I woke up early, maybe around 6am and it had just hit 8.30 when Jacob showed up at the door, dressed in a pair of cut offs and a dark t-shirt. I smiled at him as he walked into the kitchen and his eyes narrowed as he looked at the coffee in my hand.
"How come you don't look tired, scratch that, how come you aren't tired" He asked annoyance on his face. I held up my cup of coffee and he frowned. "What time did you get up and that stuff doesn't have any effect on a wolf what so ever" He stated and I looked down at my feet, frowning.
"Six and uh no it doesn't effect a wolf but it does effect a vampire" I murmured.
"Oh, you ready to go" He asked and I was thankful he didn't question me more, the others in my pack would have, hell they wouldn't have even asked about what kept me awake. I nodded and grabbed a back pack which he eyed curiously.
"Spare clothes, cell phone and a drink bottle" I explained as we began to walk down the road.
"Nice, so where have you been before you ended up here" He asked, curiousness in his eyes.
"A little of everywhere I guess, I never really had a place to go once I left my pack, I stayed in motels when I got tired and ate when I was hungry, got some money doing a few jobs here and there and yeah" I shrugged, not really focusing on where I was going, I was looking around me at the huge tree's on either side of us, the rain falling lightly, basically drizzling from the sky, marking the trees with tiny diamond looking water drops.
"We'll go in here a little bit and then phase the borders basically around La Push and we've included Forks in it too, which is the town just over" He explained and I nodded as we trudged through the damp ground into the woods and giant trees. He stopped next to a tree and turned around to face me, looking unsure. "Um you stay here and phase and I'll go over there behind that bush" He said and I couldn't up but smile.
"I've seen it all before Jake but I respect you respecting my privacy, my other pack wouldn't even know the word respect" I said and he gave me a small smile before walking off. I quickly stripped down before letting the shudders take over me, it was as easy as breathing now, maybe even easier since I had left. I stood waiting for Jake and I knew he had phased because his thoughts rushed at me. He was wondering if I had phased yet because he was sure he heard me and if I had phased why couldn't he hear me. I realised my guard was up, I had done that with the old pack but I could trust this one, they were my rightful pack after all. I let my guard drop and it made him jump, which made me laugh. He scowled and came towards me and I looked him over, the reddish brown fur and the height of him, definitely an alpha and his brown eyes were still there. I saw myself through his eyes then as he studied me. He saw the dark brown fur and the blue eyes; he also saw the black patch on my shoulder but looked over it as a random patch.
"Ready" He thought at me, a smile in his voice or mind.
"Sure am, just tell me which way" I replied and he told me he'd take the West and I should take the East and we'd meet up here again and to call me if I had any trouble. Truth was it was one of the easiest things I had ever done. I got a good look at the scenery and noticed a few nice spots that looked good to visit; I was going well and was going through the middle of a meadow filled with wild purple flowers when the scent hit my nose, Vampire. I heard Jake curse and he was racing towards me. I was crouched, searching around me when I realised it was a vegetarian. It wasn't a threat to humans but I was a threat to it and I was attacked from the side and thrown to the ground, a vampire standing above me, his cold arm across my neck. How many more times would I be jumped, it was getting as annoying as people saying 'she's a girl'. I flipped us over and tried to hold him down but he was fast, really fast. His bronze hair shifted in the breeze and his strange golden eyes glared down at me. I picked up the smell of Jake approaching when I smelled the human. My head flipped towards the smell and I saw a wide eyed, brown haired girl staring over at us from the trees. Her skin was pale but she was still pretty from what I could tell.
"Edward" I heard Jake's voice yell and he came running out of the trees where I had, his cut offs just being slipped on before he appeared. He grabbed the vampires arm, looking down at me with concern. "She's one of us, she's with me" He said and the Edward jumped off quickly but still looked defensive. The girl ran over then and clung on to the vampires arm, rubbing it up and down soothingly as she looked at me and Jake.
"Jake what's going on" She asked and I saw him flinch slightly, weird.
"Halle, go change, my shirts behind those trees and it's big enough to cover...everything" He said quietly and I nodded, running off. I quickly phased and pulled on the dark shirt, it came up to the middle of my thigh so I just held it as I walked out and everyone had a different reaction. The girl frowned over at me, Edward was looking at Jake curiously and Jake's eyes were wide before he shook his head and looked over at Edward.
"Care to explain Jacob" Edward asked and I frowned over at him, he was a Cullen, I was sure of it but who was the girl.
"She's part of my pack, she only came last night" Jake said, short, simple but obviously not enough for Edward.
"Who is she, I've never seen her before" The girl said and I looked over at her, she was pretty.
"I'm Halle Brooks and you've probably never seen me because I've never been here before" I explained, standing next to Jake's side.
"Edward, Bella, never been here before, so you phased a few days ago and decided to come here" Edward asked, making the introduction fast as he wanted more information.
"Why don't you just read her mind, you never hesitate to read mine" Jake growled over at him. Edward glared back but he seemed uncomfortable.
"I would but I can't" He murmured and Bella blinked, shocked like Jake.
"What do you mean, I thought I was the only one you couldn't read" Bella said, sounding upset about the fact.
"She's got some type of guard up, not like you, I could access her thoughts if she allowed me but she can prevent it" He explained as best he could without his usual knowledge. Jake raised an eyebrow at me and I wasn't going to explain it but he had the, explain now alpha look.
"It's like before, when you couldn't hear me when we first phased, I had my guard up and I let it down once I realised it was just us" I said and I saw a small smile form on his lips.
"My apologies for jumping you but I swear when I picked up your scent I smelt a tinge of vampire in it as well as the unknown dog smell, I hadn't got your scent before so I figured you were a threat, hope I didn't hurt you" he said, nodding, he was truthful.
"No you didn't and apology accepted, oh and the vampire scent, that was me" I said and he frowned, wishing he could read my mind probably. "My mother was half vampire, half wolf so that makes me three quarters wolf and a quarter vampire" I explained and he was intrigued by this information, it showed on his perfect face.
"Look can we do this later, she's already answered theses questions once, just scan my mind, it's not like you already haven't and read the information, tell the others not to attack if they pick her scent up either, we have to get back to patrolling" Jake said and Edward nodded, the Bella girl still frowning at me unhappily.
"We'll go now, pleasure to meet you" Edward said, grabbing Bella's hand.
"I'll see you later Jake, bye Halle" She murmured before Edward chucked her on his back, gently of course and flew off.
"Edward Cullen, mind reader, Bella was she his..." I began but I noticed the hard expression on his face.
"We'll talk later, let's just finish patrol first, Colin and Brady will take over soon" He murmured before running off and phasing, leaving me and his shirt standing there. I sighed and pulled the shirt off before phasing then picked the shirt up in my mouth and dropped it off in my bag on the way past. We circled for another hour and I kept him out of my thoughts, unless he asked me a question or I needed to ask one. When two more thoughts entered my mind I went back to my bag and phased quickly before pulling on some clothes. I was standing in shorts and my bra when Jake walked out. His eyes widened before he turned around quickly. I pulled on the shirt and chucked my hair up in a ponytail.
"Done" I said an he turned back around.
"Sorry, I thought you would have been ready, I just didn't think" He said and I waved it off.
"I was covered enough anyway" I shrugged and he nodded before we headed over to Sam and Emily's house where everyone was eating or watching TV. Embry looked up from the screen and smiled over at us.
"How was the first patrol" He asked, he always seemed to have a smile on his face.
"Well let's see I had ran half a lap when I was jumped by Edward Cullen" I said and that caught everyone's attention. They all became alert and their eyes were the size of dinner plates, all except Leah.
"Did you kick his ass" She smiled and I rolled my eyes.
"No, Jake stopped us before anything could happen" I said and they all turned to Jake.
"No injuries on the first patrol and besides Cullen thought she was a threat, we just explained and yeah" Jake shrugged before walking off to the kitchen. Everyone relaxed after that and went back to watching TV, my first patrol forgotten pretty much. Emily made us some lunch and we all sat in the lounge room eating when Seth spoke up.
"Hey, we have a bonfire tonight, it will be you're first official one" He smiled back at me; I was on the lounge between Leah and Jake, squished really but it was comfortable.
"Bonfire, for what" I asked and him, Leah and Jake frowned; people have to stop doing that.
"We go to First beach and have a bonfire, the elders come and tell the tribe's legends and history and then we eat food and chill" He shrugged and I nodded, allowing him to turn back to the TV.
"Halle, Leah, can I talk to you in my bedroom for a minute" Emily called and we both jumped up, racing each other in. Once we got to the door we opened it and walked in and stopped when we saw her with her top up, exposing her belly while frowning into the mirror.
"What's up" I ask and she looks over at us before turning side on.
"Do I look bigger to youse" She asked and we frowned as to why she was whispering. She came up behind us and closed the door before grabbing our hands and pulling us into the bathroom and closing that door before turning the shower on. "They have good hearing and I don't want Sam to get excited, he said there was something different about me and my stomach is hard and sticking out a little" She said and I smiled over at her.
"You think you're pregnant" I said and she hesitated, looking over at Leah.
"Sis you know were all good" She said and Emily nodded before turning back to me.
"Yes, I think I am, I'm late and well apparently these babies grow fast" She informed. Leah did look okay with it so I continued.
"Do you care if I do something, it may see weird but with the good hearing and all, if I put my ear to your stomach I could see if there was another heart beat, they usually develop first" I said and they both stared at me. "I was studying nursing and midwifery was an option" I said and they both nodded. I got down on my knees in front of Emily and placed my ear on her stomach after moving the bits that had escaped my ponytail out of the way. I could hear Emily's heart beat and I could hear her stomach growling like normal but I heard the faint heartbeat another booming sound and I smiled up at her.
"Well" She asked eagerly.
"Well, I'm ninety nine percent sure there's a baby in there, do you have a pregnancy test" I asked and she nodded, biting her lip in excitement. "Take it now, we'll wait outside" I said and we hurried out so she could do this quickly before the guys got suspicious and came to look for us. I sat down on the bed with Leah once the door closed and we heard the shower stop. "Are you really okay with this" I asked and she smiled over at me, nodding.
"It took me a while and it was really hard but I did it and since she's like a sister to me anyway, well I may just be an aunty" She said excitedly. Emily came out then and we all stood in a circle, huddled around the little stick she was holding. It took a moment and then the little red plus sign appeared and we all screamed in joy.
"Congratulations" Leah and I said at the same time as we hugged her and that was when the boys piled in, alert faces looking for danger. Jake and Sam ran over to us, Sam standing in front of Leah and Emily and Jake in front of me.
"What's going on" Demanded Sam and Jake at the same time when they realised there was no danger nearby. We all beamed at each other and I realised Jake was holding my wrist rather tightly; he had grabbed it when he ran in and pushed me behind him.
"Sam" Emily said and I saw the tears in her eyes. His own eyes widened and pain and worry crossed his face as his hands cupped her cheeks.
"What's wrong baby" He asked, his voice gentle, soft...loving.
"Your gunna be a daddy" She whispered and the room was silent for a moment before a huge smile spread across Sam's face, the guys all still looked confused and I touched Jake's hand on my wrist and he immediately let go, stepping back a little.
"Emily's pregnant" I said and as Sam grabbed her in a hug and a loved up kiss. The guys broke out in a cheer, jumping all over each other and hugging Sam and Emily. They congratulated them and set the house in a happy buzz.