(A/N: When I don't have an idea for one story, I work on another… and THIS story is the one the ideas are flowing on right now~ Enjoy!)

L POV

The barbeque we had was really good; I'd have to say that Kenny's cooking was almost as good as my dad's.

After the meal we ate, us girls grabbed all of our bags and headed downstairs into the large, carpeted family room. We set our stuff down in various places before plopping down on the floor or the couch. Then, we chatted.

Our first topic of discussion was, of course, the hot Native-American-looking men we'd seen in the mall.

"O-M-G, the dude with the highlights was so hot," Ivy gushed and Leslie and Rae nodded in agreement.

"I think the younger one was cute," Rae told us, grinning sheepishly when she did. Leslie nodded, though.

"What about that one with the Aeropostale shirt, now HE was HOT," Leslie said, grinning, too, but more proudly and fondly then in embarrassment.

"I think the oldest one was cute," I whispered.

"He was totally staring at you," Ivy told me.

"That's illegal!" Leslie exclaimed, laughing.

"YOU have a crush on ROBERT PATTINSON," I reminded her. "THAT would be illegal, too."

Rae and Ivy burst out laughing and Leslie pouted. "A girl can dream," she muttered.

"Yes, so I can dream too," I told her and she shrugged, giving in.

"Hey! I have an idea," Ivy suddenly exclaimed. "Let's play Truth or Dare!"

Rae and I were about to agree when Leslie spoke.

"NO! Last time we played that you guys dared me to go French kiss a tree out there," Leslie reminded us, pointing out the window and letting out a shudder. "I will NEVER get that weird taste out of my mouth."

I busted out laughing, completely remembering the night.

"Too bad!" Rae told her, beaming and chuckling a bit, also remembering the night. "We are going to play!"

"Just never say Dare," Ivy suggested and Leslie scowled.

"Well, where's the fun in that?" she complained.

"Then don't gripe about it if you WANT to play," I told her, still grinning from the tree remark.

"We are STARTING," Ivy suddenly said and then flashed to face Rae. "Truth or Dare?"

Rae grinned. "DARE," she answered boldly.

Ivy beamed evilly and quickly thought of something. "I DARE you to… so upstairs to your brother Jeremy and yell at him, really loud, about how he looks like a unicorn and that you are so jealous of his magical unicorn powers."

Leslie and I were on the floor laughing and Rae was laughing too, but she seemed thrilled with this challenge so she rose and we all quickly followed her upstairs, Ivy and I whipping our phones out on the way to record this moment…

Jeremy was Rae's older brother; he's a junior in high school and was in football and track… When I was younger I used to have a crush on him, but now, he's like MY older brother, too. He's really nice… so this should be fun… I was looking forward to his reaction.

Rae stomped on over to his room, mustering up an enraged face and all three of us girls were giggling. Ivy and I hit record just as she pounded on his door with her face.

"JEREMY!" she shouted, still pounding.

Jeremy opened the door, a confused look on his face. The look grew MORE confused as Rae started her rant.

"WHY do you have to look like a UNICORN all the TIME?" she shouted at him, her voice filled with "jealousy". "IT'S NOT FAIR! I want to look like a unicorn TOO you know! AND WHY must you have such cool unicorn POWERS! I've seen you FLYING AROUND all the time; don't think you pulled the wool over my eyes on that one! I KNOW WHO YOU REALLY ARE JEREMY MATTHEW SUMMERS! I KNOW the TRUTH! THE TRUTH WILL NOT BE SILENCED!"

Jeremy had a very bewildered look on his face and Leslie was on the floor crying in her laughter. Ivy and I were leaning on each other for support, also crying.

Ah, good times. His reaction was simply… priceless.

"Um… I'm going to pretend that that didn't scare me at all and just turn around and go back into my room," Jeremy informed us.

"Truth or Dare," I managed to tell him before he left. An understanding look came to his face then and he nodded, grinning and giving me a thumbs up before closing the door behind him.

Rae was beaming when she turned to face us. She bowed twice.

"Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week," she said.

"Don't be so full of yourself," Ivy teased, shoving her shoulder back gently.

Rae was still smiling. "I want to watch that later," she told us, pointing to our phones.

"I'll send you a copy," I told her, nodding at the same time.

We headed back downstairs and, as we did, Rae turned to ask me. "Okay, since it's my turn, Leanna; Truth or Dare?"

I thought about it as we rearranged ourselves in the basement again. "Dare," I finally decided, grinning.

Rae's grin was bigger.

"I DARE you to go outside and kiss old Paint for at least 3 second," she told me, still beaming but NOW there was an evil twist to it.

Old Paint was Rae's first horse, a Tennessee Walking Horse actually, BUT since Old Paint was black and white, Rae (at the age of 6) had thought he was a paint horse and so he was named appropriately…

Also, Old Paint MAY have been a horse but he was as stubborn as a mule (not as much when he was younger but now, as he is now senior, he was real stubborn) so it was going to be hard to catch him since he would be out in the pasture…

I scowled and stood up, I didn't mind the dare, but catching him WOULD be hard…

"Okay… but, Rae, you know that means I have to go catch him, right?" I asked her and she nodded, still beaming.

"Of course," she all but purred.

I sighed. "Alright… I'll do it… under one condition."

"This is truth or dare, not a bargaining deal!" Ivy protested but Rae spoke anyways.

She rolled her eyes. "What's your condition Leanna?"

I grinned. "I go out alone and catch Old Paint by myself–" I started to say but then Leslie cut me off.

"Then how do we know you actually kiss him?" she persisted and then Rae spoke.

"How do you know he will come to you?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Rae; you know how Old Paint responds to me, but I have to be myself… and Leslie; I'll record it on my phone and then show it to you guys," I told them, challenging them to protest.

"Well… why do you have to go by yourself?" Ivy asked her tone was curious.

I sighed, putting my hand on my hips. "Old Paint listens to me well when I get him alone, or with just Rae, but it may take a while so I don't want you guys to have to wait there forever. It'll be fine; we are in the middle of nowhere… Just, watch T.V. until I get back, `kay?"

They all sighed and agreed. Then I nodded to myself and grabbed my coat before heading upstairs.

I didn't stop as I headed out the back door. I shut it behind me and slowed down as I headed for the fence to the horses' pen.

I climbed over the fence and looked around into the dark. Then, I let out a whistle when I didn't see the horses…

They didn't come… so I headed forward.

I was cautious as I walked, making sure not to trip OR step in any horse… droppings. Since I was mostly looking at my feet, I didn't really see what was right in front of me until I heard it snort.

N POV

She walked out of the house, all by herself, and headed over to the fence. I tensed a bit as she climbed over it, but I couldn't give myself away… I didn't want to move… yet I didn't want her to see me…

Some part of me hoped she would notice me and not be afraid… THAT would make my life much easier when it came to telling her about me –

What was I thinking? She'd freak out, AND I'd never be able to be with her like I wanted, be friends with her like I wanted… She didn't KNOW me at ALL… and we didn't even live close together! It would never work…

I shuddered at the thought.

I watched as she whistled (probably for the horses)… and waited. Then, much to my shock, she began to cross the field towards me.

I froze where I was in the shadow of the hill. I watched silently as she headed towards me, her eyes on the ground the whole time, as if she knew I was there and she didn't want to see me…

The wolf in me tensed as she drew nearer… It didn't like humans so close. Then, without my permission, my wolf snorted and she very slowly looked up.

When she noticed me, she started and took up a step back… but not in fear, she stepped back in shock, surprise…

Her brain hadn't taken it all in yet… she hadn't really realized what was right in front of her… I was sure once she fully comprehended it, she'd scream and run.

She shocked me when she blinked and her eyes widened… but she didn't run… INSTEAD, rather, she looked… fascinated…

Leanna stared at me and took a hesitant step forward, one of her hands coming up a bit like she wanted to pet me. I grinned on the inside, she WASN'T afraid! I was so happy that my tail unconsciously wagged.

Leanna froze… and then, so did I.

I wanted her to come forward, I wanted her to let me sniff her hand (to keep up my charade), and I WANTED her to pet me… to run her fingers through my fur and NOT be afraid…

I was beginning to understand how and animal felt when a human was approaching them, though most of them probably froze in fear, I could see a stray dog freezing because they didn't want to scare the human… On the other hand, the human usually also didn't want to scare the animal… and I felt exactly like that right now, I froze not out of fear on my part, but fear on hers… Fear that SHE would run… It was weird.

Leanna took another hesitant step forward, after a bit, and then another. Her hand was slowly raising, palm up, for me to sniff. She took another step and stopped and few feet from me. She extended her hand more.

The wolf inside of me flinched back a bit. Some of it leaked through and my ears twitched. Leanna instantly began to speak in a soft tone. She spoke words on nonsense meant to sooth… but I wasn't really listening. I knew they wouldn't calm the wolf at all.

I leaned forward and sniffed Leanna's hand… Then, I put my head under it so her hand was on my fur, encouraging her to pet me.

Leanna's face lit up in delight and she stroked my fur slowly, running her fingers through it. I could tell she was awestruck by me… my size, my appearance… I mean, how often did a girl see a horse-sized wolf, much less a white wolf, around here? NEVER; it just didn't happen.

Leanna took another step closer as her fingers began to trail down my back. I allowed myself to relax a bit and wag my tail as Leanna continued to stroke my fur.

"You're very beautiful…" Leanna whispered to me. "I've always loved wolves… and I've always hoped to see a white one… but I've never seen one quite your… size before…. I wonder if you can understand me at all…."

I wagged my tail a bit more, hoping to encourage her that, indeed, I could (and very much so).

Leanna grinned when I wagged my tail, but then she stopped stoking and sighed, taking a step away from me.

"Go on, you can go now," she told me in a hard voice, looking at me on my forehead. She obviously knew a lot about animals… Even I knew enough not to look a real wolf in the eyes, it meant you were challenging them.

I turned my head to one side, hoping I hadn't heard her right…. Already I was addicted to her, I just wanted to be by her… I didn't want to leave…. I COULDN'T.

"Go!" she shouted at me, taking another step back and shooing at me with her arms. One half of me still didn't want to, but the other half only wanted to make her happy… so I turned around and dashed over the fence before heading back into the woods.

Once I was safely in the cover of the trees (far enough that she couldn't see me), I stopped and turned around to watch her again… I'd made a compromise with myself… I'd make her happy by leaving, yet I'd stay to watch her, protect her… I just COULDN'T leave… not unless I had to…

So I'd be here… she'd just never see me…

(A/N: Okay, so I might speed up the next chapter a bit after I put a few things, I don't want to dwell too much on what's not important or it will be 70 chapters until she's in and out of high school! I hope you guys liked it~ NOW, here's a challenge… click the button below and REVIEW~ See if you can do it~ I bet half of you can't~ LOL~

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