(A/N. Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated in forever, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Reviews are always welcomed ya know hehe)

I heard a different man's voice calling for Alice, and then the bathroom door opened. I was sitting there staring at the door; my makeup was probably smudged all over my face, my hair in a sloppy pony tail, and a cigarette in my hand.

The man who walked in was extremely tall and attractive, and I heard him stop breathing as he looked at me. It must have been Embry, because the next thing I knew he was standing right in front of me, no longer a look of surprise, but a look of happiness on his face. "Hi I'm Embry, what's your name?" he said. I held back a laugh; he was kneeling down in front of me, being at eyelevel with me. "Hi, I'm Dee." I said. I could tell I was turning redder than a tomato. "Out of my bathroom Embry! I have to get her ready!" she said stomping her foot. He laughed but got up. "Okay Alice jeez. So Jake was right…" he said as he walked out. I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding and sighed. "Oh dear god!" I said looking at Alice. "He looks NOTHING like he did in my dream!" I told her. She laughed. "Well that wasn't what I hoped for, but don't worry, I will make this work. Now get your butt in that shower!" she told me with a laugh. I laughed too. I could tell we would be becoming close friends; I didn't even want to go back to Vegas.

I climbed into the shower, thinking about the whole not wanting to go back to Vegas thing. I knew I would have to go, at least for another six months. I couldn't just leave my parents without a warning; I couldn't do that to my dad again. And I couldn't leave my two best friends in the entire world, Heather and CJ, though CJ certainly was getting on my nerves. But what was I going to do about Embry then? Clearly, if Stephanie Meyer was correct about Imprinting, I wouldn't be able to live without him for any long amount of time. That and Alice already said he was going to be coming with me anyways. I shrugged; I didn't want to make him unhappy because I was unable to stay here. I washed my hair with the shampoo Alice suddenly handed me through the shower curtain. "Thanks Alice." I said. I heard her laugh.

I honestly had no idea what I was going to do. Alice would help me work it all out, of that I was positive. I finished up in the shower, coming out squeaky clean. Once I turned the water off Alice handed me a towel. "This is going to take some getting used to…" I muttered to myself. "What is?" Alice asked me. Of course she heard me. "You taking care of me. I swear I've never been taken care of the way you take care of me." I said, feeling the blush creep up on me. I heard her laugh before I saw her. "I don't mind doing it. Actually Bella used to hate it when I did things like this for her, but I can see that as long as I keep you dressed the way you like, even if it's a bit more girly than you're used to, you don't mind so much. As long as you look like you." She told me with a knowing smile. I smiled back at her, "You know me too well Alice." She laughed, "You're easy to read, well for me at least." She said. "Now here," she said throwing some undergarments at me. "Put these on while I go get your full throttles from Jasper." She told me. I nodded and she flew out the door. I put them on, and looked in the mirror.

In these, I actually felt… sexy. I was glad Alice talked me into letting her get these for me. She saw me admiring myself in the mirror when she came back in. "Told ya you would like them." She said with a smile. I smiled back at her widely. "Thank you Alice." She handed me my full throttle, and it was already open. I gulped about half of it down before Alice began going through a bag again. "Jeans, a dark blue shirt, and a light blue hoody?" she asked me. I smiled widely. "I love you." I told her. She laughed, "Love ya too kiddo, here put these on." She ordered me, throwing them at me. Surprisingly I caught them. She then began going through the bags of shoes we got.

I put them on, concentrating more on Embry than I thought I could. Then, breaking out of my daze, I realized I looked REALLY good in the clothes Alice picked out for me. Man, I could get used to this. She threw me a pair of socks, and then told me I would be warring the low high heel boots that we had picked out together. They went up to my knees, and I actually found that I didn't fall in these particular heels. I put them on without a fuss, and then let Alice work on my hair and makeup.

While I did that, I had gotten two texts from CJ. "I don't know where you are, and that's what is scaring me Dee." "Dee I swear if you don't tell me where you are, when dad gets off of work, I will go down there, and tell them that you are not at your mothers." He threatened. "Alice?" I asked. "Yes?" she asked in return. "If I tell CJ where I really am at, and if I tell him not to tell anyone, not even Heather, will he leave me alone and not tell anyone?" I asked. "Give me a sec…….. Nope go ahead and tell him." She told me. I heard the snicker in her voice. "Don't ask, I want you to find out on your own." She stopped me before I could say anything. Pouting slightly, I replied to his text. "Okay okay fine, but you got to promise you won't tell anyone where I'm at, you can't even tell Heather." I sent. Less than a minuet later I received a text. "Took you long enough to reply! And okay, I promise I wont tell." He said. I sighed and replied, I never thought texting was actually annoying until now.

"Okay thanks, and I'm in Forks, Washington. DON'T YOU DARE TELL ANYONE!" I sent. This text got me a phone call from CJ. "ALICE!" I whined at her. She just laughed. I crossed one arm over my chest and pouted as she worked on my hair some more. "Hello?" I answered warily. "Why in the HELL are you in Washington?" he asked. I couldn't help but laugh, "if I told you, you wouldn't believe me." I admitted. "Try me." He said. I looked at Alice through the mirror. "Let me talk to him." She said. "Here, talk to Alice, she will tell you everything." I said and handed her the phone before I could hear him protest.

"Why hello CJ!" Alice said cheerfully. "Well that is a long story… say do you think that if I came to pick you up you could come here for a few days? Oh you could? Sweet. I will send you a picture of me from my phone, and then when I am in Vegas to pick you up, I will call you. Okay that sounds great. Yeah here is Dee again." She said and handed me the phone. I glowered at her. She was going to go get him. Was she crazy?! I sighed. "Hey it's me." I greeted him. "I guess I will be seeing you soon then. I'm going to tell mom that I'm going to be staying the night at your house because I can't stand Jay, and she won't bother coming over to see if I'm really there." I looked up at Alice. "Don't worry she won't even bother, like he said." She whispered. "Okay CJ, but just to warn you, your going to be just as shocked as I am." I told him. "You actually don't sound so happy though…" he commented.

"Well that's because… well its hard to explain. When you get here, I will explain everything though." I promised. "When do you think your little friend will get here?" he asked. I looked up at Alice. "Oh around three tomorrow afternoon." She answered. I said the same thing to CJ. "That's… fast. What is she doing? Flying here?" he asked. "You will find out that her driving is going to be to your liking. At first it frightened me though." I said with a laugh. "Okay then… where is she picking me up at?" he asked. "In front of his house." Alice said. "In front of your house." I told him. He was silent for a moment. "How does she know where I live?" he asked. "It's this funny thing called MapQuest… you might want to look into it…" I said trying not to laugh. That made him laugh though. "Okay cool, well keep texting me when you can, I'm going to go eat." He said. FINALLY! I thought. "Okay, see you soon." I said. "Okay, love you." I froze. I guess in a way I still loved him, but only as a friend now. "Yeah love ya too." I said and hung up.

I exhaled a big gust of air. Then I glared at Alice through the mirror. "Do you know how complicated this is going to get for me?" I asked her. She simply smiled. "It won't be that bad. Just trust me okay?" she said with a look in her eyes that I couldn't define. I sighed. "Okay Alice. You know I trust you. I never let anyone near my hair, especially with scissors." I said looking at the scissors in her hand, but didn't say anything further. I lit a cigarette and day dreamed about my next meeting with Embry.

Edward came up about twenty minuets after that. "Alice, Embry is getting so impatient its getting on both mine and Jaspers nerves." Edward complained. Alice laughed. "Tell our dear Embry to wait at the bottom of the stairs in five minuets exactly." She said. Edward smiled at me, handing me another full throttle. "You are AWESOME!" I told him, and he laughed as he walked out. I drank up and in exactly four minuets; Alice made me go to the full size mirror in her closet to examine myself.

I looked really good. I had never thought I could look so good. My hair was in a half pony, with would be bangs hanging loosely to the sides of my face. My lips were a light red, and I knew it was that long wear lipstick, but my lips didn't feel chapped or stick together like they usually did when I wore this kind of lipstick. Alice put a butterfly clip in my hair, and I could see it when I held a handheld mirror up to look at the back of my hair. It all looked great. I smiled at Alice and hugged her. She made me feel very pretty. "Thank you Alice." I said, then a thought occured to me. "Hey guess what?" I whispered. "I feel pretty!" I whispered in her ear. I laughed as she did at the tone in my voice, and Jasper walked in laughing. "Okay Dee, I give you that one, that was good." He smiled. I smiled at him; they were all already beginning to feel like family to me. "Well… Lets get this show on the road." I suggested, feeling the blood rush to my cheeks. Alice chuckled, but more or less pushed me out the door and down the stairs.

I noticed Embry pacing at the foot of the steps, waiting for me like Edward told him too. He looked so good I wanted to jump on him, but I resisted. He looked up hearing my shoes clanking on the stairs, and a wide smile broke across his face. "Hey there." I said with a wide smile. He continued to smile, looking at me like I was the most beautiful thing on the face of this earth. "You look… beautiful Dee." He said, nearly breathless. I felt myself blush again, "thanks..." I muttered. I could hear Emmett snicker, but I paid him no attention. I got to the bottom of the stairs, and naturally, I tripped on the last step. Embry caught me. His arms were like hot iron cages around my waist, and I couldn't help the blush that I felt now. "Thanks." I said breathlessly as he pulled me up and put me on my feet.

He smiled, "Anything for you." He said, only it sounded like a vow. Bella was suddenly at Embry's side. "I hope you know that she knows everything, you don't have to tell her much of anything." She said. He looked up at her with wide eyes. "You mean, she already knows what… what I am and what you guys are?" he asked in a whisper. I rolled my eyes, "Yes, I know everything." I said putting emphasis on the word everything. He turned his wide eyes on to me. "So you know that I… imprinted on you?" he asked with a wary voice. "Yes." I said with a nod and a reassuring smile. "And you don't mind any of this?" he asked raising an eyebrow. "I don't mind any of it, actually, I kind of like it." I said with a slight laugh.

"Well everyone I got to go pick up CJ, I will be back by 10 tomorrow." Alice said in a cheerful tone. All the vampires in the room echoed "Okay!" and Embry asked, "Who is CJ?" I looked at Alice, hoping for some help. But she just winked at me and flew out the door. I groaned and put my head in my hands, still standing at the end of the stairs. "Dee?" Embry asked, grabbing onto my wrists and prying my hands from my face. "CJ is a complicated story… oh crap that reminds me." I said and turned to Edward. "What do I do about Brian? I mean, of course I'm breaking up with him but to be honest I don't know how." I said and blushed. Edward's eyes lit up. "Give me your phone; I will take care of it." He said. I laughed at his expression, then through the phone at him. He caught it with grace.

"Are you going to give me some answers today or do I have to earn your trust?" Embry asked. I felt him tense beside me as I was talking to Edward. I sighed. "Let's get something to eat while I explain. I'm starving." I said and lead the way to the kitchen. I heard Edward talking, but I wasn't paying any attention to him. He would give me details later. Embry followed closely behind me, probably making sure I didn't fall in the shoes I was in. Esme was there within a second, and showed me where everything was. I thanked her and she told me that everyone was leaving to go hunting, so that way Embry and I could have some time to talk privately. I thanked her again, and hugged her. I didn't see anything wrong with hugging the members of my suddenly new extended family.

Jasper had gotten me so many cases of cans of Dr. Pepper and Full Throttle that I thought I would explode with happiness. I would surely have to thank him later. They were all too kind to me.

"Okay," I sighed as I knew everyone was gone, "CJ is the longest story, but Brian is shorter. Basically, I was in love with CJ for the longest time, but then he moved to Alabama, and we all thought he was moving there for good. So, trying to move on, I decided to go out with Brian. CJ came back a few weeks ago, and every since he came back Brian has been acting like a jerk. Brian knew that I used to be in love with CJ so naturally he got jealous when he heard that CJ came over to hang out. He thought that because CJ and I used to date, that we couldn't be friends. Well yesterday I was more or less kidnapped by Alice and Jasper, and on the phone Brain basically insulted me. I was going to break up with him anyways, I've known for months now that I would find you. I just didn't know when." I admitted as I started frying up some chicken.

I let Embry process all of that, and then suddenly he had me crushed in his arms. "I'm sorry you had to go through all of that." He whispered, rubbing circles in my back. I was taken off guard, and for a moment I was frozen in place. But then I wrapped my arms around his waist, and leaned my head against his chest. He kissed me on the top of my head, and I was beginning to feel very hot. But it felt good to me so I didn't protest. When I smelt the chicken beginning to burn, I tried pulling away. "Embry… the chicken…" I reminded him. "Oh, yeah, right, sorry." He said, and then released me. But he looked very happy.

"So, I'm curious. What is it that this Brian person said to you?" he asked. I bit my lip. In the books usually the werewolves got really mad, but I guessed I might as well tell him the truth. "Basically what happened was, he called me last night while he was high and drunk, and actually I'm grounded right now. My dad thinks I'm at my mothers. Anyways, he called me and told me I was stupid for doing what I did, and then insulted me. He said something along the lines of 'You wish I was there instead of here, don't you?' and I told him that no, I didn't wish that, especially if he was going to talk to me like that." I said shrugging my shoulders. I didn't want to show him how much it really did bother me.

I flipped the chicken over, and refused to meet his gaze. "You hide things very well you know." He whispered. I sighed. "I try." I told him. "Why do you hide?" he asked. I looked up at him. "I don't like people knowing how much pain I am really in, especially if I know that my pain is going to hurt them too." I said. He reached up with his right hand and traced my cheek, then cupped my cheek in his huge palm. "You don't have to hide from me." He told me, then took his other arm and wrapped it around his waist. I had no idea how to react to this. I could feel my heart hammering in my chest, my face was getting hot due to my emotions and Embry's hand on my cheek. He did something I never expected. He leaned in towards me, then rested his head against mine, and took a deep breath. I slowly moved my arms up and wound them around his neck and tried pulling his close.

He still had his hand on my cheek, which made it a bit hard to hide from him. He leaned away slightly, and I could look into his eyes. His eyes were almost black, his eyelashes casted a low shadow on his cheeks, and his eyes seemed to sparkle slightly with excitement. Then, he moved his hand from my cheek, to the back of my hair, his fingers going underneath my hair and tangling his fingers in some of it. For some reason I couldn't resist but taking my right hand and putting it on his cheek, I suppose he saw wonder in my eyes, but I realized, that for once in my life, I didn't have to be careful. I smiled, let my hand slide from his cheek back down to his neck, and leaned in to kiss him.

Our lips met, and it was the one kiss I would remember for as long as I lived. This feel of his warm, soft lips against mine would forever be burnt into my memory. He wrapped both arms around my waist, and I clung to him with my arms around his neck. I was vaguely aware that I wasn't standing on my own anymore, that my feet weren't even touching the ground. Someone from behind us cleared their throat, and I felt my face go red as I opened my eyes. There stood Jacob, and I had no idea what to do. I froze in mid kiss, unable to move. Jacob chuckled at my expression as Embry pulled me away from him. Even though I was clinging with all my strength, he easily broke it.

"Embry, I'm thinking we are going to have a problem. And soon. According to Edward and Alice." Jacob said, putting on a serious face.