I was on a role! Another chapter up within three days! I'm thinking of following the twilight story line now, the books by the way, not the movies. And don't worry I haven't forgotten about everyone maybe finding out about the girls secret. I have that completely planned out and I'm really exited to write it!
Jacob's POV.
I couldn't stop worrying about Cat. The memory of that leech that had escaped us the day Cat had found out about my secret had resurfaced in my mind.
"What if she was still after Cat? What if she came after her in revenge?" it had seemed she was more then happy to kill Cat after we burned her bloodsucking partner.
"Jake, chill out she'll be fine" Jared said all to calmly, you could tell he was annoyed that I was pacing up and down on the cliff top.
"Oh, how would you feel if Kim went walking through a forest full of bloodsuckers? On her own?" I snapped at him, he shut up after that. Embry was also worried, Sophie had just disappeared around the cliff side and hadn't turned up anywhere. However he wasn't pacing around nor did he look like he was about to launch into the trees to go after them. I sighed, what was I going to do if something happened to her? Why didn't she just listen to me and let me protect her?
"Jake," Embry spoke up, I looked at him "Do you think we should talk to Sam?" he wondered
"Why?" Seth asked confused
"We're going to ask him if we can tell Sophie" Embry answered
"Why? It's none of her business?" Leah said annoyed
"She's Embry's imprint, she has a right to know." I reminded her "Plus, you didn't see Cat before", Leah looked sympathetic now, she had grown to like Cat, in fact Cat was probably the only one Leah spoke kindly too.
"Why do we need to go now?" Jared wondered
"You don't have to come" Embry grinned
"We told Cat we'd talk to Sam about letting her sister know" I confessed
"You know he probably wont agree to that" Leah reminded me
"So I'll talk to Emily" I shrugged
"You make it sound so easy" Leah muttered as she stood up. The six of us left the cliff and phased, Leah waited for us all to strip and phase before she joined us. We didn't know what her problem was, we'd seen her memories anyway, even if we wished we hadn't.
"It's called dignity" she interrupted my thoughts, I rolled my big eyes as we ran, she and I in the front as we were the fastest out of the lot. It didn't take us long to get to Emily's house, we phased and got dressed, walking in through the door and sitting down at the table, Leah walking in after us.
"Where's Cat?" Emily wondered when he realised she wasn't with us
"She went back home" Leah sighed
"Why?" Emily wondered
"There was a bit of an incident" Jared began
"What happened? Is she alright?" Emily worried
"She's fine, physically" Embry sighed
"What happened?" Emily immediately looked at me, but I shook my head
"I didn't do anything. She and Sophie got into a huge fight and Cat ended up in tears while Sophie disappeared" I recapped
"Disappeared?" Emily questioned
"They both fell of the cliff and they were fine. They resurfaced and everything, but they ended up fighting. Then, one after the other, they swam around the cliff, but neither of them returned to the top of the cliff." Jared shrugged
"Cat was at the bottom, sitting on a rock alone, but Sophie was no where to be found" Embry frowned
"Cat said she was fine cause she always knew when Sophie was hurt and said she was probably at home." I continued "So she went home to find her"
"And you didn't go with her?" Emily asked me
"She wouldn't let me" I frowned
"But it's dangerous for her to be out there alone, that vampire's still on the loose" Emily remembered, everyone else had forgotten about that. It didn't help me, I'd already been worrying about that every time she insisted on going out there, but she never seemed worried.
"You should have seen her though Em, I've never seen Cat like that" Embry sighed
"Like what?" Emily wondered confused
"Vulnerable" Embry summed up
"Cat? Vulnerable? Are you serious?" Leah questioned, Embry nodded
"She had waterfalls pouring out of her eyes" he joked
"Why?" Emily looked upset to hear this
"Lying to Sophie, we never really knew how hard it was on her" Embry shrugged "She had a breakdown"
"Which is another reason why we're here, we need to talk to Sam" I confessed
"He's talking to the elders about something, what's wrong?" Emily informed us
"We wanted permission to tell Sophie" I admitted, Emily looked at us both "It's about time she knew, don't you think? She is Embry's imprint"
"And after seeing that it was effecting Cat so badly…" Embry sighed
"Well…" Emily thought "Why don't you let me talk to him?" Emily smiled, I grinned. I knew she wouldn't want anyone to be hurt by this secret.
"Good thing Embry imprinted on Sophie" I thought, we all looked at Emily
"What are you going to talk to me about?" we turned to see Sam walking in
"Well…" Emily began, but we stopped when we heard something vibrating, she pulled a phone out of her back pocket "Hey Embry, 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"she read, she looked at Embry confused who looked so relieved "It's from Cat" Emily looked at Embry
"She went to home to check on Sophie, she said she'd tell us if she was home or not" I explained, Emily nodded
"What's going on?" Sam wondered
"Well, Sam, we were wondering…" Emily began "If it was alright for Sophie to know about the secret now too. It's been a week, don't you think that's long enough?" she asked, Sam looked at Embry who looked almost desperate
"Now?" Sam asked, Emily nodded
"Apparently Cat had a breakdown because it was causing her and Sophie to argue over it all" Emily admitted, this time Sam looked at me, I just nodded
"She is Embry's imprint, she deserves to know" Emily convinced. Sam looked around at us all, then back to Emily, she looked at him sweetly before he sighed. I grinned, he couldn't say no to her.
"Alright" he agreed. Emily smiled and kissed him, they ended up having a make out session, we all groaned.
"Come on" I told Embry and we walked out before Sam could say anything. We phased again and ran off towards the twin's house. It didn't take us more then a minute or two to get there, we phased back and walked over to the front door, we knocked but no one answered. I glanced at Embry before I turned the handle, the door opened. Something wasn't right, why would the door be unlocked, but then no one came to answer it? Especially when Cat had texted us telling us she was home. I listened, the house was empty
"There's no one here" Embry also realised, we walked into the house, Cat's scent was fresh, she'd been through the entire house, Sophie's how ever was not
"Sophie hasn't been here since we left…" Embry muttered "Cat said she was home…"
"She lied" I realised
"Why?" Embry asked me
"She didn't want you to worry" I ground my teeth "Either of us". I walked through the house, following my nose. The scent lead me out the back door and to a spot on the grass, it was strongest here, but the scent just ended.
"How could it just end?" Embry wondered behind me "Doesn't seem like she doubled back on it"
"She wouldn't have even thought of that if she was to busy worrying about Sophie" I thought. I walked back into the house anyway and up the stairs to her room, it was empty as expected, her scent was strongest at the door
"So she didn't even enter her room" I realised
"They're not here Jake" Embry said, standing half way up the spiral staircase "The whole house is empty, Cat's scent starts at the door then ends in the backyard"
"How is that possible?" I wondered confused, worry was obvious in my expression, I looked at Embry, he was looking out the big window, his face mirrored mine. I suddenly heard the sound of laughing, it was like music to my ears, the perfect symphony, Embry looked at me, he'd heard it too. We ran down the stairs and out the back door just in time to see Cat and Sophie emerge from the trees
"That's not fair, you had a head start" Sophie pouted
"Narr, I'm just faster" Cat shrugged grinning, she suddenly stopped walking and turned to look at us, Sophie followed her gaze. "Oooo, busted" Cat muttered looking at me with a worried look.
Sophie's POV.
I flew after Cat back to our house, she was a few meters in front of me and it didn't matter how much wind I used to propel myself she was still faster. I even used the wind to slow her down but that didn't seem to work either.
"Stupid light powers!" I cursed to myself. She dove into the trees feet first and I followed her as she gracefully climbed down the tree and onto the ground, I ignored the trees and just flew straight down, but she still beat me. She started laughing when I landed next to her, I followed her as we walked out of the trees towards our house
"That's not fair, you had a head start" I pouted
"Narr, I'm just faster" Cat shrugged grinning, she suddenly stopped walking. I looked at her confused as she turned her head, I followed her gaze and saw Jacob and Embry standing in front of us, they'd just walked out of the house
"What are they doing here?" I wondered
"Oooo, busted" Cat muttered, I looked at her confused, what did she mean busted? She was looking at Jacob with a worried, almost guilty, look on her face. Jacob crossed his arms
"What?" Cat asked sweetly with a shrug
"We get your text to say you're at home, but when we get here you're no where to be found?" Jacob asked her
"I was home" Cat admitted
"But you didn't stay here" Jacob added
"So, I never said I would, I didn't lie" Cat smiled
"You said Sophie was at home" Jacob remembered, I looked at Cat
"Opps" Cat muttered guiltily
"I thought the whole point of hurrying back was so that they didn't chew us out!" I reminded her
"Guess we weren't fast enough" Cat muttered
"You told me this would happen. Why weren't you more careful?" I asked annoyed
"Cause you took longer to convince to come back home" she turned to me annoyed
"Oh so it's my fault now?" I snapped
"Well if you hadn't ran off in the first place, none of this would have happened" she crossed her arms across her chest
"Well if you hadn't lied to me…" I began
"I thought we just talked about that?" she interrupted me
"We did. But now you're putting the blame on me! That's right I forgot, everything's my fault" I argued
"I didn't say that" Cat disagreed
"You implied it though!" I snapped at her
"Will you two stop it" Jacob spoke up, we both looked at him
"Who asked you!?" we said in sync, both of us frustrated
"Well if it's anyone's fault, it's ours really" Embry sighed, my expression softened, it was alright blaming my sister, even though I knew it wasn't her fault, but to blame someone else was a little different.
"No" Cat disagreed, I looked at her confused "It's Sam's" she said annoyed
"Sam?" I questioned
"He's just doing what he believes is best" Jacob sighed
"I don't care" Cat crossed her arms again annoyed
"Um… what?" I asked confused, Cat looked at me and sighed
"Oh, and we asked him" Jacob put in, Cat looked at him surprised, she was silent for a while, while I pondered what they were talking about
"Why didn't you say that earlier!?" Cat suddenly burst, I looked at her completely surprised by her outburst
"You two were arguing" Jacob shrugged before he smiled at her
"Jeez" Cat smiled though, she turned to me "Come on! We've got to go"
"Go? Go where?" I asked her confused
"I'll tell you when we get there, just hurry up!" she looked really happy all of a sudden, but I was so confused, what had they been talking about? What had they asked Sam? Why was it so important? I didn't get a chance to ask any of these questions because Cat pulled me back into the trees, Jacob and Embry following behind us. Cat walked at a really fast pace, it was almost like she was in some huge hurry.
We walked for about an hour or something before we finally exited the forest, when I looked up standing in front of me was a small, cute, double story, red house. It was made of timber and looked quite quaint, it had that home feeling too, it just made you feel welcome. I sniffed the air and smelt the smell of muffins
"Emily's muffins!" Cat cheered and she jogged up to the house, walking straight in
"Cat, you can't just barge in like that!" I said disapprovingly as I followed her
"Don't worry, we all do it" Jacob grinned as he walked through the door, Embry held the door open for me and I smiled my thanks at him before walking in. I was standing in a cute little kitchen, a round table in front of me. There was a heap of muffins on the table, enough to feed a classroom, probably more. Jared, Paul, Seth and Leah were sitting around the table, Sam was in the kitchen with Emily and Cat had picked up a muffin and began to eat it. Everyone, except Emily, were all eating, they finished a muffin in one mouthful then went for another
"I don't think I've ever seen someone eat that much" I admitted "And that includes Cat", Cat shot me a look
"They always eat this much. You put a plate of food in front of them and it's gone within the minute" she shook her head with a sigh
"What?" Jacob asked her, Cat just shook her head again and grinned at him
"Hey Sophie" Emily greeted me, pulling me into a hug
"Hey" I smiled
"Would you like a muffin?" she offered holding one up
"Sure. They look amazing" I admitted
"That's because Emily's cooking is the best" Jared grinned
"That's cause she has to cook for you lot 24/7" Cat grinned
"What, we're growing boys, we need our energy" Embry shrugged
"Yeah right, you're all just hungry all the time" Cat laughed
"Well we work hard" Jared shrugged
"Work? It's not really classified as work when you enjoy what you do" Cat smirked
"Yes it is" I disagreed, even though I had no idea what they were talking about
"Well they don't get paid" Cat confessed
"Then it's community service" I grinned
"All we do is service of the community" Seth grinned
"You don't" Leah grinned
"That's not his fault" Cat reminded her, Leah just shrugged before grabbing another muffin
"Um Cat, weren't we here for a reason?" I remembered, she looked at me
"Oh yeah!" she turned to Sam, he saw her as she gave him a puppy dog look, he sighed
"Yes" he said
"Yes?" I questioned, Cat beamed before running over to him and jumping on him, giving him a hug
"Thank you Sam! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she repeated over and over again. I looked at her like she was mental, which she probably was.
"What is going on here?" I wondered, everyone was laughing at Sam's face, he looked surprised, even Emily was trying to suppress a laugh. I walked up to Cat and pinched her ear
"Ow!" she complained as she let go of Sam "What did you do that for?" she asked as I released her
"For freaking the guy out and making him uncomfortable" I said disappointed
"But did you have to grab my ear? You're not my mother you know" she grumbled
"Well I know it's like your weak spot" I shrugged "And sometimes you make me feel like your mother. You can be so childish sometimes"
"I'm childish? I'm not the one who went and sulk on a…" she began, I clapped my hand over her mouth, she removed it "I'm not the one who ran away to sulk" she corrected herself
"Can you blame me?" I argued
"Didn't you two just make up?" Jared sighed, interrupting
"We're sisters, we're allowed to fight" Cat crossed her arms
"You seem to do it more often now though" Jacob shrugged
"It's not my fault" I muttered, I looked up to see everyone grinning "What?" I asked confused. Cat took my hand and lead my into the living room. She sat down on the couch and pulled me down to sit next to her. Everyone else followed, Jacob sat on Cat's other side while Embry sat next to me, Leah on the coffee table opposite Cat, Sam and Emily sat on the armchair near me while Jared and Paul fought over the last arm chair, Paul won and Jared sat on the floor next to Seth. I looked at them all confused
"We, they," Cat corrected, indicating to everyone else "Have something to tell you" she grinned. I looked around at everyone, Sam was thinking, the others were grinning, Jacob and Embry looked nervous, especially Embry, it was like his entire future rested on this conversation.
"What?" I questioned confused
"I guess you've noticed that we've been keeping something from you?" Sam began, I nodded slowly, glancing at Cat
"I've noticed she has, and that it has something to do with all of you…" I began pointing at Cat, she didn't even frown but looked at Sam, waiting for him to continue
"There are legends in the Quileute tribe" he continued, I nodded again "They say that Quileute's are supposedly descended from wolves." I blinked at him for a minute as he watched me.
"Descended from wolves…" I thought, "Wolves…" I suddenly remembered the wolves and turned to Cat, she grinned but looked back at Sam
"You don't know about them" she thought, I thought about that but remembered that I'd never actually seen them, the only way to explain I knew about them was to say I'd heard rumours, but they were all about bears so even that wasn't a good excuse. I looked back at Sam
"They aren't just myths and stories" he admitted "They're real legends, the Quileute's are descended from wolves" Sam said seriously, I thought about that for a minute
"If the Quileute's were descended from wolves, wouldn't that make them…" my thoughts trailed off, they were the wolves! Werewolves! "Wait no, they only changed at night during a full moon, right?"
"Shape shifters" I heard my sisters thoughts and looked at her, I stood up angrily, everyone looked a little worried, I guess they thought I wasn't taking this truth very well, but that wasn't the reason at all
"You're dating a shape shifter and you didn't tell me!" I shot, everyone looked surprised as I looked at Cat
"I didn't really have permission to tell you" Cat argued "What would you think if I spilled their secret to you? The fact that a mythical creature exists" I could see where she was going with this now "It's not my fault! I didn't have the right to tell you! How would you like it if I spilled one of your secrets?" she said standing up
"You could have told me sooner, you've been dating him how long?!" I thought "Or at least convinced them too!"
"That wasn't my place to say!" she spat at me, I could see her eyes turning orange "Why are you blaming me for this?!" she yelled, I knew she hadn't told them our secret because Jacob still freaked out when she walked through the forest so I knew if she went up in flames the fact that the boys were shape shifters wouldn't be the only secret that was exposed today "I can't believe you!" she threw her hands up in the air. I took a deep breath
"Alright. I'm sorry" I said calmly, I looked back at my sister and saw her anger slowly disappear as her eyes changed from a slight purple back to there beautiful cobalt blue "I know it's not you're fault"
"Then why did you snap at me?" she asked annoyed, but she wasn't as angry as before
"Well being your sister don't you think I'm the first person who should know you're dating something that doesn't exist?" I asked
"Hey" Jacob said in defence
"No offence" I said to him, looking around my sister and grinning, he scowled at me. I looked back at my sister, she had an eyebrow raised
"Right cause you're not special either" she thought, I narrowed my eyes at her
"I still had a right to know" I thought back
"It took me this long to convince them to tell you now, thanks to a few other things" she turned away and sat back down
"Other things?" I wondered confused
"Now that that's settled" she muttered "Everyone one in this room, other then us and Emily is a shape shifter" she said
"Alright, how?" I wondered sitting down again
"We told you, the quileute's are descended from wolves" Jared grinned "Freaked out yet?"
"Nope" I admitted, it wasn't like I hadn't gone through something weird like this before, my sister and I could manipulate the elements for god sake, I was crying on a cloud before "A little surprised, I'll admit that" I confessed
"You're not worried?" Embry asked
"Should I be?" I asked looking at them all
"Well, our tempers can be a bit of a problem" Jacob sighed
"Especially Paul's" Cat pointed, I looked at him, he was glaring at Cat "What, it's true" she shrugged
"How?" I asked, trying to get my sister off that specific topic
"When ever we get very angry, we phase, it's uncontrollable" Sam explained
"So you need to learn how to control you're anger in order to prevent it?" I summed up, he nodded "Huh" I turned to my sister, she was the same, she erupted into flames a lot back in Miami when we first got our abilities. Cat glared at me
"You're no different, how many things did you freeze?" she asked, I scowled at her "In other words they're a little dangerous" she shrugged before the silence became to long
"A little?" I saw Sam frowned, I glanced at Cat
"Emily" she said simply, I glanced at Emily and immediately saw the scars, I almost gasped but remembered that would draw attention to me so I stopped.
"Alright," I said slowly thinking it over, I remembered warm temperatures "Does the fact that you all have warm temperatures have to do with it?" I asked, they all grinned and nodded "And the cliff jumping?"
"They heal really fast" Cat emphasised on the 'really'
"Like you?" I thought
"Maybe not that fast, luckily I haven't had to witness that" she admitted. I thought some more
"Is there a reason?" I wondered, I knew there wasn't a reason why Cat and I were how we were, well we hadn't found one yet anyway.
"Yes" Cat nodded
"What is it?" I asked, I was a little confused, what reason could make them all shift
"They aren't the only mythical things out there" Emily sighed
"Well I knew that" I admitted "What do you mean?" I questioned anyway
"There's something else out there" Cat scowled, I looked at her confused
"What?" I was sick of all this beating around the bush, why couldn't they just tell me straight? They stayed silent "Will you all just spit it out?" I ordered impatiently
"Vampires exist" Jared said simply, I looked at him surprised
"Vampires" I thought shocked, the memory of my first day in Forks resurfaced to my mind, the pale, red headed girl in the forest. How she'd ran so fast, how she was so beautiful, but that something was off about her. I looked at Cat and she nodded, knowing exactly what I was thinking about
"Alright" I said confused "And…" I wanted more info
"They can only be killed by fire" Cat informed me, I could see her hiding a grin
"Well you have it easy then" I realised
"I know, but they don't know that" she prevented a sigh
"They're known as the 'cold ones' because of there cold skin" Sam began to explain
"Opposite to them… wait cold skin…" I remembered "Holy shit!" I realised, everyone looked at me surprised except for Cat who was nodding "That was something you should have told me!" I said whacking my sisters arm
"I couldn't do that without exposing them" she defended pointing to the wolves
"Yes you could have!" I disagreed
"Yeah right, you would have put two and two together!" she argued
"So? You wouldn't have told me" I confessed
"But you would have figured it out because I told you" Cat won, I sighed, she was right there
"Ahh…" Jacob began, obviously lost
"The Cullens?" I half asked, they all growled but nodded
"And that's not all" Cat said looking annoyed
"What's worse then going to school with blood sucking dead people?" I insulted making everyone else grin
"Some vampires have gifts" Cat said plainly
"Like what?" I questioned
"Edward can read minds" she said immediately, I just stared at her
"Read minds?" I thought
"Yep" she confirmed
"Like our thoughts?" I questioned
"Yep" she repeated
"Is that why you had me have my shields up around him?" I realised
"Yes, because if you hadn't, he would have found out about our secret" she said seriously, I realised she was right
"Thank god you found out before we met him" I thought thankfully
"You two don't like having someone poke around in your heads, do you?" Jared grinned
"Does anybody?" we both asked, annoyed at his question
"Peoples thoughts are privet, their own!" I said strongly "I don't want someone poking around in there!"
"That's exactly what Cat said" Embry grinned
"I don't blame her" I admitted
"Also" Cat continued
"What could be worse?" I groaned
"The others aren't as bad" she assured me "Alice, she can see the future. And Jasper, he can feel other peoples emotions, oh, and manipulate them" she explained, she was right, those weren't as bad
"Wait" I remembered "Does Bella know?"
"Yep" Cat sighed
"And she's ok with it…?" I asked slowly
"The Cullens aren't like other vampires" Emily clarified
"What do you mean?" I wondered confused
"They only drink animal blood, they don't attack humans" Cat answered
"At all?" I raised an eyebrow
"Not so far" she nodded
"Ok, so what have they, got to do with you guys?" I remembered them saying
"We hunt them" Jared grinned
"Hunt them?" I asked confused
"If a blood sucking vamp runs onto our lands, we kill them" Sam said simply
"And the Cullens?" I questioned
"They don't come here" Jared shrugged
"At all?"
"They have a treaty, the Cullens don't attack humans or step on the packs land and they, intern, don't expose them" Cat grinned
"So when Bella went and got them?" I began
"Edward thought she had killed herself because Alice had a vision of her jumping off the cliff. So Bella went to Italy to stop him" Cat sighed
"Italy?" I asked not really believing it
"Apparently" Cat nodded
"Well he sounds a little melodramatic" I muttered
"Very" Cat agreed
"Well I don't like them" I decided
"Why? What did they do to you?" Seth grinned
"Nothing, I've just decided I don't like them" I shrugged causing the others to laugh or grin "Ok, so to sum it all up, you guys are giant wolves, vampires exist and Bella's dating one" everyone nodded
"And there's one after me" Cat added
"What?" I asked surprised
"Well the day I found out about them…" she began "The day you felt that shake and I told you I tripped when I was walking through the forest with Jacob" she informed me, I scowled at her "I was attacked by a vampire. The guys all tore it apart but he had a lady friend who got away. For some reason she thinks I'm responsible for her boyfriends death" she rolled her eyes "I don't understand where she got that logic from"
"So she wants revenge on you?" I asked simply, she nodded "Well she's stupid" I sighed causing Cat to grin
"You're not worried?" Embry questioned surprised
"Why, she's got you lot looking after her" I half lied
"Well it would help if she stopped walking through the forest alone" Jacob looked down at her
"Good luck with that" I said seriously, they all looked at me but didn't question my statement "Anything else?" I asked, everyone looked at Sam, I did too and saw him glance at Embry before shaking his head. I narrowed my eyes at him, I didn't believe him. I felt Cat sit up next to me and looked at her, she was also glaring at Sam.
"Yeah now I know you're lying" I said pointing to Cat. Everyone looked at Embry so I did too, he looked nervous, and worried. I looked at Cat confused just in time to see her roll her eyes. She took my hand and then grabbed Embry's.
"Cat, what are…" I didn't get to finish my sentence as she looked fiercely at Embry who stood up. She dragged us both outside, kicking the door open lightly as both her hands were occupied.
"Alright" she said stopping "Either you tell her, or I will" she said to Embry, it almost sounded like a threat
"Tell me what?" I wondered confused, Embry looked at Cat, he looked like he was freaking out
"No" she said before walking back towards the house "You are not coming back in, until you've told her!" she threatened, she was completely serious
"Told me what?!" I asked annoyed, but she just turned around and walked back inside "What is she talking about?" I asked Embry annoyed
"Well, it's kind of hard to explain" he said slowly, I could hear the nerves as he spoke, his heart was beating really fast
"Embry, you sound like you're about to start hyperventilating" I grinned "Just take a deep breath and tell me" I heard a snicker from inside and knew everyone was listening. I took Embry's hand, which surprised us both and walked into the forest away from the house, out of ear shot. I turned to him and waited
"Well…" he tried to begin, taking a deep breath "There's this thing called imprinting, it's what we wolves do. We have no control over it, none what so ever"
"What is it?" I asked confused
"It's where we find our sole mate" he blurted out
"Sole mate? As in, forever sole mates?" I clarified, he nodded, I thought for a minute "Did Jacob…" I pointed back in the direction of the house "On my sister?" Embry nodded, I fumed, how could she not have told me she'd found her sole mate! Of all things to hide from me! I felt my temperature drop as my anger increased, I suddenly remembered Embry was with me and began to take in deep breaths to calm myself down, I'd talk to her after he'd told me what had brought this us.
"Soph?" he asked
"I'm alright, I'll yell at her later" I looked up at him and all the anger melted away suddenly, I smiled at him and he smiled back "Cause you mean a lot to him, just like he means a lot to you" I remembered Cat telling me "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 immediately blushed, does that mean…
"Embry, did… did you imprint on someone?" I asked slowly remembering the bonfire, he nodded slowly
"Was… was it me… you imprinted on?" I asked quietly, he hesitated before frowning and nodded. I felt all the blood rush to my face as I blushed, my face lighting up like a tomato.
"He imprinted, on me! That means he's my sole mate! I'm tied to him forever!" that wasn't exactly a bad thing but it was still a shock. It must have been wonderful for Cat, she'd liked Jacob for a while.
"Though I do feel happy about this" I smiled
"Sorry" Embry muttered, I looked at him confused
"Sorry? Why's he sorry?" I wondered "I thought you said you couldn't control it?" I questioned
"We can't" he confirmed
"Then why are you sorry? It's not your fault" he turned to look at me and I grinned "Plus, it can't be all bad" he smiled at me, but he still looked unsure "Embry, if you're gonna smile, at least try to make it real" I sighed "I'm fine with it. I don't see a problem with it"
"Doesn't it worry you?" he questioned "You're tied to me, forever. And I'm dangerous to be around" he mumbled
"Who cares" I admitted, I wasn't exactly safe myself, I froze everything around me when ever I got angry, Cat lit everything on fire, I was sure that was more dangerous then a few huge wolves. Embry looked at me surprised and I smiled at him sweetly
"Now! Let's go back, I have a bone to pick with my sister" I grumbled
"Should I be worried?" Embry grinned
"No, she should be" I turned on my heal and stomped back to the house, my previous anger returning. I walked straight up to the house and slammed the door open
"Uh oh" I heard my sister mumble
"Catherine Mitchell!" I yelled entering the room "How dare you not tell me you met your sole mate!" I screeched at her
"It was part of the secret" she said innocently
"I don't give a damn! Of all the things not to tell me this was totally the worse! And above all you knew Embry was mine!" I all but screamed at her, my temperature dropping rapidly
"I'm sorry, but I couldn't tell you" she frowned
"I don't care!" I stomped my foot like a child "I feel like I hardly know you anymore"
"Sophie…" Embry began, he was standing behind me and went to take my hand
"Don't touch me" I ordered, it wasn't meant to be harsh, and it wasn't cause I was angry at him, is was because I was dangerously cold at the moment. I might have even been able to give the hot bodied werewolves hypothermia. I saw Embry looked taken aback from my outburst.
"Sophie. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for lying to you all this time, I'm sorry for not telling you the important stuff. But how would you feel if I spilled something this big about you?" she was making it sound hypothetical. I crossed my arms and closed my eyes, trying to calm down before my hair turned an icy white colour and started smoking, or before I froze or exploded something. I saw Emily inch closer to Sam so I guessed my cold body was effecting the room, luckily the boys were too warm to notice it. I took a deep breath before sighing and looked at Cat, she smiled at me
"Don't smile, I'm still mad with you" I said turning away from her "And sorry for snapping at you" I said, in a softer tone, to Embry, he smiled and shrugged
"That's ok" he said,
"Sorry Soph, I guess it's kind of my fault" Jacob said looking guilty
"I guess I should be blaming you lot" I admitted "But there's nothing I can do about it now so how about you all promise to just be honest with me from now on?" they all grinned and all of them, but Sam, nodded. "Speaking of which? Are there any more secrets I should know about? My next door neighbour isn't a witch is she?" I joked causing everyone to laugh
"I don't think so, as far as we know, only werewolves and vampires are real" Emily admitted
"And elementals" I grinned at Cat who smirked back
"Oh, now that explains why you're all so against us going through the forest" I suddenly realised "And why you walk around in the rain"
"You were out in the rain too" Seth reminded me
"Yes but I just like it" I grinned
"I don't understand why, all it does it soak you to the bone" Cat sighed
"It's surprising how different you two are and yet you're so alike" Emily grinned, I suddenly gasped
"I have to go to school with a mind reading vampire!" I remembered before letting out the breath
"He can't get through our shields" Cat assured me
"Not the point" I mumbled, everyone laughed at my last realisation "They don't know you know do they?" I asked Cat, she shook her head "Think they'll ever?" I wondered, she shrugged
"Probably" she sighed.
"Well, would you two like to stay for dinner?" Emily asked smiling as she stood up
"Yes please" Cat smiled, Emily nodded before looking at me
"Thanks Emily" I agreed, she nodded "Why don't you let me help?" I asked, following her into the kitchen
"That's alright" Emily smiled
"Oh let her, you both cook amazingly so you're bound to cook the ultimate meal!" Cat sounded hyper all of a sudden.
"What's gotten you so happy?" I wondered confused
"Easy, I don't have to lie to you anymore!" she cheered hugging me
"Yeah, ok, you're going to suffocate me" I muttered, she laughed but let me go. Emily and I made everyone dinner, we had to add a whole heap of extras for the ingredients, Emily had informed me that the wolves ate around five standard roasts, or something ridiculous like that. When we sat down to eat I understood what she meant, they were ridiculous. They ate about four of my plate before I had finished the one.
"This is why Emily feeds us first" I heard Cat think
"Smart thinking" I murmured, Emily had even made dessert for us all, again it was a monstrous size and I wondered where Emily'd gotten all the strength to carry the whole thing. After we'd all eaten, Cat yawned and Jacob immediately decided to take her home, Embry agreeing with him and, after taking my hand, pulled me with him.
"Thanks for feeding us Emily" I yelled as I was dragged out of the house
"Anytime" she shouted back with a laugh.
"Jeez couldn't you be a little more patient and let me thank her properly?" I scolded
"Yeah you didn't have to pull us out of the house" Cat sighed
"It's your fault for yawning, jeez you two are acting like my mother when I was three" I sighed
"And you don't need to walk us home, we know the way" Cat grinned, Jacob gave her a look at she just sighed
"They're really protective, aren't they?" I asked her
"It's natural, especially if you're their imprint" Cat mentally sighed
"Why?" I wondered
"Being their imprint doesn't just mean you're their sole mate, for the wolves it goes a lot deeper then that" Cat smiled warmly
"How deep?" I wondered, almost worried
"You're their entire world. They can't live without you, Jacob explained it to me, he said it was like the strings that attached him to other things were all cut and thick steel cables replaced them, tying him to me." she smiled "It's like I'm his air, you take me away from him and he can't breath" I looked at her surprised
"But, that sounds like so much pressure on us" I admitted
"I know. And it's annoying because they think we're so vulnerable, but they can't help it, it's how they naturally are. They feel a pain when they're away from us, and nothing makes them happier then when we're with them" Cat smile widened "It sounds a little cheesy and like their lives depends on us, but under that, it's amazing. They belong to no one but you, the only thing that can hurt them, is us." she then frowned "Though when ever they're away from you it's like something's tugging on their hearts"
"How do you know all this?" I wondered
"I can hear snippets of Jacob's thoughts remember, ever since I find out about their secret I hear more about it in his head" she grinned "By the way, did you know that when they're in their wolf forms, the boys… and Leah… can communicate through telepathy like us?" I looked at her a little surprised
"They can use telepathy?" I questioned
"Yeah, only when they're in their wolf forms. But unfortunately they can see every thought that crosses each others minds, nothings secret with them" Cat sighed
"And they can't do anything about it?" I questioned
"Nope" she glanced at Jacob next to her "It's a little embarrassing to think we don't have any secrecy, no memories that will only be ours but, I guess it can't be helped. I guess it's just a consequence to being an imprint" she muttered. We walked in silence for a while after that before I realised something else.
"If it's painful for them to be away from us, how do they cope over night?" I wondered, Cat didn't answer but I knew she had one "Cat?" I asked sternly
"Well, Jacob usually ends up staying with me…" she said slowly
"WHAT!" I mentally screamed, I saw her wince and her hands flinch as she prevented covering her ears, even if that wouldn't help.
"Chill, we haven't done anything" she said quickly and I could tell her by her expression that she was telling the truth "He's just stayed with me over night"
"But…" I began
"Come on Soph, as if I'd be stupid enough to let you catch us before you knew about the imprinting thing" she reminded me
"Point" I agreed, I'd do the same thing if I'd find out about it all first. Our house came into view and the lights were all on inside.
"Shit!" Cat swore
"What?" I questioned confused
"I forgot to tell mum and dad we'd be home late" she muttered worried
"Well that was stupid" I shook my head "Lucky for you I did tell them" I grinned, Cat beamed at me
"You are a life saver!" she praised
"I know, what would you do without me" I grinned
"I never want to find out" she smiled. She reached up and kissed Jacob and it made me feel a little weird with Embry standing next to me so I took a deep breath before reaching up and hugging him, he was a little surprised at first but soon hugged me back. It felt wonderful, so warm, so perfect, I felt like I belonged in those arms.
"Thanks" I breathed softly into his ear before pulling away and pulling my sister away from Jacob
"See you later guys" she grinned waving before I yanked her through the front door .
"What did you tell them?" Cat asked me quietly
"Jacob picked us up in his rabbit" I said simply
"Smart" she grinned as we walked in through the front door.
"Hey, sorry we're late" I said
"Did you have fun?" I heard my mother's voice
"Heaps! Emily is an amazing cook!" I grinned walking into the lounge to find my mother sitting there alone
"Where's dad?" Cat wondered
"He had to work late at the hospital" she smiled
"Sorry for leaving you here alone" I frowned
"Oh don't worry about it sweetie" she said standing up and hugging me "Did you both have a good day?"
"It had it's ups and downs" Cat smiled
"But it was alright towards the end" I agreed
"Well I'm glad" she kissed us both on the cheek before we walked upstairs.
"So, Jacob going to join you again?" I asked a little sourly
"Maybe" Cat shrugged
"You know, normal people would get really hot with the two of you in the same room" I grinned
"Good thing we aren't normal. Plus, I leave the door open" she grinned
"Is that wise? You do have a vampire after you" I remembered
"Right cause a vampire can stand up against me, when my werewolf boyfriend's in the room" she said softly, I rolled my eyes before hugging her at the top of the stairs.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you so much today" I apologised
"That's alright, I probably would have done the same" she admitted
"But you would have exposed us" I giggled
"Most likely" she agreed
"When are we going to tell them?" I wondered
"Not sure" Cat shrugged "But we can't keep it forever, it's not really fair"
"I know" I agreed "Why haven't you told them yet?" I questioned
"Because I didn't really think I was allowed to unless you agreed with me, and I couldn't do that without giving you a really good reason, which would have meant telling you everything" she summed up
"Good point" I laughed "Alright, we'll wait a little"
"Wait for you and Embry to get closer" she winked, I rolled my eyes and turned away walking towards my room, shutting the door behind me leaving Cat standing there giggling.