Landing on the tarmac at SeaTac, Kitty sighed, had she done the right thing moving to America? Lets face it the language may be the same as back home in the UK but the culture most certainly wasn't. The last 6 months traveling had showed her that, but she had to keep herself busy whilst her dogs were in quarantine ready for the big move, otherwise she would have went straight back home! As rescue dogs they had been in a kennel for enough of their short lives and Kitty was determined they would have the best life possible. Traveling around the US had been fun but 6 months had not been enough, but she started work in 2 weeks and she wanted to be sure her home was sorted before she started work.
Standing to collect her hand luggage when the plane had all but de-boarded she staggered under the weight, she planned to grab a bus from the airport to Forks where she had planned her new life. A fresh start was exactly what she needed after finishing medical school. As her step father had passed away just before her 10th birthday, Kitty had been raised by her mother alone who only told Kitty of her father two weeks before her 21st birthday. Kitty had seen her birth certificate which named a Joshua Uley as her father. Her mother said Joshua as half Vietnamese, citing Kittys own jet black hair, hazel almond shaped eyes, prominent cheek bones and slightly bronzed skin as evidence of this. Contrasted with her mothers 'English rose' image of blond hair, pale skin and blue eyes, Kitty believed her.
Tracking down the corridor leading to the baggage claim, Kitty had only one suitcase along with her backpack hand luggage to collect. Glancing at her watch, it was 3am, she had around 10 hours until her new furniture was delivered. The fed-ex people were dropping her sparse belongings off tomorrow and her new log cabin style bungalow was already fully decorated thanks to a local company recommended by her new colleague from the hospital, Dr Cullen. She was excited for her new life, grabbing her bags she headed to the bus terminal, she could do this!
Arriving in Forks Kitty looked around, she had purposely chose a small town to relocate to, despite having offers from a number of bigger hospitals with better salaries, she wanted a small town. She grew up in a small town in the north east of England and she had, had a taste of city life living in Newcastle whilst completing her degree and she new the big city wasn't for her, never mind these sprawling American metropolises. She rang for a taxi from her mobile and waited apprehensively, it was a little before 5am and as a typical autumn morning was pitch black. Climbing in the taxi gratefully, she gave the driver her new address and watched the small town go flying by, she was going to like it her, she could feel it!
With her furniture set up, all Kitty had to do now was to await Blackie and Jake to be dropped off from the quarantine people. In order to unwind she grabbed her yoga mat slipped on a pair of form fitting yoga pants and a sports bra with a large hoodie over the top, a pair of New Balance trainers completed the look and she headed towards the beach.
Kitty had counted on nobody being on the beach in October, she was right, thankfully. Unrolling her mat and stretching, she allowed the sound of the sea and the rhythmic, repetitive nature of her yoga workout to help her relax and unwind completely forgetting her surroundings.
'Hey! Hey you" a male voice boomed across the beach.
Toppling over from her tree pose, Kitty landed on her bum with a huff. She spun around with a glare, "What!"
Two large native boys jogged towards her as she stood up. Brushing sand off her backside, she continued glaring from beneath questioning eyebrows as she appraised them, almost equal in height they were wearing minimal clothing; just a pair of shorts each, no shoes or shirts either. Their muscled chests glistened with sweat and they both had patches of mud in various places, what they hell are they doing Kitty wondered as she waited for them to approach.
Coming to a stop in front of Kitty, the smaller of the two men spoke;
"Hi, I'm Embry and this is Paul, we were wondering what you are doing here, as we haven't seen you around before and the pale faces don't usually come this way, not that your actually pale, its just that, are you native or like half, as you look really familiar, you cant be Quileute, are you Makah? Or somewhere else, further North or…."
Kitty raised an eyebrow as this massive boy continued rambling like a teenager although he looked a good deal older than her, mercifully the other boy Paul, interrupted;
"Em, shut up man! You'll scare the poor girl!" Turing back to Kitty "We don't get much new blood around here and he…" He jerked a thumb at Embry "gets nervous around girls, he just wanted to come and look at your ass whilst you were stretching in those tight pants!"
Embry and Kitty turned matching shades or red
"Shut up Paul…" he mumbled as he kicked sand at Kittys feet.
"OI, DID I TELL YOU TWO YOU COULD HAVE THIS LONG A BREAK, GET BACK TO WORK" a deep timbre echoed over the beach, shooting her an apologetic look Paul and Embry began running away towards the forest.
"Well that was weird" she mumbled to herself, bending down to roll up her yoga mat.
"What was?" a velvet rasp surrounded her as she was crouched down.
Shit, Kittys thoughts ran wild imagining that voice commanding her around the bed room. Jesus, its been like what? 6 months since I last had sex and I'm suddenly imagining bucking one of the first guys I see! Get a hold of yourself girl!
Slowly standing with her mat in her hands, Kitty kept her head down, there was plenty to occupy her eyes. Wide caramel coloured feet and long muscular legs, clad only in sports shorts, sculpted abs with a small scattering of hair led to a chiselled chest. Refusing to lift her head any higher Kitty mumbled
"Nothing, just half naked men running around the beach in October"
A deep chuckle rumbled above her head, Kitty felt like a ton of lead was resting on her neck keeping her head down.
"You'll get used to it around here sweetheart, you must be new here, whats your name?" a deep baritone asked
"Kitty" she mumbled mortified mortified, I'm 21 for god sake, why am I acting like a shy teenager, she thought as mumbled.
"I'm Jacob nice to meet you" a massive tanned hand was pushed into her field of vision, touching his fingertips a jolt of electricity surged up her arm, a gasp fell form Kittys full lips causing her neck to snap up and her eyes to meet his.
Jacobs eyes widened, they were the deepest black and smoldering like coal, Kitty took in his face as Jacob remained frozen in place. If she had to guess she would have placed Jacob at around 25-30, he had high cheekbones, full lips, almond shaped eyes and inky black hair that touched his chin in jagged, spiky strands. He was breathtakingly beautiful and just couldn't take his eyes off her.
She felt something connect the two of them, Kitty never believed in soul mates but suddenly she wondered….
"Go-away from here and never come back" He ground out with such vehemence, kitty fell back a step.
"What, wha.."
"GO" he roared.
Kitty felt as though her heart stopped, her eyes widened as her brain frantically tried to work out what she had done, he was so friendly and now he looked as though she had committed some unspeakable crime. Trying to deny the pain that flared up, she shrugged, turned on her heel and left muttering multiple oaths under her breath as she headed up the rocky path to her little cabin.
