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Naomi and I had spent the rest of the early morning talking. It was good to just talk to her, though just being around her was great enough. After her little confession to me, I wanted to be around her forever. But she never said anything about it again, she even seemed like she was avoiding it. How could you just say you love someone and then never talk about it again?

Every time I think we are getting somewhere, she would back away like she was scared of me. Of loving me. Though she was my imprint, it still irritated me that she was so moody. I knew that she didn't imprint on me and she needed time to develop feelings for me if she ever really would. But even with her discovery of the pack and her own wolf identity, she seemed calm and ok with. Couldn't she be calm and ok with loving me?

I know my thoughts may sound selfish, but I couldn't help it. I wanted her to love me, despite the 'I'll be whoever you want me to be' imprint code; I wanted to be her lover, her friend, her life. I couldn't live with her choosing someone else; I wanted to be hers.

I cleared my thoughts as I made it to my front door. Naomi had insisted I spend time with Billy. I agreed, I was spending most of my time with her; which I wasn't complaining about. She would be up at the store today, so she would only be a quick 5 minutes away.

I twisted the knob in walked inside my dad was sitting by the couch in his wheelchair, watching the news intently. He barely looked up from the TV when I plopped down on the couch. He had a grim look on his face, as he listened to the news. I followed his gaze to the small TV, buzzing with the sound of the woman reporting.

"Last night, a local man discovered the body of two teen boys in the surrounding woods of Forks. Police where called on the scene and an investigation was launched. Police are being closed lip about the investigation and the victims. Names of the teen boys have not been released, nor have any witnesses come forth. But police did tell us it may be another animal attack. A few years back the same animal attacks had plagued this area, leaving 3 men dead. Is there a beast terrorizing northern Washington, and should residents be on alert?"

The correspondent turned to another story about a festival in Seattle. My dad flipped off the TV with the remote, silence filled the room. My mind was racing a mile a minute. Another attack? We had just killed 19 bloodsuckers a few months ago. The ones that were terrorizing Seattle, and now this. Now? For god's sake I thought this shit was over. Well it could just be an animal attack. No, that was highly unlikely.

"Has Sam seen this?" I asked pacing the room; my body was trembling to phase. But I had to keep it together; we probably would have to have a pack meeting. My father shrugged, "I'm not sure son. He would have called, if he did." He said a grim but determined voice. The phone shrilled, breaking the silence. My dad rolled over to the phone, already knowing it was Sam.

"Yeah, Jake and I just caught it. I'm not sure; we'll have to call a meeting." Dad said holding the phone close to his ear. I held out my hand for the phone expectantly. Dad handed me the phone and wheeled to the kitchen. I could see him staring at the kitchen window, the blank stare he had told me he wasn't looking at anything just thinking.

"Sam, is anyone on patrol?" I asked putting the phone to my ear. I knew they still ran patrols but we were on a lower alert now that the redhead vamp was dead along with her army.

"I just sent Paul, Embry and Colin. We need to meet up and go over our plans. Round up Jared and Quil. And I'll get Brady, Seth and Leah. And…" Sam took a pause in his instructions. I narrowed my eyes, though Sam couldn't see me.

"What is it Sam?" I asked, this was no time to dick around. Two people were dead and more people were in danger.

"Bring Naomi; she needs to see first hand what we do." Sam sighed. I cursed under my breath. I was ok with Naomi being a shifter, but I would never think she would be thrown into this mess so soon. She phased for the first time just yesterday for God's sake!

"We'll meet you at Emily's." I hung up the phone. Couldn't we get a break these vamps?

I walked over to the kitchen where my father sat. So much for our father-son time. But I knew my dad would understand this was what we lived for. "Let's roll old man."

Naomi POV

When I had first made it to the store, Leah had been sitting on the door steps, she smiled when I had walked out from my car. She had said she was free for the day, and wanted some girl time. I had agreed happily. Leah was my friend and I needed to talk to her too.

I told her about Jacob and me; how I said I loved him and how he had unexpectedly hearing it. Leah had laughed when I told her about Jacob and his failed attempts of seduction. I was able to laugh at it now when I thought about it. We had a nice time talking together and laughing. It was good to get my mind off of my addition to the pack. I hadn't phased anymore since yesterday, but I was willing to try again.

I now was stacking up some canned vegetables on the shelves in the store. Leah had decided to stay and was sweeping the floors. Today was cloudy (as usual), but it was starting to warm up as summer was rolling in. I heard the sound of footsteps and another sound like wheels rolling coming toward the store. I abandoned my work to walk to the front door.

I peeked out to see Jacob stopping in front of the porch steps with Billy. Billy looked serious though he gave me a small smile. Jacob gave me his usual grin. Leah came out with me to stand on the porch.

"I thought you two were going fishing?" I asked sending a quick glare at Jacob. I had specifically told him he needed to spend time with his father. I even suggested they go fishing which I knew was Billy's favorite thing to do. Now they both stood in front of me, neither one looking like they had gone fishing.

"Something came up." Jacob said, he gave a quick look at Leah. Her shoulders squared and she gave a slight nod from my peripheral vision. Did they think I didn't see this? My senses were heightened since when I first phased. Hell I could hear everyone's heart around me; of course I would see that little exchange.

"Are you guys speaking in codes or something? I need to know what 'came up' Jacob." I said placing my hands on my hips. The rested right where my tank top and jean shorts met. The weather was just warming up here in La Push so I had gladly picked something from my 'normal weather day in Cali' bag.

Jacob eyes roamed over the area where my hands were, and then back up to my face. It made me slightly blush, though we were in the presence of my best friend and Jacob's father. "Vampires came up. Two people were found dead last night, police are passing it as an 'animal attack' but we know the real culprits. Everyone's meeting at Sam and Emily's, so lock up and let's get going." Jacob said quickly.

I just stared at him in disbelief. Did he really just say vampires had attacked someone? They told me that vampires really existed but I didn't think too much into it. And there were now two people dead? I was suddenly nervous. Was the pack going after the vampires? Would if we get hurt or worse?

"There…There are two people dead?" I asked stumbling over my words, with nervousness. If there was a vampire running around people were in danger, great danger. "I'll explain in the ride over to Emily's." Jacob said wheeling Billy over to my car without another word.

…..

Jacob explained the news report on the way over to Emily's. Two teenagers were found dead last night; publicly they were killed by an animal. Jacob was pretty convinced it was the work of a vampire. I wasn't completely sold, I had never seen a real vampire and I wasn't sure that I wanted to either.

I pulled up to Emily's and everyone exited the car. Jacob called Jared and Quil to tell them to meet us; everyone was standing in the front yard. The serious but on edge looks they had made me uncomfortable. Jacob helped Billy out of the car, while everyone crowed into a semi circle.

"We all have been informed about the attacks of two people last night. The public is calling this an animal attack. But we know that a cold one is behind this. We will be setting up patrols times for every one. Paul and Embry did catch a scent near the east side of the woods, right around the treaty line. Quil, Embry, and Jared take the far east bend of the treaty line keeping close the boundary. Paul and Jacob you are with me." Sam said in a voice I never heard him use, it was leader-like, assertive.

Everyone nodded together. Seth spoke up quickly after, "Do the Cullens know about the attacks? You know, maybe we can check with them too." He seemed sort of nervous, maybe because of the way Jacob was glaring at him. "Why the hell would you suggest that Seth?" Jacob nearly shouted. I pinched his arm to shut him up; he wasn't going to shout at Seth while I was around.

Sam nodded, "Seth has a point. Jacob go up to the Cullens and take Seth with you." Sam ordered in the same serious voice. Jacob glared at Seth before turning back to Sam, "You have to be kidding me. I'm not going up to talk to those leeches, like we're friends or something." Jacob said through his teeth. "You are going Jacob, that's an order." Sam replied the leader-like tone stronger. Jacob scowled but nodded.

"Naomi, come on seems like we are taking a road trip, thanks to your little friend." He threw another glare at Seth. "If what Seth suggested helps out in this …situation then so be it. And stop with those glares at Seth I wasn't joking about breaking your arm." I gave Jacob one of my own glares. If Jacob wanted to be mad fine, but he wouldn't be if it was directed to Seth.

I turned to my best friend, "Leah you wanna ride with us." I asked. I knew Leah had somewhat evened out her differences with Sam and Emily, but I wouldn't leave her alone around them. I knew it probably still hurt to be around them, especially since Emily was starting to show a small baby bump.

Leah nodded, before playfully slapping Seth's head."You really set Jacob off, big head. Nice going." She chuckled as they walked over to my car. We loaded up, Jacob taking the wheel and I sat in the passenger seat. "Off to the Cullen Dungeon." Jacob growled, backing out away from the yard onto the road.

Cullen. Cullen. Something clicked in my head. "Dr. Cullen? At the Forks hospital?" I asked. Dr. Cullen had fixed my wrist about 4 weeks ago. The unusually handsome, kind Dr. Cullen, was a vampire? "Yeah, you know him? Dr. Fang is pretty famous in Forks." Jacob said, looking at me rather than the road. "Yes, I know Dr. Cullen. He patched up my broken wrist a few weeks ago. He was really nice." I nodded looking at the road.

"You didn't tell me that he was the one to wrap up your wrist." Jacob said tightening his grip on the stirring wheel. "It's not important who fixed my wrist. Now tell me more about the Cullens." I replied changing the subject from my wrist incident. "They are vampires, nothing special." He shrugged finally turning back to the road.

"And Bella's married to one." Leah coughed in to her hand. Jacob growled under his breath, tightening his hand on the wheel. "Bella's married to Dr. Cullen? Isn't he a little old for her?" I said. "No she's married to his son. Can't we get off of this subject? Its bad enough we have to visit them, and now we have to talk about them on the way there." Jacob said looking irritated, I was sure the talk about Bella aggravated him but if we were going to visit them I needed a little background information.

"Whatever Mr. Moody, it wasn't my decision to send us off to see them it was Sam's. If we are going to see vampires, don't you want me to be slightly informed about them? And it's not like I enjoy talking about your ex either." I said burning a hole in the side of Jacob's face with my eyes. He always got touchy when someone said something about Bella; it made me think he wasn't completely over her.

Jacob smiled over at me, turning his eyes once again from the road. "I love it when you get mad at me, it's sexy." Jacob chuckled and quickly pecked my cheek, before I could dodge out the way. Seth and Leah laughed from the back seat. My cheeks were on fire from my blush, I pushed Jacob's arm playfully. "Too bad I can't say the same about you, fat head." I smiled. "Awww you don't mean that, love doll. You know like my sexy face." Jacob said, he narrowed his eyes, and bit his bottom lip at me.

I burst out laughing at his failed attempt at a sexy face. "Whoever told you that was sexy, needs to be slapped."

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