Chapter 5

KPOV

Jared and I spent the whole afternoon walking around the woods and talking until the sun began to set. I didn't want this day to end. He told me all about what it was like being a wolf. It sounded to me nothing short of awesome until he told me about how Emily had gotten those scars on her face. It still didn't make me fear Jared. Somehow I just knew he would never hurt me.

"We go cliff diving here," he said as we came to a tall cliff above the ocean. It was an amazing view of the ocean, and La Push.

"Cliff diving?"

"Yeah, we dive off the edge into the water. It's a ton of fun," he said looking over the edge. I moved forward to look too.

"Hey, be careful," he looked concerned and nudged me back a few steps with his arm, "You could fall." I immediately blushed at his touch, but made a face.

"But if you've jumped before how is it dangerous for me?" I questioned.

"That's different. I'm a strong swimmer and know where to dive to avoid the rocks and you don't do it when the tide is coming in. And…you just don't go without me ok?"

I felt light headed and couldn't contain my smile. He was concerned about my safety. These comments from him were like candy to me. I nodded stupidly and we continued walking.

We came out of woods were back at his truck. He once again opened the door for me. I blushed again. I guess chivalry wasn't dead after all.

I gave him directions to my house as we drove. It was getting a little dark now. I wondered what my father would say about this. I frowned at the thought. Hopefully he wasn't home. With him being a firefighter he is gone a lot, but he is crazy overprotective of me.

He pulled up in front of my house and I breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't home.

Jared put it in park and looked at me, "Well, I hope you had a great time, because I did."

I smiled and nodded, "Me too." Going with Jared was probably the most exciting thing I've done in a long time. How sad was that? However, I had no regrets. It was a perfect day.

He smiled and looked out the window, "I really don't want to leave you."

Was that his way of saying he wanted to come in? No way, Dad would kill me, but on the other hand… "Then don't go," I said without thinking.

I blushed when I realized exactly how that probably sounded to a teenage guy, but he just smiled at me, which only made the blushing worse.

"Well, that's sweet of you, but I have to go anyway. Alpha's orders get obeyed whether I want to or not. I have to patrol the border with Paul, but believe me, I'd rather spend time with you," he said kindly. I looked down trying to hide my grin and willed myself to stop blushing.

"Ok," I said and opened my door, "I'll see you tomorrow then."

He nodded, "I'll be here first thing in the morning to take you to school," he grinned at me.

"Oh no, don't waste your gas and go to all that trouble. Besides, I love the bus," I lied. Bus rides to school and back were the low point of my days. It's crowded, loud, dirty, but the worst of it was listening to the cool girls that sit in the back of the bus make fun of me and sometimes throw paper balls at me. I never said anything to them. I was far too cowardly for that. I'd rather have paper balls thrown at me then cause a confrontation.

"I insist. It's no trouble. I live half a mile away from here anyway," he said.

"I don't know…" I could just picture my father's face when he saw me getting into a strange car with a boy.

"It would hurt my feelings if you didn't," he added and I caved.

"Fine," I said and he smiled with satisfaction. It made my heart melt.

"Cool. I'll be here in the morning," he said pulling a cell phone from his pocket, "Give me your number, then we can text and call."

I nodded and gave it to him. I couldn't believe I was actually adding Jared's number into my phone. I'd been only been dreaming of this for years!

After we exchanged numbers he got out and came around the truck and hugged me again. Another blush crept up to my cheeks and I felt his heat warming me. I unconsciously hugged him back, tightly. In the back of my mind I was still wondering if this was even really happening, or it was a fantasy of mine gone wild. I could feel his breath on my skin and it gave me goose bumps. We stayed like that for a few seconds, but it felt like a long time. Not that I minded.

"I'll see you tomorrow," he said softly before letting me go.

"Yeah…" was all I could manage to say again and he chuckled.

"Go inside. It's cold," he told me and I nodded. I turned around and headed for my front door. I unlocked it and turned around to see him in his truck, but not leaving yet. He smiled and waved. I waved back and opened the door.

After going inside and flipping on a few lights, I peeked through the curtains and saw him finally driving away. He must have making sure I got inside ok before leaving. I sighed and smiled stupidly. I missed him already.

"About time! I thought you'd never get home!" I was startled by a friendly familiar voice and I gasped and turned around. Seth was sitting the living room and turned on the TV.

"Seth!" I growled, "What are you doing here? You scared me!"

He looked hurt, "I'm sorry, Kim. I just thought I'd bring you the work from the classes you missed, and I thought we could watch a movie or something."

I smiled, "Its fine, but I gave you my house key for emergencies only and do your parents know you're here?"

"My parents and Leah went out. I was bored so I thought I'd come see you," he smiled at me.

"So they don't know you're here," I chuckled, "Seth, I appreciate you coming to see me, but I don't want your parents getting mad at you and me."

"Oh come on, Kim. It's bad enough that they treat me like a little kid. I'm 15, not 2," he said frowning, "I don't need a babysitter."

"Fine," I gave up, "But you can only stay for an hour ok? Then you're going home."

He grinned, "That's fine. Want to watch Titanic?" That was my favorite thing about Seth. He was in touch with his feminine side enough to appreciate movies like 'Titanic' and 'The Notebook'.

"Not tonight," I sat next to him on the couch, "I don't feel like blubbering like a baby. Something else."

"Ok," he trolled Netflix and glanced at me, "So…how'd it go with Jared?"

I blushed at his name, "It went good. Great actually. I had a lot of fun. We went to the beach and hung out in the woods."

"And what you two talk about? Did he ask you out?" he asked.

"Sort of...," I smiled, "He told me some very personal things. Some of his secrets. But I told him we should be just friends for now."

Seth seemed to brighten up, "How come? Is there someone else you thought would be better? Er…I mean did you find out he was a jerk or something?"

I looked at him funny, "No, I just want to make sure this is real how he's acting. Not just some prank."

"Oh," he looked back the screen, "How about 'Sixteen Candles'?"

I nodded, "Perfect."

JPOV

I missed her. Terribly, and it hadn't even been an hour yet. It was literally painful to be away from her. It didn't help when I got to see Paul's thoughts, him kissing Rachel his imprint.

"Do you mind keeping your thoughts to yourself? I don't need a picture show," I said annoyed.

He just laughed, "Sorry. How'd it go with Kim?"

"I explained everything to her, but I think she doubts my feelings for her. She said we can only be friends for now," I said sadly, "But I understand. All this must be weird to her."

"Well it still doesn't make any sense. The girl has only had a crush on you forever and she keeps you in the friend zone?" he shook his head, "I'll never understand girls."

"What did you say?"

"That I'll never understand girls."

"No, before that! She has a crush on me?" I looked at him shocked. No way.

He laughed, "Yeah! You didn't know?"

My head was spinning. She liked me? Why didn't she tell me? And more importantly why did she only want to be friends? My mind was racing but I was also stupidly happy.

I hardly had time to even really think about it when something whizzed past us. I smelled the reeking smell of bloodsuckers. It all happened so fast. 2 more bolted past us as Paul and I phased and raced after them as soon as our paws met the ground.

There's 3 including the redhead! I heard Paul shout in his mind.

I snarled and ran faster. They were heading straight for Forks, also straight to Kim. We had to stop them.

Paul and I were catching up to third one. A leech I'd never seen before. A lady with long brown hair.

Got her! I growled and leaped on her back, knocking her over flat on her face. Paul continued to chase after the other two.

She hissed and turned around, trying to force me off, and my claws raked her clothes as my jaws locked on her cold, stone like head. She screamed out some name as I shook my head back and forth trying to tear her head off. It was the quickest, surest way to kill a vampire Sam had told me. I pinned her arms and legs with my paws and yanked, hard. Her head snapped off with a sickening crack and I threw it from my mouth. Then came her arms and legs. It wasn't difficult. I just simply let my animal instinct take over, let the wolf do its job

I stepped away from what was left of her body and felt a little sick. It was my first vampire kill, but I didn't feel proud. I knew I had just ended a life, even if she was a threat. I threw my head back and howled loudly to alert Sam if he was nearby. I heard two responding howls not that far away, up the mountain.

Then I growled and sprinted to help Paul with the other two. After a while I skidded to a stop to see Paul snarling, and pacing back and forth along the cliff we go cliff diving from. No sign of the other two.

I looked over the edge. Nothing. They had escaped. I flattened my ears and looked at Paul.

Paul growled and stomped his foot, I was so close! I almost had them! Damn it! The male one backhanded me right before I could grab him. Fucking leech! Just wait till he tries to come on our land again!

If there was anything that bothered Paul, it was being outwitted by a vampire. He hated them with a passion.

How many where there? I heard Sam's voice in my head and we turned around to see him standing there with a gray wolf like Paul except shorter with a dark snout. Embry Call. I didn't know him very well, but we would know him now.

Three. I killed one, a lady. There was a silent moment, then Sam nodded.

Good work. But now we have to worry if that lady had friends like her, or a mate. Usually they're not alone. If one was the redhead, then who was the male?

Another silent moment despite Paul griping about his humiliation with the male stranger.

Shut it, Paul. You're not helping. Sam growled and Paul bowed his head and kept quiet, Ok. Embry and I will go burn the body of the woman. You two go home and get some sleep.

VPOV (Victoria)

"Forget it, Reed. I'm sorry but she's gone," I said sharply to my friend. He knelt by what was left of his mate and my friend, Lisa. I knew how he felt. He felt the pain I dealt with every day after I'd lost James, but if we didn't leave, we'd end up like her.

"That dog...," he looked up at me with red eyes full of anger and sadness, "Will pay for this!"

I nodded and patted his back, "Make him suffer," I told him, "Make him feel the pain you feel. Do what I'm going to do. Avenge her. Don't kill him, that would be too quick and easy, kill his mate. Just like he killed yours. Take something from him that can never, ever be replaced." I thought of James again.

"Yes." He stood up, "Which mutt was it?"

"The chocolate brown one," I told him.

He nodded, "I will do it. Very soon. I must follow him, find out who she is. I'll kill her and then I will wait just long enough for him to suffer as I have, then kill him too."

I smiled, "Excellent plan. But we must go now. They're coming. I can smell them."

Reed took one last look at Lisa before we both raced back to safety. I should have known I'd need more than three to get through the pack of mutts which was growing. I'd come back later on, just to give Bella a scare, let her know I was coming for her. Then I'd come down later with an entire army of our kind. I grinned. Without the Cullens there to protect her nothing could save her now.

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