Every Knew

"Why are you acting like this?" Everyone was watching me.

"Do you remember the legend I told you about? About the Quileutes being descendents of wolves and how they turned into wolves to protect their tribe from the cold ones?"

"Yes, but Embry this really isn't time for fairytales."

"They are real, Lace"

"Yeah, okay Embry. You guys are really funny. Seriously. You should take up comedy." I turned to leave the room. My head hurt and the room was spinning.

"No, Lacey he is serious. Paul, Jared, Quil, Sam, everyone is a werewolf." Emily said to me. I turned to look at Kim who was tucked under Jared's arm. She merely nodded at me.

"You are all something, you know that? Seriously crazy! Embry, listen to me-we'll get you some help." He grabbed my hand and pulled me onto the porch. The next thing I knew all the guys took off into the woods. Embry held me carefully. I blinked my eyes as large wolfs walked towards me. I shook my head trying to get rid of the image.

"See, Lace?" He pulled me back into the house. I couldn't speak, nothing was coming out. "There is more. God- I love you so much. Listen do you remember what I told you about imprinting?" My brain searched through all my memories of Embry. His voice filled my head. I nodded.

"I imprinted on you"

"That's why you wanted to marry me. That's why we started dating? Because you had to!" I started screaming. It all made sense now. He was in love with me because he had to be. "Oh, God, this is not what-oh" I couldn't even form a coherent sentence.

"No, Lacey, we are soul mates. I am born to be your perfect match. I am born to love you. I want to love you. I could give you a billion reasons why. Please tell me you believe me" he looked so sad. I loved him so much it hurt.

"Yeah, Embry I believe you" I felt the room relax. "How could you keep this from me? How could all of you keep this from me? You all knew and I was the oddball out?" I had started yelling again. "I am the only one who didn't know?" No one said anything so I took that as a yes. "Oh great, so you mean every time you had to leave suddenly, you were in danger? I was so upset with you, and I could have lost you. I should have been worried but I was angry. You kept this from me. I tell you everything, dammit!" I took that opportunity to run. I ran out the door. I heard the voices but I just kept on going. I ran until I couldn't keep going. I was at the beach. I sat down at a log and cried. My own husband was keeping half of his life from me. How could he do that? He had to love me and he kept that from me.

"Lace?" I heard a small voice.

"Go away, Emily, please?" I said but it had no venom.

"Lacey, let me tell you something" she kneeled in front of me. "When Sam told me I hated him. I thought horrible things. But listen-you are going to stay with me because I had needed somewhere to go. But you will see- "

"Sam told you Emily! He didn't try and keep it from you!"

"He was scared Lace, he didn't want you to leave him"

"So he just made me fall in love with him and marry him?"

"He thought that maybe, it would be easier. That you wouldn't want to leave him."

"Leave him? How can you leave someone that you are so hopelessly in love with? If Sam didn't come after me, I would have come back anyways. Embry makes me so happy and I am who I am when I am with him. How do you leave that?" Emily brought me back to her house. I fell asleep on her couch. I didn't have to work for a few days. I didn't see or talk to Embry or anyone else for that matter. On day three I couldn't take it anymore. I walked up the stairs to our house. I couldn't bring myself to go in. So I sat on the porch.

"Lacey!" I heard Embry yell. He pulled me into his arms. "It is too cold for you to be here without a jacket. Here take this."

"Embry" I said pathetically."Why?"

"I thought I could keep it secret. I kept it from my parents. I was so stupid Lacey and if I could take it back I would. I need you to know that I would love you regardless. You are my life. Please don't leave me." I saw a tear travel down his cheek. "I promise I will always tell you the whole truth. Just don't leave me." I realized at the moment that nothing mattered but that I was with him. Everyone else could be crazy but I had Embry. I had my Embry who would do anything for me. I would do anything for him.

"You lied to me day after day. What if something had happened to you? Huh? Every time you left me I was upset with you and if something had happened-"

"It didn't"

"Every time you left, I thought you didn't want to be with me. I was so shocked that you stayed through your entire marriage proposal. Every time we did something big-you were off in a rush and I thought that maybe I wasn't good enough."

"I hate myself for that"

"Don't-but you should have told me"

"I didn't want you to know that I was a monster"

"Monster? Embry you are the farthest thing from a monster that I have ever seen"

"I love you with every fiber of my being"

"You have to always tell me everything Embry-you can't hide from me. The only way to make this work is if we trust each other and are able to lean on the other."

"I swear I will tell you everything-Will you please come home?"