Recap: "God, it's good to be home." Dekan said, looking around. She smiled happily.

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Everyone sitting around the small table looked at Dekan, nodding their heads. "To Dekan!" Sam said, raising his glass as everyone followed form and shouted "To Dekan!" and drank. Dekan smiled and clinked her glass to those she could reach and drank. She looked over and saw Sam putting food on Emily's plate before his own, the same with Jared and Kim, Quil and Claire. Dekan smiled a bit sadly, seeing how sweet and lovey-dovey it all looked. She wouldn't begrudge anyone any form of happiness, but just seeing it made her a little, to put it simply, envious. Dekan was forbidden to have a boyfriend due to the activities her stepfather had planned for her. It was also a personal choice; Dekan didn't want to have a boyfriend and have the things in her life hurt him. She couldn't do that to another person. She refused flat out. Dekan snorted silently to herself. Like any guy had flirted with her to begin with. 'It's just as well.' she thought. Emily saw that Dekan hadn't yet touched her food. Leaning over, Emily whispered quietly "Penny for your thoughts?"

Dekan startled out of her revelry and glanced over at Emily. "Oh…it's nothing. Just thinking about how happy I am to finally be here…" Dekan murmured. Emily looked a little bit skeptical but nodded anyway, patting Dekan on the knee. Dekan smiled sadly, putting some food on her plate and eating, her mind still a mile away. It wasn't until Sam repeated himself that Dekan noticed and looked over at him.

"What?" Dekan asked Sam. Dekan had the decency to look a bit sheepish.

"I asked if you wanted to watch a movie with us. You look like you're a million miles away." Sam said.

"Oh. Sorry, Sammy. Yeah, a movie sounds great. I'm just a bit scattered is all." Dekan replied, getting up and walking into the living room, following the others. Sam sighed softly as he walked into the living room behind Dekan. Noni was straightening up the living room so everyone could have a place to sit. Sam stopped Dekan from sitting down. He had something he wanted to say.

"Dekan," Sam said, pulling Dekan to a stop and turning her to face him. "On behalf of Mom and myself, as well as everyone here…" he said, looking at everyone in the room, "I just wanted to tell you that you're more than welcome to stay here as long as you like. We've missed you, kiddo."

Dekan closed her eyes, not hearing Sam's voice, but hearing Jerry's condescending voice. Dekan's eyes were still closed, she whispered repeatedly "Must thank properly, must thank properly, don't be an ungrateful bitch, must thank properly…" she said, falling to her knees in front of Sam. Sam looked around, seeing the surprised faces of his pack and their imprints. He looked to his mom who looked just as bewildered.

"Sam? Is she okay?" Emily asked quietly. Sam was about to answer when Dekan held her hands up and took a hold of Sam's jeans and began unbuttoning them, all the while whispering "Must thank properly."

A collective gasp could be heard from everyone in the room. Sam was momentarily stunned, but grabbed Dekan's hands as he began pulling his pants down. Her eyes were still shut tightly. Dekan struggled against Sam's large strong hands for a few seconds before she made a small noise of frustration. "Dekan! Stop! What are you doing?" Sam said, giving her a little shake.

Dekan opened her eyes slowly, looking up into Sam's eyes. She looked around the room, seeing the jaw dropped faces of everyone else in the room. Dekan looked back up at Sam, whispering, her voice thick with tears. "I…was thanking you…".

"Who told you that you had to thank someone like that?" Sam demanded.

"Jerry." Dekan whispered as quietly as she could.

Sam ran out of the house as quickly as he could before he transformed into a wolf.

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Jerry's raw throat and hoarse voice were the worst of his worries right now. Ronald and two of his bodyguards had just left the house, taking partial payment from some of the nicer possessions in Jerry's house. The rest of the debt was paid by Jerry himself. Jerry pulled himself into a sitting position, wincing as the nights events replayed in his mind. He slowly got into a standing position and limped into the bathroom. He groaned when he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. His nose was busted and bloody, his lip swollen, and he had a gash on his forehead. Jerry hesitantly looked at the rest of his body. He had no need of taking his clothes off; Ronald's bodyguards had done that for him earlier. He saw that his knuckles were swollen as well, from trying to fight the other men away. 'Unsuccessfully,' his inner voice chipped in. Jerry closed his eyes before looking at the rest of his body. He opened them again and saw the blood trail going down his legs and dripping slowly onto the floor. Jerry didn't mind the beating as much as he did the bodyguards taking the payment out of the lower half of his body. He winced as he remembered the bigger of the bodyguards tying his hands and feet to the couch and entertainment center. They certainly didn't care in the least that he was still a virgin when it came to a certain part of his body. Ronald didn't either as he violated him. He showed no remorse nor care for the screams of pain and humiliation that Jerry gave. The other bodyguard was busy going through his house taking his computer, television, cellular telephone, and c.d. player. Ronald finished after three hours of agonizing torture and cut the ropes on Jerry's hands, leaving him to free his feet as Ronald and his bodyguards walked out of the house and into their car.

"I am going to kill that fat whore. She is dead!" Jerry shouted to no one in particular, his mind dead set on finding Dekan and making her pay ten-fold for what Ronald done to him tonight. "And I'm going to do it myself." he promised.

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Dekan was still on her knees, looking at the ground when a loud howling rent the air. Emily, knowing that was Sam's call to his pack, walked over and knelt beside Dekan. "Maybe you all could give us a few minutes alone?" Emily said, looking at everyone, giving the guys a chance to go see what Sam was howling about. One by one, everyone filed out of the house, the guys stripping as the transformed, running to the woods. Kim took Claire to her house, until Emily or Quil came to get her.

"What's wrong, Dekan?" Emily asked, her voice hushed.

Dekan swallowed hard, looking over at the scarred girl. "I…I just forgot…I didn't mean to make him upset. I just…I thought of how Jerry told me I should thank people and I…it just…" Dekan said, but couldn't finish because Emily pulled her into a tight hug. Dekan let the tears fall that she had been holding in all evening. Emily rocked her silently, stroking her hair and letting her cry.

"Don't worry about hurting Sam's feelings; you didn't do that at all. If I had to guess, I say that it made Sam more upset at Jerry. He couldn't be mad at you if you burnt his house down." Emily said, trying to get a chuckle out of Dekan. Dekan looked over at Emily and gave her a sad little smile, but a smile nonetheless.

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Author's note: Woo-hoo! Jerry finally got part of what was coming to him, yeah? Don't worry. He'll get more, right? And we're getting ready to see Dekan's first day at Forks High! Also, she's meeting Bella soon, and you all know what thaaaaat means! I want to say THANK YOU to my lovely beta Nessa, aka my Walden, (Nessa Blade)! Mwaah! Read and Review please!