A/N: I do not own Twilight, Stephanie Meyer owns.

Chapter Eight

(Jennifer's POV)

My date with Cody was going so great. I had almost kissed him before that douche behind us stopped it from happening. I had forgiven the douche when the movie ended. As we were walking out, Cody stopped and turned around. I looked to see what had caught his attention when I saw my father. My blood boiled when I realized dad was said douche from before.

The drive home with Cody was fun. I talked cheerily to him, but in my head I was planning all the ways to hurt my father without mom being too mad at me. When we got home, I wasn't as mad and I was this close to forgiving my father, when he broke up another kiss. I stayed at the door as Cody made his speech about protecting me. It was so sweet I wanted to kiss him, but dad would probably break that one up too!

I waited until I saw Cody's car turn off our street to turn back to my father. I didn't want Cody to hear anything I was about to say. I turned from the window with murder in my eyes. Dad flinched under my gaze. Good, he was scared.

"Mom!" I called out. I heard her moving around upstairs and then her footsteps on the stairs. She came into the living room and took in the scene with dad and me. She sat on the couch next to dad and asked, "What's going on?"

I looked at her for a second before looking back to dad. "Gee, I don't know. Cody and I had a really great time on our date. Our dinner was great, the movie was good and Cody and I almost kissed, twice. But then both times, some douche bag broke us up. Wonder who that douche bag was, DAD? Wonder who could've pulled that off twice, DAD? Don't you wonder who it was, too, DAD?"

Mom got my point and her eyes widened with shock. She turned to my father and hissed, "Paul, please tell me you didn't follow those kids on their date?"

Dad looked at her guiltily and said, "Ana, you know I'd never do anything to upset you, but you also know I can't lie to you. So, I'm choosing to ignore your question and stare blankly at the wall."

Mom rolled her eyes and pulled her shoe off her foot. She hit dad in the head repeatedly all the while saying, "Paul, I can't believe you did that! You know Cody is a good kid and he wouldn't step out of line. Plus he imprinted on her so he would never do anything she wasn't comfortable with. How dare you do that?" She hit him one last time and looked at me. "Jenny, would you like a turn?"

She held the shoe out to me and I laughed but shook my head. "No mom, you did a good enough job."

Dad scoffed and said, "I'm not gonna learn anything just because you beat me in my head over and over! And I said I'm sorry, I'll never do it again." He didn't look like he meant it, so mom hit him again.

"Why don't I believe you then?" She asked him, teasingly.

Dad rolled his eyes and said, "I don't know. I am sorry."

It sounded almost like he meant it, but he didn't apologize to me. "Dad. Are you not sorry to me?" I asked him.

He looked at me and answered, "I uh, I'm sorry?"

I started to shake, "Dad! Can you please say that and mean it?"

He looked scared, then he realized I was shaking, he stood and pulled mom behind him. "Jennifer, calm down."

Mom had a scared look on her face and dad looked worried, but I was beyond calming down right now. A tremor ran down my spine and I grabbed onto the door for support.

"Ana, call Cody, tell him Jenny's phasing." Dad said. Mom ran for the phone and I heard her talking. The pain was beginning to be too much and I was really hot. I saw dad standing across from me, looking lost. There was nothing he could do, if I phased I could hurt my father.

I heard the back door open and my brother Nick came running into the room. He kneeled down next to me and said, "Jen, we have to go outside now, okay?" I nodded and he helped me to my feet. I tried to walk, but my legs didn't agree with this simple action. Nick picked me up and carried me out the back door and into the woods. He sat me down against a tree and said, "Okay, Cody is on his way. When he got home he went right to sleep, but then Ally called and said Harry was phasing, too so Cody is over at Leah's with Harry, but he's on his way as soon as Harry phases." I nodded.

Nick started talking again, "Jenny you can't fight this. Don't fight this. Just let it happen and let the wolf side take over."

I heard a rustling in the trees as two werewolves stepped through. Nick nodded to each and said, "Cody, Harry." The Cody wolf whimpered and nodded in my direction. Nick seemed to understand what Cody was asking so he said, "She's fine, she should be phasing any minute now."

The tremors became more violent and I finally burst out of my clothes. Cody took us running along the border and explained everything we didn't know yet.

Around dawn, Cody took Harry and me to Sam J's house. We would stay with him and his mom would go stay at Cody's until we gained enough control to go home. Cody ran to my house and Harry's to get us clothes while Sam J talked us down enough to phase back human.

After I changed into my clothes I went inside. Emily had left us a meal on the table. She was so sweet, you couldn't help but love her. I walked into the living room and saw Cody standing there with his back to me, but he turned around when I walked in. Our eyes met and my whole world stopped spinning. Gravity shifted and I was suddenly bound to Cody. My eyes widened as a smile spread across Cody's face.

"What?" I asked him.

His smile got impossibly bigger and he said, "You just imprinted." His voice was teasing, but it was the sweetest sound I'd ever heard. He pulled me into a hug. His phone rang and he released me.

"Hello?" He asked.

"Yeah, she phased. I'm on my way home. Okay, see you soon. Bye mom." He said and hung up. He looked to me and said, "I gotta go home. Mom said Embry keeps calling the house. He thinks Zack will be phasing today or tomorrow and he won't stop asking for me. Austin, Matt and Nick are on patrol right now, but he'll be by here later. Mom said Emily is worried about everyone, so she's cooking like crazy and I'll bring food by later for you guys." He kissed me on the cheek and waved to Sam J and Harry. He walked out the door and the three of us looked at each other briefly then raced into the kitchen to eat whatever Emily had cooked for us.

(CPOV)

I left Sam J's house and headed towards Embry's. I was so tired. I had pulled a double shift before my date with Jennifer so that Austin, Matt and Nick could patrol while I was out with Jennifer. I almost fell up the stairs at Embry's and I knocked on the door. Embry pulled the door open and let me in.

I went up the stairs to Zack's room. He was lying on his bed, in a position I was all too familiar with. He was shaking slightly, but he was quiet. I felt his head. He was warmer than usual, but not too hot. It would be hours before he would phase, probably sometime late tonight.

I sat down in a chair to wait. I wondered how many more times I would have to rush to someone's house to help someone through his or her first phase. I sighed and leaned my head back against the wall, thoughts of Jennifer filling my head and I quickly fell asleep. I was awakened a few hours later by a piercing scream. Zack was dangerously close to phasing, so I pulled him off the bed and dragged him down the stairs and out the door. We went into the woods and I waited for him to phase.

By now I had the motions down. We ran the border, I explained the Cullen's and the pack rules. I was Alpha, Austin was my Beta, and he had to obey an order from either of us. We went back to Sam J's house and he went to sleep on the couch. No one else was around, I wondered where Jennifer was and I wanted to go and find her, but then my cell phone rang. I looked at the caller I.D. It said, 'Jared'

I sighed and answered. Jared spoke quickly but I picked up that Lacey was phasing. I hung up the phone and booked it to Jared's to start this whole process over.

A/N: Thanks to AllytheVampChick, Curtis and aya163 for reviewing last chapter. If anyone wants a preview of chapter nine, just be my first reviewer. Hell, if you can beat Ally I'll send you all of chapter nine and a preview of chapter ten. Thanks! ~Ever Uley~