I guess I should actually have a disclaimer right? I always forget to add those to any of my stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or any of the characters. I only own my original characters and the non-canon story line.
The final bell rang and everyone started getting their bags ready to leave. Emmett watched Kaelyn pack her things up and carefully stow away her sketches for her project. He paused for a minute to think things over before finally deciding to speak.
"I suck at art." Emmett got tongue tied after that first sentence, but Kaelyn still gave him her attention; her backpack already tossed over one shoulder. When Emmett didn't continue, Kaelyn laughed softly.
"Was there an ending to that story, Em?" She teased. Emmett noticed the nickname she'd given him and felt warm affection pool in his belly. Who knew just shortening his name would make her that much more endearing to him.
"I'm having trouble thinking of something to do for the project," He grumbled and looked down at his blank paper. Kaelyn followed his line of vision and grinned slightly. "I can help you think of something if you want."
Emmett almost felt bad for using such a lame excuse to spend more time with her. Almost. But if it got the job done, then who was he to judge?
"Do you have time today?" Kaelyn wanted to say yes, but she already made plans to see Paul and would feel horrible about canceling on him last minute. "I have some things to do today, but I'm free tomorrow after school if you want to stick around and brainstorm," She offered. Emmett nodded and stood up, grabbing his bag in the process.
"Thanks, Kaelyn. Mr. Hines would fail me for anything I came up with on my own," Emmett mumbled as they walked together out of the classroom. The light tinkling of her laughs had his ears buzzing, and he wanted to keep doing things to make her laugh.
"He wouldn't fail you. It's your senior year, and it's only art. If anything, he would just bump your grade up enough to make sure you graduate with the rest of us."
"Well, I'm pretty sure I'm not his most favorite person so we'll have to see about that." Kaelyn laughed again and shoved his shoulder. Emmett made sure to move enough with her push to make it look realistic to her and any onlookers.
"You're such a baby," She joked and stopped outside near her car. "Thanks for walking with me. I'll see you tomorrow." She waved goodbye and climbed inside the small SUV to drive home.
Emmett felt his brother's presence next to him before Edward actually said anything.
"You two are talking more."
"Hn. I'm taking some of your advice and seeing where it leads me. It's too hard to ignore her," Emmett confided. Edward just nodded and shoved his hands deeper into his pockets. "Bella thinks she has a crush on you."
Emmett jerked his head around, looking for Rosalie. "She left after lunch," Edward told him, following his train of thought. Emmett relaxed and looked back at Edward. Kaelyn had feelings for him?
"Bella said she gets flustered when she brings you up around her," He told his brother with a shrug of his shoulders. Emmett smiled and turned to see Kaelyn's SUV disappearing from view and turning a corner. What he failed to notice, though, was that she was heading in the opposite direction of her house.
"Paul, give me the remote…" Kaelyn said trying to sound threatening. Paul smirked at her and held it high above his head. Teasing her was becoming one of his favorite pastimes.
"Seriously?!" She whined and tried to grab it. She failed. Paul was much taller than her, and even if she jumped, her fingers only barely grazed his wrist.
"Come on shorty," Paul joked and waved the remote around. Kaelyn pouted and attempted to shove him, but he didn't budge from his spot in front of her. The two stood in the middle of his living room, facing off with each other over who would get to control the remote and decide what to watch.
"Oh, so we're getting violent now are we?" Paul asked with a certain gleam in his eyes. Recognizing his intent, Kaelyn moved to back away and get out of his immediate reach.
"Paul… Don't even thin—" Kaelyn was cut off when Paul tossed the remote aside, tackled her onto his couch and started attacking her sides with his fingers. Paul hovered over her and tickled her until soft wheezes were filling the room.
"P-Paul! Stop!" Kaelyn cried between her laughs. The shapeshifter finally relented and let Kaelyn sit up. Her breathing was labored, and she tried to glare at her attacker, but a smile overtook her face.
"You jerk! All I wanted was the remote," She grumbled when Paul's face took on a smug look for winning their little squabble.
"Yeah, but you're the one who shoved me. I had to retaliate." Paul shrugged his shoulders. Kaelyn quickly grabbed the remote when Paul let himself relax against the couch and changed the channel.
"That's because the last thing I want to do is watch the Swamp People," Kaelyn mumbled and finally found the show she was looking for. Criminal Minds.
"Really? How can you watch this? It makes me not want to stay home alone or go out at night," Paul complained but did nothing to try to take the remote back from her. Kaelyn smiled at him and then stared at the screen.
"I watch it for Spencer and Derek. Oh the things I would do to those men," She whispered. Paul faked gagging noises from his spot next to her on the couch.
"Ew TMI, babe. I don't want to know about your sexual desires," He grumbled and leaned back into the cushions. Kaelyn turned to face him and put a hand on his chest. Paul tried to remain calm even though she was touching him. Kaelyn leaned in closer so that her mouth was right next to his ear.
"Are you sure you don't want to know about my desires?" She whispered with a smirk. Paul gulped but couldn't form any words. Kaelyn cocked her head to the side and laughed before standing up from the couch.
"Are you hungry? I'm in the mood to cook," She said as she walked into the kitchen like nothing just happened. Like she didn't just send Paul's heart into overdrive and blood straight to another part of his body. Paul took a deep breath and tried to get himself back under control. This girl drove him crazy.
"Uh yeah, I'm starving," He answered and stood up to follow her into the next room. Paul watched her walk around his kitchen like she lived there and it made him smile. If only he had imprinted on her; she would be perfect for him.
Alice frowned heavily as she stared out the window at the drizzling rain. The wolves were making her life difficult. It frustrated her that she couldn't see them in visions; it frustrated her even more that she didn't know why she couldn't see them. She was happy Kaelyn was making friends, but it left her future mostly blank because of her involvement with Paul.
"Alice?" The vampire quickly smiled and turned around to face Bella.
"What's up, Bella?" She asked sweetly. Bella stared at Alice suspiciously from her spot on the couch next to Edward.
"I just wanted to see what was going on. You've been staring out the window for a while now." Everyone was relaxing in the Cullens' living room besides Carlisle and Esme. Carlisle was at work doing a double and Esme was taking a mini vacation and hunting.
"It's not too important, Bella," Alice said trying to change the subject, but Bella didn't let up.
"Is it about Kaelyn?" She asked softly. Emmett glanced at them from the corner of his eye, trying to pay attention to the ball game that was playing, but whenever Kaelyn was mentioned, he had a hard time focusing on anything else. Rosalie glared but tried to continue reading her book.
"Something like that… I can barely see her future at all, and what I do see, I don't like." Alice replied quietly.
"What's wrong with her future?" Emmett asked trying to not get too worked up over the idea that something bad was going to happen to the small blonde. She was already wedging her way into his heart, and if anything happened to her, he was sure it would ruin him.
"It's nothing, she must be going to see the wolves more often," Alice said not wanting to upset him too much with the parts of her future she could still see.
"That's true. She practically lives at Paul's house. I texted her today after school to see if she wanted to hang out, but she said it was movie night at Paul's or something." Emmett stood up and walked over to the girls feeling pissed off. Paul was the reason she couldn't stay after class and go over the project with him? He knew he had no claim over her, but the thought of the wolf putting his hands on her made him see red.
"Paul? Is she dating him or something?" He asked through gritted teeth. The last thing he wanted was for his singer to end up with a mutt.
"No, Jake said that Paul didn't imprint on her, but they're really close," Bella said quietly. Emmett growled and fisted his hands at his sides.
"Why do you care, Emmett? You said you don't want to be with her. Let the mutt have her," Rosalie snapped and put her book down on the arm of her chair. Emmett held his tongue so that he didn't say anything he would regret later, but he was very tempted to lash out at his estranged wife.
"I'm going to hunt. Don't follow me," He said looking straight at Rose. She glared at him as he left through the front door but did as he said and stayed sitting in her chair. Slowly, she picked her book back up and picked up where she left off reading. Emmett took off running through the trees looking for any big game that would put up some kind of challenge for him.
His feelings were already jumbled, but having Rose act like that wasn't helping him at all. Emmett knew that he was hurting Rose by not denying how he felt about Kaelyn, but it was harder than he thought it would be to ignore her. Kaelyn's blood called to him like no other's had, and that made things so much more complicated. He wanted her and hated being near her all at the same time.
Emmett stopped dead in his tracks and sniffed the air. Speak of the devil. Kaelyn was somewhere close by, her light scent fluttering in the breeze around him. Without thinking, Emmett ran in the direction of her scent.
He came into a field with wild flowers everywhere. In the middle of the opening, he saw Kaelyn was laying down looking at something in her hands. Whatever it was, it was shiny and glinted off the pale moonlight that lit up the area around them.
Emmett slowly walked closer but stopped. He didn't want to scare her off, but he also wanted to know why she was there in the first place. It was too late for her to be wondering around by herself in the woods. She was also supposed to be at Paul's right now, so why was she in the woods near his family's property?
"Kaelyn?" He called gently, trying not to spook her. The blonde shot up and jerked her head to the side to look at him. She let out a deep breath and smiled widely at him.
"You scared the crap out of me," She laughed, "What are you doing here?" Emmett walked closer and smiled back.
"I could ask you the same thing."
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