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Chapter 8

Questions

Melissa Wolf's POV

I woke that morning after with a start when Summer came charging in again. Memories from last night flooded my head and I knew that I had put Summer in danger so seeing her now was a relief to say the least. I picked her up and swung her around happily before placing her back down. She wobbled a bit from dizziness and I smiled, giggling.

"Morning, Sissy!" She said, dizzily. I chuckled again.

Mom came to collect her a few minutes later, letting me get ready for school. But it also gave me time to think about other things. Like last night.

Last night was the most confusing, amazing, terrifying, fantastic night of my life. It was last night when Jacob came to talk to me about why I was being so distant. He'd said he knew about Derek which terrified me because he was a vampire but also relieved me because I knew that I didn't have to do as much explaining and that he'd somehow be there for me with regards to Summer. It was so unreal to have him know about him though and not flip out like I expected him to. But then the direction the night took us startled me and also scared me. I had no idea if he was out in the forest, maybe even watching if I stepped out of line. I had no idea if he'd come in to kidnap Summer while I was otherwise preoccupied.

Speaking of being preoccupied...it was the best sex I've had in my life. Granted, I haven't have much but anything Derek was able to dish out was nothing compared to Jacob. His touch, his scent would send me into overdrive; they would even be close to giving me an orgasm as soon as I smelt his chest, his body. To feel his touch on my stomach, my chest. My thighs! It was sensational. I couldn't get enough. I wanted more and more and more. I didn't want him to leave.

I think the one thing that freaked me out a little was the fact that he is the alpha of this pack of wolves. Jacob was the alpha of the whole pack and I was the one he wanted, even with another female in the pack. The fact that I smelt attractive to him didn't freak me out. It was the fact that he smelt so good to me. I just wanted to feel him; I wanted to please him for the simple fact that he was important and that he seemed to want it so badly; that he wanted me so badly. He didn't force me; I was soooo willing but it seemed like something was off. He loved me way too much; he shouldn't, couldn't love me so much in such little time and I was still going to keep an eye out for him in that respect but the sex is absolutely mind boggling. Even thinking about it now was turning me on and I found myself wanting to please him again.

Movement in my peripheral vision surfaced me from my reverie and I looked at the door to see Dylan standing there. He never came in my room, even if I allowed him to so that was weird. He simply stood there looking at me, deep in thought, not saying anything.

"What?" I asked after a while. He shook his head.

"Nothing."

"Then get out." I ordered. He was being so, so weird. He left but my eyes trailed after him, wondering what could have him acting so weird. I shook my head after a while and continued to get ready for school.

We left the house at 8:15. I was slightly on edge about leaving Summer on her own at the play school today but I would do it. I knew that she wanted to go anyway. I rode shotgun on the way and I spotted them immediately. They waved at me, beaming as we pulled up to the curb. They waved at my mom and Dylan too. Jake and Quil came up to say hello to Summer before I waved them away for the day. I could have sworn Dylan was gawking at the guys as he drove away but I couldn't dwell too much over it as Paul came up to me, picked me up and swung me around before I could get an objective word in edge ways. I gasped and chuckled when he put me down.

"Happy to see me?" I asked a little hysterically, smiling up at Paul's glowing grin.

"Hell, yeah! We missed you."

"Thanks, I guess." I replied, awkwardly. All these boys seemed to like me too much, too soon. Even Leah. "You only met me once, you know."

"You gave an awesome first impression." Seth answered, hugging me brotherly. I smiled, nodding once as the bell went. I sighed walking past them all. I knew they'd follow me. They weren't going to let me out of their sights today.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Jake walking next to me and I made an effort to keep my gaze from his.

"So. Productive time off?" Paul asked, interestedly. I saw Jake elbow him in the ribs and a light 'ow' come from Paul. I chuckled.

"Not really. I've been ill." I lied. He nodded.

"Yeah, we heard. All better now then?"

"Yeah. Healthy as a horse."

"Or wolf." Embry said under his breath. I smiled and he saw that I heard him. He looked a little panicked because we haven't officially spoken about it yet. I laughed at his expression.

"Don't look so guilty. I know you know the truth even if we haven't spoken about it and I guess you're right about the healthy as a wolf thing."

He looked relieved. "Yeah." There was a silence after that and it was uncomfortable. I could feel some, if not all of their gazes on me as we sat at out Maths table. Jake, naturally, sat next to me. I glanced at him and he smiled, heavenly. I smiled back just as the lecture started.

It wasn't a particularly long lecture. Only about five minutes so we still have plenty of time to work and of course, talk.

"So. You any good at Quadratic equation graphy thingys?" Paul asked, looking down at the questions in the text book. I laughed at his terminology.

"Quadratic graphs; no equation in the title and yes, if you like. I at least understand them." I chuckled, starting the first question.

"How are you so smart?" Seth asked, amazed.

"It's called paying attention in class, not sleeping." I teased. He pouted a little. I chuckled. "I dunno. Dylan says mom says my dad was smart but I dunno. I definitely didn't get my smarts from my mother."

They shifted in their seats a little, uncomfortable with what I said. I frowned lightly to myself before shrugging it off.

"Cool." Quil said finally.

He seemed to be the only one that was comfortable with the work, apart from me. The teacher came strolling around to our table, glancing at my work and smiling. We weren't even 5 minutes into the set 30 minutes working time and I had done three of eight questions. He glanced over at Quil's, his smile still there but not as vibrant. As soon as he took in Paul's work, his smile vanished though he was still amused.

"Mr. Wise."

"Sir?"

"You haven't even written the date?" he asked, sceptically. I fought back laughter as some others were.

"Apparently not sir."

"Well fix it. You have 25 minutes to do so. I think it was a good idea placing you on this table Miss. Wolf. Teach these boys some of your A* maths. Hopefully you'd have a better job at doing so because I sure haven't." he said to me, with a smirk before walking away. I couldn't help but release my laughter when his back was turned.

"Tough luck, Paul." I teased. "If you're not going to do any work, at least bring notes to make it look like you've done some."

"She's diabolical! Huh, I never thought of that." he chuckled and I joined in, shaking my head in disbelief.

"Of course, that would require hi to make some notes to begin with." Leah joked. I laughed.

"You can have some of mine. That way you'll look smart too." I teased again.

"Is there any subject you're not getting an A* in?" Seth asked, amazed and sceptical. I chuckled.

"Yeah um, Chemistry." I told him then smirked. "I'm only getting an A."

"What? Oh my god. You serious?" Quil asked in disbelief. I chuckled and nodded. "Geez. I thought I was smart. I have nothing on you."

"Nope."

"I can't believe she's just agreed to that." he said mostly to himself, turning back to him work.

"It's being a guy."

"What is?" Jake asked, confused. I looked at him for the first time since the lecture started, smiling.

"Guys are naturally good at stuff like building cars and PE. You should and you do leave the smart stuff to us girls." I teased. They gawked at me. Leah high fived me, chuckling.

"Oh really?" Paul asked, sceptically. "I can be smart."
"So says the guy that still hasn't written the date. Quick, sir's coming." I warned, leaning back to my book.

"Mrrrr. Wiiiise. 10 minutes to write the date still to go. Hurry up and your work will be done for the lesson."

"Writing it now sir." he called. I chuckled.

"I can't believe you get away with not doing any work." I said, disbelieving. He shrugged.

"And he still manages to get a pass grade in exams." Jake whispered to me, close to my ear. I shivered slightly before he pulled away, smirking. I smiled, shaking my head.

The last ten minutes passed like clock work and Paul did manage to write the date and the number 1) marking the start of a question which sir was unusually happy to see. I left the classroom laughing and we headed off to our next class.

Most of the morning passed like this actually. I would sit with them and they'd make me laugh with the things they said. Liking it the most if Paul or Jake did so. It made me forget what was lying outside of La Push right now, waiting for me to slip up.

Lunch came in a breeze and I had promised myself that I wasn't going to check on Summer today because I would end up taking her home for the rest of the day to make sure she was safe. When I started to follow the guys to the cafeteria because I had no idea where it was and figured that was where they were going, they stopped and looked at me, questioningly.

"Not checking on Summer today?" Seth asked, surprised. I shook my head no.

"You don't mind, do you?" I asked them. I hadn't actually asked if I could sit with them.

"No! No, that's fine, come on." Paul said, throwing an arm over my shoulder and leading the way. He made me chuckle again as we walked and I knew that Paul and I were going to get on great. The guys got into the lunch line while I went to their usual table. Jake said he'd get me mine, well, so did Paul, Seth and Quil but he beat them to it by grabbing two trays. I thanked them for their kindness before heading to the table.

And that was when this tanned, black haired girl and her groupies got in my way. They simply stood there waiting for me to move or something. And I stood there too, waiting for her to say something. We stared each other down. I hadn't even spoken to this girl yet and I was beginning to dislike her.

"You're in my way." she said after a few minutes. I stood there and gazed at her, wanting to laugh. "Hello. New girl. This is my pathway. And you're in it. Move."

"I don't see you're name on it." I retorted, amused. Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw the guys and Leah gazing at us. I knew they could hear everything.

"Excuse me?" The black haired girl asked. I smiled sweet and falsely.

"Oh, you're excused."

"How dare you!"

"Did you just dare me? I wouldn't dare me to do anything." I warned her. She smirked, thinking that she could catch me out on that. She pointed to someone and said, "Kiss him...I dare you."

I looked at who she was pointing at and it just so happened to be Jake. My heart fluttered as he was looking at us in anticipation. The guys and Leah were looking sceptical as to me doing it. They didn't know what happened between us last night. I turned back to the girl and smirked. And without a word, I spun around, hitting her in the face with my hair and walked over to Jake, smirking. He tried to look innocent and to not expect it but I could see the smirk placing with his mouth. I turned to look meaningful at the girl before pulling Jake's mouth to mine, passionately. It wasn't a quick kiss but it wasn't too short. But god it was fantastic. When I pulled away, Jake tried to looked shocked and disbelieving but I could see once again, the smirk playing around his mouth. I smirked and caught a glimpse of the guys' faces. They were shocked, unmistakably, glancing between me and Jake. I smirked wider and turned back to the girl, seeing that she was scowling evilly at me. I swear, if looks could kill. I started to walk towards her, taking my place back in her way before licking my lips.

"Kiss him like that?" I asked, smirking even wider. She huffed and turned, swishing her hair in my face as I did to her before walking the way she came, calling, "Stay out of my path!"

"I'll try!" I called back as the others came up behind me. They looked at me questioningly. I shrugged. "What?"
I led the way back to the table, grabbing my tray from Jacob, still seeing the smirk on his lips, making no effort to hide it now and sat down.

"What? You just kissed Jake for a dare? That's what."

"I'm not complaining." Jake piped up, taking a large bite out of his cheeseburger. I smirked.

"I never back out of a dare." I told them. Paul raised an eyebrow at me.

"Don't do any work next lesson, I dare you." he dared. I chuckled.

"Sure thing." I said, confidently.

"Oh, that was Selena, by the way. Remember I mentioned her the first day you came here?" Paul told me. I nodded, realising why he had said that statement.

"No one's ever done that before. I bet she hated it. You sure can hold your own." Seth informed me, smiling.

"Yeah and she's had a huge infatuation with Jake since like...forever." Quil added, nudging Jake in the arm. I looked at him and I smiled at his expression. It was like the one he gave me last night – hungry. I wanted to please him again.

The boys joked around for a bit while me and Leah ate. They'd finished five minutes into lunch so they were waiting on us. We didn't rush; they shouldn't have if they didn't want to wait. Jake and Paul would try to steal my food but every time, I'd stab them in the hand with my fork. I laughed every time. I think they began to forget that I was here because they started to joke about their adventures while in the wolf world. Quil glanced at me mid joke and saw my innocent, interested, amused expression while I tried to concentrate on my food.

"Don't mind me." I told him, shaking my head.

"We haven't spoken about it ye..." Quil started but Jake elbowed him in the ribs like he did Paul earlier when he began to talk about it. I shrugged.

"No time like the present." I told them and they looked at me sceptically. I shrugged.

"You...wanna do it here?" Quil asked, incredulously. I nodded once and shrugged. They looked at Jake, expectedly and he nodded, looking at me.

"Okay..." Quil said, unsurely, glancing between me and Jake. Could he see it? The flares we had in our eyes? I looked away from Jake and turned to face him.

"Bring on the questions. I kinda need to make it up to you anyway." I told them, ready for this conversation, finally.

"Okay...How long?" Paul asked, interested. I looked at him, questioningly.

"How long? Oh, how long have I been phasing?" I asked for clarification. He nodded and I shrugged. "About a year and a half."
"Really? That long?" Jake asked, surprised.

"We haven't heard you in our heads." Seth said, incredulously. I shrugged, having no idea what he was talking about.

"Oh, when in wolf forms we can communicate telepathically." Jake informed me. I was impressed. "but it's only within the pack. She's not in our pack yet, Seth, so we won't hear her yet."

I chuckled. "Yet?" I asked, sceptically. They looked at me, innocent and bashful. "You're expecting me to join the pack?"

"Don't you want to?" Quil asked, disgruntled. I shrugged.

"Haven't thought about it." I lied. Of course I've thought about it. I just didn't know what I'd do if they'd ask and now they have I still didn't have an answer.

"Would you?" Paul asked, hopefully. I looked at him and he was so excited and wishful. I smiled and nodded.

"I'll think about it." I told him and he beamed. We sat quietly for a second before I remembered something. "You mentioned patrols earlier. What was that about?"

"Oh, it's um. We protect this place. You know, La Push, from Vampires and attackers and it requires regular patrols to make sure none of them slip through. Someone is always on." Jake explained but that confused me a little.

"But you're all here."

"Oh there's two more. Jared and Sam. They left school a few years ago so they handle it while we're here." Seth informed me. I was a little surprised and wary about there being more of them. "You're still yet to meet them." I nodded, understanding.

"So, what colour is your, you know, fur?" Quil asked, excitedly.

I was well aware of their legends. And knowing them and then knowing the colour of my fur, I knew they'd put two and two together and get the answer that I dreaded them knowing. My colour was something that would interest even the Quileute elders, assuming they knew about werewolves. All of them saw my hesitation and looked at me, questioningly.

"Won't you tell us?" Leah asked, sceptically. I shrugged.

"You wouldn't believe me so...I guess I'd have to show you some time." I told them, reluctantly. I knew I had to phase soon anyway. I was becoming much more irritable these days. They'd see me sooner or later anyway.

"Tonight? Tomorrow? When?" Paul asked, excitedly. He really was just like a big kid. I smiled at him and shrugged.

"Soon. I haven't phased in a while."

"Why not?"

"I dunno actually."

"Does your family know you phase?" Jake asked, interestedly. I looked at him and shook my head, no. His brow furrowed. "So, who was there with you when you did?"
I shrugged again. "No one. Just me."

"Weren't you scared?" Quil asked, sadly. I shrugged, reluctant. That was the worst and best day of my life. Finding out that you're a wolf kind of under shines that fact that it fucking hurts too. It got easier though and I began to feel the idea of being what I was. I'd love running, even before I was a wolf. I could never tell my mom though.

"Why didn't you tell your mom? Dylan?" Leah asked, worriedly. I snorted.

"Tell Dylan? Are you serious? He'd think I was god or something. No. I didn't want him following me around like a little lost puppy. No pun intended." I chuckled. "As for telling my mom, well. She was going through enough at the time and it's always frightened me to tell her because she was ravaged by a wolf when she was younger."

"We're sorry." Quil said, sadly. I shook him off.

"She's over it. I just don't think it would help to know that a potential wolf was living and sleeping just in the next room. Though I'd never hurt her."

"You're like Sam. He was on his own too. He was the first of us." Jake told me.

"It sucks doing it by yourself. Not knowing what it was or even why it was. How it was."

"Well, you know what it is now, right? What about why?" Paul asked. I shook my head. "Well, you know the legends, right? Pretty much all of them are true, including the spirit warrior parts."

"Oh, I figured they were all true." I told them and they nodded, understandingly.

"And as for how, well. You have to be a blood relative of a previous spirit warrior." Seth blurted out before he actually knew he said it. For the third time today, Jake elbowed someone in the ribs which just so happened to be Seth's ribs. He doubled over in pain while I stared, confused at Jake.

"Blood relative? But weren't all the spirit warriors men?" I asked, confused. Jake nodded. "And there isn't any other tribe with legends about these spirit warriors so that means I'd have to be a descendant in this tribe?"

"Yeah, that's right."

"So who's my father?" I asked, interestedly. I wondered if they knew already and chose not to tell me. Seth nearly blurted something out again but Jake elbowed him again. I frowned. "Do you guys know? If you do, you need to tell me."

"We don't know." Jake told me and I got a vibe that he was lying.

"You're lying. Who is it?" I asked, sternly. They all glanced at each other and then at Seth and Leah. They nodded and Jake turned to me.

"Clearwater. Harry Clearwater." He told me. I frowned, only the first name ringing a bell. Dylan had told me that he heard mom use that name. But Clearwater? It was familiar in a different way. "Do you recognise the name?"
"Yeah but first and last for different reasons. My brother told me the first name but the second..." I rambled confused, until it hit me. My eyes shot to Seth and then Leah...Clearwater. I looked at them, seeing that they weren't denying the thing I knew they knew I was thinking. My eyes bulged as it sunk in. They...They were my family. My blood. Seth and Leah were my brother and sister. That is, if they had a father named Harry Clearwater. I doubted that there were loads of men with that name so it had to be right. This was becoming way too much. There was only so much information I could handle. Finding out who my father was was one thing but finding out that he had other kids, one even before me was just too much. I stood up slowly, my eyes still on them before I took a deep breath, trying my hardest not to scream.

"I need to go." I announced, moving away from the table.

"Mel, no wait!" Leah called after me and she ran to catch up to me.

"Just don't not yet." I begged her. She ignored me.

"I know you've figured it out, Mel. I'm your sister." She said, happily. I kept on walking towards the parking lot. Seth appeared on my other side.

"Yeah, me too. Well, no I'm your brother but you get the point."

"I get this, guys but you can't drop that on me and just simply expect me to be happy or something."

"You're not happy?" Seth asked hurt.

"No! No, that's not what I meant. It's just that I've found out I've got another brother and sister. I just need time to register that. Honestly, I'm happy but just give me time, please?" I begged, walking home already.

"Why you going home?" Leah asked, worriedly. I shrugged. I always ran away from things that surprise me. "Come back, we won't talk about it any more, I promise."

"Yeah, come on." Paul said from behind me. I stopped and turned around seeing the others had followed too. I saw Jake look sympathetically at me and he looked like he wanted to console me.

"I'm okay." I assured them, mostly him. He nodded once as did they. "Like I said, I just need time. I'll be here tomorrow. Let me sleep on it, okay?"

"Sure thing. As long as you aren't sad or anything. We're not that bad." Leah teased. I smiled.

"Well, she can be but not me." Seth teased too. I smiled wider when she hit him across the head. I saw their brotherly-sisterly behaviour.

"No, I'm not sad. Just need time." I assured them.

"Okay. Um...Can I have a hug before you go?" Leah asked unsurely. I gazed at her for a moment and nodded, embracing her. I felt it then, the sibling love. I pulled back and smiled. I hugged Seth next, totally enclosed by his frame and I chuckled when he lifted me up.

"I'll see you guys...and Leah tomorrow." I assured them. They nodded, waving as I walked home to think things through.

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