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LEXIS POV

I stepped forward to enter the room, but gasped and stumbled back into Jake as Clyde and his friends blocked the frame.

"Hello there little girl, looks like you've come running back to me sooner than expected." He said with a sneer and stepped out into the hall. "If you had wanted me that badly all you had to do was ask." He stuck a hand out as if to touch my face. I slapped his hand away.

"Ohhh feisty little thing aren't you, I like that in my women." He said. I growled under my breath and stepped towards him. Jake placed a hand on my arm keeping me back.

"You disgusting pervert, I'd never want anything to do with you!" I said, surprised by my own boldness.

"Ohh so you're already taken. What you have to do to get one so fast pale face?" He said smirking. I pulled away from Jake and his grasp on my arm and lunged forward.

"Leave Sam out of this!" I growled at him. Jake grabbed me again pulling me toward him with both hands and much more force than before.

"You have the big one do you? Must have done something to get him, what did you…" I stopped hearing him. I seemed to have too much energy to be held in my own body, I had never felt anything like it. I felt it begin to bubble up inside of me. It pushed against my skin and I could feel it begin to ripple. I was so angry though, angry at Clyde, angry for what he said about me and Sam, and I would not let him get away with it. I growled, not noticing the boys shocked glances around me. I pulled hard against Jake and his grip on my arms.

"Let me go Jake, Let me go!" I yelled feeling his fingers begin to slip.

"Embry, Help me out here!" He called and Embry had wrapped his arms around my waist keeping me back. I screamed in anger, It wasn't fair, I wanted to show Clyde and for some reason his words made me more angry than I ever remember being.

"Lex, Lexi. I need you to calm down. Lexi do you hear me? Calm down." Jake said in my ear. But I didn't know what to do. The anger, the fear was building up inside of me. I could feel my skin shake with the pressure. I had ignored it, but it was stronger than ever. It continued to grow and my breaths shallowed and I began gasping. It to hurt, but I was still too angry to really care. I continued to fight against the larger boys' grasps. My skin felt like it was stretching away from my body and my emotions pressed and rippled through my vines. I couldn't stop it. I heard Jake calling to Seth to tell his mother what was going on and Embry to take care of the class. It didn't occur to me, as Jake scooped me up into his arms and began through the halls again, that he no longer felt warm to me at all. The cool morning air shocked me into awareness as Jake jogged toward the forest.

"What? Where are we going Jake? Put me down! Put me down, you can't do this to me!" I cried fighting against him.

"Calm down, Lex. Please Lex, damn it Lexi! You have to stay calm, just for now please." I heard him beg, something coming out in his voice that I had not heard before: fear. He was afraid; of me or what was happening, I didn't know. He broke the forest line and submerged himself into the looming shadows of the canopy, before setting me down.

"I need Sam, We need…" He began but was cut off by a rustling in the woods. He growled and stepped in front of me defensively. I instantly calmed when Sam came into view.

"Where is she, What's going on Jake?" He demanded as he tore through the brush.

"Sam." I whispered. His head whipped around to see me on the ground. I could feel sweat rolling down my face and drenching my hair. My skin began stretch so hard it hurt and I was trembling so hard I couldn't even stand.

"Lexi." He said and made his way over to my side in two large strides. He stroked my head, gently wiping away the sweat that had begun to sting my eyes.

"Sam, She's-" Jake began, but Sam cut him off.

"I am well aware of what is going on Jake." He said sharply, "Go get the others and fill them in. We'll meet you later."

"Sam…" I said through my shallow breaths. "Sam what's going on? What's happening to me?" I said reaching my hand out to meet him. He grasped it tightly as Jake ran out into the forest.

"Lexi, look at me baby."He said stroking my hand. I looked over to him with crazed eyes.

"Lex, don't fight it ok? It only makes it worse." He said and I could tell he was struggling to remain calm. I could feel our bond pulsing between us. "Lexi you can't fight it, it will only make it hurt more." He begged. But it wasn't enough, why wouldn't he tell me what was happening? Why did he keep beating around the bush? I jumped up and faced him, my anger and fear undeservingly directed at him.

"Sam! I don't understand! Everything. Hurts. My head, my arms, every vein in my body and all I want to know is what the HELL is going on!" I yelled my body shaking so hard I thought I might split in half. Even through my pain induced fog I knew I must look crazed as Sam slowly began to back away from me with his hands up.

"Lexi, you're-" But he was cut off by a scream, soon realizing its source was me. I felt my body convulse and it seemed like every bone in me had broken. I strangled cry found its way out of my distorted throat, but it was quickly replaced… with a howl.

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