Chapter 4
I don't know how long I slept, when I woke up I was alone in the woods. I was still in my wolf form. I sat up, looking up at the canopy of trees above me that were covering a full moon. Huh, that's kind of ironic. I laughed to myself.
No one responded, I must be alone in my head for once. I closed my eyes, focusing on calming down but I couldn't. I just couldn't. I'm going to be stuck like this forever. I thought bitterly.
No you won't be. The thought startled me. Sam walked up and sat down next to me, he had a blanket in his mouth, setting it down next to me. His thoughts told me it was for when I changed back.
Thanks, Sam. I sighed. I couldn't believe that the monster sitting next to me had once been my Sam. My Sam.
I could tell Sam was uncomfortable, but his thoughts were filled with us. They were filled with those calm, lazy, summer days down at the beach, me falling asleep on his chest. I felt calm, and I felt my body morph. It was like phasing in reverse, instead of incredible heat it was cold. My form shimmied down until it was my human form. I quickly picked up the blanket and wrapped it around me.
Sam walked off a second and returned as a human, I was surprised that he was wearing pants. He handed me something. It was a piece of leather cord. He then pointed at his leg, he had the same cord wrapped around it. "Wrap it around your leg, you can take your clothes off and put them in the cord before you phase."
"Thanks," I smiled. "and thanks for helping me phase back." I felt my eyes get hot as the tears rose. I swallowed hard.
Sam sighed, "Come on, I'll take you home."
For a while, we were both silent. Sam broke the silence. "There's something else I have to tell you about being a werewolf. There's something called imprinting. It's when… one of us, falls in love at first sight with a human. There is nothing that can be done to break an imprint, and after imprinting one doesn't really want to break it. Well, that's what happened to me and Emily." I took a shaky breath. "It's not that I don't love you anymore Leah, I imprinted on Emily. I didn't have a choice. I hate hurting you Leah, please just understand this."
I nodded, biting my lip. I understood, it wasn't Sam's fault. It was this stupid, idiotic, werewolf curse. This curse that was caused by the Cullens and Bella Swan. I felt my anger returning.
"Hold it Leah, stay calm. I happen to like my car." He laughed. I took a couple deep breaths and felt calmness returning.
"What time is it?" I asked with a shaky voice.
"It's about midnight." Sam replied. "Tomorrow, all of us are meeting on the cliff to talk to the elders. You should really be there."
I nodded; I guess I had some obligations now. I was a 'protector.' Sam pulled up into my driveway.
"I'll see you at the cliff then, night." He smiled.
I managed a smile back, "Night Sam. Thanks for everything." Hurried up my walk and disappeared into my house, running for the cover of my room. There I quickly pulled some clothes on, lay down on my bead and cried myself to sleep.