A/N: First, I just want to thank whoever nominated me for the Favorite Fangirl and Favorite Ficlette categories for the 2016 TwiFic Fandom Awards! Second, what I upload today will be it until after Christmas.

Possible Tigger and Tissue Warning!

SM owns all things Twilight. Everything else is mine.

Chapter 16

Bella and Seth are coming over just to hang out and relax before she goes to work. She was out all day shopping for the last of her Christmas gifts. Since this is the busiest time of the year for stores, and she doesn't like the crazy people who come out to play for the sales, she's gotten it done as quickly as possible. She loves giving, but I've learned that she doesn't like receiving many gifts. I guess that's why she's such a great listener; it's her gift to those who need it.

I hear her truck pull up and I go outside to greet her. It started to snow in the early hours of today, so there's a thin blanket on the ground. It's not too thin that you can still see most of the grass, but thin to where you can barely see the tips. Seth jumps down, but is on alert and looking around, his ears perked up and hair raised.

"Is he okay?" I ask Bella, shifting my eyes to her.

"I don't know, but that's how he's been acting the last few days. He ran barking toward the trees behind my house yesterday, but again, he didn't go further than the line. Then he stopped, turned around and acted like nothing happened." She shrugs, sounding unsure, but not too worried. I look back at Seth as she walks over to me and he's still on alert.

"Seth! Come on, boy!" I say and then give a little whistle. I see an ear twitch at the whistle, but nothing else. That's when I notice that he's zoned in on one particular spot. I try to look, but can't see anything out of the ordinary.

A low growl comes up from him. I look at Bella who is next to me and I see that she's just as confused as I am. I don't think she can see anything either. "Seth?" Bella says questioningly, but there's nothing from him; not a twitch of ear or muscle flinch. It's like he tuned us out to focus harder. She takes a step towards him, but he lets out another growl. I grip Bella's arm and pull her back, believing he gave a warning as if to say that it's not safe for us. All of a sudden, he takes off barking into the woods, with no obvious plan to stop. We run after him, yelling his name, knowing that the main road is just on the other side. We both call out for him.

"Seth!"

"Seth!"

We can still hear him barking and I can barely see him except for a couple flashes through the trees. Then, I hear the sound I was dreading the moment he took off. A car driving past is trying to stop, but with the fresh snow, it's next to impossible. The tires slide and screech to a halt, but the yelp and whimpers from Seth lets us know the driver stopped too late.

A/N: *gasps*

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