Chapter Two
The four of them made it to Jake's house in about ten or fifteen minutes. It didn't take that long to get to La Push. For some reason, Embry kept staring at Brittany in fascination, causing her to be red in the face the whole ride. She could feel the smirks radiating off Wendy and Jake in the front. They got out as soon as Jake took the keys out of the ignition. Embry got out before Brittany and rushed over to her side to help her down.
She smiled at him and said, "Such a gentleman."
"Always," Embry smirked. "Wanna hang out and ditch the loser and your sister?" She could tell he was just joking about the loser part, they were best friends.
Brittany hesitated as she thought if over. She felt this enormous pull towards Embry and it disturbed her. It was like she had this big desire to get to know him and she liked it. Embry was super cute and he was amazingly built with plenty of muscles. So she answered with confidence, "I'd like that."
"What are you two doing?" yelled Jacob, smirking. "You're not making out are you?"
"No," Brittany replied, pausing a bit before she said the next thing. "We're having sex!" She started to giggle when she saw the shocked look on Embry's face and heard her sister's exclamation of "WHAT?"
She grabbed Embry's hand and pulled him around the rabbit and towards the mouth of Jake's garage. "Kidding," she said, grin widening when she the expressions on Wendy's and Jacob's face. "Hey, I'm gonna go hang out with Embry and get to know him a little. We'll be back in a little while."
She rolled her eyes as she saw their expressions turn into smirks. "Kay, Britt," said Wendy. "Just be back before dark. Dad's going to call soon for us to come home."
"Well, let's get going," said Embry, smiling at the girl he barely knew. Could that be love in his eyes? Brittany shook her head free of those thoughts and followed Jake's friend to the beach.
"So…" said Em, breaking the silence. "What's your hobbies? What do you like to do in your free time?"
She grinned mischievously as she answered, "Sometimes I like to read but mostly I love to play pranks, like my twin."
Embry smirked and said, "My kind of girl!" as they walked down the beach towards bone-white birch wood tress that made a natural bench.
Brittany smiled and asked, "What about you?" The questions continued as they sat down on a tree and tentatively took each other's hands. Brittany and Embry learned a lot about each other that evening and Embry even told her that he'd liked her the moment he saw her. Brittany had blushed at that point.
"Brittany?" he asked, interrupting the comforting silence that had fallen a second ago. She looked up at him still recovering from her blush. He smiled when he saw that and then said, nervously, "We know each other better right?"
She nodded and he continued, "Well, I was wondering if… well… would you be my girlfriend?"
Brittany froze, stunned. No boy had ever asked her out, except for one and that didn't turn out well. She'd always been the one who asked the boy out and got rejected. That one boy who'd asked her out turned out to be an abusive jerk. The police had arrested him and he'd gone to juvy. So, quite frankly, she'd never been in a good relationship and she didn't exactly know how to be a girlfriend, but she liked this boy very much and she didn't want to say no. So she said, "Yes, I'd love to!"
She could tell he had started get nervous when she hadn't said anything but then he beamed when she answered. They hugged, her arm snaking around his neck and his hand resting on her waist. They shared their first kiss and after a minute they broke apart.
"We should probably get back," Embry whispered against their still touching lips. "The sun's about to set." Brittany nodded, not able to speak. They walked hand in hand back to Jake's house, smiling widely.
