A/N: Still don't own Twilight :'(

Also, loving the 2 reviews so far. If you do feel like reviewing, any idea's on what you think should happen next are greatly appreciated.

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I felt odd, as if my mind wasn't working properly. Throughout the entire day, I had somewhat grown accustomed to hearing the voices of my pack mates in my head, and now that I couldn't hear the voices of Jacob's pack, it freaked me out. 'Hey Paul, what's up with not being able to hear their thoughts?' I thought, glancing at Paul who stood to my right.

'Some weird pack separation thing' Paul thought back.

Jared chortled at me, mocking the fact that I didn't know what appeared to be basic pack knowledge.

'Shut up Jared, no body asked you.' I thought, glaring at him.

'Hey Avie,' he thought, using the nickname I hated, 'not my fault you're ignorant'

I snarled, and earned an unappreciative look from Sam.

'Great' I thought sarcastically.

Jacob began to speak first, ignoring our behavior as we stood tensely behind Sam. "So, am I to presume that that is Avery there?" he asked, gesturing roughly with his hand at me. Sam simply nodded. "Well this changes things." Jacob sighed. I felt immense worry seep through my mind and grip me. What had I done? Had I changed the rules? 'Leah shifted, why the big worry that I have?' I thought. Sure, most of the wolves were male, but I couldn't quite grip the idea that maybe it was only supposed to be males. This could only mean one thing. 'Am I a mistake? An anomaly? A fluke?' I thought, and whined to Sam.

'Calm down, Ave' thought Collin behind me.

Sam looked back at me with worrying eyes. Even now, he still wanted to protect me and comfort me. He must have seen the worry and fear in my eyes, felt the nervous tension within my stance, heard the anxiousness in my whine, for he turned back to Jacob, a change within his mindset. "Yes, it does, but what is Avery supposed to do about it Jake? Is there anything you suggest she do? Or is she going to have to suffer, like Leah?" he said, his tone protective.

'Leah suffers?' I thought curiously.

Looking over to the dark silver wolf stood defensively by Jacob's right-hand side, one wouldn't immediately guess she was suffering. Sure, she had been hurt, possibly even broken beyond repair by Sam dumping her for Emily, but hadn't becoming beta of Jake's pack healed some of that? She seemed to have her life nearly under full control, so what exactly was the problem?

'Yes,' Jared answering my thought, 'being a female wolf means, well, um-'

He clearly felt unsure on how to phrase his words exactly right.

'Spit it out' I thought, growing more desperate for answers by the second. Whatever affected Leah, and made her suffer, appeared to be a girl thing. This meant it would affect me too.

'She can't have children' Paul thought, finishing Jared's' statement.

I froze, unable to fully process the meaning of those four words. They rang through my head like a gunshot. It became suddenely apparent why no one had ever imprinted on Leah, why she was so sullen when she was a part of Sam's pack, why she seemed sad, even now. It wasn't because Sam had broken her heart. It was because she could never hope to have a family, or find true love. And through applying the same formula to my case, I realized a sickening fact. I could never have children either. There would be no one to love Avery Uley.

I wanted to scream. I wanted to tear my throat apart and be dead. I wanted to commit suicide. I looked desperately from Paul, to Jared, to Sam, and finally to the one person who could truly share my torture; Leah. All she could do was give me the same sad look I had received from everyone else, yet it meant so much more. They could all be loved, but we both knew no one would ever love us in the same way. We were stuck. We were just weird anomalies with no future.

Sam broke the eerie silence, which had befallen everyone like a death sentence. "I'm so sorry Ave" he said, his voice full of compassion and love. "If I could turn you back, I would, no matter what the cost." He continued. I could see the tears budding in his eyes. 'I made Sam Uley, the alpha, cry' I thought, admiring the irony of the situation. In the short moment that followed after my thought, I knew, that even though he had left me ignorant, even though he annoyed the hell out of me, I loved Sam, and I would forgive him.

I took a few steps forward, reaching Sam, and nuzzling my nose in his hand. He had to know that I forgave him. Even though this life had condemned me, it didn't have to condemn him with regret. It wasn't his fault. If my shifting had to be blamed, I would be the one at fault every time, and I couldn't let Sam take the bullet with my name on it.

I nodded to Sam, before trotting back to my place beside Paul. Sam turned back to Jacob. No one wanted to speak, but the meeting had to continue or end, and no one had made a motion towards leaving. 'What happens next?' I thought, turning to face Paul.

'I don't know. What happened with Leah, well, we just weren't prepared for it then, and now it's happened again, I don't think either one of them knows what to do.' He thought sympathetically to me. It was nice to know he wasn't a complete idiot all year round. Maybe I had judged him to harshly.

I shrugged off that notion, and turned back to face the situation at hand. It was Brady's thoughts that broke my mind first. 'Indeed, what does happen next?' he thought curiously. I turned back to look at him briefly, before whipping my attention back to the front. Brady had hardly said anything since earlier. I hadn't had him down as the silent character, although now it was apparent. Clearly, a lot more went on in his head that he'd care to let us in on.

I found myself curious as to how I had misjudged all of these people so quickly, placing them down as idiots or immature. I found myself regretting my ill-worded thoughts to them, but was it really my fault? 'Yes,' I found myself thinking, 'yes it is'. Surely the others heard my thoughts, but they did not voice their opinions on the matter. Never the less, I felt guilty. How had I been so wrong?

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