a/n- hello! Next chapter….. I kinda ran outta ideas, so that's why some of the things here may seem familiar… (I watched 'good luck chuck' this afternoon…)

He grinned wickedly. "Did you know that you sleepwalk?"

My eyes widened. I thought I had outgrown my old sleepwalking habit! I used to sleepwalk when I was small, at night I would go to sleep in my own room, and the next morning I would wake up somewhere else. Usually in my parents room. I grew out of it eventually, getting my parents to lock my door so that I couldn't get out helped a lot. I looked at Seth suspiciously. "I sleepwalked?"

His grin got wider. "I was about to fall asleep when you got out of your bed and joined me in mine."

"Why didn't you move me?"

"I didn't want you to wake up. Besides, your subconscious obviously wanted it." he looked at me and winked.

I blushed and looked out the window, I remembered how I had practically attacked him when I saw him at school.

"Will you go out with me?"

I turned and stared at him. "What?"

"Just one date."

I looked at him suspiciously. I would love to go out with him, but if I did, I would be admitting to myself that I liked him. And I wasn't sure that I could do that. I was really liking him, but when he mentioned things like this I felt unsure of myself.

"Please Katie?"

I looked at him more closely, to see if he was joking. We had only met each other a little while ago… I hoped he was joking, but at the same time, I hoped he wasn't. I'm extremely confused these days.

He seemed completely serious.

"Awww, Seth, I can't."

"Why not?" he looked a little disappointed

"Seth, please. I just can't."

"Just one little date."

I looked at him helplessly. He was practically begging. If he kept that up there was no way I could say no.

"Is there a reason you won't go out with me?"

"Yeah…"

"Tell me?"

"It's kind of personal."

"Oh."

We drove in silence for a little while. A few minutes later he asked, "Is it because you're dying?"

I looked at him in confusion. Dying? What was he talking about?

"Is that why you don't want to go out with me? Because you're dying and you don't want to hurt me when you pass on?"

"No, I'm not dying." I laughed

"Good, neither am I. So go out to dinner with me?"

"Seth…."

"Or lunch. Or breakfast. Or brunch. Maybe even a midnight snack?"

"Why do you want to take me out for food so badly?"

He looked at me thoughtfully for a moment. "You look hungry."

I laughed so hard that I almost couldn't breathe.

"Fine Seth, one date" I managed to say around my laughing fit.

"Tomorrow night?"

"Sure, whatever." I couldn't believe that I was actually going on a date! I had never dated in Florida, mostly because no guys there had caught my eye. And even if one had, the guys in Florida preferred the blond girls more than girls like me.

At home I changed and gave Leah's clothes to Seth.

"Give these to Leah and say thanks, would you?"

"You can do it yourself."

"Huh?" me. Confused again. Surprised much? No, not at all.

"They invited you round for dinner again tonight."

"It's okay, I'm going to eat at home."

"Awww come on Katie, you're at home alone, it's much more fun if you come over. Besides, the guys loved having you over."

"I bet they did." I muttered darkly, remembering walking down stairs in that towel.

He laughed and walked to the door. "Come on."

"Nah, I'll stay here."

He turned around and picked me up, throwing me over his shoulder. "Come on Katie, we're going to have a cozy dinner at my place."

"Seth!" I screamed at him. "Put me down!"

He put me in the car and I tried to make a break for it. He picked me up and held me around the waist with one arm. "Should I tell you a secret?" he asked as I struggled to get free. "I'm stronger than you."

I stopped struggling and glared at him, trying to intimidate him. He took one look at my face and started laughing. So much for intimidation. "You look so cute when you're mad!"

He put me in the car and walked around to the driver's side.

"How come you always get to drive?" I complained "It's my car."

"It might be your car, but I like driving it."

"What's that got to do with anything?"

He smiled. "Everything."

I sighed and stared out of the window. It was getting dark outside, and the shadows made my imagination go wild. I thought of vampires, somewhere out there, looking for humans to feed on. (a/n-Seth didn't tell her they were 'vegetarians') I shivered, and pulled my jacket tighter around me.

"Cold?"

"Yeah, a bit."

He smiled. "We're here."

I got out of the car, and was hit by a wave of cold air. It was freezing out here! Why had I ever left Florida?!

Seth came up behind me and put his arms around my waist. I jumped, not expecting it, but leaned back into him when I realized he was warm. This could be why I left Florida.

We walked inside, his arm wrapped around my shoulders to keep me warm. When we got to the door, we could hear voices arguing.

"Well we have to find out what it is!"

"We can't! The thing knows where the treaty line is, and he works around it."

When we walked into the kitchen, Leah, Quil, and someone I had never seen before were arguing. The person I had never seen before was really tall and muscled, so he was probably a werewolf as well. He had black hair and eyes, and looked, in general, very scary.

The room became quiet when they saw me and Seth.

"Is that…" the scary guy started.

Seth nodded, "This is Katie."

"Hi Katie. I'm Sam." He nodded at me. "Does she know?" he asked Seth. Suspicious lot, these werewolves.

"Yeah," Seth answered for me. "She knows. Any news about that thing?"

"No. Embry is patrolling now, he should be back soon." Sam answered.

"Umm… fill me in here?" I had absolutely no idea what they were talking about.

Sam's black eyes slowly shifted to from Seth to me. "There is something out there. We don't know what it is. We know that it's not a vampire."

Before I could ask why, Quil explained. "Vampires smell bad, but this thing has a strange smell. It smells nasty, worse than vampires. But underneath the bad smell, there's a faint trace of human. Usually something has one scent. But this thing has two. Whenever one of us catches it's trail, it crosses over the treaty line, and we can't follow it. Unless we want to risk being chased by those stupid leeches."

That made sense. I suppose.

The door opened and Embry walked in, buttoning up his pants.

"Did you find anything?" Seth asked.

"Nah, I found a trail, but it was old."

Seth nodded, and headed to the door.

"Where are you going?" I asked

"I'm going to patrol, after Embry, it's my turn."

I looked at him, worried. "It's okay." He said, seeing the expression on my face. "Whatever's out there won't be able to hurt me."

He wrapped his arms around me, and kissed my cheek like he had done that morning in science. His touch made my skin tingle. Before I knew it he was gone, leaving instructions for Quil to drive me home.

Sam looked at me, his black eyes drilling to mine. "So you're Seth's imprint."

"Imprint?" I asked. That's what Seth said the day I met him. "What's an imprint?" I repeated suspiciously.

He looked at me, with those creepy dark eyes. Way to interrogate someone. Scare the hell out of them, then confuse them. I should remember that…

"It's Seth's place to tell you, not mine."

Well that didn't help much. Quil hurried me into the car, saying that he wanted to get back soon so he could hang out with Claire, his girlfriend.

"Hey, umm Katie?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you mind going a little way alone? It's just that I haven't seen her in a while, and I really miss her."

I smiled. "Of course not Quil. I would have driven home alone, but I didn't want to say anything in front of Sam."

He smiled back at me. "He can be a little scary, but once you get to know him, you'll like him."

He stopped the car. "The treaty line is just here. If you go straight and take the first left, you'll be in forks. It's faster than the other route, but we don't take it because it's leech territory." He got out of the car and waved. "See you round!" he called as he disappeared into the darkness, back the way we had come.

I got out of the car and walked around to the driver's side. Something caught my eye, and I turned around. I couldn't see anything in the dark. I quickly got into the car and followed Quil's instructions. I heard something behind me, so I drove faster, just a bit freaked out.

There was a deafening crash as my back window shattered. I pushed my foot down onto the gas, and sped forward. After driving for a couple of minutes, I figured I lost whatever was with me before. I stopped the car and leaned my head against the steering wheel. I breathed in slowly, trying to calm myself. There was glass all over the inside of the car, and I had small cuts all over my arms. I leaned back, breathing slowly, trying to slow my heartbeat. I could feel it pounding in my ears.

I was about to start driving again when there was a tearing sound, and my door was ripped clean off. Two pale hands grabbed my shirt and pulled me out of the car with ease. I was tossed onto the tarmac roughly. I closed my eyes tightly, waiting for something to hit me. When I opened them, all I saw was an inhumanly beautiful person with dark eyes, and dark curly hair to match. He was pale, and his muscles were unbelievably big. And he was running towards me, with hatred in his eyes.

Haha…cliffie…

I hope yew liked it! More coming soon…

Questions and answers…

PaulaS-- VERY GOOD QUESTION! Yes, I did say that Seth had sandy brown hair, but that was when he was a werewolf. And I completely forgot. I always imagined Seth to have black hair and blue eyes…it's just how you imagine him I suppose.

A bunch of people said it would be cool for Katie to meet the Cullens at school. I just wanna say that this is in the future. Which is also why Claire (Quil's imprint) is older. (as opposed to 2 years old..).