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 13

I chose to go back to bed after Embry left, hoping that would help with the headache but of course it didn't. Happily, I did manage to get some rest before getting a call from my friends to go hang out with them.

"Where do you want to go?" I asked putting on some black eyeliner on my top lid.

"It's a surprise. Put this on and stop asking questions." Lexi said placing a purple cocktail dress onto my bed. I sighed and finished doing my makeup and hair then I put on the cute little dress. I found a pair of stilettos that went well with it and slipped them on.

"How do I look?" I asked modeling for Lexi and Jesse.

"Sexy beast! Alright! Let the shenanigans commence!" Lex said excitedly grabbing my keys and running out the door. I shielded my eyes with my sunglasses and grabbed my jacket. Sunglasses= instantaneous badassifier.

"Whoa. Sorry big fella." I heard her say. I went to the door and at the very least, I was confused.

"What the hell are you doing here Jacob?" I asked crossing my arms. He pushed past Lex and stomped over to me.

"If I ever find out that you were too drunk to function, I swear there will be severe consequences. Do you hear me?" Jake said holding my arms.

"Yes sir." I said saluting him.

"I'm serious Zoe."

"So am I. Look, not that it's your business but I called Embry, he took care of me like a good friend would and now I'm back to normal. No damage done. Now if you don't mind, I would like to go out with my friends, dance, meet some guys, basically some have fun." His body flinched when I commented on meeting new guys but I just removed his hands from my arms.

"Wait." He grabbed me once more and pulled me away from my friends.

"Jesus Jake. Can't you take a hint?"

"I'm sorry I'm being pushy but could you just do me one favor and not go far from home. There has been a…string of murders and I don't want you getting hurt." He said worryingly looking me in the eyes.

"You are such a jackass. Do you know that?" I said. I pushed him off of me one last time before running out the door and jumping into my car.

"What the fudge was that about?" Lex said from the passenger's seat.

"I don't know nor do I care anymore. Drive Jesse." He nodded and pulled out of my driveway, leaving an angry Jacob Black in my doorway. Little did I know that was the last time I would be seeing him for weeks.

"Billy!" I yelled from the front door of the Black's residence with two arms full of groceries. I heard a loud sneeze from the other room and quirked an eyebrow. I put the groceries down on the table and went into the kitchen, finding a sniffling Billy. While I was still really mad at Jacob, I could not leave Billy here alone, especially when he's sick.

"Hey Zo. Thanks for the…ACHOO! Damn these germs!" Billy yelled angrily. I giggled to myself as I went back to bags and took out a brand new box of tissues. When he saw the box in my hands, his face lit up like a child on Christmas Day. I handed them to him and then pushed him back to the living room.

"What did I tell you about going into the kitchen? It's too cold in here and the living room has the most heat. We don't want you getting any sicker, now do we?" I scolded as I put yet another blanket over him.

"I know but I was hungry and you were gone." He pouted.

"Thus me going to the store to buy stuff to make." I said pointing to the bags on the table. He glared at me in defeat until he sneezed. I smiled as I put the food away only leaving a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup on the table. I took out a pot and cooked the soup over the stove. I don't know why, but Billy just likes it better that way and I don't really mind it. I poured the warm liquid into a bowl and finished making the grilled cheese before putting it all onto a tray and carried it over to Billy.

"Yum, that smells good. Thanks hun." He smiled up at me.

"No problem. Hey, Billy. Can I ask you to do something?" I asked sitting down on the couch across from him.

"Sure. What is it?" He asked before slurping his soup.

"Well, I was wondering if you could tell me a story."

"What kind?"

"I don't know. Embry just told me to ask you to tell me a story." Billy swallowed hard and pushed away his tray of food.

"Alright, in that case, you should get comfortable." I nodded and grabbed a quilt of off Jake's bed. Why does it have to smell so much like him?

"Ready." I said lying back down on the couch. Billy then explained to me about his tribe. It was a small tribe, but magical nonetheless. He said they were something called 'spirit warriors' or 'shape-shifters'.

"Wait, does that mean they could, ya know, transform into animals?" I asked.

"Yes, but there was one animal in particular that they could transform into and that was the mighty wolf. It allowed us an advantage by giving us great power in order to protect our tribe."

"Protect from what?"

"It provided us protection from creatures that looked like a man, but were indeed different. Their skin cold and pale like death and their eyes were as crimson as blood itself. They fed on the member's of the tribe by draining every last drop of blood from their bodies. Now, the only way to penetrate their marble-like skin was by using the warrior's sharp teeth but only fire could send them back to hell."

"Wicked." I whispered to myself leaning back and looking up at the ceiling. He then went on about the elder chief Taha Aki and how his third wife sacrificed her own life to save his by stabbing a knife through her heart, distracting the Cold One and giving him the opening to kill her. Even though over time the enemy's disappeared, there was one breed left and it was the Cold Ones. Every time they are near to Tribe's land and causing a threat, the magic in their blood will stir, setting off a string of transformations in the tribe.

"Do the Cold Ones still exist today?" I asked but there was no answer. I opened my eyes and realized that I was no longer in Billy's home but deep in the forest instead.

"That my dear, will be answered soon enough." His voice vibrated through the trees.

"But Billy I…" There was nobody there.

"Hello? Is anyone out there?" I called out, wrapping my arms around myself. Suddenly there was a noise coming from behind the trees. I followed the noise curiously only to end up in the same spot where I had started. What the hell?

"Come out already!" I yelled frustrated. Twigs snapped and leaves crumpled as a huge figure appeared. My heart stopped and my breath caught. Out stepped a giant russet wolf along with a couple other various colored ones. My body froze as they took small steps towards me. What should I do? Should I run? No, then they would chase me. Should I stay? No, because then I'll get eaten. Either way I'm dead.

"P-Please don't hurt me." I stuttered as the warm tears turn cold as they poured down my cheeks. They seemed as if they were laughing as they got closer. I then lifted my foot slowly and retreated backwards only to end up backed up to a tree. Suddenly, the wolves stopped except for the russet one that had originally appeared first. Its eyes started to glow…gold and I was mesmerized. I couldn't tear my eyes from its even if my life depended it.

"Do I scare you?" A voice said to me in my head. Wait, I know that voice.

"No." I said out loud. The voice chuckled as it stopped and grinned. The beast then looked down before it rapidly changed from its form into…a man. He was muscular, tan and had short brown almost black hair. When the man's head rose, my heart jumped out of my chest. Looking back at me was Jacob William Black. He smiled a malicious smile as his brown orbs flashed yellow and his teeth sharpened.

"You should be." He growled before he and the pack lept at me.

"Zoe! Wake up!" Someone yelled to me as they shook me awake. I opened my eyes only to be staring at Jacob. I immediately pushed him off and backed up to the wall.

"Get away from me!" I screeched.

"You just had a bad dream. Please Zo…" He said reaching out to me with innocence in his eyes but all I saw was the beast staring back at me.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" I said chucking a lamp at his head. It smashed into his skull but he remained unharmed.

"What did you do to her?" Jacob yelled at his father who was far in the corner.

"I did absolutely nothing to her Jacob." He said.

"What did you tell her?" He said turning to his father angrily. I took this time to escape. I reached for my keys off the table and threw the front door open, only to run into someone.

"Excuse me?" The girl yelled. I pushed her off of me and continued to run to my car.

"Zoe, wait!" Jacob screamed running after me.

"What the hell is going on here Jake?" I recognized Bella's voice but he just ignored her and continued after me. I felt two large arms clasp themselves around my body, constricting me. We toppled over onto the pavement.

"Let me go! Please!" I begged beating against his chest.

"Calm down and let me explain." I pushed him off and stood up.

"No. I'm sick of this bullshit Jacob." I screamed, purposely confusing him. Maybe I'm not right. Maybe he is still human. Screw that. He's not human. No one on the freaking reservation is. Now he thinks I know. He thinks right, but there is no need for him to know that yet. He turned his head slightly but then caught on, thinking that his ass was saved.

"I'm…sorry?"

"Yeah, you'd better be, you jackass. One second, it's great, then the next it goes to shit. It's like a damn Katy Perry song for Christ's sake!" I yelled. He laughed at my reference but got serious once more when he looked at me again.

"I'm sorry for that. I truly am but you don't understand who fucked up my life is right now."

"Well then explain it to me damn it!"

"JACOB, DON'T TELL HER!" Bella screeched at him as soon as his mouth opened.

"Was I talking to you? No. Didn't think so. Shut the fuck up and go back to your little emo corner." I said angrily stomping over to her.

"Control her Jake." She commanded him.

"Zo, you don't want to do this." He said actually listening to the whinny bitch.

"Control me? Haha. He couldn't control me if his life depended on it. Now, the one who needs to be controlled is you. You can't go around breaking the hearts of really good guys, destroying them just because you're stupid little boy friend left you. And even though he's back, you're still toying with him. Get the hell over it because you can'.both." She looked more stunned than anything else.

"You have no idea what you are talking about." She said.

"Oh really? You have been torturing Jacob for months and all you care about is Edward this, Edward that. What about him? He was there for you when no one else was and yet, you treat him like garbage."

"That's enough. Bella go inside." Jake ordered.

"Like you're one to talk. You just up and left him when he needed you the most. Now you waltz back in here and act all innocent and like you know everything when you really don't know shit." She said trying to intimidate me.

"Oh, this is going to feel a lot better than I thought." I clenched my fist and swung at her extraordinarily average nose before Jake could get to me.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that." I said proudly standing over her until Jake pulled me away from her, then rushing over to her side.

"What the hell is your problem? Do you know how much trouble I'm going to be in for that?" He said pushing the hair away out of her teary eyes.

"'How much trouble you are going to be in'? I guess she really does have you wrapped around that pale little finger of hers." I said turning away from him and opening my car door.

"There's way more to it than that!" He yelled making no difference to me. I got into my car and viciously pulled away from the scene that had just ensued. I was barely passing Emily's house before I had to pull over. I couldn't tell if I was laughing or crying or even both but I did know that I couldn't drive yet. I toppled over into the passenger's seat, holding my torso as I sobbed/laughed hysterically. I think I'm going crazy…actually…screw that. That shit was hilarious! The look on her face was just priceless. After ten minutes of a pysch-ward worthy breakdown, I evened my breathing and wiped away the combination of tears and mascara then continued my way home. I have a feeling the boys are going to be mad at me for awhile.

When I got home, I had about seven different voicemails on my answering machine. I pressed play and walked into the kitchen.

'You have five new messages. First Message: 5:28pm-'

"ZOE MICHELLE TYLER! YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE! DON'T EVEN BOTHER COMING BACK HERE! DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU ARE BANNED! BANNED FROM BILLY, BANNED FROM MY HOUSE, BANNED FROM THE PACK, BANNED FROM THE WHOLE DAMN RESERVATION!" An angry voice yelled at me from the little box in the next room, causing me to laugh.

'To save your message, press se- *click* Message erased. Next message: 5:30 pm-'

"Turns out I can't ban you…but you still can't watch Billy anymore. I guess I'll find someone else to do that."

'To save yo- *click* Message erased. Next Message: 5:31 pm-'

"YOU KNOW WHAT? SCREW SAM! I WILL BAN WHOEVER I LIKE, WHENEVER I LIKE! YOU ARE BANNED SO THERE!"

'To *click* Message erased. Next Message: 5:40 pm-'

"Yo! Zoe! I heard about what you did! While it gave us a good laugh, it still wasn't right. Oh, and don't listen to Jake. He's just sexually frustrated. Come back anytime you'd li-hey! I'm gonna kick you're furry little…"

'To save your Message, press seven *click* Message erased. Next Message: 7:48 pm'-

"I guess I'm being a little hard on you. Yes I was avoiding you and I'm sorry for that. Please call me back and let me explain. It's really important."

'To save your Message, press *click* Message will be saved for twenty-one days. End of new messages.'

"What did you do?" Catherine said from behind me.

"I kinda maybe punched Bella Swan in the face and now I'm 'banned' from the rez." I said turning to her.

"What? Why?" I explained it to her and she laughed hysterically.

"That…was probably…the best thing…you have ever…done! I'm so proud of you!" She gave me a high five and then went back to her bowl of ramen.

"Are you ever going to go back?"

"Hmm. I don't know yet. Maybe I'll go back sometime over the weekend. I want to see how this plays out first." I said taking a bite of her ramen then jogged off to my room. I worked on my summer reading for a little before taking out my phone.

"Hey!" I said into my phone.

"Hi…I'm not allowed to be talking to you right now. Jake's still peeved about what happened today." Embry said into the phone.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Can you come over?"

"…Why?"

"Because I'm bored and you're one of my best friends. Please!" I pouted.

"Stop making that face…I know you're making the face…ugh! Fine! I'll be over soon."

"Thanks. Bring some bad movies with you!"

"Mhm. Bye…annoying pain in my ass." He mumbled into the phone before the line went dead.

"Who was that?" Z yelled.

"Embry. He's coming over for a movie marathon. Wanna join?"

"Sounds fun…but I have a class at eight, which I'm already late for. Bye doll!" She grabbed her jacket and books off the table and left.

Within an hour, Embry was here, along with some other uninvited guests.

"Hey…I said bring a few bad movies…not a few people." I said as Embry waltzed in with Quil and Paul at his sides.

"Not happy to see us? Oh well, I see how it is. I guess I'll just be leaving then." Paul said turning away but I grabbed his arm and pulled him into a tight hug. We went inside and started our movie marathon. I couldn't help but glance over at Embry who looked absolutely miserable.

"Are you okay?" I whispered to him and grabbed his hand. He nodded but I didn't believe him and I snuggled close to him. We only got halfway through our third movie when they had to go. I gave each one of them a hug and noticed that Embry was still upset over something. I pulled away from Paul let him and Quil pass, but stopped Embry.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Just nothing." He said looking down sadly.

"Embry, you've been sad all night. Tell me what's…" I was cut off by Embry's lips kissing mine hungrily. I was caught off guard by him but I kissed him back. His lips were soft and he was sweet but they were the lips that I had been craving. They weren't Jake's. He pulled away and hissed my forehead.

"E…" He placed his finger on my lips.

"Don't say anything. I don't know what I would do if I went into the fight without at least kissing you first."

"Fight? What fight?" He stepped back and started to walk away.

"Embry! What the hell is going on?" I screamed after him.

"I can't…"

"Don't give me any of that shit! Tell me!"

"But Zo…"

"No! I lost Jake and I'm not losing you too because of some stupid secret!" I yelled but he kept on walking.

"I'm sorry. We all are." And with that the bastard was gone. I screamed in frustration but that did me no good. I ran inside and got my keys. I put them in the ignition but my car wouldn't start. I beat against my wheel ferociously until I noticed a note on the passenger's seat.

Sorry, but it's for your own good.

~The guys

"God damnit!" I cried. I kicked the door open and stomped back inside. I threw a few pairs of clothes into a small duffle bag and exchanged my keys for someone else's. There is no way in hell that I'm going to be quarantined from whatever is going on there. If they won't let me drive my car, I'll just have to drive my sister's since she never uses it anyway. Now it's time to bring out the big guns.

"Billy." I sniffled into the phone.

"Yes? Are you okay?" He asked concerned.

"I'm all alone in this big old house and I'm scared. Can I come stay by you for a little while?" I said innocently.

"Of course! You can stay for as long as you'd like."

"Thanks Billy. I'll be there as soon as I can. Love you!"

"Love you too sweetie." I hung up and grinned. And they thought messing up my car would keep me away. Silly Boys.