Chapter 2.
Previously:
"And this is Seth, Seth this is Grace." Nessie finished.
I tore my eyes off of Jacob, still trying to wrap my head around how big he was. I looked over to see who she had introduced me to. As soon as I saw him, the whole world fell away.
Grace POV.
"Hey." He breathed.
"Hi."I breathed back.
"Do you guys want drinks? Jake and I are going to get some." Nessie asked us.
"I'll have a tea please." I answered, not taking my eyes off of Seth.
"Coffee." Seth answered, not taking his eyes off of me.
Then they were gone, and Seth and I were alone. We just looked at each other for a while. After a few minutes, Seth started to smile.
"So Grace, I'm guessing you're new here in Forks." He said casually.
"Ye- yeah. I moved here from England a couple of days ago." I replied, trying to act cool. And probably failing.
Seth's eyes widened with shock at this.
"A couple of days! And you're already looking for a job?"
"Already got a job, thank you very much! And I need the money, my mum's a single parent with two kids. I don't like asking her for money." I explained to him.
He looked at me for a minute. I wished I could know what he was thinking. I just wanted to know him, be with him all the time.
'Oh, stop it! You don't even know the guy and you're acting like you're destined for him!' I thought to myself.
He had been quiet for a while now, I just wanted him to say something.
Seth POV
"And this is Seth, Seth this is Grace."
I looked up and saw Grace, suddenly nothing was important except her. It felt like gravity no longer mattered; she was what was anchoring me to Earth. Her eyes were the darkest brown with a ring of green surrounding it. They were beautiful.
I saw her stiffen, and tried to lower my gaze from hers. She probably thought I was crazy; some stalker guy. Her hair fell naturally perfectly around her face, a gorgeous dark red. It was almost black, but in the sun light red shone, and fell over her shoulders. I realised neither of us had spoken, so I jumped in.
"Hey." My voice barely worked, but I think she heard it.
"Hi." Her voice was amazing; a beautiful silky sound.
I barely registered Nessie asking us if we wanted drinks, but replied all the same. Then I was left alone with Grace. It was the perfect name for her. I started talking to her, finding more about her, but was stunned when I realised why she wanted a job. She was so selfless. It astounded me.
"You know, I don't think I know anyone like that."
"Ok guys! One tea, one coffee. Tuck in!" Nessie's voice broke into our secret world.
As the evening continued, I snuck glances at Grace, realising things about her. I also realised I wanted to protect her, always. When she stood up to leave, I jumped up too. No way was I going to let her walk home alone, she has no idea abut the creatures in this town.
As we walked side by side through the town, our hands bumped into each others. A burst of an emotion so strong, so intense coursed through my body, and I heard her gasp. Grace continued to look straight ahead, not saying anything until we stopped.
"So, erm. Thanks for walking me home." She said.
"No problem. Anytime. Maybe we could meet up sometime?" I suggested.
"Sure. Erm, I gotta go. Bye." She turned and walked away.
I watched her walk into her house, and turned to walk back to La Push. The more distance I put between myself and Grace the more I felt a physical pain, it was like it was getting harder to move away from her.
I was going to have to talk to Jacob. This feels like an Imprint.
Grace POV.
I slammed the door shut and ran upstairs. The nights events screaming through my head. I jumped onto my bed, and hide my face in my pillow. My mum came into my room, a look of worry on her face.
"Baby girl, are you ok?" she asked, sitting on my bed next to me.
"Yeah mum. I'm fine." I answered, before quickly changing the subject. "I got a job at the local cafe. And already made some friends. Maybe Forks won't be as bad as I thought after all."
We hugged for a second, before mum got up to go check on dinner.
"Mum." I called out before she left. "You know I love you, right?"
"I love you too, Gracey." She smiled back.
As she left, I could feel the tears prickling in my eyes. I knew mum was saying that for herself and Dad; he always called me Gracey.
The next morning I walked into English to a bouncing Nessie. Her face split into a huge smile as she saw me walking over to her, and grabbed me a hug before I even sat down.
"Blimey Ness. What's got you so hyper so early? Or is it just everyone but me?my brother was buzzing this morning too." I grumbled.
"Oh, sorry. I've just had a good morning already. My parents are going away this weekend! And they've said that Jake can stay round with me!" She rushed out.
I laughed, understanding why she was so happy.
"Ah. You have your boyfriend to yourself for the whole weekend. Lucky you." I winked at her. "my parents would never let me have a boy round, unless one of them or Luke was there with us."
Nessie's face fell. Shit. I must've said something wrong.
"What do you mean? Why wouldn't they?"
"Erm, Ness. They're parents. They may pretend to be totally naive about their children having sex, but they're not." I laughed.
"What? I'm confused."
"Nessie, come on. I'm your friend. You can tell me that you and Jacob are going to take advantage of this weekend alone. Anyone would."
Her face paled more then it usually was, and she gasped.
"Oh God! Do you think Jacob's going to be thinking that?" She asked.
"Well, erm. He is a guy. And he's obviously really in to you." I replied kinda wishing I hadn't said anything.
"Oh." Nessie's eyes glazed over for a second, and I swear I saw her flinch. Then she blinked out of it and looked at me. "Lets change the conversation. To you and Seth."
I looked at her, stunned as she giggled. Did I really want to talk about this? Nessie was staring at me expectedly, I guess I did.
"Well, what do you want to know?"
"Everything! First, tell me what you think of him." She prodded.
"He's-" How could I word this right? "He's... well, he's hot. I mean, really hot."
Nessie squealed, "I know! I think it runs in the La Push guys!"
"No, no. I meant he's hot. Literally. He's boiling! When we were walking home yesterday we bumped hands. It almost burnt me!" I clarified. "But he's really nice."
Seth POV
"it's an Imprint mate." Jake told me.
I couldn't believe it. I had Imprinted, but I didn't want to sleep with her or anything. I just wanted to protect her, look after her. Be whatever she needed me to be.
"You have to ask her out." Jake said simply.
"What? Why?"
"She's your Imprint, Seth. It's destined." Jake looked at me for a second. "I mean, look how happy Nessie and I are. Soon you'll be that happy. Trust me."
He got up and walked away before turning back at me.
"Ask her out Seth." He used his Alpha command voice, well crap.
For someone who didn't like giving crippling orders, he was getting very good at them. Well, I guess I know what I have to do. I grabbed my phone out of my pocket.
'hey Nes. Whts Graces mob number? Seth.'
I only had to wait a couple of minutes for a reply. I added the number to my contacts and sent her a text staright away.
'hey Grace. I was wondering if u wnted 2 go out 4 dinner sometime? Seth.'
The reply was almost instant.
'Sure. When? X'
'thurs nght?'
'OK. X'
There. Done it. I felt the weight of the Alpha command lift from my shoulders. Now I just had to figure our where I was going to take her.
Grace POV
The next day I started my second shift at the cafe, and saw Seth sitting at a table alone. I wandered over to him.
"Hey. How come you're here alone?" I asked.
"I wanted to talk to you. When's your break?"
"Erm, in about an hour." I didn't want him to have to wait around.
"Ok. I'll have a coffee. Black, please."
I walked back to the counter and made him a coffee. I put it on a tray, and grabbed a cookie too. I didn't want him to starve.
An hour later, I went on my break. Sitting down opposite Seth, I realised he looked really worried and tired.
"Sethy? What's up?" His head snapped up at my name for him.
"I need to tell you something. It's kind of important." He paused for a second. "Have you been thinking about me a lot since we met? Coz, I've been thinking about you a lot. Do you feel a pull towards me? Do you feel like you should be with me?" I nodded silently at all of his questions.
"This is going to sound insane, but please just hear me out, okay? Well I guess, here goes. Down at La Push, most of us guys had something happen to us. And normally, we can't tell anyone, but you're involved now. So I can. See, we can turn into wolves. We protect Forks from rogue vampires. I've Imprinted on you, which basically means that we're destined for each other. We're each others perfect mate. Jacob is the Pack Alpha, and he Imprinted on Nessie, who is actually half human half vampire. The rest of the Cullen's are Vampires, but they're decent. They only drink form animals, not humans."
Seth stopped and took a huge breath. I just looked at him before standing up and gesturing for him to follow me. We walked outside, and I was grateful for two things. One, the Cafe was practically empty, and two, the woods right next to it.
"Show me."
Seth looked at me oddly, but I guess the determination on my face told him to do it. He started walking towards the wood, looking over his shoulder at me, worry painted all over his face. We were a little in the woods now, when he turned to me, putting his hands on my shoulders and staring into my eyes.
"Are you sure you want to see? I might hurt you."
"Show me."
I don't know if it was the shock or whether I had just become completely insane, but as he nodded stiffly and walked away into the woods, I knew this was what I wanted. And I wasn't scared.
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