For all those who have been waitinig for an update…I'm not sure how much groveling will be taken as an apology so I'm not going to grovel XD. Just rest assured…I will keep up the updates now ;) I work best under pressure for some strange reason. Anyhoo, I have posted the song "Animal" at the bottom of this chap for a simple reason…I think it describes Ian and Leah almost perfectly XD. I heard it on the radio and was like: "THE MIDGET AND THE HOT GIRL'S SONG XD!" So yes…^^. I posted the lyrics just in case the link to the song doesn't show up.
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There was one good thing about being a werewolf: in wolf form she can kick ass in terms of speed. From Go-go's to her house, it was round about twenty minutes. Running in Super Woman mode, it was five. Her paws skidded on the gravel driveway, leaving her panting, happy brother in dust. She busted through the door with such force rabid Cujo himself would have been proud, paws slapping on the hardwood floor and then the stairs as she ran up. Leah shifted right before she crashed into her bedroom door and slammed it shut behind her, chest heaving.
Leah Clearwater was scared. There was no other way to put it. All her life all she had ever wanted was Sam. First came the news about her becoming a wolf, right after that her father dies, and then Sam imprints on Emily of all people. Miss" I'm-so-perfect" Emily. To be honest, Leah was…glad when Emily had gotten hurt. Call her vindictive, but it made Leah feel better. Leah knew she could handle being around Sam; she was a wolf with the same (or near same) physical arrtuibutes in that form. Sam could accidently hurt her but it Leah would be able to heal from such a thing. Emily? Well…one need only look at her face to see. Children? Leah had long ago given up on that.
But now? All her life, Leah had heard the legends, heard the hope lying in the whispered words of a person made just for them. And all her life she had felt the dread, the sudden foreboding feeling that her Sam would never be…not even if Emily died. And now she's imprinted.
Leah exhaled slowly, walking over to her dresser and pulling it open. She picked a pair of black boy short panties, slipping them on before opening the next drawer and revealing a choice item to wear: hip hugging jeans. Off in the distance she could hear a phone ringing faintly. She jimmied into those before she heard the knock at her door: one whiff told her all she needed to know. "One second," Leah snapped, slamming both drawers shut with her palms. The sting disappeared in seconds.
"Leah," Seth started.
"Not now!"
Leah snapped on a matching black bra, fixing the straps before opening another drawer to survey her choice in shirts: nothing revealing. Well she wasn't going to bop the guy right then and there (those already her lust was perfectly willing too). Leah grabbed a Nickelback shirt and shoved it on before yanking the door open. "Make it fast," she snapped, risking a glance at the mirror; no twigs. Good.
Seth blinked owlishly for a few moments before smiling again. "You're dressed?"
"Yes that's what a person does when their opposite gender sibling answers the door."
Annoyance crossed over Seth's face and the young pup snorted. "Be nice Lee. I got a call from that wizard guy….Frankie…Francoo…anyhoo, he said no stalking. Or he'd create a magical seal around the guy's house and every time you or Paul would go near, it'd shock you."
""I wasn't going to stalk him!"
Seth shrugged. "Well I say stalking. He'd say you'd call it "observing"."
Silence.
"How long does this wizard stay again?"
"Until he dies or wants to go."
"Fuck."
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"Um, Mr. Richardson? I would like to have a word with you in private please?"
I looked up at Mrs. Fullen, Shane clinging to my leg. "Come on big man. Let go." Shane shook his head defiantly, chubby fingers digging even more into the fabric of my jeans.
"No don't leave," He whined.
Getting Shane off me would be the equivalent of trying to stand on one foot, reciting the declaration of Independence backwards, and playing chess at the same time. In other words….fucking impossible. I shrugged. "Mam, you might as well tell me because he won't let go until I'm missing a leg." She wrinkled her nose in plain disbelief. "He gets it from me mam."
Mrs. Fullen looked down at my son again before sighing, meeting my gaze. "Sir….I've been in childcare for six years-"
Oh shit…Shane what the hell did you do?
-"and I've seen my share of children pass through my classroom. Today Shane had a…incident…shall we call it? He was finger painting when his eyes rolled to the back of head and he began to convulse. For a few seconds he even began screaming. When I touched his shoulder he snapped out of it so to speak…his pulse seemed normal and I took him to the nurse. He asked spefically for you."
"Shane?" I turned to look down at him. He was busy burying his face into my calf. I reached down, fingers barely brushing his hair. "Hey Shane look at me."
He shook his head defiantly and now I could feel wetness on my calf. He was crying. "Shane look at Daddy." Slowly he lifted his face from me, eyes already beginning to rim red. I could feel my heart twist sideways for a second but I kept on stroking his hair. Strange. I'd never fucking noticed before but…Shane's hair is losing its baby fineness. "Wanna go to the doc bud?"
Mrs. Fullen jumped into attention then. "Why are you asking him sir? He clearly needs medical attention. We're only lucky this happened shortly before the parents came. Take him now!"
Shane shook his head. I scooped him before he decided to attach himself to my leg again; this time he was perched on my elbow almost, face buried in the crook of my neck. I nodded in the direction of Fullen. "Thank you mam. We'll see you tomorrow, God's willing."
Mrs. Fullen nodded, her face the epitome of worry. "I hope you feel better tomorrow Shane."
"Hope so too," I replied for him, checking to see if his Spiderman backpack was zipped. It was. We walked away, Shane's grip tightening on my shirt. I'd have to scrape up the money for a doctor's visit. Or work some extra shifts. But what my son needs my son gets.
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Emily never told Sam what had happened that day. A woman's heart is a forest full of secrets…and this is just one of them. She'd never told Sam who she'd lost her virginity to (she told Sam he was her first), she never told Sam she'd dated plenty of men before him (one of which smelled like coffee and had a Ducati), and this raiscim? While it was nothing to brush off…it was another secret is all. After all, who says imprints can't keep secrets?
It had been a few days since the "Great Imprintment" as Jared jokingly called it: Paul and Leah discovering their imprints. And today? Today was the day of Paul's dare with his imprint. Poor girl, Emily thought with a smile, stirring the beans. She has no idea what she's gotten herself into.
Emily herself was already hard at work …cooking that is. Currently on the stove was a simmering pot of beans, mashed potatoes, chili (in a pot big enough to bath a seven year), a pot (the same size as the chili) of white rice, and in the oven was a pan of cornbread, and pans upon pans of cookies (really only 3…there's only so much room inside an oven).
"Smells good Emily," Jacob said, half ducking under the door beam to get in.
"Thanks Jacob. Do you know where the others are at?"
Jacob shrugged. "Sam said he'd be in in a few minutes, Jared and Kim are coming over in ten, same with Quil and Claire. Paul's busy posing in front of the lake; like his reflection is any better than his face," Jacob snorted with a laugh.
"Be nice," Emily giggled, unable to hide the smile forming on her face.
"I heard that!" Paul hollered his voice so loud that for a moment Emily thought he was in the room. It even made the windows shiver slightly.
"Stop yelling," Jacob yelled lazily.
Emily sighed, turning off the beans with a flick of the wrist. The cookies had another ten minutes to go, the cornbread five. "At least we'll be able to meet them today," Emily replied pleasantly and Jacob nodded.
"Heck yeah. Especially with P-" Jacob started when Seth came sliding into the kitchen, pain etched into his features.
"Emimmmmily," Seth whined, doing a little jig. "Emily you need to kick Leah out of the bathroom. I seriously have to go."
Jacob raised an eyebrow. "Can't you get her off yourself instead running to us?"
"Have you seen Leah when she's hogging the bathroom? She gives the Silent Hill girl a run for her money…."
And sending Leah's mortal enemy to her would make things better how? Emily resisted the urge to face palm and offered what she hoped was a sympatric smile. "I'm sorry Seth. You'll have to either ask Jacob or your own."
Seth groaned, sounding as if he was in serious mortal pain. Jacob merely grinned and Emily turned around to out on the mittens to take out the cornbread. She could see three people come up the drive: well, two, one was a child holding the pretty girl's hand while the guy-
Emily gasped, mittens almost falling to the floor through her suddenly stiff fingers. "Emily?"
Ian?
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"Animal"~ Neon Trees
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Here we go again
I kinda wanna be more than friends
So take it easy on me
I'm afraid you're never satisfied.
Here we go again
We're sick like animals
We play pretend
You're just a cannibal
And I'm afraid I wont get out alive
No I won't sleep tonight
CHORUS:
Oh, oh
I want some more
Oh, oh
What are you waitin' for?
Take a bite of my heart tonight
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waitin' for?
What are you waitin' for?
Say goodbye to my heart tonight
Here we are again
I feel the chemicals kickin' in
It's gettin' heavier
I wanna run and hide
I wanna run and hide
I do it every time
You're killin' me now
And I won't be denied by you
The animal inside of you
CHORUS:
Oh, oh
I want some more
Oh, oh
What are you waitin' for?
Take a bite of my heart tonight.
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waitin' for?
What are you waitin' for?
Say goodbye to my heart tonight
Neon Trees Animal lyrics found on .
Hush, hush
The world is quiet
Hush, hush
We both can't fight it
It's us that made this mess
Why can't you understand?
Whoa, I won't sleep tonight
I wont sleep tonight
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again
CHORUS
Oh, oh
I want some more
Oh, oh
What are you waitin' for?
Take a bite of my heart tonight.
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waitin' for?
What are you waitin' for?
Say goodbye to my heart tonight.
Oh, oh
I want some more
Oh, oh
What are you waitin' for?
Take a bite of my heart tonight.
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waitin' for?
What are you waitin' for?
Say goodbye to my heart tonight.
Oh, oh
I want some more
Oh, oh
What are you waitin' for?
Take a bite of my heart tonight.
Oh oh
I want some more
Oh oh
What are you waitin' for?
What are you waitin' for?
Say goodbye to my heart tonight.
