I slowly cracked my door open, hoping to find Embry in my room. I let out a sigh of relief as I saw him on my bed. "Em?" I spoke softly.
He sat up slowly. "What did you just call me?"
I looked down at the ground, seemingly my favorite thing to do lately. "Wow...I'm sorry, I don't even know why-"
Embry shot across the room and enveloped me in an almost too tight hug. "My mother is the only person who has ever called me that. You have know idea how good it feels to hear you say it."
"Oh!" I exclaimed as I realized I was being lifted off the ground. We smiled at each other, but I knew that I had to bring up the whole awkwardness that had happened downstairs. "Look, about what happened downstairs...I really hope that didn't upset you...Don't be mad at me."
Embry scoffed, keeping his hands lightly on my waist. "Are you kidding? I could never be mad at you; ever. That was all my fault. I'm just jealous."
"What do you have to be jealous about?" I asked, honestly drawing a blank.
"Well, it's just that, Charlie loves Jacob and is, like, his number one fan. He doesn't even know I exist..."
We were both thinking hard about the truth behind that, but I decided to break the silence with a risky comment. "Well...maybe that'll change soon."
"Soon isn't soon enough!" Embry jokingly whined.
I froze in his embrace, instantly remembering that I had spoken those exact words to Jacob last night. I was overcome with this instant feeling a longing for Embry and never felt more connected with him.
Embry looked puzzled. "Did I say something?"
I lunged for his lips and he stumbled back in shock at my sudden force, but adapted quite quickly. Suddenly, he began laughing into the kiss and pulled back. "What just happened?"
I shook my head. "It doesn't matter."
He gave me a 'look' because of my sudden mysteriousness, but shook it off, shaking his head.
"So what are we doing today before we go to Sam's? That's at noon or something?"
"Yeah." Embry responded, not wanting to think to that crucial time. "But what do you want to do?"
I stared into his chest, completely dumbfounded by his question. "Embry...I can honestly say that I don't think that anybody has ever asked me that...but you might regret it." I gave him a mischievous grin.
His shoulders slumped. "Oh boy...what have I gotten myself into?"
Twenty minutes later we were both slumped on the couch, watching Romeo and Juliet.
"So you're a Shakespeare girl, eh?"
I blushed. "Am I too nerdy?"
He laughed at my reaction and shook his head. "Of course not...just a little smarter than me. I have to be honest with you. I have no idea what is going on in this right now."
I laughed. "That would be because it started five minutes ago idiot."
"Hey! What did you just call me?" He grabbed my sides and flipped me over, endlessly tickling me.
"Nothing!" I gasped in between the heartless aggression of tickles.
"Promise me you'll never call me that ever again!" He continued to torture me.
I shook my head and tried to shove him off of me, but it was no use. I gasped in exasperation. "I promise!" The tickling ended almost immediately.
"Good. Because I would have hated to have to continue torturing you like that."
I laughed at his obvious sarcasm. "No you wouldn't have."
He smiled at me. "Alright...well maybe you're right...so you're ticklish, huh?"
I gave a him a look, which threatened to call him an idiot once more.
He laughed and put his hands in the air. "Hey! I'm just getting to know the love of my life is all!"
I smiled and nodded at his excuse. "Right...so what happens when I choose? Like with the person I choose and me...and then with the person I don't choose."
Embry stiffened at my change in topic. "Well...I was curious about the same exact thing and so I talked to Sam about it last night. He says that you're not allowed to know what happens to the person you don't pick. Sam said that if you knew that it might sway your decision in ways that it shouldn't."
My breathing hitched. "Just tell me how bad it is." I said, immediately sensing my protectiveness over Jacob.
Embry swallowed hard. "Um...well...I guess it could be worse."
I let my face fall into my hands, tears immediately fall. Embry wrapped me in his warm embrace. "Hey. Everything's gonna be alright."
I shook my head, strongly disagreeing. "I'm going to ruin somebody's life today. I can't do this...I cannot handle this. This-this is just too intense." I had gotten up and started pacing without realizing it.
"Hey, hey, hey..."Embry said. "Listen to me. For the person you do choose. You and him will live a long and happy life together and you will feel the same passion that we feel for you right now."
"I don't feel the same passion as you guys?" I questioned.
Embry shook his head. "No, because you're imprint is split between to people, you only feel the half the passion in one compared to what you will once you choose one."
"Wow...ugh." I rubbed my face, and smiled weakly at him. " I love you, Em. You know that, and I always will."
He nodded. "I know that you think that."
I sighed and kissed him passionately. "Back to the movie?"
"Absolutely" He agreed.
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