Recap: Sam would hurt whoever made his Dekan cry.

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Dekan awoke early the next morning, around 4 a.m., having fallen asleep early yesterday evening. She sat up, stretching and rubbing her eyes. Her eyes landed on the trunk at the end of her bed.

"My trunk!" she said excitedly, getting up going to the foot of her bed, opening it. 'Sam must have brought it in last night.' she thought, smiling.

Dekan looked in her trunk; a bunch of her clothes and a couple pairs of shoes along with a lot of her personal things. Digging through the stuff, she found her old stuffed animal and she smiled big. Pulling it out from under some books and shoes, Dekan sat the animal on her bed. Dekan quickly took the clothes off she had fallen asleep in yesterday evening and pulled on the sweats and shirt that Embry had given her; it was warm and comfortable and not full of wrinkles. Dekan also pulled out the small mp3 player her mother had bought her for her last birthday and took it and her stuffed animal and tiptoed out of the house. She put the earphones over her ears, turning the mp3 player on and flipping to a song that made her feel like dancing. Dekan took off at a medium paced walk, dancing and busting out with a lyric or two as she walked through the early dawn of La Push.

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Lola visited the bank safety box in which she kept all the papers the agency had given her upon adopting Dekan yesterday. Also in the box were some personal effects from her parents and siblings; as well as a few letters Dekan's mom had sent her before she died. Lola gathered all these, putting them into an overnight delivery box and mailed it out the night before. She worried that Dekan would be heartbroken, hate her for not telling her sooner. Lola sat at her small kitchen table in her cramped apartment, debating on if she should call Dekan. Even though there were a few time zones between them, she didn't want to take a chance on waking Dekan up. Lola hoped that Dekan would still call her mom after all of this. How would she take not being blood related to her favorite person, Sam? Lola wanted to cry.

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Dekan walked along the dirt road in La Push, humming along to the music coming from her mp3 player, holding her old stuffed animal. She headed toward the forest that surrounded La Push. Dekan looked around, making sure that there were no wild animals in sight before she headed in. She took off her mp3 player and stuck it in her pocket. Dekan spotted a huge fallen tree lying on the ground, the perfect spot for her to sit down and think. She walked over and sat down on it, putting her stuffed animal in her lap.

Dekan's jumbled thoughts
I'm adopted…but didn't my biological parents want me? What if I was kidnapped? No, mom wouldn't do that…would she? No. No. What if my biological parents died? They wouldn't just give me up all willy-nilly would they? Do I have any brothers or sisters? Do they know about me? Does Sam know I'm adopted? This is why I couldn't attend La Push's school; I'm not even part Quileute! Does Auntie Noni know? She'd have to, right? What if Jerry isn't my step-father? What if he's my biological father?
End of thoughts

Dekan startled when she saw an impossibly huge animal. She swallowed hard. 'Oh no…it's going to eat me…no, animals can smell fear…' Dekan thought. She gripped her stuffed animal tightly, her eyes trained on the large animal. It got closer and closer. At first, Dekan thought it was a wild horse. Washington had wild horses, didn't it? Dekan couldn't remember. The animal got closer and closer slowly and Dekan could see that it wasn't a horse, but some kind of wolf or dog. Dekan held her breath and tried to calm her heartbeat and curb her fear. The animal got closer, its ears laid back flat and its tail wagging happily. It walked right up to Dekan and licked her hand. Dekan held her hand out to it; it looked like a giant wolf. The wolf licked her hand, nuzzling it.

"You're just like a big puppy, aren't you?" Dekan said, her fear leaving her as she reached out to pet the wolf. The wolf's tail wagged quickly. "You live the life out here, don't you? No crazy people, no one being mean to you, no one telling you that you're adopted…" Dekan babbled on, scratching behind the wolf's ear. The wolf leaned into her hand, licking her arm as if it understood perfectly. "Maybe you should be my therapist." Dekan said, laughing. "My mom was supposed to send me information about my biological parents, but I'm afraid. What if they don't like me? Or if they're dead? What if it turns out my step-father is my biological father? I may come out here and live with you." Dekan said. Dekan could swear the wolf knew what she was saying. She shook her head and laughed at herself. "I have to go. School and all that. Thanks for listening to me whine." Dekan said, giving the wolf a quick hug. "Bye, wolf." she said, walking out of the woods and back to Sam's house. She had to get a quick shower before school started.

Dekan saw a large overnight delivery box waiting on the porch of Sam's house. She took a deep breath and walked up the steps, seeing that it was addressed to her from her mother. Dekan picked up it and walked inside the house. The whole gang was there this morning, Emily in the kitchen serving up breakfast.

"Hey Dekan!" Seth said, walking towards her. Dekan took a couple steps back. She nodded.

"Good morning, sleep well?" Sam asked.

"Yeah." Dekan replied, still holding the box. She took the box to her room and set it down. Emily knocked a moment later, telling her to come and get some breakfast. Dekan smiled and said yes, not being able to turn Emily down. Dekan walked back into the living room. She crossed her arms as she walked through, not looking at anyone. Emily handed her a plate of food and Emily leaned against the counter and started eating. Embry set his plate down on the table, going into the kitchen intent on finding out what was wrong with Dekan. Dekan saw Embry approaching and took a few steps back until her back bumped against the oven.

"Dekan, what's wrong with you?" Embry asked flat out, not letting her get around him.

"Nothing. Move." Dekan said, trying to push past Embry. Embry kept blocking her way.

"Not until you tell what's wrong. You're acting like someone ate all your birthday cake." Embry said, crossing his arms.

"None of your damn business now move!" Dekan said, pushing against Embry with no luck on moving him.

"You don't have to push Embry like that." Jake said, glancing up in time to see her pushing Embry. Dekan narrowed her eyes at Jake.

"Oh don't worry, Black, you won't have to worry about me pushing you. Not even if I had a ten foot pole." Dekan said in a deadly tone, pushing past Embry and walking through the living room. Jake clenched his fists, hating how she threw one of texts messages into his face like that.

"Besides being on the rag, what's your problem?!" Jake asked, blocking her way.

"Jake…" Embry said in a warning tone.

"What?" Jake asked, looking at Embry.

"Oh you two get a freaking room already!" Dekan said, rolling her eyes. Seth laughed that turned into a cough quickly.

"And what in the hell is that supposed to mean?" Jake asked, glaring.

"I see you two sneaking out of the woods all the time. Zipping your pants and pulling your shirts on. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that you and Embry are out there doing." Dekan said, smirking. The whole pack erupted into laughter as Jake's face turned red from anger and Embry's red from embarrassment.

"Y-You think Jake and Embry are out there getting it on?" Sam asked, laughing hard.

"Obviously." Dekan said.

Seth walked up to Dekan and put an arm around her shoulder. "Don't let them lie to you, Dekan." Seth said which caused more laughter.

"I am NOT gay!" Jake and Embry shouted at the same time. Embry kept his eyes on Dekan, wanting to rip Seth's arm off and beat him with it. Seth smirked, pulling Dekan a bit closer. Dekan scooted out from under Seth's arm and walked towards the bathroom, intent on showering.

"They're not gay as far as I know, Dekan. That's just where I send them to blow off steam from stress." Sam called after her. Dekan shut the door and turned the shower on, stripping and stepping in, showering.

After her shower, Dekan wrapped a towel around herself, stepping out and walking to her bedroom. She caught a glance at Embry, his head down looking sad. Dekan felt sorry for him for only a moment before she shook her head and walked to her bedroom, shutting the door. Dekan dropped the towel as she sat on her bed, opening the box her mother sent her. Inside it was a plethora of papers and pictures. A partial family tree was also in there, naming her parents and siblings, grandparents, and great grandparents. Dekan smiled a little bit, seeing pictures of her and her siblings as well as her biological parents. She flipped through the pages, seeing that her name was actually Sasha Jasmine Whitlock. 'How regal that sounds.' she thought to herself. She gathered the papers and put them in a folder and set them in her backpack; she would look at them some more during school. Maybe even she could ask Bella if she could use her computer to see if she could find anymore relatives and complete her family tree. Dekan stood up, going over to her trunk and picking out an outfit, laying it across her bed as she pulled out a bra and pair of panties. Her bedroom door opened, revealing Embry. He stopped short, seeing that Dekan was naked. He froze, speechless. The need to go over to her and just hold her was overwhelming.

"Out!" Dekan shouted, grabbing her towel and trying to cover herself.

"W-We need to talk." Embry said, shutting the door but turning around. "Get dressed. It's important."

Dekan narrowed her eyes but got dressed when she saw that Embry wasn't going to leave. Embry was going to have her naked body in his mind for quite a while.

"What did you want to talk to me about?" Dekan asked as she sat down on her bed fully dressed. Embry turned around, his eyes landing on Dekan.

"I like you." Embry said.

"You like me." Dekan said flatly.

"Yes." Embry replied.

"Perfect way of showing it." Dekan said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Embry asked.

"Like you don't know." Dekan said.

"I don't know. Enlighten me." Embry said.

Dekan stood up, grabbed her cell phone from her bedside table and opened it, going to the text messages and opened the ones that Jake and sent and received while he had her phone.

"Like you weren't one of the ones Jake messaged when our phones got mixed up." Dekan said, handing the phone to him. Embry took the phone, reading through the messages. Embry started shaking. He dropped the phone and calmly walked back into the living room, going over to where Jake was standing, laughing with Quil.

"Hey man, what's up?" Jake asked, turning to Embry.

Embry's reply was to rear back and punch Jake in the nose, shattering it instantly. Blood poured from Jake's nose.

"What the hell, man?!" Sam shouted, standing up and pulling a shaking Embry away from Jake who was on the floor. "Out! Now!"

Embry slammed the door on his way out, transforming into a giant wolf as soon as he was out of the public eye. Dekan walked in a moment later.

"What in the hell happened?" Dekan asked, seeing Jake propped against the wall, his nose pouring blood.

"Embry just came in here pissed as hell about something and shattered Jake's nose." Seth replied, not making a move to really assist Jake. Dekan smiled, taking her backpack and purse and walking out to get into Bella's truck when she honked.

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Author's note: Wow. You know, I had this chapter all planned out and the first part went as planned. From there on out, the characters took over and nothing went as planned! But it was still good, yeah? Yes? No? Maybe? I won't know until YOU leave me a review! Loves to all my regulars: Lecia, Nessa Blade, amalin06, and rockangel777. A big thank you to my newest reviewers: carconee, Siren To The Werewolves, Reality IS Fiction, and misshurrtbreak! Mwaaaah leave me reviews!