Shreds
"Okay, what's your solution? You decided that going to live on the other side of the country isn't worth leaving your hometown and making your daughter travel from LA to New York and back all the time?" Since they'd first told me we were leaving La Push, everything I had said to them either only had one syllable or was sarcastic.
"Don't talk to your mum like that. And no, we've decided to let you stay in La Push, with your friends, and... with Jared" Dad still refused to think of me as growing up, I was still his Princess.
"You've what?"
Mum's grin had grown, "we've decided that you're old enough to look after yourself, so we've taken the house off the market and you can stay her. If you still want to, that is?"
"Oh my god, thank you so much. Yes I do want to stay. I love it here, and I never want to live anywhere else!" I ran over to my parents and gave them each a hug. "But you won't feel hurt that I'm not going with you?"
"Of course we won't, it was our idea. But there are still going to be rules and you won't be completely parent free. Both neighbours have agreed to keep an eye on you and you will fly out to see one of us at Christmas and summer vacation. There will be no parties without either mine or your dad's permission and Jared can only stay over as long as you promise us one thing?"
"Promise you what?"
"Now I know your teenagers and you're going to get up to stuff—"
"Muuum, please don't, we've had this talk before! And especially not in front of Dad and Jared!"
"I'm not giving you the talk again, and this is something Jared needs to hear as well. I want you to promise me that whatever you do, Jared, you don't get my daughter pregnant, and Kimmy I want you to promise me that whatever you do, don't muck up your education, by doing something stupid. Make sure you make something of your life, you seen what happened to your aunt Linda." Mum hugged me and kissed my forehead.
"You're talking as if I'm never gonna see you again. I'm gonna visit you."
"I know sweetheart, it's just I want to make sure that you'll be fine without us here."
The next few weeks went by in a blur. I got more rules for my first taste in living on my own.
Mum and Dad packed up and made arrangements for they're move's. They made arrangements to put money in my bank account each week. And before we knew it, they were ready to go.
Dad left the night before mum. They'd had a massive argument the week before and had not spoken to each other since. And because mum was taking the car to New York, dad needed a lift to the airport so Jared and I took him.
As soon as he'd gone round the corner after waving frantically at me, I burst out in tears and couldn't stop. Jared had to practically carry me out to the car. We sat there in the car in silence while we drove back home.
As Dad's flight was at 10 that night we didn't get back till nearly midnight. Mum had already gone to bed and I was exhausted from the day. Jared dropped me off at my house, gave me a passionate kiss and a hug.
"Night, baby. I'll be round first thing, before your mum goes!" He kissed my forehead.
The next morning I was groggy. I didn't want to cry. I wanted to be strong to show mum I could cope.
Jared was round at 7, before mum went, as he promised. He held my hand while I waved at mum as she drove off. I could see tears rolling down her cheeks, making me even more determined not to cry. And then she was gone.
"Ok, wanna go to the beach?" I wanted to carry on with things the way they were, minus parents.
"Babe, are you alright? Your mum just left and your dad left last night and you don't seem upset."
"I just want to try and be normal. I want to start a 'normal' life without mum and dad!"
"Ok. Then yeh I do want to go to the beach. Get ready and I'll meet you there in half an hour, once I'm ready"
After we had spent about 2 hours sat on the beach, just looking out at the view, we decided to go back to my place (that was still strange, it being just MINE) and make it a bit more homely. Mum and Dad had tried to take as little furniture as they could so that I would be left with some. We were gonna go and rearrange so that it didn't look so bare.
After trying and failing at making the house look less bare, we went up and sat on my bed.
"Will you miss me when I go and visit Dad at Christmas?"
"I would if I wasn't going with you!"
"What do you mean, 'going with you'?"
"Well I don't want to spend a month away from you, Kimmy bear!"
"But Jared, what about your Mum and sister? You can't go away for Christmas, it's a family time!"
"Mum and Kayla will be fine. They can replace me with that idiot Kayla's going out with!"
"No, Jared you ca—"
I was cut off by his lips. He started kissing up and down my neck. "If we really have to argue about this can we wait till nearer Christmas. I can think of other things we could be doing!"
For the next 10 minutes nothing was said. Things started to get heated. His hands started to roam. And my hands moved up under his shirt, and he started to pull my top up, over my head only stopping kissing so I could get it off over my head. All I remember after that is clothes flying and a lot of screaming and laughing.
"You know, have to get up now!"
"Oh, but i like laying here like this" I grinned cheekily, running my fingers up and down his chest.
"I do to," his broad white smile showed his approval to my gesture, "But we've gotta go to the bonfire!"
"We've heard the stories all before, why do we have to listen to them again?"
"We don't but Sam and Emily apparently have some news."
"Well if you tell me now then we won't have to go."
"I so wish i could just tell you but i don't actually know!"
"How come?"
"Well i missed my patrol last night to give your dad a lift, and i haven't been on patrol with him for the last 2 weeks, and from the sounds of things he's been keeping a real lock on his thoughts recently."
"Oh, that's weird. What do you think the news is?"
"I don't know but if we don't hurry up and get dressed, we're gonna be late and i'm sure Paul will have a few jibes at us."
"Oh, ok then" I got up and started searching the floor for my clothes, "Jared have you seen my underwear?"
"Umm... Yeah, here's your bra," He threw it at me and i expertly missed, "But your gonna have to get a new pair of pant's out cos the ones you were wearing kinda got torn." He gingerly held up the many pieces of what were my favourite pants.
"Oh, they were my favourite ones as well!" I pouted.
"Mine too, but i prefer it when you're not wearing any!" He had a stupid smirk on his face.
"Oh, shut up and get dressed." I laughed while walking over to my drawers to retrieve a new pair of pants.
By the time we had got dressed and Jared had got my car started after it stalled, we made it to the bonfire just on time.
Paul was the first one to talk to us. "So have you two had a good day alone, in a now parent free house? Been up to anything interesting?" On the last word he raised his eyebrows in an insinuating way.
"Yes, Paul. As a matter of fact, we had a nice intellectual game of chess!" I was not going to rise up to his expectations.
"Oh, come on. You can't tell me you two haven't got up to something, now the parents are gone?"
"Paul, once you start telling me about your sex life i might consider telling you about mine!"
"Well as a matter of fact, i finally convinced Rachel to—"
"You dare carry on with that sentence and you won't be getting ANYTHING for the next two months!" Ha, he'd been caught by Rachel, his imprintee mid sentence.
"Oh come on babe i wasn't really going to!"
"Whatever Paul i know what your like!"
That was my cue to walk away. I wasn't getting involved in they're domestic.
As i sat down on Jared's warm lap, there was a very authoritive throat clearing from the opposite side of the now blazing fire.
"Thank you all for being here, on this beautiful night!" This came from the pack alpha, Sam. "Me and Emily," who was stood at his elbow, and who he now looked down on lovingly, "Would like to share some news with you!"
