Before we get started, I'd like to say thank you BUNCHES to all those awesome people that reviewed! That's what really inspired me to update this third chapter now. DIGITAL WAFFLES TO YOU ALL!

Okay, like I said earlier: This takes place a whole year later. This chapter is kind of long, but it was one of my favorites. And, at least to me, It's kind of suspenseful. ANYWAYZ! Enjoy!

~SashaFierce12.0

Chapter 3

One Year Later

Leah's P.o.V.

I took a deep breath as I exited the doors of Seattle-Tacoma Airport.

I wonder where he is…? I thought. By 'he', I mean Seth. It was him that had called her aunt with the horrible news of my dad's heart attack. When I heard, I had jumped on the phone right away, surprising Seth. Of course he was surprised; he hadn't heard from me in over a year. However, that didn't matter to me; all that mattered was if my dad was okay.

I had hopped on the earliest plane that there was to get back here…And…

Here I am!

Waiting for my very late baby-bro. I had been standing there for half an hour, when all of a sudden I spotted him in my dad's old pick-up. I smiled sadly. When he saw me, he about jumped out of the still moving car, and ran towards me with lightning speed.

Oh, did I mention my brother phased the same time I did a year ago?

Seth pulled me in a bone crushing hug.

"Yeah…Missed you, too, Baby-Bro," I said. "But could you do me a favor and not kill me?" Seth laughed, and set me down. Now I had an actual chance to look at him. "Dang! You're taller than me! Guess you're not the baby anymore, huh?" Seth smiled.

"Yup!" he looked at my three suitcases. "Here, I'll help you put these in the car." Then, he lifted the three of them—which, by the way, had to weigh at least ten thousand pounds apiece—and set them in the back seat of the truck. Then he opened my door for me, and helped me sit down.

"Awww…You are such the gentleman! Must be driving the ladies wild, right?" I exclaimed with a smirk. I swore I saw him blush a little. Then we pulled out of the parking lot.

The ride home was really quiet. It was just me trying not to fall asleep (I didn't want jetlag), and Seth bobbing his head to some new song by Lady Gaga. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore and turned down the music. Seth glanced at me.

"H-how is he?" I asked nervously. Seth started to shake, and I put my hand on his shoulder. He glanced at me again and stopped shaking instantly.

"Carlisle—you know the doctor-vamp?—says he's hanging in there," he answered. "But…" He stared out at the road, and his eyes glossed over a little bit.

"'But' what?" I asked. I felt a tear slide down my cheek, and quickly wiped it away. I hadn't done it in a year, and I wasn't going to start now.

"But…He doesn't have much hope," Seth's voice broke a little. "Two weeks, tops."

All of a sudden, I felt sick to my stomach. "Seth, pull over."

"What? I can't just—" I looked at him.

"Just do it!" I yelled. He pulled over by some trees, and I flew out of the car. When I hit the ground, I emptied the horrid airplane food out of my stomach and into the grass. When I thought I was done, I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand, and climbed back in the truck.

"You okay, Lee?" Seth asked me, moving my (still short) hair out of my face. I nodded stiffly, and he continued back down the road.

It was about an hour later when we pulled up to the familiar red-brick house. I couldn't help but smile a little.

"Hey. Mom and the pack—you remember? Sam, Jake, Embry, Quil, Paul, Jared, Brady, and Collin?—don't know that you're here. Why don't we make it a surprise?" He asked, his pearly white smile showing the whole time. Then it dropped a few inches. "Unless…You're still feeling a little sick?" I shook my head.

"It's okay. Here, I'll go in through the back, and you just go through the front, okay?" he nodded and did as he was told. With my heightened hearing—I was still a werewolf—I could hear laughter. I ran around to the back of the house and opened the back door quietly.

"Oh, guys," I heard Seth say. "Come to the kitchen. I have a surprise for you." I ran my hands through my hair and looked at my reflection in the kitchen mirror to make sure I was presentable. The laughter got louder, and then suddenly stopped. I turned around and sixteen pairs of wide eyes stared back at me. I gave them all weak jazz hands.

"Surprise."

It was silent for a real long time, until my mom walked in the door.

"What's going on in…" she trailed off when she saw me. Then she dropped the grocery bags in her hands, which seemed to make everyone else break out of their trance. Mom hurried towards me, tears streaming down her face. "Oh my…" she didn't even finish because she was crying so hard. She hugged me, her body heaving and shaking the whole time. I just stood there, not knowing what to do with my hands, because I knew that if I gave in and hugged her, I would break down, too. And I wasn't going to do that, not after all this time. Finally, she pulled away, but she kept her hands in mine. I just looked at her. "Oh, look at you. You've changed so much!" then she gasped. "Oh, your hair!" I blew my bangs out of my face through the side of my mouth and looked down. After I had cut it, I had kept it short. Sure, I hadn't phased in the year I was gone, but I had learned to love my shortened hair. But Mom knew that I had cut it I left—about two months after I first phased and my life went downhill—and she had seen it. Mom was talking about the color. Instead of keeping it the usual raven black that ran in my family, I had dyed it brown…The color of Hershey kisses, my favorite. She shook her head and hugged me tightly again.

"Uhh…Mom? Don't mean to rush you or anything, but…We kind of have a little audience, here," I gestured to the shirtless guys behind her. She laughed, and turned around.

"Well, guys? Don't just stand there, hug your sister!" Mom exclaimed. I kind of cringed at being referred to as 'sister' between all of the other guys. I had only one brother, and his name was Seth. I smiled, nonetheless.

Embry, Quil, and Jared came to me first. Embry picked me up and kissed my head. "Missed you, Shorty!" he said. Quil and Jared joined in. It was worse than Seth's hug.

"Guys? It's getting hard to breathe!" The three laughed, and set me down. Quil ruffled my hair.

Since Collin and Brady were obviously new, I greeted them with handshakes. And Paul was…Well, Paul was Paul. He said a quick 'hey,' then went back to the couch to watch the game. That left…Oh, no. The only two people I dreaded seeing when I came back.

Jacob and Sam.

Sam just kind of looked at me, and then walked out the back door. Then I turned to Jake…

And the whole world stopped.

It was as if everyone else in the world had disappeared, and it was just me and him.

Just me and Jake.

He was looking at me with his big brown eyes, and his jaw kind of went slack. Then, as if breaking out of trance, he jumped.

"Awww, this is just fricken' craptastic," he said, and then ran out the same door Sam had gone out of. I stood rooted to my spot, still trying to figure out what had just happened. I turned around and stared at the door, which was still swinging helplessly.

"Whoa…" Seth said. "Did you realize what just happened?" he asked excitedly. "Jake just…" his excitement went down. "Jake just…And you…" His smile turned to a frown. He started to shake, and then he ran out of the house. Dang, what was it with the guys and running out of houses for goodness' sakes?

I turned and looked at the leftover guys and my mother.

"What the heck just happened?" I asked, still confused. It was starting to give me a headache. Jared smiled at me.

"Jake just found his soul mate," he said.

"Okay! Jacob, the-man-of-many-promises-that-he-shouldn't-make-because-he-can't-keep-them, found his soul mate! Whoop-de-fricken'-doo! But what does this have to do with him and Seth just randomly storming out of my house?" My mom came up to me and placed her hand on my shoulder.

"Because, Leah…" she began. "His soul mate…Is you. Jacob just imprinted. On you."

And...There it is! I hoped you guys liked this one! Remember to Review! I'll try to have the next chapter up this week. I most likely will...I have way too much free time!

~SashaFierce12.0