Chapter 18

Jacob's POV

Quil and I were busy having a race to see who can eat more animals when I noticed Embry waving frantically outside of the forest at us. I ran to the pile of clothes of mine and Quil's. I phrased back to my human self and got changed while Quil did the same.

"Chelsea saw you phrase Jake!" Embry exclaimed as Quil and I ran towards him. I was shocked.

"What!" I yelled. Quil looked just as shocked as I did.

"She saw you phrase. Then she ran and told Leah. Now Leah and Chelsea are on their way to Sam's. We have to get there right now. We have to tell her everything," Embry quickly explained.

"O-okay," I said at the same time as Quil. We all raced towards the dirt road to Sam and Emily's.

Leah's POV

I didn't even bother to knock when we got to Sam and Emily's. I guided Chelsea into the house and got her to take a seat in the kitchen. Sam, Emily, Paul, Jarred, Brady, Collin and Seth were already there. I guessed that Embry was getting Jake and Quil. I looked around the room and caught Sam's eye. We looked at each other for about a minute when Jake,Embry, and Quil came walking in the door. I saw Chelsea look at me, scared, but I just gave her a reasuring look.

I cleared my throat.

"Okay, everybody's here. We all know by now, what Chelsea saw. Chelsea, there's some stuff that you need to know. But you have to promise not to tell anyone. Nobody. Not even family," I told Chelsea. She looked around the room at all of us. Her eyes stopped to look at Jake, who was standing right beside me.

"I promise,: Chelsea said looking back at me.

"Okay. Um...Sam? Do you want to start?" I asked. Sam nodded and moved to stand on the other side of me.

"A long time ago, some of our great grandfathers were in a tribe, the Quilettes. Well, they were wolves, like how you saw Jacob here. Basically, the fever sets in when the cold ones, vampires, are near. Even if the vampires don't mean any harm. Well, anyways, the grandsons of the tribe members will become wolves when they are a certain age. And that has happened. But we thought it could only be the grandsons but it is also the granddaughters. Everybody in this room is a wolf, except for you and my wife Emily," Sam explained pointing at Emily.

I looked at Chelsea to see how she would react. She seemed to be taking this all in.

"Chelsea, I'm sorry. I should have told you. But I wasn't able to," I told her.

"So you're a wolf? The only girl wolf?" Chelsea asked.

"Yeah. I am," I said.

"And all the boys in this room are wolves too?" she asked me.

"Yes," I answered.

"So, that's why you are always bailing on me? Then lying about it?" Chelsea asked.

"Yeah. We have a lot of meetings here," I said.

"Oh. That explains it. I thought it was weird that you were always coming to your ex-boyfriend's house, even though your cousin lives here, and you were find with it," Chelsea said to me.

I laughed.

"Yeah," I said.

"Um...Sam?" Embry spoke up. I looked at Sam and he looked at Embry.

"Oh yeah. I almost forgot. Chelsea,wolves also imprint. Imprinting is basically love at first sight. It means we can't live without the person we imprint on. Like, I imprinted on Emily, Jarred imprinted on someone, Paul did, Jake did, Quil did, and we don't have a choice on who we imprint on. And now Embry has imprinted," Sam exclaimed.

I was shocked. I didn't think we were going to tell her this part right away.

"Who?" Chelsea asked.

"You."

Chelsea was speechless. I wasn't sure how she was going to react. But she needs to say something.

"I know this is a lot to take in. I'm also sorry how you had to find out. We all are. But you can't tell anyone Chelsea," Jake said.

"I-I promise," Chelsea replied.

"How about a blood oath?" Sam suggested.

Chelsea looked alarmed.

"A what?" she asked.

"A blood oath. You just prick your finger and you will let a drop of bloood fall on a piece of paper with your name on it," Sam explained.

"I trust you Chelsea, we all do . But I think that a blood oath is a good idea," I told her.

She looked at me.

"Okay," she agreed.

Sam got a safetly pin and a piece of paper.

On the piece of paper he wrote...

I, Chelsea Bradshaw, agree to keep every secret I know about the Quilette wolves including who the wolves are and that wolves even exist.

Sam handed Chelsea a pen and the safelt pin. Chelsea signed her name and then pricked her finger. She pressed her finger down on the paper and then lifted it up a second later. There on the paper was a red spot which is Chelsea's finger print.

Sam took the paper.

"Thank- you," he said. I guess Sam and I were thinking the same thing because right when I was about to say it, Sam siad it first.

"Embry, how about you walk Chelsea home," Sam suggested.

Embry smiled. I guess he knew that this was his chance to talk to Chelsea alone.

"I can get home-," Chelsea protested.

"No, I insist," Embry said placing his hand on Chelsea's arm.

Chelsea smiled.

"Um...okay," she said standing up. She let Embry guide her out the door.

Jacob's POV

Once Emrby and Chelsea left, so did the rest of us. Leah and I were laying in a field. We were watching the clouds go by and then in a few hours, going to see a movie. Leah, who was laying in my arms, was just waking up from an unexpected afternoon nap.

I kissed her forehead.

"Mmm...," she groaned happily. I looked down at her to see her staring up at me.

"Have a nice nap?" I asked her.

She laughed.

"Mmm...cozy," she said.

I laughed.

"Sorry about not asking anyone about telling Chelsea. I should have. You and Sam make the decisions," Leah said.

"It's okay. We did the right thing," I said to her.

She rolled closer to me and buried her face in my shirt.

"You're strong and you're a fighter. I'm proud of you," I told her while rubbing her back.

"Mmm...thanks. That means a lot," Leah mumbled.

I smiled.

Chelsea's POV

Embry and I were walking on the side of the road. He took his hand off my arm while we walked. I have to admit that I do like him. But it is really awkward to be alone with him, after what I just found out. We walked in silence for about 10 minutes before Embry grabbed my arm gently and steered me in a different direction.

"Where are you taking me? My house is the other way," I said.

He looked at me.

"I know. But we are going somewhere else. I was hoping we could talk. We need to talk," Embry replied.

I couldn't say that I wasn't expecting this, because I was.

"Okay. Yeah, we do need to talk," I said.

He lead me to a part of La Push that I ahven't been in for a while. I saw a small pond and a bunch of benches that you usually see in a park. Embry started to walk slightly behind me and he put his hand on my back to guide me forward. We ended up stopping in front of a bench and I sat down.

Embry said down right beside me. There wasn't even an inch of space between us. Our legs were touching and our shoulders were touching.

Embry looked at me.

"Okay lets talk," Embry said.