Seth was driving at a 90 M.P.H., a velocity he would have never dared to drive at especially with me on the back of his bike, and was still increasing the speed. I was holding onto his waist closely, something that I had never been edgy to do until now. If it was normal for Seth to drive at this rate, then I must have been very unobservant. The wind was tugging at my hair and whipping it in and out of what I could see. Usually I liked when that happened, though right now it was really annoying me. I couldn't see past anything because tears were straining my vision.

I'd always wondered why Dad never mentioned my mother. She was a vampire, part of the reason the reason our wolf pack existed. I could defiantly see why Dad would keep that from us. I've had my share of vampires too, more than just Hollywood movies. Some still came through the area, but one or two of the wolves always got them before they were able to hurt anyone. I knew all the history of the vampires, and even about the treaty my great-great grandfather made with them. I understood fully what Seth meant by a war now.

Never in my life had I ever felt unwanted until now. Why would my mother want to become a vampire? She must have loved my dad to what you got to do get a kid here.

Then Seth imprinted on me. That also made perfect sense. He had always been there when I needed him, just like Quil for Claire. Those two were dating now. I rarely saw Claire alone, because Quil followed her around so much.

When I was a kid, if Dad wasn't the first one there when I fell it was Seth. He pulled me on roller blades the first time I tried them, and taught me to ride a bike because Dad was paranoid about it. He said Aunt Rachel broke her arm twice riding a bike, and he would have nothing to do with his daughter ending up in that state. I knew I was always safe with his around.

During elementary school I frequently threaten bullies that my big brother would beat them up if they kept picking on me. Then one day I just sat down next to him and the two of us talked for hours. I told him secrets that I hadn't even told Claire. He nodded and said all the right things at the appropriate time. No one was as understanding as he was.

Then last year, right before I turned thirteen, I wouldn't nervous around him but still he was on my thoughts a lot. When he looked at me I would get happy. One day when Uncle Sam and Dad took Paul, Jared, and Seth with them to track down a vampire I stayed up the entire night with Claire at Aunt Emily's worrying about him. When they got back I threw my arms around him and hugged him so tight that he was probably in more danger of suffocation then he had been from the vampire. I pulled my arms away from him as he pulled the bike to a stop.

There was a bend in the road, but we were still at least fifteen miles away from the main part if the reservation. We both took off our helmets and Seth ran his hand through his shorter hair, He kept just a little longer than the rest of the pack, and I liked it better that way. "Where are we?"

I felt more comfortable now being closer to home, but wanted to at my house, or Aunt Emily and Uncle Sam's larger home. "Just over the treaty line." He pulled out his phone and started dialing my dad's number.

I reached into a compartment in my backpack as Seth threw his phone onto the ground. I handed him mine with a smile. He looked back at me surprised. "Battery dead?" I joked.

"Yeah." He answered. "How did you know that?" He took the phone form my hand. Even though it was the smallest touch, when his fingers took the phone out of my hand, I felt warm.

"Simple. You always forget to charge your phone after a night of hunting. I am surprised that phone still works after as many times you have thrown it on the ground." He threw his head back when he laughed like he always did when he sincerely though something was funny. Seth was dialing Uncle Sam this time, but I knew that it would be a long time before we would get a chance to talk again. I don't know how, but I just did.

"Seth." I took the phone from his hand before he hit the send button. "Is it true? What you said back there?"

He looked tense, and was looking out forward. He usually looked at me when I would address him. He let loose a sigh, and his voice sounded older than he was. Despite he was supposed to be twenty-nine, he still appeared as a sixteen year old boy, only two years older than I was. "Which part?" he sounded reluctant to talk. It was obvious both subjects were a soft pot for him, and most likely every one in the while pack.

I sat up straighter, hoping that I wouldn't cry. But I knew I was going to. "Both are getting at me to be honest. But mother, you knew her. Please, tell me what she was like?" I asked. I wanted to know. After all I was going to be seeing her for the rest of the semester at the same school as them.

Seth loosened up a little bit, though he seemed angry. "Your mother was pretty. That I have to give to her. She was also a klutz, almost like you, but more dangerous. Your Dad knew her better. If you want to know anything else, ask him" Seth started reaching for his helmet.

"But I want to talk to you about it." I snapped. "The two of you share a mind, you have to know more than that."

This time he turned around to face me. He looked angry still and older than sixteen. "You want to know?" He was yelling, and this time I went rigid. Last time he was this angry, Aunt Leah had shoved Sue down. Emily got to her after that though. To this day if you brought it up he would give you a dirty look. "Jacob was crazy in love with your mother and she chose Edward over him. She wanted to be a vampire so she could stay with him. Then she realized she loved your dad. The three made a deal that Bella would have a kid with Jacob. You were born, three weeks later she left and turned into a bloodsucker. Then we saw your Dad go into a deep depression, and hardly talk to anyone but Billy for three months. Our second in command, your dad, lost his heart. That is why if you want to know about you mother and learn the truth you will go to your Dad and get an honest opinion, If you want a bad image painted in your head I' d be more than happy to continue."

I was crying again. It wasn't fair to Dad or me. The rest of the wolves must have known what Dad went through those days. They all knew my mother, and I didn't, even Kim and Emily knew her. Seth was off the bike and was hugging me as I still sat on the back seat. "If you stop, I won't yell anymore." He promised over and over. His voice was soothing, and familiar.

"Fine." I nodded holding tears back. Why would that make me cry, of all things right now? Obviously because I was in love with him too. I couldn't stand seeing him so angry, especially when I knew it was me who made him so mad. "What about the other thing. The imprinting?"

Seth laughed now. It was unnatural the way he switched moods. "It was the day you were born actually. Then, it was as if nothing else mattered. When I first looked at you, even as a sleeping baby, you had my whole attention. You were beautiful, and nothing else mattered, but keeping you safe. Probably felt like your Dad you know. I told you about the three weeks I spent with my dad four summers before he died?" He said more as a reminder. He knew I remembered he said that the summer he spent with his father was his most precious memory. "I would give that all up if it meant I could spend a day alone with you."

"You know your pretty young." He said. "It doesn't matter if you don't think of me like that. I just hope you know that you're always going to be the most important thing to me. And I know that this may be the weirdest place to tell you that but it seems like it may be since we were talking about it why not mention it now." He was pacing while explaining and I laughed. He looked at me bewildered and I laughed more.

I sat on the bike with eyebrows raised. "You know you always do that when you want to avoid something or when you're anxious." I said. "You know that you shouldn't freak about things you already know the answer to."

"You mean," he seemed thrilled "that you feel the same way."

I raised my eyebrows again. How could he be so oblivious? "Now what?" I asked another question.

"It depends on what you want." He said looking down.

"What do you want?" I asked him. If felt good to talk with him about this. I told him everything. I guess I was in debt to Rosalie Hale and Edward Cullen after this.

"Whatever you want." He said.

"This is getting us nowhere." I laughed. Seth nodded in agreement. "I want what Claire and Quil have." I said it out loud, and I was pulled off the back of the bike into the tightest hug I had ever experienced. I hugged him back, while trying not to choke, and waited till I could breathe again.

"Seth can we go?" I asked pulling away reluctantly. He was smiling.

"Sure, whatever you want." He agreed. "I can't wait till Quil finds out. He is going to be mad. It took him a month to plan out how he was going to tell Claire and I got you after a run in with vampires." He handed me my helmet.

"Hey can I have your phone?" he asked. "I forgot to call."

"Why can't you just wait till we get there?" I asked in return as I handed him my red cell phone.

"I don't know about you, but when your dad finds out about the vampires and gets mad I don't want to be there." I laughed as he dialed the number.

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Like always we all met at Emily and Sam's house. When Seth and I got there Kim was outside with Marisa and Julia, Elliott and Daisy, and Marcus and David. When Claire and I were with we were the Wolf Pack Kids. Though now I had the feeling that Claire and I were going to start being paired with the actual Wolf Pack.

Emily smiled when she saw Seth and me arrive. "Hi Rainy. How are you?" she asked.

"Good." I admitted. She or anyone else didn't have to know I had cried. Claire would know though. Then she would tell Quil, and then all thee other wolfs would hear it in their minds while phased, so then all the other wolfs would tell their wives about it. Either way she would find out. I didn't care either way, so this made more sense.

Then Emily hugged me, and it occurred to me that what Seth had said was the truth. If anyone had been a mother to me, it would have been Emily. I hugged her back. "I'm sort of scared of the interrogation I'm going to get in there. I keep wondering if Collin and Brady are going to try the whole good cop/bad cop deal."

She laughed knowing that I was completely serious and that was something the two would do. "Just ignore them. They are so playful." She said as she released me. Seth was waiting and I was relieved that I wouldn't have to go in alone.

When I pushed open the door I was attacked be Claire. She hugged me. "Are you okay?" she asked full of concern. She lowered her voice to a whisper. 'You cried. It is okay. I won't tell Quil. So your Dad won't find out."

"As much as I wish that were true, Seth was there." I whispered back. I realized that everyone was looking at Sam and Dad now in Emily and Sam's kitchen. Paul and Jared, Quil and Embry, and Leah were gathered around the table with a now empty chair. Seth went to stand next to Collin and Brady leaning against the wall that combined the kitchen and living room.

Claire went and sat back down next to Quil and I made her scoot over and we shared a seat. My dad looked at me, and we shared a look. I knew he was studying my face. "So what happened?" Collin asked abruptly

I looked over at him then back at Sam and Dad. Then I was looking down at the table. "I sat down by them at lunch because I was hungry, asked them if it was okay if I sat there. And then the brawly one said it was okay I sat there. It bothered me in the wrong way, so I dumped my tray and sat with some people who had been friendly with to me. Heidi told me they were the Cullens and the Hales. Then I spent day in class, then Seth found out who they were." I explained within 30 seconds.

"Well than it is war." Sam announced. "We'll attack within two weeks." He stood tall in the kitchen looking regal as a king. He was the leader, and even Claire nodded. I looked up at my Dad and he stood next to Sam looking just as regal as Sam did.

"What color were their eyes?" Paul asked from the corner of the room.

"Black" both Seth and I said at the same time.

Dad and Sam nodded at the same time. A silence rested in the kitchen before Sam's words really got to me. I realized that both Seth and Sam had mentioned a war. Then realization really got to: they were going to attack the vampires. "No." I said, "You are not going to attack the vampires."

EVERYBODY looked at me. "And why not?" Jared said shocked. He seemed as surprised as everybody else.

"You can't seriously be thinking about attacking eight vampires. That is absurd. You could get hurt." I said as I looked at everyone. I looked at everyone and Claire gave me a look of sympathy. She was feeling the exact same way. She just was smart enough to know that no one was going to listen to her.

"Rainy, sit down." My dad voice boomed. Stiffly I sat down and crossed my arms against my chest. Claire and I exchanged another look with each other.

"There will be an attack. But Jake do you want to keep Rainy at Forks High?" Then the attention transferred to Dad and he shifted nervously. It was apparent what choice he was going to make. I was suddenly enthralled. No more Forks for me anymore.

"You have to keep her there." Leah stood up and shouted. "That would just make them think we were scared. We can not give off signs like that." There she went again. I loved Leah, but she was always doing something to ruin something.

I was looking forward to coming back to my school. There want that hope. At least from the look that Dad was giving off. Everybody seemed to agree with Leah, which was rare. I felt ashamed now. They were the ones who would have to fight, though for what? I loved everyone at this table and outside the house having no clue what was going on inside the house. I had never been so wary.

"Well than it seems obvious that she will keep going to Forks High?" Quil said casually as if a decision like this was decided everyday. It was annoying me that I had no choice in a decision that was about me. I knew better than to voice that fact. When you were around this many werewolves, you didn't fight back. Especially when they all agreed mutually and you were the only one opposing them.

"Fine, then, Seth will not be able to phase until the attack." Sam declared. Seth looked at him confused.

"Why the hell not?" He asked. That didn't seem fair. He loved being in his wolf form. Here I was again depriving him of something that he loved.

I looked at Sam also. Dad, Quil, Embry, Jared, and Leah looked like they understood. Collin and Brady looked confused.

Collin looked at Sam. "Why can't he?" Collin asked. Brady looked at Sam just as confused as Collin did. The two always seemed to be thing the same thing according to Dad.

Seth looked at Sam expectantly. Sam sighed, his usual air of serenity dispersing. Now he seemed skittish. He wanted peace. Sam always wanted the quiet life, and that is what he wanted for everyone he loved, for all his brothers. Anyone could tell that. I felt bad for Emily because she seemed to always want to give that to him. She wanted what he wanted, and by what was happening now that would take awhile.

Sam finally spoke. "Because you will be the one picking up Rainy from school. Edward can read people's minds. He would be able to read your mind." I didn't know that a vampire could do that. "If you were to phase then you would know about the plans. You won't hear a detail about it until it is time for the attack. When you are picking up Rainy you must be sure to control your thoughts so he can not hear them." Sam directed. Even as a human he had to focus on being a wolf.

"Won't that go against the treaty?" Collin asked.

"They broke it. If they try and do anything then throw that in their face Seth." Embry laughed. He, Jared, and Quil had a tendency of being the optimistic ones. They kept everything easy for everyone else.

"Well now we plan the attack." Sam said as a ding came out of a stove timer. "But first lets eat." Sam called the others in and there was hardly any room to move within the house. This was the way I liked things.

Claire and I sitting at Emily's table doing what we do best: talking about nothing that really mattered. The kids ran around everywhere, while their mothers yelled at them to watch and make sure they didn't break anything. Collin and Brady did something stupid to make everyone laugh. Embry and Jared sat making some bet that they would have to pay no matter how unimportant as it may be. Paul, Sam, Seth and Dad sat talking about what was going on with each other as if they didn't know. Though this time Seth looked at me every once and a while. Like Sam did Emily, and Jared did Kim, or even Quil did Claire. Yes, this was my home. I would do anything to keep it that way.

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