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Katy's POV

The next day dragged by. In the morning Bella told me that all of the La Push crowd, including Seth and Jacob, were busy. It made me curious: what were all of them doing?

My mind kept coming back to the incident in the forest. Whatever that leech thingy was, it had made Seth leave before he could tell me his secret. That also made me curious, though I had no idea what it could be.

I obeyed my mother after school, and spent the evening doing homework.

I tried to conceal my disappointment at not seeing Seth, but it didn't work.

"Why are so sad?" My brother pestered me. "Being grounded?"

"Just go away!" I yelled, which resulted in a lecture from both of my parents about being nice to siblings.

I was lying dejectedly on my bed when the phone rang. I picked it up, thinking that it might be Bella.

"Hello?" I said.

"Katy?" A familiar voice asked.

"Seth!" I squealed. "What were you doing today? I wanted to see you."

I needed to hear him, like a starving person needs food.

"I wanted to see you, too, Katy." Seth said warmly. "But we were all looking for someone who got lost. We found her in the end." His voice sounded sincere, but I didn't think he was telling the truth.

Why would Seth lie to me? What was he hiding?

"I was wondering if you wanted to come to my house tomorrow," Seth asked.

I almost shouted out loud. This was it! The opportunity I'd been waiting for! To see Seth, and to break the rules. I wasn't sure why I wanted to break the rules, but I felt like it was necessary.

"I love to!" I replied enthusiastically.

"Great!" Seth sounded just as eager as I was. "So, see you after school?"

"Yep! See you!"

"Bye, Katy." Seth hung up.

How was I supposed to wait until then to see him? Normally, I was quite patient, but when it came to Seth...

While I was trying to get to sleep, I thought about Seth, as usual. Then I saw my calendar, and realised that it was nearly the holidays! Two weeks of freedom! Two weeks that I would spend with Seth!

My dreams that night were full of Seth and me, together.

But in the morning, my Mum spoilt everything, again!

"These holidays, we're going to Washington."

"What?" I gasped. "For how long?" I wasn't sure how long I could last without being with Seth, and I didn't want all of my holidays to be wasted in Washington.

Washington, boring old Washington! We'd been there hundreds of times already, to visit some family members.

"Just one week," my Dad said in a consoling tone that was supposed to make me feel better. It didn't help at all. Nothing could make me feel happier about being separated from Seth for one whole week.

After the school day had dragged by, I hopped into Bella's old truck. I texted my Mum to tell her that I was only going to Bella's house to finish some homework. I may be grounded, but if she thought that I was doing homework, I wouldn't get such a big telling off when I got home. I'd actually finished the homework the previous evening, but my Mum didn't know that.

We arrived outside a house that looked practically the same as all the other houses in the street.

"This is the Clearwater house." Bella said unnecessarily.

Inside was a huge racket. It was chaotic! I recognised some people, like Jacob, Jared and Embry, but I'd either forgotten everyone else's names or I'd never met them. Some of them looked scarily alike, as if they could be twins.

"Katy!" Seth called. I was beginning to think that his customary grin was permanently fixed in place.

"Hello!" He said as he reached me. Bella had already made her way over to Jacob, and they were laughing about something.

"Hi, Seth!" I replied. Maybe I was developing a permanent smile too. "Is it just me, or are there a lot more people than before?"

"You're right, there are more people here than you know. Can I talk to you in private?" Seth asked. His face was serious.

"Y-yes," I stammered. Was he going to tell me what he'd been trying to say yesterday, when we'd been interrupted?

Seth led me outside. He seemed more comfortable, more at home than in any house, even his own.

When we were out of earshot, he took my hands again. We faced each other silently.

"What do you want to tell me, Seth?" I asked. Best to hear what he had to say, get it over and done with.

He began with the exact same words that he had used in the forest.

"I'm not normal, Katy. It's not just me, Jacob and that lot in there are the same." Seth's dark eyes were locked on mine, I couldn't look away. "We're... not completely human."

"If you're not human, then what are you?" I whispered nervously, not sure that I wanted to know the answer.

"We transform... into wolves." He was staring into my face, trying to gauge my reaction. "You would call us werewolves."

A werewolf? My first thought was to run away, to put as much distance between him and me as I could. But this was still my Seth. How could he be a werewolf? My brain couldn't understand what was happening

I pulled my hands out of his. "I – I need some time to think." I stammered. I walked back to the house quickly, leaving Seth standing alone on the lawn.

I was dazed, confused. I couldn't grasp what I'd just been told.

The noise inside was too much. I couldn't think.

I found Bella, who was still talking to Jacob. She took one look at my face, hastily said goodbye to Jacob, and led me to her truck.

She didn't drop me off at my house.

"What would your parents think if you went home like this?" Bella asked, gesturing at me.

She took me to the living room, and sat me down on the couch. Then she left me there.

It took me about half an hour to compose myself.

"I'm ready to go home now," I told Bella. "Thanks for your help." I smiled weakly at her, a shadow of the smile I reserved for Seth.

As I walked home, the fresh air cleared my head.

Nobody seemed to notice anything strange about me when I walked through the door. Mum scolded me for going to Bella's house, but I could tell she didn't really mind. Probably happy that I had done my homework.

Just like the first night after I'd met Seth, my dream self was walking along First Beach. But this time, Seth was with me. Then he was gone. I was alone on the beach.

Wait – not alone. I could see a distant indistinct figure. I sped up.

Suddenly I was flying along the beach, wind blowing in my face, tangling my hair. I laughed. A rush of adrenaline, and I flew even faster than I thought was possible.

I slowed down I neared the figure. It was then I realised that I hadn't been flying, but running.

"Seth!" I cried joyfully as I recognised him.

Instead of returning the greeting, Seth's eyes hardened. He fell to the ground, writhing and shaking.

In his place stood a sandy coloured wolf, growling fiercely.

There was nobody behind me on the beach, so who was Seth growling at?

Without warning, Seth leapt towards me.

I had no time to scream as I realised that Seth's target was me.

Chapter six is finally finished! Please review and tell me what you thought of it, I'll try and update as soon as I can. (I'm counting down to the Twilight movie, 68 days to go!) addictedbooklover