"Lacey, I thought you knew." I replied earnestly.
"Thats not possible." Lacey muttered in a daze, shaking her head.
After a ten second silence Lacey broke it.
"Excuse me." She whispered heading out the door.
"Lacey! Wait!" I called running after her.
I quickly caught up to her and grabbed her wrist, turning her so she was facing me.
"Whats wrong?" I asked softly.
"Your wrong. You didn't imprint on me, its impossible." Lacey started to ramble on hyperentilating a little bit.
"Shhh. Calm down, Lacey Mae." I cooed gently cupping her face in my hands and forcing her to look at me.
Her green eyes were filled with unshed tears and she was clearly freaked out.
"Why would it be impossible for me to imprint on you?" I asked softly.
"You won't understand, you can't understand! I'm going home." Lacey sobbed running off again but before I could follow her, a loud crack filled the air and she was gone.
*two months later*
Lacey was killing me!
She decided to ignore the imprint and refused to speak to anyone but her aunt, the Cullens, and teachers.
Claire, who was now living with Emily and Sam, was starting to have the dreams Lacey had mentioned once.
The dreams were actually memories from Claire's old life and apparently it started at the end, for she woke up demanding to see Lacey positive that she had drowned.
Embry had cornered Lacey one time and demanded that she talk to Claire.
Lacey had hesitated and it was clear she missed the little girl, but refused, saying that Max was available.
Max was currently staying with the demon twins, Mitzi and Drew.
How he could stand them was a mystery to me.
When we asked him to help, he answered in the nicest way, for him:
"What the Abyss do you want ME to do?!"
The entire pack was feeling the effects of Lacey refusing the imprint.
Embry because how difficult it was to live with her when she was...well, we weren't entirely sure what was wrong.
When she was mad at him before, he couldn't walk through the house without exiting with an egg on his head or something if that nature.
Now, she never did anything, she was just there. At least that was what Embry said.
Me because my imprint didn't want to see me. It's probably the worst feeling I have ever felt.
Quil because Claire was starting to go into 'depression fits' where she would just sit on her bed and cry.
Leah because Lacey and her had a sort of friendship which was just freaky to the rest of us since Leah usually to an immediate dislike to any imprint, even little Claire.
Everyone else because they were stuck doing patrols with one of us making them depressed also.
And another thing, after Jacob learned about the wedding, he disappeared, ran off to somewhere in Canada.
All in all, it had not been a good two months for us werewolves.
I walked into Emily and Sam's house after another failed attempt to see Lacey.
Sitting at the table, I laid my head on it and groaned.
"I told you it wouldn't work." Paul said, I could pratically hear the smirk in his voice.
Then-
"Hey! Claire, watch where you throw spoons!" Paul moaned.
"Be nice to Sethie!" She yelled.
I looked up and watched as she stomped her foot, crossing her arms.
Rolling my eyes at the little girl, the phone started to ring and Sam answered it.
"Hello?" Sam asked.
He suddenly became rigid and he narrowed his eyes.
"How?" Sam demanded angrily.
The other person was talking again.
"What was she doing there in the first place?!" Sam looked like he was going to explode.
"We're coming." Sam growled.
"Whats wrong?" I asked once he hung up.
"Lacey, she's hurt." Sam said with sympathy.
"What's wrong? Where is she?!"
"She's at the Cullens. She's in a coma."
After Sam said that, I had burst out the door phased and relayed the horrible news not exactly willingly to Leah, Quil, Embry, Collin, and Brady before Paul and Sam phased.
How is that possible?!- Quil
You had JUST seen her!- Leah
Why do you think he's so mad Leah?!- Collin
Wait, Seth, you never actually saw Lacey- Embry
So?- me
She could have crawled out her bedroom window before, she did it when she was thirteen all the time- Embry
But why?- Brady
We can add that to a list of questions to ask her when she wakes up. Now, shut up and go to the Cullens for gods sake!- Sam
We ran through the rain and quickly phased before entering the clearing where the Cullens, minus Edward and Bella who had left to go on their honeymoon, were standing looking grim.
"Where's Lacey?" I asked worriedly.
"In the study, I have to warn you though, she isn't in the best of conditions." Carlisle warned.
"Newsflash, she's in a freaking coma!" Embry exclaimed.
"He means," Rosalie said with distaste, "she has a broken leg, bruised ribs, and a rather extensive list of other injuries.
The meer thoughts of Lacey injured was enough to make me start losing control.
"Calm down, Seth. We're all worried about Lace." Embry whispered trying to get me to calm down.
Surprisingly it worked.
When we walked into the study my heart plummeted.
Lacey looked so small, frail, and fragile in the hospital bed filled with pillows.
Her skin was an unhealthy paste color and her leg was in a sling attached to the ceiling.
I sank into a chair next to the bed, close to tears.
I grabbed one of her small hands and pressed it to my cheek, tears streaming now.
Everyone slowly left but I stayed until I fell asleep in the small uncomfortable chair.
A/N:
Hey! Guess what? I'm not dead!
Yeah, sorry for the long wait...but I had a lot going on.
Once school starts I'll be able to update better.
I always work better when I have a schedule and a tiny breaks to write in my notebook.
Odd, but true.