A Difficult Love
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Chapter 3:
"Where are you going?" Mom asked as I emerged from my room.
"The beach," I answered.
"Alone?" Mom asked suspiciously.
"No. With a friend," I said.
"Who?" Mom demanded.
"Nevaeh," I said.
"Ugh, Nevaeh?" Lacey commented from where she was lounging on the couch. "She's all but invisible."
"Thanks for your opinion," I said glaring at her.
However Lacey's disapproval seemed to meet Mom's standards. "All right. Have fun honey," she said.
I nodded and left the house spotting Nevaeh pull up in her car. "Hey," I greeted climbing in.
"You didn't tell me that you went out on a date with Embry," Nevaeh accused.
I groaned. "How did you find out?"
"Jared told Kim who told me," Nevaeh said. "Why didn't you tell me?" Her face turned into a pout.
"It wasn't a big deal," I said.
"Are you kidding me?" Nevaeh said turning to face me. "It's a huge deal!"
"Whatever you say," I said rolling my eyes.
"Well what happened?" Nevaeh demanded. "I want details!"
I spent the rest of the ride telling her about how Embry took me to dinner. She listened intently and managed to keep her eyes on the road at the same time.
"Well it's official," Nevaeh declared.
"What's official?" I asked cautiously.
"Embry is into you," Nevaeh said with a small shriek.
I blushed. "We only went on one date together," I said.
"Yes," Nevaeh agreed. "But he took you to the most expensive restaurant in Port Angeles and paid for it."
"Any guy would do that," I argued half-heartedly.
"Tell me this," Nevaeh said. "Were any of the waitresses flirting with him?" I vaguely remembered one who had been a little too nice to Embry. Reluctantly I nodded my head. "And was she pretty?" Nevaeh asked. I sighed and gave her another nod. "See!" Nevaeh said.
"Fine," I grumbled. Nevaeh laughed and parked the car at second beach. We stepped out of the car and found a spot on the beach.
"Trinity!" a voice called. I turned and my heart did flips in my chest when I saw Embry running towards me with Paul, Jared, Quil, Seth, Brady and Collin behind him.
"Hey," I greeted.
"I didn't know you were going to be here," Embry said with a happy smile on his face.
"Yo Embry?" Jared called. "Are you still coming?"
"Coming where?" I asked.
"Cliff diving," Embry explained.
My eyes brightened. "I want to jump!"
"You'll hurt yourself," Embry fretted.
I gave him an incredulous stance. "You're talking to the girl who managed to flip herself up to her bedroom on the second floor. I think I can handle myself."
"Why don't you two just get it on already?" Nevaeh said. Kim sat next to her and the two of them started chatting up a storm. I pulled off my t-shirt and heard Embry suck in a sharp breath.
"What?" I asked stepping out of my shorts.
"Nothing," Embry muttered looking like he was praying. The two of us made our way over to the cliffs where the other guys were waiting.
"Ladies first," Paul offered waving an arm. I rolled my eyes and took a step back. Taking a deep breath I ran forward doing a handspring and flipping myself over the edge. Somersaulting on the way down I landed with a splash.
Surfacing I saw Embry coming down along with the others. Even though that didn't land on top of me, which I was grateful for, they still created a wave of water that splashed over my head. Spitting out the salt-water I saw everyone laughing at my expense.
Rolling my eyes I splashed water at Embry. "Oh you did not just do that," Embry threatened. Innocently I sent another wave of water splashing into his face. He spluttered and swam towards me. Laughing we sprayed each other as hard as we could. The other guys joined in until I heard Nevaeh shouting my name.
Swimming to the shore I saw her holding out my phone. "It's your dad," she said.
I was in deep shit now. Taking a deep breath and steeling my nerves I gingerly held the phone to my ear. "Hello?"
"Where are you Trinity?" Dad asked flatly.
"I'm at the beach like I told mom," I answered meekly.
"I decided to change your schedule," Dad said. "Instead of having free Sundays I want you training for half the day. Come home, shower and I'll drive you to Seattle." Without giving me a chance to pitch in he hung up and I stared at the phone in my hand.
"What's going on?" Embry said catching sight of my face.
"I have to get home," I sighed pulling a towel through my hair.
"What? Why?" Embry asked pain filling his eyes.
"My dad decided that I needed to practice," I said despondently.
"Do you want me to drive you?" Embry offered.
"That would be nice," I said. After saying quick good-bye's I climbed into Embry's car. As we approached my house I told Embry to park a block away from my house just so that my parents wouldn't get suspicious.
"I'll see you tomorrow," I said.
Embry smiled. "I'll be waiting for you."
"Not if I get there first," I said with a wicked grin. Before he could answer my challenge I climbed out of the car grabbing my bag and walking inside my house whistling away.
I groaned as I woke up feeling the aches all over my body. The training session yesterday had been brutal. My wrist had gotten sprained and I now had bruises lining my arms.
Pulling on a hoodie in an attempt to hide the marks I lightly swung my backpack over my shoulder and made my way downstairs.
Barely grunting a greeting I made my way outside and climbed onto my bike. It turned out that Embry had gotten there first.
"I told you that I'd be here waiting for you," he murmured with a grin. I rolled my eyes. Embry caught sight of my wrist and his eyes widened. "What happened?"
"I fell off my board mid-air," I mumbled. Embry winced and gingerly brought my wrist up so that he could press his lips to it. Well, if it wasn't my lips it was something right?
"Prom's on Friday," Embry murmured. "You want to come with me?"
A smile spread on my lips. "Sure," I said.
Embry grinned and the two of us made our way to English together. When the class was over Embry promised to save me a seat as he dropped me off at my History classroom.
Nevaeh and I passed notes the whole class period and she let slip a slight squeal when I told her about Embry asking me to prom. Mrs. Randall spared us and just reprimanded Nevaeh but didn't do anything more.
The bell rang and once I saw Embry's face I felt full again. Nevaeh joined us for lunch where we chatted up a storm. I didn't miss the murderous glances that Lacey was shooting at me. Choosing to ignore her I focused on the conversation.
"The Elders are having a bonfire tonight," Seth said.
"You wanna come Trin?" Embry asked turning to me.
"Sure," I said then grimaced. "I'll have to get out through my window again though but it shouldn't be hard."
"Such a rebel," Nevaeh teased.
"Shove it," I muttered.
"You're invited too Nevaeh," Kim offered.
"Nah," Nevaeh said. "My mom said that she wants to have some family bonding time. As a result, we're all going to have a family dinner."
I snickered. "Wow, that's deep Nev."
"Shut up," Nevaeh muttered her face turning slightly red. The rest of the lunch period passed in a blur and I made my way to Calculus. Jared and Kim had the class with me and I had to endure the two of them feeding each other lovesick looks.
After Bio I made my way over to my bike with Embry. "What time is the bonfire?" I asked.
"It starts around six," Embry said. "You need me to pick you up?"
"Yeah," I said.
"I'll see you then," Embry said before watching me ride off on my bike.
I wasn't even sure if I was going to be able to drag myself to the window once I collapsed on my bed. This training session had been worse than the one before. Dad had been trying to get me to do a triple back-flip and I got some big air on that one.
Changing into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt I pulled on a hoodie and opened my window. Leaping out I grabbed the tree branch and my muscles burned in protest. Shit. I wasn't going to be able to flip down without hurting myself.
"Embry," I hissed.
"Trinity?" Embry's worried voice called quietly back up to me.
"You're going to have to catch me," I said.
"Okay," Embry said as if it was nothing.
"You sure you won't miss?" I asked nervously.
"Relax," Embry said casually. "I got you." Taking a deep breath and steeling my nerves I dropped down. Embry caught me bridal style with a grin. "Tough practice?"
"Don't even start," I grumbled as he set me down. Embry chuckled and opened the car door for me.
I groaned softly as I sat down feeling the bruises all over me aching like hell. Once we arrived at the beach Embry appraised me. Then without warning he scooped me up in his arms.
"What are you doing?" I gasped.
"Carrying you," Embry answered simply. While I felt like a small child in his arms I had to admit the feeling of being carried by Embry was pretty great.
"Aw, here comes the new couple," Paul cooed. I blushed and Embry flipped Paul off with one hand.
As he sat me down I let out a small squeak. "You okay?" Embry asked with concern flaring all over his face.
"Yeah," I muttered. "I just managed to do a lot of ass plants today. I think I made a new world record," I declared proudly.
Everyone laughed and Embry handed me a hot dog. I bit into it hungrily and once we were done eating Billy Black started the legends. I listened with fascination as he told the stories about the cold ones.
When he was done the air seemed tense. I looked over at Embry and he looked like he was deliberating on something. Finally he spoke. "Trinity, there's something you should know," he said quietly.
"Let me guess," I said holding up a hand. "You're a secret agent?"
A brief smile touched Embry's lips. "Good guess but no. You see, the legends, they're real."
I stared at him before snorting. "Funny," I said.
"I'm serious," Embry said gripping my hand.
I stared at him for a second before fury erupted inside me. "Are you freaking kidding me Embry?" I spat. "I'm risking a hell of a lot to be with you and here you are throwing some shit at me!"
"Trinity, please," Embry said.
I ripped my hand out of his grasp and stood. "Forget this," I growled. "I'm leaving."
"Wait," Embry pleaded. Just watch, please."
I huffed and crossed my arms. "I'm waiting," I said coldly. "Do your worst."
Embry hesitated before moving off into the woods. A few seconds later a gray wolf the size of a bear padded out of the trees. I nearly fell back on my ass again but Quil reached out and caught me.
"Embry?" I whispered. The wolf whined and slowly came towards me. With a shaky hand I reached out and touched his face. Embry leaned his furry head into my hand. After a few minutes I took in a shaky breath. "Can you change back? Please?"
Embry nodded his huge head and padded off towards the trees. He came back in human form and approached me cautiously.
I walked forward and buried my face in his arm. "How come you didn't tell me?" I murmured.
"I didn't want you to be scared of me," Embry murmured into my hair. "Do you want to come walk with me? I want to tell you something more about being a wolf."
"Okay," I said.
Embry took my hand and the two of us walked along the shore for a while. As we reached the cliffs Embry took both of my hands in his. "There's another legend," he said. "It's called imprinting."
"Imprinting," I repeated.
"It's when a wolf finds their… soul-mate. When he looks into her eyes it's not gravity connecting him to the earth anymore it's her. He would be anything that she needs. A brother. A protector. A lover." Embry's eyes looked intensely into mine.
"Did you…" I couldn't finish.
"I imprinted on you," Embry said holding my hands tighter in his.
I stared at him for a long time. "So the only reason that you're even hanging out with me is because of the imprint?" I asked tears starting to well up in my eyes.
"No," Embry said horror filling his gaze. "No. The imprint just opened my eyes and gave me a push in the right direction. We were made for each other. With or without the imprint I would still love you."
My eyes widened. "Say it again," I whispered.
"I love you Trinity," Embry said his voice thick with emotion. "No matter what."
"I love you too," I murmured. Embry groaned and our lips met in perfect symphony. He wrapped his arms around me holding me tighter and I buried my hands in his hair securing his face against mine.
When we broke away I was glowing. For the first time in forever I felt on top of the world.
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