Bella POV
"Emily, please tell me what happened. Are they alright?" Why was she not answering me?
"Bella don't worry. They do that all the time, so it's nothing to worry about. Let's just go back to my and Sam's place. The boys will be there in no time, and then you will see that they are all alright." She looked at me like there was something important but she didn't say anything more.
"Emily isn't there anything you can tell me? I'm so worried about them! And how do you know they are going to be alright? They all looked like they could kill each other! And what happened to Embry? He used to be my best friend and now he called me a slut! Emily how could he do that? I know I'm not proud of all the things I've done but I'm not a slut!" I was slowly starting to breakdown! The tears started to slowly slide down my cheeks. Emily laid her arm around my shoulder to keep me from falling to the ground.
"Just relax Bella. Don't worry about what Embry said cause I know he didn't mean any of it."
We had reached a little house near the beach and Emily lead me into the house and we sat down at the kitchen table. She made us a cup of tea and we just sat there waiting for the boys to come back. We had sat in complete silence for about half an hour when the door busted open and Paul and Jared appeared there. Both Emily and I jumped in surprise when they came in.
"Why do the two of you look so worried?" Paul asked looking between Emily and I. how could he even ask that? Not even an hour ago it looked like they were gonna kill Embry!
"I think you know why Paul! Where's Sam and Embry at?" Emily asked and got up from her chair to look Paul in the eye.
"They needed to talk about something. But we don't know what because Sam sent us here before they told anything." Jared answered this time. I looked up at Paul to see if he knew anymore but he just shock his head. He made his way over to me picked me up and hugged me. He didn't say anything he just held me there while Jared and Emily talked about something I couldn't quiet hear.
Paul moved us into the living room and sat down in a couch. He pulled me onto his lap and we just sat there until Jared and Emily came into the living room.
"So Em do you got some food? Cause I'm pretty hungry." Paul broke the silence looking over at Emily. Jared started laughing but I don't know why! These boys sure are weird sometimes!
"Yeah of course I've got some food! What do you want?" Emily got up from her seat in one of the chairs.
"Whatever you've got." Paul said smiling down at me. "Are you not hungry too Bells?" He asked me.
"No not really I'm to concern to eat right now." Just as I said that the front door opened and Sam and Embry came in. As soon as I saw Embry I ran into his arms and hugged him. I think it took him by surprise cause he didn't hug me back at first. I don't know why I did it cause I really wanted to be mad at him and hate him for leaving me all week but I just couldn't.
"Bella get off of him now!" Sam sounded mad or concerned or something. That's actually weird for Sam to be worried about anyone other than Emily. I looked over my shoulder to see the expression on his face. He looked like he was ready to kill Embry or me if we didn't let go of each other soon, so I let go of him.
"What is your problem now Sam?" Embry growled at Sam once I let go of him.
"I don't think it's safe for Bella to be too close to you right now! But I know it's hard for you to stay away from her right now, but that's just the way it has to be!" He looked straight in Embry's eyes when he said this, like he was trying to tell him something else. That was weird!
"Can any of you please tell me what the hell is going on?" I asked looking between Sam and Embry.
"Yeah Sam, I think you've got some explaining to do! And I suggest you do it now!" Paul said walking over to Sam and looking him straight in the eyes.
"It's not me that needs to explain anything. I think you all should let Embry explain what happened before at the beach. Ok I know now I'm gonna sound really backwards now, but I think maybe Embry and Bella should have a chance to catch up before he explains anything to everyone else!" Sam looked between Embry and me. What was Embry and I supposed to catch up on? It's not like there happened anything exiting this week. But then again I really wanna know where he has been all week!
"Sam I don't really feel good about having Bella being alone with Embry!" Paul said looking at me with a concerned look on his face.
"You don't have to worry about that, cause I know that he would never hurt her!" Sam looked over at Embry and he nodded in conformation.
"Bella you wanna go for a walk with me? You don't have to if you don't want!" Embry looked at me waiting for my answer. He looked really nervous and was staring down at his feet.
"Sure we can go for a walk if you wanna talk to me!" I really wanna be mad at him for leaving me for a week, but I also wanna know where he has been all week.
"We'll be back later Sam!" Embry said over his shoulder as we walked out the door.
We walked in silence all the way down to the beach where Embry lead me over to a piece of driftwood. He sat down and patted the space next to him for me to sit down. I sat down leaving some space between us.
"So Bella I really wanna tell you how sorry I am for leaving you last week and not wanting to talk to you. But I didn't have any choice. Sam and your dad told me that it wasn't safe for you to be too close to me before I had a good control over my emotions." He looked really sad when he said this.
"Embry right now I really want to be mad at you but I just can't. I've missed you so much this week, I love being home again but I have really needed my best friend this week. It's been great having Jake and Quil around again but you are the only one that knows me for who I am and without you I kinda feel lost! And I really just want you back!" OK I hope he doesn't take this the wrong way! Or do i? He means the world to me and I do love him and I know he loved me last week and that can't have changed over the last week can it?
"Bella I really understand what you mean! This past week I have been so lost! I think all the guys are ready to kill me for thinking about you all the time! But Bella I have something to tell you! And I'm not sure how you're gonna take this but this is an important thing for me now and you are the only one I can share it with at the time being. You know the legends we were told when we grew up, right? The ones about the men of the tribe being shape shifters and protect the tribe from the Cold Ones? All the stories are true! Sam, Paul, Jared and me are all shape shifters, we can change into giant wolfs and we protect the tribe from vampires!" Say what! He can't be true! To say I am shocked is an understatement! How can this be possible? I looked at him like he had grown another head or something! I didn't say anything for about 5 minutes and then Embry broke the silence.
"Bella please say something! I can't take it not knowing what you're thinking!" He looked really nervous waiting for my answer.
"Embry I don't know what to say, it's a lot to take in! I knew that there were something wrong with Paul when we met at the airport but this, this is just too weird! I don't know if it's weird to say that it actually doesn't surprise that much! But don't ask me why, because I don't have an actual answer to it." It's so weird but I kind of saw this coming without even knowing about it! All the dreams I've had the past year or so have been about wolfs, it's like I knew this before I even came here.
"I know this really weird and hard to take in but please try and do it for me! It would kill me to not have you as my friend anymore! I can show you if you want, but you have to promise me that you won't get scared of me!" He looked at me waiting for an answer; I couldn't find my voice to answer him so I just nodded. He smiled at me before getting up.
"Come with me, we have to go into the woods so nobody else's gonna see me!" He said holding his hand out for me to take. I got up from the driftwood and took his hand. Wow, his hand is really hot! It's actually really nice! We went into the woods and walked for a couple of minutes before Embry stopped and looked back at me.
"If you just wait here I'm gonna go change. But you have to promise me that you won't go anywhere!" Why would I wanna go anywhere?
"I'm staying right here till you come back Em, so don't worry." I said looking into his eyes. He pulled my hand to his mouth and kissed it before turning around and going a little further into the woods. I wonder what colour he is. I really hope he's the one I've been dreaming about all this time! I wonder if he will like my tattoo if he's the one I've been dreaming about. Still lost in my thoughts I didn't notice the BIG chocolate brown wolf standing in front of me before it licked my arm. I looked up in shock to see that Em definitely is the one I've been dreaming about. This was all like taken out of one of my dreams! He stood there looking at me for sometime, I'm not sure if he was waiting for me to pass out or something but I didn't, I just felt like I got stronger the longer I looked him in the eyes.
"God Em, you're so beautiful!" I said as I walked closer to him. At first he looked like he wanted to back away but then he started walking toward me and met me halfway. I ran my fingers through his fur; it felt so soft and nice. He leaned his head into my hand so I kept running my fingers through his fur. After a couple of minutes I sat down on the ground and Embry followed, he put his head in my lap. We just sat there for I don't know how long, me just running my fingers through his fur and him just purring all the time.
After an hour or so he got up, as soon as we lost contact I felt like I wasn't whole. He walked into the trees.
"Embry where are you going?" I said just as he disappeared in the trees.
"I wanted to phase back so I can speak to you again." OK that makes sense. He walked out of the trees again looking pretty hot in his cut offs. I have never really thought about it, but Em was a really good looking guy! Come to think of it he is like crazy HOT!
"Sooo you don't think it's weird that I can turn into a big teddy bear? Cause I wouldn't blame you if you do." He took my hand in his while he talked but he avoided eye contact with me, as soon as he touched my hand I felt whole again, weird. I think he thinks I don't like him anymore! But how could I not like him? He means the world to me, he always have and always will!
"And why would I think that? Now I have my own personal teddy bear that's both really hot and can protect me? I think it's as good as winning the lottery!" I lifted his chin up so he would look me in the eyes. He was still trying to avoid eye contact, sometimes I really hate boys!
"Embry Call! Look at me god dammit! Why won't you look at me? Do I have something in my face?" Is he afraid of anything?
"Take it easy Bella, I just showed you my biggest secret and you are taking it a lot better than I would have thought!" Ohh, ok.
"You're right that I think it's weird, but I've got something to tell you too and that's the reason why I'm not freaking out. But you too have to promise not to think that I'm mad or anything." I waited for him to nod before I continued. "This is going to sound so crazy, but just keep an open mind! So about a year ago I started to have these dreams about a wolf, in the dreams I got to know this wolf we could communicate in a way through our mind. At first it freaked me out but then I called dad and asked if it could have anything to do with the tribe, because at the same time I started to feel this kind of pull towards home again. He told me that it would be best if I got home again soon, and then you started telling me to come home too and then the pull got stronger. So then I knew I had to come back and so I did. But here comes the crazy thing, the wolf I've been dreaming about have chocolate brown fur and have the most beautiful brown eyes I've ever seen." I looked him deep in the eyes to see if understood what I meant. But he just looked even more confused than before. How can guys be so stupid?
"Sooo you have been dreaming about a wolf with the same colour as me? Is that good or bad? Cause to me it sounds bad!" Why does he have to be so stupid all the time? It's so typical him not getting the meaning of a simple sentence.
"It wasn't just one that looks like you, it is you, you retard! So I would say it's a good thing, but that's just me." Damn, his eyes are almost popping out of his head!
"What do you mean? It can't be me, cause I didn't phase until last week so you can't have been dreaming about me!" He's just so god damn stupid!
"Embry it doesn't mean that it isn't you. Cause I know your eyes so well that I can tell that it's you just by looking in it's eyes. And from the things I got out of dad I only started to have the dreams so that I would have something to look for when I got home. And the dreams were one of the reasons I decided to come home." I look him in the eyes to see if he understands what I'm saying; Embry has always been slowly to understand things so it wouldn't surprise me if he didn't understand it at first!
"So what you are saying is that you knew I would turn into a big fluff ball like a year ago! Then why didn't you tell me?"
"Well I can't say that I was a hundred percent sure that it was you. But anyway if I had told you, you wouldn't have believed me! You wouldn't even believe me if I said that I've got 6 toes on my foot!" if I knew he would believe me I would have told him along time ago!
"OK, I get your point! But I still think you should have told me! So back to your dreams, why didn't you tell me you were having nightmares about giant wolfs? That's something you TELL your best friend!" Why can't he just let it go? I actually thought for just one moment that he finally understood that I like him. But no he has to be his stupid self!
"Yeah, yeah whatever! And I didn't tell you about the dreams because I know you! You would freak if I told you this! And dad even freaked when I told him, and he never freaks about anything! So after I told him I didn't tell anybody else! And you can't just pull the best friend card! It's one of the only things I haven't told you so you can't get mad at me for that!" Yeah so I've kept a couple of secrets from him, but it's something I'm planning on telling him in the future. By this time we were sitting at the ground in front of each other.
"What else haven't you told me? It's not cool you keep secrets from me! I tell you everything!" Of course he has to catch that I have more secrets! Great!
"Em! I will tell you when I'm ready and when I think you are ready to here it, and not a moment before! And you don't tell me everything! I can see that there's something you really wanna tell me, but aren't going to do it, why I don't know. I just know that it's something you need time to think about before you're even gonna consider telling me!" He's like an open book to me! I know when he afraid, glad, confused, concentrated and everything else about him, just by looking in his eyes. It's something I've always been able to, and that's one of the reasons we've always been such great friends.
"So you know I need time to think about it, then why do you keep asking me about it? It's not gonna help me make up my mind!" Why is he so angry again? It's not like I have done anything to him!
"Sorry! You should almost think you're a girl. You're acting all PMS right now! And from my perspective I should be the one angry! Since you just dumped Jake, Quil and I last week and none of us have heard from you since. Well I have but that was what? Like 30 seconds of you saying you didn't want to be friends anymore, and then just hanging up! But now when I really REALLY want to hit you and be mad at you I just can't!" It's so frustrating that I can't stay mad at him for more than a couple of minutes at a time!
"I'm sorry Bells! I didn't mean it the way it sounded! I've just been so mad at everyone all week and you are the first one to tell me that I've been acting like an ass! All the others have just been saying that it was what I had to do to keep you all save. And as for you not being able to stay mad at me is just because I'm such a great looking guy and is impossible to resist." How can he be making jokes now when I wanna be mad at him! But he is right though, if it was even possible he has become hotter than he was a week ago.
"Yeah, yeah, no need to boost your ego any more than necessary big guy! And yes you have been acting like a real ass! But you're here now, and that's what counts. Even though I really wanna be mad at you I'm just glad that I have you back again. Sooo what are we gonna do now?" I'm so so glad to have him back, but I'm a little scared that he's just gonna run of again. But right now I actually don't really care, cause I'm just so glad he's talking to me again.
"My ego is just fine thank you! I'm glad to have you back too! I know it's only been a week and all, but in that week I've come to realise just how big a part of my life you are. And I don't wanna miss you anymore not when I finally got you to move back to me again! I've been missing talking to you, before when I would have a bad day I would call you and then my day just became so much better. You are the one person in the entire world that always can make me smile, no matter what a bad day I've had! And I still mean all the things I told you the day that you came back! No matter how much you hate me right now that's never gonna change! I just hope that someday you may feel the same for me!" WOW! That boy! He always seems to know the right things to say to make me stop being mad at him!
"And I'm so glad to be home again too!" Should I tell him, or would it all be too weird? He's looking at me like he's waiting for me to say it, but I don't know if I can just yet.
After a couple of minutes of silence Embry looked really sad and just said.
"We better get back to the others again, or Paul is gonna kill me." OK I have to tell him now or I think I'm gonna miss my chance.
So here goes nothing! I leaned up and put my hands around his neck and just started kissing him. It obviously took him by surprise cause it took him some time to respond. He started kissing me back and there we stood for god knows how long. We first pulled apart when we both needed air. "Wow, that was erhmm WOW!" So typical Embry! I just kissed him and the only responds he gives me is wow! But yeah it was wow! Damn I would have never figured he would be such a great kisser! He's an even better kisser than Jared, and that was something!
"Yeah! So we gonna go back to the others or what?" When these words left my mouth Embry looked so choked! It almost looked like he was gonna drop his jaw or something.
"Ehhm yeah we can do that…. Was it like that bad or something?"
"Yeah a little, you just need a little more practise! So when are we gonna start our lessons? Cause I would like to start now if you want. But we could also just go back to the others again." Why does he look so shocked every time I open my mouth?
"Ohh erm I think we should just go back to the others for now, we can work on the other thing later! And I would love for you to teach me how to do it right!" Ohh so he is willing to try again, that's something!
"You're just afraid that I'm gonna be better than you! So the big bad wolf is afraid of little me? That's sort of cool!" Now that that's settle I have to use that against him some time!
"Nahh, I'm not afraid I just don't want the others to kill me for bringing you home to late. Soo can we just go back now? Then maybe we can practice when we get back to your place." Like my dad would let him stay when it's so late already!
"Yeah we'll see about that!" OK maybe he can stay since it's him and dad loves him like a son or something.
"Come on! I think it's time to go or Paul and Jared are gonna kill me!" He smiled down at me and then out of nowhere lifted me up and started to run back to Sam's house.
"Hey I can walk you know! So please put me down!" He can't just think he can go around lifting me!
"I know, but since I'm both stronger and faster than you, so I just thought this would be better. Hey and look we're here already back, without you even noticing it. So would you just stop complaining already?" He's right! We're standing on the front porch to Sam and Emily's house, weird.
"Yeah, yeah! Just put me down again!" Damn why is he so irritating? He put me down and took my hand. As we walked through the door he shouted.
"Hey guys, we're back!" As he shouted this all the others came rushing out to us. Paul pulled me into a hug which made me drop Embry's hand.
"Thank god you're back! We were about to go out looking for you! Where the hell have the two of you been for the last 4 hours? Charlie has been calling like crazy! It's almost midnight!" He looked at me like dad always does when he's mad at me! Great, I'm in so much trouble!
"Please stop acting like my dad, Paul! We're alright so just shut up! And we have just been talking, not that's any of your business! So Embry now that they know we're alright could you please take me home, cause I think I need a talk with my father?" Ooook, that's the first time I've talked like that to Paul! Everybody looked at me like I had grown another head or something. Surprisingly Emily was the first one to open her mouth
"Bella, I think it would be best if you stayed here for the night since it's so late already! And we have an extra bedroom you can sleep in. We already talked to Charlie about it and he was fine with it. You just have to go home tomorrow so the two of you can have a talk!" Wow it's the first time I've heard her say that much! But it's nice to know that she cares about me even though we first 'met' today!
"Thanks Emily! I would love to stay, cause I don't really feel like dealing with Charlie right now. So just out of pure curiosity how many knows all of this wolf stuff?" It was one of the things Embry didn't tell me, so I really want to know who else I can talk to about it other than the ones that are here now.
"So Embry didn't tell you, huh? So it's only us that are here and the Elders that know, and that can know! Nobody else can know cause it will put them in danger from other supernatural creatures. But don't worry Cuz cause we will always be there to protect you!" Paul said smiling at me.
"So what's gonna happen now? Cause I'm really tired, so if it's alright with you guys I would like to go to bed." I looked up at Paul and Jared to see if any of them had anything to say, and since none of them made any attempt to say anything I turned to Emily.
"So Emily will you show me where I'm sleeping? Or do you need help feeding all of these guys before I go to bed?" But to my surprise it wasn't Emily answering my question, it was Sam.
"Bella the only thing we are going to do is keep on living like we have done in the past years; the only difference is that you now know. Embry, why don't you show Bella the guest room? Then Paul and Jared are going out for a quick lap around the rez." While he talked he looked deep into Emily's eyes with so much love. I would love if someone would look at me like that all the time!
"See you later Cuz! And Em no funny business, got it? See the rest of you guys later!" Paul said before him and Jared walked out the door. He gave Embry a really weird look before he disappeared out the door. What was that all about?
"Bella you don't need to help me cook now, I think we're all going to bed, it has been quite the night for all of us. But if you would like to help with breakfast tomorrow that would be great. And from what I've heard you're quit the cook, so it should be fun." When she was done talking Sam and she waved at Embry and I before walking upstairs, leaving Embry and I alone in the living room.
"Soo, let me show you the guest room. It's right down this hall." Embry broke the silence after a while. He pointed down the hall next to the stairs. He started to walk down the hall so I trailed behind him. He stopped outside the last door one the left side.
"Here you go. Oh you wanna borrow a shirt to sleep in? I think I've got an extra here some place?" He looks so cute when he's insecure of something!
"Yeah, sure if you have one. Are you going home for the night or are you gonna stay here?" In a way I really wanted him to stay, but after all that has happened tonight I think it would be pretty weird.
"I think Sam wants me to stay so I'm taking the couch for the night. Soo goodnight, just call if you need anything. I will just be right down the hall. I'm just gonna go get that shirt for you, just a sec." He walked back into the living room and came back again with a shirt in his hands.
"Here, it's probably too big but it's better than nothing. So 'night Bells, see you in the morning." He leaned down and kissed my cheek and got ready to walk out the door again. But he didn't get that far before I caught his hand and pulled him back to me. I'm not just gonna let him sleep on the couch when I've got a 2 persons bed all to myself.
"You know there's room for you in here to, right? And I don't wanna sleep alone tonight, cause I'm a little scared about all this werewolf vampire thing I've learned today. And I don't think Paul and Jared would forgive you for leaving me all by myself here scared." I looked up at him with my puppy dog eyes that I know he can't say no to. I really want him to stay, but I'm not so sure that he really wants to.
"I'm not sure it's a good idea." He said looking a little scared. Why do boys always have to be so scared of everything?
"Don't be such a girl! You've never done what you were told so why not just come over here so we can go to bed?" I just smiled at him. I turned around and walked over to a chair that were standing in the corner of the room. I started to remove my jeans, when I had put them on the chair I looked over at Embry and he was standing there looking at me with big eyes and an open mouth. I walked over to him and took the shirt I was going to sleep in out of his hands. I don't think he even noticed I did it even though he was looking at me the whole time. I went over to the chair again and then removed my shirt so that I could put on Embry's. When I was standing there in my underwear Embry finally got it together and cleared his throat.
"Umhh Bella could you please put on some clothes? You can't just start undress in front of a guy without taking all of it off!" The last bit he said jokingly. Oh so he's in the mood for joking now, is he? Well I can do that too!
"So if you really wanna see my naked the only thing you have to do is ask." I said as I started to unclasp my bra. He actually looked horrified at this movement.
"Bella please stop!" He said as he turned around to look at the door instead of me, so I put his shirt on while he looked the other way.
"If you wanna see the show I suggest you turn around and look at me instead of the door." I walked up behind him as I said this. He turned around and looked a little bit choked that I was right behind him. He looked straight into my eyes, and then leaned down to kiss me.
While we kissed we ended up in the bed where we kept making out for god knows how long. And then we fell asleep in each other's arms.