Chapter 6

A.N. Last chapter there were quite a few grammatical mistakes, and I promise this time it will be better. Enjoy and please remember to leave some reviews!

(BPOV)

Honk Honk

The sound pulls me out of my sleep and I look up to see a room -not my own- bathed in mid-day sunlight from the window. Mid-day? I look over to the bright green numbers of the alarm clock to see that it is in fact 12:05 p.m. I groan and pull myself out of Embry's bed, my mood for the day already bleak.

I stumble through the hallway after I got dressed, and head into the bathroom so I could freshen up for the day. It takes me a minute into brushing my teeth when I finally remember what I'm supposed to be doing today. Meeting with Alice Cullen. The name that once brought happiness, then pain, and now finally uneasiness into my gut makes me grimace. I finish brushing my hair and pull it up into a messy bun, not really caring about my appearance as I once did. I head downstairs, only to be greeted with the faces of Leah, Paul, and Embry discussing something on the couch.

"Morning sleeping beauty, looks like someone needed their beauty-sleep this morning." I flip off Paul and head into the kitchen for a glass of water. Embry gets up and follows me into the kitchen, his face blank and his eyes grim.

"Hey, babe," I peck him on the lips before reaching up for a glass. I grumble about being too short, and Embry just gets it for me, a playful smirk on his lips.

"Shut up, I don't like waking up too late." He just chuckles at this, deep and husky, before jumping up on the counter and watching me fill up the glass with water.

"So, I figured we could go down to the beach for a picnic with Paul and Leah to relax after the meeting." I frown at the thought of the meeting again, and I turn towards him.

"Sounds good. When do we head to the border?" I just wanted to get this over with.

He glances at the clock before setting his sights on me again. "20 minutes," I groan and head back into the living room before plopping down next to Paul. Embry follows and sits on the arm of the couch next to me.

"C'mon princess cheer up, I'll take you on a nice hike to the cliffs and push you over. It's real exhilarating and the water this time of the year is positively freezing!" I elbow him and then glance to Leah, who's been silent since I came downstairs. She meets my eyes and I shudder at the coldness and bitterness in them. Her hard look softens and she grunts at me in greeting. I suspect that she is a very quiet communicator. With what happened with her, Emily, and Sam I really don't blame her.

"How about I push you over and let you drown instead?" I jeer back at him and he grins a, well, a wolfish grin.

"Sounds, good princess, I can show you how strong and muscular I am when I don't drown."

"Yes, I am sure you'll be able to doggy paddle your way out of the water, fido." He playfully glares at me, and I grin back, before Leah gets up and cuffs him on the side of the head.

"Hey! What was that for?"

"Quit flirting with her you pig, she's taken." My emotions go from confusion, to shock, back to confusion, and finally to shocked disgust.

Making Leah and Embry laugh, both Paul and I respond at the same time with equal amounts of distaste. "EW!" We turn towards each other with looks of repulsion on our faces before we burst out laughing, just at the possibility of there being a romantic relationship between us.

"God, Leah, no! Paul is like a gross younger brother to me who picks his nose. Kinda like Seth." Leah's lips quirk up at the reference to her younger brother, and I smile back, a mutual likeness forming between us. Especially after she stood up for me last night.

"Good Swan. I don't want the only relationship in the pack that plans on defying the 'great power that is imprinting' to end." We sober up at the mention of imprinting, and I can't help but feel bad for Leah. If Sam knew of the possibility of marking, she could've still had her relationship with Sam, and Emily.

"Damn right we're not ending, no Quileute Wolf God power can take me away from you." I smile up at him, and he leans down for a quick peck on the lips which makes both Paul and Leah grimace.

"Limit the kissy kissy to the bedroom, would ya princess?" I elbow him again, although I know he really doesn't feel it at all. He grins back at the blush that I know graces my face at his insinuation.

"Alright kiddos, quit ganging up on the poor girl, it's time to go." A glance at the clock proves Leah's announcement true, and anxiety and dread take over the feelings of playfulness in my body.

"C'mon babe, let's get this over with." Embry hauls me up into his arms, and with frowns on all our faces, we pile into Paul's truck. Leah and Paul in the back, me and Embry in the cab.

I've never wished more in my life that the reservation was bigger, so that the short five minute drive to the border could take any longer than this. I am squeezing Embry's hand the whole ride there, and when we reach the border, I look up at him and let him see the fear and vulnerability that I know is expressed in my eyes.

"Hey, this will only take 10 minutes at the most, and then we can forget the Cullen's ever existed. Okay?"

"What if Edward comes back? What if they try to enthrall me again? I don't want to leave you or the pack. Please stand by me?" As aware as I am that I sound ridiculously whiney, I am scared out of my mind. I am scared that she is going to enthrall me, just as Edward had. That she is going to kidnap me, or worse, turn me. Nothing sounds worse than being a never-changing vampire right now. I can't believe I willingly associated with these monsters.

"I won't babe, I won't. Do you trust me?"

"Yes."

"Then trust when I say I won't let you get hurt. I love you so much." I smile at him, and then we crash our mouths together in a desperate, reassuring kiss.

The knock on the door startles both me and Embry apart, and we look up to see an awkward looking Seth, with an evil looking Leah behind him. "Ummm, Sam and the others are waiting for you two." He blushes and then scurries away, leaving a cackling Leah in his wake.

Embry and I step out of the cab and shoot glares at Leah, who still chuckles as she accompanies us on the short walk to where the others are standing.

We come into view, as does Alice, who is impatiently pacing on the invisible border line.

"Bella!" Her tinkly, high pitched voice makes me jump, and the only thing grounding me to the earth is Embry's warm hand enclosed in my own. Alice hasn't changed one bit, not that I expected her to. She is still smiling and flitting about like an elf, but now her once beautiful sharp features are jarring and cruel to my eyes. "Oh good, I just wanted to check you were okay. I just wanted to explain myself Bella." Embry growls, and she glances down to our joined hands.

"Edward instructed us no contact with you, and he told us that you asked us to leave. He wouldn't let me even look into your future so I would know you're okay. Then I got a vision of Victoria attacking you, and I came straight away and was able to kill her. I am very sorry for my family's actions, as none of us knew that Edward was enthralling you. I swear to you Bella, my family and I, bar Edward, meant you no harm. They all wish you well."

Shocked, but genuinely pleased at the truth of my abandonment, I tentatively smile at her, but one more thing is bothering me. "Thank you Alice. I just wanted to know why Edward actually did leave?"

She glances at the edgy werewolves around her, to mine and Embry's hands, and then back up to my face. "He claimed he wanted to let you live a normal, safe, human life. Obviously you're with the werewolves now, but you always did attract the supernatural." I chuckle at that, as does Embry and Paul. I smiled back at them, and then turn around again to face Alice. "Although now that I realize what he's been doing, I bet it was to make you even more dependent on him, so when he came back, which I doubt he won't... Especially now. Anyways, when he inevitably came back his enthralling powers would have an even greater hold over you and your free will." I shudder at what she said, scared and dreading the now inevitable return of Edward.

"Thanks Alice, and can you not think about any of this when you're near him? I don't want to give him any incentive that would make him come back earlier or something. I really don't want to see him again. I am happy where I am right now." Alice smiles at me and agrees. She runs off after saying goodbye to me, and I turn to Embry a look of relief and contentedness on my face.

"Alright love-birds, stop making lovey dovey faces at each other, and let's get a move on to the beach, I wanna throw princess here into the water." Paul interrupts Embry's and I's staring contest, and drags us and Leah to the beach where we hope to spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing. Only the stress gets worse from there.

(EmbPOV)

Bella, Paul, Leah, and I are all hanging out at the beach. Paul throwing sand in Bella's hair only causing her to retaliate at him with wet sand thrown back. Leah and I watch them, a content smile on my face as I watch my girl fool around with one of my best pack-mates and brother. Leah sits next to me, taking in the sun, although it's still pretty cold out for mid-April in Washington. She rests on her elbows and tilts her head up to the sun, relaxing. She deserves it. After all of the shit she went through with Sam and Emily, and now phasing and her dad, she deserves it. I like our new mini group of four with me, Bella, Paul and her. We are all content and relaxed as we mind our own business, but we know we're our loyalties lie.

I am thinking over this when Leah speaks up to me.

"Do you think if Sam knew, he would've marked me?" She quietly asks, in the same position she was in when I glanced at her before.

"He asked you to marry him didn't he? That's the same as marking it seems to me. So yes, I think if he knew he would've marked you. But he didn't know, you didn't know, and Emily didn't know. And I think they'll spend the rest of their lives regretting it, as happy as they seem to be. I know for a fact Sam would've actually. He is very accepting of my relationship with Bella, and told me that he would never take away my own free-will unless he had to." I respond to her, and then I am quiet. I let her process my words before I speak again.

"I know that I want to spend the rest of my life with Bella. I may not have known her very long, and we're both still young, but I know what I want, and I know what my wolf wants and it's her. Marking her is the same as a wedding in my eyes, and Bella knows this too. As does Sam. He spoke to me a couple days ago about the marking, and I could tell he was thinking about you. I may not be a mind-reader, but he felt the same way about you, as I do Bella. No one had enough knowledge at the time for your love with Sam to make it through though, and that's what is hard to accept. So blame that fact instead of Sam and Emily, because I've seen inside Sam's head, and fighting the imprint brings unimaginable pain. You have every right to feel as you do, but don't let the bitterness and envy take over your personality. There's a great girl underneath the layers of bitch Leah." I poke her with my elbow, and her lips go up with a quirk.

"Thanks for the talk, Mr. Wiseman." She murmurs, from the same position she's been sitting in the entire time. Like she was trying to not only soak up the sun, but what I said to her. I felt a boost to my pride and ego, but I didn't let it show.

Paul and Bella return to the picnic blanket Leah and I are laying on, and Paul has a soft smile on his face, letting me know he heard everything I said. I pull Bella into my lap, and nuzzle my nose into her neck, letting her scent calm and wash over me as it always does. Paul and Leah get up to see something that Paul just pointed out, and I turn Bella to face me so she is straddling my lap.

"I love you." I whisper, my face still nuzzled into the crook of her neck.

"I love you too." She looks up at me, and I bring our lips together in a sweet and meaningful kiss. Our mouths telling each other how much we really do love each other. Eventually the kiss turns into something more demanding, and she is rubbing her center down on my erection. I groan and cup her ass in my hands, already dreading to break our embrace as I know Paul and Leah are nearing. She gasps against me as I trail kisses down the soft pale skin of her neck. I wrap my hands in her mahogany silky locks, and her arms braces around my torso, locking me against her.

"Mmm, Embry." She moans, spurring me on. There is nothing I love more than my name falling from her lips. So I tilt my head up and capture them, and I thrust my tongue into her willing mouth. She moans against me, and I break her kiss to nibble on her collarbone, which erupts a fresh scent of her arousal into my nose.

I groan and flip her over so that I am hovering over her on the blanket. "Christ Bella!" I grunt out, and I am about to start grinding down on her soft inviting body, when a sharp hiss alerts me to where I am.

"Embry! Bella!" I look up and see Paul and Leah standing there with worried looks on their faces. Curious as to why they look so uncomfortable I look around until I set my sights on a person who I really wish didn't see what just happened. Then all hell breaks loose.

(QPOV)

I am going for a walk along first beach when I see two familiar people ahead in the distance. Paul Lahote and Leah Clearwater. I know Paul is in Sam's gang, but Leah? He cheated on her with her cousin. He really must be doing something to them if he really convinced Leah to join. She is just a bitter bitch these days.

I keep walking along the water's edge when I notice two people making out on the beach a little closer to me than Paul and Leah. Good for them. I am about to turn around when a voice halts my walk.

"Mmm, Embry." I whirl back around, and look more carefully at the people rolling around. The girl I recognize, but really can't tell who it is because the boy, who I now presume is Embry, is now on top. Jesus Christ! Where did the shy, pink-faced boy go? Sam really must've done a number on him. Where the fuck is my friend? I'm about to keep walking home when the Embry groans out something.

"Christ Bella!" I freeze, and I feel the color drain out of my face.

Bella?!

Bella fucking Swan?!

The girl who blushes at every innuendo I throw at her, who is shy and hides behind her hair?! That Bella?! The same girl who is moaning and writhing under Embry's new hulking muscled body?! Jake's Bella!? The girl he said he made out with not 2 weeks ago?!

I gawk and stare at them, but they don't seem to notice me. What the fuck is happening? I feel myself go into some kind of shock at this.

"Embry! Bella!" I look back up to see Paul hissing at them, and they both look up at their now-friends. Embry looks around until he spots me, and the color drains out of his face from where is perched on top of Bella. Bella has no idea what is happening and disengages herself from underneath Embry's body, but still keeps herself close enough so they're still touching.

"What is it fido?" She hisses from behind her hair, obviously embarrassed and pissed off at the same time. Embry gives a tug of their interlaced hands and she turns to face him, and gives him a quick peck on the lips and turns back to Paul and Leah. She didn't seem to understand that was his way of alerting her to my bewildered presence.

"What are you two standing there all wide eyes for?! So what?! I was making out with my boyfriend!" I splutter and cough at the word boyfriend, and she finally notices me. She whirls around and faces me, her cheeks a blazing red, lips bruised, hair tangled, and clothes wrinkled.

"Boyfriend?!" I shout, and finally the secret couple stands up and faces me, their faces sheepish, while the two behind them step away and out of earshot.

Embry finally speaks up, his voice a little husky from his previous activities. "Um, yeah, we've been dating in secret for a little over a month now." He nervously rambles out, and looks up at me to see my expression. I can tell right now the look on my face is a mix between surprise, anger, and frustration. Surprise because I just caught Embry Call and Bella Swan making out. Anger at Bella and Embry's obvious betrayal of mine and Jacob's trust, and frustration because of the lack of facts that I am receiving.

I blurt out the first thing I can think of, which was definitely the wrong call because Bella and Embry's demeanors shift from sheepish and guilty, to upset and anger? "You do realize that you and Jake are practically dating. You made out with him less than two weeks ago!" Bella's face turns into one of dismay, and Embry's into anger.

"First of all they are not dating. They kissed once, and Bella never said she wanted to, nor did she ever say she wanted to again! And back off Quil, I understand that you wanted to be told before, but this is between me and Bella, not you and Jake!" That frustrates and angers me, because it obviously is going to hurt our friend's feelings if Embry starts dating the girl he loves.

"Like hell it is! You're hurting our best friend you douchebag! You do realize he's been pining after Bella since he was born right?! This is going to kill him, and your friendship with him too! All to get into Bella fucking Swan's pants!? It's not worth it!" I exclaim, and immediately regret the words that come out of my mouth the second they do. Bella's face crumples in hurt, and Embry starts to shake in anger. Leah rushes over and grabs Bella away from Embry, and Paul hauls him over to the tree-line, where Embry's shaking and convulsing continues to get worse.

When they finally reach the forest, Embry's shape blurs, and he morphs into a giant, salt and pepper colored wolf. The wolf growls at me, and I suddenly feel my own shaking begin as a result of my own anger, surprise, fear, and adrenaline. Pain surges through me, and the last thing I can make out is Bella's cry for Embry before the pain overtakes my mind.

(EmbPOV)

I seethe from my place as a wolf, as I watch my once best-friend go through his own painful shift that I went through not two weeks ago. Suddenly his consciousness and thoughts pop up in my brain, and I focus on the task at hand. Calming Quil down enough so he can phase back.

(q) What the fuck is happening?! Fur!? Paws!? Are the legends true!? Embry and Bella?! Jake is going to be heartbroken. I never meant to say those things to them, but they're really going to hurt Jake, and I can't support that.

(s) Quil. Calm down and try to think of yourself as a human. You have phased into a wolf and joined the Quileute pack of spirit warriors. I am the alpha, Sam Uley. I will try to get to you as soon as possible. Please try to phase back and think of yourself as a human.

And so, the next 2 hours went with Sam trying to calm Quil down enough to phase, which he eventually did, and then he explained to Quil about the pack and vampires and the Cullens. We end up on the beach with a small fire to keep Bella warm, with the whole pack there to help Quil adjust. He approached Bella and me on the log with an understanding but disapproving look in his eye.

"Hey, sorry for before. I never meant that Embry doesn't care about you and only wants to sleep with you. I know you two aren't like that, I was just shocked and thinking about Jake. Which I still am. And I am really sorry but I just don't think I can approve of your relationship, when it really hurts Jake, someone we all care about. And especially since I know Bella isn't your imprint, and fate is telling you that you guys don't belong together. I really am happy you found each other and are happy, but I don't support the relationship." I growl when he mentions imprinting, and I feel Bella tense under me with uneasiness.

"Um, thanks Quil, I guess? I mean I forgive you for saying those things, I know you really didn't mean them. I am not ending my relationship with Embry though just because he is not my imprint. He may not even imprint, and he is going to mark me anyways. Even though that's none of your business. We'll try not to flaunt our relationship in your face if it bother you so much." Bella responded, and I felt a sense of pride shoot up in me at her words. They are exactly what I would've said so I didn't say anything else and looked at Quil expectantly.

He was about to respond when a pale, blue eyed, blonde haired girl approached Quil, Bella, and I.

"Hi, sorry to bother you guys, but do any of you know how to get to second beach?" Quil glances up at her, and his entire body posture goes rigid, and I look up at his face to see his eyes are trained on the small girl asking us for questions.

It's not the staring that alerted me to a new imprint in the pack, but the look in his eye that looked all too familiar, the same look that Jared gets when he looks at Kim. The same look that Sam had in his eye when he looked at Emily for the first time, inadvertently breaking Leah's heart.

"Holy shit."

A.N. Sooooo that happened! Yes, her name is Claire, and no, she is not two, and no she is not Quileute. I decided to change it up a little. Don't get mad at me for the mini cliffy. As always review and like! See you soon with Chapter 7!