{{Charlotte's POV.}}
Seth was sitting on the couch when I went downstairs which pulled me up short.
"How did you get in here?"
He turned slightly me. "Your dad gave me a key."
"Figures." I grabbed an apple and sat on the couch.
"Do you know where my dad is?"
"I think he said he had more work to get done."
"He's always leaving and doing work. He never tells me what though." I sighed. "So what should we do today?"
"Would you like to meet the rest of the pack?"
"Sounds fun." I threw my core in the trash and followed Seth out the door. "So where exactly are we going?" I pulled out of the driveway.
"To Emily's. I'm sure that everyone will be there. That's where we end up most of the time." He guided me towards La Push and to Emily's house. He jumped out of my car before I even stopped it. "Hey guys! She's here!" He went inside, leaving me standing awkwardly by myself. I've never been here before so I wasn't sure where to go or what to do.
The little house stood a little away from the edge of a cliff that dropped off into the ocean below. It was wooden with a brick chimney on the far side. Woods surrounded it on all three of the other sides.
"Hey, who are you?" I turned to see two guys, both shirtless, and a girl who was being carried by piggyback by one of them.
"Uh, I'm Charlotte."
"Seth's Charlotte?"
"Uh, sure, I guess." I didn't know what they meant by that.
"Well then that means he has to be nearby. He wouldn't just leave you here by yourself. I'm Embry."
He was tall and slender, but still had muscle and brown eyes and short black hair. He had the same red brown skin as Seth and Jacob. Now that I looked at the other one that was standing beside him, he too also had the same color skin.
"This is Jared and Kim."
They both nodded. Jared loomed the same as Embry, give or take a few inches in height. Kim had long black hair and the same color of skin. Must be a tribal thing, I thought.
"Hi," I said.
"Well there's no use in standing out here alone. Come in."
The inside was beautiful. It felt cozy and also like home. I felt welcomed the moment I set foot inside. Pictures were everywhere. There were many wedding pictures.
"Hey, Seth! You left someone outside!" Embry disappeared down a hallway that looked like it leads to a kitchen. Jared and Kim stayed outside.
I sat on the couch that circled the living room. Warm arms wrapped around my shoulders.
"Sorry," Seth said.
"It's okay."
"I want you to meet the others."
"Okay." I was nervous, but I just couldn't sit here and be rude. I held onto Seth's hand as I followed behind him.
"Ah, so that's Charlotte," someone said as we rounded the kitchen corner.
"That's Paul and Rachel, who is also Jacob's older sister, Brady, Collin, Quil, the little one is Claire, Sam, Emily, and you've already met Embry and Jacob." He pointed to each one.
"Hi," I said shyly.
"So, I hear that you can out cook me with chocolate chip pancakes," Emily said.
"Yeah. That's what Seth says."
"Well you can't have one person's opinion," said Embry.
"Exactly, we need to settle this right now." Jacob smiled widely.
"You just want to do this because you are hungry," Paul accused.
"Well, it is time for breakfast." Everyone immediately agreed.
Emily and I set to cooking while the rest went outside. "How do you like the new place? Everything going okay?"
"Yeah. Everything's fine."
"Seth treating you well?"
"Yes. He's been a good friend."
"You still don't know much about this werewolf stuff, do you?"
I shook my head. "No, not exactly."
"You haven't noticed."
"Noticed what?"
She turned fully to face me. "This. My scars." I gasped. Long gashes stretched down the right side of her face; one ran the length of her arm. "Sam lost it one day and I was standing too close."
"So he ran knives across your skin?" I've heard of people losing it to extremes, but this was far worse.
She laughed. "No. Nothing like that. He lost his temper and phased." I was confused and I was more than sure that it showed. "Werewolves phase when they get too angry. They explode I guess you could say. He's still upset about it even though he's already forgiven."
"Oh." Well that did make it better...a little.
"I'm going to have to have a talk with that boy. He's not telling you anything." She laughed again and we finished cooking the mounds of pancakes.
"Don't you think this is a lot of food?" I stared at the five plates that were stacked high on the table.
"Nonsense. I'm not making eggs and bacon this morning so they'll just have to settle for this." She put the bottles of syrup and cans of whip cream on the table. "Trust me, they'll eat it. You've seen Seth eat I bet." I nodded. "Then we'll have no problem with this much." She opened the little window that was over the sink. "Alright, come eat." Seconds later, they were seated. Most were standing. I stood between Emily and Seth.
After all the pancakes were gone, they voted. Surprisingly, I won. "Well, I guess that's your specialty." I blushed.
The little girl named Claire came up to me. She waved then grabbed my hand and pulled me outside. I could hear them laughing behind us.
"Seems like Claire took a liking to Charlotte."
She pulled me to the back of the house that faced the ocean were she sat herself down. "Sit with me please." We sat there for about twenty minutes. Everything was peaceful. Claire fell asleep against my side.
"Charlotte?"
"Around back."
"We might need to be leaving."
"Why?" Seth pulled me to my feet and cradled Claire against him.
"Someone's coming and I don't think they'll take a liking to you."
"Okay, I guess. Who is it?"
"My sister. It's not that she won't like you. She's doesn't like very many people to be exact. She's just naturally upset. It would be better if we left."
I opened my mouth to speak, but was interrupted by someone else.
"Oh, little brother, that's not entirely true. I only like people that I have to like." We turned to see a tall girl striding towards us. Same skin color, same long black hair as the other girls I've seen.
"Hey Leah."