Author's Note:
Hello! Welcome to "We Own the Night," I am a wolf pack writer and this will be my first ever story about BellaxEmbry whether it's on that I have posted on FF or just written for fun, so I am pretty excited to get this goin. Somethings that y'all should know going forward, is that I do not have a beta, so I love when you correct me on stuff. I love constructive criticism. I also love to hear your theories and ideas on the story. I always have a basic plot line for my stories and I have pretty specific character layouts as well before I begin to truly write, that said, characters are just like real people, they grow and they evolve and it's like they almost have their own free will too, so I go where they take me, so I am always up for new ideas from y'all.
Generally I will not have author's notes at the beginning of a chapter because I know that when I am reading a story that has them posted on every chapter before it begins, I get so excited to just read that I either skim the notes or skip them all together, so usually my notes are short, sweet, to the point, and absolutely at the end of the chapter.
There are also some things that y'all should know about the story/characters soooo here goes:
- Embry, Jacob, Quil, and Bella are all seniors in high school so roughly 17 years old
- Bella knows the Cullens from school, but never had a particular interest in them, so she has no idea that vampires exist
-Bella moved to Forks at the beginning of her Senior year, not in the middle of junior
If you guys have any questions, just let me know, I will be happy to answer :)
Chapter One
* Content warning: Minor drug use (please remember that recreational use of marijuana is legal in the state of Washington) *
"Dude, it's gonna be fuckin' amazing. Tons of chicks, Forks girls we've never met." Quil insisted. He face expression could only be described as dreamy as he thought of all the new women that would obviously fall madly in love with him tonight. Or at least fall into bed with him. We were all werewolves and had grown basically into ripped full-grown men from the moment we first phased, so he did have some pretty good odds.
"It could be fun, I'm always down to meet new people, plus, it gets us off the res for a night." Jake opted to join in on convincing me to go to some lame party in the neighboring town of Forks.
"Do we even know whose party it is?" I asked. They wanted to crash the party, probably attempt to get shit-faced. Fat chance though because our metabolisms worked off the alcohol too quickly.
"I dunno." Quil shrugged, then added, "some slutty lookin' hot chick gave me an invite while I was walkin' on the beach the other day. Her friends looked pretty fine too."
I just shook my head and agreed on going. Maybe I couldn't drink until I was drunk, but I could smoke until I was high as a kite, and I was down to relax. It had been a long couple of months since the Cullen vampire freaks had gotten all cozy in their crypt in Forks again. We ran patrols every night and were desperate for a night off. Jared and Paul were going to run patrols tonight, Sam would be with his girl, Emily, and the left Jake, Quil and I to a little too much free time. Plenty for us to stir the pot, get into a little trouble if you know what I mean.
It was just getting dark when we strutted our way into the yard that was littered with cars. The house was still in Forks, but it definitely sat on the outskirts, flaunting a massive piece of land and a parking lot sized drive. Inside there was loud, thumping music, people dancing in a writhing mess, and a game of beer pong going on the kitchen table. I could smell some pot smoke drifting in from outside, but unfortunately the place also reeked of the sex those of us with heightened senses could hear going on upstairs.
I looked at Jake and Quil who jumped onto the dance floor, and unlike me, were comfortable here. This really wasn't my scene. I made my way into the kitchen and grabbed a beer from one of the several coolers sitting on the tiled floor. I leaned against the counter and just watched the party for a moment before a girl sauntered up to me and rubbed her hand on my arm.
"Hey there." She said in a smoky voice. Her hair was a dark brown and she had big blue eyes, she was skinny, real tall and her boobs were about to pop out of her skin tight top. She was definitely more Quil's type. "I'm Mikki. I'm Lauren's cousin." I just assumed that Lauren was the host, but really I have no clue.
"What's your name?" She asked, standing on her tiptoes to slur in my ear, obviously already intoxicated. Like I said, she was tall, but standing at six foot three, she still had to stretch to be face to face.
"I'm Embry, nice to meet you." I told her politely. That's as far as I let it go though, I gently put my hand on her lower back and made my way past her and to outside. I figured she was drunk enough, she wouldn't be too hurt over my dismissive maneuver.
Once I was outside I found that there was a big ass back deck where there was all kinds of food and drinks and people were chatting a little more calmly. Jake had already made it to the buffet and was aggressively chewing a bite from a hot dog.
"Hey man, what's wrong?" I asked him. He was clearly freaking out a little bit as he was shoving the food down his throat. I mean we were always hungry, that metabolism thing again, but like when I first saw him over here, he was chewing very focused and very aggressively, which was weird.
"IfinkIuckin'mprinted." He told me with his mouth still full. I had no clue what he said. The look on my face must have shown how lost I was because he repeated himself after swallowing. "Dude. I think I fuckin' imprinted."
"Holy shit, who?" was all I could think to ask. He just pointed to a girl standing on the other side of the deck. She was an average height, with average length hair, it was a nice shade of very dark brown and it was a bit wavy, looked like she had tried to tame it down. All in all, she was pretty but I couldn't see her as anything other than "nice" because I already felt like she was a sister. Jake definitely imprinted. That notion was supported by the fact that she kept peeking over at Jake too, clearly having trouble focusing on her conversation with some marshmallow-looking blond guy.
"Why don't you just go talk to her instead of slamming these hot dogs?" I asked with a raised brow. Jake's frown deepened and he told me that the blond kid had just kissed her, so they were together. That shit always makes imprinting hard. In fact after Sam and Emily's situation, that's the kind of stuff that scared us the most about imprinting.
I had been spaced out for a moment, so I hadn't quite realized that the brunette had stopped talking to the other guy and had made her way over to Jake and I.
"Hey, I'm Jess, I don't think I've seen you guys around before." She introduced herself, she politely and quickly acknowledged my presence, but it was obvious that she was there to talk to Jake. Unfortunately, Jake was just ogling her like a love-struck idiot, so I jumped in.
"Hey, uh, I'm Embry, and this is Jacob." I told her. She smiled and told us that it was nice to meet us, her attention still very much glued to Jake.
"Is that marshmallow your boyfriend?" Jake stupidly asked, pointing at the blond kid who was talking up some other chicks. I elbowed him in the side, hard for his idiocy.
"That marshmallow is my ex-boyfriend to be clear." Jess told him, laughing. I could see Jake's espression go from stormy to twinkling like a God damned Christmas tree. That was my que to leave and give them some space. I took the stairs down from the back deck to the yard where someone had lit a bonfire and everyone sitting around it was passing a joint.
There was a pretty blond girl with long hair and green eyes, light skinned with freckles. She was tall and had small, but noticeable curves, and had the joint between her lips. She was wearing torn jeans and a leather jacket. She was exactly the type of girl I'd take home for the night.
"Mind if I sit?" I asked her, motioning to the open upturned bucket next to her.
"As long as you're not going to ruin my high, go ahead." She told me, as she blew out the smoke that she had been holding for a moment. The gesture was hot as hell, so I nodded and sat down. She passed me the weed and I could feel myself already starting to relax.
Author's Note:
I Hope that you have enjoyed the first chapter!
Make sure you check out my other stories as well:
- Exposed: A Sam and Bella story
- Man of the Year: A Paul and Bella story (should be up later tonight, by tomorrow at the latest)
Happy reading!
~ Dahlia