A/N- hey I'm really sorry about the delay in updating this, I kept meaning to I just never got round to it. Basically my reasoning being that I value my education more than writing fanfiction, which I'm sure you'll agree is fair enough. Also this chapter is un-rain621-ed because I wanted to get it to you guys faster so sorry for the poor grammar. And also Paul swears in this chapter, I will apologise on his behalf (and it wouldn't be Paul without a few swears).

Chapter 27

I was mid lesson when I heard the howls. I turned to Allison, "I need to go," I told her.

I looked to Ruthie, who was hurriedly scrawling in her notebook. She tore out the page and handed it to me as I rushed past her, towards the back door.

I tried to read what she wrote, as I bolted towards the forest, but the letters and words kept getting jumbled up in my head.

I heard another howl and had to shove the note into my pocket before stripping and phasing.

There were more than twenty vamps entering the north border of LaPush and cornering in on the school where Jared and Quil were trying to fight them off. We were outnumbered unless the younger wolves were going to fight.

Sam made it to where Quil and Jared were fighting first before the rest of us joined them.

It took over twelve hours to fight them off but there were very few casualties. Seth got a broken arm and Collin a leg, Sam some ribs, trying to protect Leah. Nothing none of us hadn't had before.

It was time for my patrol by the time we had finished fighting, so me and Paul ran the boundaries for our two hours. The whole time I was thinking about the note from Ruthie, trying to get it to make sense.

Embry, it says "stay safe and come back."

How do you know? You haven't read it.

I can see it in your head. Idiot.

Right, anyway it still doesn't make any sense.

Yes, it does doucebag. She's fucking worried about you.

She's worried about me? No one's ever worried about me before.

Ruthie worries about everybody, she doesn't know enough people not to.

Whatever.

Seth and Collin phased in then to take over the patrol.

I had started to head home when Paul cut in with, where are you going? Retard.

Oh, that's what it meant.

Duh.

I changed direction and headed in the direction of Ruthie and my abandoned clothes.

I phased back and followed Paul in through the kitchen door.

Ruthie came running in from the living room and threw her arms around Paul. She sobbed into his chest, a look of relief covering her beautiful face, as she checked him over, making sure that he was in one piece.

Suddenly I felt very envious of him, I wanted her to look at me like that and make sure that I was ok.

She signed something to Paul who just shrugged and pointed to me.

I envied how easily they communicated even without talking.

She stood watching me, while I shuffled awkwardly on my feet, before she ran into my chest, so hard all the air came out of my lungs with an 'oof'.

She buried her head into my chest and I looked over to Paul, who smiled before declaring that he was going to see Rachel as he walked out the same door we had come in through.

I wrapped my arms around Ruthie and rocked her until she stopped sobbing.