Chapter 5 - Not Okay

Anysa looked over at Dina who was sitting on her bed with big tears slowly rolling down her cheeks. Anysa said, "I don't know what to say...I really don't...I mean...Jake and I are waiting to have sex too...We're not really sure we want to take that step yet." Dina said, "I know...Jared and I had decided we were going to wait too...And when I finally decided I was ready, he comes over and we get into one small fight and suddenly his body temperature shoots through the roof, like he's sick or something and he leaves...He hasn't returned my calls for at least three weeks. I just thought the first time we had sex was going to be great...I mean we decided to give our virginity to each other and suddenly we stopped for a minute cause he asked me if I was sure and I couldn't say yes or no and he got hella pissed off." Anysa said, "Maybe it wasn't meant to be then." Dina said, "I was so sure though...I love him." Anysa said, "I know." Anysa sat on the bed and held Dina's head in her lap as she cried harder.

Anysa said, "I gotta get going...Jake and I are going out tonight." Dina nodded as she calmed herself down. Anysa walked down stairs as she passed Embry going up and he said, "How is she?" Anysa said, "Not good...I don't know what the hell Jared Tinsel's problem is...but he's going to lose her faster than the Titanic sank." Embry said, "I was going to confront him at school today...but he hasn't been at school for the whole week. I went by his house and his mom said he's been staying with Sam and Paul. I don't have a clue what's going on but it really sucks...Dina loves Jared...I can tell she does...and from what I could tell he loves her too...I just don't know what the hell has been going on." Anysa said, "Well when you figure it out let me know...Everyone has been acting really strange on the rez...I don't understand why...Maybe I'm not meant to."

Embry shrugged his shoulders and said, "Take care and tell Black I'll be over to work on the car tomorrow after school...I have to go clean up Jared's mess first." Anysa nodded knowingly as she continued out hoping Dina was going to be okay...6 months of dating just to have the guy you're in love with suddenly treat you like you have some kind of infectious disease. Embry knocked on the door and a quiet voice said, "C'mon in Embers." Embry pushed the door open as she walked over and sat on the bed next to Dina as she was laying on her stomach looking out the window. Embry said, "How'd you know it was me?" Dina laughed and said, "You're the only one who knocks that softly." Embry said, "Are you okay?" Dina looked out the window as more tears silently slid down her cheeks as she said, "No Embers...I'm far from it." Embry could feel himself getting pissed off almost to the point of no return. Embry said, "It'll be okay Dina...I promise." His kissed the top of her head and his heart fell for his sister...He couldn't take it anymore as he left the house and jogged into the woods and headed for Sam's place.

Once Embry got to Sam's, which was nothing more than the beach, it was basically a meeting place for the guys. Embry had recently learned he possessed a certain gene in the Quileute tribe that gave him the ability to shape shift into a wolf to help protect the Quileute lands, only a hand full of the guys on the rez had the gene and Sam, Embry, Jared and Paul were of the few...There were a few more but they hadn't learned about it yet. Sam was basically for all intense purposes the alpha of the pack he'd been phasing into a wolf for years. Paul was the second to phase and Sam helped him understand how exactly it came around for them to exist and why they had the gene. Jared was next and then Embry of course. Embry fully understood why Jared couldn't go around his sister, but he thought it was sucky because he couldn't say anything...Sam had basically placed a gag order on the entire pack. The first few months was extremely volatile for the guys when they were learning to control their anger and learning how to control when to phase into a wolf and when not to.

Sam said, "Embry where were you?" Embry scowled and said, "I went to go see my sister." Jared looked over at Embry and then looked down at the sand...Embry said, "Just so you know, you asshole she's not good." Jared scowled and said, "What do you want me to do about it Embry?" Embry said, "Call her...Would it really kill you to pick up a damn phone and call her?" Paul walked between them and said, "You guys need to squash this...if she doesn't have anything to do with the pack then it shouldn't be our concern." Embry looked at Paul and took a step towards him...Paul might of been the hot head in the group but Embry was pissed...Embry said, "That's my sister you're talking about..." Paul said, "Oh that's right the cute blonde paleface that Jared has the hots for." Embry shoved Paul and said, "DON'T CALL HER THAT!" Sam stepped between Paul and Embry and said, "Enough both of you...Embry you already know the rules...And Paul that's Emily's little sister best friend...she'd like a little sister to me as well...So I don't want to hear that pale face shit anymore. And Jared you can call her...I never said to ignore her to the point of alienation...I just said don't see her face to face until we get your phasing under control."

Embry said, "This is bogus...Why can't I tell my sister...She's the closest person to me..." Sam said, "She's on a need to know basis...She doesn't need to know yet...And she'll be just fine until I give you the okay to tell her." Embry ran his hands through his short hair that he'd recently chopped off. Embry said, "Sam she's been my sister for 13 years...She's never cried once, not even when we lived on the rez in Utah when those jerks would make fun of her for being white...All she does now is go to school, go to work and cry...It's crap Sam...It's complete crap." Sam gripped Embry's shoulder and said, "Don't you think I know all this? I went through the same thing...I know this isn't easy for any of you...but we're going to have to pull together and get phasing and tempers under control. You have to know how to hunt properly, how to kill properly...everything...before you can even think of telling anyone who's not in the pack."

Sam said, "You guys have seen Emily...You know she was standing too close to me when I lost my temper and phased...I can't take those terrible memories and scars back...It's something she's going to have to live with for the rest of her life...You all have to learn from my mistakes before I can let you anywhere near you're girlfriends...You're strictly forbidden...At least for now."

Jared wanted to call and talk to Dina...but he just couldn't...he knew if he heard her voice he would want to go see her face to face and Sam had forbidden them and he knew alpha's orders got obeyed whether they wanted to or not. So for the time being he would just leave her alone...He could only hope that she would forgive him once he told her everything.