Disclaimer: I do not own the amazing characters or marvelous places from Stephanie Meyer's the Twilight Saga however I do own my characters and plot line of this story such as Zoe, Liam, their mom, and what other character you peoples don't recognize.

Chapter 12

Holy shit my head hurts. What the hell happened last night and why is there a flamingo in my toilet?

Oh god...please tell me Embry's wearing clothes…

*Yesterday*

After I dropped Jacob off at his house, I basically broke about ten laws by speeding back to my house in order to get ready for school. I chose a simple belted shadow blue tunic and a pair of skinnies. I used extra concealer and put my wavy hair up in a high ponytail which I accessorized with a black headband and matching flats. I quick grabbed my bag and shut my door behind me.

"Actually going to school today are we?" Catherine said. I glared at her until Xena came in and hugged me tightly.

"So are you staying for the party tonight?" She asked. I tilted my head to the side slightly confused.

"Remember…the party…for the end of school? Please tell me you remember!" She whined.

"Yeah. Unless other plans come up, I'll be here. I was actually kind of hoping to hang out with Jake later."

"Aww! That's so cute! Zoe's got a herself a wittle boy fwiend!" Z said pinching my cheeks painfully. I pushed her off and said goodbye to everyone then made my way to school. I only stayed long enough to say goodbye to all my friends and get their signatures in my yearbook before I ditched and drove down to La Push.

"Billy!" I yelled in a weird/excited voice bursting through his front door.

"Zoe!" I heard him yell back in his own version of the tone I used. I skipped to the kitchen and found him trying to make himself a cup of coffee.

"Don't you have school still?" He said with his eyes narrowed.

"Maybe." I said innocently. He rolled his eyes and took a sip of his coffee.

"You're lucky you're so cute." He said whacking my thigh with the newspaper.

"I know. Hey, what time does Jake come home?" I asked.

"His car has been giving him trouble lately so he has to walk home so it's going to take him longer to get here."

"What about his motorcycle? Why can't he use that?"

"He's been really hesitant to use it nowadays." I nodded and the most perfect idea popped into my head.

"What time does he get out?"

"In about five minutes, why?" I took my keys out of my pocket and fiddled with them in my hand.

"Oh no reason, I'll…be back soon." I kissed his cheek and said goodbye. I hope I still remember where the old high school is…

I smiled to myself and did a small triumphant dance as I pulled into the parking lot at the school I used to attend and to my surprise, Quil and Embry were standing out front.

"Hey guys!" I yelled pulling up.

"Zo!" What are you doing here?" Embry said coming up to my window and kissing me on the cheek.

"I'm here to pick up Jake. Any idea where he is?"

"I think he…oh never mind. He's over there. Yo Jake! Get your butt over here!" Embry yelled waving Jake towards us. He seemed confused but shook it off and jogged over to my car.

"What's up?" He said plainly.

"I came to pick you up. Is there anything wrong with that?" I asked confused at his coldness towards me.

"No. I'll see you guys later." He said as he seemingly hesitantly got into my car. I waved at them and drove off.

"So what was that about?" I asked him while focusing on the road.

"What was what about?" He said emotionless.

"This is seriously getting old Jake. I know that something's up and I'm going to find out what it is soon so stop trying to hide whatever it is from me. What is it? Are you taking drugs? Selling your body? Having an affair with Bella?" I started to question.

"Jesus Zo! I'm not doing any of that but even I was, it would be none of your business." I rolled my eyes and deeply regretted coming here.

We pulled into his driveway and he reached for the handle to open the door but stopped when he realized that I wasn't moving.

"Are you coming or not?" Jake asked annoyed.

"Why would I? It's obvious you don't want to be around me again for some strange reason." I said.

"Whatever." He said opening the door.

"Is this really how it's going to be Jake?" I said sadly to myself as he slammed the door shut. I watched him walk up to his front door and then turn back towards my direction but I just skid out of his driveway and back on the road. He's such a douche.

But whatever, I'm over it. Instead of just going home, l chose to go see what's going on at Emily's place. I drove all the way out here so why not? As I arrived, I noticed that everyone was gathered outside of her house in what seemed like their bathing suits.

"Do I want to know?" I asked smiling slamming my door behind me and walking towards them.

"We're all going cliff diving for an end-of-the-school-year thing." Embry said after walking up to me and hugging me tightly.

"Sounds fun."

"You want in?" He said raising his eyebrows.

"I don't know. I don't even have a suit with me."

"I'll grab you one of Em's. Please!"

"Ugh! Fine but I'm not jumping."

"Oh yes you are!" He yelled as he jogged inside to get me a suit. When he came back, he had a skimpy little blue bikini in his hands.

"What is this Embry? Buttfloss?" I said holding up to my body.

"Just go put it on and stop complaining." He said pushing me in the door.

"Bleh!" I whined.

"Bleh to you too!" Embry said closing the door behind him. After I put the buttfloss and tiny top on, I checked myself in the mirror. This thing doesn't cover anything! I think Embry planned this. That little perv…

"Whoa…" Embry said as I jogged out wearing the little suit with a pair of tiny shorts and an open zip up hoodie.

"Don't say anything. We going or what?" I asked putting my hands on my hips. Sam nodded and we started to walk to the cliffs.

"I really shouldn't have worn these shoes…" I mumbled to myself as I tripped over the tenth rock already. I heard someone sigh and surely enough, I was now on Embry's back.

"Thanks." I said wrapping my arms around him.

"No problem. Now we can actually get there sometime this year." Embry said quickening his pace to an inhuman speed along with the others.

"How the hell are you running so fast?" I asked from his back.

"I'm just awesome like that." He said not panting for air at all. Okay, that sounds dirty…

"Sure, sure."

We arrived at the cliffs and Emily started to set up a blanket with a giant picnic basket with some towels.

"Alright, who's going first?" Seth asked.

"Newbie's go first!" Jared said. Suddenly the boys started to gang up on me.

"Hell no! I've been cliff diving before and I always go first!" I said backed up to a tree. Jared and Paul just grinned maliciously and grabbed my hands, pulling me towards the edge.

"No! Rape! Rape I say!" I yelled but it was no use. I was now off the ground and ten feet away from being thrown into the cold water.

"Put her down. Now." Jake ordered from behind us. I was put back down onto the ground without a scratch.

"Thanks J…"

"Are you crazy! Why did you agree to this? You are going to get yourself killed." He said narrowing his eyes.

"Oh really? Last time I checked, I was the one who used to loved cliff diving. Now, who was the one who shuddered at the thought of it? Thought so. Never mind being a little bitch. Paul, Jared, step aside. I wanna show him how it's done." I spat back at him then turning back to the boys.

"You wouldn't." He said grabbing my arm.

"Say I won't." I said pressing up against him.

"You won't." He said with a smug look on his face. I laughed as I unzipped my jacket, took off my shorts and looked him in the eye.

"Watch me!" I waved before running and jumping off the side.

"Zoe!" I heard someone yell angrily before I skillfully dove into the ice cold water. I was under for about ten seconds before resurfacing. Man, I always loved doing that. The rush is just so amazing.

"YOU GET YOUR ASS BACK UP HERE RIGHT NOW!" Jake yelled to me the second my head reached the surface. I spit out nasty ocean water and swam against the force of the waves to the beach. I took my time swimming back and then when I did, I just sat and took a breather for a minute before going back up to get my head ripped off.

"ZOE MICHELLE TYLER! YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!" Jake yelled at me as I arrived.

"DON'T YOU FULL NAME ME!" I yelled back grabbing a towel.

"I JUST DID! WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING? THIS ISN'T FUNNY! YOU COULD HAVE DIED!" Jake said as everyone started to laugh.

"You're adorable Jake. You really are." I said caressing his cheek with one hand and drying off my torso with the other.

"Holy shit Zo! What happened to your back?" Jared asked. I immediately wrapped the towel around my body.

"Nothing Jared. I just fell...on a rock." I lied.

"But you have bruises everywhere." Seth said. I opened my mouth to try to explain further but Jake stopped me by holding me up against him and glaring at everyone else, shutting them up immediately. It was quiet after that for a while until Jared and Quil picked up Paul and threw him off the edge. I laughed along with the others as his girlish scream grew faint and we heard a splash.

"YOU ARE SO DEAD! I'M GOING TO RIP YOUR TAILS OFF AND SHOVE THEM SO FAR UP YOUR ASSES YOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN WILL FEEL IT!" Paul yelled from the ocean. Everyone yelled like girls and packed up their stuff. Jared and Quil were out of there quicker than you could say 'shit' and the others were close behind.

"Don't leave me!" I screamed lagging behind. Jake stopped in his tracks and spun around towards me. He scooped me up into his arms and ran. I heard a loud growl vibrate through the woods and my eyes widened.

"Jake, what was that?" I asked burying my head into his shoulder.

"Shit! Really? Over that?" He said to himself running faster than humanly possible. Suddenly a silver animal wove through the trees and then follow us.

"That…that…There's a giant wolf chasing us!" I screamed as the wolf started speed up.

"Calm down and close your eyes." I nodded but I continued to watch. It was getting closer and closer until it was close enough where I could almost touch its muzzle. It opened its mouth wide as if it was going to bite us but before it could, another black wolf tackled it to the ground. The force from the other wolf sent Jake and I flying into the air and into a tree.

"Jake! Are you okay?" I said as he lied limp against the tree. Dumbass. Why did he protect me and not himself?

"Come on Jake! Wake up!" I tried to wake him up but it was no use.

"Please! Don't do this to me!" I sobbed against his chest. I felt his heart start to beat faster and faster against his chest and his breathing quickened. I slowly raised my head to look at him and his eyelids shot open, revealing his now gold irises.

"What is wrong with you?" I questioned placing my hands on each side of his head but he just snarled at me.

"Whoa big boy. Calm down. No need to snarl at me." He just growled.

"Or growl." He just looked at me with an empty look in his eyes that was slowly growing with anger.

"Distract me." He breathed.

"How do I…"

"ZOE!" He growled.

"Okay, okay. I don't know what to do!" My brain scrambled for something to distract him but all I could think about is why did I have to? That's when his skin started to boil. I started to panic so I grabbed his face once more and pulled myself to him. Our lips collided hungrily but his temperature remained the same so I put more into it. It seemed like he was getting even hotter but that's not possible or at least it shouldn't be. I tried to pull away but he held me tight against him, his tongue begging for entry, which I so stupidly allowed.

"Jake." I said into his lips trying to bring him back to Earth. I mean, it's not like I don't want to kiss him, but I don't want it to happen just to 'distract' him from doing whatever he was going to do. What the hell was his problem anyway? What was everyone's problem? Everybody is acting so weird lately and then the wolves?

"Stop Jacob." I said pushing him off. His eyes faded from the glowing gold color back to their beautiful brown state with a slight tinge of confusion.

"Go home." He said cruelly. I was taken back but I nodded.

"I-I'm sorry. It was the only thing that I could think of." I said blushing. I got off of his lap and left him there as I walked back to Emily's house through the woods solo.

"Where's Jacob?" Leah asked.

"Woods. I think I'm going to go home now. I'll see you…tomorrow." I said continuing to my car.

"Wait, what happened?" She said grabbing my arm.

"Ask him." I said pulling back my arm and unlocking my car. I got in and pulled out of the drive only to speed home.

"GOD DAMNIT COCKSUCKING COCK SUCKER!" I yelled slamming the front door behind me. Little did I know, the party had already started and fifty of my best friends' guests were staring at me. Why does life suck?

"Why hello to you too." Xena said walking up to me.

"Don't Z. I freaking hate that kid! I never want to see him again!"

"Jake? What did he do now?" She sighed.

"Nothing. Never mind. Just smack me every time I think about going back there. Okay?" I said plopping down onto my couch.

"Okay…but don't you want to change?" Xena said. I looked down at my body and saw the skimpy little suit that caused every guy at the party to stare at me.

"Maybe later if I feel like it. I'm going to go get myself a drink now." I said getting up and glaring at the horny men as I zipped up my jacket and walking off into my crowded kitchen. I grabbed the vodka off the counter and poured it into a shot glass.

"Zoe, you know how you get when you drink." Catherine said seeing me with the glass in my hand.

"Yep." I said before drinking the shot in one swift gulp.

"Whatever, it's your funeral." She said walking out and going back to the real party. I rolled my eyes and poured myself another shot…and then another…and another. By the time I decided to stop, I could no longer walk on my own nor did I try. I crawled to the bathroom and locked myself in there. My vision was blurry and my body felt like a thousand pounds. Before I knew it, I had my phone out and I was dialing a number.

"Hello?" A voice said from the other side of the phone.

"Heyyyy Embry. It's me, Zoe. I'm think I'm drunk." I slurred into the phone.

"Are you retarded? Where are you?" He said.

"In my bathroom. Did I ever tell you how hot you were?" I giggled.

"Zoe, stop."

"Why don't you want me? Why doesn't Jake want me? Why doesn't he love me anymore?" I blubbered.

"Zoe, you are beautiful and amazing but you need to stop drinking okay? It's not good for you."

"Well neither is Jake breaking my heart but that happens anyway doesn't it?"

"Ugh. Just lock the bathroom door and don't let anyone in until I get there. Okay?"

"You don't know where I live silly."

"Billy has the address. I'll see you soon."

"Okie dokie!" I said failing to shut the phone. I tried to get up but gravity wasn't my friend tonight so my butt plummeted back to the hard tile floor. Shit. Oh well, the world is going dark anyway so I'm just going to close my eyes and take a short nap…

*Present*

I sat up and looked over the edge of my bed.

"Embry." I whispered but he still snored to his heart's content.

"Embry! Wake up fatass!" I whispered again, this time hitting him in the face with a pillow.

"Wha! What the hell is your…oh, I see you're awake. You were such a handful last night." He said wiping the drool off his cheek.

"I barely remember it…why are you here?"

"You called me and I came to make sure you didn't go off the deep end or sleep with your sister's friends or something."

"Thanks. Ugh, my head hurts so damn much." I said shielding my head from the world and back under my covers.

"I'll be right back." I heard him say. When he came back, he gently removed the covers from my face and wiping the hair away from my face.

"Take this." He held his hand out and on his palm were two pills.

"Did I ever tell you how much I love you?" I said taking them and washing them down with a cool glass of water.

"Hey, can you hand me those sunglasses over there?" I said pointing to them. He nodded and grabbed them along with a bucket.

"You're probably going to need this pretty soon." Embry handed them to me and then laid down next to me.

"Thanks." I put on the sunglasses and laid back down and snuggled with Embry.

"How much trouble am I in?" I asked.

"Loads, but not with me. I actually need to go home soon. There's been stuff going on at the rez and well…the boys need me to train with the Cull…never mind."

"Embry!" I whined.

"I'm sorry! I can't tell you. Ask Jacob."

"I don't ever want to see that boy-thing again." I pouted burying myself in my warm bed some more.

"Why what did he do?"

"He was having some break down in the woods and told me to distract him so I panicked and kissed him. He kissed me back and then when I pulled away, he told me to go home."

"Oh yeah, I saw that. He's an asshole. You don't understand how much we all wanted to kill him especially when he dragged me to that stupid party."

"Wait, did you just say you saw it? How is that possible? You weren't even there. And what party?" I asked propping myself on my elbow.

"Shit! I really need to shut up now."

"No, you're telling me. What is up with you guys? Why are you always so warm and buff and faster than normal people are?"

"Look, all I'm going to say is that maybe we aren't as human as you think we are. You want answers? Go ask Billy to tell you a story. I have to go. I probably said way too much but then again, you could always get information out of me. Bye Zo." He kissed my forehead and got out of my bed.

"No! That's not fair! You can't just leave me hanging like that. And now my bed's cold! You jerk!" He laughed as he shut the door behind him. What would I need some story from Billy for? What the hell is that going to do for me?