SAM'S POV

I opened the door and saw the familiar living room.. It was warm and bright.. Filled with pictures of me and my mom..

"What?" I heard her call. "Who is it?" She called, as she walked into the room. When she saw me, her face lit up and she ran over to me.. She hugged me and I smiled.

"Sam." She said. I patted her on the back and she looked at me.. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?" She asked worried.

"No, mom. I'm fine." I just want to go see Leah. I thought to myself.

"Okay then.. Are you hungry?" She asked.

"No.." I answered. "Just tired."

"Okay, then, honey. Go on to bed.." She smiled.

"Night, mom." I said, walking out of the room and down the long hallway to my bedroom.. The door was closed and when I opened it I remembered so many memories of me and Leah right here..

"Night, Sam." She called from the other room.. I closed the door, and then locked it... No need to come check on me tonight.. I thought to myself as I locked the door.

I walked slowly to the closed window across the room. As I opened the window, I smiled to myself.. Time to go see Leah..Really it killed me to be away from her.. I missed her so much... .. I jumped out of the window and ran through the forest. Leah was waiting. I pushed faster and soon enough I was outside her window, smiling to myself.. I quietly opened the window and jumped inside.

She was lying on her bed staring up at the cieling.. She hadn't even noticed me.. So I walked over to her bed and jumped on her. She gasped and then smiled.. Yeah she looked as happy as I felt...

LEAH'S POV

"Sam." I laughed. He was smiling. "That was fast. You aren't neglecting your mother, are you?" I asked.

"No. I just told her I was tired. So she sent me to bed.." He laughed, leaning in and kissing me sweetly.

"Oh, Sam." I laughed at him.

"I love you, Leah." He kissed me again.. Ha.. That is so weird... Something is different.. Wonder what..

He pulled me closer to him and cradled me to his chest.... He was still wearing the old sweats and they were so soft.. But I could still feel his skin burning skin through the shirt..

"Go to sleep, love." He said.

"Sam. Are you all right? Really?" I asked.

"Leah, I couldn't feel better. I couldn't be better! I'm great and you and I both need some sleep.. You, my deer, look like you haven't slept much lately.." He laughed.

"Well, I haven't." I answered. "Night."

"Sleep well." He responded. I closed my eyes and felt him hug me closer to him. What was different with him today? He seemed so worried about losing me. Like he knew something I didn't....

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The pail light of the day woke me and I looked around.. Sam was gone.. But on my nightstand there was a single peace of paper folded in half.. "Leah," He had wrote.

Good morning, love. I went home to talk to my mom.. Or at least make her think I was there all night.. I'll be back soon.. Love you, Sam. I smiled.

"That's my Sam." I sighed.

SAM'S POV

I ran home and jumped into my window.. Now.. Change clothes.. Talk to mom... Go back to Leah.

"Fast. Make this fast." I muttered to myself, opening my closet door and pulling out a pair of jeans and a white polo shirt.. I changed and smiled to myself... The doorbell rang and I heard mom open the door downstairs..

"Hello, Mrs. Uley." It was Old Quil.. Huh. Wonder why he was here.. I opened my door and started down the stairs.

"Oh, my. I have the best news. My Sam. He came back last night.." She said, just as I walked into the room.

"Well, hello Sam." Old Quil said. I walked over to him and shook his hand. He looked at me stunned and then smiled at my mom.. "Would you mind if I borrowed Sam for a little while?" He asked.

"No. Just promise me that you'll bring him back." She said.

"I will." He vowed.

"Then go on." She told us.

"Okay, thanks. Come one, Sam." He said, walking out of the living room and out the door. Once we were outside, he began to walk to his truck.

"Where are we going, sir?" I asked.

"I need to talk to you Sam." He said and gestured for me to get in the truck.

I got in and he started slowly driving down the road.

"Sam. Where exactly have you been?" He asked.

"Um.. That's hard to explain." He frowned at me.

"Sam.. Are you a were wolf?" He asked.

"What?" I asked.

"Sam. Either you are a were wolf or you have some deathly disease."

"What do you mean a wolf." I asked, but slowly the pieces started to make sense... I hadn't been me.. I had been an animal.. I just never knew what.. I hadn't know why.. I was just so mad that I couldn't ever get back to my human self. "Wait. Yes. I am."

"Sam. Do you even know what has happened? Or what this means?" He asked me.

"No." I answered.

"Sam. You are the first. When you get angry.. You become a wolf.. But you can learn to control it.. The other thing is that you aren't aging.. Not until you stop phasing.. And then there is imprintion and stuff...." He trailed off.

"Wait.. I'm not aging? And what is imprintion?" I asked bewildered.

"Sam.. You aren't aging.. You won't start aging until you stop phasing.. Until you find the restraint to stop phasing..." He said, looking at me to make sure I was fallowing. "And then imprintion. Imprintion is when. Well, when you imprint.. You feel like that girl is what is holding you to this Earth.. Like gravity holds any other person to the Earth. That one girl is your soul mate. The one person you are meant to love. Who are meant to be your wife." He explained.

"Wait.. What is it like?" I asked. LEAH?

"Well, son I haven't experienced it.. I was never a wolf, but I hear that it is the strongest love you can ever have. It is truly beautiful. And gravity no longer holds you to Earth. That person does.. You want more than anything for them to be happy and you want to be near them.. But I don't really know from experience.. You just know. You know the moment you see them." He looked at me curious. "Why are you so interested in imprintion?" He asked.

"Because.. I think. I think I imprinted." I muttered.

"On who?"

"Leah."