WHEN I'M GONE: MATTIE AND LANCE : I own no characters except for Mattie and Lance and a couple of others, the rest is Stephanie Meyer's characters...also, no profit is being received for this short side story, more's the pity 'cause it's really good if I do say so myself.
AN: Well, fans of Mattie and Lance from When I'm Gone...here's the first chapter! Review! The first couple of chapters are sort of a set up for the last, which is when I let my dirty mind take reign...never done that before so please, let me know how those chapters came out.
CHAPTER ONE
The ringing phone caught her attention as she finished her business in the bathroom, "Embry, will you answer that please?"
Looking up from the book he was reading, he looked around the dorm room, locating the phone on the coffee table. Taking it, he flipped it open, "Mattie's phone, this is Embry."
"Embry…why are you answering Mattie's phone?"
Embry frowned as he recognized the voice at the other end of the line, "Because Mattie's…getting a book at the moment. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Actually, yes. Are you and Mattie…dating?"
"No," Embry answered with a low growl as he heard the faucet running, "We're friends…I'm here studying with her."
"Right."
"Who is it," Mattie came out of the bathroom area, brushing her hair back with her fingers.
"Hold on, here she is," he handed the phone to her, a frown on his face, "The rock climbing guy."
"Oh," Mattie blushed as she took the phone, sitting on the opposite end of the couch, "Hi Lance."
"Hey Mattie. So Embry…is he…"
"Oh no, he's just a friend," Mattie leaned her head against the back of the couch, enjoying the sound of his voice.
"Is he gay?"
She laughed at that, turning to look at Embry who was very obviously pretending not to listen, "No, he's not. Why do you ask?"
"Because I can't see how a guy could be friends with you unless he's gay."
Giggling, she reached down to play with her toes, feeling her face grow hot, "Well, he's not and he's a friend…he's waiting for that someone special."
"What? You're not special enough?"
"I am…just not his special…if you know what I mean."
"I do…his loss. Anyway, I know we're meeting tomorrow for your training session. I called to see if you would be up to getting something to eat afterwards."
Mattie bit her lip as she stared at her toes, "That would be nice, yeah."
"Alright then, I'll see you tomorrow. Bring an extra set of clothes."
"Will do."
Saying good-bye, she closed the cell phone, staring off into space with a pleased smile on her pretty face.
"Got a date for tomorrow," Embry asked nonchalantly as he flipped the page to his book, which he didn't know what the hell it was about.
"Looks like it," Mattie let out a breath before turning her attention to Embry, "We're going to dinner after we do our weekly training."
"How long have you been training with him," Embry flipped a second page with a little too much force, causing it to tear a bit.
"Since that weekend we went rock climbing."
"That was three months ago…he's taken this long to ask you out?"
"Yeah…Embry, why don't you like him?"
"It's not that I don't like him, it's just…" Embry took a deep breath as he tried to think how to explain, "I'm jealous, alright? This guy, he's able to go after you and perhaps even give you what you need and want…I just wish…I could have done that."
"You're not meant to be the one though," Mattie pushed herself to her feet, leaning over to kiss him on the cheek, "You're meant to be my friend…and you're doing an amazing job at it. I'm gonna go see what to wear tomorrow."
Embry groaned as she skipped into her room, whistling along the way.
Now would be a good time for my brains to get blown out, he thought to himself as he stared at the ceiling.
It sucked…she was his friend, not his imprint…but he still had feelings for her that he couldn't do anything about.
It really did suck.