Chapter 6
Jacob knew he sounded like a complete ass to her person, but he had other things on his mind, going down the pill aisle. "What the hell?" He growled when he bumped into someone else and this time looked up, locking dark brown on narrowed violet eyes.
"Yeah, I should ask you the same damn thing." Amaya definitely wasn't one to back down and placed her hands on her hips, the cart in front of her. "Didn't you see me standing here looking for something specific? Why don't you stop looking at the damn floor when you're walking and look up before you end up hurting someone, idiot?"
His eyes widened at the spitfire and Jacob actually found himself backing away, holding his hands up. "Damn I'm sorry. I didn't mean to run into you, lady." He couldn't help thinking how hot it was that a woman actually stood up to him the way she had.
"Yeah well if you were looking straight ahead instead of at your muddy shoes, you would've noticed and not collided into me." Amaya snapped back, refusing to accept his apology and snatched a bottle of pills from the shelf.
He felt like a scolded dog, which was very close to the truth since he was technically a wolf, and lowered his head a little. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to run into you, ma'am." He tried again, this time more sincerely and watched as her violet eyes softened just a little.
Amaya couldn't help admiring the physique this man had on him and tapped her chin in thought, contemplating if she should forgive him or not. "If you're really sorry, then you'll make it up to me somehow." She finally said, leaving him with that thought before walking away to finish the shopping list.
Jacob zeroed in on her beautiful rear and smirked, having a feeling he would run into the violet eyed beauty again. Amaya could feel his eyes on her and winked over her shoulder at him before turning the corner, seeing Kyrine headed her way. She didn't look exhausted, more annoyed than anything, and Amaya wondered what could've happened since it wasn't exactly a big store. Then again, she had been busy berating a big brute who was in desperate need of some manners and eye coordination.
"Alright, who do I have to kill?" Amaya demanded, only half joking and watched as Kyrine waved her off, hating it when she did that. "Come on Kyrine, what happened?"
"Nothing, I'm done with my half of the list." Kyrine refused to tell Amaya about the big Neanderthal that nearly bulldozed her, thankful she had enough sense to hold onto her cart. "Come on, I wanna do some real shopping."
Amaya decided to drop it for now, knowing Kyrine would eventually tell her and headed to the counter to check-out the items. While they were standing in line making idle chit-chat, Amaya felt someone tap her shoulder and turned to stare back at the big hot dark eyed brute that ran into her earlier. She simply placed her hands on her hips and stared hardening at him, wondering what he wanted and why he insisted on bothering her.
Kyrine could tell Amaya was about to unleash on the guy and decided to stick her nose in a magazine, facing forward toward the cashier.
"Well?" Amaya wasn't a patient person by any means and raised an eyebrow when the guy handed her a piece of folded paper. "Look, I don't have time for games so just spit out whatever it is you want to tell me."
"You're rude you know that?" Jacob growled, though amusement shined in his dark eyes, his arms folded in front of his chest. "Just read the damn piece of paper."
Instead, Amaya balled it up and threw it right in his face, smiling sweetly though it did not reach her eyes. "Sorry, but I don't play games with little boys. So when you wanna be a man and actually tell me whatever you wrote on that paper, let me know." Before she could turn around, Jacob's hand shot out to stop her, their eyes locking again.
"Go out with me."
His voice was low and husky, it made Amaya tingle all over, though she wasn't about to admit that to anyone. Neither of them noticed that Kyrine stepped outside since Amaya had the credit card that would pay for the items. Amaya simply stared at the man with slightly narrowed eyes, just like she'd done when he ran into her earlier, completely skeptical of what he said.
"You want to go out with me." It was a simple statement.
"Yeah, you said I had to make it up to you and I figured asking you on a date would be the way to go." He said with a smile, nearly taking her breath away. "Come on, just one date. You can invite your friend if you want and make it a double date." Jacob had no idea why he offered that, but if it made this violet beauty accept his date offer, he was willing to do just about anything.
Amaya contemplated that and turned to ask Kyrine her opinion, frowning when she didn't see her sister anywhere in sight. "She went outside for some air, said you'd pay for everything." The cashier offered with a smile, gesturing toward the open door.
"Oh…thanks." Amaya turned back to face her potential date. "What's your name?"
"Jacob Black." He answered with a grin, extending his hand. "Most call me Jake though. What's yours?"
"Amaya." She refused to give out her last name in case this guy turned out to be a creep, shaking his hand. "Tell you what, Jake, you give me your number and I'll call you within the next twenty-four hours to let you know if I accept your offer. I have to speak with my sister first because that double date idea sounds promising and I'm not going if she doesn't."
Jacob chuckled with a nod, feeling Amaya release his hand. "Sounds fair to me." He asked the cashier for a pen and took the piece of paper that Amaya crumpled up, turning it over to write his cell number down on it. "Here ya go, I look forward to hearing from you, Amaya."
"I'm sure you do." She retorted with a smirk, taking the piece of paper and this time folded it to slip into her back jean pocket.
"Looking forward to it."
Amaya paid for the items for the McTavian's and walked out of the store, seeing Kyrine was sitting on a nearby bench staring out into space. The girl was lost in thought a lot these days and Amaya began worrying if it had anything to do with the medicine she had to take for her condition. She walked over slowly with the three bags and sat down on the bench, slowly reaching out to tap Kyrine on the shoulder.
"Hey chick, sorry about that." Amaya didn't know why she apologized, but felt it necessary since this was supposed to be a girl's day out.
"No problem." Kyrine smiled, turning to face her sister. "Got everything?"
"Sure do, though I did get a rather interesting proposition from that hot piece of La Push ass in there." She giggled when Kyrine flamed red, actually covering her cheeks as the cool wind blew across them, glad they both brought sweatshirts. "Hey, you know I'm not the shy type."
"Still…" Kyrine groaned, shaking her head as she tried getting her cheeks to return to normal. "What did he ask you?" She was almost afraid to ask and could see the mischievous gleam in Amaya's eyes, groaning again.
"Well," She paused, loving to keep Kyrine in suspense. "He asked me out on a date."
"Did you accept?"
"Not exactly…" Once again the gleam worried Kyrine and Amaya could see the apprehension in her eyes, wrapping a comforting arm around her sister's shoulders. "Relax, I told him I'd think about it after talking to you."
Now Kyrine was confused. "Why me?" If Amaya said it was because she wanted to be there for Kyrine, she was going to absolutely snap. "Maya…"
"Well he actually came up with a great idea, which is hard to believe considering I don't even know him." Amaya studied her painted nails, which was currently magenta, winking back at Kyrine. "He offered a double date situation. I told him that if you didn't accept then there was no way I could go."
Kyrine's jaw dropped, putting her head in her hands. "Why would you do that?" She stood up from the bench infuriated, wondering what the hell possessed Amaya to give up a date because of her! "I don't need you babysitting me all the damn time! Didn't you hear a word that I told Mom this morning?"
"Yes and I think it would be good for you to go on a double date with me and Jake." Amaya wasn't fazed in the slightest by Kyrine's outburst, knowing exactly why she did it. "Come on Kyrie, when's the last time we did something like this? I know you can find some hot hunk to ask out."
"You're out of your mind." There was no way Kyrine could find anyone who was interested in her, she'd barely spoken a word to anyone since moving to Forks. "There is no one…" Kyrine suddenly trailed off and looked thoughtful, turning her head to look out toward the woods again.
"Or is there." Amaya suddenly remembered what happened to Kyrine at school and narrowed her eyes, standing up from the bench. "Kyrine, when you ran back into the school the other day, you were running from someone weren't you?"
Midnight blue eyes lowered to the ground and all Kyrine could do was nod, remembering how Emmett had tried keeping her from running away and asking what was wrong. "Yeah…" She hated that Amaya knew her so well and hoped she didn't go running off to tell her parents about the incident. "He didn't do anything to me. All he asked me was what was wrong and I kinda…I just ran away from him…" Kyrine felt like a coward and slumped her shoulders, heaving a sigh.
Amaya caught the fact that the person was a male and any male around her sister without her there was unacceptable. She wasn't going to tell the rents though, that wouldn't be smart, especially after the fight she had with Natalie that morning. However, she was going to find out who this guy was that scared Kyrine to the point where she ran back into the school nearly hyperventilating in the hallway.
"That's all he asked you and you ran off?" Amaya didn't buy it, narrowing her eyes suspiciously. "Are you sure?"
Kyrine knew exactly what Amaya was thinking, deciding if she didn't come clean that Amaya would go hunting down Emmett and that couldn't happen. "He came up to me while I was outside during lunch and started talking to me. He just asked me innocent questions like my name and where I was from, things like that. Harmless questions. He was really cute too." She blushed, cheeks flaming red again as a small smile curved her lips. "He was sweet too. He had these golden eyes that…I've never seen eyes like them before and he looked strong, incredibly strong. He didn't hurt me or anything, I swear it. You know how emotional I get when I'm asked what's wrong because I don't feel like repeating myself fifty thousand times. I simply told him I had to go back inside for class and he just let me go. I feel terrible because all he was trying to do was be friendly and I totally blew it by running away from him."
It sounded like Kyrine really liked this guy, whoever he was, and Amaya decided that Kyrine was being truthful, grinning from ear to ear. "Soo what you're saying is he's a really hot guy and you wouldn't mind getting to know him better?" She chuckled softly and patted Kyrine's shoulder, letting her know everything was going to be alright. "I think you should ask him out for the double date."
Her head shot up, midnight blue eyes widened in both shock and fright. "No, I can't! I can't even look at him right now, Amaya! I ran away from him like a coward, he probably thinks the worst of me right now! How can I just walk up to him and say 'Hey Emmett, I know I ran away from you like a coward when we first met, but do you wanna go on a date with me and my sister?' Get real, Maya!" Kyrine was beside herself and Amaya looked thoroughly amused, never seeing Kyrine act like this over a simple male.
"Emmett eh?" Amaya smirked when Kyrine realized what she did, the groan telling her all she needed to know. "Well, I'm sure Emmett wouldn't mind going on a double date with you. He's the one who approached you after all and you didn't exactly run away from him. You did tell him you had to go back to class."
"But…"
"No buts about it, you like him and I have a feeling he likes you. You're asking him out on the double date." Amaya wasn't backing down from this, daring Kyrine to argue or try to coax her way out of this.
"But…"
Amaya shook her head as they began walking away from the shop, heading to another one that was for them instead of the McTavian's. "I already know you're going to say your parents won't let you go out on a double date with me. I think your old man is getting sick of your mother's overbearing ways and that's why he gave us a credit card to spend fully today." Amaya was banking on using them against each other in order to give Kyrine the freedom she wanted. "So we're going to get you a new outfit with shoes, jewelry, the works, along with me and you leave the rents to me. I'll make sure you get to go, even if we have to tell a little white lie."
Kyrine swallowed hard, looking up at her devious sister and couldn't help wondering if this was going to blow up in their faces. "I'm not sure that's such a good idea…" Lying to her parents is something Kyrine NEVER did and always believed was wrong.
Waving her off dismissively as they walked into the dress shop, Amaya guided Kyrine through the aisles, whistling. "I said leave it to me. It won't be lying so much as keeping them from the full truth." She justified it that way, immediately pulling clothes off the racks to try on.
"What exactly are you going to tell them?" Kyrine was suddenly afraid of what Amaya was getting her into, chewing her bottom lip when an outfit was handed to her to try on. "Maya, this isn't right…"
"Trust me okay?" Amaya stirred her in the direction of the dressing room, sounding flabbergasted. "I'm simply going to tell them we're going out for a girl's night to catch a movie." There was no reason the McTavian's had to know that they were going out with two guys, Amaya knew that would never be allowed, not even by Nick. "Now go try that on and stop worrying about it."
In other words, Amaya was going to lie to her parents about the double date entirely. Kyrine could only groan behind the closed door as she began changing into outfits to model for Amaya, not feeling good about this upcoming date. Then something occurred to her: She hadn't even asked Emmett if he would go on this date with her and Amaya was forcing her to try on outfits!
What if Emmett said no?
Kyrine paled and walked out to show Amaya the first outfit, her stomach twisting at the upcoming conversation she would have with Emmett.
