“You heard something! Confess!” It has been hours since we returned from La Push and Bella only gave up long enough to eat dinner. Unfortunately, she was losing steam fast. Dumb human bodies and their exhaustion.

“You’re tired. No.” He was teasing her. We all know he’s hiding something because Alice confronted him when we returned. She saw him and I talking about something (she wouldn’t say what) without Bella. Turns out he wanted to tell me what he heard first and Bella didn’t like that very much.

“This isn’t fair! I want to–” Her sentence was interrupted by her own yawn.

“Go to bed, Bella. I’ll tell you in the morning, okay? You’re yawning is making me tired, and you know very well I don’t sleep.”

“Fine. I’ll make sure you–” She yawned again. “–keep your word.” And with that she left with Edward.

I turned to Alice. “You’re not going to talk, are you?”

“And ruin Edward’s fun? No way!” She thought for a second. “I might stay, though, since I already know what he has to say.”

“Just answer me this. Is it bad?”

“Depends on what you mean by ‘bad,’ but you take it well.”

“Thanks.” I was nervous and she could tell. She took my hand and looked at the stairs. As if on cue, Edward was walking down them.

“Sorry that took so long. She was still trying to get me to talk until she lost her fight with sleep.” He came and sat across from us. Alice still held my hand.

“Okay. The suspense is killing me. Talk.” I could barely sit still.

He breathed and began. “How much did Jacob tell you about werewolves?”

“Um… just about everything, I guess.”

“What about imprinting?”

“Im-what?” I looked from him to Alice and back. “What’s that?”

“Well, once a werewolf phases for the first time, there is something that could happen to them when they look at a certain person. There is only one person in the world that could cause a werewolf to experience this, which they call imprinting. For example, Sam imprinted on Emily.”

“Come again?” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

“Think of it as finding your soul mate.” Alice chimed in.

“Ah! Wait. You’re saying that Jacob…”

“Imprinted on you.” Edward finished for me.

“But I’m a…”

“Yes.”

“And he’s a…”

“Yes.”

I slumped back in the sofa. “Wow. I felt chemistry, but soul mate?” Then it hit me. “I thought our kinds were mortal enemies?”

“There are a lot of things that are happening that are confusing them. Like Leah becoming a werewolf. They only though the sons of the original pack would phase, not the daughters. I guess this could be considered the same thing.”

“But in any case, his life is about you now, Lexy,” Alice said to me with a smile.

“Wow…” I couldn’t let them see my excitement, but Edward knew, of course. “You guys are okay with this?”

“Actually, yes. This could make life easier for both sides, especially Bella,” Edward stated. “After the wedding she wants for me to change her, and as the treaty is now it could make life for us later near impossible. This could make things go smoother.”

“So don’t worry about it,” Alice assured me.

“I’ll admit I didn’t think it was possible, but I didn’t want Bella to know until you talk to Jacob. I know you’re planning to, remember?” Oh yeah, I was just thinking about going to La Push to see him.

“And I see you leaving, but nothing after that.” You can’t get away with anything with these two around, can you?

“I feel like a Capulet.”

“You might want to leave soon. Werewolves are still technically human and soon he’ll be like Sleeping Beauty upstairs.” He pointed up towards the stairs.

“Alright. Wish me luck.” I got up and calmly walked out. As soon as I was out of the wooded area in front of the house, I let out a joyous squeak and sped to Jacob’s.