Chapter 4 – Busted & Embarrassed
The weeks that followed, Embry and Anna were spending a lot of time together. This afternoon, Embry took Anna to Sam and Emily's so she could meet the both of them. They were both really nice and Anna honestly didn't see what was so bad about Emily's scars she was still extremely beautiful. Anna got to meet the rest of Embry's friends, even though she knew a good portion of them already just from school alone.
Emily was making dinner for everyone and once she'd had everything in the over she shooed everyone into the living room. Anna stayed behind for a minute to get a glass of water. Emily grabbed her a glass from the cabinet; Emily was pleasantly surprised by her sweet manners. She was absolutely perfect for Embry. They were so unbelievable cute together with their shyness.
Embry noticed Anna didn't follow him, he turned going back into the kitchen and saw her leaning against the counter as her and Emily spoke quietly together. Embry would've used his wolf hearing, but he thought it was an invasion of privacy. He cleared his throat as both the ladies turned and saw him. "Everything okay Anna?" He questioned.
Anna smiled softly and caught the worried undertone in his voice. "I'm fine; just thirsty. Emily helped me get some water."
Embry frowned. "I'm sorry I forgot to offer you something to drink."
Emily giggled as she walked by and pat his shoulder. "Don't be so rough on yourself Embry. The girl just wanted some water. She wasn't moving into the stages of dehydration. She's just fine." Emily walked out of the kitchen and joined Sam and the others.
Embry could hear Emily calling them cute from the living room and could hear Sam chuckling when Jake and Quil mocked her in girlie voices. "I really am sorry. That was rude of me to not offer you something to drink."
Anna smiled softly as she shook her head negatively. "It's okay Embry; really. It's not that big a deal." Anna's eyes dropped and she noticed Embry was in his black jeans and a black rock bank t-shirt on again with his black and white sneakers. Her eyes went back up to his mocha colored eyes. She noticed Embry shuffled closer to her.
Embry smiled down at her as he noticed her hand came up and tugged on the hem of his t-shirt. His hand came up and took her hand in his. "So how do you like Emily and Sam?"
Anna smiled softly as she nodded. "They are very sweet together. They sort of move together not like boyfriend and girlfriend or fiancé's. She moves; he moves. It's almost as if their two souls are linked together and they can sense each other; ya know?" Anna shook her head. "Emily is very beautiful; I can only hope I look as beautiful as her when I get older. I mean she still smiles with the scars and they completely disappear on her face. She's absolutely beautiful from head to toe."
Embry gripped Anna's hips as he slowly backed her against the kitchen counter. "Anna, you are beautiful. You're the most beautiful girl I've ever known." He smiled widely when she blushed at his words. Embry couldn't help himself as he leaned down and captured her lips. It was only the fourth or fifth time they'd actually kissed in the last couple of weeks, but they'd both been busy, her with studying and tutoring her little brother Brady and him with the pack. He was really hoping to take her on a first date soon and tell her about his wolfie secret soon after the first date. He didn't want to wait too long because then it felt like he was lying to her.
Anna loved the way Embry kissed her. He was forever gentle with her. She felt him grip her hips a little tighter as he lifted her from the floor and gently placed her on the counter; her legs slid apart as he stood between them but pulled her closer to his body. He couldn't help the growl that slipped into her mouth when she buried her fingers in his soft hair. She felt Embry shift closer to her as he pulled her body against his once again. She didn't think they could get any closer but she was definitely wrong.
"WHOA! Embry, Anna not in the kitchen." Quil's voice teased as he watched the two jump apart practically. "You two realize that Emily cooks in this room."
Embry turned around and glared at his pack brother. "Shut up Quil."
Anna was a blushing embarrassed mess behind Embry. Her hands covered her red heated cheeks as she attempted to stay hidden behind Embry.
Quil whistled low as he turned to leave the kitchen. "Emily and Sam are not going to like this."
"Quil, get in here and leave Embry and Anna alone!" Emily all but yelled from the living room.
Embry turned to see the red blush wreaking havoc across Anna's tan cheeks. He chuckled softly as he cupped her cheeks and rubbed his thumbs across them in an attempted to calm her embarrassment down. Embry leaned down as he place soft kisses on her cheeks before his mouth pecked her lips softly. "I'm not sorry. I enjoy kissing you way too much to apologize. But I am sorry Quil embarrassed you like that."
Anna laughed out her embarrassment. "How can you be so nonchalant about it? Didn't he embarrass you too?"
Embry chuckled harder as he shook his head no. "Quil's been one of my best friends since birth along with Jake. The three of us are more like brothers than anything else. Not a lot surprises me or embarrasses me when it comes to those two. You'll get used to them really; well you'll get used to all of them hopefully."
Anna smiled again and couldn't help giggling when Embry pressed his lips to hers once again.
Embry enjoyed the giggle from her that vibrated against his lips, but pulled away too soon for his liking. He sighed heavily as he carefully lifted her from the counter and set her back on her feet in front of him. "Hey Anna I was thinking…I would really like to take you out on Friday if you think your mom would agree."
Anna smiled up at Embry. "Are you asking me on a date?" She almost had to crane her neck up too look him in the eyes because he was standing so close to her. He nodded as his unmistakable woodsy scent got into her nose and she could feel her knees getting weak. His mocha colored eyes locked with hers and she felt his hands grip her hips almost knowing she felt like she was going to pass out. "Embry you won over my mom a while back with your nice manners and soft voice. I highly doubt she'd be against us going anywhere alone together."
Embry couldn't keep the smile from his face as he took her hand into his and they walked into the living room to join everyone else. His eyes saw Quil sitting with his back to the doorway and his hand went out and a loud popping noise echoed in the house when Embry thwacked the back of Quil's head.
Jake chuckled as he watched Quil rubbing the back of his head. Embry had just laid stake to his claim. No one would dare embarrass Anna again; at least not with dire consequences. Paul had learned that lesson the hard way and hard kept his mouth shut and the rest of his body parts firmly away from Anna while at school. He still couldn't get over Embry's protectiveness for the small girl. But clearly when the imprint was in danger it was just all bad to the person causing the grief.
Emily lay back against Sam's chest later that night. They'd made love a couple of times and were both recuperating beautifully. Sam's lips were against her neck as he kissed the sensitive bare skin.
Her scent was vanilla and it made him hungry to devour her again, but was trying to let her recover from earlier. They didn't even stop in between the first two times; she was just in a mood as she pushed him over and practically jumped on top of him. "What are you think about Em? Something is keeping your mind busy tonight?"
"Embry and Anna..." She answered honestly.
Sam chuckled as his arms wrapped around her still naked form which were covered with just a sheet as he pulled her bare back against his chest where she was seated comfortably between his legs. "Something I don't understand you Emily. I'm sitting here." Sam's hand squeezed her naked waist through the sheet and chuckled lightly when she squirmed against him. "And we just got done making love and you're thinking about Embry and his imprint…What in the world made you think of them?"
Emily giggled as she leaned further back into Sam's arms as she shrugged. "Tonight was the first night we got to meet her. Anna is so quiet and shy just like Embry. I thought the old saying was opposites attract? I mean look at us. I'm soft and quiet and you're a loud brute. Jake and his imprint Lauren, he's dominating she's always so sweet and nice; though she doesn't take any crap from him. Of course then there's Paul and Gabby. She's high spirited and a tom boy and she honestly brings out the best in Paul. He's completely different then he was a couple of weeks ago."
Sam chuckled. "Yea who would've thought Paul would imprint; up until a couple of weeks ago I was sure he never wanted to until it actually happened."
Emily smiled as she looked up and back at Sam. "I think our little family is getting bigger."
Sam smiled down at her as he placed a peck on the end of her nose. "If you're happy; I'm happy." He said in all honesty before he claimed her lips and proceeded to start round three of their love making.
Oh yea it was going to be a long, LONG night.
And well worth the sleep loss.
