I DO NOT OWN THE TWILIGHT SAGA.
Brady's P.O.V.
I am so dead. No, beyond dead. You wanna know why? Because I had the misfortune to imprint on the little sister of two of the pack members. But the biggest misfortune is that one of her brothers is the alpha of our pack. Sam stopped phasing a week before he and Emily got married. Then Paul stopped phasing in order to grow old with Jake's older sister Rachel. So now, after Jake leaves to live with the bloodsuckers, Jared will be the alpha and Embry will be the beta. How could this have happened? I never wanted to imprint; I love the single life too much to just be with one girl for the rest of my life. But Alex is beautiful. With her light brown skin, full lips, muddy brown eyes, and black hair that goes down to her butt. Even her name is beautiful. Alexandra Marie; a name fit for a queen. But now I have to find a way to tell Jared and Justin. I've been avoiding both of them ever since I arrived at the beach after school. How I'm going to tell them? I don't know.
I might have to wait until after Jared and Kim have one of their "special nights". Gag. So I guess I can't phase until then. Again, disgusting. It's not the idea of sex that grosses me out, it's a natural part of life; but I do not enjoy having to experience what Jared and Kim experience if you know what I mean. And it's not like we have a choice of whether or not we want to see it; due to Jared being really cocky after they do it. I look up when Jake sits on the sand net to me; Nessie with him. Nessie is the half-vampire, half-human hybrid daughter of the woman Jake once loved. Jake originally detested her, but one thing led to another and he found his imprint.
"Why do you look like someone just died?" Jake asks me. I keep my eyes on the ocean and sky.
"You wouldn't understand," I tell him. He snorts.
"Try me." I sigh.
"I…," I trail off, not knowing how to tell him. Jacob looks at me with amusement.
"What? Cat got your tongue? Get out with it," he says jokingly. Okay Brady, you can do this. It's not like I'm trying to tell Jared and Justin. This is Jake, the guy who understands what it feels like to have a relative rage after you when they find out that you imprinted on their daughter, sister, cousin or niece. I can trust him.
"I imprinted today." He looks genuinely surprised.
"Really?"
"Yeah," I say slowly. He slaps me on the back.
"Congratulations man, I'm happy for you," he praises like he's talking to his son who just had his first kiss. I shake my head.
"You don't get it; I imprinted on Jared and Justin's little sister Alex." He whistles low and long.
"Wow dude, you're screwed."
"I know."
"They're gonna kick your ass."
"Gee thanks for pointing out the obvious." He cackles.
"Dude, you're gonna be fine. Yeah they'll be mad at first; but they'll get over it once they remember that this wasn't exactly your choice. But it's not your life that you have to be worried about anymore, it's hers. Alex will, from here on out, be your top priority. Nothing else will matter to you but her safety. And in order to keep her safe you have to be on her good side, and be able to be around her. And to do that your relationship with her brothers has to be perfect, otherwise she won't want to be around you."
"Thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind when they're tearing me to pieces."
"Hey guys!" Kim calls from behind us. We both turn around to see her, Jared, and Justin heading up the beach and towards the cars. "We're going to the diner for some cake and drinks, wanna come?" I look over at Jake and he shrugs.
"Yeah give us a second," Jake yells back. We all stand up and follow Kim to the cars.
Five minutes later we walk into the only diner in town and sit down at a table big enough to fit all six of us. Kim opens the menu that she had grabbed on the way over here and starts looking over the types of cake. Jared, Justin and Jake start to go over what will happen when Jake goes to live with the Cullen's; and then I'm just sitting here like, what about me? I look over at Nessie. She's texting on her phone, the screen says "Mama" and I roll my eyes. Why did Jake have to take her everywhere with us? But then again, Jared does the same thing with Kim and I'm pretty sure that I'll start doing it with Alex.
At that moment, a nice looking young woman comes out from the back of the restaurant, her face is red and blotchy. She throws her apron to the ground as she's chased out of the diner by the manager, muttering how she works too hard to be dealing with this shit, and she needs a better paying job in order to support her one-year-old son. And just as they go out the door, a heavy-set older man walks in, he scans the room for a second before smiling.
"Hey Alex!" he yells out enthusiastically. Wait, Alex is here? I look in the direction he is and spot her. She's still beautiful even with her hair tied up and a bottle of bleach in her hand. Alex smiles, though it seems forced.
"Hey Mr. Sanchez, the usual?" she asks. Mr. Sanchez beams.
"Yep!" He sits down in a nearby booth. And I go back to looking back at my imprint. You know what? As much as I didn't want to imprint, I'm glad I imprinted on Alex. She's beautiful, funny, sarcastic and smart. And I think I'm already falling for her. Really Brady? You don't even know her. But I guess that that's how the imprint works. It messes with your mind.
At that moment, the manager walks in with a pained look on his face. As he's walking to go back into his lair, he turns to look at Alex. "I'm gonna need you to take over Daniella's tables, Alex. At least until we get a replacement," he says and she groans. The guy disappears through the door and Alex picks up a plate with chocolate pie and a cup of coffee and starts to bring it over to Mr. Sanchez.
"I'll be right with you guys," she assures us. She drops the food off and comes over to us and takes out a pad of paper and a pen. "What can I get you guys to drink?" They don't notice her at first, and I'm too afraid to speak first, afraid that they'll guess my secret. After a couple of minutes give or take, Jared looks up.
"Um, two waters, three Cokes, and an iced tea," he orders in a monotone voice. Does he really need to speak to her like that? Alex goes away to fill our drinks and a couple of minutes later she comes back with a tray lined with cups filled to the rim with liquid. The starts handing them out and I take a long sip of my Coke greedily. I'm so thirsty.
At that moment Alex's cell phone starts blaring out the song "My Heart Will go on" by Celine Deon, or whatever her name is. Alex answers the phone with a slight sigh. She has a short conversation with her younger sister Leona before hanging up. She then walks over to Jared.
"Jared can you please pick Leona up from school?" she asks her brother. Jared is still in a deep conversation with Jacob about Jake's plans for when he moves away; so he doesn't notice her. Alex, clearly pissed off, slaps him up the side of his head. Jared cuts off in the middle of his sentence and looks up at her, annoyed.
"What?" he asks. The tone he's using with her makes me want to punch him in the face.
"Can you please pick Leona up from school?" she asks again.
"Why can't you do it?" She raises her eyebrows. Is he serious?
"Look around Jared, I'm working." He sighs loudly.
"Fine, I'll pick her-," he's cut off when a wolf's howl rings out. Shit! That's Quil. I hate to leave Alex like this, but I don't have a choice, something could be wrong. We all get up and start walking towards the front door, leaving Nessie with Kim.
"Jared!" a voice from behind us says; Alex. I turn around to look at her. "Are you going to get Leona?"
"Yeah, about that, you're gonna have to get her." She scoffs.
"But I can't!" Her voice sounds like she's on the verge of tears.
"I can go get her," Kim bravely offers. Bad idea. Alex turns on her, suddenly angry.
"I don't need anything from you," she growls. She turns back to Jared and I notice that he's shaking.
"Don't talk to her like that," he demands.
"Why shouldn't I?" I, noticing that my imprint is in danger, put myself in front of her. The thing that kills me the most is that I'm protecting her from her own brother. "Because she's your stupid girlfriend? Well what about me and Leona? What about your sisters? Don't we mean anything to you?" Jared has now stopped shaking and both he and Justin are staring at their sister sadly.
"Alex," Jared starts to say. But she shakes her head.
"You know what? I honestly don't care anymore. Do whatever you want, but stay away from me and Leona." She then turns around and heads to the back of the diner. She comes back a minute later with her things, pushes past us and out to her car, with me staring after her.
A/N: What did you guys think? Please review!
~Gina