Chapter 9

Amy's POV

"Sam, how about we do a barbeque party for the pack? You know, to welcome Amy home," I hear my mom say from the kitchen.

"Sure why not," my father says, walking around the corner. He walks up to her and wraps his arms around her waist, kissing her scarred face.

Alex and I just watch them interact with each other. Alex moans in annoyance and turns away, but I continue watching. I missed my parents when I was with Hannah. I loved how my dad showed my mom affection and that she was his when they were in public. I always laughed when I saw other men stare at my father jealously and then shy away from him when he glanced at them. I remember when I was little, I always wanted someone to love me like my dad loves my mom, and I do.

All of a sudden, I feel this dire need to go see Stephan; to feel his strong, warm arms around me and his lips on mine. But sadly, he is on patrol right now, so that's not possible. I sigh, debating on what I should do. I have already visited all my friends and I got attacked by all my little cousins. They aren't really my cousins, but their parent is a wolf and part of the pack, and I consider them to be my cousins.

"Why so glum?" my father asks, patting me on the head. I glare at him and then fix my hair.

"I want to see Stephan," I mumble, moving my gaze to my hands. My fingers are fiddling with the hair tie that I always wear around my wrist.

"He was here five minutes ago, and all night," my father says jokingly, tapping me on the nose.

"Yeah, I know, but then he left patrol. I won't get to see him until tonight," I say back, glaring at him. He knows that he could have someone else patrol, but nnnnnooooooo, it's Stephan's responsibility and I will just have to deal with it.

I jump when I hear the door slam open. My father is on his feet in an instant and is standing protectively in front of Alex and me. He starts to laugh when I see a little kid run past him. The little boy runs up to me and climbs onto my lap. I don't recognize him.

"Billy! Where are you?!" I hear Paul say.

"He's in here, Paul. Calm down," my father says, opening the door wider for Paul to come in.

"Thanks, Sam. Billy Paul Lahote, do you know how much trouble I would've been in if I lost you?!" Paul says, picking Billy up.

"Daddy, put me down!" Billy says, kicking his little legs as fast as he could. Paul laughs as he sets his son down, who immediately climbs back onto my lap.

"Hi Amy!" he says cheerfully.

I stare at him in shock. This cannot be the Billy Lahote that I had babysat only two months ago. He's bigger now, and dare I say it, a lot cuter. Girls will be lining up to him in the future. Paul was the same way, and all the girls got pissed off when he started dating Rachel. It got so bad that Paul almost phased in the middle of the cafeteria and he got in trouble with the principle because he yelled at one of his teachers. Hopefully, Billy doesn't do that cause his parents would surely kill him.

"Hey Billy, I didn't recognize you. Did you grow since I've last seen you?" I ask, braiding a piece of his chin-length hair.

"He's been growing rather quickly. Rachel and I got worried, but Sam said that Alex went through the same thing," Paul says, giving my mom a hug.

"Kioni, you better run," Alex yells staring at the TV.

"Why? Oh no," Kioni says, when he sees Billy. Billy climbs off me and runs after a running Kioni. I laugh when Alex says, "Told you!"

Billy has taken a great fascination in Kioni, and Kioni doesn't understand why. The four year old boy looks up to Kioni and considers him to be his big brother. The two boys are great friends, but occasionally Billy does scare Kioni. This moment is apparently a scary one.

"Alex! Come get this mongrel off of me! Ow! He bit me!" Kioni whines.

"Billy! What did I say about biting people? Hey, where do you think you're going, little wolf," Paul yells, running out the door. He runs behind his son and picks him up, putting him on his shoulders. Billy yawns loudly and places his head on his father's shoulder. "Alright, time for nap, little wolf."

"Hey Paul, Emily and I are hosting a barbeque tonight to welcome Amy home, make sure the pack knows," my dad says from the doorway.

"Yes, sir," Paul says, giving his alpha a salute.

My father chuckles and walks back inside.

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"I love that dress on you, Amy! Stephan is going to die; you look so hot," Hannah says, brushing my hair before winding it around the curler. I smile at my best friend as I put lip gloss on my lips. Hannah had surprised me by coming down to La push; she arrieved an hour ago. Apparently, my father called her and asked her to come down for the barbeque, and she said she would.

Right now, we are getting ready for the party. I am wearing a strapless sweetheart dress that brings out he green flecks in my eyes. I'm alos wearing a black, short cadigan and black ballet flats. Hannah is curling my hair while I do my make-up. She is wearing the same dress as me, but it's red so that it cringes out some of the red coloring in her hair. She was already ready when she came down to La Push, all she had to do was put on her silcer flats, which match her cardigan. She ahd silver dangle earrings and silver bracelets. For some reason, she only put on lip gloss, no other make-up.

"What's the matter?" Hannah asks me, putting down the curler.

"Sometimes I wish that I was normal. That if I hadn't met Stephan and phased at sixteen, that I would have had a normal life," I say, standing up and walking to my dresser. I grab the Juicy Couture perfume that my mom bought me and sprayed some on my wrists and then in the air in front of me. I walk through it and back to the dresser. I put in my silver studs and then my tribes necklace on. I got the necklace from my father the night that they had the meeting about me finally being one of the Packs. I finger the necklace, which is a small, silver 3D wolf on a silver chain. I then grab my diamond heart ring and turn around to see a glaring Hannah with hands on hips. Uh oh, I'm in for a talk.

"Amy Janet Uley, do not let me hear you talk like that again! Ever! Sure, Alex wouldn't have gotten hurt if you were normal and you wouldn't have run away. But if you were normal, you wouldn't have met the love of your life. You wouldn't even be here if you had a normal life!" Hannah finishes, fuming.

"Alright, alright! Calm down before you have a heart attack!" I say, holding my sides form my laughter. We are laughing so hard that we don't hear the knock on my bedroom door. We both scream when we see a man standing in the doorway, and then laugh when we realize it's just Brady, whose nineteen.

"You dad sent me up here to get you girls. The barbeque just star…" Brady trails off when he makes eye contact with Hannah. I smile and grab both of their hands, dragging them downstairs and outside.

"Guys, I have an announcement to make," I say happily, clapping my hands.

"You're not pregnant, are you?" Embry laughs. Six pairs of eyes turn to him and glare; Embry immediately stops laughing.

"No, I'm too young to be pregnant, Embry. These two lovebirds behind me just imprinted." I say, walking down the steps and to the cooler to grab myself a coke. Everyone said congratulations to Brady and Hannah, who look happily at each other. They kiss eachother and Embry just has to yell, "Get a room!"

Everyone turns to him and yells, "Embry!"

"Someone needs to find Embry's imprint and drag her to La Push! His comments are so annoying!" I laugh. Everyone else laughs, except Embry, whose looking sad. "I'm sure you'll find her soon enough," I say, patting him on the arm. He brightens up instantly.

I scream as I get lifted up into the air and get twirled around. I turn when I am on the ground and see Stephan's smiling face. I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him. Feeling his arms wrap around my waist, I smile and deepen the kiss. I have missed this man so much.

Someone clears their throat, and Stephan pulls away. I pout and he give me a quick, gently kiss on the lips. I still pout, wanting to know who interrupted us. I turn and glare at the pack, and to have my glare turn to shock as I see my little brother with one eyebrow raised. He was the one that interrupted us?!

"Amy, stop making out with Stephan. You can do that later," Alex says, dragging me away from my boyfriend. I growl, but he just smirks. "I want you to meet a friend of mine. This is Cassie, my girlfriend," Alex says, giving me a pointed look. My eyes widen, my mouth opening slightly. Since when does Alex have a girlfriend? And since when does that girlfriend turn out to be his imprint?

"It's nice to meet you, Cassie," I say, recovering quickly and shaking her outstretched hand.

"It's nice to meet you too, Amy. Alex has told me so much about you," Cassie says, staring over at my brother who fooling around with Kioni.

"Oh really? What kinds of things has my lovely brother told you?" I say, intrigued.

"Well, he told me that you're a great artist," Cassie says, looking down.

"That was nice of him."

"I really like him, you know. Sometimes, when I look at him, I believe that I will be with no one else other than him," she says, returning her gaze to Alex. "He really looks up to you. When I met him, he was so worried that you would never come back. I always wondered why you were so special to him, I mean like, that's not an insult or anything. My older brother and I aren't that close, not at all, actually. But I liked how he was so worried about you. I helped him post the missing persons pictures in various parks and around Forks. I helped him, and he helped me. I think I love him."

"You know, I think you do too. The way you two look at each other, it's the way that my parents look at each other. When I was thirteen, I met Stephan Boulder, my boyfriend. He's the love of my life," I say, turning to see Stephan looking at me. I looking away, blushing.

"Come on, everyone! Food's ready!" My mom, Leah, Bella, and Kim yell. All of the boys whoop and run to the tables where the food is. "Hey, ladies first, you wolves," my mom chastises. Every man and boy groans loudly, but they back away. After everyone has eaten, they start to leave. I see Alex give Cassie a good-bye kiss. He walks up to me and we walk into the house together.

"I like her,' I say, smiling up at him.

"Really?" Alex asks, his face lighting up immediately.

"Yes, really. Now go, you have patrol tonight," I say. He groans loudly.

"Come on, Alexander! I'm doing the shift with you!" My father yells up the stairs. Alex groans again.

"Night, Al," I say.

"Night, Am," he says back, trudging down the stairs.

I close the door and smile happily, giggling when I feel Stephan's arms wrap around my waist. He turns me around and kisses me on the lips. We start off where we left off in the backyard.