DISClaimer: I'm not Stephanie Meyer. I make no profit from this.

I am, however, quite in love with werewolves. And Jasper from the movie. His face is incredible.

It's not love. it's a fixation. I want a personal radiator... And Jasper looks like he wants chocolate cake... but can't quite reach it...

Hope you enjoy this.

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"Uh… Seth?" I reached the doorway and turned back "I-"

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Seth's POV

I turned to watch her, she was struggling to speak.

"Max?"

"Seth, you can...you know-" oh, this would be fun.

"No…" I grinned innocently, licked my lips, folded my arms, and sighed. "I can what?"

"Uh... G-get-"

"Get what?" I blinked, leaning against the doorway. "You want a glass of water?"

"N-no!" she yelped, her voice coming out in a squeak. "I mean, no, thanks," her face was staining red again, I was sure it was going to turn permanent, in the end.

"Uh, then what?" I grin, and I think she realised then, exactly what I was doing.

"Then you can... Actually, you know what?" I shrugged, "You can go back to bed." I shook my head.

"Max, I-"

"Go on…" She shooed me, "Unless you're done playing silly bollocks."

"What if I'm done?" she folded her arms and looked at me, smiling.

"Oh, well, if you're done, you can come and sleep here." she patted the bed beside her.

"It's a single bed." I said, realising it for the first time. She shrugged, smiling again.

"I'll cope if you can," a small smile, then it spread into a huge grin, "Come on." And she groaned as I put one arm around her. If I hadn't, I would have fallen from the bed, but I was doing it for the hug as well. In for a penny, in for a pound...

"Seth," she groaned again as I nodded against her neck, there was no further space on the bed. "Seth, get off me,"

"What?" I was not on her.

"Your leg," she groaned again, "it's on my-" she jerked her leg out from under mine and I smiled. "Goodnight, Seth." she reaffirmed as I pulled her closer subconsciously.

"Night, Mackenzie," and she smiled- I saw her cheekbones shift, before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep. I realised very quickly that I wouldn't be sleeping fast. Her hand closed over mine and she leaned closer to me.

So I started to play.

I wondered, really, how close I could get to kissing her without waking her up. It was dark, but I gauged the space I had to lean back on the bed without difficulty, I rocked back so she was lying on her back, and I watched her sleeping, breathing softly, her lips slightly parted, her hand still holding mine tightly.

"Max?" I whispered right next to her ear. She snuffled, but didn't wake. Good. I pushed myself slightly closer to her, lifting myself up on one knee and one elbow, and I slid one finger across her cheek, flicking a strand of her hair from her face as I felt her warm skin beneath mine. She sighed in her sleep, and I felt her breath on my fingers, exhilarating my mind in its desperate-for-sleep state, keeping me awake. I leaned closer, closing my eyes for half a second as I felt her breath on my cheek.

Oh, dear god...

I closed my eyes again, waiting for a second. Then I leaned forward and let my lips hover over hers for a second. My arms gave a shudder and I was kissing her, then I tensed again and threw myself into a sleeping position before she could open her eyes.

"Seth?" I heard her voice, but breathed evenly and hoped she wouldn't notice. "Oh," she sighed and laid back down. I smiled a small smile of triumph and shifted slightly so I was lying back where I had been- one

arm around her, my lips close to the skin on her neck, breathing the smell of strawberries and cream into my nose, savouring it, licking my lips as it got stronger. She gripped my hand as she turned over, she groaned in her sleep and my lips tingled. Oh god.

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She woke first in the morning, was already in the kitchen, staring at the table by the time I got up and dressed.

"Morning, Max," I grinned, she looked up and blushed, "You alright?"

"Mmm." she stopped and looked at me, wondering whether she should speak, I suppose. "Seth, was I dreaming last night?"

"I don't know?" I offered after a second, "I can't read your mind, remember."

"Oh." she stopped, "It's just... You kissed me, and it felt like-"

"N-not me, Max." I hated lying to her; felt as if I was burning a hole through one of my lungs, "I went straight off."

"Oh," she repeated, looking utterly broken. "Right then." a small pause, she blushed and looked at me. "Can I make you breakfast? It's the least I could do." I shrugged, not knowing really what to say to that.

"Why not?" I managed to squeeze from my throat as she turned and smiled at me, rising from her chair. "You can see the fridge…" she made a face, "I'm easy to please," she rolled her eyes, "Hey! None of that!" but she giggled, and I grabbed her in a bear hug. No particular reason, I just wanted to touch her. She replied with her arms wrapping themselves around my torso, and a loud, happy sigh.

"My mum, is gonna kill me." I heard her mutter softly as she pulled away.

"Why?"

"Because I've known you for a day, we've already technically slept together, and now I'm making you breakfast." she laughed and I pulled her back into my arms.

"Well, I can live with that," I smirked, "You'll just have to…" I paused, faking consideration, "Stay here forever." she giggled and pulled away, shooting a smile at me before she opened the fridge and crouched down.

"I could cope with that," she laughed, before straightening up with some eggs.

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Embry called at nine, like he said he would. I still wasn't expecting it, though. Max had kind of gotten in the way of everything else in my brain.

She was in the shower, I had been planning to show her the reservation, to be honest, but this sort of threw me.

"Hey, Seth," he said happily, breaking me out of my trance as he leant on the doorframe, "Jake said we could borrow the bikes and have a laugh for the day, remember?" he must have taken my horror for confusion, because he placed his hand on my shoulder and looked at me properly, "You alright, man?"

"Mmm…" I trailed off, looking absently past him. Jake had turned into my driveway as we had been talking. "Hey, Jake... Embry wanted to borrow the bikes today, but I know Nessie wanted to-" when Embry

turned, I shot a desperate look at Jacob. He nodded and dropped his shoulders slightly.

"I kinda promised Ness." Embry sighed, but I grinned inwardly, expecting a nice long day doing nothing.

"Well, you can always come diving, Seth, if you wanna?"

"Remember last time, Em'?" Jake laughed, "He nearly broke his leg…"

"I'll come next time, OK?" I laughed as he pouted, and he smiled.

"I'll hold you to that, Seth." And he was gone. Jake was laughing as he strode into the house.

"She alright this morning?" he grinned as he took in the dirty plates and cutlery in the sink. "You fed her?"

"She made breakfast, I just ate." Jake laughed again and I rolled my eyes. "I was gonna take her into the forest today, show her around, you know…"

"Well, Nessie and I were gonna hang out on the strip for a while,"

"You make it sound so cool,"

"Haha, very funny," he was grinning, "I was gonna say, do you want to meet up at the beach after lunch?"

"Oh, yeah, I guess so," I smiled, "Yeah, why not?"

"Cool." then I thought about it.

"Don't tell Nessie about the whole... Imprinting thing... I want to let her know first," He nodded before smiling and getting up from the table.

"What, exactly, does she know?"

"Most of it," I conceded, blushing. "I know it's stupid, but I kind of didn't tell her"

"You made her guess? Harsh, Seth," Jake didn't sound impressed, but he smiled anyway, "you do know you could have just... Told her,"

"Mmm…" I blushed again, and he laughed.

"Well, at least we know she's not stupid,"

"I dunno - she's still here, isn't she?" he laughed again.

"Uh... Seth?" her voice made me jump, I turned, expecting her to be at the door, but she wasn't.

"Max?" she didn't reply for a second, and, pathetically, I worried. "You alright?"

"Yeah," she replied eventually, "but I can't…" she trailed off and I looked up the stairway. She was standing there, a blue towel wrapped around her, her wet hair dripping down her back. "It's the taps, they won't-"

"Oh, damn, I knew there was something I'd forgotten- you've got to…" I jogged up the stairs, suddenly fighting the urge to swing her into my arms as I passed.

She followed me into the bathroom, watched as I jumped under the stream of hot water.

"You'll scald yourself, Seth," she said as I turned up the heat.

"Wolves heal quickly- watch," I twisted the water off, "You have to turn it right up before you can switch it off," I explained as I watched her watch the skin on my hands.

She made a face at the raw redness on the surface, then, her mouth dropped open as she saw the redness and scarring fade.

"Christ! Seth!" she shouted out, stumbling back and hitting her back on the towel rail, "Ow!" she doubled over, half resting on the wall, I raced to grab her hand and see if she was alright.

"Are you hurt?" I said as I lifted her off the wall and stood her straight up. "Where does it-" she looked up at me, and stared for a second, a minute, it felt like forever, and it felt good.

"That's incredible," she whispered, "Completely inhuman, but incredible…" she paused, and I think she had a moment, "Jake's a wolf too?" I nodded after a second. "How many of you are there?"

"Sixteen," I said softly, "Two packs, Jake, me and my sister, and then some other guys from the reservation,"

"Huh." she stared at me for what felt like forever again, "Well, that's cool... I think." She looked faint.

"I'm gonna put you back in my bed," I said softly as she stumbled, "You've had a big shock, and I think-"

he burst out laughing again, and it wasn't, as I had expected, hysterical, oh, no. In fact, if she weren't perfectly normal, I would have expected this: denial. She thinks she's dreaming.

"Mackenzie?" I asked softly as I sat her down on my duvet, "Are you alright?" a pause where her laughter intensified. Jake could handle this, "Jake! Little help, please!"

He appeared in less than a second and stood beside me, watching her for a second.

"She's fine. Honestly, don't worry, Seth…" She choked with laughter and looked up at me.

"This makes perfect sense." She giggled. "Everything except…"

And I waited, cringing, readying myself for the blow.

"What?" Jake blurted, checking himself as he realised this was supposed to be a private conversation.

"Seth…" She looked up at me, taking my hand and swinging it.

"I like you." I whispered it, hoping against hope that she would hear. "Alright?"

She nodded silently.

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