Chapter 4
I wake up glancing around, where was I? the last thing I remembered was the wolves, just thinking about it sent a shiver down my spine, they were terrifying. Their huge teeth, that could tear me apart in seconds. but maybe I was just hallucinating?
" Hey, you okay?" I hear a voice from the door, Jake stood in the doorway. He walks over sitting on the edge of my bed. I didn't realize I was crying until Jake wiped the tears away from my face. His touch was warm, he looks over me with concern. I finally gather up the courage and ask.
" What's going on?" I ask looking him straight in the eyes, bad mistake. I caught myself being lost in his soft brown eyes before awkwardly looking down, he smirks.
" You remember the Quileute stories my dad always tells?" He asks looking at me, he bites his lip nervously
" Yes?" I tell him hoping he'll continue
" They're true" He says
" You're kidding me right?" I ask pure terror fills me as I feel myself inch away from him
" No" He says scanning my face for a reaction " I'm not going to hurt you" He says looking deep into my eyes, he slips his finger under my chin, I flinch at contact as he brings my eyes up to his. " I will never let anything happen to you" He says softly, I wanted to believe him, but I was just so unsure of everything now. I nod tentativly
" That explains Sam" I say suddenly embarrassed
" Yes, So far it's Sam, Jared, Paul, Embry, and I" He explains "Sam wasn't getting us into trouble, he was helping us with all this shit, guiding us" He continues
" I feel so bad now for blaming Sam" I frown looking down setting my head in my hands. Jake gently pries my hands from my face.
" Hey, it was natural" He shrugs reassuring me " I felt like that too, don't feel bad" He says kissing the top of my head. I nod wrapping Jake in a hug, immediately I regretted that too. I wanted to stay there forever, Jake made me feel safe, completely safe. What was this? I was in love with Seth, Jake was my best friend. I pull back as he reluctantly lets me go.
" Where am i?" I ask
"My house" He responds. I nod
" Thanks" I smile lightly " Where's Sam? I owe him an apology" I frown
" At the hospital" He responds
" Why?" I ask " Did he know Emily well?" I ask out of curiosity
" He" Jake hesitates before continuing " He did that to Emily" I feel my expression change to pure shock
" How?" I ask in a whisper
" Emily is Sam's imprint, but she was mad at him when he broke it off with Leah, Sam lost control" He says shrugging
" He still had no right to break up with Leah" I respond my nails digging into my thigh
" And imprint is more than love" He explains looking me in the eye " It feels like that one person is the reason you live" He continues looking down at the bed " The one person you will forever be connected to"
" So it sounds like this imprinting has happened to you?" I smirk slightly
" No" He answers quietly looking down
" So are you guys dangerous?" I ask a bit frightened changing the subject
" Only when we first change, paul's the worst" He chuckles " That boy has serious anger issues" He continues
" Trust me you don't have to tell me" I say laughing lightly " So when you phase you suddenly get abs?" I ask glancing where jake's abs where, if only he weren't wearing a shirt. I quickly advert my eyes. He smirks cockily
" You think they're hot don't you" He teases
" …No" I respond twisting the bracelets on my wrist
"Admit it" He grins
" Fine I think they're hot okay?" I laugh lightly " I can't believe you made me say that, you're such an ass" I chuckle as he grins obviously satisfied. I shake my head. I hear the door open and someone call out.
" Jake?" A voice calls
" In my room Sam!" Jake yells back, the door opens and Sam comes in, every time I look at him he was more intimidating. I usually wasn't someone who backed down easily or was scared easily but this was an exception. Jake scans my face smirking.
" Mikayla, I just wanted to apologize for how I acted, i'm sorry I lost control" He tells me staring at me intently.
" No I'm sorry it was my fault" I look up at him as I gather courage " I'm so sorry for blaming you" I tell him fiddling with my bracelets
" I'm sorry for not allowing anyone to tell you" He shrugs " I thought it was the right thing to keep you safe, I know now that was wrong" He tells me
" So we're good?" I ask forcing a small smile
" Of course" He smiles " By the way I thought I'd let you two know, Seth phased last night" Sam explains
" How?" Jake asks. I glance around it was morning now, I guess I passed out last night and didn't wake up until morning
" Leah phased" Sam says apparent sadness on his face, maybe Sam did really care about Leah, but his love for Emily was greater. " And it catalyzed Seth's phasing" He goes on " And one more thing, Harry Clearwater passed away" Sam says looking even more sad " Heart attack" He whispers, we stand there in silence for a moment. I felt horrible, first Emily and now his dad. I could only imagine what Seth was going through right now.
" Can I see him?" I ask "Seth, I want to see him"
" Yes, I don't think Seth's a danger to anyone" He says thinking for a moment " But just in case bring Jake" I nod " The funeral is tomorrow" He explains " Seth won't go back to school this week because of the funeral and the death" He tells me. I nod, he would miss three days of school, manageable.
"Alright, let's go" Jake says, I nod "Cya later Sam" Jake says as he passes him, Sam pats him on the back as we both exit his house.
" I am not riding that thing" I say pointing to his bike
" Awh come on live a little" Jake teases walking over, he holds out a helmet. I shake my head " Where's that little daredevil that I know?" He asks. I let out a sigh and grab the helmet. He grins getting on his bike " Hop on" He says patting the back of his bike
" Don't you have a car?" I whine staying where I am
" Nope" He chuckles. I sigh getting on the back " You might want to hold on" He smirks. I reluctantly wrap my arms around Jake's waist as he starts his motorcycle. I always hated these things, Paul had gotten into a huge accident when he was younger which probably explained my hate for them. When I was with jake I felt safe, it was actually kind of fun, exhilarating. I smile lightly letting the wind blow through my dark locks. We finally get to Seth's house when I hop off, jake puts down the kick stand. I toss Jake my helmet, he smiles.
" See not bad" He smiles as we walk toward the house
" I'll admit it was not bad" I chuckle. I sigh starting to build up a nervous feeling in my stomach, what if seth didn't want to see us right now. " Is this a good idea? Maybe he needs his space" I say stopping in my tracks. Jake looks like he's about to say something when the door opens and a small woman starts running toward us pulling us into a hug.
" Jake! Mikayla! Good to see you" She pulls back forcing a small smile. I smile genuinely back, her light brown locks were neatly tucked into a braid. Her chocolate brown eyes stared at me with hope, and she didn't look a day over 35.
" Hello mrs. Clearwater" I smile lightly
" Hey sue" Jake says
" We can come back later if now's not a good time" I say twisting a lock of my black hair around my finger
" No come on in, I'm sure seth needs the company" She says leading us into the house " he's in his room" I nod as he cross the room and into the hall. I had butterflies in my stomach, I hope he was okay. I knock on the door.
" Seth?" I call
" come in" A monotone voice calls. Jake pushed the door open as we walk in. His room was the same, plain blue and red, and always tidy. I force a small smile.
" Hey" I smile lightly and as naturally as possible as I sit next to him on the bed.
" How you doing?" Jake asks, I assumed he was asking both about the wolf thing and his dad
" Okay" He responds shrugging
" You wanna talk about it?" I ask trying not to be pushy, gosh I sounded so much like a shrink
" I guess it's just hard, the phasing and my dad at the same time" He responds his eyes glued to the floor.
" Jake can you help me with something!" Sue calls from the kitchen
" Be right back" Jake says leaving the room. He closes the door behind him. I take a look at Seth, like the other boys he had grown about three inches, he was significantly more buff and I couldn't resist but say he was definitely more attractive.
" So hows Emily?" He asks, of course he would. He was always so selfless. I smile lightly, same old seth
" She's fine" I gently place my hand over his causing him to finally look up at me " The question is how are you?" I ask, again I get a shrug
" I'll get over it" He says returning his eyes to the floor " I guess I'm just lost" He says frowning slightly
" that's what you have Jake and I for" I tell him smiling encouragingly
" Thank you for being here for me" He smiles wrapping me in a hug, I felt so warm in his arms, so comfortable. I reach up to kiss him gently on the lips before pulling away, I figured we'd have time to kiss later. He cracks a small smile tucking a lock of my hair behind my ear.
" How's leah?" I ask
" Bad" He responds frowning. I lean back onto him as he envelops me in his arms " On top of phasing there's my dad and then the Sam thing" He sighs
" I'm sure she'll get over it" I smile slightly
" Yeah I hope" He responds
" How about we make cookies" I grin standing up " Those always cheer people up" Seth stands with me grabbing my waist pulling me close
" Sounds perfect" He smiles kissing me softly. I smile against his lips when I hear a knock on the door, Seth lets go of me.
" Yup?" Seth calls out. Sue pops her head in the room
" Hope I'm not interrupting, but I'm going out for a while" She says leaning against the door
" Sounds good we were just going to make cookies" I smile
" Awesome, just don't burn the house down" She chuckles leaving the doorway. I smile as Seth takes my hand in his as we walk out of his room and into the kitchen.
" We're baking cookies!" I announce to Jake pulling him off the couch and into the kitchen he groans reluctantly following me to the kitchen.
" You guys suck" I pout wiping flour from my nose
" I got the worse!" Jake chuckles, his hair was full of flour. I laugh
" I think I breathed some in" Seth chuckles wiping some flour from my cheek. We had successfully made one batch of cookies, we made the dough made a batch and then decided to just eat cookie dough and somehow that had turned into a food fight. I shake my head flour spreading through the air. I glanced to see Jake looking at me intently, what was his deal, I looked back to Seth who was glaring at Jake. Since when did that boy glare at Jake? I raise an eyebrow at Seth as he glances at me shaking his head. Jake walks over to the living room, I turn back to seth who pulls me into him pressing his lips hard against mine, what had gotten into him? I could feel Jake staring at us, awkward much? He traces the length of my hips slipping his hand under my shirt sliding up my bare stomach, that caught me off guard. I push him back.
" What the hell?" I yell at him, Jake stands up from his place in the living room. Seth just stands there.
" Hey, I'm sorry" He starts. I frown walking out the door closing it with a slam. I drive straight home, why did he do that? He was never into PDA or any of that Shit. It was almost as if he were trying to make Jake jealous. I try to shake it off as I get home to my surprise Paul was home.
" Hey" I force a smile
" Hey wassup lil sis?" He calls from the couch. I sigh walking up to my room plopping on my bed, my phone buzzes, I check it. It was Sarah.
Sarah: Hey, wanna go shopping?
Me: Sorry not in the mood
Sarah: awhs what's wrong?
Me: I don't know Seth was acting weird he slipped his hand under my shirt with Jake in the room, what the hell?
Sarah: And that's a problem why? Seth's hot
Me: Sarah, honestly. Why don't you date him then
Sarah: maybe I will(; haha not I'd never do that to you, anyways I'm sure he'll go back to being goodie goodie Seth soon, why hasn't he been at school?
Me: Sick and his dad passed, he'll be back next week
Sarah: Alright well I gotta go good luck with your seth issues
Jake's POV
I shake my head, he didn't have to prove anything to me. I clench my fist in an attempt to control my anger, I could feel myself shaking.
" Why the hell did you do that?" I ask him
" Stay out of it" Seth says grabbing a glass of water. Leah enters the kitchen.
" You need to break up with her" She says yawning
" Why should i?" Seth asks biting back
" You know she's not the one" She replies sternly, Leah could be scary sometimes
" Doesn't mean I can't love her" He shrugs. I clench my teeth angrily
" You're being selfish!" Leah yells " You're going to end up breaking her heart and you know that"
" You don't know anything" He replies coolly
" Excuse me?" Leah asks letting out a growl " I don't know anything, I went through the same thing you're about to do to her" I swear she was going to phase right there in the kitchen there was so much anger radiating off her " Let me tell you it feels like shit" She continues advancing on Seth " And I will not let you do this to her" She says very seriously
" I can make my own decisions" Seth says avoiding her eye contact
" If you don't tell her I will" Leah threatens
"Hell Leah it's my decision do not tell her" Seth says sternly
" She has the right to know it's not her" Leah says storming off to her room.
" I love her I will not give her up like that" Seth says looking out the window
" When you imprint you will know what love is, you're being selfish and if you really care about her you'll break up with her" I frown walking out
" You just want her to yourself!" Seth yells behind me. I shake my head hopping on my bike riding away