Recommended listening: Lockdown by Amy Lee (feat. Dave Eggar)

Chapter 6

I let the warm water cascade over me as I held the shower wall in front of me, remembering last night...

Embry pinned me to the ground and I just laughed as I spoke, "Well, someone has finally gotten some muscle..."

He gave me a look and scoffed a bit, "It's always been there, Bunny, I just let you win when we were younger."

I was truly amuzed, "Oooh, I see... so, it has nothing to do with the fact that you're a wolf now?"

He stuck his tongue out at me, "Asshole..."

I grinned and shrugged my shoulders a bit, "That's me."

He shook his head as he smiled and got off me, but I wasn't letting him off the hook that easy.

I tackled him as I shouted, "Round two!"

I smiled to myself as I remembered how I had forced him into another wrestling match... but he had just as easily won once more. And I wouldn't give up...

I was pinned to the ground once more and Embry grinned, "Pinned ya, again..."

I groaned, "Come on! Best two out of three?"

He shook his head, "Mel, even if we did that... I've already pinned you twice, and the second time you suprised me!" I pouted and he just kept his triumphant smile, "I win."

"Cheater..."

He laughed, "I guess!" I continued to pout, and he rolled his eyes, "You're not gonna let it go, are you?"

The corners of my mouth turned up into a grin and I shook my head, "Nope."

I stepped back from underneath the spray of the showerhead and picked up my Herbal Esscence shampoo, squeezing a bit into my hand and then massaging it into my hair. I closed my eyes as I worked the shampoo into my hair and my thoughts drifted back to last night...

I lost my grin as I watched the light from the flames dance across Embry's tan skin. The flames made his skin glow, his jet black hair shine, and his cinnamon brown eyes shimmer as they looked back into my grey-blue eyes. My eyes drifted down a bit to observe how his grey shirt seemed to perfectly outline every muscle and contour of his toned body... and made me realize how exactly that body was pressed against me. I swallowed the lump in my throat, but it didn't help and I could see Embry do the same as he drank in my apperance as well.

I internally shook my head, Why am I thinking this way? Embry is my best friend... not my lover.

That didn't stop the thoughts of his hands running over my body and his fingertips touching the most sinful places of my body from emerging... and I'm sure he could just smell that fact. I knew he was thinking the same way... I could feel that fact...

"Mel?" he spoke softly. I didn't respond, I just kept staring at him and he continued, "Are you feeling what I'm feeling right now?"

My voice was a whisper, but there was no sarcasm or joking tone to my voice, "That depends on what you're feeling..."

He shook his head, but maintained eye contact, "It's more than a feeling... it's more like a need..."

My face had to be beet red, "What is it that you feel you need to do?"

He exhaled in a shudder, "This..."

He leaned his face closer into mine and slowly, but surely, pressed his lips to mine. Even in his lips, his elevated body temperature was emminant... and I liked it.

After working the conditioner into my hair, I ran my fingertips over my lips... reminicing the feeling of Embry's on mine. I grabbed my loofa and squeezed bodywash onto it, slowly working the lather over my skin... scrubbing off the makeup on my arms to reveal my tattoos. I ran the loofa over my body and closed my eyes as my mind took me back to last nights events...

I retaliated his kiss and it became deeper... turning into more. I lifted my leg a little to rub it against the outside of his in a sensual manner and Embry caught on immeadiatly, grasping my thigh in his warm hand and pulling me against him more than I already was. I moaned softly and he returned the gutteral sound as his hand travled up my thigh to my side and up my ribs, just brushing the outside of my breast until he cupped underneath it. He pulled his lips off mine, but his eyes locked with mine as he trailed his hand from underneath my breast, over my clothed nipple, and up the length of my arm until he held my wrist in his hand, pinning me to the ground. His eyes were dark and he leaned in once more, but not to kiss me... I moaned, closing my eyes and arching my body as his lips trailed up from the base of my neck with hot, open-mouthed kisses, and soft nips every now and again.

Embry's hands soon wandered from my wrists as his lips found mine again and I held his head in my free hands, deepening our kisses as he unzipped my jacket and slipped his hands underneath my tanktop to rest on my ribs. I wanted this, I needed this... but, God, was I being such a hypocrite... I had just given Emily a bunch of bullshit about how I felt about Embry and how I deserved to be alone... yet here I am making out with my best friend like the conversation and all the years between me leaving and returning had never passed.

I had scrubbed all of the make up off my body, revealing my tattooed arms, the words 'ROCK CITY' tattooed across the space between my knuckles and middle joints of my fingers, the letters on my hands above 'ROCK CITY', and the one, tiny, lone, tattoo on top of my right foot. I'm not ashamed of my tattoos... I just like to keep the girl I was those years in between a secret... I just want to be Melissa... A small part of me wondered how Embry would react if he saw my tattoos, would he not care and worship my body like he had done last night?

Embry sat back, our lips never leaving one another's as I wrapped my legs around him and shrugged off my jacket. His hands travled to my hair and gripped tightly, but the strain on my locks felt good and his lips trailed back down my neck as I moaned a bit louder this time. One of his hands released my hair, trailing down my neck to cup my cheek as he kissed me deeply. His hands skimmed my body as they softly trailed down my neck and shoulders until he was cupping my breasts in his hands. I moaned softly as he ran his thumbs over my clothed nipples.

"Embry..." I whispered, breathlessly.

"Yeah?" He whispered back, his lips never ceasing their sweet assault on my lips and neck.

"Not here... I don't want to do this here..."

"Treehouse?"

I nodded, "I'm okay with that..."

Embry stood up with my body still wrapped around his, his hands underneath my butt to hold me up, my arms around his neck, my legs around his waist, and our lips still melded together. Embry stopped kissing me and tucked a strand of hair behind my left ear as he smiled at me.

"I love this..." He rested his forehead against mine, "You're beautiful, Mel."

I blushed and he dropped me to the ground to stand on my own two feet so he could extinguish our bonfire and gather our things off the ground. When everything was taken care of, I hopped back onto Embry's back and he ran in the direction of our treehouse. The whole way, I couldn't control my hands from touching his chest and from his reaction, I could tell that he liked it.

I wiped away the steam on my mirror to see the maroon marks on my chest and neck that were Embry's hickies. I smiled as I remembered how it felt to have his body pressed against mine, coming together in not only the most sinful ways, but the most passionate as well. My smile faded as it sunk in... What does this mean for us? Was it a one night thing? Are we still friends... or are we lovers now?

Author's Note: Sorry for the long update! I hope you enjoyed the little fluff in this chapter, there will be more detail and lemons later, this is just the beginning! For those of you who know that I'm pregnant, it is a boy and we will be naming him Jasper. Please, review! :3