Chapter 8
"Where are we going? I asked. He walked alongside me and I was surprised at how tall he was. I was about 5'5" but he must have been at least 6'4". I wasn't short but next to him I looked pretty miniscule.
"Umm… I actually don't know," he said, looking down at me. "This is as far that I've thought through."
I laughed. "So where were you leading me?" We had been walking.
"On a walk," he responded with an adorable grin on his face.
Our surroundings were amazing. La Push was more beautiful than I had remembered it. The colors of the forest were more vibrant. The grass seemed greener.
"So, if you don't mind me asking. Why are you still in La Push? For Diana's party?"
I was silent, contemplating a response and he spoke again. "Do you know when you are leaving?"
I brought my left hand to absent-mindedly run my fingers through my hair. "I don't know… When I'm leaving that is… I know I'm going to school here, so probably the whole year, then I'll see."
He stopped rather abruptly, and I turned to look at him. His smile grew wider than before. "You're staying here? Why?"
"Well… if you want to be nosy," I teased. "You were there, you probably saw what happened. I hit someone, that type of stuff doesn't die down so I'm hoping if I stay here, all of it will go away?"
I said the last part as a question. I didn't know if everything would be okay. Would my mother do a good job and really help the public forget or downplay the incident? What would happen if nothing worked out.
Embry looked like he was thinking, looking very adorable doing so. "I saw, and I know a lot of people who would've done a lot worse." He laughed, it was humorless. "A lot of us have anger problems."
His eyes searched mine for something, that I wasn't sure of what he wanted from me. He was so intense, even though I had only started to speak to him, maybe an hour ago. I looked away.
"Do you?" I asked, fingering my bracelet.
"Sometimes," he admitted.
"I do too, sometimes," I shared. "Control issues – I need to be in control, and I hate to lose control."
Like I was right now, falling for him – definitely losing control. Next thing I know I'll tell him all about myself : how I'm a shifter who can turn into an overgrown panther.
How sometimes I change just to make life simple. How sometimes I let instinct take over.
Suddenly, Embry froze. "We have to get back."
His facial features had froze. Never had I saw him so serious.
I was confused, "Back? Why?"
"Come on," he said, before roughly grabbing my arm. He must've realized it because he instantly let go. "I'm really sorry but we should be getting back," his words came out rushed.
Nice way to end this date Call. Was this a date?
"You can go ahead, I think I'll stay here. I like it here."
Just then I smelled something that I had never smelled before. It was very sweet – sickly so, and exactly the opposite of fresh. It was as if someone had bottled it and let it out after many years of decay and rot – still had its original flavor but it was mixed with something bad.
As soon as the last word left my mouth, an incredibly beautiful person appeared. Her hair was brown, and cascaded onto her shoulders and to an abrupt stop.
The shocking though – her eyes were red. And they weren't fake, you could tell that they weren't fake. The fake red contacts I've seen – some of the best since I've been backstage to see things like that applied – were always a dullish red color.
Her eyes were a vibrant, beautiful red. Mesmerizing.
Embry stood in front of me, in what I thought looked like a protective stance, shaking. He was shaking, of fear?
This woman definitely looked like she should've been feared. A playful smirk played at her lips but it didn't go to her eyes.
She rushed at us, and Embry ran straight for her. Everything was happening so quickly, but I knew what I had to do.
Before I could gather my concentration to change, Embry was replaced with a magnificent wolf and his clothes lay shredded on the forest ground.
A/N: Hey guys! I'm on vacation but I have still managed to update this. I want to thank my reviewers from last chapter. I'm really happy you took the time out to write it, and I hope you guys do it again for this chapter!
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