The explanation of my people left me gasping. I wanted someone to just come out and say "just kidding".

It had took me hours to phase—I hate that word—back. Sam had to coax me, but since I was so angry with him for what he did, it took longer than usual.

Some dude named Paul gave me some clothes and I took it thankfully. Although, he forgot the shirt, I still gritted my teeth and put it on. It was better than nothing.

I glared at each of the boys, all of which looked familiar. I realized that these were those porn-shop guys, I was a little relieved to know that Sam indeed did not just have half-naked guys running around, because he liked it. I guess none of them owned a shirt. Maybe that's why Paul grew accustomed to just giving me cargo shorts

But learning that they were all werewolves, just like...me...and Sam, I figured the least clothes the better.

"Ben..." Sam addressed, not looking at me "I'm sorry I kicked you out...I was trying to...keep you from this"

My brain finally put two and two together, and realized my younger brother was trying to protect me. He wanted me to leave this place...and now it was too late, I should've gotten the message and left.

"It's okay, Sam" I reassured, when his face faltered a bit "I'm fine. Really."

"No, you're not" Paul grunted "When you first phase, nothing is just fine."

Sam narrowed my eyes at him "Paul!" ."

"It's alright, Paul, this is not fine. But I'm going to pretend that it is"

"Your call" Paul allowed, turning away to scratch his head before saying "Hey, Jerr, " He looked at the other boy who looked impatient, as if he wanted to get this over with "Wanna go to the beach?"

Jared looked at Paul for a second before nodding to him and back at me in his way of welcoming me, and took off after him in supernatural speed. I admired his perfect form in running.

"Well, Sam's brother, huh?" One of the younger looking boys said, eying me "Nice to meet you, Uley"

"Ben" I corrected, my finger raised. I hated being called Uley, mostly because it was my father's name

The boy introduced himself as Brady and his other rowdy friend as Collin, I memorized them and gave them a bullshit smile. They returned it and left the scene racing each other to the beach, I guess.

I was left to trail my gaze on my younger brother, who was now equal in height, weight and strength. I felt way more superior, that since we were physically intact, I still had the upper hand of being older than him. Only by a year and half, though...but still.

He gave me a nod to the other children standing behind him, looking awkward. I raised an eyebrow and allowed the introduction process to begin again.

I continued on to meeting the six other younger wolves; Rafe, Kyle, Ryan, Jason, Tyler and Nick- all of which were now freshmen in high school. I felt some sort of sympathy for them, they were only kids, and here they are, giants who can transform into mythical creatures. Life was just not fair.

Despite the terrible things to have befallen on them, I learned about how they were as people. Tyler was a jokester, but Nick was the quiet timid one; Rafe was intellectually ahead, while Ryan remained a little dense. And ultimately, Jason loved rap and Kyle lived and breathed heavy metal.

All different personalities brought together by a super natural binding, and despite their differences, they came off as the best of friends.

I smiled at their play, apparently, they had bad anger issues, so they often resorted to a game of tackling. Yeah. Tackling.

Beats me.

"But, Lily's not here" Rafe smiled, pondering at the thought "She's probably asleep, somewhere"

"Lilly?" I questioned "Isn't that a girl's name...?"

Kyle snickered "Duh."

I exchanged a glance with Sam, who explained that girls have phased before, although very rare. When I asked why he used the plural, Sam's mouth tightened and spoke Leah's name and that was when my body began to freeze.

"Leah?" I raised one angry eyebrow

Sam sighed "Yes. Leah's a wolf"

"What the-"

"I know I didn't tell you right away or anything, but I wasn't concentrated on telling you who is who, alright? I just, I didn't think you'd-"

"Whatever" I shrugged.

I shook my head at Sam who was observing me with an intense look, I rolled my eyes and walked away, he caught up with me and placed a hand on my arm.

"Ben" he looked at me, tragedy masked his expression "I'm so sorry...I really-"

"Dude" I put my hand up "It's okay, chill"

Sam rolled his eyes, but smiled "Okay? I guess you're hungry. While we go get some food, you have to tell me what happened, alright?"

"Sure, why not?"

I followed after his footsteps, cutting the trail and taking a short cut, through the woods. I told him everything. About getting lost, Bart drowning. The hospital. The strange blond man who made me so mad.

"Bloodsucker" Sam said under his voice, before looking at me "It's his fault you phased"

"Who?" I furrowed my eyebrow

"Carlisle Cullen...Ben, our kind morph when we come into contact with a vampire..." Sam explained carefully

"Vampire?" I nearly croaked "Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?"

Sam sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I have so much to tell you"

We walked in silence until I was greeted by Emily, who ultimately sensed what had happened. I was now towering over her in the same way Sam was, I saw how much love in his eyes were projected onto her. All I saw was a scowl on hers.

It made me wonder. "Hey, Sam" I asked, while chowing down on something delicious "Whatever happened to Le-"

Sam coughed intentionally before he could finish my sentence, I looked to Emily but she wasn't listening, she was cooking something with tense effort, I looked back at Sam who was glowering at me

"Dude, shut up" he said, lowly. I noticed Emily still couldn't hear. I mimicked his tone.

"I'm not going too" I made sure she hadn't heard "What happened to Leah?"
Sam huffed glancing back at Emily "I imprinted on Emily..."

"You what—?"

"Imprint" He repeated, more firmly.

I nearly gagged. I remembered the story of imprinting that was just told to me a few minutes ago, Sam had told me everything about my pack. Regeneration, telepathy...imprinting.

"So...what happened to Leah?"

"I couldn't be with her anymore" he said, chugging on his chocolate milk "I belong to Emily, now"

My mind struggled to think of what he meant "But where is Leah?"

"She's around" Sam shrugged. I could tell he was trying so very hard not to concentrate on her, I could see pain seep through his soul

I didn't push the subject anymore, though it troubled me to think of what happened. Apparently, Sam imprinted on Emily for a while and when I last left him, which was two years ago, he was happily in love with Leah. I couldn't do the math. They weren't headed in a destructive end.

Until I realized. Sam phased and must of imprinted on Leah's cousin...and he belonged to Emily . . . Leaving Leah in the ditch.

I nearly threw-up when I realized "You broke up with Leah for her!" I yelled, pointing to Emily. Who in turn spun around to meet my eyes. Her own were soft, slight embarrassment clouding. Sam punched me

"Shut the fuck up, man!" he screeched

I hated myself for it, but I couldn't help but compare. Leah ...the last time I saw her, was extraordinarily beautiful. Thick eyelashes, curved eyes, high cheekbones. She was slim, a little skinny for me...but she was at total babe. I mean, every guy was crushing on her at one point in their life, not even deniable

But Emily was shorter. She wasn't quite as skinny, she was still very beautiful, but she didn't compare to Leah. I tried to disregard her scars but they kept adding to the overall score. Was Sam an idiot? It wasn't so much physical preference, but Sam was in love with Leah! How do you just leave someone like that?

"It's okay" Emily's voice said, a strain on them. She walked to me and smiled, and instantly I felt bad for my outburst. I apologized to her and Sam and continued eating my food.

Sam glowered at me throughout the meal, he watched as Emily excused herself from the table only to run upstairs and close her bedroom door. I flinched from the impact it made.

"Sorry..." I mumbled

Sam groaned and kicked the table. "Thanks a lot man. Thanks"

"I'm sorry. I was just wondering what happened. I mean, why did you leave Leah? You guys were in love!"

"I imprinted. I told you already, I don't see anyone but her, okay?"

"You broke up with Leah, because you...imprinted on her cousin?"

"Yes," Sam rolled his eyes.

"And you left her, t-to pursue her cousin?"

"Yes" Sam repeated, annoyed, whimpering for me to shut up

"Her cousin?" I attempted to clarify "Dude, that's so fucked up"

"Yes, I know. I try not to remind her of it, so can you like, not bring that up?"

I was too disgusted to hear what he was saying "How can you do that to Leah?"

"It was unintentional. I didn't do it on purpose"

"Still. I mean, come on. Leah must have been pissed"

Sam didn't comment

"I mean, dude. How could you? I mean I know you didn't want to...But couldn't you like ignore it? How can you love someone if you don't even know who they-"

"Imprinting" Sam growled "It's out of my control-"

"No, it is in your control. You're the one who gave-"

"Enough!" Sam bellowed "You have never imprinted. You don't know how hard I tried to fight it, but I couldn't, okay?"

I shrugged it off "So where is Leah now?"

Before Sam could blissfully ignore my question, Paul came barging in with Jared following after him, they were obviously hungry,

"Food's in the fridge" Sam mumbled, walking away to probably patch things up with Emily. I didn't regret my words. Sam obviously caused a lot of pain, and Emily didn't seem as deserving as Leah did in my eyes. I mean, obviously, she loved him. But she took him from her cousin, I wondered if Emily resisted as much as Sam claims he did.

I finished my food, but continued to sit there. A couple of the guys asked me questions about where I'm from, school-wise. Some U-dub fans (Jared) were kinda pissed that I attended State. We got into a heated discussion about college basketball. Talked about cars, though I had nothing to add to that conversation. It ended in laughs.

I started to like these guys, Paul was little up front, but he was humorous. Jared was sarcastic and somewhat of a smart mouth, but it worked perfectly together. Also, Collin and Brady were childish and immature, but they always put a smile on my face.

After a couple seconds of silence, my burning curiosity to find more about Leah jabbed on further until I finally asked where she was. No one seemed to answer. Paul was chomping on food, Jared's eyes were glued to the basketball game and Collin and Brady were playing an intense game of slaps.
I repeated my question, and when no answer became apparent I realized they were intentionally ignoring me. I confirmed that they must be a little uneasy on that subject, despite my questioning, I didn't persist farther.

"So, I guess you're gonna have the meet the other pack" Jared started "They need to know if there's a new wolf on the rez"

"Yeah" Paul agreed "Someone unknown will pose a threat. We gotta talk to Sam"

"Where is he?" Collin asked, a mouth full of food

"Uh...he's with Emily"

All four of the boys groaned inwardly "I'm out" Paul grunted while dashing out with the others, I didn't get it, but I followed after.

I noticed they were headed to the beach for a good old fashioned cliff dive, I ran eagerly. I hadn't cliff dived in years. They saw my eyes and invited me in, I ran and jumped as far as I could. The adrenaline rush was enough to send me flying into another realm. I felt free. And because of this werewolf stuff, I was able to jump farther and longer . . and I dived deep enough to allow the water flow through my hair. The coolness on my skin was amazing. I sighed in ecstasy when I reached the top. Just the kind of release I needed.

I climbed my way to cliffs, and together we jumped off about a million times before we rested, laughing a little. It was the middle of the day and five humongous soaping wet guys were cackling at the beach, surprisingly that invited people over.

Folks from all over came, girls especially. Jared and Paul showed no interest, but Collin and Brady obviously made their moves. I felt discouraged. These were high school girls, and I was going to be a junior in college this fall. There was no way I'd flirt without feeling perverted.

I moped around, a few words lingering in the air as I conversed with Paul and Jared, we watched the young boys flirt and laugh stupidly with those dumb blonds from Forks. I nearly gagged at how slutty the younger generation of girls have become.

"Just think Paul" Jared said "That was us two years ago"

"I know, man" Paul laughed "I'm glad I got Rach"

Jared nodded "Kim" he said, smiling to himself. I raised an eyebrow. I knew Jared and Paul imprinted, but learning the names made me feel more connected to this wolf world.

"What's it like to imprint?" I asked, curiously. Vaguely remembering Sam's words.

"The most amazing thing in the world" Paul hummed, I haven't seen him so relaxed in all that I've known him of two hours.

"I mean...can you fight it?"

Jared looked at me in mock horror "Hell no. You can't. It's impossible"

I nodded my head in understanding, I guess Sam wasn't using an excuse to break Leah's heart. Though it did seem wrong to me, still.

"Do you have a choice?" I continued

Both of the boys shook there head in synchronization, I looked down. Imprinting had it's perks, but getting your choices taken didn't seem so appealing

"It may sound bad..." Paul said, sensing my disapproval "But if you do, you won't think about choices"

I almost wanted to argue, but I didn't. I guess when imprinting happened, you had no hope but to fall in love with the one you're destined to be with.

"Has an imprintee ever denied an imprinter?" I asked

"Imprintee?" Paul laughed "And yes. They deny all the time. You can't have an imprint without denial"

"True" Jared said "But it always works out in the end"

"Did Emily resist Sam? Or the other way around?"

Paul and Jared looked at each other for a second, thinking about whether to tell me or not, I guess.

"Er...yea" Jared said "Of course they did."

"It caused some shit though" Paul said, sadly

"Leah?"

They both nodded

"More than that" Jared added

"Like what?"

Jared gritted his teeth "Sometimes it's dangerous hanging out with werewolves"
"And when one is angry, they explode, as you know" Paul added

"And when they become really angry because their really young, things happen. And you can't really blame anyone"

"Where are you getting at?"

"We're telling you, that no matter what happens, imprint relationships always work. No matter-"

"Something happened between Sam and Emily?" I noted

"Yeah..." Paul allowed

I raised an eyebrow "Like what?"

They both ignored me, and I continued to jab them with questions. I wanted to know now. It was like juicy gossip for a teenage girl, how could I refuse not knowing? It was obviously troublesome.

"Emily's scars were a result of rejecting an imprint" Paul spit, looking away

I cleared my throat "What? She got mauled by a bear because she re-"

I cut midway. A sick feeling began to form at the base of my stomach, I gagged. Was he serious? Sam would never. I began to cover my mouth in disgust for my brother. A lot of shit has happened around him while I was gone

"Wow" I commented , my voice in monotone, not willing to risk my emotion in my speech "He breaks Leah's heart and fucks Emily's face up? What kind of brother do I-"

"It isn't his fault" Jared defended "He imprinted unintentionally and he got pissed when Emily denied him, he was young, he could-"

"Then who's fault is it?" I sneered "Emily's? Because she's a good cousin and rejected Sam for the good of Leah?"

"No..." Paul said "She should of never told him-"

"As far as I'm concerned, Emily has a choice" I nearly cried, my opinionated views couldn't contain themselves. Mom always said they hardly ever could. "It isn't her fault that some random ass maniac imprinted on her. Maybe she didn't want to be with Sam. Maybe she didn't want to betray her cousin. Did she really deserve to get her face-"

"Look, it doesn't matter" Jared cut in "They're together and happy, alright?"

"Yeah, but Emily and Sam are polar opposites" I noted. Emily seemed like the quiet girl in the corner who enjoyed sentimental thing like poetry, whereas Sam was rude, wild and popular. He was good in school, but he didn't give his two cents among the intellectually inclined. He just wanted to play football. "They would've never even considered each other before this whole imprint thing-"

"Maybe, maybe not" Paul said, calmly. Trying to not lose his temper.

"Imprinting is disgusting" I added "It pairs people who don't deserve to be with each other, it breaks hearts"

"It is true love" Jared nearly hissed

"Really?" I pushed "And who is Kim? Without imprinting, would you even think of being with her?"

Jared didn't answer, instead he narrowed his eyes and looked towards the sand, trembling slightly. I took that as a no.

I decided that imprinting wasn't as cracked up as it was supposed to be. Emily didn't deserve Sam, and Sam didn't deserve Emily. Leah didn't deserve the crap she was inflicted on. And Emily didn't deserve to have her face tore up. By looking at all the damage, I never wanted to imprint.

We sat there in silence, I trusted my words had left a nice effect. I wanted to storm out and possible slap the shit out of my little brother for all the crap that he's caused. But I restrained myself, instead, I laid my head in the sand and waited for the cool shadow to approach us.

"C'mon Ben" Sam ordered "You got to meet Jacob's pack"

I squinted my eyes to see the he figure not so far from me, I flipped to standing and asked him who the fuck Jacob was. He didn't answer

Okay, I'm getting tired of being ignored.

I'm going to be at a summer camp for the next week and won't be back until next weekend/Fourth of July...so I thought what the hell! I might as well post it early :)
Hope you're having a great summer guys!