Seth's POV

Seth was running a perimeter around La Push although he thought there was really no point, nothing remotely interesting has happened since the Volturi came to folks, but he guessed it was a good thing to not have the lives of everyone you love in mortal danger.

They didn't run perimeters often anymore since everything has been so quiet, Edward thinks word has gotten around that vampire killing wolves exist so they now know not to come here but every now and then a vampire will come along and the packs get to stretch our legs and keep everyone on their toes.

There won't be two packs for long since Paul, Jared and Sam and shifting less and less, nothing needs to be said about it because they all know they want to start aging so they can grow old with their imprints, right now Paul is having the most trouble, it is actually quite funny, now even himself and the pups can tease him and can sit back and watch the veins in his head burst as he tries to stop himself from shifting, it never lasts long.

Seth was the only one on patrol having the 3 am shift taking it from Embry till 1 pm but with that done and he had gotten the weekend off, each member of the pack took their turn running perimeter check but the younger members of the pack had to do the patrols in pairs thankfully he wasn't grouped with them so could run patrol on his own.

All that's left of Sam's pack it the young pups the ones that shifted because of all the vamps that came to forks, so when Sam and the others finally do stop shifting, Alexander, James and his twin Ben and then there is Luke who is the youngest wolf will all join Jacobs pack which has himself, Quill and Jacob which are the only other imprinted wolves, but because of the age differences with their imprints they won't stop shifting for a while, or never in Jake's case since Nessie is part vampire, but then there is Embry, Collin and Brady who Joined Jake's pack last month and of course his own sister Leah, but she was studying at Seattle university and only came back to the reservations on weekends to stay with the family and shift.

Seth thought Leah wanted to stop shifting grow old, see if there was a chance she could have a family but she wouldn't and he knew as much as she denied it she didn't want to age if he was going to stay young, she was waiting for him, not wanting to leave her brother alone without her protection even though he insisted he didn't need it but he hadn't been able to get through to her yet.

As much as Seth loved to run freely through the forest at top speed without a care in the world with the branches rustling against his sandy fur, his movements were silent as he gracefully weaved around trees completing another loop of the reservation. In the last couple of years he had honed his skills and grown into his paws, so he now didn't resemble a pup anymore or at least not as much as the younger wolves that joined after him.

Since the Cullen's still live in their glass house and have been keeping forks safe from any threat, the treaty with the Cullen's was a lot looser now but they still weren't allowed to just casually take a stroll on La Push Land in case they caused more of the young boys to shift but there was exceptions if it was a really special occasion, or even one of the pack bonfires then they would make an exception, of course Nessie was always welcome and by extension Bella and Edward frequently stopped in at Emily and Sam's home. Although many of the wolves visited the Cullen's often and by many it was really just Jake's pack, the others were still kind of wary but they were better now.

Seth was jolted out of his thoughts when he felt someone shift

"Hey Seth, caught any scents," the voice of Jacob Black his alpha echoed through his head

"Not a whiff, Is my shift over already," Seth was surprised the time seemed to fly by which he wasn't complaining about.

"Yea you won't be back on schedule till Monday afternoon, go enjoy your weekend, Embry said something about going Cliff diving they should be down there by now," Jake replied

"All right cool," this was a frequent pass time for the younger wolves - and Embry - who would go down to the cliffs for an adrenaline rush even though none of them could be hurt by the waves as they were all pretty indestructible. Sometime the other wolves who imprinted would join in but that was only if there imprints were away of didn't want to be around them, but they would be too moody to completely enjoy themselves.

"you will understand when it happens Seth, trust me," Jacob said chuckling at Seth, but Seth was unsure whether he actually wanted to imprint, he had seen the good and the bad effects of it - bad mainly being Leah's experience – though he knew he couldn't be in a relationship with a girl he didn't imprint on in fear of doing to some innocent girl what happened to Leah, Thankfully Jacob snapped him out of going down this dark path in his mind.

"Don't forget Esme wants you over for dinner tomorrow to celebrate rose and Emmett getting home form their fourth Honeymoon and she wants you over"

"no problem, tell her I'll be there" Seth replied as he got to the tree line "I'll see you later and tell the Cullen's I said hi" Seth didn't hear Jake's response as he shifting and putting on cut-offs shorts hidden under a rock, before running to the edge of the cliff and diving over the edge not sparing a glance at his pack mates just wanting to feel the spray of the salty water leaving any lingering thoughts of imprinting to be swallowed up by the ocean.

When Seth got to the top of the cliff he was wet but he wasn't dripping wet, it was a good thing that their temperatures ran high so they could go for their swims no matter the weather or season although it didn't matter much as today was an abnormally sunny day. Brady and Alex were also wet as they had jumped over the edge just before he got there although in Alex's case it was more like pushed.

"Aren't you going to jump Colin, I don't think I've seen you take the dive since I joined the pack," Alec who in Seth's opinion was a mini version of Paul said at that all the guy's laughed though Sam felt bad for Collin having done quite a few patrols with him he has seen in the boys head and how afraid of how bad his fear of heights is, Seth really hoped that Alex would be the next to imprint hoping it would calm him down like it did with Paul, Seth didn't think he would be able to survive being in the same pack as him.

"We should head back soon," Embry said noticing how Colin was shifting uncomfortably, he and Alec had a tense relationship which is the reason he Joined Jake's pack last month. Colin gave Embry a grateful look while everyone else complained.

"We only just got here," the twins whined, no one could tell the two apart not even when they were in wolf form, even their thoughts were practically identical.

"can't we stay a little longer," Brady said unaware of his best friends issues

"Emily will have lunch on the table soon, you don't want to piss Sam off do you," Embry really knew how to deal with the younger one's Seth thought. Normally Seth would be all for heading Emily's with a table full of delicious food her hose was the best place to relax and hang out with the pack but right now he didn't want to do any of that he wanted to stay right here on this beach he just couldn't work out why.

"Hey Seth you OK," Brady asked, he was one of Seth's closest friends in the pack besides Colin and Embry but he wasn't the most observant so if he noticed but then he realized that he had been staring at a boulder for who knows how long. Not knowing himself what was going on he decided to let go of what was bothering him.

"Yea Brady, I'm good," he said smiling he just needed to stop thing about the weird feeling in the pit of his stomach and it would go away and if it didn't he just had to ignore it or he would be get a lot of weird looks from the pack.

They all looked towards the boulder and out stepped to teenagers with a halo of red hair, Seth's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the girl she seemed quite short he would be surprised if she was any taller than and unlike the boy she was standing beside her hair was more auburn than red, she only had a light dusting of freckles over her face.

Seth felt drawn to her he didn't even know her name, he wanted to know that and so much more, every little detail he could and he didn't know why until he looked into her light brown eyes and all of a sudden all his worries and fears disappeared and everything became clear to him, he had found his other half the person he was destined to be with, his imprint.