Still back at the bar, Emma sat with her parents and cousins while people were dancing to the music on the dance floor.
"My bands next." Craig said anxiously, but Emma noticed his eyes a little dilated and Spinner too was a bit on the edge as he nodded more than twice.
Emma had to ask, "What's with you guys?"
Spinner looked at Emma, then shared a look with Craig. He went to explain but Spike jumped in, careful of her daughters feelings. "You don't feel it, honey? It's a full moon outside."
Emma made a silent 'oh'. Her Dad caught her eye and passed her a small supportive smile. You see, on nights when it was a full moon, the hunger was 10 x more intense with wolves. That meant the hunger for cravings, meat, sex, the whole sha-bang.
Emma wouldn't understand this.
"We should take a run in the woods on the way home." Spike said excitingly to Snake.
Emma frowned and just turned her head away from them when someone on stage caught her attention.
"Everyone welcome the Band onstage!" Joey yelled into the mic on stage and the crowd cheered.
Emma's cousins nodded at another and went to the front to join that band. Craig was a singer, and Spinner a drummer. Emma then looked around noticing the cheering crowd getting pretty rowdy and most of them were wolves. It made sense now.
"Maybe I should go.." Emma drifted. She then saw something in the corner of the bar that made her stomach turn.
Sean stood alone with Ellie, and her hands were all over him and as Ellie spoke to him, she leaned too close. Way too close for comfort.
Yup. She wanted to go. "I'll see you guys at home."
"Wait," her mother grabbed her before she left, "You should stay a bit. Plenty of the guys here are staring at you, Emma. Maybe you can find a boyfriend!"
Emma went red. She didn't need her mothers help for that. "No thankyou."
Spike tried to explain, "Maybe when you find your mate, you'll turn!"
Emma felt hurt. "Is that all you think about? When and how I'll turn? What if I never do, Mom?"
Spike's jaw dropped a little. "Em, honey, no matter what I'll always love you."
"She didn't mean anything by it, Em." Snake insisted.
"Well then, why are you always pressuring me?!" Emma had enough "Everyones always pressuring me!" she looked pointedly back at her mother. "And don't think I didn't over hear you talking to Mrs Adams tonight about me and her son."
Spike explained, "He's just been asking about you. You and Jesse use to be friends!"
"Ya and I wasn't interested then, or now." Emma got up and stormed off. Before she exited the bar, she glared towards Sean and Ellie again and finally just left. This was the worst night ever.
"I've never seen her like that." Snake admitted to Spike.
"Me either.."
"Full moon?"
"Full moon." Spike agreed.
Over by Sean and Ellie, the redhead was giggling and smiling up at Sean as he chuckled. They were actually making progress tonight and she had finally made him laugh!
"So Sean, was coming here a complete waste of time?"
He thought about it. He knew it was Manny's birthday tonight but since they weren't friends or anything, he used the excuse of Craig's band for coming out. Ellie had told him the other night that their band was playing for Manny and invited him to come along since she was friends with Craig. Sean had wanted to come anyways, he knew exactly who was Manny's best friend and who would be here.
That wasn't going to plan though. Emma was around her cousins and family most of the night. Sean wasn't going to go make a move in front of her parents or anything embarrassing like that, so he was stuck with Ellie most of the night since Jay had disappeared and Lucas was into the new bartender, Mia.
"Not so bad." Sean answered.
Ellie blushed and stepped closer. Sean then tensed and swallowed. He knew he might possibly be leading her on. Part of him thought it might be a good idea, and that it'd be less complicated with Ellie then it was with Emma. But Emma owned his heart, no questions asked. Even as he thought about flirting back with Ellie, he was thinking about Emma. He was wishing it was Emma in front of him, not Ellie. He was thinking about how cute Emma looked when she was dancing with her friends earlier.
Shit, is this how Jay always felt when with Alex? Sean didn't want this constant ache for Emma while dating another girl. Maybe he had to go finally talk to Emma, tell her what's been going on.
"Ellie, I should go." Sean admitted and began to look around for Emma. His eyebrows then furrowed, noticing her not here and call it his 'wolf sense' but he knew she left. He couldn't sense her. Maybe it was the full moon, but he started to get worried and then maybe a little too worried.
"Why?" Ellie even pouted. She finally clung herself to him and boldly wrapped her arms around his neck. "Sean, I've been waiting for this a long time." Her hunger was coming out too, in different ways.
Sean looked down at her a little shamefully. "I know I-" he paused. How was he to explain he knew but he wasn't sure? That wasn't very romantic or nice for a girl to hear. He didn't want to hurt her feelings. "Ellie, I'm sorry. I got to go."
Sean unhooked her arms from around his neck, stepping back and apologizing again before he turned and walked out.
"Sean!..?" she threw her arms out confused and looked around with a look of disbelief.
((((****))))
Emma had ran home all the way from the bar. I guess she wanted to know what it was like to run through the woods on a night that was full moon. It did feel exhilarating, despite just being human. Her blood was pumping, and she felt alive.
As she went into her house, she closed the door behind her and fell back against it. Her breathing steadied as she remembered the scene at the bar before she left and her face saddened.
Realisation hit her that Sean would never return the same feelings, and that Ellie was probably more likely for him as a mate. Not her. Not little pesky human Emma. It was the first time Emma felt herself annoyed with being human and tears actually burned her eyes.
Emma swallowed a hard lump in her throat and pushed herself off the door. She told herself to stop feeling sorry for herself until suddenly she cried out in pain, bending over and clenching her stomach.
Her stomach felt like it was being pulled apart. "AHHH!" tears finally poured from her eyes and she fell back onto the floor.
Upstairs, both Jay and Manny came running down. "Emma!?" Manny yelled. She heard her friends scream from all the way upstairs. There Emma was, on the floor, trying to get up but panting from pain.
Jays eyes widened too. "Shit." He cursed and bent down to help her.
"Em, what's wrong!?" Manny panicked
"I feel sick." moaned Emma.
"Too much to drink, you party animal?" Jay joked with a grin until she glared up at him through tears. But then, Jay and Manny stepped back with their mouths hanging open. Emma's eyes were gold.
"Emma!" Manny exclaimed, "You're changing!"
Emma cried out in pain as she literally felt her bones cracking.
Jay and Manny now looked down at the cutest wolf both have ever seen. "You're beautiful!" squealed Manny, more happy about this then Emma.
A pure white wolf with bright hazel eyes and gold splashed in them, stood before them, whimpering. Clearly Emma didn't like not having control of how she turned.
(((((((((*********)))))))))
"Here." Jay said, handing Emma a glass of water when she had finally turned back to her normal self after tons of consoling from Manny.
Emma had a house coat around her, thankfully Manny got that before she changed back too.
"Why did I have to change tonight?" growled Emma and she sipped some water. She swallowed and then added, "I didn't even get SIGNS of changing."
"Yea you went for the whole thing at once." Jay winced, "Must of hurt."
Usually when someone was changing into a wolf, it was a full month of little things here and there before you changed into an actual wolf.
"Emma, just be happy you're finally a wolf!" Manny exclaimed, "You did it! You're one of us and now Ellie, Alex, all of them can go to hell!"
"Alex." groaned Jay, remembering his girl friend now and Manny's eyes widened too.
Emma looked between them and had to ask, "Oh yea..how did.." she motioned between the two, "This happen? And why are you guys here?"
Manny blushed and muttered, "We came here.." she said sheepishly, "Together." Her face looked guilty. Emma even rolled her eyes at her.
"Ok," Emma then took a deep breath. Nothing can change that now.
"Alex is going to kill me." Manny said out loud. Jay cringed and just put a hand on her back.
"Maybe we went a bit crazy.." Jay admitted, sharing a small smirk with her. "Blame it on the moon."
Emma wondered if the moon was another reason why she changed tonight. "Does it make us crazy?" she had to ask.
Manny explained, "Full moons make us... engergized."
"No," snickered Jay and explained more thorougly, "It's makes our senses 10 times more powerful. Anything you're even feeling at the moment a full moon comes up, you're going to feel it 10x more. You feeling hungry? You'll eat a whole cow. Horny? You'll fuck a bear. Feeling upset? Prepare to rage out."
"Thanks for the analogy, Jay." Manny said fully, sharing a small laugh with Emma. "You okay, Em?" she had to ask.
"I think I'm mostly exhausted from what just happened."
"Lets get you to bed then." Manny helped her friend up the stairs and to her room.
(((**))))
Later that night, Jay entered his apartment that he shared with Sean. Sean was up, wide awake, and on the couch.
Jay raised an eyebrow, "Shocked you're not running out in the woods with everyone."
Even from their window, they heard howling in the distance.
Sean blinked and snapped out of it from where he sat. He didn't even notice Jay come in and he sighed, "I'm not feeling it."
Jay snickered and eyed him, "Why's that?" he noticed Sean look sulky. Sean was always a moody type but he never showed when he was sad.
"What's up?" Jay asked more seriously. Sean was beginning to concern him, he had been acting weird lately. He couldn't pin point exactly when but probably since a few weeks ago.
Sean just shook his head and clenched his teeth madly, "It'll be over when the moon goes away."
"Not really, you'd still be upset but you can just hide it easier. Just tell me, maybe it'd make you feel better."
"Since when are you my therapist?" snapped Sean.
"You're in a bad mood." Snickered Jay, now sitting next to him. Sean then narrowed his eyes but noticed Jay in a chipper mood, which was abnormal.
"What's with you?"
Jay proudly admitted it. "I'm with Manny now. She knows we're mates. She is now 100% imprinted." Sean just blinked at him and Jay chuckled. "I know." he said, "But you just do it when you know its 'the one', it just happens, even if you don't fully intend to do it."
Sean thought of Emma and the exact moment he imprinted her.
FLASHBACK..
Familiar blue eyes stared back at Emma. She knew immediately that it was Sean Cameron. He was almost the same, just more mature and toned, probably in his 20's now and instead of the cute teenager she remembered, he was now a gorgeous man. And, he was the perfect amount of muscle, showing off his biceps in a white shirt with jeans. He had the same dimples too as he slowly began to hold back an irresistible grin as he recognized her too.
What she didn't know was on his end, he was seeing a glow all around her. He knew that moment she was not like the others. He was almost starstruck. The girl was the most beautiful thing he's ever seen and even as he remembered her when they were kids, he remembered being protective of her. Now, he felt possessive. Something in him just..snapped, and his stomach turned in a great way.
He had to be with her.
END OF FLASHBACK.
Sean went to open his mouth to tell Jay he had imprinted Emma, but then Jay brought her up himself.
"It was a crazy night, other than me and Manny, Snake's daughter finally changed tonight too."
Sean stood up, eyes wide. "She did what?"
Emma changed?!
