Three Weeks Later

S.P.O.V.

I sat on my bed wondering when Katrina would arrive. It was our usual routine at night. She would wait for the rest of my family to sleep when the coast was clear she would come in through my window and spend the night with me. Now that it was the Summer I could stay up late without having to worry about school the next day.

The rest of the pack had taken extra patrol duties so that I could spend more time with Katrina. At first I thought that they were happy for me but as time went on and they grew more distant I wondered if maybe they were so disgusted that they didn't even want me in the pack anymore. I'd tried to talk to Leah but she kept on avoiding me. I would have to confront Sam or Jacob about it.

We were still no closer to discovering how Katrina had arrived in the forest. Carlisle's attempts to contact the Denali Coven were fruitless; it was as if they had disappeared off the face of the earth. Not that the fact bothered Katrina and I. We were so busy these days that we didn't have time to worry.

Katrina was staying with the Cullens, but for the few weeks when there was school she had enrolled at the school in La Push so that she could be with me. We were both the same age (well sort of) and had most of our classes together.

I was getting worried about Katrina so I looked out the window to try and find her.

"Katrina?" I called. I didn't have to be loud. She would be able to hear me.

"I'm here" I spun around to see her sitting on my bed.

"Don't do that, it's freaky" I said as I sat down next to her.

She laughed a beautiful peal of bells. I held onto her shoulders and turned her to face me. My face lowered towards her and my lips brushed against hers. I felt my pulse quicken. Her cold lips moved against mine and her sweet breath intoxicated me. I slowly opened my lips and pulled back when I realized what I was doing.

"I went to far didn't I?" I admitted.

"No I can cope with it Seth" she replied.

So we picked up from where we started.

When the morning light started showing we both sat on my bed, her head on my shoulder. It felt nice, really peaceful.

"We can't go on like this" I admitted.

"Why?" she gasped.

"The pack is getting annoyed. They haven't said anything but I can tell".

"Is me being with you really a problem?" she asked.

"I don't think so but try telling that to Sam. He just manages to tolerate the Cullens but that's about the extent that he'll go when it comes to vampires".

"Don't they know how powerful imprinting is?"

"They do. But you're a vampire and nothing we can do will stop them being against that".

"What do you think they're planning?" she asked.

"I don't know but they're getting restless. It's any day now that they'll do something drastic."

"We could run away".

"Katrina! These are like my brothers that you're talking about. Leah is my sister. I can't just get up and leave them. I've got my mom to think about too. My dad died last year. What do you think she'll do if I just disappear?"

"Sorry, I didn't realize that" she apologized "but I still don't get why us dating is so bad".

"It's like I'm personally insulting our ancestors Katrina!" I exclaimed "the Quileties are here to destroy vampires! It's like the essence of our being!"

Katrina was silent.

"Sorry" I said "I didn't mean to shout like that".

"It's okay" she replied "I understand".

"No it's not okay" I admitted "I shouldn't have done that. So I'm going to do something fun with you today to make up for it".

"What?"

"We're going to go to the beach and we're going to forget about the pack's stupid prejudices".

That seemed to cheer her up.

"I'll meet you at first beach at eight thirty" I told her.

"Okay" she replied "see you there".

And suddenly she was gone. Out my window I guessed. Vampire speed never stopped freaking me out.