think about Edward Cullen and why he was back. She didn't even want to think about having to talk to him in the morning. She had bigger things to think about like Lauren and how she almost died. Or having to now keep her web of lies straight for everyone who would undoubtedly ask about what happened that night.

She didn't even open her eyes as the window opened and Jacob made his way inside the room. Mr. Mozart hissed at him before jumping off her bed. She moved to allow Jacob into bed and he wrapped his around her. His warmth and strength was all she needed in that moment.

She was exhausted and all she wanted was sleep but she had to ask. "How'd it go with the vampires?"

"We got the guy but the woman got away," He explained. "Sam got injured and Dr. Cullen had to reset his bones. Didn't look fun."

"Is Sam okay?"

"Yeah. He will be but he will be out of commission for a few days…" He paused before continuing. "Guess who the new Alpha is?"

She opened her eyes to stare at his bemused face. "For real?"

"When the leech knocked out Sam, I didn't even think about it," He answered. "I just went by instinct and I didn't even know I was commanding the pack."

"Where does that leave Sam?"

"To his and Emily's combined relief, he's your old, regular beta now," He concluded. "And I'm the new king, so to speak."

"Long live the king," She joked lightly and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She could tell he was afraid and unsure of himself. "You're going to be amazing at it."

"I hope I'm at least decent at Alpha-ing," He kissed the side of her mouth and his hot breath made her shiver. "That would make you my queen."

She hid her face on his shirt. "No. I don't wanna be."

"Now you how I feel," He muttered and pulled her in a tighter hug. "We'll figure it out."

And even if they didn't, they should be okay. Eventually. They had each other. It brought her hope for what came next.


Lauren was still asleep when Angela arrived at the hospital in the morning. Jacob had gone to a pack meeting and she and her mother drove to the hospital in her father's Civic. Their friends were going to come visit later especially Jessica who almost slept at the hospital the previous night and had to be driven home by Mike. Lauren had a pollen allergy so Angela instead of getting her flowers, she had got up early and made her favorite soup.

It was worth it. It wasn't everyday a girl got attacked by a vampire. Angela had talked to Lauren's parents who both looked tired and gave them the soup she made for Lauren. She told them she would come visit again when Lauren was awake and left.

She didn't have to look far to find Edward who was sitting at the waiting room near the nurse's station. He stood up when he saw her. His face was still handsome and he was still awkward. It was like nothing had changed except everything did. She wasn't the same person she was a few weeks ago.

He winced. "Hi."

She didn't even care if he read every thought in her head. "Hi."

"Do you want to go somewhere?" He glanced at the nurses nearby. "Somewhere private?"

"Okay."

He led her to an empty hallway that the hospital staff apparently didn't use that much. Considering he could hear people as they came, she trusted his judgment on it. He looked down at his feet and she waited. She definitely didn't want to be the one to start talking.

"Um…" He let out a deep sigh. "I'm…I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"For everything," He answered, still refusing to meet her eye. "For putting you in danger. For Maria and what happened to Lauren and…"

"Abandoning me?" She supplied. "Without an explanation or a proper goodbye?"

He finally looked up at her, his expression in agony. "Yes. That too."

She stared at him and his golden eyes and wondered how obtuse he could be. "Well? Do I get the explanation for why, now?"

"I'm a death sentence," He clarified, his eyes beseeching "Being around me will get you killed and I…I know you don't want to be what I am. Hell, I don't want to be what I am."

"So, you just left without talking to me about it?" She questioned. "Not even tried to tell me what it was your feeling instead of leaving town and making me feel like I did something wrong."

"No!" He moved to touch her and she pulled away. "You never did anything wrong. You were perfect."

"So perfect you couldn't even tell me goodbye to my face?" She wrapped her arms around herself. Feeling like her heart would burst out of her rib cage and hit him in the face as her anger began to ricochet. "Or send me a text or an email, anything instead of radio silence."

He looked tortured. "I was afraid if I tried I would never leave."

"Why?" She demanded, torn between punching him in the face and running away. "Why couldn't you have just told me the truth?"

"Because I love you," His shoulder sagged in defeat. "Because I'd been sleepwalking through life and only you were able to wake me up."

She covered her face in her hands, trying to make sense of what was happening. A few weeks ago she would've loved to hear this confession from him. She would've loved nothing better than to continue to become whatever it was they were supposed to be. A part of her knew she would've loved him back eventually with his endearing awkwardness and crooked smile.

But now? After everything that had happened. After she realized he was right that she would've hated being a vampire and having to give up her human life that she loved. She would've hated all of it and she might've even blamed him.

"See?" He said. "It was for the best."

She put down her hands and gave him an exasperated glare. "You could've still said goodbye. What you did was a dick move."

He let a surprised laugh. "Yes. It really was."

That hyena laugh softened her. It was such a stupid sound. "Are you sorry?"

"Yes. I am profusely sorry," He gave her a self-deprecating smile. "I am a dick. I apologize."

"And I'll forgive you eventually," She conceded. "But as for us, I don't think we could ever be anything more than friends."

"I deserve that," He tucked his hands into the pockets of his jacket. "And I know about…about the werewolf."

"Jacob," She provided and she couldn't help but compare the two. They were two very different boys, only possible in existence by magic, and both so infuriating. "His name is Jacob Black."

"He loves you," He closed his eyes. "I read his mind and could see how much he loves you."

Jacob hadn't told her that. And she hadn't told him how she really felt about him. It had taken time for the picture in her head to fully be in color and now it was done. He was saturated in bright colors in her head.

"You should probably tell him how you feel," Edward opened his eyes and gave her a look. "Learn from my example and not expect him to know how you feel. Only one of us is a mind reader."

She was honestly terrified. Having to bare her soul to Jacob Black scared the living daylights out of her. She loved him and she had confirmation from Mr. Mind Reader to know now. She still balked at having to tell Jacob how she felt.

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it," He quoted and sighed as he read her thoughts. "It's not by Dumbledore. It's Nelson Mandela."

"It sounds like something Dumbledore would say," She countered then smiled. "Are you and your family back?"

"No. We came back to check on you because Alice couldn't see your future anymore," Edward clarified. "Little did we know it was because you were surrounded by werewolves."

"Alice can't see werewolves?"

"No and we don't know why," He moved closer to her and she let him take her hand. "Before I leave you to your wonderfully ordinary life, I want to thank you for everything, Angela Weber."

"I didn't do anything."

"You did enough. You reminded me that life isn't so horrible and there is joy to be found if I look hard enough," He smiled sadly. "We'll be gone for good. We've caused enough trouble around here."

"And Maria?" Dread and fear made her worry. "Jacob said she got away."

"We'll take care of her," He raised her hand and left a kiss on her skin. The cold touch of his lips felt like a winter breeze. "Spare me a thought every once and a while."

"Take care of yourself, Edward," She didn't know why she felt like crying. "I hope you find a nice vampire girl who will love to listen to you play piano for an eternity."

He chuckled. "If her mind is half as lovely as yours, I'll be very lucky."

This was their goodbye. It was what she had been waiting for without knowing it. She would finally be able to move on from him. And she wished him happiness. She really did.


Lauren's grandparents were all from Europe. Her paternal grandparents were from Normandy and her maternal grandparents from Siberia. They had immigrated to America long before Lauren was born and had settled in the East Coast. Her parents had met in college in Seattle and got married and had Lauren a few years after.

It had all been so normal except for the stories her grandparents had told her growing up. Her Grandpa Ivan liked to talk about a volkolak and her Grandma Catherine told her stories about a loup-garou. They made for scary bedtime storiesand they were why Lauren grew up to love horror movies. She had no idea those stories had any truth in them.

Angela told her everything she knew about vampires and the Cullens. She told her about the Quileute pack, Jacob, and imprinting. She told her what Dr. Cullen had told her about the Children of the Moon and the genocide that the Volturi, their version of royalty, had committed in fear of their power. And the puzzles began to fit.

Lauren had always been pretty. She had long blonde hair that was almost platinum and big, hazel eyes. It had all been an attractive casing for the anger that Lauren always had with her. Angela had thought it was just part of her personality but remembered that anger was also a werewolf trait.

Lauren's hand went to the bandage around her throat. It would leave a scar and it would be a reminder that some stories were very much real. Angela felt a certain relief to not be the only one knowing anymore. She no longer felt isolated because whether Lauren liked it or not, they both carried this enormous secret together now.

"If I am a…werewolf," Lauren grimaced. "Why am I not healing faster?"

"Dr. Cullen said that the kind of werewolf you are needs a 'trigger' for you to shift," Angela explained, not wanting to say the next words. "He said you'd need to…to take a human life."

"I need to kill someone?" Lauren rubbed at her eyes. "Explains why my mom was so against medical school."

"Why?"

Lauren looked over to the door and as her parents were still gone for the moment she began to explain what happened to her mother's brother, Stephen, and how he had gone to school to become a doctor despite his parents' disapproval. He committed suicide not too long after. A patient of his had died due to a mistake he made. Her mother had been so distraught and they moved from Seattle to Forks to get away.

"He triggered the curse," Angela concluded. "Does your mom know?"

"I don't think so. She hasn't really said anything about werewolves," Lauren shook her head. "My grandparents probably knew. I'll have to call Grandpa Ivan for answers soon."

"At least we know you're not gonna turn big and hairy on the next full moon," Angela joked softly. "You're scary enough already."

"Laugh it up, Weber," Lauren reached over and shoved her lightly. "That's for not telling me about all of this supernatural craziness."

"I wanted to!" She reasoned. "But it wasn't my secret to tell."

The blonde rolled her eyes. "Of course. You're too noble, Ang."

She just smiled and took Lauren's hand in hers. "You wouldn't have believed me. And we're both part of this weird, magical world now. We're in this together."

"We can't tell Jessica, can we?" Lauren groaned when Angela shook her head. "We can have your boyfriend shift in front of her for proof. She can't deny their existence then."

She was about to protest that Jessica couldn't know because the Quileute pack was very strict about people knowing and the secret was too important. Lauren was only allowed to be told because she was attacked by a vampire and the pack was already thinking about what to do with her. A werewolf that wasn't a werewolf that couldn't be turned by vampire venom, Lauren was an anomaly to them. And they were very curious about her.

The door opened and Jacob came in with a bouquet of wild flowers. Angela forgot to tell him about Lauren's allergies. He was followed by Embry and Quill. The friendly smile dropped from Embry's face when he made eye contact with Lauren and he felt to his knees, gasping.

They all looked at him in shock as he stared at Lauren like she was the sunrise after a long winter. Quill and Jacob helped him to his feet but he never looked away from the blonde on the hospital bed. Lauren stared at him suspiciously and began to feel self-conscious. Her hair was messy and she was in a hospital gown.

"What is wrong with him?" She asked Angela. "Why does he keep staring at me?"

Angela patted her hand. "Remember when I told you about imprinting?'

Lauren's hazel eyes widened and she glanced at Embry's unwavering stare before shaking her head. "No. No way. No!"


Whether to tell Jessica or not was an ongoing debate for Angela and Lauren. It was probably something neither of them would budge on for a long time and Angela resigned herself to it. She firmly believed in respecting the pack's decision to keep their secret among a select few while Lauren wanted to include their best friend because Jessica would never forgive them for keeping such a big secret. They just had to agree to disagree for now.

Lauren was finally out of the hospital and feeling better by the day. The vampire bite was taking its time healing and Lauren debated getting a big tattoo to cover up the scar when she turned eighteen. Her friend was taking the existence of the supernatural pretty well all things considered. And while Lauren's own supernatural-ness was a very strong sense for danger and anger issues, she was still very much the same old Lauren.

The Cullens were staying away for good and the search for the bear in the woods was still ongoing but life was slowly returning to normal. There were no more mysterious animal attacks. They went to class and stressed about colleges. Things were as ordinary as they could be again.

And they were eventually allowed to go to La Push again much to her friends' delight. It was getting too cold as November set in and hypothermia was becoming a real risk but her friends didn't care as they went surfing. Angela shivered underneath her quilt and inwardly cursed at her ever poor circulation. She held on to the steaming cup of hot chocolate in her hands like a lifeline.

"Hi Angie!" She turned to see Seth running towards her. The pack followed closely behind him. "Jake said you made great soup."

"Yeah, I made some. It's in the van."

He sprinted off before she could explain that Tyler had locked the car. Jacob appeared beside her and greeted her with his sunny smile. Embry was staring longingly at Lauren in the water. He was making his way towards her and the freezing water uncaring he was going to get soaked in a minute. Quill was laughing at him and made whipping noise.

"Hi." She pulled Jacob to hug him and enjoy that glorious body heat. Who needed a heater when you had a werewolf? "I missed you."

"Hi," He rested his chin on the crown of her head. "I missed you too."

She pulled back to be able to look up at him and his brown eyes. She hadn't meant to pull off confessing her feelings to him. She found herself getting busy with life and forgot to say them. The way he made her feel was like home and she never felt the need to give it a name. She realized she wanted to. She really wanted to tell him how she felt.

Mustering up all her courage, she told him, "Just so you know, I love you."

She watched the play of emotions on his face. Surprise, understanding, happiness, fear, acceptance, and finally he smiled softly at her. He rested his forehead against hers and breathed in the cold, sea air. His next words were barely above a whisper.

"About time, Angela Weber."


About time I posted the Jacob ending. This is the end. I might have a bonus chapter or two coming but for the main story, we are done. It's open-ended enough cause the journey is not over for these characters. They're young and they still have a lot to go through in life. I leave it to you to imagine what came next.

1. I avoided writing this for days cause wasn't ready to let Angela go yet but it was time. I fell in love with her as a character and I enjoyed being in her head. I'm happy I was able to write something I enjoyed.

2. In this ending, Lauren was what gave the wolves time to come save Angela. In the Edward ending, she waited and got her friends to go with her while in this ending, she went off by herself. Alice can't see her future so she couldn't have known Lauren's importance.

3. Lauren is descended from the Children of the Moon who are more like the traditional werewolves in books/films. It says in the Twilight wiki, they are immune to vampire venom even in their human form so with that logic, they could never be turned into vampires. And they're so strong, they can single-handedly kill a vampire and that's why Caius is terrified of them. It's in canon that James and Laurent tracked a Children of the Moon through Siberia but never caught it.

4. A major difference I changed was that Children of the Moon's curse have to be 'triggered' by taking a human life. The wiki said, people can be infected with a bit but I decided to make it more genetic like in The Vampire Diaries.

5. Edward having to suck out the venom from Lauren was taken from the first Twilight book. And Carlisle having to reset Sam's bones was inspired by Eclipse when he had to reset Jacob's bones after the Newborn army fight.

6. Angela telling Jacob her feelings at La Push was full circle for their relationship as that's where they started.

7. Jacob's journey was to grow up and become the Alpha no matter what ending. I was interested in him having a conflict outside of a love triangle and imprinting.

8. Song title is from a Taylor Swift song.

9. What happened to Edward? He meets some girl in college. Her name is Becca Mitchell and she's in the all-female acapella group. Something about her was just pitch perfect. I'm joking.