"You imprinted on my little cousin!" Leah raged.

Crap! I forgot Leah was rather protective of Alicia. And now she is storming up to me and Miles is running after her. Seth's expression is blank. Not good. Katie and Kim looked shocked. Sam and Emily look pleased but are obviously worried about a raging Leah Clearwater who looks like she's gonna hit me. Oh dear god! She is gonna hit me. That is till Miles grabs her wrists and spins her into a kiss. She calms down, until she remembers why she was a human bear 30 seconds ago. She glares at me and shoots Miles an apologetic look before running into the forest.

Quiet. Quiet. Quiet. Then we heard her howl. It was pained?

"She knows" Katie stared blankly. No emotion was on her face.

Knows? Knows what? What does Leah know? It concerns Allie?

"Leah knows everything?" Kim asked Seth. "You both know everything don't you?"

"Yeah" Seth's usually happy voice cracked. He looked like he was about to cry.

Something was definitely up. Seth never cries. The last time he cried was when Harry Clearwater died.

Katie was also sickeningly pale. Collin was instantly kneeling beside her.

"Katie? Katie, what's wrong?" Collin asked worriedly.

Katie got up, walked to Kim and was enveloped in a bear hug that was specially made for sisters like that. It was sweet and I would have awed if it weren't for the fact people weren't telling me some sort of secret that Allie was hiding from me. I wanted to know, I needed to know, and I had to find out this secret of hers. I could protect her from whatever this thing was.

"Don't worry, if Seth and Leah know, they won't let anything happen to her. They'll never let anything happen to her." Kim said blinking back tears. She sounded like she was trying to convince herself more than what she was trying to convince Katie.

I was now seriously worried. It was so obvious they were talking about Alicia. They were talking about my Allie, my Ally Cat, My other half, my soul mate. If something was wrong I had a right to know.

I stared at the peaceful face in my arms. She was still asleep. She looked so harmless, so innocent. Surely no one would ever hurt her? She was much too beautiful to be harmed. What had happened that no one would tell me? Then Sam spoke.

"No one is to run patrol with Seth or Leah, only I will." He said solemnly.

"Why?" I asked.

"Jacob, just please don't question it." Katie pleaded, tears visibly streaming down her face.
I don't think I was the only one worried. Collin and Jared were freaking out that their imprints were hurt and crying. They didn't know what was wrong so they couldn't fix it. This didn't help ease their panic at all.

"Why shouldn't I question it?" I asked, gently setting down my angel on the portable sofa. I was suddenly very glad that was there, my angel had something soft to lie on while I tried to figure out what the hell was going on here. "She is my imprint! I deserve to know!"

"She doesn't like telling new people especially if she thinks they're only temporary in her life, she may not want you knowing what happened." Kim said quietly.

"You think I'm temporary in her life, you think I'm not gonna be there forever? Why wouldn't she want me knowing? She is my imprint! She is my other half, my soul mate; my entire world revolves around her! I'm supposed to protect her, not let the other imprints do my job for me!" I retorted.

"You may have imprinted on her but that doesn't give you the right to go pry into her life without her consent! You don't know how badly she got hurt! Just because you saw some flash-forward with your whole life ahead of you bullshit called imprinting and then instantly fell in love with her doesn't give you the right to know or do anything!" yelled a familiar voice of a very familiar female werewolf.

Okay, so Leah's back.

"I have to protect her!" I roared. "I have to protect Alicia" I added in a much quitter voice.

Then I heard some mumbling.

"Ugh. Protect me from what?" a small voice asked.

There stood Alicia, head cocked to the side, looking adorably confused. But no one said anything. Suddenly her head snapped up and realisation dawned in her eyes.

"You told them" she choked. You could tell by her voice that she was going to start crying.

I hated this feeling; it made me feel so guilty. Now I knew why the other imprints said you really hated it when your imprints upset cos you could feel everything.

Before anyone could answer she was running full speed down the beach. We all ran after her, imprints included.

Leah gave Seth a knowing look and they both took off in two different directions. Leah went left and Seth went right while we all just ran straight.

She could run really fast especially for a human, it made me wonder how fast she could run if she was a wolf.

We finally started catching up to her. Leah and Seth were closing in on her. Seth from the front and Lean from the right, we were behind her and to her left was the water. I had to hand it to Leah and Seth; they obviously knew what they were doing. But that tugging pain at my chest was getting worse.

She was now sobbing uncontrollably, tears were pouring down her beautiful face.

I felt like I had been stabbed multiple times. I hated seeing her in pain. It was even worse not being able to fix it. I could feel her pain and it seriously wasn't good, she was seriously scared of something, and the thought of us knowing what scared her evidently made her panic even more.

"Allie, no one told anyone anything." Kim soothed walking out to her.

As she got closer, Allie's knees suddenly gave out and Kim caught her before she hit the ground. I was also suddenly grateful Jared imprinted on Kim.

Kim looked at me expectantly and I picked her up, cradling her in my arms. I held her close to my chest, her hot, fresh, salty tears soaking my shirt.

I gave everyone a look that said "gonna talk to my imprint, o don't any of you mutt or mutt lovers interrupt!"

I walked till I finally found a spot out of hearing range for the wolves.

"Why were you so upset when you thought we found out whatever it is you're hiding?" I asked.

She immediately stiffened. I almost regretted asking, almost.

"I was upset because none of you would ever look at me the same way again." She whispered.

I needed to get this secret out of her, but I didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable. God, why was this so difficult? Okay, we shall try again some other time.

"Okay, topic change. I still think my muscles make you drool." I grinned.

This made her smile. Good, now we were getting somewhere.

"You wish Jacob Black" she said smiling and wiping her tears away.

I don't know what came over me, but I suddenly grabbed her wrists and put them in her lap.

"Jacob, what are you-" she began before I could cut her off.

"Shhhh" I soothed.

I brushed away her remaining tears with my thumb.

"Jacob" she began again, this time inhaling a sharp breath.

"Jake, no one calls me Jake" I said. "Unless I'm in some sort of trouble" I added.

She simply nodded.

"Allie" I breathed.

"Mmmm" she hummed.

"If I kiss you, do you think you'll regret it?" I questioned.

She looked up at me. "Would you?"

"Never" I replied and with that I brought my lips down to hers.

Her lips were soft; I swear her lips were made just for me.

Duh Jacob! She's your imprint! Of course her lips will mould with yours, you're only soul mates after all. My conscience told me.

Kissing Allie set off fireworks, and lots of lust. I wrapped one arm around her waist and pulled her impossibly closer. My other arm went around her back, angled so that my elbow was at the base of her ribcage and my hand was at her neck. Her arms perfectly went around my neck and her fingers entangled in my hair and I moved my hands to entangle in hers. Her ebony hair was soft as silk.

I swear I was on top of the world, and this was just a kiss. Imagine making out with her, cuddles in winter, showering together; our first time together. That one got me thinking. Would I be her first, I really wanted to be. Would she want me? What did she think of me kissing her? Shit! Need to let her breathe. So I reluctantly pulled away.

"Wow" I said panting, trying to catch my breath.

"Yeah" she replied looking down.

I lifted her chin with my finger. The moon lit her eyes perfectly.

"My god, you're beautiful" I whispered into her ears.

If she wasn't embarrassed then, she most definitely was now.

"I'm sorry if I embarrassed you just then. But you really are beautiful, so don't let anyone tell you anything different" I smiled tucking some hair behind her ear.

She smiled down at her feet, and eventually we began walking back.

"Why does this always happen to me?" she muttered obviously thinking I wouldn't hear.

"Why does what always happen to you?" I inquired.

Her eyes grew three times bigger than what they were before, so she was definitely shocked that I did hear it. It was also obvious that what she said wasn't meant for my ears.

"You actually heard that?" she asked very nervous again.

"Yeah, I did. Why? Wasn't I supposed to?" I asked. I was suspicious.

"Honestly, no, you were never meant to hear that." She admitted looking a bit ashamed.

"Hey, whatever it is bothering you, whatever it is that hurts you so much, don't feel pressure, you'll tell me when you're ready. If you don't wanna tell me for a while, I completely respect that." I told her gently.

I wanted her to feel and to know that she could trust me and that I would never judge. I wanted her to know I would wait forever for her, but I wouldn't lie, I really wanted to know what was bothering her I didn't want to think I was going to use her for information and her body and then leave, I could never do that to her.

"God dammit, why do you have to be so sweet for?" she moaned.

I began imaging every other way I could make her moan, each picture getting dirtier then the last. God this girl was turning me into a hormonal teenager. Alicia was going to be the death of me.

"Because I just am and you know you love it" I grinned.

This earned a playful glare from her. I just laughed while she tried to keep a straight face but was evidently failing miserably.

"Jaco-, Jake. Why do you want to know so much about me?" she asked in a more serious tone.

"Because I like you" I answered simply.

"Oh do you?" She asked smiling.

"Yep" I said, that idiot grin still plastered to my face.

"Huh"

"You're gorgeous, why wouldn't anyone want you" I whispered into her ear.

"You know, you're telling me the complete opposite of what my mind is telling me" she giggled.

This made me frown, she thought she was ugly? Couldn't she see that she was absolutely amazing; she could take anyone's breath away in a heartbeat. I was going to make sure that she knew exactly how beautiful she was.

"Well, then don't listen to your brain, it has the worst opinion in the history of opinions" I told her.

She just laughed as we walked back to everyone else.