Life Goes On
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Chapter 3- Fun
Noah's POV
After realizing that my sister and one of my best friends had imprinted on each other I thought "WOW! This is going to be fun!". Nathan reassured me that Jesse would not ever do anything to hurt Ash but this is my sister we are talking about here. I am supposed to hate all of her boyfriends, my friends included. At first I thought "MAN! Jesse done gone and broke the bro code of no dating a pal's sister" but after Nathan and Levy explained imprinting to me I knew that Jesse couldn't help it. Jesse's a good guy but before this whole wolf thing he was a bit of a player, I just hope that the so called "imprint magic" actually keeps him on the straight and narrow or I will have to unleash some of my limited vampire powers on him, or better yet get my big brother Emmett to squash him like a bug.
Ash had yet to tell Mom and Dad that she and Jesse were a couple, nonetheless an imprinted couple so I liked to hang that over her head from time to time. What was the big deal? Did she honestly think that Mom and Dad were going to freak out over something that was out of her control? Seriously, they should already know how Ash feels about Jesse. I mean she's been in love with the boy since we were kids, which makes me worry for her even more because I don't want my sis's heart to get shattered if Jesse were to ass up. One thing is for sure, my ass is NEVER imprinting. I know I have the gene in me to imprint with me being half wolf but honestly I wasn't looking forward to it. Besides, who was left to imprint on? I had locked eyes with every girl around this place and no sparks flew. As a matter of fact, I wasn't even INTERESTED in any of the girls around here. Most of the girls around here were fake, they only wanted to get with me because my dad is the town doctor and worth a shit load of money and Uncle Charlie (mom's brother) is chief of police so they think I can get them out of trouble when they all decide to go out and party. I decided that since I wasn't ever going to imprint, I would have fun with the ones who had. I mean I couldn't really say much to Levy because he imprinted on my cousin Ariyanna and he's good to her. They have a give and take relationship and Levy's not some love sick puppy like Jesse seems to be for my sister. Then there's Brooklyn, I know better than to pick on her, quite frankly my cousin scares the crap out of me.
Now her imprint? Yeah I could ass with him hardcore. Alex had been my best friend since Kindergarten and never took crap from anyone, including girls. Right after Brooklyn came into the picture and imprinted on him? He turned into a little punk, all I here now is "Yes, Baby", "I'm sorry baby", "Sure, baby we can do that.". The fool even let my cousin talk him into going shopping with the girls, what was ever worse was when he actually carried her bags as well as the bags of Ariyanna, Ash, Layla and Chloe. That was TOO funny. I decided to ass with him about it when we were at school one day. It was lunch time and the girls hadn't gotten there yet so it was just us boys sitting at the table. Alex was nowhere to be found when we sat down so I started dogging him to the boys.
"Yo, where's Alex? He normally rolls in with us, what's the deal?" I asked Nathan.
"Man, that fool is walking through the lunch line with your cousin carrying her tray and shit like a little punk. Man, it's like he's scared of her or something." he replied.
"Wouldn't YOU be scared if you were the imprint of Brooklyn Call?" Levy interjected causing all of us to laugh because it was true. I loved Brook to death, she was my cousin and I'd do anything for her but she had a bit of a temper and she wasn't afraid to set you straight in a heartbeat. It was kind of intimidating.
"Yo, cut the chatter man, here they come" Jesse said "And just for the record, Noah, if your sister didn't want to be so independent? I'd probably be doing the same thing."
"I feel you, Jesse. Ariyanna's insisting that I not put her on a pedestal." Levy said.
"The thing is, Brook's not the needy type. That's why I don't get why she's doing this to my man." I said.
"Noah, man. Take it from someone who has dated your cousin Brooklyn." Nathan began "Depending on the guy, she can be needy. Contrary to popular belief she's not ALWAYS a bitch. I mean I may have a bit of a jaded perspective after dating her a year but it's true. She likes to be spoiled, it keeps her temper controlled when she's being waited on. Haven't you noticed since Alex has started the whole yes ma'am stuff she's not been nearly as moody?"
"True that!" Jesse said and I shot him a look. "What? Noah man, I have to be around the girl cause she and Ashley are mad close. I kind of LIKE that she's not a bitch all the time when we hang out. It makes things so much easier with Ash cause she scares Ash when she's like that."
"I know. I know." Noah said "It's still funny as hell the way Alex went from 'I ain't letting no woman walk on me' to 'yes, dear whatever you like'. You can't tell me that shit's not hilarious."
"Well…yeah it kinda is" Jesse agreed with a chuckle. Right after Jesse said his peace my sister and Anna took a seat beside him, Ariyanna beside Levy, Layla and Chloe sat by Nathan and I and Alex sat Brooklyn's tray on the table before pulling out her chair and pushing her up to the table. He then took him seat once he was settle. I involuntarily began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Alex asked shooting me a look.
"You are man." I said between laughs.
"What do you mean?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, baby. Whatever you want, baby. I'm sorry, baby" I mocked him.
"Sure, baby, I'll go shopping with the girls." Nathan added on laughing.
"Let me carry those bags for you sweetie" Levy joked. We all started dying laughing. Layla, Chloe, Ariyanna and Ashley joined in on the laughter.
"HEY! I can't help it my man likes to do stuff for me." Brooklyn said defensively.
"Brook, it's nothing against you cous. I'm just not used to seeing this side of my man." I said still laughing "You still my number one, Alex. It's just too funny not to clown you on."
"Ha Ha Ha!" Alex said sarcastically causing us all to laugh even harder. "Man, I'm going to clown you HARD when you imprint 'cause you are gonna be the same way, Noah. And Levy and Jesse? The only reason you aren't like I am is because your girls won't let you be like me!"
"Kid, you don't have to worry about that man. I am never imprinting." I said and I should've shut my mouth because just when I said those words the most beautiful thing I had ever seen on this earth walked into the cafeteria. She was latino, that much I could tell, with long curly black hair that fell right past her shoulders and a banging body. She walked to a table with a hot chick that looked to be about 18 and her sister, who was also like sex on legs, and a tall latino guy who looked about the same age as the other girl who I assumed was her brother. I had to know who she was. "Who are they?" I asked.
"They just moved here, today's their first day. I don't know who the younger girl is but the tall sex on legs is Yolanda Rodriguez and the guy is her twin Manuel. They are both in my senior lit class." Nathan said.
"The girl is Maria, she's in my English class." Ashley spoke up.
"Maybe we should go over and welcome them to Forks." I said out of the blue and that had everyone looking at me as if I grew a third head. "What?"
"Let's go welcome them to Forks? What happened to that dude that was just raggin' my man for doing stuff for me?" Brooklyn asked.
"What? I just wanted to be nice and it's obvious they don't know anyone here." I said.
"Which one you got your eye on, Noah? Is it the sex on legs or is it her cute little sister?" Levy asked.
"Neither, I just wanted to be nice is all." I said.
"Lay off my brother, he's truly trying to be nice. It's no biggy. Drop it." Ashley said defending me. The bell rang signaling the end of lunch and we all made our way to our next classes, mine was biology. Even though my father was in medicine and I fed on animals I still cringed at the thought of going to Biology class. It had to be my least favorite class of the day and to this day I still don't know why, I guess it just doesn't interest me as much as it should. Up until today I tried to find ways to skip out on this class and get away with it, key words "up until today".
I took my seat at the back of the classroom like I normally did and prepared to do as little as possible the entire class. We sat two to a table in class and the entire year I had been left odd man out, why? Who knows? It didn't matter I sat alone, it made it less noticeable when I spent the entire class period drawing, daydreaming or sleeping. What made matters worse was the fact that I had to listen to thoughts of every horny teenager in the room thinking about our teacher Mrs. Andrews, what was so special about her? I inconspicuously slipped my headphones in and pretended to be listening to her lecture on Classical and Molecular Genetics, something that I learned when I was 10. Mom and Dad made sure that we were well rounded, tutors and all…not that we needed them, Ashley and I caught on to everything without much effort. We were both enrolled in all honors classes and first semester we passed them all with A's. I guess our vampire gifts allowed us to take in a lot of knowledge without actually having to study. I must have been too caught up in my own thoughts to notice that someone had taken the seat right next to mine because I didn't even notice they were there until they tapped my shoulder. I took my headphones off and looked over at the person who interrupted my peace and was instantly entranced.
"Can I borrow a pencil? My sister took mine at lunch and I am all out." she said with a smile. I looked up at the beauty that it Maria Rodriguez and as soon as our eyes locked I knew that there was no other girl in this world for me. Then it hit me, I fucking imprinted. What happened next probably cost me any chance I ever had with Maria. I threw a pencil at her and ran out of the classroom. I fucking RAN, what the hell was I thinking. That's just it, I wasn't. I ran to my car and drove, I drove for about an hour. By the time I even THOUGHT about stopping it was time for school to let out so I just headed home. When I got there I noticed that Mom was still at the office and Dad was still at the hospital, that was a good sign. I made my way upstairs and almost screamed when Uncle Jake (who might I add was not my uncle, he was my cousin but Ashley started the whole uncle thing with him and Embry and it kind of stuck) stopped me in the hallway.
"What's wrong little man, you look like you are about to throw a bitch fit." he said.
"Something happened Uncle Jake, I can't explain it but…something happened." I said beginning to panic.
"Whoa Whoa Calm down, start from the beginning little man." he said putting a hand on my should trying to calm me. I walked into my room with Uncle Jake on my heals and sat on the bed, he sat down on the chair across from me.
"OK So I saw this girl at lunch, she was cute as hell. Turns out that she just moved here with her brother and sister and today was her first day. I was instantly attracted to her to say the least, I think I made a fool of myself in front of everyone by suggesting that we….now how lame is this…welcome them to the fucking neighborhood." I said.
"Yeah, dude, that's pretty lame. So is that what got you so worked up?" Uncle Jake asked and I shook my head.
"No, everything was cool after that. I went to my next class which was Biology and I sat in my normal chair just chillin' when all of a sudden someone taps me on the shoulder and asks me for a pencil. I looked up and the most beautiful pair of brown eyes were staring into mine. When I looked into her eyes, Uncle Jake, it's like nothing else in this world mattered but her. I may not be a full wolf but I do have the ability to imprint and I imprinted on this girl." I said.
"Well, what did you do?" he asked.
"I freaked, I didn't say anything to her I just threw a fucking pencil at her and hauled ass out of there and now here I am telling you my fucking embarrassing ass story." I said hanging my head "What's wrong with me?"
"Nothing's wrong, we all go through this but take my advice young blood…don't fight it! It will eat you ALIVE if you do." he said "Trust me, when Nessie was born I did everything in my power not to feel anything for her and there for a LONG time I didn't feel anything other than like the love of a uncle. Now, I get letters from her from college and I can't help but fall in love with her all over again."
"Thanks for the advice, so how do I fix this?" I asked.
"Talk to her, don't be a wuss. Talk to her, get to know her and ease her into the whole thing." he said "It's a lot easier than what you think because believe it or not your imprint feels that same spark they just don't know what to make of it or what to do with it."
"Thanks Jake, I'll do that." I said
"Young Blood, why do you and Ash still insist on calling me uncle…I AM your cousin after all. Call me Jake." he said and I laughed.
"OK Jake, that's cool, I was started to get kind of weirded out about that too. I understand Uncle Paul, Uncle Sam and Uncle Jared but that's cause they are like brothers to mom." I said
"It's cool, Em and I stuck with it cause it seemed easier on you and Ash." he said.
"So, When do Nessie and Claire come home from college?" I asked.
"Nessie said that she and Claire decided they can't stand being away from us anymore so they are transferring to State in the fall. That way they can drive to Seattle." he said "I couldn't be happier cause it's been KILLING me and Quilly since they left."
"So are they coming home this summer?" I asked.
"Yeah first spring break for a visit and then permanently in June." he said "Make it right with your imprint Young Blood, you'll regret it if you don't."
"I will. Thanks for letting me have my freak out session." I said.
"HEY! What's a cousin for?" he asked clapping me on the shoulder before leaving the room. It was settled, the next day I was going to make an attempt to talk to Maria and make things right.
