Jaq ran after the deer and pounced. The creature's feeble attempts to escape quickly stopped as she sucked the life out of it. Beside her Embry brought down another deer and swiftly began ripping it apart and eating it like a proper wolf.

Wiping the blood off her face, Jaq made a face. Feeding this way never failed to disgust her. Embry looked at her quizzically wondering what was up.

"I'm fine." She smiled at him. She looked up hearing another herd of deer run past. "Bet I can get the biggest one down." She grinned at Embry.

His expression seemed to say "Is that a challenge?" She laughed and they both ran after the herd.

Suddenly she was aware that Embry had gone. Panicking, she stopped and looked around.

"Embry?"

She bit her lip, getting seriously scared now, when she heard a heart beat. Before she could work out where it was coming from a huge wolf the size of a bear pounced on her and knocked her to the ground.

"Embry!" She exclaimed. "You scared me then." His expression was smug. "Yes, okay, you got me. So what? I'll get you next time." He made a cough-like sounding laugh and licked her face from chin to hairline. "Urgh! Gross! Wolf germs!" She laughed and licked his nose back.

"Eww…" Said a voice a few metres away. Jaq looked up to see Rosalie and Emmett standing there grinning at them.

"Oh, hey guys." They fumbled to stand up and Jaq brushed herself off.

"Are you…err… ready to go?" Rosalie asked, trying to contain a smile. Emmett just stood there grinning. Jaq could tell there was something he waned to say and had a feeling she'd hear it later.

"Sure…" Jaq bit her lip, a little embarrassed and worried about what Emmett was thinking.

Rosalie and Emmett lead the way and Embry and Jaq followed along behind. Even in wolf form Embry was way taller than Jaq. It was embarrassing…

Embry kept looking down at her with a smug look on his face and she made faces back. Finally she got bored of walking and turned to Embry.

"Race ya?" She asked. He grinned and they set off leaving Rosalie and Emmett walking along behind. They ran through the fields and forests until they reached the Cullen's house.

Embry knocked his nose against Jaq's shoulder.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah… so you won that one. I don't care." She made a face at him. "Now go get changed so we can say goodnight to Connor."

With a final smug grin he loped off into the trees to change. A few moments later he returned and took her hand.

"Second time today I've beaten you." He grinned. "So that's what? Two – nil to Embry?"

"Oh har har. You just wait, I'll get you back."

"I'm so scared."

"You should be."

They walked inside the house and found Edward playing the piano.

Where's Connor? Jaq thought, not bothering to speak.

"In his room last time I heard." Edward answered without breaking the tune.

Jaq nodded and lead Embry up the stairs and along the corridor to Connor's room. She pushed the door open quietly and the crept into the bedroom.

Connor was asleep. He was so small compared to the ridiculously sized king-size bed that he looked like he was lost. Jaq smiled at him and moved to sit on the edge by his head and Embry sat in the chair next to the bed. She stroked Connor's peaceful, sleeping face and his eyelids fluttered open.

"Jaq?"

"Hey kiddo, just came to say goodnight."

"Are you going?" He asked quietly.

"Just to Embry's I'll be back in the morning. I promise." He nodded and hugged her, his pale face shined in the moon light. "'Night then."

"Goodnight Jaq. 'Night Uncle Embry." He had taken to calling him this since Jaq had found out about the whole imprinting thing.

Embry chucked and hugged him. "'Night kid."

They crept out of the room and back down the stairs.

"He's going to have nightmares tonight I can tell." Jaq mumbled.

"So stay with him if you're worried. I'll handle it for one night." He assured her.

"He has Nathan. They'll manage."

Embry nodded, unsure.

"Hey Jaq." Rosalie smiled.

"Hi Rose." Jaq gave a strained smile. "I'm just going over to Embry's for the night. Could you tell Nathan for me please? I think he's going to have nightmares again."

"Sure."

"Oh ho." Emmett grinned, walking from the lounge into the corridor. "Did I just hear that right?"

Jaq groaned. "I'm not in the mood Emmett."

"No. In the mood for something else, eh, Jaq-with-a-q?" He laughed. "It is the last night before the fight after all."

"Very funny." Jaq scowled. Rosalie held back a smile, not wanting to annoy her friend. "Okay well we're off. See you."

Jaq pushed Embry out the door and left the grinning couple behind. Urgh, why did he have to have such a perverted mind?

"Urgh." Embry groaned. "I can't stand her."

"Who?"

"Rosalie. All she does is glare at people."

"She's not so bad." Jaq smiled. "I get on with her really well."

"Yeah, no offence but I don't understand that."

"Well she's slightly less crazy than Alice…"

"You know Jake refers to her as the psycho blonde, right?"

"Does he really?"

"Uhu."

Awww.... Connor.... don't have nightmares!

Anyway, the next few chapters are going to be super hard to write - I suck and writing all things action-y - so please forgive me if it takes a while to write....

In the meantime though, go check out the deleted/additional scenes for this story! I've published them as a seperate story instead of my original plan.... just so.... yeah.... Unfortunalty to understand them you'll have to read the author's note at the top where it explains where abouts in the story its set. But if you're not an author's note type person (like me) you can ignore the ones at the bottom.... i guess......

Okay so thanks to ..... lluvialpz, MrsLautnerCullen, xXAMBERXx, checkers1, Graciemayoreilly, Diva Roweled.... and anyone I've missed. You guys make me so happy :)

Right so loves ~

PepperX