A/N: Okay, this is taking place from when Asha first meets the pack, just so no one gets confussed. I sort of like this chapter, and it took a really different path from what I was originally think of for it. So, I hope you all enjoy it.

Chapter Five: A Screwed Imprint

Embry POV

Running, it was my only escape from all the punishments that will be awaiting me when I get home. Mom is getting harsher with them. Yet I have to keep going and breaking her heart, over and over again. I ran with everything I had, pushing myself to my fullest.

You know you can come live with me. Quil thought towards me.

I nodded my wolf head. I know. But I can't hurt her to that degree.

We heard Sam shout for us in his human form. Quil started to run forewords but stopped when he realized I was going the opposite way. Go ahead, man, I'll just do one more sweep of the perimeter and then meet you there.

He nodded and was off.

I didn't actually want to do another perimeter; I just wanted my thoughts to myself for a moment while I ran. Running was my favorite way to think, but sometimes I didn't like the others knowing the things that I was thinking. The pack ended up knowing so much about me because of the mind link- problems at home, problems at school, people I hate, and people I've liked. Unfortunately they found about a childhood crush I used to have on Jakes little sister, Asha, and they never stopped bugging me about it.

Asha...

The name was whispered in my head. Oh, how I missed her. She always used to light up my days, put a smile on my face. I actually still have a picture of her framed in my room. She's making a funny face at the camera. When I'm in a bad mood I look at it, and it calms me down, just a little.

How can you miss someone who's been gone for six years? But I miss her.

I miss every little thing about her. Her hair and the way it curled like her mothers had. Her smile and the way it brightened up everyone's day. And what I missed most of all...Her eyes, they shined as bright as the stars in the sky, and you could read her mind by just looking into them. They were like the waters of the ocean, always flowing, also changing. They were the most beautiful eyes anyone has ever seen.

I shook the thoughts form my head. Enough about Asha.

Quickly I ran the rest of the perimeter before I phased back to my human form.

What could Sam want?

The moment I opened the door to his house I could feel something odd inside. And then someone bumped into me. It was a girl, with long black curly hair that was pulled back into a sloppy pony tail. She was wearing baggy clothes and had an ugly old bag thrown over her shoulder.

"Watch it." She snapped.

Man she's rude, I thought to myself.

And then she looked up at me, and my breathing stopped. Everything shifted. It was the weirdest feeling I have ever felt. All my worries, all my fears, all my insecurities, every negative thought, gone. It was all just gone. I no longer worried about my mother was going to say when I got home. All that mattered was this tiny creature in front of me. Her deep blue eyes. For a moment they seemed to move, like they were alive. She seemed so familiar. Why did she seem so much like...

"I know you." I said, without thinking. And her eyes turned as hard as stone in an instant. I tilted my head to the side, confused. "But who are you? I'm Embry Call." I held my hand out for her to take.

She didn't move. She just kept staring at me in fear. Why was she afraid of me?

"Did everyone start taking steroids or something?" She asked.

Her voice made my hand drop as everyone laughed. Her voice. It was so beautiful. It was like she was singing. I forced myself to listen to what she said. Start taking steroids? She knew me too. She knew me from before I joined the pack, she had to. And her voice...

"You sound familiar too."

Everyone stared at her and she fidgeted. "Excuse me. I have to go." She pushed past me, and I was about to reach for her when suddenly Rachel was there, wrapping her arms around the girl.

Now I was more confused than ever. I blinked and took a step back.

I watched as Rachel kissed the girls forehead, saying that she was finally home. And by that point I wasn't the only one in the room thinking 'what the heck'.

"I'm confused." Quil said, speaking what was on all of our minds.

Rachel looked up. "Seriously? You guys...You don't know?" She turned to the girl. "They don't know?"

The girl shrugged and smirked. "It's not my fault their blind."

Something in her tone was tugging at my heart. I should know who she was. That tone of her voice, it sent my mind running back to six years ago, but I could remember why. I tried hard to think of it, and then Rachel's voice cut threw to me.

"It would really make dad happy to have all the kids under the same roof again."

I shook my head. "They won't all be under the same roof." I muttered. "Jake and...And you-know-" Asha was a forbidden subject among us to be spoken out loud. "Are still MIA."

Rachel giggled. "They really are blind aren't they? Guys I'm ashamed of you. I can't believe you don't recognize my little sister."

Little sister.

Those eyes.

That voice...

Little sister...

The silence was deadly, so everyone heard it when I whispered: "Ayasha."

Out of the corner of my eyes Quil took a few steps back and sat in a chair. I immediately started shaking. I watched her face closely as she judged everyone's reactions. Asha looked saddened when she saw Quil. And then her eyes flickered to mine. Anger arose in me, more anger then I have ever felt in my whole life. I started shaking all the more. Rachel pulled Asha back and away from me which of course made me even madder. I wasn't going to hurt her! I was just upset that's all. She opened her mouth to say something to me. I could feel myself about to explode and I ran out the door, slamming the door behind me.

"Embry." Quil called after me.

I didn't look back; I ran full speed towards the woods.

"Embry, man, stop!"

I had just made it to the tree line when he grabbed my arm and spun me around.

He looked broken hearted. And I didn't blame him. Asha had been more than his friend, but his cousin too. They were family. Quil looked down, hiding his pain. "I'm angry too. I'm hurting too. It's been so long. Why now? Just as we all start to live our own lives. But don't run man. Don't run. It won't help anything."

I looked away. "I don't want to run, I just..."

"You were scared you were going to hurt her?" Quil guessed.

I nodded, ashamed. "Yeah. Even Rachel thought I was going to hurt Asha. Did you see it?"

"I saw."

"I wouldn't be able to live if I did that to her."

Quil cocked his head to the side. "Did what to her?"

"What Sam did to Emily..."

He laughed looking away. "Don't worry. You wouldn't die. Sam's still living and he's imprinted to Emily..." Quil paused at me. "Aw shit."

"What?"

"You imprint on Asha!"

I froze. That's when it hit me.

I did imprint on her.

Imprint, the word sounded so strange now.

I imprinted on Asha. On Ayasha Black. Shit. That was horrible. I was a little kid, fantasying about marrying her someday, knowing it was just a dream because Jake would never let me, and she would probably find someone better. She would never like me. But...Here I am. I imprinted on her. This is...This is crazy. Maybe that's what brought her back, after all these years; maybe it was the fact that she could feel the connection between us.

Sighing I looked up at the sky.

Asha.

Quil slapped me. "Man, snap out of it."

"What's going on?" Jared asked, jogging to reach us. Paul was right on his heels.

Quil looked from me to them. "He...Man...Jakes the only one left out."

Jared nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure he won't believe that his sister is back. He knows we would try anything for him to come back."

"No...That's not what I meant. Embry imprinted. So Jakes the only one besides the younger kids."

Paul chuckled. "Bout time!" He slapped me on the back. "So, who's the lucky girl?"

Just then, before I could answer, Rachel and Asha walked out of the house and started walking down the road. I noticed the way that Rachel kept her arm linked with Asha's, scared to let go, scared that she was going to run away again. All of me wanted to jog over to them, to walk with them. But I knew she needed time with her family.

Anger bubbled in me all over again. Over the fact that it had taken her so long to come back.

"She just left out of nowhere!" I exploded, yelling. "She never called, never wrote. For all we knew she could have been dead!"

Quil rolled his eyes. "She'll have you trained in no time."

Jared shook a little. "On Ayasha? You imprint on Ayasha?"

Paul smirked, punching my shoulder. "Dude, we'll be brother in laws."

I walked a few steps back until I hit a tree and I slid to the ground, putting my head in my hands.

I wasn't sure if it was a good thing or not.

Asha.

Asha.

Ayasha Black.

I shook with fear. Why was I so scared of it? Something in me screamed that she wasn't the type of girl I would be able to keep. I couldn't even see myself making the first move. I would love her my whole life, nothing would ever change it, and she probably wouldn't stick around for any of it.

"I'm screwed." I whispered into my hands, too low for any of the guys to hear it.

Good? Bad?

Does anyone want to see more Embry later on in the story? I think it would be cool, and I guess will just see how it turns out.

Okay, question of the chapter:

Should Embry and Asha fall in love right away, or should they fight being together?

Personally I like the idea of both. I can see Asha resisting more, and Embry trying to push it more. But it can go either way, so let me know! REVIEW!