My longest chapter yet! Over 2,500 words!
Thought I'd mention - I don't think I'll be able to update on weekends or Mondays, I'm way too busy unfortunately :(. I'll still be writing but I won't be uploading anything on those days so maybe look forward to updates on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (New Zealand time).
Trying to add days/weeks/months for you guys so it makes more sense.
Anyways hope you enjoy Embry's chapter ;) and I know I repeat a lot of words like "as, while, when" and so on but I don't care! It works for me.
- AK
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Chapter Five
Embry's POV
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Note to future self: Don't ever be in the position to owe Quil anything. Or anyone in the pack. After he ate through almost a hundred dollars worth of food at the Diner last night I barely had enough money left for gas. Guess I'll be running everywhere this week. Stupid day care manager.
Thinking about the new day care manager made me wish more than ever she had turned around so I could've at least seen what she looked like from the front. Just looking at her from the back had the potential of turning me on, that is if Quil and Caroline hadn't been there. My auto shop's in Forks so maybe she'll need to stop by for a service. If she had a car. I should've paid attention.
Bringing myself back to the present I focused on driving to the shop. On my day off. And on a Saturday. The garage door wouldn't lift, it happened every few months, which meant no cars were getting in or out till I got there to help. Either Brady or I helped push the door off the ground while the other sorted out the wiring to get it kick started again. Lucky we had the extra strength.
Parking outside the shop, I took a second to admire my work. The shop was doing well financially. Customers were satisfied with the service and price. Although, the reason we made such good money and stayed a float would be the constant amount of girls and women that came in here with their cars that were "broken" or needed another service. Ever since the Fainting Fiasco of '12 at the La Push shop we try to keep our shirts on no matter how hot it gets.
A knock on my car window breaks me out of my reverie. I see Brady standing there grinning widely at me.
"Daydreaming again?"
Glaring at him "Shouldn't you be working?" as I say this I notice the red VW, I saw speeding past the diner yesterday, backing out of a car space. This time I notice it's a pretty hot looking girl inside. "Or not working" winking at him, I got out of the car.
Groaning loudly "Not you too. It's not like that, man. We're really good friends and she barely knows more than five people here"
"Why's that? She new in town?"
"Yeah she moved here about a month ago and works all week at Em's day care"
Perfect chance to find out her name. "No way. I saw her yesterday when Quil and I picked Care up, she's hot man! What's her name and why aren't you trying to date her at least?"
"She doesn't want a relationship and I'm really not interested in her that way. Strictly friends. Her name's Emelia"
"Riiiigghtt and I'm really good friends with my hand. Doesn't mean we don't get close and personal every once in a while" I told him with a wink. I walked ahead of him, ignoring his glare.
After fixing the door I drove home to head off for patrols. Our shifts only went on for about six hours. Jared and I had patrol this week eleven am to five pm. The times changed every week, after tomorrow I'll be on the five to eleven pm shift till next Sunday. We always patrolled with the same people since we worked out who worked best with who. Brady and Paul, Jared and I, Collin and Seth then Sam and Quil. Leah normally has the same shift as I do except in Seattle with the younger wolves.
That reminds me, Leah and I were heading out to Port Angeles to go bar hopping. Considering there were only two up there it was more of a bar hop.
Over the years, as all the imprinted couples and younger wolves moved on with their lives, Leah and I had gotten pretty close. Once she started dating again (all thanks to me), officially getting over Sam, her old personality resurfaced and I found her easier to get along with. We ended up bonding over being the outsiders of the group. With her being dumped and crowned the towns bitchiest person and me the town bastard, we had plenty of reasons to be considered the odd balls of the pack. She was my wing girl and I was her wingman. Couldn't get any closer than that, our relationship was completely platonic, as it always has been and will be.
I forgot to mention where and when I'd be meeting Leah while patrolling so I sent her a message. When I got home I decided to clean up a bit (I was running out of clean clothes) and had a late lunch. After I'd done that I started getting ready for the night ahead.
As I drove past Forks and towards Port Angeles I started feeling a strange pulling sensation in my chest, making me want to turn around and...and what? I didn't know. I hadn't travelled further than Forks in a few months so I brushed it off as laziness and not wanting to go too far from home. By the time I reached my destination the pulling was borderline painful. Definitely not happening because I was lazy. Could Shape shifters get chest pains like this? Apparently, yes. Did it mean it was serious? No clue. Trying to ignore the pain as best I could and not having a logical reason to go home I entered the bar I was parked outside of.
Leah was sitting right next to where the bartender, Misty, was stationed. I may or may not have gone home with her during my man whore year. That year was still a little fuzzy to me but eventually Leah had dragged me out of it, albeit kicking and screaming...literally.
I'd been having fun making out with some random girl in a Seattle club, as usual, when Leah had tracked me down, grabbed me by the ear, twisted it then proceeded to drag me out of the club in the most embarrassingly big sister way. All the while I'm yelling at her to let me go.
Suffice it to say, I'd never stepped foot in a club again. Since then I'd been a lot "healthier" as Leah would put it. Only going out once every few months, instead of everyday, to relieve any issues.
Leah turns towards me as I walk closer to her. I notice most of the guys around here were checking her out from the corners of their eyes. Guess she won't be needing much help from me tonight. Good. I want out of here as soon as she found her next unsuspecting victim.
I slide onto the seat next to her "How's it going good lookin'? Ready to spread 'em?" I winked.
She laughed "You bet. Now to just find the perfect one. Or two" looking around surveying each one.
Her normal process included her going around and talking to each prospect and choosing the guy with the least cons but I guess she was feeling impatient tonight. Nodding her head in the direction of the two guys playing pool we made our way over.
"Hey guys, wanna verse my buddy and I?"
The taller of the two responded "Sure. As long as you're single though." glancing over at me.
"Lucky for you boys she is. Why don't we make this interesting?" They nodded their heads
"You guys win then you" she pointed at the shorter one "get to take me home tonight"
"What about me?" The taller of the two looked like he wanted to back out
"We'll play one more round after this and depending on who wins you'll get something." Happy with her answer we started the game.
One very short game later, we won. Leah made the winning shot. Looking very smug I turned to the upset looking guys.
"Alright. All or nothing." They looked up with interest "She goes home with both of you for the entire weekend. To share. If we win, we're out of here" Turning to each other to discuss for a few moments.
"Is it gonna be weird?" The taller one whispered.
"Nah man. Did you see those legs anyway? I'd kill to get a girl like her. Just don't look at me. At all. I mean it. No eye contact." They turned back to us and agreed.
It took them a while but they won in the end. Well in reality we let them win so Leah could have her win. After Leah took off with the guys, I headed home. The aching pain in my chest started getting better the closer I got to being home. Lying in bed that night I dreamt of long hair and tanned skin.
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The days leading up to the weekend passed by quickly . Before I knew it Jared and I were doing the late night patrol shift between five and eleven pm. As Jared was patrolling near Sam's house he let off a howl to let Brady and Paul know the shift change was up.
Next thing we hear is little Levi running through the forest calling out to Sam. Cursing to himself, Jared raced off to find him and a few seconds later Levi had his arms wrapped around Jared's leg.
He huffed in annoyance "I thought Sam and Emily found a reliable babysitter this time? She's meant to be in charge of almost forty other kids and here she is letting Levi run o-" All of a sudden he heard sticks breaking and soft footsteps getting closer. "Shit."
He lifted his head and saw said babysitter standing a few metres away from him looking absolutely horrified while holding Anah. I recognised her blurry figure as Emelia, why was she blurry? Maybe it was how Jared saw her because of the imprint. She started inching forward, apparently trying not to scare the wolf. I sniggered.
"Shut up Embry. I'm so screwed. Jake's gonna kill me man"
When Emelia was close enough she grabbed Levi and pulled him back slowly so she was standing in front of him protectively. She then shifted Anah so she was more to her side than in front of her.
"At least she'd put her life on the line for them and didn't leave Anah at the house alone..." she had some serious guts. "Jared, you might want to start backing away slowly. I'll go meet them in human form"
I phased back and started walking towards where they were at a normal pace hoping that if I made enough noise she wouldn't be too scared. While I was walking through some bushes I heard her gasp and realised making noise would still scare her considering how loud my foot steps were. I probably sounded like a giant coming towards her.
Breaking through the line of trees in front of me I find her backed against a tree holding on to the kids for dear life. trying to be as friendly looking as possible. I shrink down a bit and avoid eye contact. In a low voice I tell her she's safe, that I came by to talk to Sam and found the front door wide open. Nodding her head she let out a breath of relief, collapsing to the ground crying and hyperventilating. I ran over to her picking both her and Anah up while I noticed Seth picking Levi up from the corner of my eye. Jared must have called everyone else down to Sam's.
Of course Emelia passes out as soon as I start walking but not before checking Levi was coming with us. Having a little bit of trouble holding onto both of the girls I'm unable to focus on Emelia's face. Will I ever get to see her properly? Anah kept squirming around, almost dropping her twice, I readjust my arms so they're both cradled and facing into me.
Walking into Sam and Emily's house I place her in the guest bedroom and take Anah out with me, handing her to Jared. Heading back out to cover Brady's patrol, assuming he doesn't want Emelia in a house full of people she doesn't know. I walk past him to let him know she's in the guest room, completely knocked out and that I'd cover his patrol for him. Nodding to me his thanks I continue out the door.
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I'd just finished covering Brady's shift deciding to head out to the cliffs to relax and maybe do some jumping. This constant feeling of unease I've had for the past month is so completely frustrating I'm hoping it goes away after a bit of an adrenaline kick. It felt as if I knew something was about to happen but didn't know what it was or if it was a good thing or a bad thing. Knowing my luck, bad.
I'd been up here for about two hours just lying down a few metres away from the cliff edge. Deciding to stand up and look down the cliff face to see how the water looked, I noticed a girl with dark hair in the water furiously swimming further and further out in the ocean when all of a sudden a giant wave starts moving towards her. I want to call out to her, warn her but I know she won't hear me. Getting ready to dive off to help her, I then see her expertly dive under the wave and come out the other side unharmed. She continues swimming.
A few minutes later the water starts becoming a lot rougher and she starts being hit wave after wave. She tries swimming back to shore but can't. Unable to stand by and watch her get thrown under again, I dive in and swim towards her as fast as my body will take me. After being hit by a few waves myself I no longer know what direction I'm meant to be swimming in. Trying to calm down, I follow my gut feeling and the slight pull towards the right.
Swimming for another few minutes, I finally find her too cold body a few inches underneath the surface. Adjusting her on my back and bringing her arms around my neck I swim with the waves hoping it will take me back to the shore. Reaching the secluded part of the beach I carry her over to a log and gently lay her down hoping that the tumbling she did in the waves didn't hurt or break anything in her body.
Attempting to pump some water out of her chest without crushing her took me a few minutes. I felt like I couldn't breathe until she could. Another five or so minutes pass and she's finally coughing up water. The movement makes me confident she isn't hurt too much physically.
She turns her wide, fearful eyes to me after scanning the beach then the water and I'm lost. No, I've been found. For a moment nothing makes sense to me as I look deep into her eyes and then everything hits me all at once. My whole world, mind, body and soul realigned itself to centre around this soaking wet girl in front of me. Everything I've ever done or has happened to me all makes sense now. It's been leading me here. To meet her, my everything, my very being.
Unable to control myself and this new found attachment to her I lean forward and kiss her.
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Yay he imprinted! The only reason it didn't happen sooner is because he wasn't able to focus on her with everything that kept happening whenever she's near and I figured imprinting seemed shallow if he just looked at her whole body instead of just her eyes.
Hope you guys liked the chapter! Took me 4 days to write it and convince myself this is what I imagined. Let me know if you found anything funny or feel free to drop some tips :)