Well I'm on a roll. might as well.

It aches deep inside my body and I'm praying it's just a gash and not a broken bone.

I almost double over in pain as I press the gauze against the jagged wound. My hair drips onto the floor as blood flows back down my chest.

"Sonofabitch!" I hiss through my teeth. Tears sting my eyes which I quickly blink away. I can't do this. Holy shit.

I press the gauze back against my skin feeling the blood ooze out.

There's a knock on the door as my vision swims. I inhale slightly. Dani and Embry. My luck right?

"Kensi?" Dani asks.

"Yeah?" I ask shakily.

"You good twin?"

"Not really." I admit. I wrap the towel around me tighter. "Can you help me with something?"

Dani opens the door and I glance past her at Embry. His eyebrows are drawn together in worry.

"Fuck, Kensi." Embry mutters in horror.

"Kensi!" Dani growls smacking my arm.

"Ow." I growl at her. "I can't patch it."

"No shit!" Dani hisses. She presses on my collarbone and I toss my head backwards to stare at the ceiling. "Dani!" I cry.

"Sorry." She whispers. "I'm sorry."

Embry stands on my other side looking down at the top of my head. He stares at me, but in concern and awe.

"I think it's broken." Dani whispers.

"No. Shit." I pant as she pokes at it.

"CULLEN!" Embry hollers.

Dr. Cullen enters the bathroom and glances at my shoulder.

"Collar bone was sticking out earlier. Complete compound fracture." Kensi explains. "I pushed it back in so I could use it."

Cullen shakes his head taking Dani's place in front of me. "It was definitely broken but you reset it fine. You just need to heal that gash. I'll stitch it for you until you can."

I nod trying to breathe through the pain.

Cullen leaves and Dani goes with him.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me you broke your collar bone?" Embry asks deathly calm.

I grit my teeth. "Really? I had more important things to worry about. Adrenaline kicked in and I kind of forgot about the whole bone being broken. Between the vampires, getting you guys out of the cage, Mara, and wherever my sister was, I was a little preoccupied."

Embry shakes his head. "I'm so sorry."

"It isn't your fault." I inform him. "Not your fault. I'm alright. Just… going to have to swing by the ocean for some saltwater."

Embry looks down at me. I can see the pain in his eyes. The universe gave me to him so he could protect me. And he failed. While he was caged, a vampire managed to completely obliterate my skeletal system.

"There was nothing you could do." I say quietly. "It's alright."

Embry doesn't speak but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know he thinks otherwise.

"What was Cullen's ruling on your ribs?"

Embry glances over at me. "They received hairline fractures. I'm not to phase and I'm to limit my movement as much as possible."

I nod glancing down at the dark discolorations on his ribs. I know I can't hold myself responsible for those any more than he can hold himself responsible for my broken collar bone.

Dr. Cullen returns to the bathroom with the means for stitches. I turn my eyes away and bite on my lip so hard I tear through the skin in an attempt to not scream every profanity I know.

Embry took the hand not holding my towel together. He didn't say anything. Just to let me know he was there. Not that he needed to; I'm all too aware of that boy as it was.

"Just a few more, Kensi." Dr. Cullen says. I nod, swallowing hard. It takes mere minutes for him to finish.

"Good to go now. Just get yourself to saltwater the first chance you get."

I nod. I let go of Embry's hand and walk past him into the hallway.

I walk into my bedroom and sit on my bed with a wince. I look at my floor length mirror against the door. Bruises, and cuts the water in the shower couldn't heal litter my skin. I rise to my feet and pull on a pair of jeans and fuzzy socks, and carefully pull on a bra, almost screaming when that pulled at the stitches. A hoodie went on over my head, painful as it was. I brush out my wet trusses and throw them into a wet messy bun. When I exit my bedroom, Dani is leaving the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel and a scowl on her face.

I find my credit card while I wait for the delivery to bring my pizzas.

"What's taking the girls so long?" Paul finally questions. "We've been here almost an hour."

I look out the window. "The fact that it is 10 PM and maybe a few of them were sleeping? I don't know. Emily said they were on the way."

The pizzas come fifteen minutes later and food quickly distracts the hungry and starving wolf pack. I should've ordered more pizza I think.

Emily's small car and Rachel's beat up sedan park behind Dani and I's vehicles. Emily runs up my front porch stairs and throws the door open.

"Sam!?" She shouts looking around.

A smile splits my face in two as she practically attacks Sam, smothering him in a fierce kiss and a constricting hug, tears flying off her face.

Jared and Paul watch the door intently.

Kim walks in next and she immediately sits in Jared's lap before Jared can even move. She just wraps her arms around him and cries into his shoulder.

Paul walks out onto the front porch and greets his daughter whom he holds into the air and twirls around while she laughs and nestles her face into his chest.

I jump over the back of the couch and sit beside Embry resting my head on his shoulder. He's stiff for a few seconds as if surprised, but quickly wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me against his side. I gladly accept the warmth and the invitation, still wary of the just bruises on his torso from where Nathaniel apparently beat the ever-loving shit out of him once his wolf pack had Embry restrained on the ground.

The very image of that in my mind makes me sick.

I let him hold me, almost falling asleep at one point.

"You good?"

I arch my neck, wincing slightly, over Embry's arm to see Leah leaning against the back of the couch.

"Yeah. I'm okay."

She smiles. "Sorry I didn't get there sooner. Dani didn't tell me she parked completely perpendicular to the buildings. Took me a minute to get out."

I shake my head. "It's alright. Dani and I had it sorted."

Leah pulls the collar of my hoodie over and I curse.

"Yeah. That looks like you had it sorted."

"Shut up." I laugh. "Go home you dolt."

Leah smirks before walking outside.

"You and Leah?" Embry asks, looking over at me.

"Dani got really close with the other imprints." I mutter. "Damn she was a mess. I just… I didn't know how to help her. I… I… Emily, Rachel and Kim were a hell of a lot better at expressing their emotions, and coping with them. Dani needed them to cope with Jake's loss more than she needed me. She needed someone to cry with her. I was too busy hunting Mara's ass to be there for her so Dani turned to those that could help her."

"What about you?" Embry asks.

"Well. I was the one looking for you. Leah and I got pretty close because she went with me everywhere. I'm not claiming that I had it all together, I didn't. Not even close. Leah was making sure that I kept it together." I purse my lips again. "Leah and I deal with stressful situations and pain similarly, and that's by not dealing at all. It's not healthy, and it was sure more dangerous than what Dani was doing by going to Emily, Kim, and Rach."

Behind me I hear Paul and Rachel gathering up Mackenzie Danielle to get her back home.

"How's the shoulder?" Embry asks.

I glance over at him. "How's those ribs?"

"Touché." He murmurs.

I smile at him briefly before resting my head back on his shoulder. The crook of my neck melts perfectly with his shoulder, fitting together like a puzzle piece.

All at once everyone practically evacuates my house, Paul going home with Rachel, while Sam rode home with Emily. Jared gave Kim a ride back to their shared house.

Seth and Quil went out to patrol and Leah had left as soon as she was confident I wasn't going to lose my mind.

And then everyone is gone.

"Think you could give me a ride home?" Embry asks. "I'm not allowed to phase and don't fancy walking home."

I nod looking to see how close Rachel parked behind me. Her and Paul are sitting in the car in the driveway, Rachel pouring tears to the point where Paul is losing his mind. I can definitely get out.

I stand up and jump over the back of the couch before grabbing my sister's shoulders. Immediately she projects her thoughts onto me.

Get out of the house for the night. You won't want to be here.

I flinch in pain as she forces her thoughts onto me.

Sorry. But warning you now. You won't want to be here.

I look at Dani in distain before shaking my head at her. "You're disgusting." I murmur, grabbing my keys.

"I'll go camping or something." I retort as I walk back to my room to grab my keys.

I grab another hoodie and pull it on over my head, and grabbing a pair of flannel pajama pants because they're comfy.

Embry walks to my car, still clearly a little sore.

"She kick you out of your own house?"

I nod.

"Want to stay at mine?" Embry asks.

I look over at him. "Sure. But I think we should make a stop first."

Embry raises his eyebrows in question, but I drive to the beach.