You made yourself look bad at the bottom of the blackest hole.

You always find an escape, just running away.

From all of the one's who love you.

So why can't you stay just long enough to explain?

Take these chances to turn it around.

Takes these chances, we'll make it somehow.

-Paramore, 'When it Rains'

~June~

I rolled off the bed and stood up, rubbing my eyes groggily. I yawned and glanced at my watch learning the time was 5:09 in the morning.

I sighed and grabbed a loose piece of paper on the coffee table and a pencil, scribbling sloppily 'Went for a walk.'

I stretched my back out and cracked my knuckles, stumbling towards the door and clinging to the railing as I slid down the front steps.

I wondered around aimlessly for a while, before heading for the woods. I inhaled the crisp smell of the leaves in the spring and after walking for a while, I fell against the base of an old oak. I was in a tiny clearing. Maybe 9 feet long, ten feet wide.

I'm pretty sure I dozed off because suddenly there was a howl rippling through the air, and whimpers of pain and despair followed it.

~Jesse~

I walked steadily into the woods, instead of going home like I'd told Ness. I wondered around the familiar green when a piercing howl broke the eerie silence. My head snapped in the direction and natural instinct told me to phase. Now.

I tore through the air, my clothing shredded, not that I cared.

My thoughts were filled frantically with the rests of the packs. I picked up enough to learn that Jake had caught scent of a nomad vampire on our territory, and he's chasing it. He wasn't too far from where I was.

I darted off in the direction of the howl, picking up the scent. Heading north, I caught sight of a large russet wolf on his haunches at the bottom of a large tree. He had one paw pressed against the trunk of the tree, he was staring up into the branches. I followed his gaze, sighting the leech. She was perched on a high branch. Her white teeth bore at Jake, her eyes red and repulsive as she glared angrily at him.

Jake sensed me, but didn't show it at all. His thoughts told me to approach the tree carefully. I did so.

The vampire hissed furiously, jumping from the branch. Jake and I took off, Seth and Embry soon appearing at our flanks. We took off after the vampire at full speed, our paws hardly making sound on the brown muddy ground.

We came to a stop when we found her in the middle of a small clearing. She was after someone, a scent she'd picked up along the way. It was much too obvious we were interrupting her hunt. She didn't like it at all.

She launched herself at Seth, landing on his back, her teeth grazed his skin, and he yelped. Embry launched at her, knocking her straight off Seth's back and tackling her to the ground, she clawed at him. His teeth almost bit her, but another vampire appeared out of nowhere. She had her shoulder low, and pushed Embry off the other nomad, a move that would have been perfect in football.

Jake lunged at the vampire that had knocked Embry over and managed to grab her arm with his jaws, he tore it off and she cursed loudly in a different tongue. She scooped her arm up and took off.

Jake and Embry took off after her, leaving me and Seth to take care of the other one. We had an all time stare down, the intensity of the glares building each moment. No one dared to make a move.

Then she moved. She moved a fraction of an inch, before crouching down and pushing off the ground. She jumped at me, and I jumped, swiping my claws at her. We collided in mid-air; my teeth grasped her shoulder, ripping it off, arm included. She growled ferociously and me and jumped on my back. A sharp, fiery pain shot through my back and I collapsed to the ground, blacking out, but not before she crushed my leg, and arm.

~Jacob~

Embry and I sprinted after the brunette vampire that had stopped Embry from finishing off the black haired one. Suddenly, she stopped and turned to face us. Being caught up in the heat of the chase, we had to skid to a stop and shake it out of our heads.

Her voice floated through the air, her words cutting through the silence sharply.

"I don't want any violence. Well, not that I don't enjoy a good bloodshed now and then. But I want peace, I am not like her, she was just traveling with me, I felt I should defend her for the good company we had. I want no harm. Please, have mercy. I don't want a life like this. She's not going to harm one of you. She picked up the scent of a young girl, and went insane searching for her. When you intervened, she flipped a little. She's gone now. The sandy blonde wolf finished her off, but she harmed the brown one, who was accompanying the blonde one. His arm and leg are shattered, she bit him too." With the last part, her eyes went blank.

Embry stared at her confused and I trotted off into the trees. I phased back, and pulled on the shorts I'd tied to my ankle before I started my patrol.

"How did you know that?" I asked, icily.

"I can make connections with people. I sense their emotions and if the connection is strong, or I am close enough, I can sense their thoughts, and I can see what they are seeing. I can't alter their emotions, but I can sense them, mine sometimes reflect them. When I was passing by," She nodded at Embry, muttering 'Sorry.' "I decided to have a little fun and make connections with the two wolves. The one is suffering immense pain and the other is flushed with worry, he wants to go get aid, but he doesn't want to leave the other one. I would go if I were you, I could help too, if you want."

"Thanks you for telling us that, and you don't have to if you don't want to, Embry," I nodded towards where we'd come from, intending for him to go back to the small clearing and see the damage. He nodded and jogged away, "I have to go see if he is ok, thank you again for not killing anyone. I'm sorry about your friend."

I turned after that and ran as fast as I could back to the clearing.

On the ground lay Jesse, still in wolf form. A large gash on his back seeped blood, and his arm and leg were bent at awkward angles.

A muffled cry sounded out from behind me.

There stood June. Her eyes bugging out, her hand clasped over her mouth.

"June. What are you doing here?" I growled through my teeth.

"I went for a walk a few hours ago, I was sitting here. I saw everything. Who was she and how are you a wolf and what?" Her innocence made me forget to be angry, and this all seemed to baffle her greatly.

"June," I said carefully, "Forget what you saw."

"I can't, Jake, is he hurt bad?" Her big eyes got to me, and I nodded sadly.

"Is he gonna die?" Her voice quivered.

"He might." I whispered.

"Who is it?" She asked her voice gentle. She approached carefully. Kneeling by the wolf's side, her hand stroked his fur gently. His eyes remained closed, his chest barely heaving up and down.

"It's, well, June, it's Jesse," I said, in a low voice.

Her hand clenched a handful of his fur, but then relaxed, her eyes looking permanently scared.

"He saved my life last night," She murmured, her hand started brushing against his fur again. "We have to get him a doctor, he can't die!" She cried out, looking up at me.

"Embry!" I barked, his head shot up, "Go find Carlisle, now!" The wolf Jake had called Embry took off and Jake looked back at me, "June, I will fight through hell to make sure this kid doesn't die."

Jesse's eyes opened, barely. He tried to lift his head, but June clasped it gently, and positioned herself so his large wolf head was in her lap. He closed his eyes against and rested his head against her. Her hand grazed his ear in continuous strokes.

"Jake," She whispered, "Do you know why Jesse acts so weird around me?"

"June, you didn't hear this from me, and you can't know this. Jesse loves you." I said, her eyes were focused on him now, her lips in a small smile.

"Oh," Was all she said. That's when Carlisle appeared.

"Jake, induce him to phase back." He snapped, kneeling at Jesse's side. I scrambled forward and pressed my two hands to his neck, putting pressure on him. He yelped and receded to his human form.

June jumped to her feet, and shielded her eyes.

I chuckled lightly and Seth appeared fully dressed, as did Quil, Collin, and Brady.

"Take him home, guys; we have to get him to a sterile environment." Carlisle said his voice still crisp.

I nodded and the four of them helped me pick him up, and we started the journey back to my house. The wound on his back stopped bleeding. We didn't know about the venom, but as soon as we put him on my couch, Nessie brought me some shorts which Seth slipped on him. Carlisle kneeled over, muttered something, and closed his eyes. He pressed his lips to the gash, and sucked all of the venom out of Jesse's system.

You never heard an unconscious man howl so loud.

Soon enough, Jesse's arm and leg were all bandaged up, and promises of him being fine by tomorrow the latest.

The pack left, and that's when June appeared again. She stayed in the living room, watching him. I told her not to fire questions at him once he woke. She said she wouldn't, so I backed off and left the room.

The last thing I saw before leaving was June pressing her lips to his temple and murmuring, "It's gonna be ok,"

There was a rapid knock at the front door and I bolted to get it.

Standing on the porch was the brunette vampire we'd chased off today, who had also told us about Jess, saving his life.

"Hi." She said, her arm was fully reattached.

"Hey, again, thank you so much for telling us this afternoon, without that, Jess might not have made it." I thanked her again. She smiled sadly.

"May I come in for a moment? I have something I need to share with you." Her voice quivered, and I nodded, she stepped through the threshold. Her eyes landing June and Jesse in the living room, Jesse was still out cold.

"What's the matter?" My smile dropped as her eyes met mine again. June's head snapped up in attention as she sensed the worry laced in my voice.

"Uhm, Nicole, the vampire you murdered today has a mate, Alex. He watched the blonde wolf kill her. He's not too happy. He figured you were the leader, and he wants to hurt you, for telling the wolf to kill her. He wants to kill her. Her head nodded to June, who had turned her attention back to Jess.

"Why does he want to hurt her?" I hissed, low enough so June wouldn't hear me.

"He saw you two talking and figured she was close to you. She was important. And he is willing to do anything to hurt her." Her eyes blazed, and her nostrils flared, she probably had picked up June's scent finally.

"What is your name?" I whispered, pinching the bridge of my nose in thought.

"Gwendolyn Marie Brandon. Call me Gwen. And your name is Jacob Ephraim Black, preferably called Jake." She smiled.

"Ok, the whole connection thing, really freaking me out right now. It's a bit stalkerish." I gave her a weird look and she shrugged innocently, "I've known Alex for eh, a good two hundred years. And when he gets mad, he stays mad. He won't let up on this lightly. He really loved Nicole. The best thing you can do is get the girl out of here as soon as possible, before his hunt gets serious. He's taking a few days to figure out her history and that stuff."

"She's leaving on Sunday." I murmured, glancing back at June.

"Perfect, he'll take until at least Tuesday. You guys are going to need to cover her trail fast. If you want her to live," Gwen said, her eyes looking worried.

"We will." I said confidently.

Gwen's eyes got huge. "I gotta go, he's looking for me."

"Don't get your arm ripped off," I grinned as she scurried out the door.

"I'll try not to!" She called over her shoulder. I leaned against the door and took in a deep breath.

Shit.

-END OF MY CRAP ASS WRITING-

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Anywho, at the top with the song lyrics, I love paramore, but the lyrics are in the wrong order, their from different parts of the song.

Just sayin.

And thanks to Miss Ebbie Paige and Monica who reviewed me! You guys are now cool in my mind.

I need a beta. Just putting that out there.

-June/Maddie