Cat awoke with a start to the sound of rumbling thunder, she looked out her window, the clouds were so dark that the morning looked like night. Cat checked her clock, it said 6 past 9 in the morning. She groaned
"Can't we just have cloudy days, without rain?" she wondered, her head buried in her pillows
"Kitty!" Sophie called happily, bursting into Cat's room and hanging off the door
"Oh god" Cat mumbled
"Come on, Cat, look at the weather, it's…" Sophie began
"Awful" Cat ended
"No" Sophie sighed "Plus it's meant to clear up later. Come on Cat, if you're in a good mood then the rain wont matter"
"It's morning and the sun's not shining, I'm sorry but that's a good enough reason not to get up" Cat admitted
"Jeez, you sunny people, if the sun's not awake then neither are you" Sophie groaned "Cat the sun is shining it's just blocked and if you want sun then just fly up above the clouds to get it"
"And risk everyone seeing me" Cat rolled her eyes and sat up "Smart"
"It's to dark for anyone to see you" Sophie crossed her arms
"Someone will spot me" Cat sighed "Knowing my luck" she added "And it'll probably be Jacob too"
"Then stop complaining. It's not like you can do anything about the weather" Sophie walked out of the room.
"Actually, I think we could" Cat grinned "To bad Sophie wouldn't agree to help me" she muttered before climbing out of bed. Lightning flashed across the sky as Cat descended her stairs, she stepped into the kitchen as thunder rolled across the clouds. The house looked dark and empty, Cat couldn't feel the vibrations of her parents anywhere and assumed they had gone out. She didn't bother with Sophie's whereabouts she knew she'd be outside enjoying the downpour. Cat made herself some scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast with a glass of milk to wash it down with, before walking back upstairs to get dressed. She found it a little weird for the house to be so quiet and some what empty and peaceful for a change. Normally Cat would have been covering for the pack or just not at home at all, today just felt normal for once.
"Except for my sister standing out in the pouring rain and freezing cold, that doesn't exactly count as normal" Cat grinned as she got dressed and did her make up. She sat at her make up table for a while before looking out to the rain and smiled, she got changed again into shorts and t-shirt before running down the stairs and out the back door. She saw Sophie immediately and sneaked up behind her, the rain pelting down onto her
"Boo" Cat giggled as she jumped on her sister
"Ahh" Sophie said surprised before sighing, realising it was only her sister "Jeez, don't do that"
"Sorry, to hard to resist" Cat poked her tongue out
"What are you doing outside?" Sophie wondered
"I decided a little rain couldn't hurt" Cat admitted, Sophie grinned before a huge raindrop hit Cat's eye
"Ow, jeez, I take it back" Cat muttered rubbing her eye, that was when she saw the black mascara on the back of her hand "Great", Sophie laughed at her panda eyed twin, she created a mirror out of the frozen rain and Cat cleaned off all her make up using Sophie and the rain.
"Better?" Cat asked
"Much" Sophie giggled
"Will you stop laughing, it's not that funny" Cat groaned
"It was, the convenient timing was perfect" Sophie held her hand up in an 'ok' sign grinning
"More like ironic" Cat muttered, causing Sophie just to laugh some more as the thunder rolled above their heads, Cat bent over and picked up a handful of mud, making it into a ball. She threw it at her sister and it hit her square in the face, Sophie spluttered and coughed
"Yuck, some of it went in my mouth and up my nose" she complained causing Cat to laugh at her this time. Sophie glared at her sister and a funnel of water appeared out of the rain forcing Cat to the ground and to be even more soaked then before, if that was possible. She got mud all over herself, Cat sat up and glared, Sophie smirked, the mud had been erased from her face but bits had smudged down her cheeks and neck. Cat raised her hand and several pillars of mud rose up, Sophie watched them and when Cat pointed at her sister the mud pillars launched at her, covering her in mud from head to toe. Cat bursted out laughing, rolling on the ground, clutching her stomach, her clothes covered in dirt, grass and mud. Sophie wiped the dirt off her face and took a deep breath but some of the rain drops turning into hail as they passed her.
"Come on, no need for that" Cat laughed, the rain drops hovered around Sophie and darted at Cat like bullets as Sophie smirked
"Ow, ow, ow" Cat repeated as the drops hit her "At least mine didn't hurt"
"How do you know, they may not have done any damage physically but mentally…" Sophie explained
"Mentally you're a marsh mellow, and can't take a little fun without getting serious" Cat cut her off, the drops got faster "Ow" Cat glared at her sister and suddenly seemed to sink into the ground. The water drops stopped and fell naturally
"Coward" Sophie sung
"No, just trying to get away from your bullets" Cat answered as she rose out of the soil behind her sister rubbing one of her arms "How would you like it if I did that to you?"
"You started it" Sophie crossed her arms
"And I'm gonna finish it" Cat grinned, several clumps of earth began to rise and shot at Sophie like the rain drops
"Ow, ow, ow" Sophie squirmed
"See, it hurts" Cat had her hands on her hips. The clumps all stopped and Sophie looked at her sister who was looking out to the trees
"What?" Sophie asked
"It's the boys" Cat grinned, she was right, Jacob and Embry walked out of the trees a second later
"Now you're both out in the rain" Embry grinned
"And you're both covered in mud?" Jacob questioned
"It's raining, of course there's going to be mud" Cat rolled her eyes
"Doesn't explain how you got it on your top" Jacob grinned walking up to her and wiping it off
"Easy, she pushed me over" Cat pointed
"You threw a mud ball at me" Sophie complained
"Which would explain why you have it all over your face" Embry grinned, Sophie blushed
"What did you do, roll of the ground?" Jacob wondered
"Kind of hard not to when you're laughing really hard" Cat grinned
"You look like you've been dunked in it" Embry noticed Sophie
"Yes well, that's what happens when you play with Cat in the mud" Sophie muttered before walking towards the house. She picked up the hose and turned around to spray the mud off her sister before they walked inside, Cat held her hands over her face and had her eyes closed shut. The water stopped and Cat was drenched, she looked at her sister
"Thanks" she muttered sarcastically
"No problem" Sophie smiled, Cat stole the hose and sprayed her sister back, but unlike Cat, Sophie welcomed the shower. Cut turned the hose off and put if back
"Why'd you bother wasting water it's still raining remember?" Embry reminded them
"Yes, but that would have taken longer and mum would kill us if we got mud on the carpet" Cat muttered as they walked in and dried off
"I suddenly feel as though I'm repeating yesterday" Sophie realised "Except for the fact that Seth's not here. Where is he?"
"He got caught up with something" Jacob shrugged glancing at Cat, she nodded silently saying she understood
"But you can come see him later if you want?" Embry offered
"Why? What's happening?" Sophie wondered
"We're all going cliff jumping" Jacob grinned
"Cliff jumping?" Sophie asked
"Yeah, it's something we do for fun" Embry grinned
"Who's we?" she questioned
"Jared, Paul, Seth, sometimes Leah, sometimes Sam, Jacob and I" Embry listed
"And you, jump off a cliff?" Sophie asked, shocked
"Pretty much" Jacob nodded
"Are you lot nuts?" Sophie questioned
"Well why not, it's fun" Embry shrugged
"How?" Cat wondered
"It gives you an adrenaline rush" Jacob grinned
"Us plus adrenaline rush can't be very good secret wise" Cat thought
"Good point, should we decline then?" Sophie wondered
"And you don't worry about, I don't know, dying?" Cat asked, she winked at the boys as a play along. She knew they wouldn't die but she still thought it was a little extreme
"Please, the ocean's below to break our fall" Jacob shrugged the thought off
"As long as the weathers nice, anyone can do it" Embry admitted
"But the weathers not nice?" Cat reminded them
"For some people" Sophie disagreed
"You want to jump down into raging waves that'll cruse you against the cliff edge?" Cat asked, Sophie thought fro a second
"I don't see a problem with that" she admitted
"For a normal person who can't control the waves or breath underwater" Cat added
"Right" Sophie sighed
"It's supposed to clear up later" Jacob assured them
"Check the weather did you?" Sophie smiled
"Yeah" Embry muttered "Something like that", Sophie gave him a confused look but Embry didn't look at her which made her more suspicious.
"You mean the sun's meant to come out?" Cat asked happily
"At some point yeah" Jacob grinned
"Count me in" Cat cheered "Any chance to bask in the sun. Especially after two days of rain"
"What? Feeling pale?" Sophie grinned
"A little bit" Cat huffed "And also drenched, so I'm gonna go put something drier on"
"Good idea, we'll be right back" Sophie grinned and the two girls ran up the stairs. Sophie ran into the bathroom where she pulled the water out of clothes before going into her room and getting changed while Cat dried off her clothes once she reached the top of the stairs, she ran super fast and got changed, re-did her make up in a flash before putting the muddy clothes into her washing basket and jogging back downstairs ahead of her sister.
"Alright I'm back" she grinned
"That was quick" Embry admitted
"It's not exactly rocket science to get off some wet things and put on dry ones" Cat shrugged walking into the kitchen and sitting on the bench "So, are you sure about taking Sophie cliff jumping?" Cat asked softly
"Don't see why not, we always do it" Embry shrugged
"Everyone does it in LaPush, but they usually jump from a ledge lower down" Jacob grinned
"But you jump off the top" Cat sighed "Naturally"
"And what do you mean, 'is it alright' what would be wrong with bringing her?" Embry asked
"She's suspicious enough as it is and you want to make it worse by letting her see you all jump off a cliff?" Cat reminded them
"We're going to tell her eventually, hopefully" Embry muttered
"Yes, but if she gets to suspicious and annoyed at us keeping it from her she'll burst and get angry at us all, whether we're planning on telling her or not" Cat explained, they both sighed "Plus I bet Sam'll be pissed of by it too"
"Sam doesn't usually come when there are others there" Jacob admitted
"Yeah, he only jumps when it's just us" Embry shook his head
"Strange" Cat thought, the boys nodded
"Alright I'm back" Sophie grinned
"Took long enough" Cat smirked
"Just cause I'm not as fast as you" Sophie crossed her arms over her chest
"I don't blame you" Cat confessed smugly "No one as been able to beat me in terms of speed… yet" she added glancing at the wolves who grinned
"Yeah, yeah, boast, boast, but you haven't been able to beat me in terms of grades, or breath holding competitions" Sophie grinned, Cat narrowed her eyes annoyed
"Yes well, seeing as you love being in water and I don't, that kind of gives you an advantage" she said a little sourly, Sophie just shrugged before getting a glass of water. The boys glanced between the twins before at each other, both thinking they'd missed something but they just shrugged it off for the time being.
"So, what time is the weather meant to clear up?" Sophie wondered, a little bit of disappointment in her voice, the boys shrugged
"Around lunch time" Cat sighed "It's so far away"
"How do you know?" Embry wondered
"I have the weather on my phone, it also has a rain chart, the rain levels drop around lunch time so I'm guessing that's when it's gonna stop" Cat shrugged as she held up her phone. That was only part of the reason, she could feel the heat trying to push through the clouds, plus she and Sophie together could control the weather so that helped. There was also the lightning, which was slowly moving over head
"As in one o'clock lunch time?" Sophie asked
"Round about yeah" Cat nodded
"That's only three hours way" Sophie nodded
"That's three whole hours" Cat whined leaning on Jacob's shoulder "But if we walked I bet it would pass the time" she perked up
"Walked where?" Jacob asked
"To the cliff" Cat answered
"No" Jacob shook his head, Cat pouted
"Come on, I haven't been out there in ages! I'm dying here" she complained
"No" Jacob stood his ground
"She wont listen to you forever, I bet the second you leave she'll be out there" Sophie grinned
"Don't tell him that!" Cat hissed, Sophie shrugged
"Then I'm gonna have to escort you" Jacob decided
"I'm not taking my car" Cat poked her nose up into the air, the boys looked at Sophie
"Don't look at me, she'll roast me alive if I take mine. You're gonna have to walk with her through the forest" Sophie shrugged
"But…" Jacob began, but Sophie just shook her head
"Hey, you'll be with her, how can you worry about that? Unless you're worried" Sophie wondered "If you're worried you can't protect her from something then don't worry, she'll be fine", Jacob raised his eyebrows and looked at Cat but she just shrugged in response.
"Then it's settled!" Cat jumped off the bench "Jacob and I'll go first incase you two do want to take a car"
"You just want some alone time" Sophie smirked
"What's wrong with that?" Cat smiled, her sister rolled her eyes "Plus that's only one reason" Cat added before she managed to drag Jacob out of the house, grabbing her keys as she passed them hanging on the wall.
"Only one reason?" Jacob asked grinning
"Well they aren't going to get to know each other well unless they get time alone, plus if Sophie's with us then you can't phase" Cat reminded him, the rain had lightened up now and was no more a down pour.
"Neither can Embry" Jacob added
"He can if they're in trouble" Cat shrugged "So what's the problem?"
"Why do I get the feeling you want me to phase for another reason?" Jacko cocked an eyebrow, Cat grinned guiltily but shrugged, Jacob sighed.
"What?" Cat asked "I like the speed you run at and seeing as we have like three hours we could maybe take a detour?" she half pleaded, Jacob sighed
"Alright" he grinned, Cat beamed and jumped on her boyfriend kissing his cheek
"Thank you" she praised, petting him
"You don't have to pet me" he muttered
"Why not?" Cat giggled she jumped down and walked on ahead as Jacob stripped down and phased. Walking up to Cat she pulled herself gracefully up onto his back, wound her fingers in his fur before he crouched and began to run at full speed. Cat grinned the whole time.
Sophie and Embry locked up the house and walked in silence through the drizzle. Sophie didn't want to take her car, she'd prefer to walk through the rain, not only that but she had a feeling that Embry didn't want to take the car either. Sophie walked through the trees with her face pointing towards the sky as the rain washed over it, Embry watched her in fascination. He'd never seen someone who loved the rain as much as she did, someone who openly got wet and preferred that over the sun. He liked it, it made her a one of a kind.
"You'd think we'd be able to see or hear them at least" Sophie suddenly said "They didn't leave that long ago"
"They're probably running" Embry sighed, but he just shrugged "Who knows", he could smell both their scents as they'd raced off through the woods. Sophie glanced at Embry, knowing he wasn't as curious as she was for a reason.
"It probably has to do with all the other secrets going on" she admitted to herself
"Say…" Embry began
"Mmm?" Sophie hummed
"Say, you knew someone… and they turned out not to be what you expected?" Embry wondered, Sophie looked at him confused
"As in…" she asked
"There was a side to them you never imagined was possible" Embry didn't look at her, Sophie stopped walking. That was her, that was how you would describe her, she was so surprised by this.
"How could he know? He shouldn't know. If he did Cat would have told me" Sophie thought. Embry stopped to look at her
"W-Why?" she hesitated, Embry shrugged
"Hypothetically" he muttered looking away
"I-I don't know, depends on what it is" Sophie bit her lip "But, it can't be anything that bad"
"But it's a secret, so how would you know?" Embry asked
"Well, just because you have a side I haven't met, doesn't mean your personality will change, unless you have a split personality. But you are still you, no matter what secret you hide" Sophie admitted as she began to walk again
"You wouldn't feel scared or threatened?" Embry questioned
"I don't know what it is" Sophie reminded him grinning "But if it's that kind of thing, then I might be surprised at first, but after an explanation I'm sure I'd get used to it"
"What if it meant putting your life in danger?" Embry pressed
"Well…" Sophie thought for a minute "I'm not really worried about that" she admitted to herself "I'm pretty sure that the person wouldn't hurt me purposely so I don't think I'd be that worried" she looked at Embry who pondered what she'd said
"Even though she says that, she doesn't understand" Embry thought, he sighed
"This is all hypothetical… isn't it?" Sophie wondered, Embry looked at her to answer but hesitated. He nodded, hiding the frown that tried to form on his face
"What brought this on then?" Sophie asked curiously
"Nothing, the thought kind of just popped into my head" Embry lied, Sophie frowned
"That kind of thing doesn't just 'pop' into someone's head" she thought. They walked in silence for a long time
"Embry" Sophie began, he glanced down at her "Is something bothering you?" she asked softly, Embry didn't look at her
"No" he answered
"You're lying to me" Sophie answered immediately
"I'm not. I'm fine" Embry said sternly
"I don't believe you" Sophie muttered. No one spoke after that, the air was thick with tension and neither knew what to talk about now. Embry felt awful for lying to her but he couldn't bring himself to tell her, the fact that she knew he was lying hurt him even more. Sophie was trying to keep the frown off her face. She knew something was up but she felt as though Embry was ashamed of it and therefore, wouldn't tell her.
"He doesn't like this part of him and he thinks no one else will either" Sophie thought "If only he'd tell me and realise that's not true" she frowned some more
"Sophie, are you alright?" Embry asked
"Yeah, why?" Sophie wondered
"You're frowning" Embry touched the corner of her mouth
"Oh" Sophie traced her frown "Sorry" she smiled
"Are you sure you're ok?" he wondered
"I don't see why not… except for the fact that I'm about to watch you all haul yourselves over a cliff" she remembered
"Narr, don't worry about that, we do it all the time" Embry grinned
"Still, for someone who thinks it's a death wish, you can't blame me for worrying" Sophie crossed her arms
"It's not that bad, just a rush" Embry shrugged
"It's dangerous" Sophie reminded him
"There's water to break your fall" Embry added
"Which could drown you" Sophie pointed out, "No matter how good a swimmer you are"
"We've done it heaps of times, I promise we'll be fine" Embry assured her
"Still" Sophie mumbled. They walked in silence for the rest of the walk until they exited the trees. Sophie groaned and went to turn around, Cat and Jacob were making out in front go them. They both broke apart when Sophie groaned while Embry grabbed the back of her top lightly to stop her from leaving
"You could at least give us a little warning" Sophie crossed her arms across her chest, looking back at her sister
"How? We didn't know you were there" Cat shrugged, Sophie glared at her sister, knowing that was a full lie.
"Next time, text me or something" she said sourly before walking away from them
"Do you even know where you're going?" Cat wondered
"I'm following the sounds of laughter" Sophie muttered annoyed
"Jeez, just cause you don't have a boyfriend yet" Cat sighed
"Did you do something Em?" Jacob wondered
"Don't think so, she was worrying about us jumping off a cliff, but otherwise she seemed fine" Embry admitted
"Might have been all of us" Cat sighed
"Why?" Jacob questioned confused
"Secrets" Cat said simply "She's getting sick of being left out of the loop", both boys looked back at Sophie as she walked away "It'll get worse if we keep it from her for to much longer, she'll be angry at all of us, all the time. She's already angry enough at me for keeping it from her"
"Then why don't we just tell her?" Jacob wondered
"Not our decision" Cat reminded him before looking at Embry
"Me?" Embry asked
"Either you tell her, or we all tell her" Cat instructed
"Why can't you?" Embry questioned
"Cause one, Sam would murder me, and two, it's not my secret to tell, she'd get pissed if I spilled someone else's secret, whether I was given permission or not" Cat explained
"Do we have to do it now?" Embry wondered
"No, just within the next week" Cat offered, Embry sighed
"Alright" he agreed
"Oi, you lot coming or not!" Sophie yelled back, looking at them all
"We are" Cat grinned running after her "Wait up"
"No, you shouldn't have been so slow" Sophie answered before turning around and continuing to climb the hill.
"Oi, wait for us, you need to be careful!" Jacob called "It's not a clearly marked path you know"
"I think we'll be fine, don't worry" Cat assured them
"Yeah have a little faith" Sophie rolled her eyes
"Dude, what's wrong?" Cat asked after observing her sister for a second
"Nothing's wrong" Sophie shrugged
"You can't lie to me Soph" Cat said firmly
"Well, other then the fact that you keep rubbing in the fact that I don't have a boyfriend, I'm fine" Sophie said sourly
"I'm not trying to" Cat admitted
"And yet you're still doing it" Sophie grounded her teeth
"Sophie, I know that's not why you're angry" Cat admitted, Sophie glanced at her sister, sighing in her inability to lie to her "Wanna tell me what's really on your mind, seeing as you're blocking me out"
"You always block me out lately" Sophie reminded her, Cat looked down at her feet
"Sorry" she muttered
"It's one of the things I'm annoyed at. Even my sister can't trust me anymore" Sophie mumbled
"That's not true" Cat disagreed
"Oh it's not? You don't talk to me, you shut me out, you talk behind my back when I'm not there and stop when I come near. How is that trusting me?" Sophie asked angrily, Cat frowned but didn't say anything "You can't even admit it"
"I trust you" Cat said firmly "But, this isn't about me" Cat admitted as they continued to walk, the boys somewhere behind them
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sophie asked, she stopped walking and faced her sister
"It means I'm just involved, but it's not my place to say anything cause it's got nothing to do with me" Cat admitted as she continued walking
"What are you involved in?" Sophie questioned, Cat stayed silent again, attempting to walk fast "Cat, stop avoiding my questions"
"Didn't you just hear what I said?" Cat wondered "It's not my place"
"That makes no sense" Sophie said aggravated
"It's not supposed to" Cat admitted, they heard a yell close ahead and trudged towards it. They walked out onto a cliff, two shirtless boys were standing at the edge looking over and Leah was sitting on the ground near by looking bored and annoyed.
"Aww, you started the party without us" Cat sulked, everyone turned to look at them, Jared and Paul grinning
"We didn't know you were interested" Paul smirked
"Would you like to go next then?" Jared wondered
"Not funny Jared" Jacob disapproved walking out onto the cliff behind the twins
"What? I was only joking" Jared grinned
"Of course you were, cause you weren't itching to throw me over" Cat rolled her eyes
"Well what about you Soph, you up for it" Jared asked
"No thanks, I'll pass" Sophie said coldly before turning away and sitting near Leah. Jared looked at Cat but she just sighed and put her head in her hands
"Dude, I know you're pissed but try not to bite everyone's heads off!" Cat thought, Sophie just glared at her
"Maybe you should tell me what's going on then" Sophie demanded, but Cat just turned her attention back to the wolves, ignoring her sister.
"So who's going first?" Paul asked but he just grabbed Seth and threw him over before anyone could register what he'd asked. Sophie gasped and ran to the edge
"Seth?" she worried. Seth resurfaced out of the water and shook his head
"Paul, you idiot" he cursed causing the others to just laugh
"You alright Seth?" Cat called
"All good" he grinned, Cat gave him the thumbs up, Sophie just stared at her.
Sophie's POV.
"Isn't she just a little bit worried?" I thought. I watched my sister with suspicion as she went over to Leah and began to talk to her.
"Soph" someone interrupted, I jumped a little before turning to see Embry "Sorry" he grinned
"No that's alright, I was just…" I began
"Daydreaming?" Embry finished my sentence for me
"Thinking" I muttered
"You seem kind of down, are you alright?" Embry asked softly, I looked at him, it was almost like he could sense my emotions, then again I was never good at keeping them hidden so I guess the worry and sadness was just all over my face at the moment.
"I'm ok" I looked away from him and at the open ocean, the wind blowing in my face. For once it didn't seem to blow my worries away, I didn't become lost in my own little place. I stayed with my feet firmly on the ground and my head out of the clouds, and for once, I wasn't happy about not drifting off, I wished I forget about all this stuff for a while, the annoying secrets
"Though now I know how my friends felt" I realised, but I don't think I ever made them this suspicious, it was like Cat didn't care if I found out but she couldn't tell me. It was tearing at me
"All that stuff about being involved but not being allowed to say anything, rubbish" I felt a glare creep onto my face, luckily I was looking away from everyone so they didn't notice. What was I going to do? It seemed like no one cared that they were lying to me. Like I didn't matter. I didn't understand why Cat was allowed in on what ever was going on, but I wasn't, and it was bigger then a normal surprise. something like a surprise party for example, they would be grinning whenever the subject was brought up, not frowning upon it like it was eating you up inside.
"Plus as far as I know it's no one's birthday for ages, and Alice would be the one organising it, not Cat" I reminded myself "How do I make them realise they can trust me?" I knew I shouldn't let any of this bother me, and it didn't at first, but then it just got more important. After the bonfire I just couldn't take all the lying anymore, the excuses and whispers, it just became too much. I went and sat on the ground against a log near the forest edge and watched the boys push each other around, some were pushed off the cliff, others jumped off purposely. Seth had rejoined them and was trying to get revenge on Paul, he wasn't succeeding as of yet. Cat was laughing and joking around with Leah, I'd never met her before all I knew what that she was Seth's older sister, but she looked nice. I averted my eyes and after a few minutes I realised I'd been watching Embry. I blinked at shook my head
"What is it about him?" something about him just drew me into him, he was already perfect, no one needed to point that out to me. I hardly knew him yet being around him made me feel the same way I felt when I was surrounded by both my elements, obviously I don't zone out and loose track of time, but I got the same feeling of calm around him, and I liked it. But I could tell he was holding back something, and I had an annoyingly strong feeling it was connected to everything else.
"I don't think I'm like that with my secret, then again I've never felt the strong desire to tell someone that badly" I bit my lip. In fact the only one in the whole world that knows is Cat, and she's part of it. I was able to keep the secret for four years so far, and although Cat has too, I could tell she wanted to tell Jacob. "Though I think she wont without me spilling too" I sighed quietly. What was I going to do, I'd waited what? A month? Two months? And still no one had thought to include me in anything. "Cat know's me, she knows I can be trusted. I've kept our secret, nothing is as big as that so I'm sure I can survive this annoying little secret". Jared was next to be the victim to Paul, he cursed at him as he went over, the splash was huge and the sound of it made me smile. It looked like fun to jump of a cliff, have the wind comb through my hair then to be surrounded in water. But I knew that'd just raise a heap of questions if I just jumped off randomly.
"At least I try to be normal" I sighed.
Cat's POV.
"What is with her?" Leah asked "She's so sour looking"
"She's just annoyed" I sighed
"At what?" Leah questioned
"Being lied to" I shook my head
"Why? It's not like it's any of her business" Leah reminded her
"It's more the fact that I know and she knows I'm lying to her" I explained
"How?" Leah wondered
"Call it a twin thing" I admitted, Leah sighed
"She's gotta get over it" she decided
"She's not the only one that can't get over things remember, it's a lot more difficult then that" I grinned, Leah glared at me
"That's different" she thought
"Is it?" I wondered "I'd be pissed if she was lying to me about something"
"But that's cause you're sisters, if it was some random you wouldn't feel as bad" Leah reminded her
"Why would I feel bad for a random anyway?" I asked
"I don't know" Leah shrugged "It was just an example", I rolled her eyes "By the way, you gonna give it a try?" she asked
"What?" I wondered surprised
"Cliff jumping" Leah rolled her eyes
"Maybe" I shrugged, I didn't actually mind jumping, but I thought it might freak out a few people, Jacob for example.
"Well if you're not going to jump, maybe you should push someone else in" Leah grinned mischievously
"Oh yeah right cause I could totally push one of you over" I reminded her, though I probably could thanks to my earth powers making me stronger, but I wasn't going to admit it
"Then push Sophie" Leah shrugged
"And have Embry kill me? No thanks" I grinned
"She's your sister" Leah pushed "Plus if Bella can jump off then so can you"
"That's different" I remembered,
"Yeah, I know. She said she wanted to 'see' something, what ever that means" Leah rolled her eyes, I already knew Leah didn't like Bella so this attitude towards Bella didn't surprise me all that much. Leah nodded her head to Sophie
"She could get killed, we aren't like you remember" I muttered, it was only half a lie we weren't like them but we weren't normal either.
"Again, Bella did it" Leah scoffed
"Oh and she just swam out did she?" I raised an eyebrow, Leah stayed silent "I'll take that a no" I shook my head at her
"Come on, there was a storm that day, today is fine, and if she does start to drown…" Leah convinced
"Not likely" I thought to myself
"… we're all here so she'll be fine" Leah finished
"You're willing to risk my sisters life?" I asked slowly, my eyes narrowed
"N-No, I'm willing for you to have some fun" Leah chose her words carefully, I crossed my arms but Leah just rolled her eyes "Don't be such a woos she'll be fine. And if you're still worried, you could go first" she grinned
"Yeah, no, I don't really do water, I prefer to avoid it. Unless I'm feeling spontaneous or something" I admitted, I didn't know what it was, I could stand in the rain and swim in a pool but some times water just didn't agree with me and it felt weird or something, I couldn't explain it well, not even to Sophie
"And yet you live in the rainiest place in the US" Leah reminded me, I just sighed
"Yeah"
"Hey Cat, you sure you don't wanna have a go?" Jared grinned as he walked out of the trees soaking wet from having Paul push him over.
"I'm sure" I nodded "Water's more Sophie's thing"
"Then she'll love it" Leah grinned
"Why don't you go in?" I asked her, Leah shrugged
"How about I will if you will?" Leah proposed "Or you have to at least get your sister in"
"It was just a question, I didn't say I wanted you too" I grinned
"You just can't do it that's all" Jared raised an eyebrow
"Maybe, maybe not" I shrugged, making sure not to let his words get to me
"You can't even get Sophie over" Leah egged me on
"So? She'd probably drown me, that child has a very cold heart when she's angry or pissed" I admitted seriously remembering what happens when she gets angry
"You're scared of your sister?" Jared asked
"Sometimes" I admitted
"And yet you're not scared of us or… them" Jared glanced to the side, Sophie was behind him, but she didn't seem to be paying attention.
"You don't know her like I do, trust me, you make her mad and she'll freeze you solid" I confessed, Jared just scoffed while Leah rolled her eyes again
"You really are scared of your own twin" she muttered
"Sometimes" I said again "I don't really do cold and wet"
"What's that got to do with it?" Leah wondered confused
"Nothing" I lied, why was I the only one that knew every secret?
"Come on, it'll just be a bit of fun, what's it gonna do?" Jared insisted
"You have no idea" I thought, the looks they both had on their faces told me they weren't going to give up on this "Jeez, if it gets you all off my back, fine!" I decided standing up, "Sophie needs a little loosening up, maybe a bit of wind and water will help"
"There's the spirit" Leah grinned almost excitedly. At that moment Seth was pushed over by both Embry and Jacob, I went and stood at the edge and looked over, thinking, all I had to do was get Sophie near the edge without it being suspicious.
"What'll get her over here?" I wondered, my eyes landed on Embry who was laughing his head off, I grinned "That'll work" and I walked back over to Jared
"Hey Jared" I whispered and gestured for him to bend over towards me. He did so and I whispered into his ear extremely quietly. Jared grinned and nodded to me, he went over to Embry who was laughing with Jacob while I walked over to Sophie
"You alright?" I asked
"I'm fine" Sophie said coldly, not wanting to talk to me.
"So she was still angry" I thought "Come on, you can't stay mad at me forever" I sighed
"Oh yeah?" Sophie asked, I nodded seriously, she was talking to me right now so she wasn't doing a very good job
"Plus how am I meant to talk to you if you wont talk back" I shrugged keeping her talking
"You don't" Sophie said sourly, I rolled my eyes and looked over as Jared harshly pushed Embry, he wobbled for a minute standing at the edge
"Uh oh" I muttered, making sure Sophie heard me, she did and she followed my gaze as Jared gave Embry an extra push who toppled over the edge. Sophie got up and ran to the edge and looked over, just in time to see Embry smack into the water. Jared was laughing his head off, Jacob and Paul with him. I stifled a laugh before following my sister
"I think he's alright" I muttered standing next to her as Embry emerged from the water, Sophie let out a sigh of relief. I saw her glare at Jared but he didn't notice
"Don't you wanna give it a try?" I asked getting to the topic
"Right cause that'd be smart, it would make everyone suspicious" Sophie reminded me silently
"Not really, Bella's already done it" I shrugged trying to convince her, Sophie looked at me surprised, I just nodded
"But she's just crazy at the moment" Sophie sighed, I grinned as Embry swam around the edge of the cliff and out of sight, the waters were now clear, plus if I didn't push her in now we'd loose the conversation or someone else would jump in first
"Nothing wrong with that" I took my sisters wrist and swung her over the edge. Sophie gasped, I watched as she turned around and grabbed my still outstretched arm, pulling me over with her.
"Cat!" I heard Jacob yell. I gasped as the two of us plummeted down the side of the cliff, the wind rushing past me. The water came closer and I crashed feet first into the freezing water. I opened my eyes and looked around, the water around me had already begun to rise in temperature and a few small bubbles rose up. I saw Sophie not far from me, she was looking around everywhere at the dark scenery, it was nothing like the ocean we were used to and I watched as a small frown appear on Sophie's face. I suddenly remembered that I could only hold my breath for a limited amount of time, although it was longer then the average human it would create a panic for the others on the cliff. I kicked upwards and my head broke the surface, I wiped all the hair out of my face and looked around. My clothes were soaked
"Great, perfect, I should have worn a bathing suit" I thought annoyed, Sophie resurfaced in front of me and I scowled at her
"What did you do that for?!" I asked annoyed
"Me? You're the one who pushed me in" Sophie glared back
"But you like this stuff" I reminded her indicating to the water around us
"And if you were in a good mood so would you" Sophie argued
"I was in a good mood, till you decided to throw a hissy fit which is why I decided a bit of wind and water might make you feel better!" I confessed
"Oh yeah, right, course that's what you were thinking" Sophie disagreed, what did that mean, she didn't believe me?
"What could I benefit from pushing you over?" I questioned frustrated, I couldn't believe my own sister just said that to me, the water was bubbling a bit around me as my emotions effected my power
"How would I know? I don't know what goes through your head lately" Sophie snapped at me
"That's no need to be so uptight and angry" I argued back
"Oh it's not?" Sophie disagreed "What happened to our 'no secrets' promise?" I looked at her, sure I wasn't telling her everything but this wasn't my secret I didn't have the privilege to tell her. Couldn't she understand that?
"It's still there" I answered strongly
"No it's not" Sophie shook her head "You broke it" I looked at her surprised, out of all the things she had to spit out, she had to start blaming me for everything
"I broke it?" I spat, I didn't even bother to listen after that, I knew if I got to angry my electricity powers might start acting up and then I'd shock everything in the water so I just shook my head before ducking back under the water and swimming around the cliff, away from her. I reached the shore not long after and climbed out, I looked around making sure no one was near by before a heap of steam began to rise off my body. When I was dry I went and sat on a rock nearby, I wasn't in the mood to go back to everyone else, have Embry scold me and Jacob worry about me, Jared laugh at me and Leah might congratulating me, it wasn't the type of scenery I wanted right now. It wasn't even that big a deal, I knew that we'd both fine, I thought Sophie would enjoy it, and I had hoped it might have even made her laugh
"Guess she's just too angry for that" I sighed resting my chin on my knees. I didn't see Sophie come out of the water and I just assumed she'd found another way back, either that or she complete ditched and had gone home which was very likely. I felt some vibrations through my rock and knew they belong to Jacob, it wasn't difficult to tell which were his anymore. I wasn't surprised he'd come to find me, I had disappeared under the water and then hadn't returned to the top at all, of course he'd be freaking out. Maybe Embry was with him too, looking for Sophie, unless she'd already gone back and joined them which wasn't likely.
"Cat" Jacob said as he walked around and stood in front of me, placing his hands on my shoulders "Are you ok?" he asked me worried, I looked at him, a frown on my face and nodded, I wasn't in the mood for a cheering up session and I knew I'd just start crying.
"What's wrong?" he insisted, I looked at him and tears began to well up in my eyes "Cat" he muttered, I leaned into him and cried into his chest "Tell me what's wrong" he persuaded
"Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" I repeated blubbering
"For what?" Jacob questioned confused
"I know… s-seeing me l-like this is… h-hard for you, s-sorry" I stuttered
"Hey, it's ok, I'm not going to ask you not to feel emotions for me" Jacob stroked my hair, "Now, tell me what's wrong?"
"I can't h-handle this a-any m-more" I cried "I h-hate lying t-to h-her. A-And now it's c-causing us to f-fight" even though both our body temperatures caused my tears to dry up instantly, the waterfalls were so bad that my face stayed damp
"It'll be alright" Jacob assured me
"W-When? Today? T-Tomorrow? Y-You don't u-understand how h-hard it is to l-lie to h-her all t-the t-time. W-We made a p-promise, never to l-lie to one a-another and sh-she said I'd b-broken it" I cried harder "I never expected it to get th-this b-bad" I whispered, Jacob's chest would have been sopping if his body heat hadn't dried all my tears up "Sorry" I repeated
"No, I'm sorry, this is our secret and it's tearing you both apart. So we'll tell her" Jacob decided
"But you don't get to decide that" I reminded him
"I'll convince Sam, and if I can't convince him, I'll convince Emily" Jacob planned, I looked up at him and he smiled down at me, how did he ever become mine, how did I ever become lucky enough for that smile to belong to me? "Now, stop the tears it'll be alright" he caressed my cheek, I remembered I'd just had a break down in front of him and knew I was blushing
"Sorry, I'm not usually an emotional reck" I assured him, it was the second break down I'd had since we moved here, that was more then I'd had in three years put together!
"I know, I've learnt" Jacob grinned causing me to smile, I then remembered Embry was there too and I turned around to face him
"I'm guessing she didn't return?" I asked, he nodded looking worried, I smiled a watery smile, I was glad he cared about her, that she had someone else "Don't worry, she probably went home"
"But…" Embry began, but I just shook my head with confidence "Well if she didn't drown, then she had to walk home" he realised. I noticed the worry began to build in his face, I shook my head again and looked up at the sky, it had the usual clouds covering every sign of blue, no storm threatening and no cyclone or hurricane loomed anywhere
"She's fine" I looked back at him positively
"How do you know?" Jacob wondered
"Trust me, if she was hurt in anyway, I'd know, in fact you'd all know something was wrong" I assured them, wiping my eyes and trying to make them as less red and puffy as I could
"How?" Embry wondered
"Instinct" I shrugged "I always know when Sophie's injured in anyway, and the same for her to me", I couldn't tell them the real reason, at least it was easier to lie to them then it was to Sophie
"Twin thing?" Jacob raised an eyebrow at me, I thought for a minute, it wasn't really but I couldn't tell them that either
"I guess, like I said, instinct", I stood up, sliding off my rock "I'm gonna go home, Embry I'll text you if she's at home, I'll look for her is she's not". I was about to walk away when Jacob grabbed my hand, I sighed "Sorry, Jake, but you aren't going to stop me and you aren't coming with me" I told him seriously, I knew he wasn't going to let me walk alone through the forest but, what if Sophie hadn't gone home? Back in Miami she'd always ran off to some hiding place where no one could find her, and only I could ever reach her, no matter where she was.
"I'm not letting you go on your own" Jacob shook his head at me in disagreement
"You've got to trust me" I insisted
"That has nothing to do with this" Jacob argued
"It does. I promise, on my life, that I will be fine" I said strongly "Might get a bruise or two from falling over the shrubbery" I shrugged grinning, Jacob's expression stayed hard "Please? Jacob I can take care of myself. If I couldn't, I wouldn't be so comfortable with walking through a forest full of vampires" I reminded him "I also might also not be dating a werewolf" I remembered, I always forgot he was different, though I think it was mainly because I wasn't normal either "I will be fine" I said strongly. Jacob frowned at me but I felt him very slowly and hesitantly left go of my hand. I smiled and was about to turn to leave when Jacob grabbed my hand again and spun me around, pulling me into him. Suddenly his lips were crashing down on mine, at first I was surprised but I got over that quickly and kissed him back. When we pulled away form one another I looked up at him for a second before kissing him sweetly again, I could never get tired of his kisses
"Be careful" Jacob muttered
"Promise" I nodded before he let go of my hand and I turned to leave, high fifing Embry as I passed him. I jogged into the trees and through the forest.
Jacob POV.
I watched as my whole world left me standing there as she ran off into the trees, a place full of vampires that could kill her instantly. It didn't matter how many times she said she could handle herself, she couldn't fight a vampire, she'd just get hurt even more, even Bella couldn't handle one and she had her bloodsuckers with her. They were dangerous and Cat obviously didn't understand that, but seeing her plead for me to let her go I just couldn't deny her that, even if it meant she'd be in danger I couldn't say no to her. She was my weakness, my kryptonite, she didn't understand how much it hurt just to be away from her. And seeing her fall off that cliff made my heart stop, I almost jumped in after her until I saw her resurface again. After a while I realised I'd been watching the place she'd disappeared from, I began to debate on going after her just in case, that worry didn't decrease as I remembered her pleading expression
"Don't worry, Jake. I'm sure she'll be fine" Embry assured me, I looked at Embry but also saw the worried look on his face, remembering that he was worrying about Sophie. I didn't nod but stopped fidgeting as Embry began walked back up to the cliff, I looked back at the trees before hastily following him.
Cat's POV.
As soon as I was out of sight I jumped into the sky and took off towards my house. I had an annoying suspicion that Sophie wouldn't be at home, she'd always been like. When ever she was really upset and didn't want to talk to anyone, she would find an unreachable hiding place and I was usually the only one who was able to get there.
"You'd think at seventeen she would have grown out of that" I muttered. The house came into view and I went round to the front door incase one of my parents had come home. I walked in, unlocking the door, meaning it was empty, before I zoomed up the stairs to my sisters room, it was empty.
"Figures" I muttered, I went to my room, my parents room, the studies, the bathrooms, the laundry, the library, the garage and took a look in Sophie's porsche, it was empty. The entire house was empty. I sighed and sat down in the lounge room
"If I tell Embry she's not here he'll go mad with worry and probably come down here to follow a scent" I muttered to myself "If it was that easy I'd be able to find her" I walked out the back door and onto the grass. Sitting down cross legged I put my hands on the ground palm down and closed my eyes in concentration. I searched all of Forks and LaPush in about fifteen minutes, but didn't find my sister anywhere
"So she's either not in Forks or not touching the ground" I opened my eyes and pulled out my phone, I bit my lip
"Hey Embry," I texted "It's alright, she's home and fine, just upset. Now I've got to try and get her to talk to me so I'll talk to you later" I sighed and sent the message, I didn't know when he'd get it seeing as they didn't carry phones around with them. I looked up, the clouds rolled along the sky
"That's it" I muttered "When ever Sophie didn't want to be found she'd go and sulk, but she wouldn't just go anywhere" I stood up and looked at the sky "She'd go and sulk on a cloud because no one could find her!" I bent my knees and jumped, flying up through the cold air. I didn't bother to think about who might see me, nor did I care all. I cared about was making it up to my sister. I entered the clouds, feeling the water on my skin, it reminded me of Sophie. My clothes slowly began to get wet again as I continued up through the three current cloud layers before I saw the blue sky. I exited the moist air and looked around, I couldn't see anything. I thought about where we'd been,
"Over the ocean" I remembered "And the ocean was in that direction" I pointed and flew off towards it, the clouds slowly parted below me and I could see snippets of land, the trees covering almost every inch of it. I eventually saw something that wasn't meant to be there and knew immediately that it was my sister. She was looking down a hole in the clouds at the ocean below, her knees hugged to her chest, her eyes puffy from where she'd been crying. I hovered behind her
"Sophie?" I said softly, she turned her head a fraction
"Go away" she sobbed "How'd you find me?"
"I'm your sister Soph, you're twin no doubt, I know you better then anyone, it wasn't difficult. You always come up here when you're really upset" I reminded her, I hovered next to her
"Leave me alone" she said sadly, trying to avoid my gaze
"Sophie, I'm sorry" I apologised, she glanced at me for a second "I didn't want to lie to you, I didn't want to keep anything from you, but… I wasn't allowed to tell you" I explained
"Why not?" Sophie spat
"Cause it wasn't my secret to share" I frowned, she looked at me, her face softened a bit so I guessed my face was still a little red from where I'd had my break down earlier
"Embry was freaking out when you didn't return" I admitted, I saw her blush "Those boys are really protective you know, you shouldn't worry him like that. I had to lie to him and tell him you were at home so that he'd calm down a bit"
"Why would he care?" Sophie wondered frowning
"Cause you mean a lot to him, just like he means a lot to you" I confessed looking down at the sea "Haven't you noticed that whenever you're near by he always glances over at you, he smiles whenever he sees you. And you can't help but smile back" I hovered in a sitting position on the cloud next to her, unlike Sophie I couldn't sit on a cloud, I just fall right through it, I had to learn that the hard way.
"Why are you telling me this?" Sophie questioned
"Cause if you're not going to come down because I asked you, maybe you'll come down cause he's freaking out, thinking you might be hurt or something" I looked up at the blue sky
"I thought you said you texted him?" Sophie wondered, she was still trying to be upset with me
"I did, but he might just come running to the house, if so he'll find out I lied and then freak out" I sighed "Plus, what will mum and dad do if they find out you've gone missing, especially when quite a few people keep getting killed" I reminded her "I'm pretty sure they'd freak out", I saw Sophie frown, she knew that was true
"Are you going to tell me the truth?" she asked me, I shook my head
"I can't" I admitted, I saw her frown and look angrily at me "But," I said before she could say anything "I think the boys are planning on telling you"
"The boys?" she wondered
"It's their secret," I shrugged "They're the one's that have to tell you. But they need to get permission first"
"Why? And from who?" Sophie asked confused
"It's kind of complicated" I finally looked at her and smiled "But if you stay here, you wont find out" I reminded her, she sighed but smiled
"Fine, if someone's finally going to explain to me what's going on, I guess I could come back down" she decided
"Good" I said hovering in front of her
"Oh and Cat", I looked at her
"Yeah?" I asked
"I'm really sorry" she frowned "For saying you broke our promise. I knew there was a reason you couldn't tell me but I guess I just couldn't take it anymore" she confessed
"It's alright" I smiled and held out my hand "Now come on, before we end up getting chewed out by those boys for disappearing" I grinned, Sophie rolled her eyes but stood up and hovered next to me, she pulled me into a hug and I hugged her back
"Race ya" I grinned before flying back towards the ground
"Hey! Unfair, you had a head start!" I head her yell before she sped off after me. Although we were in her element, the air, I was still faster then she was, light was the fastest thing ever after all.