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A/N: Alright, next installment is here. This was hard for me to write for some reason, hope I didn't keep you all waiting too long! Thank you to everyone who reviewed, followed and favorited! It really means a lot and keeps me inspired!

Chapter 7 - Secrets

"I thought Thumper was an elephant?" I offered, winking exaggeratedly.

"Uhhh…no. Definitely not," She laughed. "The elephant was Dumbo!"

"Oh yeah…now I remember. With the crazy freakish ears," I held my hands up to my ears and wiggled them, laughing along with Megan. "Yeah. Hated that movie."

"What?! Why?" she asked, looking exasperated.

"For real? That whole movie was like a bad acid trip! Seriously! Who came up with that?" She started laughing even harder at that. My sides hurt from laughing and I was grinning from ear to ear.

Megan let out a sigh, as we finally were able to stop laughing. Then she just stood there and stared up at the sky.

"Beautiful isn't it?" she said softly.

"Yeah," I answered, but I found myself looking at her instead of the sky. Shit! I quickly turned to look where she was. "Sunsets are always great here this time of year." I quickly added.

"Well…" she trailed off before turning around and grabbing her bag. I watched her as she packed up her paints and brushes and began to fold up the easel.

"What?" she suddenly asked, spinning around to look at me. "Have I got something on my face?"

"Ummmm…I was just wondering how you managed to get all this up here by yourself. And yes, by the way, you do."

"What? Where? Is it a bug?!" She started almost freaking out, waving her arms around and swatting in front of her face. She frowned when I burst out in laughter. "That's not funny. You just made that up!"

"I didn't, I swear!" I laughed. "It's just a bit of paint there on your chin!"

"Oh." She swiped at her face and then giggled. "Well, that was embarrassing…"

"It's ok. But you didn't answer my question. How did you carry all this up here by yourself? You're what? 5'4"? 120 pounds?" I reminded her.

"Oh, well the easel breaks down sort of like tent poles, see?" She said holding up a pole. "Then it will fit in my bag and I just carry the canvas. There. All set." She stood up and swung the bag over her shoulder and picked up the painting.

"Mind if I walk down with you? I need to be heading back anyway."

"Sure. No biggie." She smiled. "I could use some company. As long as you promise not to ruin any more Disney references?" She cocked an eyebrow at me and giggled, turning for the path out of the clearing. I followed quickly, catching up so that we walked side by side. After a few minutes of silence I cleared my throat.

"I haven't seen you around before. You knew to the area?" I asked casually, remembering my duty to the pack.

"Yeah. Mom and I just moved here about 2 months ago," she replied with a shrug of the shoulders.

"Ah. Gotcha. So, do you have family in the area that you moved to be closer to?" I proded.

"Nope," she said flatly, popping the P.

"Mom got a new job then."

"Nuh-uh." Damn. I was getting nothing out of her.

"Oh, then she got remarried. I see."

"Still no," she stopped mid-stride and turned to face me, "Why is it you just have to know why? Huh?" Her eyes said that she was suddenly very irritated.

"Well…it's just that…nobody moves up here to such a small, rainy, gloomy town just for the hell of it!" I blurted, nervously laughing.

"Ah. I see." She gave a weak little smile and continued walking. "My mom works in marketing and graphic design. All she needs is a phone and a computer to do her job, her and my dad have been married for 26 years and my grandparents live in Idaho and Wisconsin," she rattled off. "As for the reason we moved here, I'd rather not tell a perfect stranger if you don't mind." She nearly snapped.

"Sorry…" I muttered. "I really didn't mean to-"

"I know," she softened. "It's ok."

We walked in awkward silence the rest of the way back to the beach. Megan shivered a bit in the breeze blowing in off the water.

"Well, that's my car there," she pointed to a beat up black Ford. "Thanks for the company. See you round." She said politely before crossing to her car, placing her painting gently in the back seat, and getting in.

"See you, Megan!" I yelled after her. I waved as she threw the car into reverse and drove away, not sparing me a second glance. I sighed as I felt my heart drop.

A/N: Alright, there we are. What do we think now that we have seen more of Megan? What is the pack going to think when Leah reports in? As always I invite you to review! I love hearing your thoughts, ideas and reactions! Thanks for reading! Til next update! Kate