Chapter 3
I went through the next two weeks on auto pilot. I registered for school, as I only had 2 months till the first set of classes started. Leah was supposed to move in today, but she hadn't called me since that day. I was broken out of my daze by the phone ringing.
"Hello?"
"Emily, it's Leah. Can I come over in a little bit?" She sounded a little hesitant, I just wanted to ease her nerves.
"Yeah, of course, Leah. Your always welcome here."
"Uh, yeah. I'll be there in like 30 min."
As soon as I hung up the phone, I heard a knock at the door. I answered it, and was very surprised to find Sam.
"I need to talk to you, can we go for a walk?" He asked me.
"Yeah, I... just let me write a note, I'm supposed to be getting company."
I didn't' think it was a good idea to let him know it was Leah, who's company I was getting.
Went for a walk, be back soon. Love Em.
I set in on the table and followed Sam out to the woods. We didn't walk very far when he turned to me. He seemed nervous. He was looking around, and shuffling his feet. He looked like he really didn't want to say, what he had to say.
"Just say it, Sam."
"Emily, I just want to say, I'm breaking up with Leah. I can't do this anymore. I can't go on pretending the feelings I have for her are more than you."
My jaw just dropped. Why? How could he do that to her after all he put her through. She is going to be heart broken. Then something he said, took hold in my brain.
"For me? You like me?"
"Not like, Love. It's so hard to explain, but your my soul mate. I never felt like this before. I tried to make it work with Leah, I did, but it hurts." He looked a little sad. I wanted to comfort him, but it wasn't my place. Really who did he think he was? He couldn't just dump the women he was with for so long and try to get with her cousin, and then to make me feel the way I do about him.
I started to get mad., "You think it hurt you? Think about what Leah went through. She searched for you for 2 weeks, then you come home and ignore her, then you make her a bunch of promises that you broke, and say, oh it's OK, because I fell in love with your cousin. Do you think that makes it better?" I screamed.
I seen that he was shaking, and stepped closer to him to try to calm him. He flinched back.
"You think I asked for this? You think I wanted to be a monster? To be an outcast among outcasts?" He yelled.
Then he exploded and all I seen was a flash of black before pain exploded down my right side. Then everything went black.
I awoke to the sound of beeping. I tried to open my eye's, but found that only the left eye would open. I glanced around, and seen Sam sleeping in the corner of the room. I turned my head to my right, and seen Leah sitting there.
"Leah." I croaked.
"Emily, your awake." She whispered.
"What happened?" I asked her, trying to remember. I remember a flash of black, then pain, then nothing. There was something else there, I just needed to remember it.
"You were attacked by a bear. At least that's what Mr. Atera says. He found you in the woods." She told me.
"A bear?" I asked. That didn't sound right. I don't remember a bear. Just then a very handsome Dr. came in.
"Ah, Miss Young, it's good to see you finally awake." He said. Leah looked at me.
"I'm going to go home, now. I'll be in to see you later." She said. I nodded to her.
"I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen. How are you feeling?" He asked me. I opened my mouth to answer, but I was cut off by a growl. I looked toward the sound and seen Sam shaking in the corner. Something about it felt a little like Deja Vu.
"I feel fine, Dr. besides the obvious, I mean."I told the Dr.
I eyed a shaking Sam when it came back to me. The argument, him turning into a ...wolf? The look in his eye's before I blacked out. Regret, despair, hopelessness. The legends were true. I remember sitting with Leah as kids and hearing them. I gasped.
"Do you remember what happened?" Dr. Cullen asked eying me suspiciously.
"Yes."
They both looked at me with wary looks.
"And what do you remember?" The Dr. asked.
"It was a bear. I was walking in the woods, and it came out of no where." I told him. If what I thought happened, really did happen, then it wouldn't do me any good to tell a Dr. who would just throw me in a padded room and throw away the key.
Sam looked at me with a shocked expression. Dr. Cullen just nodded.
"Very well. The scars extend from your hairline, down your right arm. Right now, after they heal, they will be bright red. Then they will gradually fade to a lighter color of your skin tone. You could opt for plastic surgery for your face, but again with your skin tone, there will be scaring. So it is entirely up to you. Now if your not in any pain, you may go home. But you must have someone there to care for you."
He then left the room to get my discharged papers. Sam walked slowly to the side of my bed, I guess thinking I was scared of him. Truthfully, I don't think I could ever be scared of him. I reached out with my good hand for him. He took my hand then crumbled into the chair and started to sob.
"Oh, Em. I'm so sorry. I tried to keep in control, but I just couldn't."
I ran my hand through his hair, wanting to comfort him. I could see that it was hurting him. I didn't know where the feeling was coming from, but I just wanted to stop the pain. I felt a pull towards him, that I couldn't explain. It was like, if he left, a piece of me was missing.
"Ssh, it's OK I'm fine. A few scars, so what. It's a good thing I'm not vain. Hmm."
I lifted his head up so I could look in his eye's. They held remorse, regret, confusion, love. It was a crazy mixture of emotions.
"So, their true." He looked at me confused, so I continued, "The legends are true. That's why you disappeared for two weeks." He nodded.
"You really don't blame me do you? How could you not hate me? I'm such a monster." Sam said.
I looked deep in his eyes.
"You ask how I can not hate you. It's because when I look in your eyes, all I see is pain, regret, love, despair. Those kind of emotions do not belong to a monster. Now. Will you tell me exactly what is going on. All I know is you turn into a giant wolf." I told him.
"I'll explain when we get home." He said. I looked questioningly at him. I heard the door open, thinking it was the Dr. I asked Sam.
"Home?"I asked.
"That's right, I'm going with you, I'm staying with you till your better." He said.
I heard a clatter and looked over to see that Leah had dropped a food tray. She had tears running down her face, her expression murderous.
"So, this is why, you refused to leave her room? Is that the only reason you stayed with me? So you could screw my cousin? And Emily how could you?" Leah said.
"Leah, you have it all wrong..." I tried to say, but she took off.
"Don't worry, she'll come around. She just doesn't understand." Sam told me.
I looked at him, "I still don't understand, either."
"You will." was all he said.
I wished I could believe him, but I knew Leah. She held grudges for life. I would never have my best friend again. She was gone, and it was all my fault.
