Shifting Shapes Part 2: Misunderstanding
Nightmare on Elm Street
She stood next to the giant wolf, watching as the vampires fought each other in preparation of the upcoming battle. Her eyes, trained on the battles, watched earnestly as a Cullen would fall in defeat or smirk in victory.
Pale limbs moved and blurred, flipped and exerted force. Occasionally a stray strand of sunlight would glimmer on their skin. Cocky statements were exchanged between fights, and the over confident Jasper Hale continued making comments throughout the training exercises.
The wolf at her side nudged at her hip for attention.
She ignored him.
Rosalie threw a punch at Jasper, an exchange of blows was made and finally her defeat at the end. Jasper made a comment about her fault in fighting, and Cassie smiled when Rosalie stuck her tongue out at him.
The wolf whined at her side.
She sighed, and looked at the fury creature attempting to give her the 'puppy-dog-eyes' look. Which, given his current form, was pretty darn good. "Yes?"
The gray furred creature looked over to the mind reading vampire, silently pleading for him to translate. After a moment of them just staring at each other, Edward gave in. "Cassie, he says he wants to go home. He doesn't like you being here."
"If that's the reason, then I'm still staying." She said crossing her arms, and sat down cross legged on the dirt ground. Dust rose slightly as she sat and stained her jeans, but she paid no attention. "Besides, I'm not the only human here. And if anything were to happen, I'd just fly off. Since I'm apparently good at that, after all." She told him, referring to a previous argument they had, and looked back at the set fights. Embry rolled his eyes and sat next to her, then laying on the ground and resting his head on her lap. She petted him behind the ears and laughed when he gave a huge sigh. "Shapeshifters are all the same."
He snorted, licked at her arm.
After another ten minutes, the Cullen's practice came to a close and everyone started to disperse. At this motion, the teenager stood and started walking over to one of the vampires. Embry nipped at her shirt as she started to walk, but she ignored him and resulted in him following her. When she was close to the vampire of her choice, she turned to the wolf and told him she'd be right back.
The gray wolf bore its fangs at the vampire, glaring at the creature.
"Jazz, we've got to talk."
"I don't think Embry approves." He said with a raised eyebrow and glancing between the two of them. The female paid no attention to the comment and instead grabbed his arm and started walking, checking over her shoulder every few seconds to make sure Embry wasn't following.
"Why didn't you call back?"
"I didn't think it was urgent. And you seem to be getting along with the… dog, over there."
"It's not urgent… but…"
"If it's not urgent then can't it wait until after this whole newborn business? After Bella is safe, we can talk easier." He asked, and the red head smiled slightly as she felt his powers of controlling emotions work on her.
"Remember about a month ago when we were last together?" She asked in a low whisper, glancing around at the trees to make sure they weren't listening. Cass knew that others could hear their conversation, but using code phrases didn't ease the paranoia or fear.
"Yes…? Oh god, you're not-?" He asked glancing downward, motioning between them. She cocked her own eyebrow at him confused. Realizing she didn't get it, he placed his hand over her belly.
"Oh… oh, no! No, no, no, no- nothing like that. I'm talking about two days before Slurpies." She explained better- or so she hoped- but expected he understood by how his shoulders stiffened and averted his gaze.
"What about it?"
"Like I said it's not urgent, but… just email back, okay?" She said softly, and crossed her arms nervously as her eyes scanned her surroundings again. Her skin began getting goose bumps from the cold, not used to being away from Embry for so long. When her gaze shifted back to Jasper, her was holding up his phone to her. "What…?"
On the screen it read: 'Embry imprinted on you.'
Her eyes widened and she stepped back, hands clasped over her mouth. "Noooooo no, no, no, no." The words spilled from her mouth, repeating itself over and over again. "You have to be wrong. He can't-"
A new sentence was on his screen: 'Edward told me.'
"Well… then… fuuuuck." The red head turned in place, and then walked over to a nearby tree and rested against it. "No, no, no, no…"
"Good luck." The vampire spoke as he patted her shoulder, and then walked off into the forest. The damsel in distress hit her head against the cold bark and groaned.
The red head sat on the couch nibbling on pizza, dazedly staring at the tv screen. Thoughts buzzed around her head, blinding her from watching the program she had stayed up so late to watch.
"He can't be… I have people of my kind and vampires after my ass… there's no way that I'll survive…." The red head took another bite of the now cold pizza, and then jumped when a woman on the tv screamed. From the other room, she heard a soft 'thump'. A few seconds later, the bedroom door creaked open, letting a tired and worn out super-tall dude sneak into the living room 'quietly'.
"Why are you up so early…?" He asked groggily, and reached his arms around her from behind the couch. "It's, like… early."
"It's 2 in the morning, go back to bed. I'll turn the tv down… sorry for waking you."
He waved at the air, as if dismissing her apology. "I woke up because you weren't there. Is there a reason you're watching…" The man squinted at the tv for a moment. "… Freddy Cougar at 2 in the morning?"
"Krueger. Freddy Krueger."
"Whatever, same diff." He mumbled, and nipped at her ear. "You've already seen it a bazillion times anyway. Come back to bed."
"No." she said curtly, and took another bite of her pizza.
The giant shapeshifter sighed.
The female smiled to herself in victory, thinking she had won that battle. However, she was proven false when the man walked to the front of the couch and pushed her small form to the other side of the couch. "Hey!" She yelled at the push, and pouted at the male as he lay on the couch with his head on her lap. His legs easily extended past the end of the couch, but he didn't seem to mind as he snuggled into the cushions.
"Invasion of privacy, much." The red head complained, and frowned after he simply pecked her lips with his own and snuggled back into her blanket covered lap.