Disclaimer: Twilight is the property of Stephenie Meyer, my OCs belong to me.
Summary: Seren, or star in her father's native Welsh, has long known the man she would marry. Rupert (which means famed, bright or shining) Clearwater, grandson of Seth, who was a wolf in his forties when he finally imprinted upon the then six year old dhampir great granddaughter of Jake and Nessie. For years they kept a safe distance due to Seren's age, even when she appeared to be adult. After proving herself to be the age she seemed rather than the years she'd been on the Earth, Seren finally gained her mother's permission to class herself as an adult and convinced Rupert to see her as a grown woman in her twenties entering pre-med and not a girl just entering her teens.
This is just a fun little story of Seren and Rupert getting on with their lives.
The sun was just peaking over the horizon, but I felt more than awake. I had a twenty-hour plus journey ahead of me, but I didn't care. It meant twenty hours alone in a car with my kind, funny, handsome Quileute wolf, Rupert Clearwater. I smiled up at him as he took my bag off me and placed it into the boot of my car.
"That everything?" He asked.
"No." I said.
"You leave something in the room?" He asked, frowning because I'd checked three times that I had everything before we'd left.
I shook my head before I wrapped my arms around his waist and tilted my head back to kiss his lips. He met my lips and I savoured the kiss out here in public. Finally he was my wolf, forever and always and he'd always kiss me when I wanted it now. No more tripping over the amount of time I'd been on earth and actually taking my maturity into consideration.
Someone wolf-whistled and I turned to find my older little brother Addie laughing at us.
I glared at him then caught hold of the sunglasses he was wearing with my telekinesis and floated them up above his head. He rolled his eyes at me before he easily leapt up the ten foot to pluck them out of the pull of my power.
"I was only teasing mun." He said. "I think it's cute."
"You want me to say that about you and Robyn?" I threatened.
"You really want to say that in front of Robyn?" He joked.
"Whatever." I said. "How are you getting back anyway?"
"With Gran and Gramps. I'm hoping I can sneak a little time with Robyn at Tregarran before I head back to the Res. Hopefully catch a lift with Zoë." Addie said with a shrug, talking about our sister.
"She said she was heading back today. Something about stopping Adrian from sulking." I said.
"Oh." Addie said, pouting for a moment but then he brightened up. "The pack will need a lift. Gran and Gramps will probably take us back since they brought us in the first place."
"I guess." I said. "Anyway, I need to run my checks then we're heading off."
"What about Mam and Dad?" Addie asked, trying not to sound like he was accusing, but there was that tone there that suggested he thought I was sneaking off without saying bye.
"I already spoke to them this morning. They'll be heading out themselves soon. I just want to put this place behind me, and well we've fallen days behind on the renovation. I want to have it done before I have to return to school."
"It'll be nice to just be able to move in when we come home at Christmas." Rupert said.
"Yeah." I agreed as I hugged him again before I stepped back. "Check time."
I did this before any journey. It was probably something that had rubbed off from Mam who is borderline OCD, but she likes to make sure she wouldn't break down somewhere on her journey. That was something I didn't want to do either so I checked the tyres and the spare in the boot, making sure my tools were all there too if I did need to change the tyres. I checked the oil level and the water levels and everything else that needed checking before I was happy. Rupert didn't complain about this, and instead of standing around looking bored he double-checked my checks.
"All ok." He said, holding up his thumb and I nodded. "You want me to drive?"
"I'll drive first because you didn't wake me up the last time." I teased as I went to the driver's door.
"You just looked so peaceful I couldn't." Rupert said with a shrug as he went to the passenger's side.
"See you back home." I said to Addie.
"Bye." I called as I climbed into my car.
Rupert got in next to me as I pulled on my belt. I sorted out our driving tunes as Rupert clipped himself in and wound down his window, and then it was time to hit the road.
It was about half past six in the morning, but I didn't care, it meant the road would be quieter and we'd make good time before we stopped off for some lunch, the toilet and to stretch our legs a little. I'm tall for a woman and after a few hours in the car I felt cramped, so I could only imagine how Rupert felt with his six foot six frame.
"I can't wait to get home." I said happily.
"You know it'll be silly o'clock in the morning." Rupert said as he turned a little in his seat to look at me.
"I know. But we can still have a few hours' sleep and start on with the house at nine tomorrow morning. Hopefully there won't be any rats around this time." I said with a shiver as I remembered that long worm tail disappearing into the gloom under the old, sagging bed.
"Oh I don't know. I kinda liked the effect." Rupert replied with a grin and I chuckled before I got serious.
"I thought you promised to keep them out of the house." I pointed out.
"Anything for you my little star." He smiled at me and I smiled back. "And don't worry. I asked Billy to lay some traps when he had some spare time. That should take care of most of them and I'll look for any hole that need boarding up."
"And marking your territory?" I asked.
"You know I just meant do a few circuits in my wolf skin right?" He asked, looking worried.
"I know." I said with a grin. "I was just teasing."
"This gonna become a constant thing?" Rupert asked, sounding a little wary.
"Nope. Wouldn't be nearly as much fun as if I do it when you least expect it." I said and winked.
"I see." Rupert said as he scowled out the windshield for a moment. "You do realise that I'm gonna have to tease you too."
"Of course." I said and shrugged.
"I'll think of something." Rupert warned.
"You better." I shot back.
Rupert laughed and shook his head.
"Are you gonna keep me on my toes little star?" He asked.
"You bet." I said.
"Ok."
"I mean I got to have a little fun before I'm back to the grind." I said, just this side of wary.
"You like school though." Rupert rightfully pointed out.
"I do. Doesn't mean it's not a grind." I stated. "But it'll be worth it when I can help people on the Res. If there's one thing this week has taught me it's that no matter what I have to go through to train, the outcome will be worth it. I want to be able to heal as easily as Carlisle."
"I know you will." Rupert said with a smile.
"Thanks." I said, really feeling the compliment and encouragement settle in my mind.
"So, what do you wanna do to kill time?" Rupert asked.
"Let's put some music on and sing along for a while." I suggested as I plugged in my iPod and searched out a playlist.
"Ok." Rupert agreed.
We sung for a while, and then played car bingo, which took us up to lunchtime. We stopped off to eat and walked around the complex, hand in hand to stretch out our legs. We also took the opportunity to steal a kiss or two although we didn't get too into it since there were a few families stopped here too.
When we got back in the car Rupert took over driving and we played make up movie titles from the license plate letters game. I was better than Rupert and he wasn't letting me win either. Sometimes he did but that came under the heading of treating me like a child.
We stopped four hours later for more food, the toilet and a walk around. I took over driving again to make sure I did my fair share. The next time we stopped when it started getting dark. Again it was to have something to eat and another chance to stretch our legs. Rupert took over driving and I made sure I set the alarm on my phone this time so that I'd be woken up when it was time to swap over. Rupert wouldn't be pulling an all nighter without me this time.
I managed to sleep a little and I did wake up with my alarm. It was dark and we were on a stretch of highway that looked familiar. We were somewhere south of Olympia.
"What's that?" Rupert asked as I sat up and stretched.
"My insurance that you don't drive through the night again." I said as I hit the dismiss button. "So next McDonalds we pass you pull in and we'll get drive-through, eat in the car park then I'll take over driving."
"But we're nearly home." Rupert protested.
"We're at least three hours from home and even if you stay awake I should drive for safety reasons." I countered.
"You're not gonna let up on this are you?" He asked.
"Nope." I said, and shook my head.
"Ok. There's a Burger King coming up a mile ahead, you wanna go there instead?" He asked.
"I don't care as long as we can get some food, maybe use the toilet and then switch over." I said.
"Burger King it is." Rupert said as he changed lanes. "Maybe we should go inside means you wanna use the bathroom."
"At least we'll stretch our legs a little." I said with a shrug.
"Glad we're agreed because we're here."
Rupert pulled into the car park, which was a little on the dark side. There were enough lights around the area so you could see the cars and also move to the restaurant in safety, but it was nothing to the flood of light of the restaurant itself. I blinked to try and get my eyes to respond property after the darkness of the road.
We crossed to the restaurant, which was almost empty, and went inside. They clearly weren't expecting much custom this time of the morning because they had to cook our order and told us to go sit. We took a table near the window where we could see the car just beyond our reflection.
Rupert glanced out at the car then turned to me and took my hands across the table. I smiled at him and then I laughed.
"What's so funny?" He asked.
"Does this count as our first date?" I asked.
"All those picnics don't count?" He asked.
"No. That was before our talk. We're officially dating now so it's different." I clarified.
"Ok. Well no, it doesn't count. I'm gonna make our first date something memorable. A pit stop at a Burger King doesn't count." He said firmly.
"Oh I don't know. This is pretty memorable and completely out of the ordinary."
"No." Rupert said firmly as he shook his head. "It'll be something good."
"What do you have in mind?" I asked.
"That would spoil the surprise." He said with a wink.
"I don't mind if this is our first date though. Or any date." I said with a shrug.
"I think you're tired and not thinking straight." Rupert observed.
I shrugged again.
"Let's just call this for what it is." He said as he lifted my left hand to his lips to kiss it. "And we'll go out somewhere this weekend." He added and brushed my fingers with his thumb.
"Here's your order." The sever said with a friendly looking smile, although a close look showed it didn't reach his eyes, I still gave him props for the effort.
"Thanks." Rupert and me said at the same time as we both reached for the tray to bring it down to the table.
"Enjoy." The server said before he went back to man the counter.
"Yum unhealthy food." I said as I picked up my Chicken Royale and bit into it.
"Can't argue with that." Rupert said as he ate his double Whopper with bacon and cheese.
"Especially this early in the morning." I said after swallowing a bite of burger and before I shoved a bunch of fries in my mouth. I took a swig of coke.
"Yeah. I don't know, eating this type of food at silly o'clock always gives it that extra bit of flavour because of how wrong it is." Rupert said with a chuckle.
I hummed in agreement as I ate my food as quickly as I could get it in my mouth. Once my food was gone I drained my coke before I got to my feet.
"I will use the toilet before we head home." I said.
"Me too." Rupert said as he got to his feet too.
We walked through the door that had the toilet sign above it before we separated to use the toilet. When we met back up I held my hand out for the keys. Rupert handed them over and I kissed his cheek before we walked back to the car.
We drove on through the night and I was glad to get on to familiar roads. I did consider turning onto the Olympic Pines road and heading to Tregarran, but I knew Zoë was back on the Res and I did need to be back with my twin after everything I'd just been through. I also had to catch Zoë up on all the new developments she'd missed when helping the GT at Tregarran instead of heading down to Wyoming with us.
It was four in the morning when I parked my car up in my favourite spot in the resident car park on the Res. I sighed happily as I turned off the engine, and then I remembered that I would actually have to say goodbye to Rupert now. He had to go back to his house and me to mine. Mam would not like it if he stayed the night no matter how relaxed she was at the moment and there was never enough space at the Clearwater's, even though a lot of Rupert's brothers had moved out years ago.
"I guess this is goodnight." I said.
"Yeah." Rupert agreed. "You sure you want to start at nine? It won't give you much time to sleep."
"I think it'll be better. I don't want to get into a different sleep pattern." I said and turned to him. "The quicker the house is liveable the quicker we won't have to say goodnight."
"You won't say it when we're living together?" Rupert asked.
"You know what I mean." I whispered as I put my hand to his cheek and moved my lips closer to his. "Goodnight."
We kissed for a while before Rupert pulled away.
"Let's get some sleep and we can work on the house in a few hours. Get it done sooner."
I nodded and got out of the car. We got our bags from the boot and then we crossed the road holding hands before we separated. I moved quickly home then into the house and up to my room. Zoë was snoring under her covers so I placed my bag down carefully and went to the bathroom to clean my teeth, that would do for now. I pulled off my trousers and my bra and climbed into bed. I made sure my alarm was set for eight and forced myself to go straight to sleep.
My alarm woke me up.
"Seren, turn your damn alarm off. I've got no reason to be up this morning." Zoë murmured.
I sat up and turned off my alarm.
"Seren!" Zoë gasped as she shot up out of bed and leapt across to mine. "When did you get back?"
"About four this morning." I croaked as Zoë almost choked me with her hug.
"And you're already getting up?" She asked as she pulled away from me, looking disgusted.
"I got almost a week to make up for on the house. I want to get on with it." I explained.
"I thought we could hang for today." She said with a pout/
"Maybe this evening, but I really do want to get on with the house. You can come help if you want to talk to me today." I offered.
"Will Rupert be there?" She asked, giving me a dubious look.
I nodded.
"Sorry. Can't stand being in the middle of that unfulfilled sexual tension." Zoë said with an exaggerate yawn.
"Well it's not as unfulfilled now." I said with a smile as I got up off the bed.
"What does that mean?" Zoë exclaimed as she shot to her feet. "Did you…"
"No. Not yet. But we did snog. In bed." I said with a grin.
"What? Really? Oh my god! Well done sis." Zoë said, hugging me again. "How did you get him to change his mind?"
"I talked to him like a grown up." I said with a shrug as I dug out some work clothes to head to the shower.
"There's got to be more to it." Zoë said as she quickly grabbed jeans and t-shirt and followed me to the bathroom. "I want details."
"It'll have to be while I shower. I got stuff to do today." I said.
Zoë shrugged, it wouldn't be the first time we did this. Our bodies were practically the same anyway since we're identical twins so we'd never felt weird about being naked in front of each other. Even when our bodies started to develop, it was just our bodies.
I turned on the shower and Zoë put the lid down on toilet and sat on top of it. I got under the water before I started.
"Well I thought he was going to kiss me just before Uncle Tony called all the wolves to Grandma's meeting. I lost my chance there but I thought I'd give it another go when we were down in Wyoming. We were sharing a room anyway and it was one of the fancy rooms so it was a double bed. He was trying to chicken out by sleeping in the chair but I asked him outright why he was keeping his distance since everyone would think we shared a bed anyway."
"You really confronted him?" Zoë asked, sounding impressed.
"Yeah." I confirmed.
"Chwaer, I'm impressed." She stated.
"I know. I can't get over my nerve." I said, grinning around the shower curtain before I lavished my hair with conditioner. "So I asked him outright if he was keeping away from me because of Mam or because he felt uneasy about me only being alive for thirteen years even though I'm more like twenty three. I wouldn't let him hide behind the imprint thing either, that because it's what I want he has to obey. The words worked with him because then he was in bed with me and his body was so warm."
"I thought you only snogged." Zoë said.
"We did, but his body was still warm and solid and he spooned me all night. The next morning I got my first snog." I sighed happily as I washed the conditioner from my hair. "It was amazing."
"I'm glad for you." Zoë said.
"So what about you and Mischa?" I asked as I stepped out of the shower, wrapping a towel around my body.
"It's going places." Zoë said as she stripped off and stepped under the shower herself. "We shared a bed, well for a few nights when Adrian was out on border patrol, but Mischa didn't want to push it when he was there."
When Zoë said all that I'd wrapped a towel around my hair.
"Are you more sure about her now?" I asked before I put toothpaste on my toothbrush.
"I'm more sure now that she's definitely bisexual, if not full out lesbian, rather than bi-curious." Zoë replied, it had been her worry before. "I mean I still haven't got your wolfy certainty it'll last forever, but I'm hopeful."
I spat out the toothpaste.
"Me too." I said before I gargled with mouthwash.
"Really?" Zoë asked as she turned off the water and stepped out wrapping her own towel around her as I spat out the mouthwash.
"Of course." I said. "I want you to be happy. You know that?"
"Of course I do Seren."
"I hope it goes well for you." I said solemnly.
"Can we not let this get depressing?" Zoë asked.
"If you don't want it to." I assured her.
"Diolch." She said and hugged me for a moment.
"Dim problem." I replied before I picked up my clothes. "I'm going to dress now. You can come help me if you want."
"I need to go check on Mischa." Zoë replied.
"Ok. But if you need to kill time you're always welcome at my house." I offered.
"With you and Rupert fawning over each other? Ok. Sure if I want to be sick." She said sardonically.
"Are you really that hetrophobic?" I teased.
"Nope. I'm mushphobic. At least mushphobic in anyone who's not me and my honey." Zoë said as she started cleaning her teeth.
I thought about it for a moment before I nodded.
"Yeah. Sounds like you." I said with a grin before adding, "see you in a bit," before I headed back to our room.
I dressed then brushed my hair, deciding to put it in two plaits to keep it out of the way for the day. I tied my bandana round my head to help with the stray bits. Zoë came back into the room and dried her hair, spiking her very short hair to look punk.
I shouted goodbye to her and she turned and waved as I left our room. Nobody else was back yet so I grabbed an apple and left for my house. I wasn't really hungry after my early morning Burger King and I decided I'd grab something on my first trip to the dump.
I was eating my apple as I walked across the Res not really paying much attention. My mind was already on my tasks for the day. A wolf-whistle pulled me out of my planning and I looked around in shock and a little annoyance because I didn't look whistle worthy this morning so it had to be someone making fun. Then I spotted Rupert and I frowned at him.
"What?" He asked as he reached me.
"Why did you wolf-whistle? You've never done it before." I observed.
"I know, but I haven't been allowed to find you sexy before." He said with a shrug.
"Oh yeah, because I look so hot today." I said, and rolled my eyes.
"You always look hot." Rupert said as he took my hand and kissed it. "So you ready to start on with the cleaning, or do you wanna rest today?"
"No. We can rest once the house is done." I said as we continued walking toward the house.
"Ok."
We went into the house and it was more or less as we left it. Even my probably flat iPod was still on the little shelf where I'd left it in our hurry to see what Uncle Tony wanted. The only difference was the trap in the room. Billy had put one in every room but they were all empty.
"Maybe they cleared out when we disturbed them, or it could have been just the one trying its luck." Rupert said after he checked all of them.
"Can you check under the bed before we start cleaning in there again. Please?" I asked, feeling myself shudder.
"Yeah." Rupert said and he kissed my forehead before he stepped into the bedroom.
I could hear him moving things around before he yelled the all clear. I sighed and walked into the bedroom to find that Rupert had pulled most of the rubbish away from the bed.
"Let's get stuck in." I said as I knelt down near the pile and started with my sorting again.
Rupert knelt down at the pile still around the bed and started sorting through that. I hadn't checked my iPod and I did need music to work so I started singing instead. Rupert joined in on the second song and it really made the work light. Well it seemed like no time before we had enough full boxes to take to the dump.
On our way back we stopped by the diner to have breakfast. We filled up on pancakes and bacon as well as a gallon of coffee before we headed back to the house. We'd cleared the bedroom by the next truck full, and that included the bed. The other bedroom furniture was good enough to be donated to the village hall where they could be restored and sold cheap to people on the Res who couldn't afford to buy new. We could and I didn't like the design anyway.
Once we dropped off the furniture at the village hall we took up the carpet and put it in the flat bed of the truck. I went and started on the second bedroom while Rupert set about prepping the main bedroom for decorating. He had to strip the walls down to the plaster and sand the floor boards clean then he could find any entrance rats might use and then deal with them, although from my quick glance I couldn't spot any.
I made my way into the second bedroom and I gave Leda a silent thanks for her help that meant a quarter of the mess was taken care of. This really shouldn't take long. I worked at double speed because everything in here seemed to be rubbish. There weren't any Quileute artefacts, just bundles of papers, crushed drink cans and other such recyclable rubbish. It didn't take long to have a truck full. I went to Rupert in the main bedroom.
"Shall I take this on my own so you can carry on?" I asked.
"Yeah." Rupert agreed as he put down the sandpaper he was using on the wall and came over to me.
"Shall I grab us some food on the way back?"
"Yeah." He said as he placed his hands gently on my arms.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Surprise me." He whispered and then he kissed me.
I hummed and pressed closer to him, wrapping my arms around his shoulders as his tongue brushed mine. I felt warm and light when Rupert pulled away.
"I won't be long." I whispered and laid one last kiss on his lips before I broke away from him and left the house.
It was a warm day, but the air felt cool against my flushed cheeks and it took a moment for me to catch my breath. He kissed me without any prompting and just because I was going to the dump without him. I couldn't wait until we were actually living together, whether we had this house done in time, or when Rupert came back to Uni with me didn't make much of a difference. It would be soon.
I drove out to the dump and bought some sandwiches and crisps from the supermarket on the way back. It wasn't much of a surprise but it would do for lunch and we could get something better for dinner.
I arrived back at the house and called to Rupert as I entered. He came out of the bedroom to meet me.
"Lunchtime." I said, holding up the plastic bag.
"What we got?" Rupert asked as he sat down on the floor.
"Sandwiches and crisps for now. Thought we can have something proper later." I said as I sat down opposite him.
"Anything's good as long as I get to eat it with you." Rupert said with a smile as I handed him one of the sandwiches, a packet of crisps and a small bottle of Pepsi.
I started eating and looked around the room picturing how it could be once we had furniture in here.
"I can't wait until we're moved in." I said.
"It'll really feel like our house then." Rupert agreed.
I smiled and finished off my lunch. I drank back my pop before I put all the rubbish in the bag.
"I hope I'll get the second room done within the next trip." I said as I got to my feet.
"If so, great, I can prep the room then. I need to go to work tomorrow, so I don't know when I can decorate." He said, looking worried.
"If everything's prepped I can start on with the painting." I said. "Then you can help me in the evening."
"Sure. If we get finished here early enough we can go buy paint, but if not, we can do that tomorrow evening. I know people. I can get us some deals."
"Ok. I guess it'll be better to pick out paint together. Not to mention the best tools for the job." I conceded.
"See how far we get by six?"
"Yeah." I agreed and returned to the second bedroom.
It took two more trips, but I had the bedroom cleared by the time Rupert had finished prepping the master bedroom. He'd already made a start in the second bedroom and although everything was bare bones, I felt excited that it would soon be finished. That it would be our home and we could move in.
I went into the newly refurbished kitchen to make some hot drinks as Rupert finished off in the second bedroom. Tea for me, coffee for him, although it was instant coffee for the time being because other than the fridge and cooker that came with the kitchen we only had a kettle. The water was running so we could have hot drinks, but we'd agreed that until the house was decorated it was pointless preparing any food here.
I carried them into the main room and sat down to wait for Rupert. He came out of the second bedroom and dropped down opposite me.
"So, it's all ready for painting and it's only half five." He said as he picked up his cup of coffee and took a big gulp.
"Yeah. We have time to go to the store." I said with a smile.
"Or we could just relax for tonight?" Rupert suggested. "Do you even know if your parents got back safe?"
"I just want it all done so we can move in." I said, looking around.
"Well if you don't mind roughing it we can move in whenever now all the junk has been cleared out." He said with a shrug.
"We could move in tonight?" I asked excitedly.
"Well you could. I have to go running." He said, making a face.
"Really? Don't they know you haven't slept all night?" I asked, feeling concerned.
"I know. But the others have been running non-stop all week. They're all pups compared to me and they deserve a break too." He said as if it was nothing for him to put himself out on their behalf.
"You're very noble." I whispered as I moved closer to him and placed my hands to his cheeks. "We'll rest now and we'll pick out paint tomorrow evening."
Rupert nodded his head and I kissed him. It turned into a proper snog, but I didn't want to linger it out too much because it was getting late and if Rupert wanted to eat and rest a little before his run I'd have to let him go. And to be fair, he hadn't seen his parents in over a week and he couldn't have seen much of them this morning since he didn't get in till late and came here early.
I sat back away from him.
"Finish our drinks and we'll say goodnight. You should probably say hi to Aunt Nikki anyway and I want you to rest a little before you run." I stated.
"Ok. I'll walk you back to your house first." Rupert said as he drained his coffee.
"I'll walk you home instead." I countered. "I've never got the chance to do it before and I really do want you to rest a little before you run tonight. If I'd known earlier I would called a stop earlier."
"I'm ok." Rupert said and kissed my forehead.
"Still, I need to take care of you too. So I'll walk you home." I said with a nod.
Rupert shrugged.
We made sure everything was switched off, and I remembered to grab my iPod, before we locked up for the night. I took Rupert's hand as we started walking toward Rupert's house. Or should I refer to it as the in laws' now?
"You know, it might be a good thing that there's another day before we get paint." I said.
"It is?" Rupert asked.
"Yeah. I can clean in there tomorrow. A proper deep clean. We should make sure the walls are clean before we paint right?"
"Yeah." Rupert agreed.
"Then that's what I'll do tomorrow. And maybe I'll finally show Mam around now there's no mess in there. I might actually get her to come out the same day." I said with a laugh.
"I know. I'm glad Liza didn't go in there sooner. I mean, she would have had the place cleaned out in half the time we took, but she would have stayed there the whole time." Rupert said with dread.
"That's why Mam didn't come in when I brought her here and hasn't been near here since. Well at least I can show her tomorrow." I said feeling a little excited about it.
"Now I feel nervous. What if she doesn't like it?" Rupert asked, and he looked worried.
"She doesn't have to live there." I pointed out.
"Yeah I know. But what if she doesn't think that it's a good place for her little girl to live?"
"Rupert." I said, putting my hand on his arm and stopping him. He turned to me. "Mam has declared me an adult so I can make my own decisions so it doesn't matter if she doesn't approve of it. I like it. And Mam will like it. She might be particular, but she's not a snob and she sees the beauty in the quaint. She may have grown up in a castle, but since she's been married she's lived in a farmhouse and a flat above her husband's surgery. And what's not to like about the Res houses. They all have character. Much better than a modern build by numbers match box."
"Thank you." He said as he cupped my face with his hands. "Um…Diolch?" He tried.
I smiled; he'd been pretty close, he at least got the 'ch' right, like you say on the end of loch. I mean when you pronounce it properly as a Scot would and not like 'lock'.
"Perfect." I said and kissed him. "I'll soon have you saying Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch."
"I doubt that." Rupert said with a chuckle as he took my hand again and we started walking toward his parents' house.
"We'll see." I said with a grin and Rupert laughed.
When we reached his door I looked up into his eyes.
"Well this is where I leave you. Make sure you rest before you go out running." I said firmly.
"Don't worry. Mom will make sure of that." Rupert said.
I nodded and then kissed him. Rupert's arms went around me and it turned into a snog. There was a whooping sound and we broke apart to the open door where Billy was standing, smirking at us.
"Well my annoying brother's already bugged us about it, guess it's time for yours." I said, before placing a peck to Rupert's lips.
"Just ignore him. He's jealous cause he hasn't imprinted yet." Rupert replied and kissed me back.
"Then we probably shouldn't rub it in." I said, and kissed him one last time before I stepped away. "See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow my little star." Rupert said, giving my fingers a squeeze before he severed all contact.
"Goodnight." I said.
"Goodnight." Rupert replied.
I smiled at him one last time before I forced myself to turn away and head home. As I walked across the Res I thought about my wolf and my future home and what I'd do in the morning.
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