Embry POV:

I cannot believe I got recruited for babysitting. Thanks a lot Seth. Just because he imprinted on a 3 year old girl named Alia Porter, he just offers to babysit her, and then volunteers me, on my Saturday off, to babysit her best friend, little Nola James. Thank you so much Seth.

I knocked on Alia's door, and her mother answered. Lauren Porter was a young, only about 25. She was tall, with red hair and big green eyes. She and Alia had moved from Tennessee to escape all the memories there after her husband and Alia's father had been brutally murdered a year after Alia was born. As soon as Seth imprinted on Alia, Lauren knew. We didn't have to say anything. Turns out, Alia's father was a werewolf as well, so one day she would phase.

It had made Seth all giddy and smiley and he just had to rub it in that he imprinted first. Well hardy har har Seth, I don't care!

Okay, maybe I did.

My mom had died. I was all alone, and my house was too big for me, so I moved into a place with Brady, who had yet to imprint. We were both grumpy about that, but what could we do? Go on a road trip and look for her? Yeah right.

"Hi Embry," Lauren said as a woman about her age came up behind her. She had short brown hair and green eyes, and she looked so tired it wasn't even funny. Dark circles under her eyes, pale skin. She could have been a vampire. I resisted the urge to laugh.

"Hello Embry," she said as I came in. "My name is Vanessa James. I'm Nola's mother. We're staying with Lauren and Alia for a while."

"Nice to meet you," I said quickly. Poor woman.

"Do you want something to eat, or some coffee?" Lauren asked. She was always the hospitable one. And she always had food in her house. That made her home one of the boy's favorite stops.

"No thanks," I said. "Are they in the living room?"

"Yeah," Vanessa said, grabbing her purse. "We should be back in 3 or 4 hours. You kids be good and have fun!"

I waited till I heard the car in the driveway start up till I walked into the living room. Seth sat with Alia on his lap. And next to them, there she was.

Nola.

My jaw dropped and my eyes bugged out of my head. She was….her. My imprint. God, I had finally imprinted!

"Thank God!" I heard Seth say. "The guys were starting to think you and Brady were gay or something."

I ignored him, where as I would usually slap him on the head or something. Nothing else in the entire world mattered more than that tiny little girl in the pink dress with brown pigtails on the floor. She was my everything, and I would do whatever I could to make her happy.

"Nola, this is my friend Embry," Seth said gently to her. She looked at me with those big green eyes, and I was hers. From there on out, I would protect her, whether it was from boys or vampires. Oh God, her mother was going to kill me.

Nola was drawing a picture with crayons. I glanced at it to see what looked to be a big fuzzy dog. "Is that your puppy?" I asked her in a kind voice.

"No that's my daddy, Ebby."

Ebby. I was her Ebby.

I nodded. Okay, so she had werewolf gene in her too. That was good I guess. Seth was smirking. "What are you looking so smug about?" I asked as Alia went to join Nola on the floor.

"Ebby," he muttered, and then cracked up.

"Stop it Seff!" Alia said, smacking him.

"Yeah Seff!" I said. "Stop it."

He made a face at me. "Oh, you're just freakishly hilarious, Ebby!"

Nola dropped her blue crayon and climbed into my lap. I swear, if I had died right then and there, I would have died a happy man. She smiled up at me. "I love you Ebby. Will you take care of me?"

"Yes, Nola. I will always take care of you. I love you too."

I know, I know. That was freakishly short. And a smidge sappy. LOL. Anyway, there it is. The first chapter of Ebby's Girl. Hope you liked it. Please review. Reviews make me smiley!