A/N: Wooo! Chapter 6 :) Now, this is where things start to get interesting. So, good news. I have chapter 7 done, and I'm going to start chapter 8 today. I don't know when it'll be done, but hopefully I'll update either when I finish 8 or 9. To melissaswilliamore13, that was originally my idea for this story, and I'm probably going to go along with what you said.

On an unrelated note, I'm hopefully seeing Magic Mike today. Can you say Channing Tatummm :)

So read, review, and enjoy. (If you review, I will send you a cookie...in my mind.)

OH about last chapter, there was an error and I feel bad about it. When she goes to throw something on Jared, I didn't say what it was. I meant to get the name of it before I updated..but I forgot. It was a sand crab :)

Enjoy chapter 6!

About a week after we got back to La Push, Jared stopped texting me. He made it a point to text me every day, and he never forgot. So when he didn't text me that Wednesday, I was worried. I texted him at 3, asking him if he was okay. No reply. I texted him again at 4. Then at 5. Then 6. Every hour, until midnight. I never got a reply. I finally went into panic mode. I figured that he was either in a car accident, he was in the hospital, or something else was seriously wrong. I wanted to call his house, but it was late. So, I did something that I've never done before. I snuck out.

When my parents went to bed at 12, telling me not to worry, that Jared had just lost his phone or something, I stayed up for another hour before giving up. I grabbed my keys and jumped out my window (a perk of living on the first story) and got into my car. I would have walked, but it was late and I didn't know what was outside. I got to Jared's a few minutes later, and then I realized that I had no idea what I was going to do. Should I knock on his door? Or go to his window? When I looked at his house, I realized that there were no cars out front. That was weird. Usually someone was home. Did they leave and not tell me? Would he do that? Suddenly my phone rang. I pulled it out of my pocket, and looked at the screen. Shit. It was my house phone. I answered it,

"Hello?" I said.

"Kimberley Connweller, where the HELL are you?" yelled my dad.

"I-I'm outside Jared's. Dad, before you say anything, I'm not here to do something with him. I'm here because I'm worried about him. He's never not texted me for an entire day before. And there's no one here. I don't know where he is, Dad. And I'm scared," I said this really fast, and by the end I was almost in tears.

"Kim..honey. Come home. You're not in trouble. But, please, come home." I agreed, and hung up. On the short drive home, I was in tears. Where was he? Is he okay? What's wrong? What if he's…I shook my head, refusing to think the impossible. As I came around a sharp curve right near my house, I screamed. In the middle of the road was a wolf. I think. It was HUGE. It had a medium brown coat, and these deep dark eyes that seemed familiar. I started sobbing uncontrollably then, thinking, Great. First, Jared disappears, and now I'm about to die by being eating by a wolf. This is fan-freaking-tastic. It's like something out of the Hunger Games or something. Just as I thought that the wolf was going to attack me, it ran in the other direction. I shook my head in disbelief. Did that just happen? I finally got the sense to keep going, and by the time I got home, I decided that I shouldn't tell my parents about the wolf. Who knew what would happen then.

When I walked in the door, my dad was sitting at the foot of the stairs. As soon as he saw my tears, he ran up and hugged me.

"Kim," he said, "Honey. Don't worry. It's okay." He helped me up to my room, and sat with me. He sat there and let me talk. I talked about everything from meeting Jared to realizing that I liked him, to realizing that I loved him, to kissing him, to our trip to the beach, and finally to feeling like something was horribly, terribly wrong. At around 6, my mom woke up, and found my dad and I in my room, with me still crying, even after five hours of crying nonstop. She sat on the other side of me and held my hand. At 7, she decided to call Jared's house. No answer. Then she called his mom's cell phone. No answer. Then, as a last resort, she called Jason. After a few seconds, a look of surprise crossed her face.

"J-Jason? Hi…this is Kim's mom. Yes. Listen, Kim hasn't heard from Jared in almost 24 hours, and she's worried sick…yeah…yes…oh..no..mono? Oh, that's too bad. What about his pho-….oh. Try putting it in rice, maybe? Okay…well, thank you for your help. Okay, have a nice day. Bye." She looked at me. "Honey," she said, "Jared has mono. And apparently when he was throwing up, his phone was next to the toilet and fell in. But he's really sick. So you might not hear from him for awhile. And, no, you can't go over there," she said as I stood up, ready to leave, "because he's really contagious. I'm sorry, sweetie."

Well, at least he's alive. But what was I going to do? I got out my phone, and invited Aylin over for movies and pizza. She replied, asking if she could invite some of our other friends, too. I agreed, and an hour later, our house was filled with six giggling teenage girls. It was Aylin and I, plus our friends Sherry, Cheyenne, Leilani, and Marina. We got out all of the blankets in my house, plus all of the pillows, and threw them all over my living room. We got comfortable, and started in on the Harry Potter series. By the time we finished Half-Blood Prince, it was midnight, and the only ones awake were Leilani, Cheyenne, and I. Instead of starting the next movie, we got up and sat on the front porch and talked.

"So," Leilani asked, "are you going to tell us what happened with Jared? Because there has to be a reason why we're here." I sighed, and wrapped my arms around my legs, pulling them into my chest.

"Umm..yeah," I said, "He has mono…and his phone broke."

"That's it?" asked Cheyenne. I nodded.

"I don't buy it," said Leilani.

"Me either," agreed Cheyenne, "Maybe we should go break into his house and see if he's there!"

"No," I said, "If he's sick, he's sick. We just need to stay out of it."

"Do you really believe that?" asked Leilani. I shook my head.

"No," I said, "But I'm going to pretend, at least for a few days."

The next day, everyone woke up tired and grumpy. By noon, everyone was gone except for Aylin. She helped me clean up the living room, and then we both crashed on my bed for a few hours. When we woke up, I checked my phone, hoping for a text or a missed phone call or a voicemail or ANYTHING from Jared, but there was nothing. Then Aylin's phone started buzzing. She checked it, and said,

"Dude, no way!"

"What?" I asked.

"Guess whose parents are out of town and is throwing her annual Legen-wait for it-Dary party?" I gasped.

"Kasey?"

"YES!" Aylin screamed. She was not being overexcited. Kasey threw one party a year, and it was nicknamed the "Legendary Party" because everyone knew about it. All of the teenagers in town would show up, and the majority of the parents knew. Hell, even Kasey's parents knew. But it was always an awesome party. Aylin looked up at me,

"So we're going, right?" she asked.

"When is it?"

"Tonight." Tonight?

"Aylin…I don't know…" She gave me a look.

"Kim. We're going. Okay?" I nodded.

"Good. I need to go home, and shower, and change. I'll be back at 6." And then she was gone. I went downstairs, and told my mom that I was going out that night.

"Oh, did Jared-" I cut her off.

"No. It's, umm..Kasey's parents have taken their annual trip…" She smiled.

"Ahh. Okay! Do you know what you're wearing?" I shook my head. "Do you want me to help you pick something out?" She asked.

"Yeah, mom, I'd like that," I said, "Just let me go take a shower first."

After I got out of the shower, my mom and I picked out an outfit for me. Since it's Washington, it was going to be cold, but Kasey's house was huge, so I probably wouldn't be cold. We chose a black and white tribal print bodycon skirt with a black top with these big ruffles, along with a pair of black flats. We styled my hair into curls, put on some makeup, and I was ready.

Aylin came bounding up the stairs a few minutes later, wearing this bizarre red and black argyle mini skirt with a grey v-neck shirt and a black vest over it. She had on black heeled boots, and had her hair down and straightened.

"Kimberboooo, you look gorgeous!" She squealed. I laughed,

"Thanks, Aylin. You look…hot!"

"Why, thank you!" She said as she turned around to give me the "full effect". When my mom walked in, she turned again, and earned my moms approval. After some advice and rules from my mom (no drinking; don't do anything stupid; get your own drinks; don't drink and drive; don't get alone with a guy you don't trust), we left in Aylin's deep purple Jeep Wrangler. We pulled up at Kasey's and the party was already in full swing. We walked in her front door, and were immediately greeted by Cheyenne, who was wearing a grey sweater dress with tall black knitted boots.

"Heeyy, Aylin and Kim!" She was already drunk. ('Aylin' came out as 'Ayleeeeennn') "This party is legit, dude! I already met someone," she said, leaning in closer to us, "yeaaah, his name is Todd, that's him over there!" She pointed across the room to a group of people. We pretended to see him. "Yeah, he's cute. You know, almost as cute as Jared…hey..I'm gonna go get some more beer. Lateer, beeoches!" And with that sentiment, Cheyenne was gone. I rolled my eyes at Aylin, and we went to go get some beer too.

An hour or so later, I was buzzed. I refused to get totally drunk, after the incidents of last years party. Meanwhile, Aylin was wasted. I tried to watch her closely, because she usually does something stupid when she's drunk. With nothing to do, I stared absentmindedly at a wall and let my mind wander. I thought of Jared. What if he were here? Would he be hanging out with me? When will he get better? How long does mono last? I missed him so much.

"YEAAAAHHH!" My head snapped up when I heard Aylin. Shit. All I saw was a group of people gathered around a table that Aylin was standing on. She seemed to be reaching for the chandelier over her head…then this kid from school, Joshua, jumped on the table and kissed her. She literally jumped on him. On a table, in front of our whole school. Embarrassed for her, I ran up to the table and poked her until she looked at me.

"Aylin, we need to go," I said.

"Shh, Kimberboo, I'm bussyy!" she whined. Everyone around her started laughing, and I realized why. She called me Kimberboo in front of everyone. Awesome. Just great.

"Aylin. Come on," I said, and then pulled her arms down so that she fell, and I caught her and carried her fireman-style out the door. Honestly, this wasn't my first rodeo. We've done this before. I put her in the car, and then I realized that I'd been drinking.

"Shit!" I didn't mean to say it so loud, but then I heard a deep voice.

"Do you need any help?" Wait…it sounded so much like…I shook my head. No. Don't think it. I turned around, and there was Embry Call. He was looking down at me, with a concerned look on his face.

"Yes," I said, "Aylin is really drunk and I've been drinking and I can't drive home like this..my mom will kill me."

"I haven't had anything to drink, I'll drive you home. And I live a few houses away, so I'll just walk home," he said.

"Really?" he nodded, "Okay…thank you so much, Embry." He got in the drivers side, and I got in the passenger side. I checked the backseat, to make sure that Aylin was still there. She was staring out the window and mumbling about rainbows saving us all…I noticed Embry smiling.

"Yeah," I said, "She's an eccentric drunk." He laughed,

"Yeah? And what are you?"

"I tend to laugh a lot," I said. It was true. Everything always seemed so funny.

"So…" he said, "What's going on with you and Jared? Because you guys seemed so happy together and I haven't seen you with him in awhile…"

"Wait," I said, "You've seen him?" He looked surprised.

"Yeah…you haven't?" I shook my head, "Well, I saw him at the store. He looked…different. You know, like when Sam was gone for two weeks and suddenly came back and looked different? Well, that's how Jared looks." I was surprised, hurt, annoyed, and upset. What the hell was wrong with him? I decided that I would go see him tomorrow, no matter what the cost.