HANNAHS POV

Everything was going fine, that is; until Paul decided he wanted to deepen the kiss. As his lips parted and his tongue rubbed against my lips, I felt an familiar yet unfamiliar desire.

A burn in my throat, a desire to just attack him right there and then. It was sort of like the way I felt when I smelled regular humans, but many times worse. I was able to control the desire to attack them, but right now I felt I could slip.

My lips felt very dry, and my throat wanted to shoot out threatening growls at him.

I pushed my self back until I was back into the harder rain; away from the mossy tree.

"What's wrong?" he asked. He tried getting closer to me.

But I pulled back some more. I could feel my clothes weighing me down, as the water continued to fall on me.

"I.. I have to go." I said standing up. I needed to feed, I needed to feed on anything that I was allowed to feed on. I quickly walked deeper into the woods. I knew Paul would follow, but right now, oddly enough, I didn't even care if he did.

"Wait Hannah." Paul said grabbing my arm.

I turned to look at him, and a growl escaped my mouth. I closed my eyes and held my breath.

When I felt him let go of my arm, I opened my eyes. He was staring at me. Rain falling down from his face, to his chest. His dark green shirt, becoming darkened to black.

"Did I do something wrong?" he asked.

"I have to go." I said again, still holding my breath.

He grabbed my arm again. And brought me closer to him, he brought his hand to my chin and stared into my eyes. I continued to hold my breath, I was afraid that his scent might betray me right now.

"Your thirsty." He said almost to himself.

My heart started pounding. How did he know? Did he know who I really was?... what I really was?

I pulled away from him, and turned my back to him, sneaking a few gasps of air. "What are you talking about?" I asked him loudly over the rain.

The rain wasn't calming down, if anything the thunder was making it seem worse.

He wrapped his arms around me, holding my arms down to my side, he laced his fingers into mine.

I tried pulling away from him, but was surprised that his strength matched close to mine. Something that no one has been able to do. Not even my family.

I looked up at the sky, trying to control the anger rising in me. I wanted nothing more then to bite him now. But I was afraid to do it, I was afraid to hurt him.

"Paul please." I said. I didn't know why, but I started to cry.

He rested his head on my shoulder, very close to my cheek.

"Hannah.. you don't have to hide who your are from me." He said into my ear.

My heart started pounding faster, did he know? The rain falling started to mix with my tears.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I said, trying to pry my hands away from him.

But he held on hard to me. "Hannah you don't have to hide who you are from me... I know Hannah. Your thirsty aren't you? The hunger in you is telling you to feed."

I stopped trying to pull away, I felt like I was dreaming. How could he possibly know? He couldn't be a vampire, even more a half vampire, I knew Emmett and I were the only ones of our kind.

The rain began to lighten, as the storm that had passed, began to fade away.

"Hannah, I want you to show me." Paul whispered into my ear.

I didn't know what to say or do. How does he know? How does he know? How does he know? I kept repeating to myself

"What do you want me to show you?" I asked him very quietly.

"I want you to show me, how you hunt." He said to me.

I turned my head, so I could see him. "Paul… how do you know?" I asked him.

"I'll tell you.. if you show me first." He said.

My stomach moaned loudly as it quenched to get the satisfaction for blood. It had been so long since I had hunted. Blood was so satisfying to me, that I didn't have to eat for days on, after it. Unlike when I ate regular human food, I had to eat up to five times at times. I couldn't just hunt right now, I couldn't show Paul what I was like. I couldn't get my clothes stained with blood, and just walk back to school.

"I can't." I said weakily to Paul.

"Yes you can." He said.

"I can't get my clothes dirty, people will freak by school." I said.

"Then hunt something small. A rabbit? A raccoon?" he suggested.

"You won't be able to see anything, It'll be too fast. If you stay to close to me, I'm scared to turn on you." I said.

"Just do it." He said.

"When I tell you to, let go of me. Try to stay away a bit." I said to him.

I closed my eyes and consintrated on the sounds of the woods. I could hear the heart beats of: wolfs, mountain lions, Elks, Moose, Deesr, all scattered around us, miles away. I focused on the smaller beats, and luckily enough I found one near by.

"Let go." I said to him.

He squeezed my hands encouraging me, before letting go. I picked up my legs as I ran as fast as I could, my arms swinging back and forward as I picked up speed. I didn't bother to turn around, I could hear Paul behind me.

I found the small heart beat, the rabbit was hiding under a tree, trying to keep dry.

Before it could hop away from me, I jumped in the air, and landed right in front of it, stomach down. I quickly grabbed it by its hind legs with my left hand, and grabbed its head with my right.

In one quick motion, I twisted its neck, breaking it. The sound of its neck breaking, only exciting me to dig my teeth into it. I brought its limp body to my face, and dug my teeth into it. As the blood came in, the urge to drain its small body, frustrated me. I squeezed it, greedily trying to get as much blood out of it as I could. The process, caused more of its bones to break.

When I knew I had drained the small vermin, I let the body fall to the floor.

I closed my eyes as I let the residue on my tongue diminish, licking my lips I slowly turned around.

Paul was holding his hand out, helping me get up.

"Paul... what are you?" I asked. I wasn't sure if I was actually ready for an answer. But lukily enough, he only hushed me.

"I bet you have many questions for me. But I can't explain it right now. There isn't much time. Your brother is looking for you." He said.

"How do you know?" I asked him.

"Listen." He said.

I focused, and then heard it. Emmett calling for me… but how did Paul hear it? He could run faster then me… he matched my strength, and he matched my sense of hearing… what was I dealing with here?

"Paul, please don't tell no one." I said.

He smiled and caressed my face, before kissing my forehead. "I'll explain tomorrow." He said to me.

"When?" I asked him.

"Can you ditch any class?" he asked me.

"I can ditch my first two classes. My brother isn't in them, he won't know I'm gone." I said to him.

We both looked up as another thunder boomed into the sky. Its sound was so loud, it seemed it ripped though the clouds, allowing the flood of rain to fall again.

I lifted my face up, allowing the rain to wash off any trace of blood. I didn't know then, that it was also helping wash away Pauls scent from me.

"HANNNNAH!" I heard Emmett calling for me. He had most likely caught my scent around the school grounds, but it was much harder for him with the rain.

"Go." Paul said to me.

I began walking, but continued to turn to look at him. I wanted to make sure this had all really happened. The kiss, the truth about who I was.

"Will you really be here tomorrow?" I asked him.

"I promise." He assured me.

I smiled, and ran the rest of the way towards Emmett. He was walking around the playground, his clothes equally as drenched as mine.

When he saw me coming out the woods, he jogged over to me. Since he couldn't run his usual speed.

"Where were you?" he asked.

"I got lost." He said.

"Lost? How the hell did you get lost in there?" he asked.

"I just did okay? How was the tryouts?" I asked him. We both walked towards our car, in the rain. There was no point in hurrying, we were drenched enough as it was.

"I think they went good. I'm pretty sure I made the team. If anything I could easily make captain. I was pulling moves they never even dreamed they could see." He said.

I tried being happy for him, but right now all I could think is about what had, had happened. And I was scared, I was scared that I might have just endangered my family.

The only person who knew enough about us, was my grandfather Charlie, not even my grandmother Renee knew. She was told that my mother had gone missing, she and her new husband have had two more children since then.

I opened the cars door locks, before Emmett whistled at me.

"Here, so we don't get the car seats too wet." He said. He threw me some of his clothes he had most likely used for the tryouts. They were sweaty, but it didn't make much difference right now. I put them on the car seat and got in. Emmett was already inside, trying to find a working station to listen to.

As I backed the car up, I clearly saw Paul watching us from the woods. I didn't know if he knew I could see him. But I decided not to even wave good bye, I didn't want my brother to know.

PAULS POV

"What's wrong with him?" I heard John ask Brady.

"I don't know, he's been like this, since he got back. All he says is Jacob." John responded.

I was sitting on the same tree stump I was sitting on, the day Jacob and I, talked about Hannah. And just like that time, I had my arms rested on legs, thinking about what had happened.

Why had I kissed her? Why had I told her I liked her? Why? She is one of them, she is part them. I had betrayed who I was. When I had seen her feeding on the small rabbit, I didn't find it revoltning like I always thought I would. But instead, I found it beautiful, I found it breath taking in a way.

"Jacobs on his way." I heard Embry say, as he joined the small line John and Brady had made in front of me.

"Paul whats the matter?" Embry asked, he shook me bit.

"Jacob." I repeated yet again.

I needed to tell him, I needed to him know what had happened.

"He's on his way… I think I hear him now." Embry said to me.

A few seconds later, I heard Jacob. "Paul, whats wrong?"

"I need to talk to you… in private." I said still looking down at the ground.

"Embry, take John and Brady." Jacob ordered.

Both John and Brady began to complain, but Embry managed to shut them up.

When they were gone, Jacob asked me again. "Paul what happened? I ran all the way back from my dads, as fast as I could." He sounded a bit upset that he had to do that.

"I kissed her." I said.

"You kissed her? You made me run all the way from dads, to tell me you kissed her?" he said angrily.

"She wanted to feed on me Jake, but instead she fed on a rabbit. I watched the whole thing." I said.

"She actually fed in front of you?!" he asked surprised.

I nodded.

"But why? Is she stupid?" he asked.

"I told her I knew who she was Jake. I couldn't help it. It was during the moment, I just couldn't let her feel the way she was feeling. She needed to feed, and she was strong enough to not bite me." I said to him.

"You told her about you!?" he asked loudly.

"No." I said.

"Did she become angry when you told her you knew about her?" he asked.

I shook my head. "No.. she likes me Jake… she told me herself." I said to him.

He sat down in front of me. I could hear him groaning into his hand, as he rubbed his face with it.

"I told her I liked her." I said.

"Why did you do that?" he asked loudly again. "This isn't the time to play your little bullshit games. Especially with that girl!" Jacob said.

"… because I do."

He started coughing loudly, as if he had choked on my very words.

"Paul you don't even know how to feel with your heart. The only thing you know how to feel with, is your dick. What do you mean you like her? You wanted to kill her!" Jacob said.

"JAKE YOU DON'T THINK I KNOW THAT? I have never felt this urge and need to want to see a girl. Each time I have seen her, I actually feel like smiling, I actually feel like another person. I know I'm an asshole, but she makes me feel like I'm not. I can't stop thinking about her. Its driving me crazy right now, not knowing if she's okay. Not knowing if shes sad, or scared. Now knowing if she regrets today." I said to him.

We both stood quiet, before he broke into a loud laugh.

"Paul… you dick, did you imprint on her?" he asked me.

"No." I said. "I just like her."

"Are you sure about that?' he asked.

"Sam said, that when you imprint, its like love at first sight right. I didn't fall in love with her the first time I saw her." I said to him. I was sure I hadn't imprinted on her.

"But how else can you explain your feelings right now? You say you can't stop thinking about her. The way you worry about how she feels, sounds protective. These are signs of imprinting." Jacob said.

"I just like her. Just like you with Bella. You never imprinted on her. You just feel in love with her, and if I remember correctly, it was just the same amount of time, as me with Hannah.." I assured him. I was sure of it.

"Okay, okay… what now?" he asked me.

"Well.. that's not all." I said to him.

"What else could it possibly be?" he asked.

"I found Seth… well sort of." I said.

He rose up from the ground.

"Seth? Seth Clearwater?" he asked.

I nodded.

"Where? How?" he asked. "But I thought he was in the in- between." He said.

"He is. He lives with Hannah and the leeches." I said.

"And Leah?"

"I don't know." I said shaking my head.

HANNAHS POV

The whole ride home, Emmett continued to tell me about his tryout.

I half ass, listened to him, laughing here and there at things he said.

"Just be careful, to not get carried away." I said to him.

I knew he didn't know his own strength at time. He could easily crush a person to death.

"No worries sis, I shall only be crushing egos." He said.

I turned into the woods, towards home.

He pulled down the cars flap with the mirror, and looked at himself. "Holy shit!" he said loudly.

I turned to look at him. "What happened?" I asked worried.

"It hurts." He said grabbing his chest.

I stopped the car, and put it on park. Pushing his hand away from his chest, I rubbed it.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I can't bare how god damn good looking I am. It even makes my heart ache." He said, checking himself in the mirror.

I glared at him, and slapped him hard. "Emmett!"

"Ow." He said grabbing his cheek. "I was just messing."

I rolled my eyes. "Hah, Hah." I said irritated. I put the car back into drive, and continued home.

As we got close to home, I saw Seth sitting at the window in my room upstairs. As soon as he saw the car, he jumped away from the car. I knew he was going to run down to greet me.

I parked the car into our garage, next to the other cars.

We got out the car, and took the wet clothes we used to sit on. They were soaked. I looked at the seats, and noticed they were very wet as well. So I decided to put the windows of the car down, that way it wouldn't musk inside.

We went inside the house, and found my mother and father in the kitchen, they were making us something to eat.

I saw Seth waiting at the bottom step of the stair case. As soon as he saw me, he ran back up the stairs towards me room.

"Seth?" I said after him. He had never ran away from me.

"Kids?" mom called for us from the kitchen.

"Mom I already told you, I'm not a kid. I'm a man." Emmett said.

"A man huh? Well will the man of the house, please not leave his tighty whities laying on the floor of his room?" my father asked.

I started to laugh, Emmett's quickly flushed in embarrassment.

"They help with support!" he screamed at me.

"Too much info bro. You don't her me talking about my bra." I said.

"You just did!" he said.

"Hey you two, go wash up, and come down for dinner." My mother said.

"Actually I'm not hungry." I said to them. "I think I'm going to watch some T.V. with Seth." I said to them.

"Which reminds me. Seth has been acting odd all day. He wouldn't come out when we called him. You might want to make sure he's okay." My mom said.

I nodded. And excused myself to my room. I walked up the stairs and to my room.

Looking inside, I saw Seth run under my bed.

"Seth? What's wrong boy?" I asked him.

I got down on all four and looked under the bed. He was curled into a little ball, he looked afraid, or sick.

"Okay, well if you don't want to come out from there, then I guess I can lay here until you do." I said.

He just stared at me.

"Come on Seth, please? I have something to tell you. I need to tell someone, and you're the only one I trust." I said to him.

He continued to stare at me.

I kicked the door to my room closed with my foot. I knew no one could hear me with the door closed. But even then I got closer to the bed, and whispered to him.

"Okay then, I'll tell you anyways. Do you remember that guy I said I saw at a diner? The one with his friends? Well I haven't been telling you, but I've been running into him since then. His name is Paul, he's sixteen… yeah he's a year younger then me. But he looks older and is much taller then me… so it works out. He also told me that he lives on a reservation in La Push, he's a Native American. And today, well today we saw each other again. Actually he went to see me. And guess what Seth? We kissed. Yeah Seth, my very first kiss. And guess what else? He told me he liked me, a guy actually likes me Seth." I rolled on to my back.

"Seth… I can see my self falling in love with him." I said. I smiled at myself and closed my eyes.

When I heard Seth whimpering, I turned back on to my stomach.

"Seth?" I asked.

He was shaking violently, his whimpering getting louder.

My heart starting pounding, a knot forming in my throat. What was happening to Seth?

"Seth?" I asked again. I jumped when I heard the sound of something cracking. The same sound the rabbit had made, when I squashed his body. It was his bones, they were breaking.

He started yelping. His crying in pain became husky. I didn't know if it was me, or was he getting bigger? I continued to stare at him, as his fur began to recede.

I backed away, until my back was to the wall. I wanted to say something. Scream for help. But nothing was coming out. The only thing that was coming out, were tears from my eyes.

My bed started to jump up from the floor a bit a time. Seth's cries of pain, became moans… of a man?

Both the bed, and Seth's remarks of pain stopped.

I stared at the bed. Wondering what would come out.

I opened my mouth, wondering if a sound would finally come out. "Seth?" I whispered.

I crawled over to the bed, tears running down my cheeks, to the carpet.

"Seth?" I asked, as I stopped right in front of the bed. I was about to look under, when a russet hand tried to grab me.

I gasped, and fell back. A man started to pull himself out from under my bed. His hair was dark, long, and messy, covering his face. Only his naked upper body was showing from under the bed.

My heart felt like it was about to burst in fear. I started to breath through my mouth. Before I screamed.