The rest of the barbeque went really well after Paul joined us at the table. After a while I excused myself and went to find Emily and Annie.
I went straight to the kitchen as that was the most likely place they would be. I walked in to find Emily chopping vegetables while Sam stood next to her holding and cooing to Annie. I sighed, that is how a family is meant to look. I often wonder whether it would have been better for the both us if I had given Annie up for adoption.
"Just in time! The foods ready to be brought out to the table," Emily said, snapping me back to reality.
"Great, I'll help"
Together Emily and I brought out the large quantity of food to the table. The food, which was delicious, vanished quickly and soon it was time for Annie and I to leave.
I said good bye to everyone and thanked Emily, I didn't tell her but this was the first time I had eaten properly in a while. As I was leaving I noticed Paul watching me, or maybe I was just imagining it.
I left feeling really happy, everyone had been really friendly and Emily had suggested that we get together tomorrow to have coffee and give me a tour of La Push.
When I got home Cathy and Tilly were watching TV on the couch, when I walked past Tilly glared but Cathy smiled and gave me a small wave which I returned. Walking past Hannah's room I heard a lot of thumping and moan. Oh God! I was right! She must be a prostitute, or maybe someone who just has sex a lot..?
Either way, I was uncomfortable with the fact that Annie and I would be sleeping next door to it. I went into my room, dressed for bed and put Annie to sleep; she was already partially asleep from the drive home. That night I fell asleep with my hands over my ears trying to drone out the noises Hannah was making.
In the morning I fed Annie her morning baby food and ate my breakfast with Cathy and Hannah in the kitchen. Apparently Tilly was already at work.
"So what's everyone up to today?" Cathy asked Hannah and I
"Well I'm going to Port Angeles for a spa treatment all day, what about you?" Hannah said
"I'm having coffee with a friend I made and she's showing me around, you might know her, Emily Young?" I said
"Oh" they both said and looked at each other.
"Is there a problem with her?" I asked, I thought Emily was really nice.
"Oh no, she's really nice! It's who she's engaged to who's the problem!" Cathy said
"What's wrong with Sam?
"Well, he's part of the gang..." Hannah said.
"The gang?"
"Yeah, the La Push gang. You know, they all look the same, they all have the matching tattoo, they are all on steroids..." Hannah said
"Steroids? You seem to know a lot about them," I joked
"Well I have had nearly all of them in bed at some point,' she mused. "Well, anyway, I have to go. I don't want to be late for my spa appointment. Tootles!" she said happily and got up and left.
That just left Cathy and I.
"Are they really on steroids?" I asked Cathy. She laughed.
"I don't know really. To be honest I think that the reason most of them look like that is because they are all mostly full Quileute." She said "Quileute is the old La Push tribe, most people on then rez are native, including myself. I'm a quarter Quileute." She explained.
"Well that explains it, I guess"
So when do you start work?" she asked.
"Tomorrow, which reminds me, I still have to find someone to look after Annie while I'm working"
"Oh, well I would but I also have work tomorrow. Actually I have work right now! Dammit I'm going to be late again!" she squealed as she rushed off to go get ready.
I guess that just leaves us, I said as I bounced Annie on my hip as I went to go get ready for coffee with Emily.
As I was walking up the steps I realised I was the only one left in the house and I decided some exploring was a good idea.
I didn't want to be nosey, but I was curious. I peeked into Hannah's room, and to be honest it didn't surprise me, the room was clearly her 'office'. The doona cover was made of black silk, candles were located on her dresser and hanging on her chair were multiple lace panty and bra sets. I quickly excited her room as I still had Annie with me and went into Cathy's room.
Her room was pretty typical for her sort of person. The walls were all pink and picture frame were everywhere, clothes were all put away neatly and on her desk, not a pen was out of place.
Across the hall was Tilly's room, it was slightly darker than everyone else' and it hardly looked lived in. She had a medium sized bed pushed into the corner with a plain cover on it and scattered around the room was brown boxes that people use when moving somewhere. Maybe she was leaving? If so I hope I get her room, it was way bigger than mine.
Stuck into the wall near her bed was a picture, I had to kneel down to look at it. Smiling back at me from the picture was a beautiful, blond haired girl snuggled into the side of a handsome young man. They looked like they were only in high school, but I could distinctly see the girl was Tilly. She looked happy in the picture, not snarling and cold like she does in real life. She must have dyed her hair because back when she was in high school it was a golden blonde colour and she wasn't wearing any of the heavy liner like she does now.
I left her room feeling embarrassed at myself, I shouldn't have looked through their rooms. It was wrong.
Glancing at the clock I realised I only had a few minutes to get ready and get to Emily's house. We were meeting there and going on to wherever we were having coffee.
When I got to Emily's I got Annie out of her seat and I had to smile. She looked exceptionally cute today. Because of the cold weather here, I had to dress in a couple of layers of clothes to keep her warm so she looked especially chubby.
I didn't even have to knock on the door because Emily was already there opening it and ushering me in.
"We're going to have so much fun today! I'm thinking we'll head to Port Angeles, have a coffee and then look around the shops for a bit. I know I said I'd show you around La Push, but to be honest, there's nothing much to show" she said as she led us into the kitchen.
I was too busy listening to her, that I didn't notice Paul siting in the kitchen.
"Oh Paul! I didn't realise you were here." Apparently Emily didn't notice either.
"Sam said he wanted to see me" he said and added "Hi Fiona"
God! Why did the way he say my name make me go week at the knees!
"Fi, call me Fi, everyone else does." I mumble out
"Ok then, Fi. Well Emily, Sam is obviously not here so I'm going to come back later"
"Alright, I'll tell him you stopped by." Emily said.
As Paul was leaving his arm gently brushed mine, I thought I was going to faint! How could anyone be so perfect? I wonder if he was actually on steroids like Hannah said. Oh God! I wonder if he has slept with Hannah!
I shook the thoughts from my head and decided to just ask Hannah about it later. Emily and I went out to my car because my car had Annie's baby seat and we started our drive.