Ray: She is going to love it!

Seth: You could say that again. Where did you get it JJ?

JJ-Jefferu: Just a little something that I found one day, then put together for her.

Ember: Awww. It's so cute! Can I have something like it on mine too?

Ray: AHHHH! She's coming! Hide! Hide! Hide!

-all four hide behind couch-

TrappedinaPhoto: -comes around corner and is confronted by a small red and black container-

TrappedinaPhoto: Uh, what is this? –picks item up and looks inside- AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Thank you guys!

All four of them: –hiding- …

TrappedinaPhoto: I know you guys are behind the couch, come out already. I'm not stupid.

JJ-Jefferu: Aww, we wanted to surprise you though!

Ray: Why don't you do the disclaimer Ember? So that we all can start the party already?

Ember: Okay –has a piece of cheesecake first- TrappedinaPhoto only owns Ray, June, Nikki, Jeremy and the various utensils and devices this story has been written on. She does not own anything related to Twilight. Though, if she was Stephanie Myers, she would probably write a fanfiction about her own story too. (Ms. Myers did actually)


If you couldn't guess, it's my birthday. I just happened to get my present early from JJ-Jefferu due to the fact we went out for my birthday earlier this week. Thank you my dear. I loved it :)


Over half an hour later, I found myself sitting on the back porch, watching the three boys wrestle over a football. They weren't playing the real game, but seemed more like they were temporarily making alliances with each other, to only turn again on each other to gain the leathery object. It, ironically enough, reminded me of a book I had to read for my English class before I left; 1984. Ember, as I found out her name was, was keeping me company while the boys played, and while the two adults prepared dinner for us to eat.

"So what school do you go to?" I asked Ember while we lounged at the patio table.

"Oh, I go to Forks High," she said and rolled her eyes as she noticed that Embry had been tackled to the ground by Jacob. "It's going to be nice to have another imprint at the school. It's no fun not being able to talk with someone about them," she gestured her hand towards the boys, "While at school and to share something funny that may have happened." Ember sighed, "All the other imprints live down on the Reservation. I'm from North Carolina, so the other girls think that I'm crazy, white, and weird."

"What's that work you keep using, Imprint? What does it mean?" I asked her, her repeated use of the word was confusing me beyond belief.

"Umm," Ember shifter her gaze left, then right. "Seth didn't tell you? Shit..." she mumbled, anxious. I took a sip of my hot chocolate infront of me, and waited for her to continue.

"Well, you kind of are, uh," she coughed nervously, then continued, "his soul mate. I can only best describe it as that he is your other half. No one in this world will ever love you and care for you more than he does. Imprinting is what they call it when they, the wolves, find their perfect other." Embry had come over, and taken a sip of water from a glass that had been setting on the table, kissed Ember's cheek, then jogged back to the others.

"And you are Embry's 'imprint' then? And Nessie is Jake's? What about Seth?" I asked nervously. After spending so much time with him, I was worried that he might just leave me behind when he 'imprints' on some other girl. Sadness began to show on my face.

Ember put her hand up in a defensive position and began chanting, "No, no, no. it's not like that," and then she brightened up. "You have nothing to worry about Ray. Nothing. Don't you see?" she smiled at me, "Seth imprinted on you. He belongs to you now, and you to him." She looked over at Embry wrestling with Jacob. I watched as Seth tried to obtain the ball out of between the two others. And then, I do believe, that I understood what Ember was trying to tell me. Looking at Seth, I felt happy and comfortable.

"I think I know what you are talking about," I said turning back to her and smiling.

"I'm glad," she said, and then we talked about school, Christmas break, stuffed animals, and leaving our respective home towns. We were both sophomores, so more than likely we were going to end up in the same classes.

When Sue came to the patio door, it was already dark out. "Dinner," she called, and I noticed that Jacob and Embry had ganged up on Seth, which he had apparently gotten a hold of the ball, and was bent on keeping it.

Ember got up and opened the screen door, and went inside followed by Embry at her heels. Jake grabbed the ball off the ground, and threw it at the seat Ember had just been in. I stayed seated till Seth grabbed my hand and pulled me up, "Come on Ray-Ray. We both need to eat," and he grinned at me.


Emmy and myself stood away from the table while the other three devoured their food as if they had been on a hunger strike for the last four years. It had to be assumed that Charlie and Sue had eaten before we had come back in. there were two pieces of lasagna missing before the rest of us had started eating. Seth kept glancing up at me, and I smiled at him. Emmy finished before I did, and I finished before the boys did.

I looked at the pile of dishes, and looked at how tired Sue looked. "May I was the dishes," I asked her, and she nodded her head in appreciation. Everyone, once finished, bailed out to the living room; all but Seth that is. He had stayed in the kitchen, with me. I handed him a wet plate and asked, "Why didn't you tell me about imprinting?"

"I thought we were going to take it slow?" he said, not even surprised by the question.

"Yeah, I know that. But, it would appear that imprinting is a big deal around here," I said, scrubbing a dish a little rougher than necessary.

He sighed and dried the dishes that I was handing to him, "Ray, I could tell instantly that thrusting the concept of imprinting on you would only succeed in pushing you away from me. So, I decided to tell you later. But my super secret, romantic idea of how to tell you went out the door thanks to Ember's talking to you." He couldn't help but sigh.

"And how were you going to tell me this," I said finishing the last dish, and handing it over to him; I leaned my back against the counter and looked up at the ceiling. It's such a peaceful ceiling.

"You'll have to find out,"

"How," I muttered bitterly; I didn't care for surprises, atleast big ones.

"When I take you out on a date next week, you'll find out,"

"Oh really? And how do you know that I am available next week?" he laughed, then turned to me and made a face that said 'come on, seriously?' I glared at him. "I know because, I know that June and Nikki will not be getting here till Thursday."

"How the hell do you…" I muttered, then just shook my head. He was teasing me. I would just have to assume that Charlie was the one that had told him. This was, after all, Charlie's house, and I had to ask him if I could lodge the two girls here, so I could spend time with them.

"I have my sources."


Person in a different CLOWN mask: So what do you think of this mask?

TrappedinaPhoto: Stop wearing them. They scare the locals. And it's my birthday. So off with it.

JJ-Jefferu: -stares wide eyed- You do realize what you just said.

TrappedinaPhoto: Uh… What? What did I say?

Ray: -laughs nervously- Review? While they bicker….