Disclaimer: This is Stephanie Meyer's world. I am just adding my thoughts to it.

I want to thank everyone for reading and reviewing the previous chapter. As I told you guys, I would update sooner if I got reviews. And so I did. I hope you like the next chapter. Some things will be confessed and others will become much more mysterious.

With this said, here is chapter four. Let's begin!

Chapter 4 – Confession

Before I realize it, I feel her slap my face. Of course, I didn't feel nothing. But it got my blood boiling and I can feel the hair on my neck starting to rise.

Beth slapped my face, and I know I didn't hurt. But that doesn't mean I didn't feel anything. I thought today would be an amazing day, I got the lead and Ethan gave me his phone number and I was already excited to rehears with him together.

But then Beth appeared, and she threatens me. She threatens to take away the only reason it is worth living for, my imprint. Whenever people threaten me, or threaten the people I love and care for. It isn't a pretty picture.

I feel the hair and my neck starting to rise, just like a wolf's hair would do. And right now, I wouldn't even care if I exposed our secret. I just want to shift and run it off, find a vamp to hunt and rip it to shreds.

The hairs on my arms are standing up, and I let out a soft growl. Something human ears wouldn't pick up, but supernatural beings would pick up on the sound. I am glaring towards Beth and I can see her taking an involuntarily step backwards. Something inside me feels good that she is afraid of me, that will teach her to threaten the daughter of an alpha.

Seeing her take a step back, helps me to calm down a bit. And I feel my blood cooling down, even though I still need to run and fight and get all this aggressiveness out of me. I take another step towards Beth, but this time she doesn't move. It probably has something to do with the wall she is pressed up to.

Rashel, step down! Now! Chase says in my head, and since he is the oldest… he has authority over me and I have to obey to him. I sense the alpha in him already.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath, without opening them I take a few steps away from Beth. And I am stopped by Chase, he is standing behind me and is looking down at me with a glare that could kill me. I look away, because that look makes me feel so many different emotions. Guilt, hurt, anger, sadness, hate.

Chase walks up to Beth and asks her if she is okay, all she can do is nod. When she looks back at me, I can see that hateful glare returning.

"Just wait, you won't be at this school for another week!" She says with venom painting her voice. Without a second glance towards Chase, she walks off… to the headmaster of the school, I assume.

Chase faces me, and looks me in my eyes. And all I want to do is look away, but he grabs my chin and makes me look in his eyes. He doesn't look angry or hateful, but understanding.

My body relaxes. And when he realizes I won't be averting my gaze, he let's go of my chin and I let myself fall against him. He wraps his arms around me and holds me tight to his body. I pinch my eyes closed, and sob quietly. Tears are spilling from my eyes and soaking Chase's shirt.

"Shhh… it's okay, Rash. Don't cry, it is going to be okay. I promise." He tells me, and it is calming me down. I look up to face him, and he is smiling down at me.

"I am sorry, I almost blew our secret. But she threatened me, she slapped me… she wanted to have Ethan." I sob again and hide my face in his shirt. I am strong, but Chase is the only one who I will show my tears to. And he is always there for me when I need him.

"I know, I heard and I saw it through your eyes. But I also saw how Ethan looked at you, there is nothing to worry about. Besides… who wouldn't fall for you, you are amazing!" He tells me and he makes me giggle softly.

"You have to say that, you are my big brother." I lean up on my tip toes and kiss his cheek softly.

"Thanks for being here, love you." I tell him, before stepping out of his embrace.

He ruffles my hair playfully, earning a playful glare from me. "Anytime! And I love you, too. Now get to class!" He tells me, before disappearing off to his own class.

I sigh and watch him disappear around the corner. I grab my bag, which I must have dropped when glaring at Beth, and make my way to the locker room. Before I enter the room, I can hear girls giggling and talking. But as soon as I enter, the whole rooms goes quiet. Beth is standing next to her locker, and is glaring at me. Her pack of friends is glaring at me as well.

I make my way to Kayla, which is already changed. I smile at her before opening my locker and dropping my stuff in. I don't say a word and start changing quickly. Kayla is quiet, and looks at me. She looks like she is afraid something bad will happen.

"Rashel?" Kayla says as soft as she possibly can, without anyone else hearing her. I look up at her, and I can see the nervous look in her eyes.

"You can ask me anything, Kayla." I tell her, and try to comfort her with a smile. Anything, as long as you don't ask me my biggest secret… I think to myself.

"Beth was telling us what happened in the hallway… did you really slap her?" She asks me, and her nervous eyes change to those of fear.

I slapped her, that is what she is telling everyone. That is how she wants me to get kicked out. What a bitch!

I stand up, without replying to Kayla. I make my way to Beth and her little group of slaves, they all take a step away from me. When I reach Beth, I glare in her hateful eyes.

"You are telling everyone that I hit YOU?" I ask her, in the most neutral voice I can manage. I glare at her, and I can see her wince. She is still afraid of me, that is why she wants to get rid of me. She doesn't want anyone to know how scared she is for the new girl.

"Yes… just admit it, your brother even had to pull you off of me!" She tells me, and she adds the last bit in a louder voice. That way everyone could hear it. My eyes shoot fire and I take a step closer to her.

"If I would have slapped you, you would not be standing here!" I tell her, which is the truth. If I slapped her, she would be in the infirmary and not getting changed for gym.

"Did you guys hear her, she is threatening me." She informs the class. Oh crap, I fell in her tricky game.

I shake my head and without saying another word I walk back to Kayla, who is looking at me with widened eyes. I am in no mood to explain myself to anyone, I grab my phone and send a text to Kayla. Telling her that I will explain everything, if she stays. When I look at her, after she read it, I can see her nod. And her eyes are back to normal.

I let out a relieved sigh, and finish changing into my gym clothes. Beth and her group of slaves already left the locker room, but Kayla, Cindy, Ginger and Sora waited for me to finish so we could all leave together. I should explain it to them, as well.

The couch tells us to split in up in two teams. We will be running an obstacle course and the team who reaches the finish line as first, wins. I already know what teams these would be, Queen Bee and her workers and us. This is going to be fun, especially after I saw how slow they were yesterday.

The coach gives us five minutes to organize who runs first, and the order that follows. We make sure Beth and the others won't hear us. And we quickly decide that Kayla and me will run last, since we are fastest. Sora will start, tapping Ginger who then taps Cindy. She then will tap Kayla, leaving me to run to the finish line. We have another few minutes before the races starts, and Cindy asks me if Beth was telling the truth.

I shake my head and look my friends in the eyes. "She slapped me, and I kind of lost it for a minute. But my brother came between us… I won't slap a little, defenseless little girl." I say with a laugh, and Cindy smiles while giving me a high five.

"You should have, but I assume she wouldn't be walking around this happily… especially after I saw your kick." Ginger says and she smiles as well. She is probably referring to how hard I could kick the soccer ball, yesterday. I have to admit, that I was actually still holding back.

Kayla has been quiet. And when I look at her, she seems lost in thought. I take her hand in mine and give it a gentle squeeze. She looks up at me and tries a smile. I lean in close to her, and whisper in her ear. I tell her to still wait for me. She nods, but then her forced smile disappear again. I hope nothing is wrong?

Will? Do you know what is wrong with Kayla? I ask him, and when his mind enters my own, I can feel a sadness.

I told her, that I need to tell her something. She must be worrying. I heard you are talking to her after school, will you bring her home? I nod mentally, telling him I will try to make sure Kayla will come with me to our place. He must have had a good day yesterday, he already wants to tell her his secret.

Just when I start wondering about my brother and Kayla, our coach blows her whistle which lets us know that we have to go to our positions. Sora take her position at the beginning. The other girls take their positions as well. When I take mine, I notice that Beth is finishing for her team as well. She glares my way, but I act like I didn't see her. Which she obviously isn't used to. I turn around to face my team.

Sora is already standing ready to start, and as the coach blows on her whistle she is gone. She is super fast for such a tiny girl. I cheer her on when she reaches Ginger, she taps her and Ginger is off. Ginger is the slowest of us all. So when she reaches Cindy, Beth's team is about to tap the girl that stands next to Kayla.

I am cheering my friends on as I know we can still win. When Cindy reaches Kayla, Kayla's opposite has already passed. When Kayla reaches me, Beth has already run a foot or two. I turn around and when Kayla taps me, I am off. I still have to hold back, but within a second I passed by Beth and cross the finish line.

I am bouncing up and down as the girls run towards me and hug me around the neck. I hug them back and smile from ear to ear. I need that run. It made me clear my mind, and I absolutely made Beth hate me now.

The coach walks up to our group and congratulates us. She looks at me and smiles.

"You are pretty fast, young lady… we could use someone like you on our track team. Think about it?" She asks me, and I nod. The nod is just for show, I can never join. It wouldn't be fair… I will just stick to running on four paws across dirt and mud.

The coach tells us that we can hit the showers, and to the losing team she says that they have to put all the things away that are on the field. Just before I enter the locker room, I catch a glare from Beth as she is picking up the things that are laying all over the field.

Once inside I laugh and the others quickly join in, we grab our towels and shower gel and take a quick shower before getting dressed. I pull my light jeans, black, long sleeved, off the shoulder shirt with my black heeled boots. How I love these boots. I grab my bag and tell the girls I will see them tomorrow, before pulling Kayla with me to my car.

She follows me quietly, and as we reach my black Mustang she looks up at me.

"What does he need to tell me, Rashel? Is it something bad?" She asks me, and I can see tears form in her eyes. I take a step closer to her and hug her tightly.

"He has to tell you, it is not my secret to tell… But I will be there, alright?" I tell her, hoping it calmed her down. I see her nod and she wipes her tears away.

"Just give me a sign, and I will make him leave…" I say with a smile, and I hear her giggle. "He asked me if you were okay driving to my place, he wants to tell you today." I ask her as I unlock my car and throw my bag on the backseat. I turn back around to face her and she looks nervous again.

"Hey! It will be okay, I promise!" I tell her, and she hands me her back. I put it next to mine on the back seat. I then realize the black Camaro is still parked next to mine, I wonder to who it belongs.

As if someone up there can read my mind, I can hear a beep. I assume someone unlocked the car with a remote control. When I see who is the owner of the remote control, my breathing stops. Ethan.

He hasn't seen me yet, so it give me all the time to look at him. And I mean really look at him. Each time I see him, I can't get passed his blue eyes. But there is much more to him.

He has those blue, piercing eyes. With clear skin and straight teeth, and such a perfect smile. His hair is a dark brown, but with some highlighted bits… from the sun. Which explains his tan as well. His body is covered in clothes, but he looks lean and fit. And I already established that he was long. But not like idiotic long, just… just right.

I smile, and I imagine it looks stupid… no one knows why I am smiling. Luckily no one is around to ask, except Kayla. As Ethan reaches the car, he notices my black Mustang… And I actually see his step falter. I knew that anyone who has a car like that Camaro, would love my Mustang.

He then looks up and sees me, he smiles… showing off his white, straight teeth and comes over to me.

"Hey… you know, that car… well, wow!" He says, and I giggle as I hear the struggle to find words.

He looks embarrassed, which only makes him look cute and I smile. "Thanks, I actually saw the Camaro this morning… It might have some fingerprints on the hood. I just had to touch it!" I tell him. Now I am just wishing, that I touched it more.

"It's beautiful." I tell him, and without looking away from my eyes… he nod. And whispers. "Beautiful…"

I look away from his eyes, and I feel myself starting to blush. I am just glad that it isn't that noticeable, due to my skin tone.

I look back at him then, and he has this huge grin on his face. And I raise my eyebrow. "What?" I ask him and he just laughs.

"You're blushing." He tells me, and it only causes me to blush even more.

"No! I'm not… it is just because of the wind." I tell him, and he just shakes his head and crosses his arms.

"Sure, sure…" He says, something my dad would have said as well. I think they would like each other, not that my dad would have a choice.

Kayla then decided to walk towards me. When she sees who I am talking to, her mouth drops. And I look at her, wondering what is wrong.

"That's why Beth hates you." She whispers, something no human ear could have picked up if they weren't standing as close as I am to Beth.

"What about Beth?" He asks us, I look at him. And I am shocked that he heard it, but that is not possible. Maybe I thought it was softer than it actually was… No, I am never wrong about things like this. Maybe he… he isn't human?

I smell the air, more particularly, I try to smell Ethan. He doesn't smell like a shape-shifter, or like my mom does. He smells human, but there is something different. Something I can't figure out.

Kayla doesn't realize something is wrong and tells Ethan the whole story. How Beth is telling everyone that I slapped her, and that my brother had to pull me off of her. Ethan looks at me, but his eyes changed color. And then they are blue again. Did I just imagine something, I thought I saw his blue eyes glint silver.

"Is it true?" He asks me, and what can I do? He is my imprint, I will never be able to lie to him. So, I nod.

"Tell me what happened, Rashel." He asks me, in a firm way. He will not expect to hear a no.

I take a deep breath, and as I look down at my feet… I tell the story of what happened.

"When you gave me your number, and then left for practice… Beth appeared from behind the corner and she was laughing. She didn't look happy, and I just felt she was going to say something." I tell him and when I look up to see if he is still there, I can see that he is looking at something behind me. I decide to continue.

"She then said: 'Don't you get your hopes up too high, Ethan will see what you are trying to do. He will drop you within a second!' And her voice sounded so full of venom. She walked closer to me, and she was standing as close as someone possibly can." I say, and I know there is more to tell. But I look at Ethan, who hasn't moved. If it wasn't for the breathing, I though he would have been a statue.

I then look at Kayla, and I can see how into the story she is. I sigh and continue. "She then decided to threaten me, telling me that you are hers." I tell Ethan.

And for the first time, I can see some sort of reaction in his face. He is disgusted, and again I thought his eyes turned silver for a second.

"I am not someone you can threaten easily, and I told her that. I added that she was nothing but a pathetic, little, whiny bitch to me. And before I knew it she slapped me across the face." I finish. Ethan looks me in the eyes now, a bit concerned.

"I'm sorry, are you okay?" He asks me, to which I nod.

"You don't have to be sorry." I tell him, even though I appreciate him saying that he is. It was about him after all. But he is shaking his head.

"I am sorry, I should have known she would try something like this. Each time I talk to a girl she gets jealous. But this time she found someone who isn't afraid." He says with a proud smile. And I smile back at him.

"There is more, about my brother. After she slapped me, I felt myself heating up and I just wanted to show her every corner of the school. That is when my brother came in the picture, he didn't literally have to pull me off of her. He just stepped between us. Besides, I could have contained myself." I tell him, but hoping I will believe it as well.

"I will talk to her, don't worry… I will make sure she takes it all back." He tells me, and there were that silver glint in his eyes again. What is that?

"I have to go now, but I will text you… just like I said before." He smiles at me and gets in his Camaro. And drives off. I turn to Kayla and she is looking at me with a big grin on her face.

"What?" I ask her, as I make my way to the car and get in. She gets in as well, and just keeps on smiling.

"He likes you, he never would have done that for another girl." She tells me, and in a way it makes me feel damn good about myself. I smile and drive to the house. As we near the gate, I can see Kayla look around her. She must have never known someone could live here.

The gate flies open, and I drive down the driveway. As we near the garage, I push another button to let the door open and I park my car inside. I grab both our bags, and hand Kayla her own bag.

I hang up the key next to the other, and I notice that Kayla is still looking at all the cars in the garage. I must confess… we have a lot of cars.

There is the first car my dad ever owned, his red Volkswagen Rabbit. Which still drives like a dream, even though it is a few decades old. It has so many memories, that he can't get rid of it.

Then there is the car my dad uses on special occasions, a black Aston Martin V12 Vanquish. Grandpa Edward gave him that when my brothers were born. And then there is the car he uses most, which is a silver Mercedus CLS.

Then there is black Cadillac Escalade ESV, which is my mom's. There is my black Mustang, obviously. The last car in the garage is the silver Lamborghini Estoque, which is Will's car. His first love in this world. It would be second, starting from the first kiss he shares with Kayla.

Chase's Dodge isn't here, which means Will, Chase and Leah aren't home yet. I pull Kayla away from all the cars and smile as we make our way up the stairs. As we reach the kitchen, I open the door and tow Kayla with me inside.

"Mom? This is Kayla. Kayla, this is my mom." I tell both the girls. My mom must look very young, which she obviously is. But Kayla will all understand soon enough.

"It is nice to meet you, mrs. Black." Kayla tells her, and they shake hands. My mom smiles and asks me if this is HER, in my head. I nod before rolling my eyes.

"Nice to meet you, Kayla. But please, call me Nessie." Kayla smiles and then nods, stepping away from my mom and closer to me.

"Do you guys want a blueberry muffin? I just took them from the oven, and you can better eat one before the boys come home." She says and gives us each a big blueberry muffin.

"Thanks, mom. We will be just up in my room, alright?" I tell her and she nods, getting back to the cooking. I shake my head and Kayla giggles at the exchange. When we reach the stairs, I go first and lead her to my bedroom.

"I will let Will give you the tour, later on." I say with a smile as I drop my bag on the floor. Kayla enters my room, and follows my example. She looks around the room, and I can tell she likes it.

"Your room looks amazing, did you do this all by yourself?" She asks me as she sits down on the leather couch near the window, which looks out on a little lake.

I nod. "Yeah, but my dad helped." I tell her and check my phone before putting it on the desk, next to my laptop.

"Your mom looks really young, how does she do that?" She asks me, and I realize this is one of those questions that Will needs to answer. And I am just about to tell her that, when Will knocks on my bedroom door.

Kayla spins around, and looks nervous again. Will senses it, and I can see a sadness paint his face. He looks towards me, and I nod.

I will be here, just explain it to her. Do you want me to start? I ask him and I see him nod. This time Kayla notices it, and looks towards me.

"What was that? It is like you guys can have conversations in your head." She says, and I just want to tell her how right she is about that. But I need to start in a different way.

"Kayla?" She turns to me, and I take that as a sign that I can continue. "Have you ever thought that there were other things that just humans?"

"Yeah, when I was little. Why? What has that to do with everything that is going on?" She asks both Will and me. I sigh and take a calming breath.

"Did you think that there were vampires and werewolves?" I ask her and she nods. "Do you still think that?" I ask her and she laughs.

"No, of course not. That is insane!" She tells me, and feel a shiver go across my back.

"What if I tell you, that it isn't as insane as everyone thinks? What if I tell you, that there really are vampires in this world. And that there really are werewolves, as well. You would never believe me?" I ask her.

"No, I won't believe you. Not without proof." I smile to myself, the magic words are said.

"Come with us, Kayla." I tell her and grab her hand in mine. Will takes the hint and walks towards the stairs, where we make our way outside. And to the woods. There is a little meadow, surrounded my thick bushes and trees. I stand in the middle of the meadow, with Kayla next to me. And I nod towards Will. He then jogs behind the bushes.

"Where did he go? Will he come back? Will… come back!" She yells and I try to shush her.

"Just wait, you will see…" I tell her, and I grab a firm hold on her hand. After a few seconds, a sand color wolf with green eyes appears. I smile at him, and he comes closer.

Kayla screams and tries to run away, I hold her hand firmly and she looks at me like I am crazy. She is extremely scared, and I try to calm her down. But I realize I just have to get to the pont.

"Look at him, Kayla. Look at his eyes. Do you recognize them?" I see that she carefully looks at the wolf. Will decided to stay away a bit, but close enough so Kayla can see him.

"Will?" She than softly asks. And the wolf nods, he makes a silly wolfy grin. Kayla smiles and turns to me. "It's true?"

I nod. "Yes, it is all true. Our dad, he is a werewolf. My mom, she is a vampire hybrid. That means her mom is human and her dad is vampire. Well… now they are both vampires. Vampires and werewolves are sworn enemies. But when my dad and my mom impr… I mean fell in love, everything changed. And now, my dad's pack and my mom's clan work together." I tell her, almost spilling something that only Will is allowed to tell her.

"So, you guys are… half werewolf, a quarter vampire and a quarter human?" She asks quietly and I nod. I gesture for Will to come closer and he slowly walks up to Kayla. He licks her face gently before nuzzling her face. Kayla smiles and ruffles the top of his head.

"I will let you guys alone, Will has something else to tell you as well." I tell them, and Will nods in his wolf form. He walks off, and Kayla turns to me… "He just had to go shift back to human Will." I tell her.

Right after I told her, Will appears as himself again and walks over to Kayla. Wearing nothing but his jeans and sneakers. Will looks nervous, about what Kayla will tell him.

"Kayla… are you okay?" He asks her and he keeps his distance from her, as if he is afraid she hates him. But Kayla nods and runs towards him. He catches her in mid-air and smiles up to her, before hugging her tightly.

I smile and turn around, just before I leave the meadow I hear Will tell Kayla he has something else to tell her.

When I reach the house, Leah is waiting for me on the porch steps. "How did it go?" She asks me nervously.

I smile at her. "No one can resist the Black's." She laughs at that, knowing it is true. I kiss her cheek and head for the kitchen, where I find my mom and dad.

"Hey, baby! Is everything okay?" My dad asks me, and I nod happily.

"Will just told her, and she seemed to accept it quickly. I left them, he still has to tell her about the whole imprinting thing."

"Do you think she will stay for dinner?" My mom asks me, and I tell her I hope so. She starts preparing the table for seven and I decide to go for a quick run. I tell my dad and he nods, before disappearing into his office. Something that he has been doing a lot lately.

I jog out into the woods, and when I am out of sight, I shift. I run towards the boundary of our property, once I get there… I smell the same scent that I smelled yesterday. But now it is much more prominent. Which means it is still here, or it is very close by. I sniff the air and follow my nose to a meadow. I look around, and the meadow is empty.

I take another peek and I see a flash of silver.

First of all, thank you for reading! So... what did you think? Please click the button down here, and let me know. My dad has horrible timing, just when I was typing the bit about Kayla, Rashel and Will he called me. I needed to do some things for him, but I got to finish it. Yay me! I will try to update one more time, hoping I can get one on in the weekend. I am starting my internship at the hospital next week, so I will get super busy. So I hope you guys are okay, if I update only on Saturdays then?

So does anyone have an idea what Ethan is? Or am I just misleading you guys, and is he human?