"Hi, Mom, what's going on?"
Hi, Lexie, how are classes?" Elizabeth asks.
"They're good, right now we're studying in the library… you sound weird, what's going on?" Alexis asks.
"Honey, I need for you and Ambrus to come home this weekend, there was a intruder in your uncle's house today, Jasper, Alice and I tracked the scent for five miles until they got into a car and left heading back to Seattle. Lex, it was a Vamp."
Alexis suddenly stands up, "What?!" She shouts.
"Shh." The librarian hisses.
"Sorry." Alexis sits back down.
"What is it, Pup?" Ambrus asks, he had just come back to his seat when he saw Alexis bolt to a standing position.
"There was a Vamp in my Uncle's house, you up for a visit to Forks this weekend to pick up the scent and do a little tracking?"
"Absolutely, Pup, we'll leave Friday after school, Samantha do you want to come?" Ambrus asks.
"Yeah more than likely Rosalie will be going as well, and so will Emmett."
"We should probably coordinate with Rose and Emmett when we get back to search for the intruder here in Seattle."
Ambrus immediately heard Alexis's heart begin to race, "Why, we can track them together, what do we need them for?" Alexis asks
"Alexis!" Samantha yells.
"Shh" Hisses the librarian again.
"Sorry." Samantha says.
"We will cover more ground if we coordinate with them and you know it, Pup. You know that this is more important than how you feel right now towards Emmett." Ambrus points out.
"Right, you're right, Ambrus, Bella and Uncle Charlie's safety comes first." Alexis says with a sigh.
"Right then, let us go find them and see if they received similar calls," Ambrus suggests.
They packed up their belongings and leave the library. As soon as they are outside they see Emmett and Rosalie heading in their direction, Emmett had a serious look on his face. He stops in front of Alexis.
"Did you get a call from your mom?"
"Yes we did, I'm assuming you got a similar call?
"Yeah, Carlisle called us, we're heading home this weekend to get the scent." Emmett explains.
"So are we, then I guess we'll meet you down there at Charlie's house." Alexis tells Emmett.
"I guess you will."
"Then when we get back, we will coordinate and search the city for this Vamp and see what he is up to." Ambrus adds.
Both Emmett and Rosalie nod. With that, Rosalie and Samantha head off towards Rose's apartment. The others just stand there, and watch them leave. Ambrus looks at his watch, then yawns.
"I am heading home now, Pup."
Alexis's eyes widen, and she reaches out for Ambrus but he steps out of her reach, he gives her a grin then nods towards Emmett. Alexis minutely shakes her head no, but Ambrus only smiles.
"Emmett, take the Pup and get her something to eat. She hasn't eaten all day."
Ambrus orders with a grin.
Emmett smirks, but then hides it, "Yeah sure, Ambrus, if Lexie wants to."
Alexis narrows her eyes at Ambrus, and mouths, 'I hate you.' Causing Ambrus to almost laugh.
"Yeah, sure, I could eat." Alexis tells Emmett.
"Great, my Jeep is just down here, let's go."
Emmett places his hand on the small of Alexis's back to guide her, but he quickly removes it when she shivers at his touch. His face falls a little because of her reaction, but he doesn't realize was that she took great pleasure in feeling his touch again.
"Uh, just follow me, I guess." Emmett says as he puts his hands in his pockets and leads Alexis to his Jeep.
They get to his Jeep and Alexis gets inside. She takes a deep breath, inhaling Emmett's scent that permeates in the Jeep. She lets out a sigh, reveling in his scent. When Emmett opens his door, he hears her sigh and gives her a curious look.
"Something the matter?" He asks.
"No, just a little tired."
"We can do this another time if you're too tired."
"No, I need to eat, Ambrus was right, I haven't eaten all day and I might as well go with you unless you have something else to do."
"Nope, I don't mind taking you to get something to eat. How about a burger, you like those if I remember correctly."
"Yeah, I do, okay then let's go."
Emmett smiles at Alexis and takes off towards Seattle's U district. When they get there he parks his Jeep and they walk into Just Burgers. Going up to the counter Emmett already knows what Alexis is going to want so he goes ahead and orders for her. He orders two California burgers with curly fries and two Dr. Peppers, Alexis reaches for her wallet in her purse, but Emmett is faster and pays for their meals. She huffs at him but he just gives her a dimpled smile.
"Next time when I'm hungry you can pay." Emmett tells her.
They get their order and go sit down at the back of the restaurant where it's not so crowded.
Alexis sits down, grabbing her burger, she starts eating, Emmett happily sits there and watches her eat. He chuckles as he watches her eat, Alexis looks at Emmett with a curious gaze.
"What?" She asks.
"You still stuff your cheeks like a hamster when you eat." Emmett says with a laugh.
"I'm hungry, okay? And give me your burger since you're not going to eat it anyway."
"Why do you think I ordered it, I knew that one wasn't going to be enough for you, eat the fries too while your at it."
"Fine, Mr. Cullen, I will, and your drink too." Alexis says as she reaches across the table for Emmett's food.
Emmett throws his head back and lets out a booming laugh, "Damn, I've missed this."
Alexis swallows and giggles, "I must admit I've missed this too, I can't steal from Ambrus, he'll bite my hand off."
"Are you going to start talking to me now?" Emmett asks still chuckling.
"I might as well, if you're going to keep feeding me."
"Deal."
Alexis eats in silence for a while, she takes a sip of her drink then looks at Emmett, his eyes are beginning to turn black from the lack of feeding. She reaches out to touch his face but catches herself and pulls back.
"When was the last time you fed?" Alexis asks Emmett.
"It's been a while, I was going to going hunting this weekend, but now that this has come up."
"You can still go hunting, just do it in Forks. I don't think it will take you that long to pick up a scent, the rest of the time you could be hunting."
"What are you and Ambrus going to do?"
We need to be a little bit more thorough, so we'll probably search Uncle Charlie's house in our Lycan forms then follow the scent unless we do it the easy way and my mom bites us."
"Bite you what do you mean?" Emmett asks.
"Well, instead of going through the hassle of tracking again my mom can simply bite us and share her memories with us of that day. Pack members can do that with each other, and even though Ambrus isn't pack, he's close enough that it will work with him as well."
"Sounds painful."
"It can be, but it's worth it." Alexis says as she pops the last bit of burger into her mouth.
"You ready to go?" Emmett asks.
"Yeah, it's getting late, I have an early class tomorrow."
"Okay let's go."
With that, they throw their trash away and leave the restaurant. Getting back into Emmett's Jeep, Alexis leans her head against the window and stares out the passenger side window. She sighs thinking how much she would love to hold Emmett's hand, but it's too soon for that.
They get back to Alder Hall and Emmett parks his Jeep, he gets out and opens the passenger door for Alexis. They walk in comfortable silence up to the main doors. Right before she goes in, Alexis turns to Emmett.
"Thanks for dinner, Emmett, I had a nice time."
"Yeah me too, I hope we can do it again some time." Emmett says.
Emmett takes a step closer to Alexis, he desperately wants to kiss her, but Alexis takes one back.
"Well, goodnight."
"Night, Lexie."
Alexis ducks inside Alder Hall before Emmett can react. Emmett sighs, he turns and starts walking back to his Jeep. He suddenly hears his name being called
"Emmett wait up a second." Alexis says as she comes running up to him.
Something wrong, Lexie?"
"No, let me do this before I chicken out."
Alexis reaches up on her toes and kisses Emmett on the cheek, she turns bright red then runs back inside. Emmett stands there for a second in complete shock, he places his hand where Alexis kissed him. He can still feel her warm lips on his cool skin. A huge dimpled smile spreads across his face.
"YES!" Emmett yells then looks around to see if anyone heard him.
He happily gets in his Jeep and drives back to his apartment, the whole time he has a silly grin on his face.
