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Fingers trailing across the familiar windowsill, tapping to an unheard melody until they reached their destination. Sliding the window open the short brunette slowly hoisted herself up.
"Late night port call check. Just ma-" Stopping in the middle of her witty introduction, the intruder gapped at the site that met her. In front of her stood this creature. It may have been a little harsh to be comparing this man to a beast but at three a.m. that's just were her mind took her. The dude must have been six plus, graced with an over mature set of muscles and extremely shaggy long russet hair. If he wasn't an offspring of Big Foot then she was a one eyed one horn purple people eater.
Loosing her balance the short petite framed intruder tumbled off the window frame and landed in front of the tall looming stranger. Gulping, the half embarrassed half frighten girl attempted to apologize for the intrusion. "I-I... I'm sorry. I thought this was somebody else's room. I will be....."
Standing up she made her way back to the window. Just about to climb back out and escape the embarrassment that flooder her entire body when the sound of his familiar laughter had Olivia's full attention. Head snapping up, hazel eyes studied the non-offspring of the great Big Foot himself.
It appears she just might be a distant relative to the race of purple people eaters after all.
"Oh, whoa there little fellow! What have they been feeding you? You're like, what six feet tall?"
At the mention of his growth spurt Embry sobered. This was a touchy subject. Completely bypassing the question Embry walked back to his abandoned bed.
Following her shaggy friend over to his comfortable bed, Olivia attempted to push his heavy frame over. He easily took up the entire bed. Sharing might be an issues. "Hey scoot over." Mumbling between clenched teeth as she pushed with all her might.
Huffing at the strained work out, Olivia placed her hands on her hips and glared at her best friend. "Strange as it may be, but it's too quiet at my house. Oh and remind me tomorrow not to drink the water. I think they have been spiking your supply." Wrinkling her nose at the dramatic changes that had happened to her best friend while she was at her dad's house last school year.
A pillow sailed from one corner of the bed to the other landing flat across her face. Chuckling lightly Olivia grabbed the extra blankets that laid on the chair by his bed and climbed in with him. "What? I was just joking. Well kinda. You are freakishly tall and.... well...um... you know what I mean?" Her words trailed off as her sight landed of his midsection.
Once again Embry's laugh filled the tiny room. "Are you checking me out? I thought I had an uncurable case of the cooties? Did I make an miraculous recovery since last summer? And what are you doing here? I thought your mom-"
Completely comfortable and use to Liv's constant interruptions, Embry just quietly listen as she cut him off. "Change of plans. I'll tell you tomorrow, Embryo. Now can you please get on with what I came here for?" And with that Olivia fell flat on the bed, extra blanks rapped around her for the warmth, she was always cold, and closed her eyes.
"You...... What? I... um.... I was just joking." A slight blush coated Embry's face as he sat up and stared slack jaw at the girl next to him. Had she changed that much?
At his train of thought, abandoning her comfortable spot on the bed, Olivia gawked at her long time friend in confusion. Had he changed that much? "You know on second thought I think I just might sleep on top of the covers."
Eyeing the weird fellow next to her, Olivia decided that his blush and slight embarrassment at her mention of sleep with layers between them for protection was a good sign that he wasn't as dirty minded as she had feared. Rethinking her last statement Olivia settled back into her little cocoon of blankets and sighed.
"I was referring to your snoring. You know the reason I can't sleep in my room cuz with just my mom there.......... it's too quiet. I need your train reck to fall asleep. I've been trying for the past three hours."
At the mention of noise and sleep it was safe to assume that her father and his latest wife weren't doing so well. "So, your dad and his new replacement wife aren't doing any better then the last-"
This time the interruption wasn't to finishing his line of thought but to readjust it it. This subject wasn't something she felt like discussing at the moment. "Yep! Now start your engine. I'm beat!"
Understanding her need to change the subject Embry allowed the topic to drop. She would talk to him when ever she was ready. She always did.
Laying back down Embry tossed and turn until he found a comfortable position to fall sleep in; his head resting just above the top of her cocoon, an arm across her midsection. Sighing Embry mumbled a soft good night. "Night Liv."
"Night Em."
The two slept in complete comfortably with each other. The two had this routine down. For the past ten years, more often then not, when she was in town, Embry would wake up with his best friend next to him.
It had started when her parents' marriage first started to suffer. She would come over to escape from their shouts. Then as time past and they separated, it was to quiet.
But when she was forced to split her year with her mother and father, Olivia was forced to be comfortable once again with silents at her dad's house. He lived across the country. No late night trips to Embry's. No salvation.
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"What?" Mumbling quietly as the sleep still pulled at her mind, Olivia glared at the oaf that woke her.
"You still do it! I was kinda curious if you would ever grow out of it. But I guess tha-" Embry's taunts of her odd sleeping habits went silent as two thin fingers painfully imbedded themselves into the soft pallet of his jaw, nails digging into the pressure point just under the jawbone.
"Just because you can eat my weight in a late morning snack does mean I still don't have power over you. Just remember, I know all about you." Letting the pressure easy, Olivia cocked an eyebrow at him. "I still have the pictures of us with fruity scented santa claws bubble beards in your mom's tub when we were three. And what I do when I sleep will stay between us, Embryo. Now why did you feel the need to wake me?"
Falling back onto her pillow once more, Olivia attempted to fall back asleep. It's summer for crying out land. Why was she up this early? It wasn't even noon yet.
"Oh, just that your mom will be waking up in ten minutes. That's if she still has the same schedule as always." Replying to her demand, Embry statement in an off handed way as if it was of little importance.
Snapping up once again, fully awake, Olivia glared up at him, all the while he looked at her with his most innocent look.
"And why didn't you wake me sooner? You jerk!"
Stumbling out of her side of the bed, Olivia headed toward the window. Lifting it up with easy before she made her familiar trek back to her room. Pausing in the middle of her getaway. All good humor gone as Olivia eyed Embry. "And Embry...........I'm...... we need to talk. My Aunt will be over at noon to take me to the airport-"
"But you just got here? You can't be-"
"I am. That's why we need to talk before then. Later." Before Embry could even form a protest Olivia made her escape.
Rounding the corner of Embry's house, Olivia silently crossed the law that separated his house from hers.
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Entering the house unannounced, Embry made his way into her room where he found her packing what little things she had unpacked in her short stay.
Her Aunt was due to arrive in a few minutes.
"So what's up with you leaving? You just got here yesterday? Are you coming even back at all this summer?" Embry asked from his perch against up the door frame. Not even trying to hide his anger.
Worry flushed through her, Embry looked like hell. Sweat ran down the side of his face. Everything about him seemed off.
Walking over to his side, standing on her tip toes, Olivia placed a thin hand on his forehead.
Quickly pulling her hand away, green hazel eyes widen in worry. "You are not well, Em. You have a fever. A really high one at that. You must lay down. I'll get you a rag and call your mother.
The anger still had yet to reside within Embry. Taking a step back, Embry demanded that she answer his questions.
Alarmed by his sudden rage, Olivia took a few steps back of her own.
"No. My dad has been promoted and with that...... With that comes yet another move." Hesitantly Olivia attempted to explain. She needed him to understand and stand by her. She need this more then she could explain to even herself.
"I'm not following. Your dad's always forcing you to pack up and move every time he plays nice with the newest hot shot." Embry spat from his new position in the far corner. The steadily rising anger and his dislike for her father clearly danced around on his face.
"The move is to..... to England, Embryo. Summer trips wont be happening anymore. I get Christmas with my mom."
Hardly able to complete his train of thought, Embry clenched his teeth as the next line fell out of his barely parted lips. "But......... I thought your mom and dad both have equal custody?"
Shocked and partly frighten at Embry's sudden out busted, he had never treated her in such a way, Olivia shrank up against the wall. Fumbling with the hem of her shirt as she answered his question. "They did. But I will be fifteen in two weeks and the judges are allowing me to choose."
That was all it took. Embry snapped, his foul mood seconds ago had nothing on his current tone. "You........ What! Wow, I knew your dad was doing good, but to have been able to bribe you to stay. T-"
Snapping out of her shock, Olivia reached for the closes thing she could find. A pink unicorn sailed across the room in Embry's direction as she matched his tone perfectly. "Get out! You know nothing about it." How dare he speak to her like that.
"Must have been one hell'a car. You're just like him. Your pathetic and a hypocrite. Pat yourself on the back for me, you've-"
Cutting his rant in half, Olivia launched another object at him, this time a book. Colliding harmlessly with his midsection. Apart of her was disappointed that it didn't do more damage. She had threw that with all her might.
"Out! Now! I don't ever want to see you again." The last part came out in a whisper.
"Oh don't worry that's not going to be a problem. You've seen to that haven't ya."
"You bastard! You were the only reason I came here!"
"Should I feel honored? You didn't even think about coming here for your mother? She has put herself through so much for you. And she's nothing to you. You've already proven that. I'm out'a here." With that Embry stomped out of her room, slamming the door behind him.
Shell shocked, Olivia stared at the closed door until her Aunt showed up.
How had this happened? He was suppose to be on her side. Her moral support system.
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Sitting at the desk up against the wall closest to her bedroom door, staring at the video chat screen on her laptop. "Mama I miss you so much. And I'm sorry." Unshed tears threaten to spill.
Oh goodness was she ever home sick. And not for the first time did she have doubts that she had made the right choice.
"Oh Olivia baby there's no need. It's I that should be sorry. You should have never been forced through that. And now your only trying to prevent that from hap-"
Right on cue the echoing of doors slamming and shouts interrupted Olivias' mother's words of encouragement.
Sighing Olivia stood up, her much needed time with her mother was going to have to wait. "Yeah well my duty is calling. I'll email you later. I love you. Always."
Olivia's hand reached for the door.
"And ever, sweet pea remember that. Tell Brianna and Madison I say hello."
"Can do. And thanks mama."
Olivia closed the chat window and left her room in search of her younger siblings.
The fun begins.
I know, I really should proof this before I submitted this, but I didn't. Sorry
But other then my lack of editing, how was it? Should I continue? If I do, there will my many fluffy parts to come.