*****So, my beta got both chapter 8 and 9 back to me at the same time, so there is really no one to thank except her, Alicecullen112!
The song is Lullaby by Emmy Rossum
I own nothing, but the stuff that S.M. wouldn't recognize :(
New favorite Quote: Take me as I am or watch me as I go.
Chapter 9: You can't go on like this any longer.
Taylor POV
I cried all day, and kept having to throw out my best friend and my cousin. I deleted Embry's phone number from my phone, I threw it against the wall, but it hardly did any damage. I trashed my spotless room, I threw my pillows and my clothes around, but nothing satisfied the hurt inside my chest, the aching hole that threatened to pull everything inside. I would fight - for my family, for my friend, and for the hope that maybe, somehow everything would work out between Embry and I.
I loved him. I really loved him. I wanted him back. I would fight that hole. I did fight that hole, until I looked out my window. Out my window, there was a large gray wolf. Embry? We locked eyes and it howled at the moon and ran away. I thought about Embry. And that black hole swallowed all.
I woke the next morning before it was even light outside. I decided to take a walk. I put on some sweats and walked out into the rain. This walk turned out to be a bad idea. Everything reminded me of Embry. I passed his house and wondered if he was in there, if he still cared, if it hurt him when I left. I know it hurt me. I passed Sam and Emily's; does he remember the times we snuck into their house just to piss off Sam?
I heard something in the bushes next to me. I looked, but all I saw was a flash of gray fur. Embry? I sighed. Embry, his big warm arms, his russet skin, his dark almond eyes with little flecks of gold, his soft lips. I loved him so much. Why couldn't he just tell me the truth? Then I wouldn't be feeling like this. Why didn't he love me enough to tell me the truth?
I reached the beach. Does he remember the nights we spent here? The moon high above and no one there to tell us no? I loved him then. Does he wish we could go back? I will probably never know.
Embry POV
I was on patrol, but all I could think about was Taylor. Her gray-green eyes. Her blonde hair and her pale skin. The sound of her laugh, the way her lips felt against mine.
Dude, I know you can't help thinking about her, but could you lay off of the kissing? You're making me feel like I'm cheating on Kim. Instantly, my head was full of Kim, kissing Kim, holding Kim, and then…gross.
Alright dude, enough! I get it, just make it stop! I whined. I saw a flash of blonde hair. Taylor? I went off the path and walked just in the tree line next to my angel. She looked so beautiful, but so deep in thought, we passed my house, and she slowed down, I don't think she meant to, but it made me chuckle.
Just being near her was making me feel better. Soon, we passed Sam and Emily's. I wondered if she remembered the times we snuck into there just to piss Sam off. Jared started laughing.
Get outta my head! I thought.
Can't, alpha's orders, or I would be more than happy to. He grumbled.
I realized I was getting way to close to the edge of the trees, so I turned to go further in, I think she saw me.
Pretty quickly we reached the beach. I stayed back in the trees, but I was always watching her. Did she remember those nights when we came out here together? Does she miss me? Does she regret leaving me?
I remembered last night, I had gone to check up on her. She had looked out her window and she saw me. A tear rolled down her cheek, and without thinking, I howled at the moon and ran away. Then I had an idea.
Taylor POV
When I got home, there was something on the porch. I walked up and picked it up. It was a single red rose in full bloom. It was still damp with the morning dew. I saw something else then, it was a piece of paper.
I still love you, Taylor. I sunk down onto the first porch step and cried.
"I still love you too, Embry." I said out loud. I would just have to deal with it, life without him.
Embry POV
"I still love you too, Embry." She was crying. I wanted to go comfort her, but I knew she wouldn't want it. So I left. Maybe I shouldn't have left her the rose. Well, what's done is done.
Taylor started taking morning walks every morning. I would always get up and I would always walk her to the beach. It wasn't safe around here anymore.
She would also always come home to a rose and a piece of paper that said I still love you, Taylor. And she would always say "I still love you too, Embry."
Pretty soon, we had worked up to three weeks after the day she ran away crying. The only thing that got my through the day were those words she said every morning. I relished them, and I wanted to hear her say them when she knew I was around. I knew she still had every rose, all in the biggest crystal vase on her dresser, and all the notes were stuffed in her diary.
I was sitting in Emily's kitchen, eating some of her fabulous pancakes.
"It's not me, it's bisques." She reminded me every time I mentioned this to her. Kim and Jared walked into the room.
"I want pancakes, too!" Jared remarked.
"It's, like, ten P.M." Kim commented. "Pancakes?"
"Yep." I said, my mouth full of pancakes.
"That's gross, Embry!" Rachel walked into the kitchen.
"Yep." I said, mouth still full. Jared laughed. Kim buried her head in her hands.
"What did I get myself into?" She moaned. Jared laughed again. She hit him on the shoulder.
"Didn't feel a thing, Kimmie." He teased. She glared at him even as she settled herself into his lap.
"Yeah, Kimmie!" Megan and Seth walked into the kitchen.
"It's getting crowded in here. I'm leaving!" I stated.
"Right behind you, Embry." Rachel was following me out.
Sam came barreling in, "Nobody move!" He said, worried.
"Damn it!" I was never going to escape.
"No, seriously. There is a group of five Vampires on their way here, they needed to hunt. That little pixie vampire saw them." The packs faces paled.
"We need to go then, don't we?" Brady was ready, but I wasn't. What about Taylor? What if she got hurt? I told them my worry.
Sam looked at me, "Collin, go get her, you know where she lives" I nodded my thanks, to both Sam and Collin. Then Collin was off.
"Quickly!" Sam called after him.
*****Yeah, im almost done with Chapter ten, Blame it on Writers block. Sorry, Guys!
So, I was thinking, what if I do more on Seth and Megan's relationship, like a side-story?
Review and let me know what you think, or just review!
