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The next morning, Jacob woke up to the same old nightmare, except it had a new character. Melissa wasn't a nightmare, of course. In fact, she was quite nice. The nightmare was that he was living life without Bella, who had been taken by Mr. Lifeless himself. He sighed as he rolled out of bed reluctantly. He decided to forget about Bella. There was no point in remembering her anyways. She wasn't going to magically reappear out of thin air just for him. Plus, he had to defend Forks from the likes of those bloodsuckers, which was much more important than obsessing over a marriage that should never have happened.

Today, Jacob made his own coffee. Of course, it wasn't going to be that great, but it was easier. He didn't have to pay this time. As the coffee started brewing, he rummaged through the cabinets for some food to eat, not that he found anything worth eating. He sighed and wondered if he could get some food from Sam and Emily. Maybe Emily had baked something else. He was sick of muffins. Maybe she had made bagels or something else for breakfast.

With another sigh, he poured himself some coffee and drank up the whole mugful in a single gulp. Not the best idea after getting a shock to his brain, but it woke him up and got him active.

Jacob trotted over to his room and started to take a quick, cold shower. After what seemed to be five minutes of cleansing, he emerged from the bathroom and dried off before dressing in an olive colored shirt with denim shorts. Then he slipped on his shoes and jogged over to Sam's house.

Once he reached the house, he noticed Sam, Quil, Embry, and the others clumped together, talking about something inaudible to Jacob. He ran over to them with one eyebrow raised. "Hey, guys. What's going on?"

Sam looked at him with a grave face. "Jacob, not that I would like to make Embry sound like a stalker... Embry, care to share your findings?" He looked over at Embry, his mouth pulling a bit at the ends at the fact that Embry was such a little stalker.

Embry cleared his throat and said, "Thank you Sam. Last night, I wanted to check up on Melissa to see if she was okay. I was outside her house, and a few of the lights were off in the house, but some people were still up. I assumed that one of the rooms was Melissa's because it looked... girly."

He was interrupted by Quil. "Dude, you're such a freak! You saw inside her room? Oh my God. Creeper alert!" He and Jacob laughed loudly while Embry fumed and Sam shook his head in annoyance.

"Would you two children mind letting me finish?!?" Embry screamed. Then he cleared his throat and continued. "Okay, so while I was checking up on the family to see that they were all safe and okay, I could smell the vampire's scent... well, actually, it seemed like multiple vampires. Almost like a family of them. They hadn't gone inside the house, thankfully, but they had gone outside to the yard. From the scent I got, one of Melissa's family members had interacted with one of the vampires. It could have been her brother. I'm not sure. But we should watch out."

Sam grunted and looked at the rest of the pack. "You heard Embry. Be sure to watch out for vampires and take care of Melissa and hef family. Got it?"

Jacob nodded. He was starting to get a sense of sadness. He remembered when he protected Bella from vampires, and now they were protecting Melissa for Embry. Well, it must have felt that way to Embry when they would take care of Bella, so now it seemed to come back to him. None of the other members of the pack could truly relate anymore. They had all imprinted on someone. Lucky them. Jake still needed someone for himself, as did Embry.

After their little meeting, Jacob and the rest of the pack started on their way to Melissa's house. They decided to walk instead of rushing. Emily had told them that since they had all just eaten, it wasn't a good idea to run unless they wanted cramps, which they all wanted to avoid, so they took Emily's advice.

Embry was leading the pack to Melissa's house, since he was currently "involved" with her, somewhat. Some of the pack members speculated if Jacob should be the one leading since Embry was a little too much like a hyperactive puppy and Jacob could use someone in his life, but as soon as word got to Embry and Jacob, they shut them up.

Quil was too busy focusing on a little chant he was repeating to even care about the gossip among the pack. "Embry stalks Melissa, we all stalk Melissa, we gon' creep on Melissa, Melissa you should beware-ah." He was even including some small dance moves and beats in the background. Jacob laughed and decided to join in.

Embry groaned. "Would you two children shut up? My God!" He kicked Quil and Jacob in the shins out of annoyance and continued walking, grumbling as they went on. Those two were so immature. How could Quil have imprinted on someone already? He was so immature, he probably couldn't even take care of himself without Sam and the pack. Plus, how was he babysitting Claire? Was she a completely capable 2-year-old or something? The thoughts drove him insane.

Jacob trudged ahead of Embry, pretty annoyed at the pace everyone else was moving at. If they were so inclined to keep Melissa safe, they should at least be quick about it. He had reached as far as the rest of the pack should have gone, besides Embry, who could go down further. He ducked down into the bushes and only kept his eyes and top of his head showing. The others followed behind and sat down in the bushes near Jacob.

Embry, on the other hand, continued on towards Melissa's house. He tried to listen in on what was going on in her house. "Guys, I think she's going somewhere," he whispered. "I heard a couple of doors slam shut. One sounded like a car door. I don't know where they are going, but we should follow in case they encounter vampires." Everyone nodded in agreement, still laying low and waiting for Melissa to leave.

Jacob, Embry, and the rest of the pack, who had turned into their wolf forms, started running after Melissa's car, except they kept themselves concealed so they wouldn't draw any attention to themselves. Luckily for them, she was the only one on the road, so that made her easier to track.

Jacob understood that they had to look out for Melissa, but he didn't understand why they had to stalk her. She might not be getting into any trouble right now, so why on Earth did they have to check up on her at every second? He sighed slightly as they continued running.

Everyone slowed to a stop and went back to their human selves. Then they turned around the corner, pressing close to the buildings as they walked along. They didn't want to reveal themselves to Melissa. She would think that they were creepy stalkers... well, they kind of were. Never mind.

Embry had a growl settling in his throat. The low, soft rumble was only audible to him, Jacob, and Quil. They noticed that Melissa's brother was getting out of the car and a pale, tall figure was standing beside him, most likely talking to Melissa. All of them recognized the male as a vampire. Embry wanted to rip him to pieces, but knew that doing so would somewhat reveal their identities. "That a*****e better back off, or else he has something coming. I know where he lives."

Jacob himself couldn't help getting annoyed with the male vampire, whose head was poking into Melissa's car. Stupid vampires always had to harass people, didn't they? Well, this vampire family would definitely need to watch their backs, now that they knew where to find them. He was a bit surprised as the vampire recoiled away from Melissa and the door slammed. A wave of relief flooded through him as she left.

Embry sighed. "Phew, I was afraid that he would hurt her. I would have beaten the death out of that frozen idiot." His growl disappeared as the vampire and Melissa's brother went inside the house.

Sam cleared his throat. "We need to split up. Half of us will go back and watch over Melissa while the other half watches over her brother and the vampires. Got it?"

The others nodded and formed into two groups. Jacob stayed behind to watch over the vampires with Quil and some others, while Embry and Sam went back with the rest of the group to watch over Melissa.