A/n just wanted to do a quick shout out to lovably17, dude your awesome!

I love you today,

More than yesterday,

But not as much as tomorrow...

Embry

She had just told me why she hated Krystina, it made me feel sick. How could someone be so cruel? I held Izzy close as she drifted off to sleep. I couldn't figure out why Krystina would want to do anything to Izzy, she was amazing… perfect. I had to make sure no one else could hurt her like that. She had obviously liked this 'guy' a lot. She was never going to be hurt like that again, I would make sure of it. I soon fell asleep listening to her even breathing.

I woke the next day and she was gone.

"Izzy?" I called… no answer. "Izzy!" I jumped out of the bed and out the door. She was sitting on the front steps of the small sleep out talking quietly into the phone. She smiled when she saw me. I sighed and sat down next to her, taking her hand in mine.

"Anna I have to go… yeah he is, how did you know?... okay I love you too, talk to you later. Bye." She hung up and gave me a brief hug. I kissed her softly.

"you didn't have to do that you know." I murmured against her lips.

"I know." She whispered back. We kissed again. only to be interrupted by the phone.

"leave it." I said to her as I put my hand on the back of her neck to pull her closer. She pushed it away and climbed into my lap facing me. The phone eventually stopped ringing but started up again. I paused for two seconds and turned it off. We were lying on the ground in the same spot when Brady came over.

"Oi, break it up you two! Embry get your ass out into the woods now!" Woods… phase? Oh shit! I pushed Izzy off me gently.

"sorry babe," I whispered to her. "Brady, what's going on?"

"non-vege-vamps."

"how many?"

"three."

"shit why did nobody call me!"

"we did, but you didn't answer, and then you turned the phone off." Whoops, Sam is going to be mad. I phased and heard a bunch of different people throw a few choice swear words in my direction.

Hey, hey, no need to be nasty now. I thought as everyone's thoughts died down a little. This started another round of swearing until Sam told us to focus.

Izzy

I hoped he wouldn't get in shit for not answering his phone. Whatever was going on it had to be important. I decide to go see Emily as I had not talked to her properly since I left the first time, I wanted go see Kim but I had a feeling that she was still angry at me… I just didn't know why.

I knocked on the front door and it was opened a second later by a distressed looking Emily.

"hey, just thought I'd drop by, but it looks as if you are busy. I'll come back another time." I said quickly, she had little Claire and Rachael over.

"nonsense Iz, come in. make yourself at home."

"thanks Emily." Christy came waddling over to me so I picked her up and twirled her around. Rachael and Claire looked at me with sad eyes.

"uh… hi." I said nervously not liking the strange attention.

"hey." Rachael said quickly turning away. I sat down and took the cup of coffee Emily offered me.

"so how is the pregnancy going Emily?" just after Kim's wedding Emily found out that she was pregnant again, that's why she was sick and couldn't be maid of honor. She wasn't showing yet but I could tell she was excited. Sam and Emily wanted a boy this time.

"um… its good so far, baby is healthy and that's pretty much all we know."

"oh… how far along are you?"

"about 8 weeks. The doctor said I would probably start showing at 12 weeks. So I only have another month to enjoy being skinny." She pouted and sat down. I laughed loudly and so did Rachael.

"Aww well, you may be pregnant, but you'll always be beautiful Emily."

"thanks Izzy. You should have seen me before I had Christy. I swear the doctors thought I was having twins! I was so big. I hope i'm not that fat this time." We laughed and talked some more.

"so where's Kim tonight?" I asked looking around.

"um… she was busy with Jared." Rachael said looking away awkwardly.

"I thought there was some wo- emergency?" I said checking myself when I noticed that Claire was still in the room. Emily and Rachael looked at each other but didn't say anything.

"okay… i'm missing something. Can one of you please tell me what is going on?"

"well… Kim didn't want to come because you're here." Rachael said shuffling uncomfortably and Emily looked at me with sadness in her eyes.

"um… why? What did I do?" I tried not to sound hurt, but I don't think it worked very well because Emily got up and gave me a big hug.

"you didn't do anything honey." She said to me, "Kim just didn't like seeing Embry so hurt when you left, she's his favorite wolf girl other than you. and he is her favorite wolf other than Jared and she loves him like he is her own flesh and blood. None of us liked seeing him hurt, but it was hardest on her. Also I think she is still a little upset that you didn't say goodbye to her before you left. I think she is also afraid that you will leave again"

I didnt know she felt that way. I had to go and apologize to her. I had never thought about how it would affect everyone else. She had every right to be mad, I had only thought about me and Embry. I was so selfish! I fought back the tears that were threatening to break free, and stood up slowly.

"don't cry Izzy! We love you don't be sad." Rachael cried out and ran over to hug me as well.

"i'm gong to go apologize to her. I cant believe I didn't think about everyone when I left!"

"its fine Izzy, really. You thought you were doing what was best for you and Embry. I'm not saying it was, but that is what your heart was telling you." Emily said sitting back down.

"i'm still going to go see her, I need things to be okay with us again."

I nodded and gave them both a kiss on the cheek before heading out to Jared and Kim's. I knocked on the front door and Kim opened it. the smile she was previously wearing fell from her face and she started to glare at me.

"what?" she snapped. I flinched at her coldness. I felt sad when I realized that this was the first time I had seen her since her wedding.

"hi Kim, um… can we talk?"

"sure." She stood in the door way. I guess she didn't want me going inside. I sighed.

"i'm so sorry Kim. I didn't think before I left. I wanted to give Embry a clean break so he would get over me faster. I swear I never meant to hurt him. I love him so much and I thought that I was doing the best thing I could for his sake. Turns out I was wrong." I looked up at her through wet eyelashes. She pursed her lips

"you were wrong." And with that she closed the door in my face. I was shocked. I stumbled backwards and into the rain. I kept walking, I completely ignored my car. I stumbled around letting the tears fall. I had just lost one of my closest friends. I sat down on the wet ground and tilted my head up. I let the rain wash my tears away as they silently kept coming. I loved the rain, because nobody could see me cry, they just thought it was more rain. I put my head in my hands and cried some more.

"Izzy, what are you doing out here? Embry's looking for you." Seth called to me. I didn't move I just kept crying. I heard him come over to me. "Izzy? Are you okay?" he pried my hands away from my face and looked at him. He looked sad and then he started shaking. "Izzy what happened? Did someone hurt you? who was it, i'm going to kill them." he growled through his teeth. I shook my head.

"no one hurt me Seth, i'm fine." I said hiccupping slightly.

"Izzy, your crying. who made you cry? What happened? You can tell me."

"can you take me to Embry please." I whispered. He helped me off the ground walked me back to his place. He supported my full weight the whole way there so all I had to do was lift my feet. When we were walking along the front path I heard the door bang open and something huge and warm ran at me and scooped me up. I inhaled and realized that it was Embry. I put my arms around his neck and hugged him tight.

"don't ever do that to me again babe. I was so worried." Embry said to me and pulled back to look at me. He raised his hand to my face and stroked it gently, he rubbed underneath my eye with his forefinger and said, "you've been crying." I just hugged him again and lay my head on his shoulder. He carried me inside and sat down with me on his lap.

"Jesus christ, your freezing." He muttered and wrapped his big warm arms around me. I started crying again and he rocked me back and forth gently. I cried for a long time, and absolutely soaked his t-shirt as he held me. I started shaking afterwards and the tears eventually stopped. "what happened?" he asked quietly and Jake, Quil and Seth leaned in. I shook my head and stood up. "where are you going?" he asked as I slowly pushed his hands off me.

"to take a shower, i'm cold." I walked to the bathroom and I heard the guys start talking in hurried and rushed voices. i turned the hot water on full and climbed in. it burnt the numbness away as I stood under the powerful spray. I washed and conditioned my hair slowly, giving myself time to warm up. When I got out I wrapped myself in one of their huge fluffy white towels and remembered that I didn't have any clothes. There was a soft knock on the door and Emily was standing there with a set of fresh clean clothes for me.

"thanks." I mumbled and took them. I put on the warms sweats and t-shirt. I toweled my hair dry as best I could and went to go put my wet and dirty clothes in the wash. I decided to put some of the guys clothes on as well, I emptied the basket and padded out to the lounge.

Everyone stopped talking and looked at me when I walked in. I sat on the end of the couch next to Emily and she pulled me into a hug. I leaned into her embrace and sighed. She held me while everyone talked in hushed voices. I fell asleep quickly and when I woke up it was dark, everyone had left and Embry was lifting me up gently. He put me down on his bed and pulled the blankets over me.

"don't leave me." I whispered when he headed in the direction of the door.

"oh sorry babe. I didn't mean to wake you, go back to sleep."

"please don't leave me." I repeated. He came and slid into the bed next to me. I snuggled into his arms and kissed his bare chest. He wrapped his arms around me effectively engulfing me in his warmth. "I love you." I told him when he kissed my head.

"I love you too baby. No go to sleep, you must be exhausted." I sighed and quickly fell asleep in his arms.

I woke up and Embry was snoring softly next to me. He looked so peaceful. I stared at him for awhile not wanting to move, because I was so warm. I ran my hand gently along his cheek bones, over his lips and chin and down onto his chest. I cocked my head to one side and looked at the way his chest muscles contracted when I touched them. I looked up and saw him staring at me with a smirk on his gorgeous lips.

"having fun there?" he asked with a small chuckle.

"I was actually, but you ruined the moment." I gave him a jab in the side and only hurt my finger. He didn't even move!

"well, don't let me stop you." he said giving me a small kiss. I pulled myself up so I was level with him and kissed him again. he pulled away ever so slightly, our lips still grazing, and whispered "so… what happened yesterday?" I rolled over and away from him. I didn't want to think about how much Kim hated me, because whenever I though about that, I couldn't help but think of all the pain I caused Embry when I left. he moved closer to me so we were spooning and wrapped his arm around my waist. He kissed behind my ear.

"why wont you tell me?" he whispered in my ear leaving a trail of hot kisses down my neck.

"because I-" I trailed off as he nibbled at my neck lightly. I loved the feeling of his teeth on my skin.

"because why?"

"because I don't want to talk about it." I breathed.

"please?" oh god! He was pleading with me now.

"I had a big fight with Kim."

"and…?" he said quietly still kissing my skin.

"and she hates me now."

"what?!" he said loudly as he sat up.

"you heard me." I said looking down, feeling the tears coming back.

"i'm sorry Iz, don't cry. Just tell me what happened."

"I went to Emily's yesterday and I asked why Kim wasn't there with her and Rachael, and they told me it was because I was there. they told me it was because she hated seeing you so hurt when I left. I went around there to apologize for being an ass and she shut the door in my face."

"she what?!" he yelled. He was starting to shake now and I didn't want him to phase so I hurried over to i'm and put my hands on the sides of his face.

"Embry, calm down. Please baby, calm down… for me." His shaking slowed until it was only his hands. I kissed him on the head and he put his hands on my lower back.

"i'm sorry, I just got a little mad. How could se do that to you? I thought you guys were really close friends?"

"its not her fault Embry. Its mine, I left and now I have to put up with the consequences. And I thought we were close friends too, but I hurt someone she cares for a lot, and even though they may have forgiven me she hasn't. I can understand where she is coming from. I would probably do the same thing if it was the other way around."

"I have forgiven you so she should have too."

"you cant force her Embry. Hopefully she will come round. I just have to give it time." I looked down and let go of his face. he pulled my chin up and smiled.

"her loss. Have I told you how amazing you are?" he said giving me a quick kiss.

"no… no I don't believe you have." I giggled.

"well… you are the most amazing person I have, and will ever meet. I love you so much."

"Aww, I love you too honey bun."

"honey bun?" he raised an eyebrow.

"don't like it? would you prefer to go back to wolfie?"

"no I don't like honey bun and I don't like wolfie, although it is more manly than honey bun. How about… all mighty strong man?"

"hmm, not quite wolfie."

"ugh, I don't like wolfie…" he whined.

"well, your stuck with it until I can find a more suitable nickname."

"fine but I get to call you… sexy ass, until then."

"sexy ass? That is really degrading you know."

"sorry cutie pie." There was a loud rumble of thunder and I flinched into Embry. He laughed loudly.

"so your super sexy boyfriend is a vampire killing werewolf and your afraid of a little thunder?"

"ha ha ha, your so funny." I got out of bed and went to the toilet. Embry was pulling on some grey sweats when I walked in. he grabbed my hand and we went out to get some breakfast.

Seth was up and making huge breakfast burritos. He smiled and put two plates in front of us when we sat down.

"thanks Seth." Embry said taking a huge bite out of one of his three burritos. I looked at mine for a second before leaning back in my seat.

"sorry Izzy, do you want something else?" Seth asked looking sad.

"no thanks Seth, i'm not hungry that's all." He smiled and went back to making his own food. Embry was staring at me with a curious look on his face.

"what?" I snapped at him.

"why aren't you eating?"

"because i'm not hungry okay."

"eat something please." He asked quietly, out of the corner of my eye I saw Seth glance over at us and then pretend like we weren't there. he was trying not to interfere for which I was grateful.

"i'm not hungry." I hissed through my teeth.

"when was the last time you ate?" he asked me, his voice getting louder.

"not now Embry." I said as I got up and walked out. I got my clothes from the day before out of the dryer and locked myself in the bathroom. I took another shower and tried not to think about how mad Embry would be. He worried about me and my eating habits, but I really didn't care about my own health.