So, you guys are amazing! I have gotten many more reviews than I thought I would, please keep it up! Ya'll are amazing! Here is chapter three, remember to let me know that you think at the end! *Just a reminder I do not own anything Twilight and this story is rated M, for future chapters, and will not be suitable to young readers*
Chapter Three
Bikini's
Bella's POV
After I told them my story, back to them, I heard the bed creak. Sam moved across the room and picked me up setting me in his lap back on the bed. He started gently rocking me like he had last night when I had my nightmare. "Bells, I'm so sorry." I kept my head in his neck until I felt the bed shift. My eyes snapped up to Seth, who I had forgotten was in the room, and met his eyes.
The strangest feeling came over me, safety, exhilaration, anticipation, love. I was confused. I felt drawn to him, not in a bad way like with the vampires, I just wanted to be near him. Seth's eyes flashed to Sam and back to me. He looked just as confused as me.
Sam stiffened, shoulder squaring, before he snarled out "Seth!" He started shaking, his grip on my arm tightening.
"Sam, calm down. Think of her, of Bella." Seth's voice was laced with desperation as he spoke, his wide eyes locked on me. Sam stood up, putting me back on the bed and rounded on Seth.
"Get outside," He snarled, his eyes going pitch black. Seth glanced anxiously at me as Sam pushed him out my bedroom door. I heard the front door slam and went to my window, frightened.
I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I could tell Sam was yelling. I saw Seth put his hands up, obviously trying to calm Sam down. I had never seen Sam like this and it confused me. Why was he reacting like this, what had happened?
I turned my focus back to the men in the yard just in time to see Sam lunge, exploding into a huge black wolf. I bit the inside of my cheek to keep the scream in. I defiantly had not expected that.
Seth exploded as well, but kept backing up, his head lowered as a sign of submission. I don't think he would fight even if Sam did.
They stayed like that for a few minutes before Sam disappeared from my sight. A moment later he came back wearing shorts. He tossed a pair at Seth, who was still a wolf, ad stormed inside. He didn't come upstairs so I knew I shouldn't bring it up just yet. I still needed to go see Leah so I got ready, keeping the same outfit just adding a grey cardigan.
I went downstairs where the rest of Sam's 'pack' were. |Sam, I'm going to go see Leah. I have my cell in case you wanna reach me." I said, sitting on the arm of the chair he was in. He looked up at me, his eyes still showed fury and hurt, but they softened when they met mine.
"Okay, be safe." I kissed his cheek and left the house. I sent a text to Leah to meet me at the store that was close to her house and started to walk when I saw Seth.
He was wearing shorts, sitting on the ground leaning against a tree. He looked lost in thought, but that same draw I had felt in my bedroom led me to him.
"You okay?" I asked carefully. He turned to look at me and I had to fight to keep my breathing even. Damn he was hot.
"Yeah, I guess." He mumbled, looking away again. I could tell he was lying, even though he was pretty convincing.
"Liar." She said simply. I looked over to her with a raised brow. "I'm the queen of 'not okay'. I can tell. You want to talk about it?" He sighed and said nothing.
"I...uh can't talk about it. Not yet, I need time to sort out my head first, before I do anything. Thank you, though." He held my gaze and I understood. I got that he needed time to process, well, whatever it was going on in his head. I got up to leave, remembering Leah and put my hand on his shoulder, squeezing gently.
"Okay. I'm going to call Leah to meet somewhere. I'll see you around." I walked away and felt funny, like I was leaving part of me behind. I shook my head, I must be going crazy.
I looked over my shoulder, unable to resist the urge, and saw Seth put his head in his hands, tugging at his hair like. I felt bad, whatever was going on in his head was really bothering him.
I walked quickly to the store and had barley opened the door when I was tackled. "Bella!" Leah squealed, still straddling me on the ash fault.
"Leah!" I laughed, pushing her off me and standing up. Once on your feet we hugged properly. "I missed you." I whispered in her ear.
"Yeah me to!" She said brightly as we pulled away. "Sooo," She drawled, dragging me a couple of stores down to a small coffee shop, "What have you been up to? I mean with your brother and..." She trailed off, eyes wide. It took a second for me to understand, she had momentarily forgotten why I had moved. I took her hand o the table and squeezed.
"It's okay. I can talk about it, you know? It hurts, but I am healing." She nodded, her eyes sad. I was about to speak when a waiter came out.
"Hello ladies, what can I get for you?" He smiled, a little too friendly, at me.
"I'll have an iced green tea please." I said politely. He nodded and turned to Leah.
"Mocha latté." He nodded again, and with a flirtation wink at me, left the table. Leah saw my shocked expression and laughed.
"B, I thought he was going to start dry humping you!" She crowed, holding her sides as she laughed. I let a small giggle escape, but held my facade.
"Whatever. Do you know who that was?" I asked. She nodded.
"It was Nate. Cute, huh? He's a good guy, we became friends a couple months after you moved." I nodded. We chatted about next year, our senior year, until our drinks came.
"For the lovely ladies," He said, setting them down.
"Thanks Nate, you still got your break?" Leah asked. He checked his watch and nodded, taking off his apron.
"Sure do, I always save my breaks for when you come. Who's your friend?" He asked, smiling at me.
"Nate, this is by best friend Bella. Bella this is my friend Nate." I shook his outstretched hand and smiled. He really was very cute.
"Nice to meet you."
"Oh, believe me, pleasures all mine," He said, letting go of my hand. I laughed as we talked about school again before Nate had to leave again. I took time to take him in. Tall, maybe 6' even, short brown hair, light russet skin, only a shade or two darken than mine, and green eyes. He could be a freaking movie star if he wanted to, but I couldn't find myself attracted to him.
Of course I had admired him, and he seemed like a great guy, but I had no interest in taking things beyond friendship. Why? Because I can't get Seth out of my head.
"So do you want to spend the night?" Leah asked. I looked up at her and grinned. Of course I did. Her parents were great, always like my extra set. And by set I mean they were together. And happy.
"Of course! Wanna come back to my place so I can pack?" She nodded and we set off. It was around six when we got home and the 'pack' was still there. Sam had told me that Leah didn't know and that I couldn't tell her. I felt bad but she didn't need to be dragged into this as well.
"Hey Sammy!" I said as I walked past.
"Hey Bells. Hi Leah." He said, smiling. I eyed him carefully before shrugging. He was obviously in a better mood.
Leah and I went upstairs and I thanked her profusely for helping Sam decorate. She grinned and brushed it off. "Well, really, I did it for myself. I mean now that your home I will be here all the time and I don't want to be in a man cave when I do." She had this ridiculous serious face on and I burst out laughing. She kept her facade for about five seconds before she burst out laughing as well.
"You're so full of crap." I said, tossing a pillow at her. She laughed and put it back on the bed and went to my partially unpacked closet.
"Oh my god! Are these Dylan George jeans?" She asked, clutching the jeans.
"Oh, uh yeah, they are." I said, blushing. She looked at me with wide eyes before going through my clothing finding just as many designer things as not.
"How the hell did you afford all of this?" She asked, breathless.
"I...got a lot of money. From the government." I mumbled, looking down. Leah put down the green Abercrombie shirt she had been holding and sat next to me on the bed, hugging me.
"I'm sorry." I looked up at her and smiled, trying to push it back.
"No, Leah, don't. You can't be sorry every time a memory gets triggered. Its okay, I promise. Now let's finish getting me packed and pick up some junk food that will go straight to our hips!" Leah giggled and we quickly packed. She told me to bring a swimsuit because they had had a hot tub installed last spring.
An image of Seth and me in a hot tub passed through my mind before I squashed it, trying really, really hard not to let my imagination get the better of me.
We were headed down the stairs, going straight to the door when Sam called me into the living room. "Yeah?" I asked.
"Just wanted to say good bye." He said, taking my hand and pulling me into the hallways, out of everyone's sight.
He leaned down to whisper in my ear, "If you have a nightmare call me, okay?" I bit my lip. I had forgotten about those. I glanced over my shoulder to make sure no one was there and quickly went back upstairs getting a bottle of pills. Sam had followed me and raised a brow.
"They're for sleeping. Doctor prescribed, I promise!" I said. He nodded and led me downstairs.
Leah and I left to go make her parents dinner, since they both were working late today. Leah was shocked that I knew how to cook at all considering she was going to make Kraft Dinner. Blah.
"What happened to getting things that would go straight to our thighs?" She whined playfully when I told her to start cutting vegetables for a salad.
"We did. It's in the freezer." I said.
"One tub of ice cream? Seth is going to eat it all before we even get a chance to!" I smiled, shaking my head.
"I'll tell him not to." She laughed, shaking her head as we finished dinner.
"My parents might just trade us in. I mean you just made lemon chicken, salad and homemade garlic bread! Are you trying to up their expectations for me?" I laughed, poking her ribs.
"Aww, don't worry, I'll teach you how to cook, one day."
Seth's POV
The whole time Bella was away that ache never left, never relented. Sam and I had talked it through and he apologized, in his own way, but gave me the 'big-brother-speech'. Why did he have to be the fucking alpha?
Bella got back at around six, with Leah on tow, and after saying hello they went upstairs. The ache had dulled, barely noticeable now that my imprint was here. I must have let out a sigh of relief because Sam shot me a confused look. I shrugged, turning my attention to the girls.
I could hear them discussing what they were going to do tonight, sounded like Bella was staying at my place, Leah started asking her about jeans. Bella sounded slightly embarrassed as Leah hounded her on article after article of clothing. At one point Leah had to bring up the money issue. Sam growled, looking like he was going to go upstairs but Bella handled it fine.
After that Leah mentioned the hot tub and told Bella to bring a suit. Images of Bella in tiny black bikinis popped in my head. Oh Fuck! I started thinking of other things, like Quil in said swimsuit, to get my mind off it. Last thing I needed was to explain a situation like that to my alpha, as well as my imprint's very protective older brother.
After the girls had packed Bella up for the night they came down stairs. Sam pulled Bella aside and said something about nightmares that we all knew she had, and she went upstairs. They talked for a minute more and I knew she would be okay; she had pills to help her sleep. It saddened me that she needed them at all.
The girls left and Sam sat back down to watch the game, a frown on his face. "Seth?" He asked. I looked up, worried. Please dear Lord don't let him go off on me!
"Yeah?"
"Keep an ear open for her, okay? Wake up Leah if she has a nightmare then leave. Leah can help her." I nodded, happy that he didn't go into one of his rants. I left soon after to avoid any future topics with Sam and headed home. I knew it was Leah's turn to make dinner, shudder, and I must say I contemplated going to pick up a burger or something.
To my surprise the house smelt fantastic. I followed my nose to the kitchen where Bella was talking to Leah.
"I'll tell him not to." Bella said, causing Leah to laugh. I wondered what they were talking about.
"My parents might just trade us in. I mean you just made lemon chicken, salad and homemade garlic bread! Are you trying to up their expectations for me?" Leah said, dramatically. She did have a point, Bella's cooking smelled phenomenal. Bella giggled, poking Leah in the ribs, before replying.
"Aww, don't worry, I'll teach you how to cook, one day." She said. I decided to make my presence known and drug my feet to make extra noise. Both girls snapped their heads up to watch me.
"Hey Sethy!" Leah said, turning her attention to her nails.
"Hey Le. Hi Bella." I found my gaze locked on Bella's. She looked confused, thoughtful. I wanted to know what she was thinking, but Leah interrupted.
"B made dinner, are you hungry?" I nodded my head, eyes still locked on Bella. I saw her blush, her skin not quite dark enough to cover it, and turn back to the stove.
She quickly put a plate together for me and handed it over. I sat at the table with the girls, who had dished out as well, and settled in for a nice dinner.
If Bella's food smelled good, it was nothing compared to how it tasted. Hot Damn! My girl could cook. I smiled at the thought of 'my girl'. She was. And I was hers. Always. "Seth?" The prolonged way Leah said my name dragged me back to reality. She looked expectant. Shoot, she had asked a question.
"Hmm?" I mumbled, looking at her.
She huffed before speaking. "I asked you to not eat the ice cream in the freezer. It's Bella and me's thigh food." Thigh food? What the hell?
"Leah, really?" Bella said, smirking. She turned to me and grinned. "Binge food." Oh, I got it now. Girls liked to 'binge' on sleepovers. I nodded my head and dinner carried on in comfortable silence.
Afterwards I watched as Bella made up two plates for my parents and put them in the fridge for later. "B, let's go in the hot tub!" Leah said, taking hold of Bella's wrist and dragging her from the room. I heard Bella grumble something that sounded like 'fine'.
I went upstairs to my room to play on my xbox when the door opened. There stood Bella in an incredible white and yellow bikini in my doorway. I forced my eyes to sty on hers, not wanting to embarrass her by ogling her. "Oh, Seth! Sorry, Leah sent me for towels and I thought this door was the bathroom..." She looked away, blushing furiously.
"S'okay. Across the hall." She nodded and turned to retreat. I let my eyes wonder down the perfect curve of her back, to her amazing little ass, to her thighs. Fuck me. I pictured her thighs wrapped around me while we...NO. I cut the thought off and went back to my game, trying to ignore my aching dick.
I would need to do something about the imprint soon. I don't know how long it will take for the wolf to kick in. We had all heard the legend of imprinting. The longer you don't do anything about it the more it's going to hurt both of us. She may barely feel it now, but in a week's time she will be in just as much pain as I will when we're separated. I had to avoid that, her pain. At all costs.
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