Home?

I was out of breath by nightfall, but I had arrived at my destination. I was alone in the forest behind Uncle Billy's house.

Okay, there really was no relation blood wise that I knew of, he was just an old family frind that I hadn't seen in a few years. Well, not since we all started shifting. It was important to keep that bit quiet so we had practically cut off all ties.

I took a few minutes to focus and shifted back into shorts and a tank top that I had never seen in my life.

"Oh well, if some girl is walking around half naked it's her problem now." I shrugged and headed towards the front door.

Upon ringing the doorbell I heard shuffling in the house. Jacob answered the—

"HOLY SHIT YOU GREW!" I laughed at him. Shirtless, niiiiice. He never was one with a decent brain.

"Who the hell…" His eyes widened. "Shea?"

"The one and only." I curtsied sarcastically. I was in a better mood already.

"Wow, you're not that short little kid you were oh…last week?" He teased.

"Growth spurt." I shrugged, avoiding the whole topic. "And I'm going to assume it's the same with you?"

"Yup."

He was avoiding something now. I could just tell. Something in his voice just screamed, "SHUT UP!" at me.

"Come on in, Billy will be thrilled." He smiled, back to his old self.

"If he even remembers me…" I stepped in.

"BILLY!" Jacob yelled.

"Ow!" I covered my ears.

"Guess what the dog dug up today." He laughed.

Billy wheeled in. "Jacob, this better be good. If you dug up a bone I'll whack you with a newspaper."

I laughed. "So I'm a bone now?"

"Shea." Billy smiled and wheeled over to give me a hug.

"Hey, Uncle Billy." I smiled. I heard the TV in the other room. "Who's playing?"

"Ah, no one good. It's great to see you! You're parents okay? Grandma?"

"All fantastic." My stomach growled, "Oh, shut up." I hissed at it.

Billy laughed, "Hungry?"

"Starved." I admitted. Grass was NOT food, no matter how much herbivores seemed to believe it was.

"Come on, there's dinner in the kitchen. Watch out though, Jacob might eat it all."

Ha, fat chance.

I looked at Jacob. "We'll see."

Jake grinned.

So we all got settled nicely, we ate in front of the TV but I could care less about the game.

"So, how did you get here?" Billy asked.

"I ra—flew here…" Boy that was a dumb mistake.

And Jacob seemed to catch it; he looked at Billy who was frowning. Awkward silence followed.

"So how's it been up here? Rachel doing okay?" I took a drink of water at the wrong moment.

"Yeah, she's married to Paul now." Jacob nodded.

I spat out my water in a laughing fit. "She's married to PAUL?!" I choked, taking my napkin and wiping off the table.

"Yep."

"Niiiiiice. I'm sure that went over well."

"It's fate." Billy sighed.

I winced.

Jacob noticed. "You okay?"

"Fine." I composed myself. I could hear something faintly in the distance, Jacob did too, but Billy didn't seem to.

"You guys get a lot of wolves 'round here then?"

"I guess." Jacob shrugged. "What's Elizabeth been up to?"

I pretended not to hear him.

"I asked you something."

"Huh, sorry, what?" I sighed.

"How's Liz?"

"Great." I spat, well, there goes my cover.

"Something happen?"

"Quite possibly."

"Shea…" Jacob sighed, "You've always been so ill tempered."

"Coming from Saint Jacob over here!" I yelled.

Billy finally was paying attention. "Easy, guys." He was talking to Jacob.

He was implying "don't do something you'll regret."

Jacob was okay though.

I was the problem. I tried to make the black patches go away, but not fast enough. Jacob's eyes widened.

"What the hell?"

"I need a moment." I dashed outside as fast as I could. I couldn't take this. Of course Jacob would ask about Elizabeth, his dad used to make him keep an eye on us. He knew her ans well as he knew me.

Or as well as he thought he knew me.

"Shea, what the hell are you?" Jacob's hand was on my shoulder.

And the tears finally fell.