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Chapter 4 (Embry's POV)
I had been wondering all day what would happen when I called her, restless all the while. What if she had given me the phone number to a local pizza place? So I went to web, and checked if there were any pizzerias that used the number that Vinnie had given me. I had never felt this unsure about myself in my entire life. Vinnie made me feel all kind of things. I was worrying about her, wondering if she had somehow hurt herself while away from me, but at the same time I felt practically ecstatic at the thought of hearing her voice again. But what if she didn't want me? How could I take that? I didn't even recognize all the emotions rushing through the chaos that was my mind. But I recognized love; that was the strongest feeling. I smiled though there were butterflies in my stomach as I saw her face in my mind. I knew my mental pictures did no justice to her beauty.
"Embry, knock it off!" Jared exclaimed. I had been tapping my fingers against the kitchen table. Jared and Jake were sitting around the table with me.
"Sorry," I murmured, dazed. It was dinner time, and I still hadn't called her. I couldn't call now. She was probably having dinner with her family.
"You know, she will like you," Jake asserted. I scowled at him.
"You don't know that! She could hate me; she could become afraid of me…" I trailed off. What if she did? I would hate myself so much. I didn't want to scare her. I would make her smile, I promised to myself.
"You are made for each other! She'd be very stupid if she can't see that," Jake said.
"She's not stupid!" I growled at him. How could he say that?! I had never said a bad thing about Renesmee. And she was a freak. Jake raised his hands in surrender.
"Of course she's not. I was just trying to tell you that you're stupid for not calling her!" Jake said. He was right; I would have to call her. But not this minute. I would have to think about what to tell her. Should I ask her on a date? Yeah, she would have to get know to me before I would break the news. I had to think this before telling her anything. I would call her in three hours tops.
A couple of hours later I was ready. I took a deep breath and dialed the numbers that Vinnie had written on the napkin. Her handwriting was sloppy. I grinned. Even her scrawls were lovely to me. I pressed the call button. Please let it be the right number, I prayed. I was so nervous.
"Hello?" Yes! It is her! I rejoiced. Her voice was fuller than yesterday. She sounded tense, but in a good way.
"Are you Vinnie?" I knew it was her, but I didn't want to sound like a stalker.
"Yes. Who am I talking to?" her voice had softened. I loved it.
"It's Embry Call. We met yesterday at the movie theater. Do you remember me?" I asked. What if she had forgotten me? What if I was just one of her many admirers?
"Yeah, I would remember your name anywhere," she joked. She remembered me! was my only thought. I had never felt this happy before.
"So, um…I was wandering if you would like to go out with me tomorrow?" I asked hesitantly. I was so unsure about my self, again. The line was silent for a moment. The fear of rejection made my hands sweat. It was the longest five seconds of my life.
"Yes, sure, I would like that. Where should we meet?" YES! I was going out with the love of my life! I was high with happiness. No drugs could ever give me this feeling.
"Well, I don't know where you live so I guess I can't pick you up from your house…"
"What if we see outside the movie theater?" she suggested quickly. She clearly didn't want me to know her address. I was, after all, a stranger to her.
"I see you there at… is seven o'clock okay with you?" I asked.
"Sure. I'll see you there," she said as the quick conversation drew to a close. I wanted to keep talking to her, but I didn't want to make her do something she would feel uncomfortable with.
"See you then. Bye!" I said.
"Bye!"
I phased. I didn't have any better things to do. The strong emotions were easier to handle when you were a wolf. Not that I didn't enjoy my overly happy emotions, I just wanted to take a small break from thinking. I wanted my senses to rule me. I wanted to run. Fast.
I was alone for a while. After the Cullens left, there was no need for patrols around the clock. We check our lands at least twice a day. I didn't really think that was necessary; Sam was just being paranoid. I know he was just trying to keep the tribe safe, but vampires hardly ever crossed our lands since there were no vampires here anymore. Everything had calmed down after the Cullens had moved to Olympia. Edward and Bella visited Jacob occasionally, when he was babysitting Nessie.
The forest was quiet when I was running across it. I was so absorbed on my own thoughts, that I didn't notice Leah before she spoke.
Oh, you're here. She was disappointed. I saw memory's flash through her mind. She was escaping from Sam and Emily, again. I sighed mentally, why couldn't she just stop phasing? We would all be happier.
Yeah, just get rid of Leah, nobody needs her. Leah was trying to hide her sadness behind her sarcasm.
You know I don't mean it like that. You would be happy, and you could have babies. Isn't that what you want?
Yeah, I would like to have babies, but not yet. You know, I enjoy this stuff too much to quit. And when I do quit, it won't happen because of Sam. Besides I'll bet that Sam is going to stop phasing after the baby is born. So that was Leah's plan, to get rid of Sam and to enjoy her life. I could only imagine how much happier Leah would be. But I wasn't exactly sure if Sam was going to stop. He still was physically older than Emily. Leah's issues weren't interesting enough to keep my mind busy. Vinnie's face and voice started slinking to my thoughts.
Ugh. I'm going home. Leah thought and started running towards her house.
I'm sorry Leah. I wasn't sure what I was apologizing, I just felt sorry for her. Leah didn't answer to me, just phased quickly back to human. I had nothing more to do, so I took off too and run to my house.
The next morning was unbearable. The night had gone by quite easily, since I was pretty tired. I had just fallen on to the bed and begun snoring. The night before had been restless. Meeting Vinnie had thrown me of the track, I slept only five hours.
I woke up way to early. I had to wait twelve hours before I could see Vinnie. I decided to start my day with a shower.
After showering and dressing up, I went to downstairs to get some breakfast. My Mom looked surprised when she saw me coming. She was sitting by the table, wearing her pajamas and dressing gown.
"Good morning Embry. Would you like me to make an omelet for you?" Mom stud up and went by the stove.
"Morning. That would be nice, thanks." I picked the paper from kitchen counter and sat down to read it.
"How many eggs do you want?"
"Five. No, six." Mom nodded and started breaking the eggs into bowl.
"Did you read page seven yet?" Mom asked and turned to look at me. I shook my head and turned page seven of the paper. There were no big titles, only small stories.
"Some kid died last week because he took an overdose of heroin." Oh, here we go again!
"Mom, how many times I have to say it? I'm not doing drugs!" The day had begun well, but now my mood was ruined.
"What else am I supposed to think? You're always disappearing in the middle of the night, and you act like you have some big secret."
"You know the guys I'm hanging with. You know Quil and Jake; they're good guys, and you said it yourself once upon a time." I was starting to get angry.
"Yes, they seem decent enough. And your behavior is much better now than it was a year ago. But after Friday you started acting all weird again. I care for you Embry; I'm your mother. You know you can tell me everything." Mom looked sad, and I couldn't take it.
"I'm fine Mom, I just met someone on Friday," I murmured. I didn't want to talk to her about my private life.
"Who is it? Was it this Lucy?"
"No, it's not her. I met Vinnie in Port Angeles, and I'm going to take her out this evening." I wasn't too happy about the fact that I had revealed a secret to her. But I guess it didn't matter, if everything was going the way I planned, Mom would meet Vinnie soon. Very soon, if I had anything to sdo with it.
"Oh, that's nice." Mom said and put the large omelet on the plate. She was dying to know more about this mysterious Vinnie, but so was I. I couldn't tell her much even if I wanted to, which I didn't. Mom put the plate in front of me and I started stuffing the food in my mouth. Mom sat besides me and continued drinking her coffee.
"Where are you taking her?"
"I don't know, we're supposed to meet in front of the movie theater."
"Oh, you should take her to that lovely café next to the theater," Mom said, sounding a little too excited. It seemed like she was guessing that Vinnie would be, hopefully, her future daughter-in-law.
"Thanks, I'll consider it." Mom smiled widely. Maybe she would be happier because she didn't have to think where I was. I wouldn't have to lie to her, just say that I was with Vinnie. I had changed so much in a short amount of time. Friday afternoon I was sobbing and now I was thrilled. Suddenly I loved life and more importantly, I loved Vinnie. I didn't want anything as badly as I wanted her to love me. I needed her love, without it I would suffocate like a fish in dry land.
"Embry?" Mom called me and I jumped a little.
"Huh?" Did she say anything that I was supposed to answer?
"Nothing, you just seem to be so deep in your thoughts."
"I was just thinking about tonight."
"You must really like this girl."
"Where'd you get that?"
"You just look so much happier, Embry," Mom said and smiled. I smiled back at her. I had already finished eating, and I was putting the plate and fork into the dishwasher. Mom stood in front of me. Suddenly she pulled me into a tight hug. I was surprised, but hugged her back. It must've looked goofy. Mom was so small compared to me, that she could be child, not the adult.
"You know, Embry, I really love you."
"I love you too, Mom," I whispered and hugged her even tighter.
I was sitting on my car, driving to Port Angeles. The closer I got to Port Angeles center, the more nervous I became. I was going to see Vinnie; it was just a matter of minutes. I drove past the grocery store; the movie theater was just a block away. Minutes passed. Then I saw her, standing in front of the cinema, just like we had agreed. My beautiful angel was waiting for me. A wide smile appeared on my face.
What did you think? Please review! Thanks to all of you who have reviewed, and also thanks for my beta, you're the best :) So Vinnie's and Embry's first date is up next. I wrote it on Embry's POV, but the chapter 6, will be on Vinnie's POV again. Hope you like it!
