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Rachael was cleaning house. Were Billy and Jacob didn't go much dusting or major cleaning the house looked shabby. She wanted to fix that. . . .and keep her mind off of Paul and her's little chat from the other night. Paul was a wolf. . . . literately. Rachael had talked with him for hours, and while she believed and told him she would accept this, she also asked for a day or two to think, and clear her mind.

She had seen it, and felt it, but part of her still had trouble believing this. It was unreal and hard to wrap her mind around. A wolf! A wolf the size of a horse! . . . With the almost sole job of finding vampires? Rachael shivered and went back to cleaning the family room.

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Emily could have kicked Paul for being so thoughtless. Right now Rachael was probably doing anything she could to keep herself from thinking about it, Emily her self shuttered when thinking about it. What an alarming way to discover something so, life changing.
"He attacked a mother bear?" Emily thought grimacing, and once again wondering what Paul had been thinking. She sighed and prepared her self for a whirl wind of questions. Em balanced the heavy plate covered in truffles in one hand before knocking on the front door of the Black's house.

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When Rachael heard the knock she stood up and froze. Oh. Oh dear. What if it was Paul? She took a few steps closer and froze. What if it was Paul? She wanted him to hold her and make things ok, but in order to let her mind set, and calm and for this to be real--real to her--she needed to think.

Walking slowly to the door she opened it a small amount and peeked out. "Oh!" She say Emily and opened the door more. "Hello Emily." In a town this small, everyone knew everyone. Her eyes went to the scars on Emily's face, for a moment before dropping down. Not a bear. A Wolf. Paul had told her so. [/blockquote]

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Emily felt Rachael's eyes taking in her scars, she was sad that they probably meant entirely different things to her now.
"Hello Rachael." Emily said brightly, "I made truffles."
She felt fake and that bothered her. Why couldn't she just drop the act and comfort her. True the two didn't know each other that well, but if Rachael planned on staying with Paul, which Emily knew she would, then she'd be seeing her quite a bit more.
"Do you want to talk?" Emily asked gently.

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Rachael gave her a smile when she said something about food. Paul had explained some of the wolfness to her, and one thing he had said was he loved Emily's cooking. When Emily asked if Rachael walked to talk, her smile changed slightly becoming more hesitant and unsure of her self. "Would you like to come in and share them? I can pour us some milk." She offered. "We can talk, no one is home. . . . I think everyone is trying to give me time to clear my head and think it over. . . ." And it was allot to think over. Wolves, vampires, tempers, and not aging. Imprinting. [/blockquote]

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Emily smiled knowingly, "I'd love some milk." She whispered, worrying that Rachael had needed more time alone to think. Who was she to come invade her space like this? Yes her motherly side had begged her to help, but was it too soon?
She stopped her normal inner monologue of worry and realized that some how, even if it was just with her food, she seemed to make people feel better.
She smiled at Rachael and hopped that they would become closer after today.

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Rachael poured them to glasses of milk and sat them on the table. She wondered what to say to Emily. She didn't want to be rude or anything so she needed a way to express her fears with out making it seem like Emily had lived them. Rachael sat down at the table, after bring some plates and napkins. "So. . . I guess the cat's out of the bag not." More like the wolf was but Rachael didn't knew if this was something they could joke about. She was a bit unsure about how to even bring up the topic.

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"I know how you feel. I remember when I found out. I was thinking great I'm dating a werewolf." Emily couldn't help but laugh, how wrong she had been.
She took a sip of milk and popped a truffle into her mouth.
"It's not as serious as you may be thinking Rachael. I mean i do my fair share of worrying about them but seriously they can handle them selves." She smiled, she felt like she put her whole heart into it. She really adored the pack, well both of the packs.
"Are you worried Paul might- hurt you?" Emily asked barely able to keep eye contact with Rachael. She hoped she knew the answer to her question, nobody would ever be able to hurt their imprintee ever again. Sam and his self hatred had taken care of that possibility.
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Rachael glanced at Emily's scars and them back down to the truffles she was trying to eat. They were good, so good, but she couldn't bring her self to eat much right now. She was worries and trying to think. "I know Paul would never hurt me, at lest not on purpose." She said trying to be honest, "I think, I could deal with everything, wolf and all but . . ." She trailed off and looked up at Emily.

"I have loved Paul since I was 13. He was so larger then life, and he drew people to him. He didn't notice I was alive, and in a small town, it's hard not to notice someone. He would call me Rebecca." Her sister's name. "What happens when they stop phasing? When they are just Paul, and just Sam again?" She asked, "Dose this internal love for us stop there, because before, when it was just Paul and I was just Rachael, I wasn't enough." [/blockquote]

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Emily barely noticed when Rachael's eyes traveled along her scars, they were a part of her now and she knew they might be one of the reasons Rachael might be upset.
"No honey it doesn't work that way at all," Emily began hoping the 'honey' that had slipped into her sentence didn't bother Rachael too much, "Some times imprinting is a strange thing. I mean Sam had loved Leah when he met me, but he couldn't fight the fact that I was his perfect mate, for lack of a better word." Emily smiled
It made her feel over whelming sadness that Rachael had spent all those years loving Paul, and receiving nothing back.
"I don't know why Paul didn't imprint on you the second he'd seen you. The only thing I can think of is the fact that they are all different, all these changes affect them all slightly differently. The thing I've found about imprinting though Rachael, it never fades. Paul is going to be deeply in love with you for the rest of his life." Emily placed her hand on top of Rachael's and smiled gently, then she took her hand away and sat back in her chair.

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"He did. Or he did the first moment, he saw me after he started phasing." Rachael clarified. "I left town when I was 17, and went to college." She smiled sadly, "I was heart broken." She had been, with the anniversary of her mother's death coming up, and Paul taking Rebecca to the prom. "I came back two and half years later and Paul looked at me once and . . . . I imagine you know how they look at us. After they imprint I mean. With a kind of love you want more then anything."

"Do you mind if I ask you something, Emily? Something personal." She didn't wait, for an answer, "I wasn't--What I ment to say, is I didn't travel in the same cricles as Sam, Paul and Leah in high school. They were the popular and fun, and I was shy. However I remember hearing Leah speak of you sometimes in class. You two were best friends, or close or so she made it sound. Was it hard, to let your self love Sam back, with that sort of history behind you?" [/blockquote]

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Emily felt like she was going to fall, the sensation of being that out of control was shocking to her. Nobody had asked her that question so outright before. She had to fight to keep her voice even when she replied to Rachael.
"I never wanted to hurt Leah," Emily began already feeling like the words were not enough, if only she was like Nessie and could show Rachael how incredibly hard it had been, "Leah and I were close, we were best friends and even though our blood ties were just as cousins, we acted as if we were sisters. I had never loathed a person before, never even hated someone before Sam. I literally wanted nothing to do with him. He broke my Leah's heart, he hurt the person I loved the most in the world. Rachael I didn't know right away what had happened, I knew nothing of the wolves. All I saw was someone so evil, so hideously disgusting that he would drop someone he claimed to love because he apparently couldn't live with out her cousin? I didn't under stand that he had imprinted." Emily sighed, the tears she had tried to hold back fell down her face before she wiped them away in angry little swipes.
"Leah was angry with me even when I avoided Sam, she refused to see me and in return I felt betrayed by her. Why would I ever let a guy get between us? It was a very confusing time. I decided to speak with Sam, I wanted to scream at him, to make him feel just a little of the pain he'd put my Leah through but when I went to see him I couldn't do it. He was like a child, wounded and utterly innocent. I didn't know how to handle that." Emily paused and looked at Rachael wondering if she was going into to much detail, or maybe telling her something so private would bring them closer.
Emily hadn't told anyone this before and it felt good to get it out.
"I really started to love Sam after awhile. When he hurt me, thats when I knew we'd be together forever. I couldn't let him live thinking that I hated him for giving me this scar, I just couldn't be that harsh, even to spare Leah's feelings. It deeply hurt me to wound Leah. I ache every day for the bond we had. I love Sam so much now, I highly doubt I could live with out him. He and the pack have brought so much to my life. They are like my sons you know, I adore them." Emily stopped her self and took a few deep breaths before smiling a little shyly at Rachael.
"I couldn't be happier that Paul imprinted on you. I need some girl time you know?" She smiled and played with the hem of her skirt running the fabric between two fingers.
"Do you want to know anything else? I don't mind talking to you Rachael." Em looked up from her skirt and titled her head slightly to the side, her dark hair spilled down her shoulder and over her chest.

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Rachael felt like she had some how opened Emily's dirty and read to much. She felt guilty but had a new understanding of Emily. Her eyes tried to stay away from the scars but this time it was in shock, or fear that he glanced at them. "Thank you, Emily." She said softly, "Thank you for explaining." She looked down at her hands and though for a moment.

"I might have some questions in a bit, but for now, can we just sit here and . . . . . and hang out?" She asked, not wanting to be alone while thinking anymore. She still had fears and was still trying to get used to this turn of events but talking with another girl, one who could understand to much, was helping allot. [/blockquote]

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Emily smiled, "Your welcome. I'm sorry if that was- shocking. I didn't think before I said all that." She replied running her hands along her skirt to get the wrinkles out.
"I'd love to hang out. I haven't done that in awhile." Emily laughed softly, her eyes meeting Rachael's.

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Rachael wondered if Emily had many friends or if the 'wolves' were it for her. "Thank you, for being so nice to me." Rachael admitted, "Part of me expected a wolf only to imprint on a girl who could keep up with him. Someone bolder and braver then me." Then Emily seemed, "I keep thinking that, 'why me' but. . . .after meeting you, I am a bit relived." She admitted, "That we seem to be the same. . . . not wild as the wild." [/blockquote]

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"Your Paul's perfect mate, I'm sure you can keep up with him." Emily reassured her, "I think you underestimate your self Rachael. Your a lot stronger than you think. Others might have broken under such an important piece of knowledge or run from it, but you, you seem to be accepting it."
She smiled at Rachael and shifted in her seat so her legs were curled up beneath her.
"Don't get me wrong I love the outdoors, but I spend most of my time in the kitchen. Do you know how much those boys eat?" She laughed at the thought

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Rachael laughed, whole heartedly since finding out about the wolves two days ago. "Oh yes!" She laughed at thoughts of Paul. "Paul seems to be a bottomless pit. I told him that was why he had two part time jobs, to afford the food!" She was glad Emily came, it was making things easier. Some. She was still worried, but it was easier to handle when you weren't alone. "I am not fan of the out doors, but Paul is. I tend to be afraid of bugs."

"How did Sam break the news to you? Paul, wasn't very subtle." Rachael smiled softly, "Then again, he never is." [/blockquote]

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Emily's face lit up as Rachael, really laughed.
"He hinted at it very slowly. I wondered why he was so hot all the time, and why he ate so much," Here Em paused to laugh softly, "He was afraid to tell me. He confided that he thought I'd run off. I admit, when he did finally tell me I had a difficult time believing him. I was leaving in a rage that he'd make up such a lie when he phased. Seeing is believing." Emily shook her head and sighed. "There is no easy way to tell some one you love what you are. The fear of rejection is so strong." She smiled sadly at Rachael
"I don't think Paul should have done it exactly how he did, but I don't blame him either. I don't know how I'd handle such a situation."

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Rachael thought for a moment before speaking. "Yes, seeing is believing." Her car keys were still somewhere lost in the woods. She had lost them when she ran from Paul, and then into the mama bear. . . .or maybe she lost them when Paul made her get on him and ride him out of there. Who knew where she lost the keys, but they were lost, they were. "You would think, that when faced with such a huge animal, you would be afraid for your life. . . .I could only feel fear for Paul." She admitted. [/blockquote]

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Emily's smile was sweet. She felt the familiar goose bumps on her arms she got when she felt that 'awwwww' sensation.
"You don't know how happy it makes me that Paul found you Rachael, Sam too." She couldn't help grinning while she said his name.
She stopped herself from thinking her usual worried thoughts and turned her attention back to Rachael.

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"What if he is mad, that I just left town after he told me?" Jacob said Paul had not been in human form for days. Rachael wondered if Paul was mad, and wouldn't want to speak with her again, or for a while. What if he, and the wolf anger, couldn't forgive her turning her back on him? "I left him in shock and heart broken on the beach and just ran away." [/blockquote]

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"Rachael, your his soul mate, so to speak. You two are perfectly matched for each other. Paul will understand why you left." Emily looked into Rachael's worried eyes and frowned
"He will always love you, nobody will ever be able to take your place. He adores you and pretty much no matter what you do, he always will." Emily tried to comfort her friend.
She drew her long black hair behind her shoulder and smiled
"Sam can kind of hear all his thoughts right now. Paul's only worried he scared you off. He isn't mad at all. I promise." Emily whispered

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Rachael smiled and then quickly moved to hug Emily. She wanted to cry but for the first time in days it was with some hope. "I am just afraid I have messed things up." She pulled back to look at Emily. "Paul is always talking about your food. Do you think you can help me fix his favorites? That way I can soften him up with food."

"And I do. . . have a few questions." Wolf questions. "If you can help me. Asking Paul more questions might not be the best thing right now." [/blockquote]

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Emily hagged Rachael back, rubbing her back and murmuring "Don't worry it's ok, things are going to be just fine." Em replied
When Rachael pulled back and looked at her she smiled.
"Of course, I love cooking and thanks to the never ending hunger our wolves share I get to do a lot of it." She winked at Rachael
"I will help you any way I can, us wolf girls have to stick together. As for the questions, ask anything." Emily giggled
"Don't worry you can get him through this, we are quite like wolves in that we are always there for each other. The males fight for stupid manly reasons and the females get the food." Emily smiled a half smile, hoping her words reassured Rachael

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Rachael gave a unsteady laugh. "Thank you Emily!" Rachael could tell they would be best friends. Emily had that way about her. She drew people in and made them feel better. Rachael hoped Paul would feel better soon too. That they could get past this. Be happy. "I don't even know what Paul's favorite foods are. He eats everything but I want this to be a special I'm Sorry meal." She looked over at Emily. "Can I as you something personal?" She hoped Emily wouldn't mind. "The few times I have meet Sam, after coming back, he seems so. . . . . like he has the weight of the world on him. Dose he relax, and enjoy his time with you?" She was asking and thinking of Paul. Who everyone spoke one way about him. He was angry, brainless. But Rachael saw him as funny, relaxed and loving. He was a natural way about him rather then a brainy no fun way. Was Sam the same? Sometimes, Sam almost scared scared her. [/blockquote]

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Emily frowned, thinking about Sam and how serious he must seem.
"Sam, he just takes on too much. He holds onto every thing and lets it stew. It's really unhealthy. He has many different sides though, I'm sorry you've only seen one. He can be the sweetest person, so thoughtful." Em smiled thinking of him
She looked back at Rachael and laughed,"Hmmm about Paul, you know he loves cookies, but there'd have to be quite a few of them." Emily laughed thinking about the trays of cookies Paul could choke down.

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Rachael smiled when Emily smiled, however it was hard to imagine Sam being sweet. He was so stern and larger then life. He looked as if he could have been an elder almost, with his looks and knowledge but trapped in the body of a much younger man. It was new-and a relief-to see him in a new light. It made her have hope. Emily and Sam, ageist all odds were making it. Surely Paul and Rachael, who had different but just as many odds, could do it as well. Maybe not even as many odds. There was no third party with Paul and Rachael. Rebecca didn't count as a third party.

"Your really happy with Sam." Rachael said more as a statement then a question. She could see it in Emily's face. Not the scares but the love in her eyes at just Sam's name. "I know we don't know each other well, but, I an happy for you." [/blockquote]

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Emily smiled thinking that Rachael was a gift she didn't deserve. She would love a friend, another girl to talk with was something she longed for, but did she deserve it.
'No, not after what I did to Leah. How could anyone ever trust me after that?' Emily wondered
She frowned, then looked up at Rachael and smiled
"Thanks Rachael, I really mean that." Em said
She would just have to prove she regretted hurting Leah more than any thing she had ever done, and that she could be a good friend.

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