Seth's Point of View- Chapter 9- What Did She Just Say?
I could hear Marisa and Leah outside and I couldn't help but hyperventilate.
Jake gently slapped my arm, "Breathe dude! I'm going to go; I'll talk to you later." I nodded my head.
"Jake, wait!" I called rather suddenly. "Mind keeping Leah away for a while?"
He looked at me like I was crazy, but nodded his head nonetheless.
"See you," he mumbled as he walked towards the door. I nodded. As he went to open the door, Leah pulled it open.
"Oh, hey, Leah," Jakes said awkwardly, "Do you mind heading to the Cullen's place with me."
Leah's eyes widened as she appraised Jacob's expression. It took her a moment before she replied, "Erm… that's fine, I guess. Marisa will you be okay here with Seth?"
Marisa nodded her head and Jacob and Marisa bid us farewell. Marisa spoke before I did, "Mind showing me to the tide pools, Seth? Leah and I were going to go, but seeing as Jacob's kidnapped her and all…" As she trailed off I nodded my head. This was perfect!
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We'd been walking for a while in silence and I decided it was time to break it.
"Listen Marisa–" but she cut me off,
"No. Me first, Seth." ised Jacob'pen.
I nodded my head and then grumbled, far too low for human ears, "Can't be worse than what I have to say."
She hit my arm, hard, "I heard that!"
Whoops… I said that louder than I thought… I lowered my head in mock shame, "Sorry, Marisa, please, continue."
She curtsied, sarcastically, "Thank you, now… I know you and your sleepover guests have a… a rather large secret."
I stared at her, too shocked to say anything, and so, she continued, "Well… I have a secret too. Hear me out please, don't ask questions until I finish. Can you do that for me Seth?"
"'Course," I muttered, "go ahead."
She smiled shyly, "Thanks… Okay… Well, how can I put this? I… I'm like you. Well… not like you exactly… more like Leah. Actually, that's why she contacted me in the first place. You can interrupt now, if you like, but I have more to say."
"Okay… wow… could you actually keep talking? I'd like to interrupt after I know all the facts."
"Are you alright?" She asked, reading the look on my face. Concern was evident in her tone. Oh my gosh, she didn't imprint back, did she? Is that even possible? It can't be otherwise Leah would've imprinted… Wouldn't she? Well, I guess not… But I mean… She's a werewolf… I couldn't take it in, my head was spinning. I glanced at Marisa realizing she was still waiting for my reply.
"What? Oh! Yeah, I'm fine… finish talking, please, I'm listening." ter." arm, "outside, and I couldn'
"Okay," she said, after a moment's pause, "I'm not sure if you know what this is or not… Leah said you would." I went limp, we'd reached the tide pools and I completely stopped walking. Marisa seemed to be struggling for words,
"Seth… See, I… I erm… There's this… this thing called…"
"Imprinting!" I supplied excitedly.
She looked at me with a reticent smile and nodded her head.
"Me too!" I beamed.
She smiled and we pulled into a would-be-bone-crunching hug. Once we finished I grabbed her head and we slowly started walking back to my house.
"I recommend we go save Leah from the Cullens… I asked Jake to keep her distracted so I could talk to you."
She smiled, "You're lucky she's your sister, Seth. She really cares about you."
"I know," I too smiled. I wanted to add that Leah would one day be her sister-in-law, but I decided it was best not to freak her out. Not yet, anyway.
We arrived back to an empty house and I ran to grab the keys. I came outside to find Marisa in the car.
"To saving Leah," she announced, as I started the car. "Though I haven't figured out why she thinks she needs saving, I like the Cullens."
I grinned, "Finally! Someone who agrees with me!" She giggled. Wow… her laugh… amazing, truly amazing. We sat the rest of the ride in silence, but it wasn't the awkward silence. It was comfortable… understood.
Before too long we'd reached our intended destination. I glanced over at Marisa and noted that her nose was slightly wrinkled in disgust.
"You okay?" I asked, worried that the smell would get to her.
She laughed musically, "If you can recall correctly I spent all night here. Just last night, actually. I'm sure I'll fair just fine for the rest of the day."
I nodded my head, "Sorry, over-protective-bo-" I stopped, remembering we hadn't technically agreed to anything yet. She smiled, having caught my blunder.
"You can say boyfriend, Seth. I think we've got a bond strong enough for that."
I laughed, "Got it." Then added as an afterthought, "Thanks."
She smiled, got out of the car, came around to my side, opened the door and pulled me out. It was then that I wrinkled my nose.
"What?" She teased, "The smell too strong for you wolf-boy?"
I stuck my tongue out at her playfully. "Seriously though," I said, "you ready to head inside?"
She rolled her eyes, "Quit stalling and get in there!"
Once we reached the top of the steps she heaved open the door. We walked in to find Rosalie and Emmett – erm– comfortable on the couch. Marisa and I simultaneously cleared our throats. Rosalie glared up, "Knock much, mutts?" she hissed, though a hint of humor was detectable in her voice.
"Sorry," I muttered, and for that Marisa slapped me on the arm.
"Don't apologize," she growled, "We were told we were welcome, so welcome we will be."
Emmett laughed, "Isn't that cute? The little werewolf has moxy!"
Marisa gave him a glare worthy of Rosalie and I couldn't help but be impressed, then it clicked with me what exactly Emmett had said.
"Hey, Emmett?" I asked.
"Yeah?"
"What did you call Marisa?"
"Werewolf," he stated, calmly, "just like you. Congrats by the way."
"Umm… thank you? But… who told you?"
Rosalie answered, "Leah warned Alice to warn us all before you came for dinner. The smell would've tipped us off, plus Edward would've already known anyways."
I nodded my head, "Who told you about the imprinting thing?"
Rosalie laughed, "It wasn't very difficult to figure out Seth." She shook her head at my stupidity.
"Hey Rose?" Marisa asked sweetly.
"Yeah?" She replied in an equally nice voice.
"Help me track down Alice, will you?"
"Sure," Rosalie smiled, "oh, and, word to the wise Marisa, don't use the word 'track' around Bella.
Marisa was about to respond when someone (presumably Bella) yelled from up the stairs, "I heard that!"
We laughed as Rosalie and Marisa ran up the stairs to locate Alice.
"So…" I said, unsure of how to fill the sudden awkward silence. Jasper, who had just entered the room, laughed.
"What is it?" I asked him casually.
"Nothing," he replied, "the girls are just really overly excited."
I nodded my head, finding it just a little strange that he was still laughing.
Suddenly, Emmett was laughing too and I was beginning to feel a bit giddy myself.
"Jasper!" Both Emmett and I screamed simultaneously, as if on cue. He grinned sheepishly and the laughter ceased.
I rolled my eyes as Bella came down the stairs. "Seth," she addressed me, "We've taken your sister and girlfriend captive and they're staying for dinner."
I shrugged, "Do I get to stay?"
She then shrugged, "Why not?"
And so that was the beginning of yet another infamous dinner at the Cullen's.
A/N: There's chapter nine! Now for a random announcement! I've decided against having an actual epilogue. It was too short. Instead, I'm combining it with chapter ten… I'm considering a sequel for this story since next chapter will be the last one… tell me your thoughts on that! I'll update soon! Thank you so much for all the support! Tell me what you thought in a review, yes? Also, criticism is welcome! Cheers!
~Beverly
