What It Means To Imprint
Chapter 1
I am a sucker for imprint stories so I just had to write this. I've wanted to for a while now but I've been busy writing my other story 'The Purple Flower'. I hope you like. Please read and review. I would really appreciate it. :)
Seth is totally my favourite wolf so I couldn't resist writing about him.
Shay's POV
"Shay! Get up. You're going to be late." My sister Lana called from downstairs. I groaned but got out of bed and quickly pulled on my favourite jeans and a t-shirt. I wished I could just go back to my old school with my friends and go back to my old house in New York. I sighed and fought back tears. My parents died in a car crash a month ago. Some drunk driver drove head long into their car. Since no one could take me in, I had to come live in La Push reservation, the smallest town I have ever seen, to live with my older sister. I lived here till I was five but my parents moved us to New York when my dad got a new job. So I'm originally from here but I haven't been here for years and don't really remember much. I also looked like everyone here.
After graduation, my sister came here for vacation because she remembered living here and apparently missed it. When she met this guy, Dean she decided to stay. So now I'm being forced to move somewhere I don't know, go to a school where I don't know one single person and am being torn away from my friend and everything that I love. Talk about depressing right. I wiped away the tear that escaped and quickly applied my makeup and hurried down the stairs. Thanking whatever god that there might be that it wasn't raining. One good thing. It almost always rained in La push and I always wondered why anyone would want to live here.
"Good luck. I'll be home around five." Lana said as she gave me a hug before heading out the door." See ya." She called over her shoulder. I sighed and grabbed an apple before heading out the door too, making sure I wasn't forgetting anything. I got into my car and making my way to La push high. I've never been there before but it wasn't hard to find since it was only a couple blocks away. Like everything else the tiny town of la push. I parked and quickly went over my timetables again that my sister pick up for me yesterday. Ten minutes later I was walking into my first class a few second before the bell. I gave the teacher my slip for him to sign before sitting in the only sit left in the class. I sat beside a girl with long black curly hair and dark brown eyes. She smile and whispered a hello.
"Hey." I smiled back.
"I'm Jez. You must be new. What's your name?"
My smile widened. I was relieved that someone was talking to me and I might have a chance to be friends with this girl. "I'm Shay. Yeah I just moved here. I moved in with my older sister."
"What about your parents. Did they move here too?" Her smile faded when I looked down at my hands and bit my lip. I was fighting back tears. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." I felt her eyes on my face.
"No, it's okay. You didn't know." I took a deep breath before continuing." Uh. My parents died in a car crash last month." I tried to smile but I knew I failed miserably by the look Jez have on her face. I didn't want her pity but it seemed unavoidable.
"Oh. I'm so sorry." She said sadly. Luckily the bell rang and the teacher called us to attention so I didn't have to say anything. I sat through the class trying to think of other things beside my parents. Fighting to control myself before I started to burst out in tears.
The rest of the day went by quickly. I sat with Jez and her friends at lunch. "Everyone this is Shay. Shay this is Claire, Bree, Brady, Collin and that's Seth." Jez introduced every one before we sat down with them. They all smiled and greeted me. I smiled back and looked them all over. They all had the classic Native American features. Dark brown hair, eyes and skin but all looked very different in their own way. However the boys stood out. They were all so big. And I mean big. Even when they were sitting they towered over my 5'4". It was amazing how big they were. I could see their muscles defined through their shirts.
They all asked me questions like where I lived before, about my sister, what is missed form the other place. That kind of thing. I was grateful that they seemed to like me. It might not be so bad here if I actually had some friends.
That when I notice the boy at the other side of the table, Seth I think. He's been pretty quiet so I didn't really pay much attention to him but I felt his eyes on me and when I finally look over I couldn't look away. He was the most handsome guy I have ever seen. He was looking wide eyed at me and when our eyes met a shockwave flashed through my body. I couldn't look away. I couldn't. Something was pulling me toward him. All I wanted was to reach out and touch him. To feel him skin under mine. Something was screaming at me to go to him but with all my strength I stayed where I was. But when he smiled I had to smile too.
"Oh. No! They did not." I heard someone saw faintly but I didn't look to see who it was. His eyes had me. His deep brown eyes that had small flacks of black. I felt like I was looking deep inside his soul. It was all I could do to not get up out of my chair and walk up to him. "Collin maybe you should bring Seth to Sam's. Jacob will probably be at the Cullen's by now. Brady you should go with them. We can take care of Shay." I heard the same person as before speak. Again I didn't pay any attention to them but when I saw Collin and Brady each grab one of Seth's arms I blinked watched as they pulled Seth toward the door.
"No. Please... I can't... No. I can't. Guys please. I...I can't." Seth fought against them but it was no use. He was the biggest out of the three but couldn't win over the two of them. His eyes never left mine the whole way out.
Seth's POV
The day started out pretty normally. I woke up late. Jacob and Embry played a prank on me. I was late for school. Failed a math test. Yep! A typical day in La Push. Quil and Embry love to prank me. This time they sneak into my room and took my alarm clock so I woke up twenty minutes before the bell rang at school. They had a great laugh at that. I just wish they were still in school. I would have gotten them back for that one. I didn't have time to take the car to school because by the time I was up and dressed and out the door there was only five minutes left. I ran as fast as I could out the back door and headed for the trees. I took all my cloths of in practices motions and attached them to my leg and soon I was running on four legs instead of two. I was the only one that was phased. The rest of the pack was either still sleeping or at school. The ones who were sleeping in were the lucky one. They didn't have to go to school so they got to sleep in while the rest of us had to get up early. I still had to go to school where the teachers tortured you with the stupidest of things. I mean when are any of us going to ever need to know how to do algebra equations and box and whisker plots. Never!
I was right to run for it because if I took the car I would never have made it to school in time. I can run faster than that car that my mom insisted we keep. It's so slow that I could have walked and get there faster. When I got to the edge of the woods across the road from La Push High, I phased back hurried to but my cloths back on. I ran through the door of my first period class just before the bell rings and I breathe a sigh a relief. I am so going to get them back for all the times they got if it kills me. Which isn't easy.
I take my seat beside Brady in the back as the teacher turned toward the board. "What did they do now?" He whispered. Since we didn't need to talk any louder than a hushed whisper to hear each other we never get caught. Not since we phased.
"They took my alarm clock. I woke up twenty minutes ago and had to run here." I rolled my eyes and shook my head. "I'm tired enough as it is from patrolling, I don't need them doing this to me every single day."
He smiled."I know what you mean. My bothers used to do the same before I phased." He snickered when he said."Now I think they're too scared." The attempt to make me laugh worked. He was the only one who phased out of four and he was the third child with two older brothers. It was hilarious sometimes to see his two older brothers who were about eighteen or nineteen be scared of us. Like we would do anything to them. Still it was fun to tease them sometimes.
We spent the rest of the class thinking up ways to get Quil and Embry back. I can tell you that we came up with some good stuff because we ended up laughing so hard that people started staring. We tried to hold the laugher back but it was just to funning. Just imagining their expressions and satisfaction of pay back set us off. Soon the teacher turned and set her glare at us.
"Boys, would you be so kind to not disturb the class?" She asked smartly. I finally stop laughing and nodded. We pretended to pay attention for the rest of class.
The rest of the morning was uneventful. It was all very long and boring. Just like every other day. I walked with Cullen and Claire to our usual table in the back. We only sat there so no one could hear our conversations since most of them involved things that no one was suppose to know about or want to know for that matter. I dropped my stuff at the table and then hurried to get some food before the line got too long. I piled my tray with as much food as I could fit on it. I didn't get anything to eat for breakfast so I was starving. Then again when was I not hungry?
When I returned to the table, Bree and Brady were there. Bree was one of Brady's best friends. She only knew about us because she accidently saw him phase one day and Jez was with her. And Claire was Quils imprint so she would obviously know.
"Everyone this is Shay. Shay this is Claire, Bree, Brady, Collin and that's Seth." I looked up to see Jez introduce everyone to a girl that I never saw before. He was the new girl that everyone was talking about and she was the most beautiful person I have ever seen. Her dark hair ran down to the small of her back and her eyes were a beautiful dark gold. When I saw her I couldn't look away. When she sat down on the other side of the table and said a shy hello I nearly sang with joy. For some reason I was completely happy to see her and when she spook her voice was like music. I know I was staring but I couldn't help it. Everything about her lured me in. It was all I could do to not go to her right there and then.
At first she didn't really see me. She was in distracted by the others interrogation. However when she did look my way our eyes met and everything that I've felt for her before intensified. Also she looked like she was feeling the same thing. I felt my lips curl up in a smile which widened when hers' did the same.
"Oh. No! They did not." I heard Jez say from beside her. Shay. My Shay. Oh. Shit. Did I really? Did I imprint on this beautiful girl sitting in front of me. I must have because why else would I be feeling this way for a girl that I just met. Those eyes looking straight at me and mine at her. There was no doubt about it. "Collin maybe you should bring Seth to Sam's. Jacob will probably be at the Cullen's by now. Brady you should go with them. We can take care of Shay." I heard her but my brain didn't register it until I felt Collin and Brady each take one of my arms and pull me from my chair toward the door.
"No. Please... I can't... No. I can't. Guys please. I...I can't." I yelled, not caring what people thought. I couldn't leave her. I couldn't. I fought as hard as I could but I could win against two werewolf boys that both had an arm but I still fought. I could still see her but it already hurt. Everything in me screamed at me to go back to her and it hurt more and more the farther I got from her. When I couldn't see her anymore it didn't just hurt. I was in pain. Every cell in my body screamed for her.
"Come on Seth. Stop it. You're going to see her again. We just need to go see Sam first." I heard Collin say, slightly annoyed. He tightened his grip on my arm with one hand and opened the door to go outside with the other. He pulled while Brady pushed me out the door.
"No. I can't leave her. You don't understand. I have to be with her." I fought against them some more."It hurts." I squeaked.
"How are we going to get him there? If we phase he'll take off. If we drive then he might jump out." Brady grunted when I gave a sharp pull.
"I'll drive. You can hold him in the back." Claire said. Come up behind us. I was becoming despite. In the back of my mind I knew that this was ridicules but something told me that if I was with her than the pain would go away. That if she was happy than I would be happy. I needed her happy and I needed to be near her.
"Okay. Thanks. Come on Seth." Collin said and gave me a shove toward the parking lot. I looked back desperately at the school where she was. So close yet so fare.
"It hurts. I need her."I whispered, trying to pull back.
"Seth she's fine. She's with the others. You'll see her later but now you need to go see Sam. I now it hurts but you have to." Claire says from behind me. I glare at her but don't respond. She didn't understand. None of them did. "You need to get yourself under control before you see her, Seth."
"I would never hurt Shay." I yelled and tried to lounge at her but the guys are ready for me so I don't get more than a few inches. If somebody told me yesterday that this would happen I would never believed them. I never tried to attack anyone to actually hurt them before. I know I should apologise but I was too busy thinking of Shay to even consider it. I heard her gasp but didn't care.
"Seth, think about what you're doing." Brady yelled just as we arrived at Claire's van. He climbed in the back first than Collin shoved me in after and climbed in beside me. They continued to hold my arms even though I stopped fighting. There was no use but I was practically hyperventilating as I watched the school disappeared around the corner with Shay in it. My Shay. I was panicking now. I breathed in and out, trying to stop the shaking. I wouldn't be a good idea to phase in the van.
When we arrived at Sam's house and all climbed out of the van, I didn't even try to fight. Not with Sam nearby. What was the point? If I phase Jake might be too and he would make me go back. If I ran on two feet I wouldn't get fare. I just got out of the van, walked a few steps and fell to the ground. I put my face in my hands and heard Claire run to the house.
I shook my head. "No. No. No." I felt Brady sit down beside me.
"Man. You can put up a fight." He said trying to make me feel better. I looked up enough to glare at him for a few seconds before putting my face back in my hands. "I'm sorry man. It had to be done"
I just shook my head. It hurt too much. I couldn't understand how the others could staid being away from their imprints because he I was on the ground in complete pain and I only knew her for about ten minutes. Or was it because I only knew her for such a short time that it hurt so much. I really wouldn't know. I breathe in deep breaths as I waited for Sam.
When he finally came, Claire obviously didn't tell Sam anything because he asked what was wrong with Emily right behind him.
I didn't say anything so Collin did for me. "Seth imprinted on the new girl at school. Gave us a hell of a good fight getting him here. I can tell you that."
Sam didn't say anything but I heard the others walk away to give us some privacy. I didn't see the point. They would know what happened when we phase later. I felt Sam sit down beside me and put a hand on my shoulder. "Seth?" He asked in a whisper.
"It hurts Sam. It hurts when I can't see her." I mumbled into my hands.
"I know Seth. I know but you can't go see her right. You have to wait till tomorrow." I looked up from my hands to stare him in disbelief.
"No I... I have to go see her. I need to."
Sam just shakes his head. "Seth. You need to learn to control yourself when you're not around her. I saw where you hit Brady. You hurt him. If you can't control yourself then you can't be with her. This is a test. If you can live without doing anything stupid to see her for the next 24 hours than you can go to school tomorrow and see her."
I shook my head again and put my face back into my hands. I can't believe they're doing this to me. Keeping me away from my imprint. The girl I need. My Shay. My beautiful, beautiful Shay.
"Seth look at me." I did what I was told. "Seth you never want to hurt her right?" That was such an obvious question. Of course I didn't want to hurt her. I never wanted to hurt her in anyway. I shook my head, no. "And you want to see her. Make her happy." I nodded. "Than do this for her. If you can control yourself for the next twenty four hours than you can do that. Than you can be near her without hurting her." I guess he made a point and I would do this for her. I would stay away but I was hard. The longer I was away from her the more it hurt.
With a sigh I heaved myself up from the ground and walked toward the group that was waiting for us on the porch in the back of the house. "Look guys I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I...I..." I was going to say more but Collin cut me off.
"It's okay Seth. We understand." They all smiled at.
I looked at Claire suddenly, remembering I tried to attack her. "Claire, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking straight."
She smiled too. "Apology accepted."
I nodded but didn't smile. I looked up at Sam who was now holding Emily's hand and tracing the long scares along her face with his finger. "Can I go run now? I need to think. I promise you I won't go looking for her." He must have seen the truth in my expression because he let me go. I turned on my heels and headed for the trees. I didn't bother taking my clothes off. I just didn't care at the moment. I let the fire ripe its way through my body and fell forward to stand on for paws. As soon I was done phase I was running as fast as I could. I was grateful that no one else was phased too. Now I could do something that I loved and think in private.
Every time I tried to think of other things besides Shay my thoughts would always stray back to her. What was she doing right now? What was she thinking about? Was she thinking of me the same way I was of her? Did she really feel the same as I did when our eyes met? I was tempted to go see her. Something was pulling me toward her. She wouldn't see me. I just needed to see if she was happy. I needed to know. No one could stop me now. No one phased and no one could stop me. I could do it but I didn't. I had to know if I could control myself. If I couldn't then I would never forgive myself. I had to stay away for now. Tomorrow I would see her at school. I would sit beside her at lunch and try to make friends with her and when I knew she was as ready as she will ever be than I would tell her about me. I would spend time with her and get to know her. She would get to know me. At least the part she could know until I told her the rest. When I see her happy I will be happy. When she laughs I will laugh. I would do anything for her. I would be anything she wanted.
I never thought this would happen to me. I never thought in a million years that I would actually imprint. Today started so normal and ended so different. There was no sign that something would change yet everything did. I didn't see the world the same way as before. I loved that girl. That girl with the golden eyes that was burned into my brain. I would never forget those eyes. That face. My Shay. My soul mate. She was perfect for me and I was perfect for her. We were made to be together.
There you go. I hope you liked the first chapter. Please review. I need to know what you think and please if you have any ideas of what might go good in this story please tell me. Again please review.
