A Prompt Smack In The Face

- Or How Seth Imprinted

Why? Why must life be so unfair?

Sam and Emily are happy and are awaiting their second daughter, Quil's teaching Claire how to read, just waiting for her to grow up, Jared and Kim just got accepted to Washington State, Embry and Sarah are getting to know each other, Rachel is probably making Paul some food as I think this, and Jake is most likely ogling at Renesmee, just so in love.

And then there's Leah. Leah, my supposed –ugh- "menopausal" sister even imprinted. Will I have to be like her though? Do I have to go across the country all the way to New York, just to get away for a little while, in order to not be alone anymore? Pierce is cool, I guess, but couldn't I have had one thing to hold against my sister, that I imprinted earlier?

I am the only original member of the wolf pack who hasn't imprinted, and God damn it, I'm sick of it. Everyone else has better things to do than stare at their bedroom ceiling, waiting for the summer heat to cool into night. Except me. Do you know why? 'Cause I haven't imprinted! You know, sometimes I really regret having my genes. At least regular people can stay in a relationship because the laws of nature don't bind him/her to one person on the planet. They can at least go on a couple of dates and don't have to say "look, its been fun while it lasted, but we apparently don't mesh well cause I'm not seeing stars or anything close to insanity". I have dated girls. Pretty ones, smart ones, pretty and smart ones, but the odds don't like me.

What am I doing here? If I'm going to be alone all night, I might as well do something fun. Go risky business style, blast heavy metal. Wait. I don't have to be alone. At least one of the guys has to be free tonight. Who to call first? Quil?

"Hey Seth, what's up?" Desperation, loneliness.

"Um…nothing much. Just wondering if you wanted to go out?"

"Ugh, sorry man-"

"Claire?"

"No actually, but I have to run a couple of errands for my mother."

"Ah, ok. I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

Okay. That's a reasonable excuse. How about Embry? After the first ring, I was answered by giggles from the other end.

"Hello?" Some more chuckles, but now there were two laughs, Embry's and-

"Embry! Stooop!" –Sarah's. Ugh.

"Uh, this is Seth, but I can see you're busy and it wasn't important. Sooo…"

"Bye." A little more laughing until the line clicked off.

Thank you Embry, for the kind reminder.

"Seth?"

"Jake."

"Yeah?"

"I can understand if you're busy… but I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight?"

"Um…Nessie- "

"Ok, I'll find someone else." So much for that.

"No, wait. Nessie just fell asleep."

"In that case, could you meet me at Ailey's?"

"Sure. See you in…like, twenty minutes?"

"Yeah. Bye"

Jake was strangely always someone I could rely on.