Hey guys!
All I can say is Wow!
I'm really overwhelmed with the response I got to this story so here's the next chapter.
Also anything in italics is taking place inside the characters head- Their thoughts if you will.
Enjoy, Jaymie.
Embry's POV
We left the forest and arrived in Emily's back yard Bella and Emily both sat on the edge of the decking their feet dangling, Emily had an arm around her shoulders and I couldn't quiet catch what they were saying but Emily was talking in soothing tones Bella looked up at us and a smile immediately lit up her face
The imprints effecting her as well, I thought to myself Jacob walked right up to Bella and gently lifted her off the decking and when her feet touched the ground he pulled her too him, Emily quickly stood up and hurried inside, I watched in fascination at their interaction I wanted to go to her as well but didn't want to freak her out.
Seth however walked up to her side and placed a hand gently on her shoulder and Bella looked up not seeming freaked out but rather she looked cherished I hung back and shoved my hands in my pockets letting them have their time with her as I would have her all to myself after I left
"Bella, Jake and I have to go and see our Dad's before the council meeting but we'll meet you there. I'll save you a seat" Seth explained with one of his classic Seth winks "Embry's going to stay with you though so it'll all be okay" Bella looked through the gap between Seth and Jake at me and gave me warm smile before looking back to Seth and nodding
"Yeah okay," She said Jake still had his arm wrapped around her and he moved to move a hand behind Bella's head and pressed a kiss to her forehead
"See you later honey," Jake said
"Bye Jake" Bella said and Jake walked back into the woods but I could hear him waiting just inside the tree line for Seth
"I'll see you in an hour" Seth said brushing a piece of Bella's hair behind her ear Bella nodded enthusiastically Seth turned to leave but Bella grabbed his hand and pulled him back she blushed but still stood up on her tiptoes to place a kiss on Seth's cheek, Seth grinned like he had won the lotto and tweaked her nose before heading off into the woods after Jacob before turning to me.
"So I guess it's just you and me" I said to Bella walking over to her Bella blushed though she smiled at me "want to see something cool?" I asked
"I'd love to" Bella said I lead the way through the garden both of us in mutual easy silence
"Emily grew up here this used to be her parent's house, but when Emily got old enough and her sister had left home her parents wanted something smaller and something closer to the res so they gave the house to Emily," I explained
"That's pretty nice of them to just give it to her" Bella replied looking up at me from under her lashes
"Yeah I think they always knew she'd get married , I bet they didn't think it'd be to a 7 foot werewolf however" I said to her and Bella laughed as I lead her around behind the shed that stood at the back of the yard and down a slight slope which at the bottom was a creek but that wasn't where we were going just before the creek hidden amongst other trees was a massive oak tree and built into it was a three story high tree house
"Whoa, this is definitely the most amazing tree house I've ever seen" Bella said awe in her voice
"I told you it was cool" I said looking up at it as well
"Can we go up?" She asked
"Sure, Paul and Jared were up there last week and if it can hold both of them it'll definitely be able to hold us" I said glad that she had liked it, I lead her over to the ladder on the way over she tripped twice and both times I had caught her under the elbow laughing
"Maybe we shouldn't go up, I don't think Jake and Seth would appreciate me killing our imprint in the first few hours" I said and she blushed
"Yeah, the imprint. How do you feel about it? Because I'm kind of freaking out" Bella said climbing the first few rungs of the ladder and stepping up onto the first platform I followed her quickly the second story had once had a ladder but I'm pretty sure it had gotten blown away in a storm or something because only the top half remained
"Here let me" I said raising my eyebrows in questions as I put my hands on her waist to lift her she nodded and I lifted her up and placed her on the edge of the next floor before pulling myself up "Well to be honest Bella, I had always kind of had a crush on you so this had kind of worked out pretty well for me" I said with a chuckle, she laughed as well rolling her eyes at me which was so incredibly sexy I could have taken her right there
"You so did not have a crush on me" Bella said
"I so did, you have no idea everyday when you left Jakes I used to go over and bug him for information about you" I said and I could feel myself blushing but my skin was so dark I doubted she'd be able to tell
"really?" Bella asked looking at her feet and blushing
"Really." I said and walked over to her taking her hand in mine she looked down at where our hands were joined and squeezed mine in response I tugged her behind me up the easy stairs which brought us up to the top floor Bella let out a gasp at the view this tree was quiet tall compared to the rest of them and from this height we were able to see the ocean
"I can see why they built this here, It's so beautiful" Bella said huddling into my side to hide from the wind
"Yeah it is," I said though not taking my eyes off her, Bella looked up at me and noticed my staring and blushed though she squeezed our still joint hands
"So do you want to tell me what's got you freaked out, with us I mean?" I asked her as I leaned against the tree trunk that ran through the centre of the platform,
" There's nothing really specific it's just, I know Jacob we've spent basically everyday together this year, and I know you because we've spent so much time together as well but until today I had never really thought romantically about either of you but now; I'm falling in love with you and even though I only met Seth today I already feel such a connection to him" Bella explained to me blushing and avoiding looking at me, I felt my heart skip a beat when she said the falling in love with me part
"And what about any of that would be bad?" I asked pushing myself off the tree and walking back over to her taking her hand in mine again
"it's just all happening so fast" Bella said
"That's the imprint Bells, it's supposed to be fast and intense" I explained cupping her face and making her look up at me "But don't worry Jacob, Seth and I won't pressure you we'll take all of this slow, get to know each other more and the rest of stuff can wait" I said feeling that her real fear was the physical side of things
"Other stuff?" Bella asked
"Other stuff." I said not wanting to explain and scare her off Bella looked into my eyes and I felt the imprint stronger than ever tug between us
"Like this kind of stuff?" Bella asked with a husky voice I almost didn't recognise then she stood on her tip toes and closed her eyes my heart jumped and I leaned down to meet her in our first kiss her hands linked in my hair and she deepened the kiss I wrapped my arms around her waist holding her body close to mine and it felt amazing, her waits fit my hands perfectly and her body was the exact size to meld against mine; she was perfect
"EMBRY?!" I heard Sam yell probably from the house "Time to go!" he called out again I pulled away from Bella and rested my forehead against hers both of us breathing heavily
"We have to go, Sam's hollering at us" I said to her before placing one more gentle kiss on her lips
"I didn't hear anything" she said I grinned before pulling back and tapping my ear
"Wolf hearing" I said and she giggled "come on lets go we don't want the big bad wolf to blow our house down" I said and she laughed again.
Bella and I climbed down from the tree house and walked back to the house hand in hand talking casually the whole way I loved the sound of her laugh.
"There you two are we were starting to wonder if you'd fallen into the creek" Emily said with a warm smile at Bella as we walked in the back door glancing approvingly of our joined hands
"We were in the tree house" Bella said blushing
"What is it with you boys and that tree house" Sam asked me as he walked into the kitchen I just shrugged,
"Well I guess you can make a wolf out of a boy but you cant take the boy out of the wolf" Sam said making me sound like a child I glared at him and Bella and Emily laughed
"Come on we need to get going" Emily said grabbing some food baskets off the table which I'm sure was filled with food for the meeting "Bella you can ride with me in my car and the boys can run" Emily said Bella smiled and nodded letting go of my hand to help Emily with the food
I followed her out to the car opening the passenger side door for her
"I'll see you in 5" I said
"It's a race" She said and then surprised me by standing up on her tip-toes to press her lips to mine
"Oh you're on Swan" I said and jogged towards the forest hearing her giggles from behind me as she climbed into the car,
I phased inside the tree line as Emily's car drove out her driveway and caught up with Sam who was a little way ahead,
"Everything okay?" He asked through his thoughts
"Everything's great, a little bit strange but great" I said to him through my thoughts
"yeah well hopefully we'll get some answers tonight to how the hell this happened" Sam replied
"I don't know how or why but I'm already glad that it did" I said back and truly meant it and ran a bit faster to make sure I was waiting when Bella arrived.
There we go Chapter 3!
Please let me know what you thought
Next up Bella and Seth will get some one-on-one time!
Always Jaymie.
