It's been such a long time coming but I feel good
Claire fits right into the werewolf community. She's incredibly close to all of them, but closest of all to me, of course. The only time that we are usually apart is when she's at school: junior high this year. She'll be there for two years only, before she moves onto high school. She's my best friend, and I'm hers, which is a lot less weird now that she's twelve, and not two.
She loves Haley, who is Embry's imprint, but now that Haley and Embry are married, Claire doesn't get to see Haley so much. I know how this makes her sad. We try to let them see each other as often as we can, but being the wife of a werewolf tends to be a full-time job, and so it's not too often. Claire cherishes every time she gets to visit.
She loves Embry, too. I think that out of all the wolves, Embry is the one who's the most willing to joke around and just be funny. I think Sam and Jake and the others can get really serious, but Embry is always laughing. Whenever Claire and Embry are put together, you can usually expect pranks and tons of nonstop laughter.
She loves Sam and Emily, of course. They're her aunt and uncle, after all, and they love Claire fiercely. They also provide Claire with the beginnings of babysitting gigs with their six-month-old daughter, Maleah. Maleah is beautiful, and I think it's really nice of Sam and Emily to name her after Leah.
She loves Jacob and Renesmee. It's been ten years from "Unca Jay" to Jacob, and up until she was about eight, she couldn't even pronounce Renesmee. But they are an honorary aunt and uncle to her, unlike Embry and Haley, who are more of a brother and sister.
She loves Seth. To Claire, Seth is sort of the one she can always count on to make her feel better. She'll tell me her problems, with school and friends and (!) boys, but more often then not, I don't know how to make her feel better. That's where Seth comes in. Whenever he visits, he leaves Claire with a smile on her face.
She loves Leah and Oliver. It's kind of tough for her, but I know Claire tries her hardest to love Leah. She knows that Leah's never really been her biggest fan, or the world's biggest fan of imprinting in general, but she does really like Leah's husband, Oliver, and she tries to use Oliver to bring her closer to Leah.
She loves every other wolf in the pack, and their imprints: Paul and Rachel, Jared and Kim, Collin, Brady, Max, Jack, Ben, Harrison, Kyle, Zach, and Alex. Though Claire doesn't spend quite as much time with them as she does with Haley and Embry, Sam and Emily, Jacob and Renesmee, Seth, and Leah and Oliver, she still loves them in her way. The younger wolves make Claire feel like less of a little kid, I think, and bring her closer to the whole pack.
At the beginning, Claire was incredulous of the whole wolf ordeal. It makes me happy to know that she has accepted me, and the rest of the pack, for who we are, and loves us all anyway.
you get a toofer today, 'cause this one's a little shorty pants, and so is the next one! (extensive AN on the next chapter!) lovelovelove, m