I own nothing but Erin.

When I got home, kissing Seth goodbye so he could patrol, Emmie was sitting on the couch, PEOPLE magazine open in her hands. She glanced up at me, like I was interrupting something important, before sighing and going back to her magazine. Oh, I'm so sorry to stop you from reading about Jelena's breakup for two milliseconds, mommy!

I started towards my room, "Wait!"

I stopped and turned to Emmie, "What?"

She raised her eyebrows, "Don't you have anything to say to your beautiful mother?"

"Yeah, " I started, "Where's Uncle Billy?"

Emmie glared, "Out. Chief Swan took him fishing."

I cringed at the way she purred Charlie's name. It was gross. "Damn, I was hoping there was at least one decent human being in this house besides me." I muttered, snapping my fingers.

"Being decent isn't very fun, honey. Be thankful, you wouldn't be here if I wasn't such a slut." Emmie said, turning the page of her magazine, "Oh, those are fake."

Rolling my eyes, I went to my room, slamming the door shut. How long was that bitch going to be in town? In all my memories she would've hit the road by now, normally only visiting for about an hour. Now, I fully understood what Aunt Sarah had been asking by begging Uncle Billy to help Emmie out. The woman had basically requested for the devil to stay in her home and care for it's spawn, aka me.

Wow, I thought, maybe I should evaluate my self-esteem, calling myself devil spawn. I took a book off my shelf and started reading, trying to get my mind off of the she-witch in my living room.

The book had just started to pick up when my bedroom door swung open. Emmie pranced in, a self-centered smile on her face, "Some little girl is looking for you. I let her in."

I got up and pushed past Emmie, going to see who she meant. I didn't know any little girls. Well, Aunt Connie's daughter, June, maybe but June was only one, she wouldn't be here alone. Sitting in the living room was no little girl, just Kim, looking very nervous.

She jumped up, seeing me. "Your mother let me in. I was just wondering if maybe you wanted to come over to my house? My brother's in town and I want you to meet him."

I heard Emmie snort behind me, whispering, "Oh please."

I glared at her before looking back at Kim, smiling, "Sounds fun. Is Jared coming over too?" I asked, grabbing my coat.

Kim nodded and gave me a thankful smile that I returned.

"Erin!" I turned to Emmie.

"What?" I snapped, glaring.

"Be care-" Emmie stopped, looking Kim over, "Never mind, she's about as threatening as safety scissors. Maybe I should actually tell you to be more risky."

I glared, "Shut up, Emmie. Come on, Kimmy."

"Oh my god! Kimberly Daniels?" Emmie asked. Kim blushed and nodded. Emmie shook her head, "You're mom was a grade A bitch in high school. I see she didn't pass it on, though you seem about as uppity as her."

Kim looked ready to cry so I put an arm around her, pulling her to the door, yelling over my shoulder, "Wow, get a life, Emmie. Making fun of high schoolers is just sad, honey."

Once we were outside, I got into Kim's Honda civic. Kim looked better while she started the car and pulled away. "No offense, you're nothing like her, but your mother isn't the most pleasant person, Erin." Kim mumbled.

I laughed, "That's the understatement of the year, Kimmy. My mother is a-" Kim cut me off.

"Diabolical wench with a low self esteem?" Kim asked. I gaped at her. Kim is the most polite, sweet, reserved person I had ever met, pride filled me at her words. I ended up grinning.

"God, you are my best friend, Kimmy. I swear to god, I love you more then Seth right now." I exclaimed.

Kim laughed, "I better keep that to myself or I'll have a jealous werewolf all over me."

"Don't you already?" I asked, teasingly. Kim smiled, glancing over at me.

"Yeah, but I love that jealous werewolf, adding yours would be a bit much." She said, pulling into a driveway. Kim's house was small, but bigger than my own home. There were two floors and flower vines going up one side. The lights were on and there were cars in the driveway, including Jared's Chevy.

"Jared's already here?" I asked, getting out.

Kim nodded, rolling her eyes, "My mom is in love with him. She begged for me to call him over before I left to get you. Nick's not here yet, so I figured it would be fine."

"Nick?" I asked, walking up to the house with her.

"My older brother." She answered, opening the door and going inside, me on her heels. "Mom! I got Erin!"

A woman came running out of the kitchen with Jared behind her, smiling. She was unbelievably naturally pretty and looked almost identical to her daughter. She didn't look very old, but I remembered Kim mentioning her brother had been a high school baby, like Embry and me.

Mrs. Daniels had long black hair, like Kim, and friendly brown eyes, glowing with kindness, also like Kim. "Hello, dear! Kim Cam has told me so much about you! Your Billy Black's niece?"

I nodded, shaking her hand, "Um yeah, I'm Erin Black. It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Daniels."

"My mother-in-law's Mrs. Daniels and she's a bitch." Kim hissed a 'mom!', which her mother ignored, "Call me Amanda."

"Nice to meet you, Amanda." I grinned. I looked over her shoulder and waved, "Hey Jared!"

Jared raised his hand in greeting, "Hey Erin."

Kim pushed past her mom, hugging Jared tightly. A pang ran through me, which I tried to ignore. Missing Seth felt worse now that we were closer. Everything reminded me of him, which meant I could never completely get him off my mind. It was fine when he's right next to me, holding my hand, but it sucked when he was miles away doing god knows what.

I helped Amanda finish dinner while Jared and Kim caught up on the fifteen minutes they'd been apart. I really hoped Seth and I weren't as cliché as those two. Amanda asked me the average questions, 'how old are you?', 'you're only a freshman?', 'do you like the reservation high school?'. I answered them all, normally not the center of attention but I think Amanda was trying to give Kim and Jared privacy.

Suddenly, the front door swung open and a deep, male voice yelled, "Mandy, I'm home!"

Amanda rolled her eyes, saying to me, "My son, Nicholas." Then yelled, "In the kitchen, Nicky!"

A guy came into the kitchen, to be immediately attacked by one of Kim's hugs. I probably would've even said he was cute but he wasn't quiet tall enough for my tastes. "Hello, Kim Cam, nice to see you too." He said, gently pushing his sister away. His eyes locked onto Jared.

"Nick, this is my friend, Erin." Kim tried to get his attention away from her boyfriend. Nick glanced at me, nodding, then snapped back to Jared. "and that's Jared," Kim wrung her hands out nervously. "My boyfriend." She finished in a mutter.

"Nicholas Daniels." Nick reached a hand out. Jared jumped to his feet, towering over Nick slightly.

"Jared Cameron." They shook hands.

Nick rolled his eyes, "Oh yeah, I know all about Jared Cameron. Why do you think we call Kim 'Kim Cam'? As in Kim Cameron."

Jared grinned at his blushing girlfriend, "Nice to meet you, then."

Nick glared for a second then laughed, grinning. "When's dinner, Mandy? I'm starving!"

Amanda smiled, "Soon, you pig."

Dinner at Kim's ended up being kind of fun. Her brother seemed to be okay with, maybe even liked, Jared, which thrilled Kim. Her mother was always doting, whether it was over Kim, Nick, or even Jared, I sometimes couldn't tell but that was okay. Jared was overly polite but couldn't stop himself from clutching Kim's hand in his own. Kim was quiet, as usual but fought to keep me in conversations, something that wasn't necessary as I liked just observing.

Jared offered to drive me home afterwards, promising that it was on his way home. I left with him after hugging Kim goodbye. As we walked to his truck I spoke, "Thanks, for driving me. I mean, I was bit unpleasant to you before."

Jared shrugged, unlocking my door then going around to the other side, "You're an imprint, which means we all care about you no matter what. Plus," He started the truck as I slammed my door shut, "You make Kim happy, which means you are okay in my book."

I smiled at him. "Kim, she," I looked away, shaking my head, "She really loves you. It's adorable."

Jared laughed, nodding, "She claims she clicked with me long before I imprinted."

"Clicked?" I asked, eyebrows raised.

"It's this thing Kim came up with." Jared rolled his eyes, "Like human imprinting but she calls it clicking."

I laughed, "Sounds like Kimmy."

Jared nodded then cleared his throat, "You know, it's the same with Seth and you. I can see right into his head and I'm not lying when I say you're the best thing that ever happened to him."

I smiled, looking over at Jared, "I know. He never stops telling me."

Jared rolled his eyes, "Yeah, but his head was all dark and sad when he first phased. His dad had just died; his sister was making everything harder and a lot of other stuff was going on. And then, he saw you. It was like you flipped some light switch in him. He's better with you around." Jared finished, pulling into my driveway. "And he's here."

I looked out of the windshield, smiling at my boyfriend, sitting shirtless on my porch steps. "Thanks for the ride, Jared. See you tomorrow."

Jared said a goodbye and drove away while I walked over to Seth. He looked up, tiredly. "Hey, 'Rin."

I rolled my eyes, leaning down, kissing him fiercely, "I love you."

Seth grinned, any sleepiness completely gone. "I love you, too." He got up, "Want to go in?" he asked.

I shook my head, sitting on the step, gesturing for him to sit again. He did. "That bitch is inside. Let's just stay here for a while."

And we did. By the time we went inside, my lips were almost chapped and not from the cold, oh no, but from the incredibly pleasant warmth.

Nice long chapter. I'm kind of trying to get you to read the Click of Imprinting with this. It's all cute Kim/Jared moments. Plus, I love writing Emmie, the bitch.