They stopped at the door. Jaq shrank back nearer to Embry nervously.

"What's wrong?" He asked, concerned.

"I'm scared."

"Why are you scared?" He smiled. "They'll like you. I promise."

"Oh really?"

"What reason would they have for not liking you?"

"Embry," Jaq made a face. "I am your natural enemy."

"Jaq, no one's going to care." He smiled again. "Once they've met you and seen how amazing you are there won't be any problem."

"Jaq," Connor said rolling his eyes. "You worry too much."

"Easy for you to say human kid." Jaq stuck out her tongue then turned back to Embry. "But they might not like me."

"I don't see how anyone couldn't like you."

She rolled her eyes. "You can say that, sure. But they might not agree."

"Jaq," He sighed and pulled her face up to hers. She looked up into his big brown eyes. "It's going to be fine. I promise." He pulled her into a hug. "They're going to like you and you're going to like them. Honestly." He paused, gazing at her. "Do you want to go in now?" He asked.

She nodded hesitantly and he let go to press the doorbell. She gripped onto his arm nervously and he smiled at her.

"It's going to be fine." He repeated just as the door began to open.

A huge Indian man with a carefully controlled expression opened the door. Jaq looked up at his aura. It was the same as the Alpha from the other pack, so this must be…

"Hey Sam." Said Embry.

"Hi Embry," Sam answered in a cautiously measured voice. "How are you doing?"

"Not bad."

"So," Sam looked down to Jaq who was gripping onto Embry's arm even tighter than before. "You must be Jaq." He said carefully.

"H-hello."

"Now…" Sam hesitated. "This is very difficult for all of us." He said quietly. "We'll be trying as much as you so there's no reason to be afraid."

"Told you." Embry whispered in her ear.

Connor, bored with the awkward conversation, stepped forward confidently. "Hi," He grinned holding a hand out. "I'm Connor."

Sam's carefully controlled face split into a smile. He shook Connor's hand with a laugh.

"Hi there Connor, I'm Sam." He opened the door wider and gestured for them to come inside.

They followed him in, through a short corridor and into a yellow tiled kitchen. Inside were two large Indian men, judging by their auras, two of Sam's pack. There was also a woman washing up in the sink. She turned around as they entered and smiled. She was a devastatingly beautiful woman with long dark hair and a pinky-yellow aura. She had two shockingly huge pink scars down her face. Embry had warned Jaq about that so she wasn't shocked.

"Hello." She smiled hesitantly. "I'm Emily."

"Hi." Jaq smiled but still gripped onto Embry's arm.

Other than wrinkling their noses slightly, the two other werewolves didn't move. They stood still, staring at Jaq with apprehensive expressions. Sam stepped in and introduced them.

"This is Jared and Paul, two of the oldest pack members."

"Hi… I'm Jaq and this is Connor."

They barely nodded, trying so hard to keep themselves in check. Connor sighed. Jaq knew what he was thinking. He didn't understand how hard it was for them.

"Would anyone like a cake?" Emily asked and the silence was broken. Embry was first to dive in, closely followed by Jared and Paul.

Jaq almost laughed. It seemed the werewolves were the same all over. They eat like they breathe.

"Would you like one?" Emily asked Connor with a smile.

He shook his head. "I don't like cake."

Embry gave a theatrical gasp. "You. Don't. Like. Cake."

"No it's gross."

Emily laughed. "Can I interest you in a chocolate cookie then?"

"Yes please."

"How come he gets a cookie?" Sam pouted.

"Because he's cuter than you."

Paul snorted then the room fell silent again. Jared and Paul watched Jaq with a sort of unwilling distrust in their eyes, just waiting for her to slip up. Jaq just clung onto Embry as Connor started up a conversation with Emily. She looked around the room, avoiding the two werewolves' penetrating stares. It was a bright kitchen with yellow tiles and pretty little matching curtains on the window.

She watched as Emily washed up while Connor chatted happily to her. Jaq thought about how glad she was that they'd come here. It had done wonders for Connor. He'd been such a fragile wreck after what had happened. It was such a relief for her…

"Ouch!" Emily exclaimed as she cut her hand on the knife she'd been washing. Jaq quickly held her breath.

At the same moment, everyone else jumped to life. Sam, Jared and Paul jumped in front of Emily, protecting her and Embry pulled Jaq back, protecting her. Connor stayed still, watching the situation with a bemused expression.

The room was silent for a moment, each person staying in their defensive position waiting for the others to move first. Emily fumbled around for a plaster. Jaq held onto her breath, petrified that she'd break her record of never killing a human.

Suddenly through the tense atmosphere Connor began to laugh.

"You guys are so serious." He giggled. "Your faces!"

Everyone relaxed their positions and all too soon they were all laughing.

"So," Paul said wiping his eyes. "You're Em's new girl eh?"

Wow! 17 chapters!!! ...

Okay so this story is coming to an end... sniff... but despite knowing exactly what's going to happen I do have a few scenes that were going to be in it but didn't fit or whatever so I had to take them out. So after some serious thinking on the subject (it hurt) I decided to publish the 'deleted scenes' with some 'additional scenes' I thought of. I'll put them up probably on this story thing after the chapters of the main story so... stay tuna-ed ;) lmao

As usual I want to say thanks to a few new people ... pherrancullen, renesmee44, silvergoldsun, jane-vivian-volturi, adicted2twilight, hannapam and gabiwoods for all the new reviews/faves... etc

also a hi to Nonie who's sitting next to me, and a well done if she's reached this far... shhh don't tell anybody!

and then of course to stonecoldheart27 who hasn't emailed me back in aaaaages :'( yeah yeah you got to college now, no excuse! :P .... lmao love you really....