I wake up slowly and extremely warm. I had apparently kicked the blankets mostly off me, but it didn't do much considering how wrapped around seth I seemed to be. He had moved to his back at some point, and I had followed, my head on his chest and my thigh thrown over his. His arm was wrapped around my back tightly and I felt his breath against the top of my head. I tried to pry myself off him gently, but his grip didn't budge.

"Seth." I whispered, my hand landing on his stomach.

"What." He groaned out, not bothering to keep his voice down.

"Shh. Let me go." I said, getting enough space to see his face finally. He was blinking rapidly, trying to rid the sleep from his eyes before he focused on me.

"Why?" He asked, his brows pulling down.

"Cause your boiling me alive, and I need to pee." I said, watching the slight frown on his face. He let go then but didn't look the least bit happy about it. I climbed out of bed and went into the bathroom, going pee and washing my hands quickly. I fixed my disheveled pjs before heading back out. I noticed he had cracked the window while I was gone and looked at his relaxed position in the bed.

"You said you were hot." He said and shrugged. I climbed back in and curled onto my side, facing him. He scooted closer and rested his arm loosely on my side.

"Howd you sleep?" He asked, his voice still gruff with sleep.

"Fine." I said, then blushed cause that was an absolute lie. He raised an eyebrow, and I knew he recognized the fib. I pulled myself closer to him, straightening my legs so I was inches away and let my hand rest against his neck.

"I slept great, I loved being in your arms all night, apart from almost being cooked alive." I say, laughing at the end. He grinned and his hand slid under my top to my back.

"Where shorts next time." He said and leaned forward to kiss me. His mouth was just as perfect as it had been yesterday, and I felt myself sigh against him. When he pulled back I was the one with the stupid grin on my face.

"Your good clearwater, way too good for someone who has no experience with this." I say, it's about as close as I can come to telling him how very fast I was falling for it all, but it still felt almost dreamlike, like I would suddenly wake up in my bed at any moment.

"It's just you, you make me want these things. I don't have hands on experience, but I've heard enough from my brother's minds and it's all soo...real now. Before was theoretical, I knew someday I could have this but now it's here, and I don't quite know how to balance them." He said. I felt my face pull down into confusion.

"Im not sure what you mean." I tell him honestly.

"About what?" He asks, his eyes finding mine.

"Everything I guess, especially about your brother's minds?"

"Oh right, when where wolves we can hear each other's minds. It's part of how we move as a pack, so let's just say iv overheard and seen way more than I'd like to." He said, sounding uncomfortable.

"You mean like?" I said, my face warming slightly. My inner femininity rolled her eyes at the fact I was suddenly blushing over sex.

"Ya, I've probably accidentally seen every one of my brothers mates naked, not that I ever tried to focus on it, and they usually do a pretty good job at keeping that stuff out of there mind when there phased but sometimes its unavoidable, kind of like the unavoidable sex lessons." He said, his noise scrunching up.

"But it was always theoretical. I wanted to imprint but I never thought past that, so this is all new, being with you like this. I really have any clue what im doing but you make me want to do it all right, cause you deserve that. " He said it all so easily, so simple that I was hard pressed to disagree with him.

"I feel like you deserve better." I said, my face dropping to his chest. I saw it rise and fall quickly and knew he was reacting to my words.

"Why do you think that." He asked, and his tone was hard. Curiosity made me look back up at him, he was definitely upset but he was trying to control it.

"Cause im really not anything, not someone who deserves a man like you. Not after what I've done." I said, my voice growing quieter from tightness. I fought the onslaught of emotions, my jaw clamping shut, and I chewed hard on my cheek to keep from crying.

"Allison you've done nothing wrong sweetheart. None of what happened is your fault." He said, and tugged me close to him, both his arms holding me to him.

"How can you say that." I whispered, burying myself in him.

"I know you think it is, but it's not. Your father would have done anything for his family, it was his job. It doesn't matter that he was out to get you, you can't blame yourself for that. Im sure there where a million times that he had picked you or Jonah up and nothing happened. It was just one of those things, good people get taken every day with no explanations. You're not to blame, sometimes bad things just happen baby." His hands stroked my hair soothingly and he kissed my forehead. I wish I could believe him, but if I hadn't ended up being so upset about brad I wouldn't have called him to come get me, I was originally planning on staying over at a friend's house.

"I was upset, I was so mad cause I had given brad what he wanted then he just walked away like I was nothing. I called him and asked him to come get me."

"That asshole took advantage of you ally, and you did the only thing you could think of, you called your dad, whose job it was to protect you. He would have done it no matter what."

"He didn't, it was my fault." I couldn't let him make excuses for me, couldn't be absolved from what I had allowed. He shifted back and took my chin in his hand, holding me firmly so his face was in front of mine. I knew it was probably damp with tears and splotchy.

"That was not your fault." He said, the words coming out in almost a growl.

"I don't care if he was drinking, or you were drinking. I don't care if you were completely sober, he tricked you into thinking he had feelings for you and he used that. He took advantage of you Allison, plain as day. I don't care if you're about to argue that it's your fault you fell for it, you were too young to be put in that situation and it was not your fault." His eyes blazed with intensity and his face was both hard and fierce. Slowly it melted into something softer, and his hand released me, sliding to cup my cheek.

"I know it's not easy to believe, but I will tell you this every single day if I need to until you can believe it, until you know in your heart, that none of that was your fault." He said softly, and my heart ached for his words to be right. I wanted to believe him so bad, but he kind of had to tell me what I wanted didn't he?

"Are you sure you're not just saying that cause you imprinted on me?" I ask, the sadness at the realization filling me.

"Absolutely not. My imprinting means that I'll give you whatever you need from me, not whatever you want to hear. Im still free to tell you no and challenge you on things and you best believe your sweet ass I will call you on your bullshit if I need to." He said, giving me a small smile at the end.

"Seth?" I asked, looking into his strong handsome face.

"Ya beautiful?"

"Can you kiss me?" I asked and watching the grin break across his face.

"You bet your sweet ass I can." He said, his tone much more playful this time around. He leaned in and kissed me softly, his mouth tender on mine. I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and stretched closer to him. His arms slid to my back, and he rolled, taking me with him so I sprawled over his chest. I pulled back and laughed but tried to move.

"Let me go before I squish you." I said, trying to get off him. His hold on me was firm though and I didn't budge.

"Trust me you're not going to squish me, im much sturdier then your average man." He said and winked at me. I rolled my eyes but noticed his face change slightly.

"Are you uncomfortable?" He asked, his tone worried.

"No, not at all." I said, watching him relax with relief.

"Then im definitely not letting you go." He said, returning to his smile. I managed to wiggle around a little so I could at least get my legs on either side of his torso. His eyes widened slightly, and they darted down to my exposed cleavage before returning to my eyes. It was my turn to grin, and I raised my eyebrow in question.

"Are you uncomfortable?" I asked, failing to keep the smirk of off my face.

"Yes I am, uncomfortably hard so maybe you can stop wiggling around like that." He said and a startled laugh escaped me. I covered my mouth quickly, but it had already escaped, besides he didn't look upset, actually he looked kind of cocky.

"I'd say im sorry but im kind of not." I said.

"And I could say the same thing." He laughed, his hands sliding down my back and over my ass.

"Come here, I wasn't done kissing you." He said.

I happily obeyed, fusing my mouth to his. My heart was already thrumming, but when his tongue slid into my mouth it took off like a wild bull. His heady taste filling my senses until there was only him, not my best friend in the other room, or her supernatural family but just him. His hard body undermine, his hot hands roaming my back. It was completely incredible, absolute bliss and I never wanted it to end. His hands slid down to my thighs, and he shifted us, leaning forward till he was sitting up. His hands helped me, so I was placed sitting on his thighs, leaving space between our lower bodies. His mouth slowed and then pulled from me, and with complete satisfaction I realized that he was breathing just as hard as me.

"We should probably stop, before I lose all sense." He said, his eyes finding mine.

"Sense is boring." I said, my arms going around his neck and pressing my chest to his. His hands gripped my waist, his thumbs resting on my ribcage.

"Trust me gorgeous, no part of me wants to stop, but we need to." He said, kissing me softly. I conceded to that, he had already made it clear that he wanted to wait, and to be honest I was a little relieved, but that had more to do with my own insecurities than anything else.

"Your right. I need a shower anyways." I gave him a quick peck before I pulled away and climbed off his lap.

"Here." He says, and hands me my glasses.

I put them on and pick up my jeans from the floor, then find my bra and underwear from my bag and pull out a t shirt. I head into the bathroom and turn on the water, getting in and washing quickly. I got out and dried off, then brushed through my wet tangled hair. I dressed and went back into the bedroom, finding it empty. I pulled on my socks and left the room, finding him in the kitchen at the stove.

"Okay this I could probably get used to." I said, giving him a small smile and taking a seat at the island.

"The part where I cook you breakfast?" He asked, tossing a whole pack of bacon into a pan.

"I meant all of it. Waking up with you there and you making me breakfast." I said, watching his smile grow. He leaned across the top and kissed me. His mouth was still pressed to mine when I heard a door open, I thought about pulling away, but I knew it was only jake or ness and I honestly didn't care.

"Well there goes my appetite." It was Jake's deep rumble that spoke, and I laughed and pulled away.

"I guess that means there's more for me." I said, sticking my tongue out at him. He sat at the island, but ness wasn't with him.

"Where's nessie?" I asked.

"In bed. She's not feeling great." He said, his face pulling into a disgruntled expression.

"Is she okay?" I ask, last time she was even remotely sick was when she was having those nightmares.

"Ya she'll be okay, just that time of the month. It hits her harder since her body doesn't do well with change. She'll probably stay in bed for most of the day." Jake said. Seth mixed up a bowl with a dozen eggs and I got up to make the toast.

"Does she have a heating pad of some kind? That usually helps." I said, putting the bread into the toaster and grabbing butter.

"You're looking at it." He said and laughed.

"I guess that's true." I said. I noticed seth stirring the eggs, scrambling them intensely. If I knew any better I'd say he even looked embarrassed. Well it was about time. I got out plates and seth served them up, jake took both his and nessie's and disappeared into the bedroom again. I sat beside him and bite into my bacon, then I couldn't hold back the giggle anymore.

"You look like your about to squirm out of your skin." I said, he looked at me unamused.

"Im not sure what your referring to." He said coolly, which only made me laugh harder at him.

"Seriously seth? You have a sister and period talk makes you uncomfortable?"

"It does not make me uncomfortable, and the last thing I ever wanted to do was hear that from leah." He said, making a face.

"Your such a man, a woman's body is an amazing thing, you men wouldn't exist without it." I eyed him, daring him to challenge me.

"Im not saying it isn't, doesn't mean I want to hear about nessie's." He said, and I sighed exasperated.

"What about mine?"

"We can talk about your body all you want." He said, flashing me a grin. I rolled my eyes and shoved at his shoulder with mine.

"Fine, what would you like to talk about?" He said, turning to face me. I felt myself blush.

"I was only making a point." I responded.

"Point made then. Im fully aware of how a period works and how babies are made. When it comes to you, im perfectly fine talking about it. Okay?"

"Okay...and just so you know, im on the pill." I said, minus well just get that out there. I get up and take our plates to the sink. He joined me, leaning against the countertop, his body inches from mine.

"Good to know...can I ask you a personal question?" My eyes fell on him, looking over his face. He looked unsure, and that made me nervous.

"Sure." I said, rinsing the plates off and putting them in the drying rack, and reaching for the frying pan.

"That night at the party, where you...safe?" He asked, his voice sounding almost pained.

"Yes, thank god and I've been tested since then just to be sure." I said, keeping my eyes on my task.

"That's good." He said but he still sounded off. I put the pan with the rest of them and then dried my hands. Finally when there was nothing left to do I turned to him, looping my arms around his muscled torso, and leaning into his chest.

"Look seth, I wish I could take that back, but I cant. What I really want now is to just forget about it, move on to just us. If you have any questions ill answer them but I don't want that one bad decision to affect anything about us." I said, my heart thrilling at the us part. His eyes searched mine for a moment, as if trying to detect a lie then he smiled.

"Anything for you princess." I laughed at that, leaning up on my toes and moving my arms to his neck.

"You know, im really starting to like you." I said, grinning at him. I watched as his face fell the tiniest bit. His smile didn't falter but I could see it in his eyes, and I felt bad for the joke. I leaned in and kissed him, noticing how tentative his hands where on my back.

"Relax, I was only teasing." I said, trying to get him to return to his normal happy self. He smiled at me, but I could see the tension in his face.

"I know that." He said. I leaned in to kiss him, hoping that would distract him from whatever thought had taken root in his mind. He kissed me back, but it still seemed off, like he was holding himself back from me.

"Seth. I mean it, it was a bad joke. I promise I like you a hell of a lot more than I even know what to do with." I said and felt triumph when the embarrassment didn't come. He smiled a little easier and his eyes returned to the soft hazel.

"Im sorry, I didn't mean to make it a thing." He said, his arms tightening around me.

"No im sorry, im kind of use to making a joke out of everything, but my feelings for you aren't a joke." I said, making sure to keep my eyes on his so he knows im serous and he gives me a perfect smile.

"Im pretty sure you have some homework to finish." He says, letting me go and moving over to the couch. I sigh at the thought and look glumly at my backpack on the table.

"If you finish it I'll let you pick the next movie." He says, flicking the tv on and surfing the channels.

"Deal but keep your hands off me this time or I'll never get it done." I say, plopping onto the cushion beside him and pulling the textbook and notebook to me.

"Mm, that's a hard ask. I'll do my very best." He grinned, and clicked on a channel that was playing the hangover.

I did finally finish my homework, relived that I was done for the day. Seth had kept his word and his hands stayed to himself, much to my own dismay. I packed everything back to my bag, shoving random papers out of the way and using force to get it closed. I heard him chuckle and assumed it was at me since there wasn't anything funny happening currently. I looked over my shoulder and scowled a little when I noticed his eyes on me.

"What?" I asked, dropping the bag to the ground.

"You're a messy person aren't you?" He says and I only grimaced at his observation.

"Maybe.." I say, turning away from him. I felt his hands slide around my waist and he pulled me back against his side.

"It was just a question, don't get all defensive." He says and I scoff, my arms crossing over my chest.

"I am not defensive."

"You are to, I was only making an observation, you know that's kind of how people get to know each other. " He lowers his head close to my shoulder and kisses it, then turned and kissed my cheek.

"Fine, im a little messy." I say, caving into his body.

"There, was that so difficult." He says chuckling. I lean into him and roll my eyes but don't respond. We finish the movie and I grab the remote, flipping through the options. He got up to grab us drinks and then pulled to me his chest when he got back, looking to the screen.

"What'd you pick?" He asked, his arm sliding to my back.

"You'll see." I said, grinning to myself. The intro played and when the title came up on the screen he barked out a laugh.

"You're a devious little thing, you know that." He said, smirking down at me.

"What? it's a funny movie." I say, grinning at him and turned back to the screen as the title, The 40-year-old virgin disappeared.

"It is, good pick." He says, settling back into the couch.

When that one was over he got up and started picking through the fridge, settling on sandwich meats and took out the paper plates. I wandered over to the island and sat down, watching him get out all the ingredients.

"Ham or turkey?" He asks, looking up at me.

"Turkey and cheese, with extra mayo and a squirt of mustard." I say, grinning up at him. He sighs dramatically and looks at me, his face heavy with disappointment.

"You're awfully demanding " He says, and I giggle.

"What can I say, I want what I want." I shrug. He grins, dropping the act and slides a plate with two sandwiches over to me.

"And what do you want?" He asks, his lips turning up in a smirk and im momentarily distracted by his mouth, at how badly I want to kiss it. Then I remember that I can in fact do just that, so I lean up and across the space, then kiss him and once again where interrupted by a door opening.

"Jesus, every time." Jake says, chuckling to himself and I look over to where him and ness are coming out of there room. She's in leggings and what looks like one of jakes sweaters, and jake has the plates from this morning.

"You know, im starting to think you do it on purpose." Seth said, glowering at him before sitting beside me.

"I assure you kid, I definitely do not wait till your sucking face with your girlfriend just to interrupt you." Jake said, putting the plates in the sink and turning to the sandwich ingredients. I felt myself smile a little at jakes comment, we hadn't really defined what this is was and it wasn't really like I cared but it sounded nice either way. Ness joined me on my other side, giving me a small smile and a rolling her eyes at the boys.

"How are you feeling?" I asked, picking my sandwich apart and nibbling on it.

"Im okay, just takes some getting used to." She says, looking annoyed. The whole thing made me curious though, I figured vampires wouldn't be able to have kids but obviously I was wrong about that.

"How is it different?" I ask, then realize that was probably too personal of a question with the guys here.

"It's not really, it's just that my body doesn't change much, not since my seventh birthday when I stopped aging anyways. I don't really get sick, and temperatures don't usually affect me unless there extreme, so when something does force it to change it's not easy, but thankfully I don't get it every month like normal people." She doesn't seem bothered by the inquiry, than again she probably was pretty use to it from me, but that really only leaves me with more questions.

"How come?" She shrugs a little, taking the plate that jake hands her with a sandwich.

"Where not sure, there's a lot about me that we don't and can't know honestly. We did find out that there's a few like me, I've met one of them when I was little, nahuel and he has sisters, but we haven't exactly kept in touch." I noticed Jake's demeanor change, his stance growing stiffer, and his face turned almost sour and wondered what that could mean. Almost to casually ness's hand brushed against my arm, and suddenly there were words in my head that weren't my own.

He was a little to interested in me, being that I was the only one of his kind that wasn't related.

I tried to act like nothing had happened and I think I managed cause jake didn't look suspicious and her words made sense now, of course jake being the alpha male that he was would be protective and possessive of ness. That didn't surprise me one bit, and I nodded once. Then another thought popped into my head, one that I clearly should have seen earlier.

"Soo, you don't age, and as long as your phasing you don't age." I said, looking at her then jake, I blatantly didn't look at seth, cause that thought alone was just too hard. Ness looked sad and sympathetic when she glanced at me.

"Yes." She said softly, and my throat suddenly felt to tight. I pushed the remainder of my sandwich away and felt Seth's arm snake around my waist.

"Well that's shitty." I said, trying to lighten the suddenly still room.

"Thats part of it, that's why my family only stays in one place for a couple years. It's harder when there are...attachments." She says, looking down. This was definitely to heavy, too much and I couldn't stand it anymore.

"Soo…Where getting a house? That's pretty cool." I say and smile when seth picks up my discarded sandwich and starts eating it.

"Ya, it'll be nice to have a bit more space, maybe I'll stop walking in on you to." Jake says, I was the one that flipped him off this time.

"Keep complaining and I'll make sure it's a better show next time." I say and feel seth laughing besides me. His hand curled around my waist, and I leaned into him.

"Don't test her jake, I've never seen her back down from a dare." Ness said, grinning at me. I smiled back, she knew me way to well.

"You know, I take it back. Having you live with us is going to be so fun." He said, the evil glint in his eyes sparking my competitive nature.

"Bring it old man." I grinned. He clutched at his chest, his face morphing into hurt.

"Im not even thirty." He says, looking disgruntled. I can't help but laugh, looking over to ness.

"And correct me if im wrong but your...nine?" I ask. She scowls and stabs her fork into her eggs aggressively.

"Technically." She grumbles out.

"How am I the most normal one here?" I say.

"What about me?" Seth asks, looking indignant.

"You almost phased into a giant wolf in the bowling alley last night, that's not normal." I say, raising my brow at him. His face darkens momentarily but then smooths out again.

"What!?" Ness and jake say at the same time. Oh right, obviously they didn't know this.

"We ran into brad, he made it a point to say that we would get what's coming to us, then tell seth that I was 'spoiled goods'." I say, making quotations around his words. I wasn't worried, he was all bark and unless he got his daddy involved there was no bite. All three of them let out a collective growl, though nessie's was definitely more feminine and I couldn't help but laugh. I laid my hand over Seth's that was on my waist, trying to keep him calm.

"That was pretty well synchronized, do you guys' practice that." I say, and ness just rolls her eyes at me.

"Seriously, there's nothing he can do but threaten us with his daddy. Brad gets off on torturing people, if we let it bother us then he wins. Relax." That last bit was mostly for seth, his tense body besides mine was tangible.

"Either way, he's not coming near you again." Seth said, absolute sureness in his tone. I internally battled with telling him I was a strong, independent woman who care take care of herself, and absolutely swooning over his protection, so I did neither, just letting my hand rest on his leg.

"So, are you almost done packaging?" Ness asked, thankfully changing the subject. I laughed miserable.

"Not even close. Who knew going through eighteen years of your life would take so long." I say, thinking of the piles of shit that consisted of my room.

"You have to be done by next weekend right?" She asks and I nod.

"Yup and speaking of which I should probably head home soon and work on that, I have a massive donate pile that I have to somehow get to the thrift shop." I say and slide down off the stool. I feel Seth's hand land on my back, and he stands.

"We'll take it in my truck, just gatta find my shoes." He says, looking around and then disappearing into the room.

I notice ness watch him walk away and then glance over the couch, where the blanket and pillow where folded neatly, then look at me curiously. I knew what she was getting at but only smiled and followed him, tossing everything into my bag. He held up my jacket which still had his sweatshirt layered underneath and I slipped it on. We walked out and say goodbye, then go outside and around the big house to his truck. He pulls the door open and waits for me to climb in before closing it and going around to his side and starting the engine before backing out.

"You know you don't have to help me with this, it can't be very entertaining." I say, as he's driving into town. He takes my hand with his right, holding it in my lap.

"Even packing and lugging boxes to the thrift store with you is better than anything I could be doing on my own." He says, giving me a genuine smile.

"Okay." I say, turning my head and grinning out the window.

"So there's been something I've been meaning to ask you and jake kind of reminded me this morning." He said, turning onto my road. I looked at him curiously, trying to remember what jake had said this morning that would be important.

"Okay..." I say, slightly hesitant. He just grins and pulls into the driveway before shutting off the engine and turning to me.

"I realize there's not a whole lot that's normal about our relationship, but I feel like I should do this officially. So, I want to know if you'll be my girlfriend?" I felt myself smile but tried to rein it in a bit.

"Seems an odd word for this." I say, gesturing between us. I already felt like he meant way more to me than just a boyfriend, but that was crazy.

"But yes, I will." And it's all worth it when I see his smile. We headed inside and I notice immediately that moms been working all weekend. Boxes are everywhere, some packed and tapped up, others half full with things strewn around them.

"Mom?" I call out and hear a shuffle somewhere in the kitchen. I walk down the hall and find her on the floor, wrapping the fancy plates in bubble wrap.

"Hey, oh. Hello seth." She looked up, surprised to see him.

"Hi." He smiled and waved.

"Seth's gonna help me bring the donations to the shop." I said, explaining.

"Thats nice." She responds, the expression already slipping from her face.

"MOM! I CANT REACH THE SHELF!" Jonahs's yell was startlingly loud for someone who was so quite. Mom put the plate down that she had been wrapping and started pulling herself up.

"We got it." I said, putting my hand on her shoulder and then heading to the stairs. I knew seth was following me as I bounded up the stairs and turned left instead of right. I turned into his room, taking in the even bigger mess. He had action figures everywhere and he was standing on his tiptoes on his computer chair, his arms stretched out trying to grab a box that was pushed way back on the shelf of his closet.

"Jonah get down before you fall." I said, walking forward quickly. He jumped slightly and his head whipped around to me, then to seth. My hands hovered around him while he climbed down, and it wasn't till he was safely back on his feet that I stepped back.

"Jonah, this is seth. Seth, jonah." I said, introducing them. Jonah's stance was immediately inquisitive and defensive at the same time. He crossed his arms over his small chest and stared up at seth.

"Hello." Seth said, his face a little amused but also slightly nervous.

"Is he your boyfriend?" He asked, looking at me.

"Yes he is." I said, smiling at the term. I guess it was a good idea we had gotten that out of the way. He turned back to seth, his face relaxing a bit.

"Hi." He said, he still didn't look very happy but at least he was talking to him.

"Do you want help grabbing that?" Seth asked him, indicating the box.

"...Sure." He said, sounding cautious. Seth stepped over to the closet, reaching up and easily grabbing what I recognized now as a shoe box.

"Allison?" I heard my name called up the stairs and looked between them carefully.

"Be nice." I said to jonah, eyeing him before backing out of the room and going down the hall. I met mom halfway down the stairs, she was in the dining room now.

"Ya?"

"Are we taking anything of yours with us for storage? I need to know how big of a unit to get." She asked. I thought about that, when I had first decided to stay I thought maybe after I graduated I would join them, there was a decent art school in Colorado but that didn't really feel like what I wanted to do.

"No, im clearing out just about everything anyways. The rest I can take with me to the cullens." Or our place, I amended in my head. There was no way I was telling my mom that a bunch of 'kids' where going to be left unattended in their own house. Even if jake and seth where in there mid-twenties, another thing I wasn't telling her.

"Okay." She said, continuing her methodical packing.

"Is that it? cause seth and jonah are in a room together and I kind of like him.." I said. Her mouth turned up in the corner, just a tiny bit and then was gone.

"Thats all." I turned and ran back up the steps, only slowing down when I approached his door. They were both sitting on the floor with a box open in between them, jonah holding a catcher's glove in one hand and baseball cards in another.

"My dad gave them to me, he tried to teach me how to play but I was crap at it." He said, smiling a little and picking up more cards.

"My dad loved baseball, he used to watch it twenty-four seven, drove my mom crazy. Her husband now loves it just as much, so she didn't escape it." Seth says, grinning at him. Jonah seemed more relaxed, and I wondered what I had missed.

"He doesn't anymore?" He asked, and I felt my heart throb, sometimes it was so easy to get lost in your own heartbreak that you forget about others.

"He died when I was fourteen. My mom remarried one of his best friends four years later." The way Jonah looked at him now was different, almost a camaraderie between the two boys, an understanding of pain and loss. I cleared my throat and walked in, feigning obliviousness.

"You ready? We should probably start now since its sunday, some shops close early." He smiled up at me and nodded, standing and taking my hand.

"Yup. See you later jonah." He waved and followed me out, heading back to my room. I didn't want to be to nosy, so I just started grabbing things from my donate pile and bringing them out to his truck. The clothes where bagged so those where easy enough to bring down and he carried the heavy boxes. We were on our way into town with everything in his truck bed, his hand holding mine on my lap.

"What did Jonah say once I left?" I asked, not being able to hold it in any longer. He smiled a little, an odd expression on his face.

"I can't divulge that information. Man talk is sacred and must be kept from the females." He said, grinning wider and then winked at me.

"Man talk? he's thirteen." I scoffed, rolling my eyes at him.

"And? I was only a year older when my dad died and I phased into a giant friken wolf, he's man enough."

"Whatever weirdo." I say but give him a small smile anyways.

"Being normal is overrated." He responds, bringing my hand to his face and kissing my palm. I couldn't argue with that, if this was normal he wouldn't be here. If my life was normal I would be packing my things and moving to Colorado with my family. Instead I was sitting in Seth's truck, his hand in mine and getting ready to move into a house with him and ness, on the same property with vampires and werewolves, and I couldn't make myself wish for normality in this moment, not if it means not having him or my best friend.