(Next Morning)

I couldn't sleep last night, I was too excited to sleep. Who would sleep knowing that their best friend was visiting them? Well, I knew I couldn't and didn't even try.

"Sandy, if you don't calm down, I'll calm you down!" Paul yelled at me at breakfast. I just rolled my eyes and sat on his lap. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed my cheek.

"Happy?"

"Now I am," he said. I rolled my eyes and got up.

"Come on, move. We have to pick Jaleisa up." He rolled his eyes but got up anyway.

"Slow down, pup, she isn't going to go anywhere." I stuck my tongue out at Embry, who
laughed, and continued on making my way out the door towards Paul's truck.

"I don't know why Sam couldn't take you." He mumbled in the drivers seat. I swatted at his arm and pouted.

"It's not that bad. Plus, I want you to be the first person that she meets." He rolled his eyes but made his ways towards the airport anyway.

I couldn't stand still. Paul had to finally put his arm around me to stop me from jumping all over the place. We were currently at the airport waiting for her flight to get here. I couldn't wait to see her. She is my best friend and couldn't wait for her to join me in my world.

"Sandy! Stop moving, damn it!" Paul growled through his teeth. I was starting to annoy him, not that it mattered to me at the time. But I did calm down, not wanting him to turn into a huge wolf infront of all of these people.

"SANDY!" I looked around and found her running towards me. I got out of Paul's grasp and ran towards her.

"JALEISA!" We hugged each other and started giggling at our stupidity. She was exacally how I rememebered her. She was only a few inches shorter than me, with long black hair, and green eyes. She looked behind me and smiled.

"Who's that?" She whispered in my ear. I turned around and saw that she meant Paul. I smiled also and laughed.

"That's Paul, my boyfriend." She stared wide eyed at me.

"He's your boyfriend?" I nodded and laughed at her reaction.

"Is he on druggs?" I shook my head. "But he's so...so...HUGE." I nodded and laughed even harder, even Paul was laughing.

"Nice to meet you." She nodded and blushed, not realizing that he was listening to her. Paul grabbed her bags and made his way towards the parking lot. I started to follow him but then I realized that Jaleisa wasn't following us. I walked up next to her and linked our arms together, dragging her with me to Paul's truck. She was still dazed and embarrassed, I laughed in her ear and she frowned.

"It's not funny, Sandy. What if he hates me now?" I laughed even harder at that.

"He doesn't hate you, it takes alot for Paul to hate a person." I lied through my teeth. I know that it isn't a good thing to lie to your best friend, but I didn't know if it was true what I said, and I hoped that it was.

"Finally. Get in quick." I frowned at Paul as I got in the front seat and slid over so Jaleisa could sit next to me.

"What's the rush?"

"Sam just called and said that Leah got hurt in the woods." I gasped. Leah wasn't my favorite person, but that didn't mean that I wanted her to get hurt by something, whatever that something was.

The car ride was quite and quick. Paul raced to Emily's house to drop us off. Once the car was parked, he pecked me on the lips.

"I want you to go inside and stay inside. Don't come out until I come back. Do I make myself clear?" I just nodded my head, it felt like the all the guys ran into the woods at the same time and Paul yelled at me to get inside. I didn't know why they ran into the woods, I kinda still don't know, but it frightened me, alot. He took his shirt off and handed it to me.

"I need you to hold on to the for me, okay?" I nodded and he kissed my lips again and ran into the woods. I looked at his retreating form and sighed.

"Come one, Jaleis, lets go." We grabbed her bags and started to make our way inside.

"Emily's the only one in the house right now. But it'll soon be crowded, so I'd get use to the piece and quite while it lasts." She looked at me confused but nodded anyway. I put my hand on the doorknob and froze. I forgot to tell her the most important thing.

"Whatever you do, don't stare." Before she could say anything to that I opened the door and Emily was at the stove cooking.

"Hey, Aunt Em." I kissed her cheek and sat at the table. "This is Jaleisa."
Emily turned to her and smiled.

"Nice to meet you." Jaleisa just nodded and turned her head to the other side. Her cheeks where extra pink and I knew that she was fighting not to stare.

"Sandy, why don't you show her where she's staying." I just stared at her. I didn't want to do that, I wanted to stay in the kitchen and wait for Paul and the others. Emily knew this and sighed.

"Go, I'll call you when your brothers get home." I sighed and stood up.

"Come on Jaleis." She followed me to the stairs, her head still down.

I opened the door and flopped on my bed. Jaleisa followed me in and sat down on my computer chair. I looked at her and sighed.

"You can look up now, she's downstares." Jaleisa looked at me, her eyes were huge and looked like they were about to bulge out of her head.

"W-what h-happened?" I looked around the room. I couldn't tell her that Sam lost control and hurt her, she wouldn't get it. So I used the general excuse that everyone in the pack uses.

"She got hurt by a bear a while back." She nodded her head and also looked around the room. I took my sweater off and threw it on the floor.

"What happened to you?" I looked at her and found that she was staring at my arms. I mentally kicked myself. How could I forget the scars? What was I to tell her? Not the truth, she wouldn't get it and she would hate Paul, I didn't want that.

"I got attacked by some animal in the woods a couple of days ago, its no big deal." I shrugged my shoulders and laid down on my bed again. I felt someone grab both my arms and make me sit up.

"Ow! What the hell?" I stared into a pair of green eyes and frowned. Jaleisa was pissed and it was clear in her eyes.

"Nothing? Nothing! This isn't nothing! You could have been seriously hurt!"

"Let go of me!" She was starting to squeese and it hurt like hell.

"No! Why didn't you tell me? Do your parents know?"

"No, and they won't. Now let go of my damn arms!" We were both yelling by this time, going back and forth.

"Hell no! Did you even get this checked out?"

"No, now let me go, damn it!"

"Sandy!" Her grip tightened and I growled. She was starting to annoy me and my arms where now killing me.

"Let go of my fucking arms! NOW!"

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!" The door banged open and Sam came charging
into the room.

"We can hear you two all the way outside. Now, what's going on?" I finally got her to let go and glared at her.

"Nothing." I walked out of the room and ran downstairs into Paul's open arms. He rubbed my back slowly and rocked me side to side.

"What happened up there?" he whispered in my ear. I rested my head on his chest and sighed.

"She saw the scars." He stopped the rockingand stiffened. His arms loosened around me and he took a step back. He opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted my
Jaleisa's yelling.

"Sandra Marie Uley! I'm not finished with you!" She stormed down the stairs, grabbed my arm, and made me face her.

"Ow! Let go! Your hurting me!" Instead of doing that she just made her grip tighter and I could hear Paul growling in the background.