Sometimes the rain clouds part to show a rainbow. But sooner or later the clouds will block the rainbow out once more and then all you will be able to do is stand back and watch the rain poor. -MyWorldDoesn'tEnd this is the calm before the storm.

#Day 16

Chapter 16

Ava POV

'Ava was my best friend, my first love, and the last person I ever thought I would get a second chance to make amends with. I will never hurt her, and I'll do everything I can to make her happy, even if it kills me.'

Embry's words have run around and around in my mind on an endless track all week, followed by a never-ending list of questions taunting my brain to bits. Did he still think of me as a friend? I was his first love? How much did he think about me after I left? He said he would never hurt me but he did? He wants to make me happy? Even if it kills him? Why did he say all those things? Did he mean it all? Why can't life be easy? Why can't anyone answer my questions? Why do I want people to answer questions I'm too afraid to ask aloud?

It is nearing lunch time and I am yet to leave my room. I've been like this all week. I don't feel like eating, can hardly get to sleep anymore and the smallest of noises have been putting me right on edge. Mum say I must be coming down with a flu of some sorts. Leah has been keeping her distance from me; whenever I call she claims to be busy and I can't help but doubt the truth behind her words. I can't remember the last time I even saw Seth. Chaska comes to see me now and then, asking why I won't play with him.

I'm starting to feel like I'm on my death bed… Do something! My mind yells. Just do something!

Before I can even think my actions over I'm out the front door dressed for a run. I don't think, I just do. Just do something. I start to run alongside the road. My legs take me where my mind chooses without me really thinking about it. The rain starts to fall from the dark clouds above, but I don't stop.

Within minutes I find myself walking up the front steps of a house I've never seen before. It's well guarded by the forest, walled with dark timber that stands two stories high. The front door is wide open letting me see the gathering of people inside, all of which I recognise. But only one of them gets my attention. It's as though my subconscious brought me right to him.

"We need to talk," I say looking directly at the one and only Embry Call.

Sam's POV

Embry marches back and forth in the living room; as Emily, Quil, Claire, Jared, Kim, Collin, Jake and I eat lunch around the dining room table. Emily sends another worrying glance over her shoulder at him. I know she's worried about him, we all are, but it still hurts me to see her like this. Embry's been on edge since Ava ran away from him after walking in on him and Leah's little heart-to-heart last weekend. "Embry can you come and eat something?" I ask, calmly, even though I'm becoming angered by the way he's making my imprint worry.

"It's been a week-" I hear him mutter. He's been doing that a lot lately; muttering to himself like a crazy person.

"Yes Embry, it's been a week, and-" he cuts Emily off.

"And she's been avoiding me like the plague," he huffs in frustration, raking his fingers through his hair.

"You don't know how much she heard?" Claire asks.

"As I said every other time, NO!" Embry isn't shaking yet but his movements are twitchy and being closely watched by the other wolves in the room.

"Chill dude," Quil says, but second guesses his words as Embry's glare turns on him.

"How bad could it really be?" Kim asks across the table.

"Well for starters she could have heard him say, She is my imprint, she is everything to me now, my first thought in the morning and my last wish at night," Jake says in a mocking voice.

"Oh-oh what about, She was my best friend, my first love, and the last person I ever thought I would get a second chance to make amends with," Collin laughs kicking back in his chair.

"Well that's actually kind of sweet," smiles Kim.

"I think, I will never hurt her, and I'll do everything I can to make her happy, even if it kills me-" Quil smirks, "was coming off just a bit too strong, and really needy."

"Shut up!" Embry growls through clenched teeth.

"Embry go outside," I say in an alpha tone, finally stepping in. He does as instructed, not like he's got much of a choice. I stand and follow him out. "You got to get a grip man," I say sliding shut the front door behind us, even though it won't do anything to stop wolves' super hearing.

"How the hell can I?!" he roars, shaking violently all over.

"For starters, you can calm down. You're that on edge that if you saw her right now you would likely phase too close to her. You would hurt her before you even knew what was happening…" Old memories rip into my mind, tearing at the happiness I had built with Emily. I know it was years ago, and Emily never held my actions against me, but the guilt still lingers deep in my mind. The thought of that happening to another imprint is something no one in the pack would ever want.

Embry freezes, pausing before whispering, "I wouldn't do that. I could never do that."

"I said the same thing once," my words hang in the air as we stare at one another. "Now go back inside, eat something, be normal. And she will come back to you when she's ready. Sooner or later the imprint pull will bring her back. Then you just have to try not to stuff it up… again."

We walk back inside to see everyone pretending like they hadn't heard our conversation. I retake my seat beside Emily and she places a hand on mine. Embry sits down at the table but before he can take a bit of the food reserved for him my advanced hearing catches onto something outside. The others must hear it too because they all look towards the front door at the same time. Light footsteps galosh in the puddles outside before Ava appears. Apparently sooner or later was a lot sooner than I thought it would be. Ava barges through the door dressed in running clothes damp from the rain. Her eyes animatedly lock with Embry's.

"We need to talk."

Embry's POV

I walk along the tree line surrounding Sam and Emily's house, Ava right beside me. She looks everywhere but at me.

"Why did you want to talk to me?" I ask as we near our third lap around the house without a word.

She sighs, draws a deep breath then lets it go before speaking quickly, yet softly at the same time. "I don't know, I just needed... I don't know any more." We stop walking and she finally looks at me. "I've been thinking of things to say to you all week, and now I just... I can't think of anything."

"Were they bad things or good things?" I asks with a smirk. My heart beats faster just knowing Ava's been thinking about me all week.

"Both... Embry I..." she trails off. She shakes her head, as though dismissing an idea; probably rethinking something too much.

"You can say anything Ava, I won't get mad." I don't know how Sam lived with himself after he hurt Emily but I know if I ever did something like that to Ava it would be the end of me. She runs a hand down her face, wiping away droplets of rain that have stuck to her skin.

"Willyougoout with... me." It takes me a second to understand the start of her sentence and then when I do I have to bit the inside of my mouth to stop myself from smiling like an idiot.

"Yeah, sure that would be great." She lets out a relieved sigh and lets me see her beautiful smile. "Are you free tomorrow night?"

"Yeah, whenever suits you is fine," she nods.

"Okay, I'll pick you up at six tomorrow afternoon."

"Sounds great," she grins. "See you then, then." She steps away from me, turning towards the driveway.

"Yeah," I grin. She waves bye and I watch as she jogs away up the driveway and out of my sight. Eventually, once Ava is long out of sight, I go back to the house.

"What'd she say, what'd she say?" Claire asks, eagerly jumping away from the window she was watching through.

"She-she…" A smile spreads across my face and I laugh. "She wants to go out with me tomorrow."

Jacob's POV

As the others discus good date ideas with Embry, I pull Sam aside. "What is it, Jacob?" he asks, looking away from the table of talkative people to me.

"We need to talk," I say nodding to the front door. He follows my lead, understanding it's not something I think the others should hear. We go outside and into the forest far enough that we can't hear the conversations going on at Sam's house and they shouldn't be able to hear ours.

"You noticed it too, didn't you?" Sam asks, breaking the silence.

"The way Embry's acting…?" I start but trail off, running a hand through my hair.

"It's more than just being away from his imprint," Sam says, confirming my thoughts.

"It's reminding me of the way Brandon use to act with Bree; always on edge like he knew something was going to happen," I state and Sam nods, agreeing.

"Yeah… Then she got caught in a rip when swimming and almost drowned. It was like Brandon had a pre-warning instinct that something bad was going to happen to his imprint."

"It makes me think Ava's in danger," I say.

"There's not much we can do besides keep an eye on her. If Embry finds out it's likely to push him off the deep end," Sam says looking back in the direction we came from.

"I hope something happens soon. Not to sound mean or anything, I really don't want Ava to get hurt, but I want Embry back…" I trail off.

"Yeah he's getting on my nerves to."

Dream scene- Ava POV; (AN: Funny fact, I wrote this dream scene before I even started this story, it was kind of the starting point to this whole story and I think this will be the last chance I have to post it before it doesn't really make sense. So hope it makes sense and works with and not agents my ideas to come.)

I run through the dense green forest, the rising sun lighting my way through the winding trees. I am dressed in a crisp white sundress but no shoes, allowing me to feel every stick and sharp rock on the forest floor. The only sound I can hear is a male voice yelling. "Run! Run! RUN!"

The male voice is familiar… all too familiar. It's been over three years and he still haunts me as I sleep, blaming me for his death. I can't remember having a dream quite like this one before though, but it feels just as real as all the rest. Usually I'm running through city streets, or down a rural road, but never that I can remember, have I been running through the forest.

Everything in these dreams feel real, something's even more real than when I'm awake. But in here all I feel is fear, all I hear is him, and all I want is out! Out of this nightmare where guilt chokes me, and my screams for help don't even reach my own ears.

"Run! Run! Run!" His words have become an endless chant as the forest around me evolves into a desolate field. In here I'm not in control of my actions, so when my head starts to turn I know it's because there's something I need to see, but don't want to.

Chasing after me is a wolf, a huge, huge wolf. It would have to be over six foot, mostly white only with a slash of black running over the left side of its face and down one leg. This isn't the first time I've seen this wolf; he appears in many of my nightmares. The majority of the time he just chases me, telling me to "Run! Isn't that what you do best! Run!" Other times he changes into John, and starts to yell at me, that it's my fault. "It's all because of you, Ava. You did this to me!"

"But it's not my fault, it was just an accident, a sick, unfair accident," I try to tell him, but he never hears me or just doesn't listen.

I look back to where I'm running to see another wolf, this one I have never seen before – it has always just been the same one. This new wolf is the same size as the other, only this one is dark grey all over.

I fall, why I fall I don't understand; it's not like there's anything here to trip over. I land on my back and pain floods my body. I know that no harm has come to me but it feels so, so real.

Dark storm clouds start to cover the blue sky above me. As the wolves reach me, barely eight feet away on each side, they both leap into the air. They collide high above me. The new wolf, the grey one, must have been stronger, as they land on the side John's wolf left the ground.

My body screams in agony as I roll to my left and slowly start to pull myself away from the wolf fight. The voice in my head is still telling me to run, but it's getting quieter, more of a hiss to it. Though there's still a bite to the words that demand me to follow instruction.

Time here is endless so I don't know how long this lasts for, but it all stops with a loud yelp. The voice in my head stops, the fear and gut-wrenching pain vanishes from my body all in an instant.

This has never happened before… What happens now? Shouldn't I be waking up? I roll over and prop myself up on my elbows. The little pull that's always controlled my movements isn't there now.

The sight before me is gruesome but I'm not scared. The grey wolf stands wearily a few feet away from me, fresh blood dripping from its mouth. Looking beyond him I see the other wolf lying lifeless, blood turning his white fir a dark red. He's dead… he, the wolf/man that has been hunting my sleep for years… is… dead, dead.

I slowly look back to the other wolf; he's not trying to attack me like the other does. If anything I would say he's scared… of me? His large head slightly bowls down to me and…

I wake up.

#This chapter is the longest I've ever done for this story so hope that helps you forgive me for the long wait and hope it was worth the wait.#

#QUESTION: what date idea would you rather see...

A) Embry takes Ava to an expensive restaurant?

B) They go to Embry's mother's diner for dinner?

C) Embry surprises Ava by taking her back to a place they camped as kids?

D) They go to the beach?

E) (your own idea) ...

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