What are you doing here? I scowled at him.

What am I doing here? He asked. I should be asking you the same question! Go back home.

I sighed. Sam, I don't need to listen to you anymore. I've got my own pack. My own Alpha.

Apparently, you're not so into the new pack if you've disconnected the pack mind. Leah, he asked, concerned. What's the matter?

I scowled at him. It's none of your business! I don't need to tell you anything!

I started to walk away, but he quickly reappeared in front of me. Just leave me alone, Sam.

Not until you tell me what's happened.

I quickly changed the subject. So, what's been going on with Jacob and Seth? I asked. How did Seth's date go? How-

Stop avoiding my questions! He interrupted me with a growl. The truth was that I didn't know why I was here, or what the matter was. I just needed to get away. Leave everything behind and think about myself besides the good of my pack, or the tribe, or the humans.

Sam raised his eyebrows. Damn. He heard everything. Wow. He said. Okay… He paused, unsure of how to respond to this.

I hate this mind sharing shit! There aren't any secrets and there's no privacy, either. But, I started. I began to picture a day long ago. Back when I only knew of the wolves as legends. When 'vampire' had as much meaning to me as the words ghost, Frankenstein, or zombie did. You, I growled at him. You kept secrets from me. You purposely didn't tell me what I wanted to hear most. I wanted to know what had happened to you, where you went. You wouldn't tell me. You avoided me. So, I decided to ask you what was up. I paused, and let the memory overtake my thoughts...

"So Sam," I asked him. We were walking by the beach. It was a beautiful day: not too rainy, not too hot. "I've been wondering,"

"Hmm," he mumbled.

"I've been wondering about where you were these past few weeks. I know that you told everyone that you were lost. But I wanna hear more about what happened." He tensed and the hand of his that was holding mine contracted tightly.

"I-I already told you, Le-Le." The Sam in reality cringed at the same time as I did. We both remembered his pet name for me. "I was out in the woods, and I wandered in too far at night. I got lost and couldn't find my way back."

"For two weeks?" I questioned. I cocked an eyebrow at him in disbelief.

He dryly smiled. "Yup."

"Mmm hmm. Sure. Sam Uley got lost in the woods."

"It could happen to anyone." He retorted.

"I don't need your fake-ass fairy tales. I want what really happened. Tell me." I pleaded. Sam stared at the ground in reality, and in my memory.

"I needed… I needed to-to clear my head. I've had a lot on my mind."

"Tell me about it. No school for the summer can really stress people out." I said. I smiled and he returned it. But, it didn't reach his eyes.

"I was thinking while I was gone. I was thinking about us. About our relationship. About how I need a change." He paused, and looked at me briefly before turning his attention to the granules of sand on the ground.

I looked at him with wide eyes. "What? What do you mean?"

"I don't think that it's going to work out, us being together."

"But," I stuttered. "But I thought that everything was going great? I was happy, you were happy. It was a festival of happiness!"

"I can't say that everything was great for me." He looked up at my tear filled eyes. "Towards the end, I found myself getting less happy by the second."

Stop! Sam yelped. He was pained. I'm sorry, okay! How could I tell you that I ran away to become a monster wolf? How could I tell you that I had fallen head-over-heels for your cousin? How could I tell you? I had no choice!

How 'bout the truth? I whispered.

No. I couldn't do that. I… we need to protect the tribe. That means protecting the tribe by not introducing the harsh reality of what happens to those who do not live the secret.

I motion to myself with my paw. Yeah. I don't live the secret at all. I was just enchanted by a fairy prince-whatever to make me turn into a giant vampire hunting WEREWOLF! Come on Sam, I thought.

Well, I didn't know… You weren't a wolf then… The legends didn't say… I didn't think-

I cut him off. Yeah! You didn't think! You wouldn't think that my stellar bloodline didn't have any influence at all? I didn't let him try to answer my rhetorical question. There haven't been any legends about this. I know that and you know that. We are writing the legends. I'm the first girl wolf. So who knows? Maybe sometime soon I wont be alone anymore. Maybe I won't be alone in more sense than one. Almost everyone has imprinted. It was supposed to be a legend, but, hey! I laughed. We're writing the legends. I smiled. I'm gonna go search for him. For my imprint. I need someone that I can cry on and bitch to without them getting mad or impatient with me. I started to walk towards home. Thanks, Sam.

For what?

For listening. And with that last remark, I started to run home. I was going to take that bloodsucker up on her offer.

ooooOOOOooooOOOOoooo

I ran through the day and finally arrived back at the Cullen's house by late afternoon. I couldn't phase back because of my lack of clothes, so I decided to try something that I normally wouldn't have considered. Oh no! I thought sarcastically. I need to go inside, but I do not have any clothes and need to open the door to do so. Isn't- I was interrupted by Edward clearing his throat.

"Leah," he said. Edward placed clothing down in front of me, turned around, and went back inside without another word. I sighed, and went into the woods to change. After coming back, I strolled into the house and Alice was on the couch.

She looked up at me and asked in a sad voice, "Have you changed your mind?"

I didn't think that she expected my answer, because the second I said "Yes," she jumped up to hug me.

"Thank you," she whispered. She ended the embrace and went over to Jasper. Bella entered the room and patted me on the shoulder. "I hope you know what you've just gotten yourself into." she said. Did I know what to expect? No, but I was about to start my punishment for not thinking about it first.

"Okay!" Alice shouted. She placed her hand on my back and started pushing me towards the stairs. "Let's go. Time for phase one: the makeover."

I heard Bella chuckle something about a guinea pig barbie and Alice stuck her tongue out at her. "Come on!" She led me into her bathroom. The counters were filled with products and different brushes. There was also a box filled with enough makeup for at least twenty people.

"I've always wondered how I'd die. I didn't expect makeover to be the cause." She pouted and sat me down in the chair.

"Come on," she said. "Didn't you expect a makeover or something?" I shook my head. I didn't have any idea of what she was going to do. "Well, let's get started then." With that, she started to work on my hair. She frowned at the shortness of it but, eventually, she made due with what she had. She made my black hair silky smooth again and gave it waves to make it interesting. She then moved on my face. Alice put mascara on me as well as eyeliner and eyeshadow. She mumbled something about giving my eyes a smoky look. When she finished with that, she started to pick out clothing. She couldn't find anything in her closet that was my size, though.

"We need to find you something to wear." She dragged me down the stairs and into her car. We zoomed through Forks and made it to the mall in record time. Alice pushed me from store to store. She always found something to buy. Three hours later, we had accumulated enough shopping bags to stock a small boutique with. When we arrived home, she picked out a pair of dark skinny jeans and a loose fitted white tunic tee for me to wear. She put sandals on my feet and sat me down on her bed once again.

"So," she started. "Was that as bad as you expected?"

I thought about it for a brief moment. "I didn't really know what to expect. But it wasn't too bad."

Alice smiled. "Well, that was only phase one. Phase two begins right now."

"What's phase two?" I asked, slightly worried.

She laughed. "We're going out. Go downstairs and I'll meet you there in a few." I complied with her directions and sat down in the living room. Jacob was there as well as Bella and Renesmee.

Jacob smiled when he saw me. "Leah," he started. "You look amazing." He smiled and gave me a hug. "Good luck tonight. Alice told me what you were going to be doing."

"Oh, so you know what I'm doing but I don't? Don't you think that's a little bit messed up?"

"That's just Alice's way." Bella interjected. "She did the same thing for me for prom about two years ago. She got me all dressed up and I didn't have a clue why." She started telling us the story. Just then, Alice came down stairs dressed in a deep blue dress and heels.

"It looks as if it's time for me to go." I said.

"Have fun!" Renesmee shouted in her bright voice. I couldn't believe that something so harmless as her could cause the Volturi to almost kill us all. I sighed. I guess I was developing a soft spot for the bloodsuckers after all.

"Let's roll." I followed Alice into the garage and opened the door to her Porsche. "Where are we going, anyway? Jacob knows and I don't? That's just unfair." I smiled and she returned it.

"I'd tell you, but I'd have to kill you. And besides," she laughed. "Not knowing is half the fun!"

I know, I know. It's been a while since I've updated. It's just that finals and being away at camp have made it difficult to find time to write this chapter. I promise that the next update will occur in the next week or two. Pinky swear.

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