5) Then He Saw Her

Emily needed more milk for dinner and of course me being the only one in the house at the moment without an imprint, meant it was my job to go to the store and get it. So here I am standing in front of the dairy section in Patty's staring at all the different milks, clueless as to which one to buy. I mean come on, do I look like a guy that goes grocery shopping? No, I look like the type of guy that loves to party, watch football, and fix cars, cause well that is exactly the type of guy I am. Oh I almost forgot, I am also half Quileute and a werewolf, yup the legends are true, all of them. We turn into werewolves when vampires threaten those around us, we are the protectors of our tribe and I absolutely love it. The one legend I could however do without is imprinting. Imprinting is something that happens to werewolves after they first start phasing, Sam and the other guys describe it as finding your perfect mate in just one look. They say it's when the world suddenly stops and then starts again only this time revolving around her. I personally think it is absurd and impossible, I mean I know it is real for the other guys and I have never seen them happier, I just don't believe its for me. It's not that I don't believe in love, because I do, I just believe in having a choice. I am not about to let what I am determine who I end up with, that decision is all mine.

After I finally snap out of my little rant and grab the gallon of milk that I thought I saw in Emily's fridge earlier, I make my way to the counter. That is when I see her and I am instantly frozen. I could have spent my entire life looking and never found anyone that would even come close to comparing to her. All I could see was the side of her face but it didn't matter, I had imprinted and there was no going back.

All at once all of the pack's thoughts on imprinting came rushing into my mind, but they were wrong. The world didn't revolve around her but she sure as hell made it a better place. It was like I went through life with a hazy film over my eyes and with one look at her it disappeared. I live in La Push, the most beautiful place in America, but it wasn't until I saw her that I saw true beauty. In that moment I realized that I did have a choice and I chose her. I didn't need to love her but I wanted to. I could live with out her but I didn't even want to try. I didn't feel the need to protect her, it was more of a desire. I knew I could stop staring but I also knew I never would. There she was standing at the counter staring right back at me, My Impossible.

That's when I realized that the her I was just referring to was Brooklynn, Jacob's imprint. I didn't know what to do, I was captivated, I didn't want to move, to stop looking but I knew I had to. There she was my imprint and she already belonged to someone else, What the hell was happening?

I had to get away, so I ran past her not even caring if I scared her and out the door into the forest. Thinking started to hurt, I couldn't take it anymore so I phased shredding all my clothes to escape the pain of my human thoughts. It wasn't until I was miles away from the store that I remembered Sam and Jacob were patrolling today.

Before I even get a chance to stop my thoughts, Sam congratulates me on my imprinting. Just as he thought it however, he realized who the girl was. How the hell did this happen? I think with such venom that it pulls Jake away from whatever had him distracted.

Hey Embry, you're early for patrol. It was just as he was thinking this that he noticed the thoughts that kept Sam glued to the forest floor. In a matter of seconds he was lunging at me from behind and before I even had a chance to move I felt myself smash into a tree 50 ft away. I cold feel my ribs shatter but I didn't move, I wouldn't fight back, I deserved this. You're damn right you deserve this, she is mine! I will never let you near her again you fithly mutt! With that he attacked me again, this time tearing at my chest with his claws. He wasn't going to stop, I knew it and so did he, all he had in this moment was his anger and it was telling him to kill me.

If it wasn't for Sam being phased with us, he would have. As Jacob was about to slash out at my arm for the third time, Sam's Alpha voice echoed through our heads. Jacob that is enough, you have made your point, now get off your brother before you kill him.

He is no bother of mine, a brother would never do this to me. He is a traitor and he deserves whatever he gets. Yet as he is saying this he is slowly backing away from me because the alpha cannot be ignored.

Jacob you will phase back with me and Embry and then you will help me carry Embry back to my house so Emily can give him the proper care. We will then call the pack and elders together for a meeting. I have never heard of this happening before but we will figured out how and why. Am I understood? With that we both bow our heads and phase back.

Within the hour I am in the Uley living room, my wounds cleaned and bandaged, awaiting the arrival of the rest of the pack. Paul and Jared are the last ones here but as soon as they walk through the door Sam starts the meeting. " Ok you all know why we are here, Embry imprinted today, unfortunately it happened to be on another brother's imprint. Now before you all going screaming at him remember what it was like when you imprinted. Even if you knew it was wrong, could you have stopped it from happening? This meeting isn't to yell or point fingers, it is to figure out how this happen. Embry has seen Brooklynn plenty of times since he has phased so I am at a loss for words as to why this is happening now."

It was Billy Black, Jacob's dad, who was the first to speak up. "Sam, I have consulted all the books and reread all the legends like you asked but I have yet to come across anything like this happening before. It is true that the main point of imprinting is finding your prefect mate but there is something else too that is mentioned in all the legends. Imprinting is about being what ever she needs you to be and alot of that means protecting her. Maybe something bad is about to happen and maybe the spirits know that she is going to need a great deal of protection for what is coming. All in all though, this is just a guess, I am as baffled as the rest of you as to what is happening."

Paul chimmed in next with one of his usually idotic ideas. "Maybe we should call up Brooklynn and have her be in the same room as them both and see what happens." Quil was about to smack him in the head when we all look at Sam nodding his head.

"I can't believe I am saying this Paul but I agree with you."

"Sam you can't be serious, do you really think I am going to let Brooklynn near Embry ever again. My job is to keep her safe and having her around that traitor is anything but." Before Jacob could argue his point any farther Sam put his hand on his shoulder.

"Jacob I know you are hurt and angry but I also know you want to get to the bottom of this just as much as the rest of us. Seeing as how this problem revolves around Brook don't you think having her here and seeing what actually happens to Embry when he sees her again will help us understand more?"

"Fine whatever I call her and tell her to come over then but if anything happens I am holding you responsible!"

This time it was Quil that spoke, " Um Jake you might want to wait cause in case you forgot it is now 1 am and I am pretty sure she is sleeping."

"Oh yeah, I don't think waking her up will solve anything. I guess I'll just call her in the morning, I am going to go for a run now I'll see you guys tomorrow." With that the house quickly emptied out and I fell into a deep sleep, thanks mostly in part of all the morphine Emily gave me.