Sorry about how long it has taken to post the third chapter, I had things happen that kind of got in the way. I am hoping to start writing a lot more :) Hope you all like it 3

Chapter 3: Louder Than Words

I gasped suddenly as I shot upright, my body was shaking and I had a massive headache. Where am I?What happened to me?... I looked around the room I was in, realizing that I was suddenly back in my room. With a soft sigh of relief I slowly let myself lay down, soon noticing the wet face cloth that had fallen off my forehead when I panicked and got up. I grabbed it and placed it back on my forehead, relaxing as I starred at my ceiling, Seth walked into the room. He placed a glass of water and two aspirins on my side table, "You awake Ren?" I felt the bed sink a bit as Seth sat down, once again heat radiated off him, it was comforting at the moment. "Yeah... What happened? All that I remember was walking a path that I found through the forest and finding a hill that I decided to climb... I only remember seeing a bright flash of light afterwords..."

Seth placed his hand on mine and smiled, "Well I started to follow you, I called you name a few times but your music was a little too loud to hear me. When you climbed that hill, you lost your balanced and fell back. Luckily I was there to catch you." I bit my bottom lip and looked back to the ceiling, There I go again... I am a danger hazard... One of these days my clumsiness will get me into trouble. Seth laughed and squeezed my hand reassuringly, "Don't worry about it Ren, there's about two hours until we have to leave to get to Sam's house. Take the aspirins, drink some water and try to have a nap, you'll feel better if you do."He got up and smiled at me before walking out of my room, closing the door behind him.

I shifted over to my side as I held the damp washcloth to my head, using my left hand to grab the aspirins and pop them into my mouth before grabbing the cup of water. I laid back down onto my back, starring at the ceiling, I guess Seth is right, maybe a nap will be a good idea...Closing my eyes I fell into a light sleep. I ran as fast as I could through the forest, it was hard to see, the heavy rain made it impossible to make out what was in front of me. I gasped suddenly, tripping and falling down into a puddle of mud, "Oh no. Look at this... you've gotten yourself all dirty! What am I to do with you now!" A hand grabbed onto my shoulder tightly, flipping me over onto my back roughly. Wincing in pain, I looked up at my captor, "No..." my eyes widened as I starred into a pair of blood red eyes, my heart beat quickened, I was completely frozen in fear. Before I could even blink, a giant wolf with russet colored fur knocked the creature off me, growling loudly. "Ren! Ren! Wake up!" I gasped as I looked up to see Seth, I panted softly, trying to catch my breath, "You were screaming in your sleep.. are you okay?"

I turned to the right end table and took the glass of water, taking a big sip. "Yea...I just had a weird nightmare...It felt so real..." Seth smiled and held my hand, "Well, its about 3 right now.. We should head over to Sam's for dinner." He got up, helping me out of bed slowly. My headache was gone which was a relief but I still felt light headed from standing up. I turned and looked at my reflection in the full body mirror that I had attached to my closet door, turning a bit as I checked to see if my clothing and hair looked presentable. I smiled as I turned and turned towards Seth, "Alright, let's get going." Seth held my hand, helping me walk through the hall, I winced with each step I took. "I think I sprained my ankle... it hurts whenever I put any kind of pressure on it..."

Seth looked down at my foot, I leaned up against the wall as I put all my weight onto my right leg. Seth knelt down and took my left foot in his hand, looking at it, he pushed my pant leg up and pulled down my sock. "You have a pretty big bruise on your ankle, I think it would be a lot easier to move around if I carry you." I looked down and sighed softly, not looking forward to being carried, "Alright...but I still need to get my boots on somehow..." Seth smiled at me and put my sock back on and pulled my pant leg down, he turned around to allow me to get onto his back. I smiled as I wrapped my arms around his neck, letting him hold onto my legs.

Seth got up and made his way down the stairs, he walked to the living room and placed me down on the couch. I relaxed slightly and I leaned back in the couch, Seth walked over to me with my black combat boots. "Seth I am sorry... If I weren't so clumsy you wouldn't have to take care of me like this..." Seth grinned up at me as he sat in front of me, "It's really no problem Ren, you're my cousin and friend... Even if my uncle didn't want to come around with you that often... we always made sure that we were able to keep in touch, no matter if it were through email or actually speaking over the phone." I smiled as I watched Seth gently get my boots on my feet, taking a little more time with my left foot. He got up and turned around, kneeling again to help get me up onto his back, as soon as he held onto me, we headed towards the front door, Seth grabbed my sweater and then headed out the door.

Seth locked the door and started walking down the street, I held tightly onto him and sighed, I was starring out at the forest thinking back to what happened in my dream. I still couldn't understand if it meant anything or why I would even dream of something that wanted to kill me. Seth started humming softly, I smiled, shaking my head and relaxing, I didn't need to keep dwelling on this dream I had. I hadn't truly felt comfortable around anyone but Kristophe, it was nice that this was happening.. After about 10 minutes we came up to a house, Seth walked up onto the porch and opened the door. A woman with long black hair, turned around and hurried over to us, "Seth, what happened?"

I looked up at the woman and gasped softly, noticing the scars on the right side of her face. I quickly shook my head and looked up into her eyes. "This here is Serenity, Serenity this is Emily. Serenity here ended up spraining her ankle earlier today and the easiest way to get her here is to carry her." Seth smiled as he placed me in one of the chairs in the kitchen. Emily walked over to me and smiled as she knelt down in front of me. "Its nice to meet you Serenity. I think I may have a pair of crutches you could use, would you be alright with them?" I smiled as I nodded slowly, "Yes, that would be really nice." Emily smiled, getting up and walking out of the room. Seth grinned as he sat down beside me, "See, she likes you already."

Emily soon came back with some crutches and a tensor bandage, "I am going to wrap your ankle to help with some of the swelling." She sat down on the chair in front of me and motioned for me to place my left foot on her lap. Once I placed my foot on her lap, Emily gently took my boot off, removing my sock and wrapping up my sprained ankle. She put my sock and my boot back on, "There we go, it should help with the swelling." I smiled up at her and looked over at Seth, who got up and walked over to the back door, "Thank you Emily." She smiled at me and helped me up, "It's fine, I take care of everyone like they are my own family. Speaking of which, they are all out back if you wanna head out there." I smiled and grabbed the crutches, slowly making my way over to the back door, where Seth was standing, holding the door open for me.

Leah smiled as she looked over at me but soon frowned seeing that I was using crutches, "Serenity what happened?" I blushed as I looked up at her, "I ended up spraining my ankle when I was out in the forest earlier today." Leah smiled as she wrapped her arms around me, "Well, I am glad that you showed up." I hugged her back and smiled slightly, "I wouldn't want to disappoint my favorite cousins." I looked around at everyone, the sun was already setting and the sky was turning purple. Leah led me over to the log that was set up around the fire pit, I sat down and laid the crutches down behind me. "So here we have Embry, Quil, Sam, Kim and Paul."

Leah pointed to each one of the guys, the two named Sam and Embry were busy getting the fire started as Quil and Emily walked out with chips and drinks. Seth was at the barbecue flipping burgers. Paul had turned and looked towards the trees, "Looks like Mr. Runaway has decided to come join us!" Leah rolled her eyes and sighed, "Took him long enough this time..." The fire was now lit and burning bright, I tried looked over at what was going on. But all I could see was a figure that had appeared beside Sam and shook his hand, "He's always running off somewhere when things don't go his way..." I looked over at Leah, tilting my head to the side a bit, "Who does?"

"Jacob Black." Paul sat down beside me, causing me to jump slightly. The fire had died down a bit so I took the chance and tried to see this mystery man that had shown up. I gasped softly as my eyes widened, he was starring right back at me, a warm feeling had appeared in the pit of my stomach and I felt my cheeks burn up as I started to blush. Paul looked at me then straight at Jacob, he wrapped his arm around my shoulders and laughed, "Well, it looks like you'll be coming around here more often Serenity."