Ok guys, this is a busy time of year, for anybody, but especially me, but I shouldn't neglect my stories, so yeah.

Read my newest story, I'll Stand By You, it's the side story with Seth and Jasmine :D

onward!

VPOV!

I was looking into Embry's eyes, and I felt such a strong connection, like he was the only person in the world who knew how I felt, about him, after such a short period of time. I saw Jasmine and Seth run down the beach, but I didn't give them a second glance. I was too busy drooling over Embry being so close to me.

"They're getting along fast." I said, gulping at the end, every nerve in me alive.

"Yeah. They are." He said, breathing against my face. His breath was hot, but it smelled insanely sweet, like oranges. I couldn't think, couldn't form a coherent sentence. At first, I thought he was going to kiss me, and every fiber of me wanted him to, more than anything in the world. But he pulled away, and looked down at the ground. I finally remembered to breathe again, when he was 3 feet away from my face.

I turned to look and see where Jazz and Seth went, but I saw nothing but beach, and logs of driftwood.

"So.." Embry said, still looking at his feet. I didn't know what to do, or say.

"Yes?" I asked, looking up at his face. His eyes met mine, and I felt like jell-O again.

"Let's take a walk." He said, holding out his hand. I was hesitant, thinking of Jordan, and our walks. I shuddered, and Embry noticed. His brow furrowed, and his mouth set in a straight line. I felt awful, for making him think I didn't want to hold his hand, and that was the completely opposite feeling welling within me. I took his hand, slowly. His fingers intertwined with mine, and his hand engulfed my hand. It was cold before, but now it was warming up, thanks to his hot skin. We walked down the beach, looking at the driftwood, and the multi-colored pebbles lining the ground. I didn't say a word, I just walked beside him and we held hands. It was so simple, but it meant the world. I compared every feeling from being with Embry to being with Jordan. Embry made me feel safe, like nothing could hurt me, and Jordan was the thing that hurt me the most. I hardly ever gave my parents second thought anymore. They couldn't do anything to force me back to my home. Plus, I didn't want to leave my newly discovered family. And Embry. The thought of leaving him made my chest swell, and my heart literally hurt. I felt a little dizzy, and I swayed.

"Can we sit down?" I asked, weakly.

"Sure." Embry looked at me, with concern and sat me down on some driftwood, lying on the open beach.

"Are you ok?" He asked me. The dizziness was fading, but I knew I should stay sitting for a few more minutes.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"You sure?" He asked, his palm to my forehead.

"You wouldn't be able to tell if I had a fever.." I said, jokingly. It made him grin, and my heart lurched at the sight. It beat a little faster, and I felt a blush creeping up on my face. I hid it under my curls, but Embry's fingers brushed back my hair, something Jordan had never done for me.

I looked over at him, and the way he was looking at me made me feel like a queen. I blushed even more, which made him smile.

"What did you think of school?" He asked me. I was surprised, school was the farthest thing from my mind.

"It was ok. It's not where I want to be, but you gotta graduate sometime." I said, staring at my hands. He huffed like he knew exactly what I was talking about.

"So why are you and you're friends so secretive?" I asked, one of my burning questions. This took him by surprise, and he looked over at me, with a bewildered look on his face.

"Well, I'd never noticed before." He said simply, and got off the driftwood to pick up a rock. He skipped it across the surface of the ocean, and we both watched it plunk into the dark water.

I shivered. It was getting colder, and my hoodie wasn't doing me justice.

I guess Embry heard my teeth chattering, because he turned around.

"Are you freezing?" He asked. I then noticed he wasn't wearing a jacket. That's kinda weird..

"Y..yes." I answered. He took my hand, and pulled me up off the driftwood.

"Hold on.." He said, picking me up, and slinging me across his back. He ran me back to the truck, and we sat in the bed, next to one another. He put his arm around me, and I was warmed instantly. I snuggled into his side, without even realizing it.

"So.. How do you like La Push?" He asked.

"I love it, actually. I can't see myself anywhere else." I said, staring out into the woods, listening to frogs croak, and crickets chirp, and thunder rumble in the distance. I heard a thump-thump of feet running, and looked up to see Seth running down the beach with Jasmine on his back. They reached the end of the truck, and Seth was breathing regularly, barely winded.

"We're hungry!" Seth said excitedly.

"Well, I guess we'll go get something." Embry said casually.

"Ok. But this time, she's riding with me." Seth said, a determined look crossed his face, and we all laughed. Embry stood, and helped me up, and we climbed into the seats. The truck rumbled to life underneath me, and I felt the hum of the vehicle. We drove to the nearest place to get food, which was the small 50's style restaurant. We ordered our food, and ate, while the guys stuffed their faces full. The rain was pouring down when we were getting ready to leave, and Jasmine's face pinched up into dislike.

"I absolutely hate the rain." She said, sighing.

"I don't mind it, I just mind the getting wet part." I said, agreeing with her. I didn't want to head back to the apartment just yet, something in me told me it was a bad idea, so I decided I would stick with Embry, which I was perfectly content with.

"Hey, let's go see Emily!" Seth said, his eyes fixating on Jazz's face. It was around 6:00, so it seemed fine enough. I was glad to get to go back to Emily's. It was like a second home to me already, even if the house was tiny, and all those huge boys stayed there a good part of the time.

We hopped into the car again, and drove through the rain to Emily's small house. We ran inside, trying to get away from the freezing rain, well, Jasmine and I did, while Seth and Embry took their time, trying to be manly I suppose. I sat down on the couch, and Embry next to me. Seth sat in the floor, next to Jasmine.

"Where is everyone?" I asked, wondering aloud.

"Who knows. I think I hear someone upstairs.." Embry said, listening.

"Sam? Is that you?" I heard Emily's voice, as she descended down the stairs.

"No, it's Embry." He said. I heard Seth whispering in Jasmine's ear, probably telling her to not stare at Emily's face.

She appeared at the bottom of the stairs, and I looked up to see her. She was wearing a light pink sweater, and lighter jeans. Even with her scarred face she was still beautiful. I looked at Jasmine, and she was taking Emily in, and she seemed surprised.

"Oh. I was hoping it was Sam. I need to tell him something.." Her face was glowing, with delight. Seth looked like he was about to burst if he didn't say something, and I wondered what was so important.

"Emily this is Jasmine, my im.." He shut his mouth as quickly as it had opened. Her eyes widened, then softened as if she understood what he had been going to say. Embry's expression screamed for Seth to shut his face.

"My new friend." He saved himself quickly. I was wondering what in the world was going on, and Jasmine seemed completely out of the loop as well.

"So I see. It's lovely to meet you, Jasmine. I'm sure you'll get along here quite nicely, just like everyone else." She looked over at me and winked. I felt my lips upturn into a tiny smile. I felt Embry looking down at me, and I felt my famous blush turn my face a bright carmine.

She hugged us both, and ran outside with her car keys. Embry stuck his head out the door, and I sat down on the small, slowly becoming more familiar couch. Embry closed the door behind him, and looked over at us.

"Emily's going to find Sam, to tell him something. Apparently it's big. But she said we can hang out here as long as we want." He grinned at me.

Emily returned around 30 minutes later, with Sam by her side. They went outside, and sat on the porch talking about something. We talked for what seemed like hours, until we heard a commotion going on outside. All four of us stood up and ran outside to see what was going on. We saw Jared throwing a fit and Jacob was with him, restraining him. He saw me, and started screaming.

"YOU! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" His eyes were blazing with a fire of hatred. If Jacob and Sam weren't holding him back, I'm sure he would be beating the crap out of me. I hid behind Embry, scared for my life, because Jared wasn't the first person I had seen this angry at me before. I clung to Embry, and one arm held me gently behind him.

"What the heck Jared?" Embry said, loudly but not yelling.

"KIM IS GONE! AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF HER!" His voice somehow got louder and louder, and he began to tremble, and a hum was in the air.

"What happened?" Sam said, in a low voice, attempting to calm him down.

"I went to her apartment. A note was on the door. It said if I ever wanted to see Kim again I was going to have to give up Violet." His voice was a harsh growl. I sunk beneath Embry's touch, knowing who left that note. Jasmine watched, her mouth hung open, and Seth was holding her back not wanting her to get in on this. I felt everything go still, everyone was holding their breath, wondering what the next move was going to be. I felt tears come to my eyes, and my wall breaking down. I knew I was never going to be able to leave my old life behind.

"I'll go." I mouthed, and let go of Embry's shirt. He felt my hands let him free, and he turned around, and his face was full of hatred.

"You can't go." He said through clenched teeth.

"I have to." I whispered brokenly, looking down at the porch.

"No." His voice was hard, unmoving.

"I can't let him hurt her." I whispered, pleading. I looked into his eyes, and saw the hurt, the anxiety there.

"We'll stop him. You cannot leave this house, we will get him. Do you understand me?" He said, gripping my shoulders with his big hot hands. I looked up into his eyes, but everything was getting blurry.

"Yes.." I said, my voice breaking.

"Good. Stay here with Emily. C'mon guys." Embry walked off the porch, while Sam, Jake, and Jared followed him. Seth was still holding Jasmine, and he looked down into her eyes.

"I'll take you home." He said quietly. She nodded, barely. They walked past me, and Jasmine looked at me, with confusion and compassion. She didn't understand what was going on, yet she felt sorry for me.

"I'll see you later?" She said, as if asking a question.

"Yeah.." I whispered, softly. She hugged me fast, and Seth's eyes met mine, and I saw the hidden message there. It'll be ok.

Emily took my hand, and led me into the house. She sat me down on the couch, which felt like a cruel joke. I was the one he wanted. I was the one who could save my cousin from that monster. And yet those boys, people I barely knew, were going to get my cousin, to protect me.

After that thought, another one came to mind. What if they were doing that to just save Kim.. And they didn't care if he got to me? No, that wasn't it. Maybe, for Jared that was how he felt. But not Embry.. I didn't know Jake or Sam that well, so I didn't know how they felt about it.

I knew I couldn't sit there and stay, so I mumbled something about going upstairs to the bathroom. I walked slowly up the stairs, and ran into Emily's bathroom. There was a window, and it was smaller than normal, but it was my only hope.

I had promised Embry I would stay here. But I didn't promise for how long. And going against that promise cut me deep, but Jordan was my problem, not theirs. I stepped onto the counter, and opened the window. I heard someone speaking downstairs, and I froze. It stopped, and I continued my jail break. I had one leg out, searching for something to step on. I looked through the glass to see if there was anything to step on, and I saw a thick branch of a tall tree. I was thankful, but it was about an arms length away from the window. I stepped out, feeling the branch under my foot. I crawled out, into the tree. Climbing down was fairly simple, though I got stuck a few times. I ran out front, jumped in my car and took off before Emily could stop me. I drove, furiously to our apartment, and saw Embry and the others there, making a plan. I ducked down, hiding. I had no idea where Jordan was, and how I was going to get there. I figured my only choice was to follow the guys. They stood there, for about 5 more minutes, then took off in Jacobs truck, Jared and Embry in the back. I put my hood on my head, and pulled out behind them. We drove up to a nicer hotel, and they piled out of the car. Jared's face was filled with anger, hatred. I huddled deeper into my seat, wondering if his anger was towards me, or Jordan. I didn't know, I'm sure I didn't want to know.

They walked up to a door, and knocked on it, but no one answered. Sam whispered something to the other three, they nodded and went around to the side. I only had minutes, I jumped out of my car, and ran towards the door. I knocked once, but the door opened and I was pulled inside. I was dazed for a second, but I heard someone locking the door. I looked around, and saw nobody.

"Well. I've finally found you. You would think that in a town as small as this I would have found you a lot sooner." I knew that voice. I would have known it anywhere. I couldn't move, couldn't speak. I was frozen with fear of what happened to Kim, what's going to happen to me.

"Where's Kim?" I whispered, not daring to turn around, I was too afraid.

"All in good time. First, what in the world made you run?" He came into my view, and my heart was beating hard with adrenaline.

"I don't know." I whispered, trying to avoid what I knew was coming.

"Yes, you do. Tell me." He pleaded. I thought of Embry, and it made me warm, and less afraid. I heard a muffled scream. My eyes widened, and I looked into his cold blue eyes.

"You're cousin is very.. Difficult." His smile made my stomach hurt, and I felt sick.

"Where. Is. She." I said through my teeth, holding back.

"Impatient, are we? Well, that won't do." He slapped me, hard, across the face. My hand flew up to my face, cradling it.

"Come on." he growled, and grabbed my arm. He dragged me into the bedroom, where Kim was tied up on the bed. Awful thoughts flew to my head, wondering if he hurt her..

"VIOLET!" she yelped, "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"I'm here to.." But I didn't get to finish. Jordan threw me to the floor. I sat up, baffled.

"What are you DOING?!" Kim yelled. Jordan leaned over her, untying her hands, and feet. He held her by the arm, and took her back into the opening room. He opened the door, and threw her outside. He locked the door back, and walked back into the bedroom where I was still on the floor.

"Get up!" He yelled at me, and pulled me up. My arm was going to have a bruise on it by morning. I wished that Embry was here, to save me, take me away from this mad man.

"We're going home." He said, pushing me against the bed, and going to pack his bag.

I am home. I thought to myself. Tears sprang to my eyes, as I realized I would never see Embry, Emily, Jasmine or Seth again.

"Why are you crying? You should be happy!" I heard Jordans roar, and then I felt his fist connect to my jaw. Another bruise.

"I'm sorry. I am happy." I said, my words slurred.

"LIAR!" He screamed, and clawed my shirt. It came off, with his hand, and he chuckled with pleasure. I stiffened, unsure of his motives. He turned me around, so my back was facing him, and he clawed my back, and pain short through me. I screamed, and felt my blood ooze from the cut.

I heard rapid knocking on the door, and Jordan growled. He went to the little room up front, while I leaned over the bed, trying to breath normally. I saw blood on the sheets, and felt sick. I heard Jordan cussing, then he came back into the bedroom. He started beating me, harder and longer than he had before. He took out all his anger on me, and then he stopped, and was breathing hard. I could barely breathe, and my vision was becoming fuzzy. I hurt everywhere, and everything was becoming strangely numb. It felt nice, and I was about to give in to the darkness, when I heard someone crying, then a bang, then shrieking. Then everything went black.

EPOV!

I was furious. Beyond furious. Jared had no right to yell at Violet that way, no matter how angry he was. Everything was a blur up until we got to the hotel. Jared knocked on the door, and we heard someone breathing inside, but we decided to split up and ambush when he came out. We went around the side, to see if there was another way in, when I heard someone running, and the door opened the shut. I looked around, but didn't see anything. I heard a smack, as did the rest of the guys, from inside the room. I ran to the front, trying to look in the window, but the blinds were pulled. We heard yelling, but I was so upset, I barely heard any of it. The door opened and closed, but the Kim was standing outside. She looked surprised, and then she turned and banged on the door.

"LET HER OUT! LET HER OUT!" she was screaming, crying. She had bruises and cuts on her arms and face. Jared ran around the corner, and scooped her up in his arms, and she hugged him back, still sobbing.

"He.. I.. She.." She babbled about something, but Jared was kissing her face, her neck everything. I was still mad at him, but too confused about what Kim had screamed for the anger to register.

"What did you say?" I said aloud.

"He has Violet." she said, sobbing again, clinging to Jared.

I saw red. Nothing else mattered, except getting her out of that hotel room. I heard a scream, and my heart tore in half. I fell to my knees, unable to hold myself up.

"Violet.." I whimpered. A new strength ran through me. I had to get Violet away from that.. monstrosity. I kicked down the door, while Jacob and Sam flanked at my sides. We saw Jordan standing there, shuddering with his sobs, and Violet strewn across the bed. I saw her eyes were barely open, and she was bleeding, from multiple places. I growled, and felt myself shaking.

"YOU!" I snarled. Jordan looked up at us, fear ran through his eyes. Sam ran into the bedroom.

"What. Have. You. Done." I said through my teeth, my shaking becoming more uncontrollable. I felt Jake's hand on my shoulder.

"You don't understand!" He yelled.

"Oh, I do. I understand that you have ruined her life, and made her scared of everyone that walks on this earth. And she doesn't love you, she's not going to marry you. Ever." His scream that came after that was agonizing, but it felt good to hear him in pain.

I punched him in the mouth, a little hard. I heard a crunch, and knew his nose was broken.

"That, was for Violet." I said lowly in his ear. He moaned, and I nodded at Jacob to take him to Charlie. He deserved to be in jail.

I ran to Violet and Sam, worry filling me.

"He beat her up pretty well. We should take her to a doctor." He said, looking her over.

"Get Jake to call Carlisle. I'll bring her. You get her car." I said. He nodded, and walked away.

Seeing her broken like this was too much. Tears came to my eyes as I looked at her. She was bleeding, bruises were already coming up, and her breaths were short and labored. I knew things were broken, but it hurt me to see her this way. Physical pain shot through me, and I felt like I was going to fall.

I picked her up, carefully, and took her to Jake's truck. He hung up the phone as I got in the bed, with Violet.

"She looks bad." He said, looking at me.

"I know." My voice breaking.

"I'm so sorry, man." He said. I knew he was, and if it were him and Nessie, I would feel for him too.

"What did Carlisle say?" I asked, stroking her hair.

"He said bring her, now." He answered, getting in the machine.

"Ok. Let's take her." I said, jumping in the back, with my broken imprint.

OHMYGOSH!

I do believe this was my favorite chapter to write. I couldn't stop, until I got it done.. I hope you loved it!

Review for me? Please and thanks!

Courtney