Chapter 4- Imprint
Just then Luce came down the stairs, I turned and smiled at her, "Hey Luce" I said, "hey Bells" she answered in return, she took a quick look at the guys, we both turned away from them, "who are they?" she whispered so only I could hear, mot realizing that they all had supernatural hearing.
"Oh right, almost forgot" I turned around, so did Luce. "These are some old…Ahh friends of mine" I said,
"Oh okay" said Luce,
"This is Quill, Embry and Jake" I pointed to each of them as I said their names. "guys this is my best friend Luce"
"Hi" said Quill, I noticed the way Embry was staring at Luce, I looked at Jake worried, he followed my gaze to Embry. Embry was looking at her like she was the only thing in the universe; he looked at her with love and protection. The table jostled a bit; Embry came back to himself,
"Nice to meet you"
"So, what type of pizza are you making?" asked Luce carefully, I laughed at her feeble attempts of being subtle.
"I was thinking meatlovers?" I said Luce smiled; there was a rumble from Quill's stomach.
The guys moved into the den, I made two more pizzas sure we were going to have more guests arrive that night. The pizzas would be finished any minute; I walked back into the den. Mary was sitting on the couch in between Luce and Embry, Quill was on the floor having a deep conversation with Charlie who was sitting on his chair, and Jake was sitting opposite Charlie on the other chair.
I sat down on the floor and Mary came and hugged me, I pulled her on to my lap. She rested her head against my heart, slowly her eyes closed. Just then the door bell rang; Charlie looked over at me holding my sleeping child and got up.
His voice trailed up the hall and into the room, "Oh Hey everyone" said Charlie, I gulped, "sorry we came over un-anounced" said Sam Ulley,
"Hi Charlie"
"Hi Leah are your parents here as well?"
"Yeah, they're just getting Billy out of the car"
"Why don't you all just go inside"
"Hi Charlie" said a deep voice
"Hey Seth, just go straight through, the others are in the den"
"Charlie"
"Sue, Sam, great to see you both"
"Charlie, you need new veranda lights, or maybe you should get some to begin with"
"Oh well nice to see you too, it's great to see you Charlie, might I say you are looking quite nice this evening, is that a new shirt" said Charlie, "Yeah, yeah" said Billy coming in as well.
I was leaning against the wall, still holding Mary, her grip tightened and she stirred in my arms. I looked over at Luce talking to Embry and you wouldn't believe it, she was blushing. Her skin was the sort of colour that it came out as a light pink tinge on her cheekbones.
I looked at Quill who was whispering to Jake while they glanced over at Embry. Their footsteps became louder and they're talking and laughing could be heard by us non-supernatural beings.
Then the pizza bell rang, "do you want me to hold her?" asked Luce just as Leah, Emily, Sam and Seth came to the doorway, they all came to a stop when they saw us all sitting inside, Seth took a side glance at Jake then looked back at me. I could see their eyes focusing on Mary in my arms. Luce looked at the four of them in the doorway and back at me questioningly.
"So Bella, you're back…here, right now" said Leah staring at me, "yes I am" I said,
"Welcome back" said Emily warmly,
"Thanks Emily" I said,
"Is that pizza?" asked Quill suddenly,
"Yeah, I've gotta go serve it up" I said and handed Mary over to Luce.
Emily pulled Sam (literally pulled Sam) into the room, Leah moved in silently and Seth sat on the floor near Quill. I walked straight out into the kitchen; Charlie was out the back on the porch with Billy, Sue and Sam Clearwater.
I opened the oven door, the smell wafted out, I could hear the sound of grumbling stomachs and a small yawn, Mary woke up. She again like her father has the strange ability to know when there's food to be eaten.
I pulled out the pizza and cut them into the slices, "Bella?" I turned around to face Emily, "umm- would you like a hand?" she asked, I smiled "sure" she I handed her a second pizza cutter out of the draw, "Embry imprinted didn't he?" she asked, I nodded silently. After a few minutes I spoke, "yeah on my friend Luce" Emily nodded, I could tell she wanted to say something, "what is it Emily?"
"I don't think I should ask with the child here" she looked behind us and I smiled, "hey you're awake" I said looking at Mary, she rubbed her eyes and looked at Emily. Her whole face was looking at Mary, Mary gasped "you're beautiful" Emily's smile grew and she gave a small laugh.
We handed out the pizza. As soon as Mary ate she got tired, I checked my watch "sleep time" I said to her as I picked her up, her hair was still in the ribbon. "Will you read me a story?" she asked, I passed Charlie on my way to the stairs, he smiled at us.
I tucked her into bed and made sure the window was closed. I read her The Princess and the Frog. She slept soundly and I quietly left the room.
When I returned back down stairs, the parents well except me were out the back again. Back in the den, everyone was quiet, Sam and Embry were talking to Luce, she had a look of disbelief on her face. "Bella" she said wide eyed facing me, "your friends, they're all crazy, they think they're werewolves!" I laughed and sat next to her.
"Are you guys trying to explain the whole imprint thing?" I asked Emily and Leah nodded, "I'm sorry Hun" I said looking at Luce, "but what ever they've told you is correct" her eyes bulged out of her head and she looked faint, she knew they weren't lying, I never lied to Luce. "Luce? Luce Hun?" I asked grabbing her hand, "are you okay?" she nodded.
We sat quietly for a few minutes, me still holding Luce's hand while she took everything in. "So let me get this straight" said Luce, we sat patiently, "You guys are all wolves" she said looking at the guys and Leah, "Emily isn't, Emily is a…imprint?" I nodded, "yep, you've got it" I said smiling,
"How'd you find out about the supernatural world?" asked Luce, everyone looked at me, "trust me that story is for a different time Luce, a different time" I said.