Quil's POV (Lacy 21 years old)

Lacy comes home one afternoon from working at the store, she practically runs it now, telling me I need call Jake and Leah right now, then she starts screaming for Bella. I call Jake and Leah and they tell me they will be over as soon as possible.

"Lacy settle down and tell me what's going on." Bella is trying but she's crying and pacing like a crazy person.

Then Embry comes in and looks at her and demands to know where Ari is. I'm about to tell him to leave her alone, how would she know? But she looks him straight in the eye and tells him Ari is 18 and she doesn't want him to know so she's not telling. Embry starts yelling at her and Stacy is trying to calm him down and Bella is trying to calm Lacy down when Jake and Leah show up.

"Do you know where Aidan is?" Leah asks her though far less accusingly than Embry.

"I do and as soon as we are alone I will tell you." She tells Leah and Leah sighs in relief. Embry starts yelling at Lacy again and threatening to keep Lena away from Derek if she doesn't tell him.

"Really? You're going to what… take her out of school?" Lacy asks him snappily.

"If I have too."

"No, you're not. I could never fully stick out for Ari because you always threw it in my face she's not really mine but Lena is mine and she will stay in school and she will not be kept away from Derek. Is Ari OK Lacy?" Stacy asks.

"No, she's pregnant and she's scared to death he's going to kill Aidan. So they ran away. I tried to stop them, I tried to get them to tell you Jake and Leah but Ari is so scared. They want to get married but he needs parental consent. If you want to know where they are I will tell you Leah but I will not tell you Embry. I'm sorry Stacy." She whispers the last part.

"Tell me where she is Lacy or you will be sorry." Embry tells her and she looks at me.

"Don't threaten her Embry, that's the reason they took off." I tell him calmly.

"No they took off because Aidan got her pregnant! I am going to kill him!"

"Em, come on. Ari is 18, Aidan is 16. She is just as much, if not slightly more responsible." Bella tries to reason with him.

"Embry she's right and Lacy is right too. Ari is 18, she can do what she wants so if you want her back you're going to have to calm down and accept this. Let's go home so Lacy can talk to Jake and Leah." Stacy pulls him towards to door.

"You'll let me know if anything happens with her won't you?" He asks Lacy and I hate that she got put in the middle of this but she cares about Ari and Aidan a lot and it makes sense they would come to her. She's always stuck up for them when while we all kind of stayed out of it. I've never agreed with the way Embry treated the girls but they aren't my kids and Jake and Leah felt the same though they tended to pretend they didn't see a lot of what Aidan and Ari were doing. Not that they were letting them have sex, but kids have their ways of getting what they want.

Lacy tells him that yes she will tell him anything that he needs to know unless Ari asks her not to tell him and then Stacy pulls him out. Once Lacy is sure they are gone she turns to Leah.

"They are at the Sunshine Hotel in Seattle. Aidan has been saving his money since he was like 12 to buy her an engagement ring and she has some money from her babysitting, they want to come back but they want to make sure we're on their side. As in we'll protect Aidan from Embry and she doesn't have to go home. I told her they can stay with me if it's OK with you and Jake." She tells Leah.

"Well of course we're going to protect him from Embry and he can stay with you or they can stay with us. They can get married. I know they love each other, I mean I'm not thrilled about this but we can't change it. Making things harder for them isn't going to help. But what are they going to do about money?" Leah asks her.

"Well Ari is going to work at the shop with me and I don't know about Aidan, he's looking but it's hard with him being 16 and in school. He's going to do anything he can though. He's been talking to Sam about working in the shop and Sam might let him even though he doesn't like to hire until 18. You know he's good with cars. And Ari wants to go to college still. She just found out a few days ago so they don't have it all worked out. They just know they want to keep the baby and they want to be together and they would prefer Aidan to not be shot. But would Embry seriously shoot him?" She asks looking at me.

"I don't think so Lacy but he might threaten him, don't worry, we'll take care of them." I tell her and she nods yes.

Lacy gives Leah his new cell phone # and Leah calls him.

She tells him she's not thrilled but it's all going to work out and they can come home and stay with them and they can get married and they will help however they can. Then she tells him that yes Embry knows and they will keep him away, they are going to try to get a restraining order so that he has to stay away. Then she hands the phone to Lacy and she talks to Ari.

Bella kisses me and then kisses Lacy and then tells me she is going to talk to Embry. I don't think it's a good idea but Bella pretty much does what she wants to do.