I don't own anything. But Erin. I do own her. Well, more she owns me but still.

Seth volunteered to drive me home in Quil's car around the time school ended. He said Jared would probably be bringing his imprint, Kim, back to Emily's and he figured I'd had enough of meeting new people. I agreed and got into the car. No one commented on the fact that he only had a permit and I'm not even close to 18 to be able to drive with him. We drove about halfway there, getting to the cliffs used for diving on nice days, when I said, "Pull over, here."

Seth did as I told him and asked, "Why?"

"I wanna talk in private and I figure it'll be weird if we just sit in the car in front of my house." I told him as he parked. I got out, slamming the door shut. Seth followed suit, sitting with me, feet dangling off one of the highest cliffs.

"Is this about what Quil said?" Seth asked.

I cocked my head the side, "We'll start there. What's that story? What does Leah really keep saying?"

Seth sighed, "You know Embry's mom?"

I rolled my eyes, nodding, "Duh, of course, I know Tiffany."

Seth gave me a look and I smiled apologetically, making him laugh, "Well, she's from the Makah rez and showed up here 16-years-old and 5 months pregnant with Embry."

I nodded, "I remember hearing that somewhere." Tiffany was always lecturing Embry on safe sex, not wanting him to deal with teen parenthood as well.

"Well, she always told Embry that his dad was just some guy from her rez that walked out."

I nodded, that was one of the things that Em and I found common ground on, the fathers we never even met, weren't even given names for.

"But, you see, the wolf gene only passes down in three bloodlines. The Uley bloodline, Sam's a direct descendant of that, the Ateara bloodline, Quil's family, and the Black bloodline, Jake and you. And basically, there's only three people in the whole world that could have fathered Embry." Seth explained, glancing at me. I looked up at the exact same time, out eyes meeting for a second, and then moving away.

"Who?" I asked, quietly, already figuring whom.

"Joshua Uley, Sam's dad, or Quil Ateara III, Quil's dad, or" Seth bit his lip, looking out at the waves with his eyebrows together, "Billy."

"So, Embry could be my cousin?" I asked, completely foreign to the idea.

Seth nodded.

"Why can't Embry just ask Tiffany?" I questioned.

"He did," Seth answered, "She gave him the same response as always and he can't say he knows she's lying because," Seth looked at me.

"She doesn't know about you guys. And Embry can't tell her." I finished, shaking my head. "That sucks for Em! And Leah keeps hanging it over his head?"

"Yeah, it's the weapon she uses when Embry gets her really fired up. She even called him a bastard to his face once." I flinched, knowing from personal experience what it fault like to be called that. "I love Leah, but she's hard to deal with." I nodded, shifting closer and leaning my head on his shoulder.

"It'll be okay." I whispered, loving the warmth of him against my cheek.

"That it will. What else did you want to talk about?" Seth asked, wrapping his arm around my shoulder, holding me where I was.

I turned my head, resting my chin on Seth's shoulder while he looked at me, "What is this?"

"What's what?" Seth asked, confusion clear on his face. I rolled my eyes.

"This," I gestured between us. "Us. What are we? Imprint and Wolf? Best friends? Boyfriend and girlfriend? What?"

Seth blushed a little, nodding. "What do you want to be?"

I shrugged, "I want to know what you want."

"Whatever you want." Seth answered. I rolled my eyes and got up, pushing his arm off me. Seth looked surprise, jumping up and grabbing my wrist, "What?"

I gave him a look, "'Whatever you want'? Seriously? That's cheesy romantic comedy crap, don't do that. I don't want to listen to that because we're not that! I'm asking you as Erin, your best friend who knows you better than anyone, not Erin," I emphasized my own name, "the imprint you have to make happy no matter what. So, please, some outspoken honesty would be nice."

Seth smiled a little, shaking his head, "You're so…you."

"Thanks?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"I do want to make you happy. But, if you're asking what'll make me happy, the answer would be," He moved forward, tucking a bit of my hair behind my ear, "being able to call mine in front everybody, knowing I don't have to risk sharing you with anyone."

I fought a smile and shook my head, "I've always been yours, dork. I don't want to be anyone else's, ever." I bit my lip, pulling my arm away from Seth, crossing it with me other, "But if our relationship is only you trying to make me happy, then that's not what I want. I want to be able to love you back, without needing anything in return, the same way you can love me. You have to let me make you happy too, sometimes. A one sided relationship would just turn into a trainwreck."

Seth was smiling, looking at the ground, nodding his head just a little. "You, Erin Black, would be the only girl in the universe to ask a guy not to put her first."

I grinned, laughing and holding up a finger to correct him, "I didn't say that. I said you have to let me put you first sometimes, too. Because you're everything I want and you deserve so much and I'm already not good enough, so we need to try to even it out a little."

Seth looked up, confused, "You're not good enough? I think you have that backwards."

I rolled my eyes, "Not trying to go back to the cheesy romantic comedy crap but can I just say, shut up and kiss me."

Seth grinned and pulled me close, leaning down and touching his lips to mine. A startling spark ran through me at the touch of his lips, like a shot of adrenaline directly to my heart. I slid my arms around his neck, kissing him back, hard. After a minute, we broke apart, noses still touching. "I love you, 'Rin"

My breath caught in my throat. I could see in his eyes that he meant every word. He loved me, he really loved me, and he wanted me to know. And I could even tell that he wasn't expecting to hear a response. I smiled, still a little breathless, and allowed the words to spill out, "I love you too, dork."

Glowing and floating, I pulled away and grabbed Seth's hand. "Come on, you get to tell Billy you kissed his favorite niece before you even had the decency to ask her on a proper date. I'm still waiting to be asked, by the way."

Seth laughed, following me to the car. He twirled me around, fast and startling, before I could open my door, his face centimeters from mine. I longed to lean forward and capture those perfect lips once again. "Will you go out on a proper date with me? And be my girlfriend?"

I gave in and pecked his lips before moving away with a shrug, "I'll think about it."

As I got in the car, I heard Seth mutter something like 'She's gonna kill me.'. I giggled and shut the door, reaching over and honking the horn to get Seth to hurry up.

I just felt like Seth and Erin's relationship was becoming a bit cliche, so Erin fought back :) Hope you enjoyed.