Seth reached the Cullens' house before nightfall, he was met at the door by Edward, who led him to a guest room, which was only a temporary room for Cody. Edward and Bella offered Edward's old room for their new family member. This made Rosalie happy since Emmett and her room was across the hall and Nessie's was next door.
Cody was resting on a full size bed with Nessie, they were sharing ideas for the room. Alice was busy browsing online for clothes for Cody. Emmett, Jasper and Carlisle were renovating under the watchful eyes of Esme and Rosalie. Jacob had kitchen duty for the four of them since Nessie ate regular food as well as drinking blood.
It was such a contented setting until Seth and Jacob heard Embry's call. "I told him to back off." Seth stated rubbing his hand over his right temple.
"Calm down, maybe he is here as a messenger, not a interloper." Jacob stated.
"For his benefit, I hope you're right." Seth stated through gritted teeth. Jacob walked to the back door and opened it. He looked for any other pack members. Nothing. His eyebrow raised. If there was trouble, the rest of the pack would be close by.
"What's up Embry?" Jacob called to his friend.
"I was just starting to work on my old car when I got a phone call. Nessie wanted me to grab her some fabric swatches from my mom's shop. So I thought I would run them over." Embry stated smiling.
"Sure, sure." Jacob stated still watching Embry with a raised brow.
"Oh by the way, Sam says you two need to patrol the North tonight. He and Jared are taking the South, Collin and Leah the West and Paul and I are going East." Embry added.
"What's Brady and Quil doing?" Seth asked.
"Patrolling LaPush, staying close to home, Maggie is close. The babies may come at any time. Brady wants to be there for her." Embry stated.
"Where's her no good husband?" Jacob asked.
"Left on the USS Independence for another six month stint. Brady, doesn't want his sister to give birth with out family near by. His mom is still in Oklahoma helping their Grandmother, so he's all she has." Embry explained.
"Now exactly why are you patrolling the East, when we are already here." Jacob asked still suspicious.
"Don't ask me, ask Sam?" Embry stated.
"Okay where does he want us to meet?" Jacob asked.
"Says we should meet up at the cliffs after our patrol to report any leech sightings." Embry stated.
"Here's the samples, tell Nessie that mom is getting in a new sample book on Tuesday." With that Embry turned and headed back the way he had come.
"That was really strange, he didn't once mention Cody. What do you think he's up to?" Seth looked at Jacob and then as Embry disappeared into the dense tree line.
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That night Jacob and Seth ran North on their patrol. After the long night of patrolling they headed to the cliffs overlooking the ocean. As they neared the cliffs they saw Sam, Paul, Jared and Quil.
"Where's Embry?" Seth asked as he neared them.
"Didn't he tell you, I gave him the night off." Sam called.
"What! He said he had to patrol the eastern sector tonight." Jacob stated.
"Nah, Brady and Collin took the east, Jared and I took the South, Paul and Leah took the West." Sam continued.
"Where is Embry now?" Seth asked.
"He said that he had some chores to finish." Jared stated.
"Didn't you sweep his mind?" Jacob asked.
"No, he called me on the phone." Sam stated feeling a little angry for being put in the middle of Seth and Embry's on going quarrel.
"That weasel! He had this all planned out. North so we would be the farthest away." Seth raged.
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As soon as night came Jacob and Seth left to patrol. Ten minutes later Edward answered a knock on the door, finding a nervous Embry Call holding a bouquet of flowers and a box of bon bons.
"Is… is Cody here." He asked clearing his throat.
"Yes, but she is Seth's imprint." Edward stated.
"I just wanted to talk with her for a bit." Embry stated.
"Come in, top of the stairs third door on the left." Edward stated and looked at his Bella who was sitting on the living room floor putting a large 3-D puzzle together with Jasper and Carlisle. Although Jasper just seemed to be there to keep them calm so they wouldn't get impatient and ruin the progress they had already made.
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Embry walked to the room Edward had directed him to. He knocked and soon a very cute Nessie opened the door and smiled up to him. "Hi Embry. What's up?" Nessie asked and smiled wider.
"I need to speak to Cody." Embry stated.
"Okay, come in, I'm going down to see how mom is doing on the puzzle." Nessie stated and left the room closing the door behind her. Cody looked up at Embry and smiled. "Embry, what you here for?" Cody asked.
"I came to see you, I wanted to give you a new house gift." Embry stated smiling in return.
"Oh!" Cody launched herself off the bed and landed right in front of Embry. Embry handed her the flowers and bonbons.
"Thank you, Embry." Cody reached up and hugged Embry then went to kiss him on the cheek, but just as he lips were to reach Embry's cheek, he turned his head and their lips met. Embry drew Cody up to him and kissed her deeply. Cupping her rear in his hands and pulling her firm against his hard arousal. Cody whimpered and innocently moved closer. Embry pulled her tighter against him, then lifted her so that her legs wound around his waist. He could smell her arousal and it was making him even bolder. He carried her to the bed and laid her down then crawled up beside her. He took her lips again covering her body with his own. When he heard the heavy foot falls on the stairs he jumped up and ran to the open window leaping out in one fluid motion, just as the door opened. Cody still lay on the bed in shock from Embry's heated kisses. Seth walked in followed by Jacob, they looked at Cody then at the window.
"I am going to kill him!" Seth stated.
