Chapter Eleven

Angel's POV

We were on our way back to the Main House when Alice called me to inform everyone that Ella had delivered Alejandro, and a very underweight daughter Collin named Esperanza. Since Ella was still unconscious, Carlislewas advising everyone stayed away so not to startle her any farther. Alice suggested we go to Crew Headquarters or hang out in La Push. Since I was already with Seth, we decided to head to First Beach.

'Ready?' I sent telepathically to my Seth. Though he was twenty-five and I was only sixteen, I was in love with him. He was beautiful in wolf form when he ran, so instead of driving to First Beach, he phased and ran under me. I had a perfect view of him while I flew gracefully in the sky above him.

'She looks so beautiful in the sky, like my own personal angel. No wonder they call her Angel...hey, Ange?' Seth thought to me as I was listening to his thoughts. 'Who's up at the beach already?'

I scanned the approaching white sand and smiled. "Just a couple of wolves." I said teasingly.

Of the eight wolves younger than my Seth, only a few of them had stayed in La Push. Collin, Brady, and Scotty were off in community college nearby, Dylan was finishing up his junior year at his mom's house in the Talinque Reservation a few miles away.

That left eighteen year olds Tobias and David, and twenty year old twins Jeremiah and Joshua. All four were on the beach, along with a couple of the local girls.

'You're gonna have to phase back before we get to the beach.' I announced, swooping downwards to ruffle his fur teasingly. 'Wouldn't want them to see my wings either.'

When Seth had phased back and clothed himself, I ran up to him and pulled his lips to mine possessively. "I missed you." I said childishly, giggling as he nodded against my lips. I pushed him forcefully against the tree behind him and pushed myself closer to him. We were literally no more than a milicentimeter apart now. I could feel his heart beating beneath his t-shirt.

"We...really...should go." Seth said in between kisses. I shook my head stubbornly and bit his bottom lip instead. He moaned quietly and recaptured my lips with his.

I rarely got any time alone with him; especially considering how many people lived at the Main House with me. And it wasn't any less crowded at Seth's house considering it had become the new hangout place for all the wolves because most wolves didn't like the smell of the Cullen-Black house.

Just as my tongue controlled dominance over Seth's, someone interrupted us with a fake cough.

"Jeez, guys, I can hear you all the way from the beach." David complained. "Why don't you guys separate for a few minutes and come meet Isabelle?" He said with a huge grin.

"Isabelle?" Seth whispered. "I haven't heard anything about a girlfriend. Usually the pack mind informs me of any new relationships."

I giggled. Silly naive boy. He seems to have forgotten that the wolves other than Jake, Leah, and Embry don't phase that often in order to keep their secrets secret. Or at least that's what I usually got from their minds.

We approached the beach as a ragtag team. The second David's feet hit the sand, he was running towards the pale blonde amounst all of the dark skinned Quillite girls.

"Davey!" The blonde shouted, too excited to wait any longer. Her bright blue eyes were glimmering with excitement and youth.

"Izzy!" David replied just as excited.

"You just saw him, like, a minute ago." The taller of the three Quillite girls complained. I could tell by her accent that she was only half native. "How come you don't ever get excited to see your best friend?"

"Yeah, so? He's my boyfriend." Isabelle said sarcastically. "You might be my best friend, Elsie, but I'll always be more excited to see him than you." David blushed at this, but continued to try and look macho in front of the other wolves.

'Isabelle is David's imprint.' I thought to my Seth smoothly, not looking away from the new couple as I did so.

"Let me introduce everybody." Joshua, the more responsible, friendly twin, said. "This is Isabelle Sparkle, Elsie Smith," He pointed at the two girls with little intrest; he gestured to the short, similarly looking girl next. "and that's Olivia Morico."

"And, of course, you already know Carmen Llama, my...um, girlfriend." Josh said, pointing at his imprint with a grin. I had met her once at a bonfire that Seth took me to a few months ago. She was really nice, but a little shy so I didn't know very much about her.

It was so cute to see that Josh hadn't told her about imprinting yet. Usually a wolf would reveal himself as what he truly was and explain to them all about imprinting, but Josh wasn't like that. He wanted Carmen to love him naturally, not just because she thought she had to. It was admirerable, though futile. Carmen already loved him, imprint or not. And she didn't even mind the whole 'changing into a giant wolf' thing either. Her friends, of course, didn't know that fact though.

"So are you planning on going to the bonfire tomorrow?" Carmen asked politely. She knew that Seth and I were an item, even if we didn't publicly say it to them. Then again, she had met us before.

"It depends on how Ella and the babies are doing." I answered honestly.

"Ella delivered already? Isn't that too soon?" Tobias asked worriedly. He had bonded quick with Ella when she first arrived a few years ago. It was an unlikely friendship just like Seth and Bella's.

'I sure hope that Ella and the babies are fine.' He thought nervously. 'Maybe I should go see her.'

"She can't have any guests right now." I said in response to his thoughts.

"That's why we're here instead of the Cullen house." Seth said with a laugh.

'Cullen? Now why does that name sound familiar?' Olivia thought. "Isn't one of the Cullens a doctor or something?" She asked, her mind focusing on a memory with Carlisle treating her little brother for chicken pox. Only the memory changed into more of a fantasy, starring her and my sort of grandfather figure. Ew, gross.

"Yes." Josh answered with a half glare at Olivia. He apparently knew all about her raging hormones. She had hit on him more times than he liked to remember; especially now that he was with Carmen forever.

"I'm bored, Iz." Elsie said with a sigh. "Can we head back to my house or what?" She asked impatiently.

"I'm hanging out with David right now." She said sternly. This girl definitely had some spunk and no problem voicing her opinions. David, of course, was beaming at the compliment. "You can leave if you want."

Elsie glanced at Olivia for help, but the short Quillite was still fantasizing about Carlisle. "Any takers?" Elsie asked almost desperately.

Jeremiah nodded, happy to get away from the happy imprinted couples. His mind was filled with loneliness and hatrid towards his twin for getting the 'lucky gene.' Kind of like Leah assuming she can't produce children. It was a way for them to blame genetics instead of taking things as they were and trying to improve them.

The sad part was, Jeremiah had been in all of Carmen's classes in high school and had developed a crush on his brother's imprint. On the day of his big History Exam, Jeremiah was sick so he begged his brother to step in. Since they were identical, minus a cowlick that Josh didn't have, the teacher didn't notice the difference. But Carmen did. One look at her, and Joshua was in love. And Jeremiah was out of luck with his dream girl. That was almost six months ago, and Jeremiah was still bitter.

Now, all Jeremiah cared about was getting Carmen out of his head before Josh found out. It was wolf code to leave an imprint alone, but Carmen was special. So Jeremiah planned to let Elsie, or anyone who would help him, get his mind off of the girl he was in love with.

"I'll come too." Olivia added when she saw who would be left here. Though she liked David, she knew he was taken and slut or not, she had respect for Isabelle...sort of. Besides, she didn't want to be paired up with Tobias. 'One of the twins was better than that dork any day.' She thought conceitedly.

'Oh, I can have fun with these two.' Jeremiah thought with a grin. And I knew he would. It almost made me sad how he was wasting his time trying to forget Carmen when he could be out looking for his own imprint. So far, almost every wolf had found his mate; so why should he be any different?

*Take what you want! Steal my pride! Fill me up or cut me down to size!...* My phone vibrated as my ringtone went off. I recognized the tone as Nudge's new favorite song 'Strip Me' by Natasha Bedingfield. She had this crazy ability to change my ringtones when I wasn't looking. Actually, she did it to all the Flock.

I picked up when the chorus repeated. "Hello?" I asked. "Nudge, you gotta quit chaning my ringtones." I said half serious. I think my giggle at the end cancelled out any sternness though.

"Do you not like it?" She asked with a laugh. "I changed Iggy's for when I call to 'Love like Woe' by The Ready Set."

"You did what?" I heard a surprised Iggy ask in the background.

"Nothing, baby." She replied, sounding far off. "I was just..."

"Nudge, why'd you call me?" I asked, trying to get her focused. My Seth smiled at my slightly irritated expression. He was so cute when he did that; seriously, how did I get this lucky?

"Oh, Max just wanted to check on all the Flock. She's been freaking out since Carlisle kicked her out of the delivery room." Nudge said quickly.

"I heard that!" Max's voice said, sounding dangerously close to Nudge's phone.

"Hey, Angel, I gotta go." Nudge said quickly. "When are you coming back?"

"We'll head over there in a minute." I replied. She sighed in relief before hanging up.

"You guys wanna come?" I asked Josh, David, Tobias, Isabelle, and Carmen.

Carmen's eyes got wide, but she didn't answer. I could tell from her thoughts that she now believed the local legands about vampires due to her knowledge of another mythical creature that she had actually seen with her own two eyes. Something about the first time a wolf phases in front of their imprint always stays with them. I also knew, thanks to her thoughts, that she thought I was a vampire. I wasn't about to correct her though. It was better for her to guess wrong than think I was some mutant freak with wings.

Isabelle, on the other hand, didn't know anything about the legands. David was planning on telling her about his mythical side at the bonfire tomorrow. It was different with her because she wasn't Quillite at all. She was only allowed to attend school here because her father owned two of the major fishing ports in La Push.

'Isabelle can't come.' I thought to David with regret. 'There are secrets bigger than yours that would be revealed and Max would kill me.'

I saw him nod slightly. "Izzy, why don't we go try and find your friends? I'm sure Carmen would be bored hanging with a bunch of people neither of you know." David said reasonably.

She agreed reluctantly and sealed the fate of the other couple. The four of them headed back to the towns, leaving Tobias with us.

"You really want to go, don't you?" Seth joked. "You do know you won't be able to see Ella or the babies yet, right? It will be boring."

"I don't care." Tobias replied. 'Maybe she'll be better by then.' He thought quietly, trying to hide it from me.

If only he knew.

AN: MAJOR FORESHADOWING! :) But other than that, what do you think of my new characters and developed wolves? Review please! :)