Aha, you're all excited for this next little phone call. I hope you enjoy it :D
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Banana Phone-Raffi (I prefer the fast version)
Best Days-Matt White
Chapter 10--Hairy Beast
"Alright people of the Uley household, prepare to be entertained," Embry declared suddenly, shortly after we had all finished dinner. All of us girls shared a quick look before heading into the living room, stopping when we saw the guys. They were all sitting on the couches and chairs, leaning forward towards the coffee table where a phone and it's dock was sitting in the center.
"Well aren't you guys going to participate?" Paul asked with a grin. We all immediately smiled and gathered around the phone, I sat close beside Embry and kept my lips pursed so I wouldn't laugh. I knew giving him that number was a brilliant idea.
"Alright, prepare yourselves," Embry said before pressing star sixty-nine and then dialing the number so it would be blocked.
He put it on speaker and set the phone back on the table. It rang twice. "Hello?" Drew answered. Everyone looked at me and I nodded in confirmation.
"Hello, is this Drew Engels?" Embry asked in a professional tone after I whispered to him Drew's last name.
"Yes, it is," Drew said, sounding kind of confused.
"Hi, this is Jeff from your local engineer company for your telephone service and we have been experiencing some problems, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" Embry asked, his voice a little lower than normal. I bit my bottom lip and bounced my knee up and down so I wouldn't laugh. Oh my God, he has no idea what a perfect set up he just made. Drew has been known to have extensive conversations with telemarketers so this should be no problem.
"Sure, ask whatever you want," Drew said easily.
"Okay, are you currently in a relationship?" he asked, glancing at me out of the corner of his eyes as he smirked.
"Why would you need to know that?" Drew practically snapped at him. Someone's feeling bitter. Snapping at poor telephone service guys. Poor Embry-I mean Jeff…poor Jeff.
"We just need to know if you are independently responsible for all phone calls made from the service and if the bill is shared or you have a joint plan," he replied calmly. Wow. He's good.
"Oh," Drew said, sounding a little surprised at his answer.
"So…are you in a relationship?" Embry repeated.
"Well actually, it's kind of hard to explain," Drew said. I rubbed my face with my hands as Embry shook with silent laughter beside me. You have got to be kidding me.
"I know this isn't part of my job but you can talk to me about it if you want; I minored in psychology in college," Embry told him seriously. No shit.
"Well, okay," Drew said, sounding somewhat reluctant. I pressed my face into Embry's shoulder to try and muffle my laughter, everyone else seeming to do the same.
"What's her name?" Embry asked.
"Kendra," Drew said.
I looked up and glared at the phone. Mother fucker. Embry reached over and patted my knee easily, giving me a grin. "And what's going on with you two?" he asked Drew.
"Well, she moved away a couple of weeks ago," Drew began.
"Well that's not so bad. You could always drive a couple of minutes and visit her," Embry said easily-as if he didn't know I lived miles and miles away.
"She lives further away than that," Drew told him.
"Oh, but you talk to your girlfriend on the phone, right?" Embry asked, smirking at the 'girlfriend' part.
"Uh, no actually. She broke up with me," Drew said as I let myself smirk. Oh yes I did.
"Why would she do that?" Embry asked with a grin.
"I don't know. I think she had commitment issues," Drew told him. My eyes widened slightly. If he mentions the certain commitment issue I had with him I'm driving back to Alabama right now and killing him. I have yet to tell Embry about that and I don't want Drew to do it for me.
"What do you mean?" Embry asked, I knew he was curious.
"She wanted to start a career and to be honest, I just don't think she's cut out for the whole working thing," he said casually as my mouth dropped open and I narrowed my eyes at the phone.
"That little-"
"-Shh," Embry hushed quickly, grabbing my hand. He cleared his throat. "What exactly does she do for a living?" Embry asked, his voice a little tighter.
"She's a nurse," Drew answered.
"And how, exactly is she not 'cut out for it'?" he asked, sounding slightly agitated as the group around us tried not to laugh at his overreaction.
"Oh, she's just a farm girl, you know? I was surprised when she went to college because I didn't think she really liked the whole academic thing. She's a pretty face, if you know what I mean," Drew said. My teeth clenched. Are you serious?! I was dating this douche bag for how long and I've known forever and that's what he thinks of me? I looked over at Embry to find that his jaw was clenched and he was glaring daggers at the phone.
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Embry said-and to his credit he sounded just fine. He was a really good actor because I could tell he was pissed.
"I'm sure you do," Drew said with a grunt. "And now I'm hearing all of this crap about some other guy she's been hanging out with," he scoffed.
A smile formed on my face as did one on Embry's. "Another guy, huh? Tough break," he said as everyone gathered around us stifled their laughter.
"Her Mom just raves about the guy," Drew said as I grinned. Aw, Mom really does love him-I knew she liked him but she obviously did more than I initially thought apparently. "That's alright though, her old man likes me better," he said confidently as I raised my eyebrows. He seriously thinks that?
"How do you know?" Embry asked curiously.
"I can just tell," he said easily.
I shook my head and mouthed, "No he can't," making everyone try to stifle their laughter again.
"Oh, well good luck with that," Embry said as he rolled his eyes. "Anyway, I guess I'll start asking the questions now if that's okay with you," he said, using his business tone again.
"Yeah, that's fine," Drew said easily. Jeez, I can't believe I was with him that long. He's changed so much.
"Okay, well, let's see…do you have any venereal diseases?" Embry asked as I rolled my eyes and everyone suppressed laughter.
"No," Drew answered slowly, clearly confused with the question. I would be too.
"Oh, good for you," Embry said brightly as I tried to hide my snort. "What color is your toothbrush?" he asked. Random much?
"Uh…blue," Drew told him.
"Have you ever had an imaginary friend, and if so what was his or her name?" Embry asked in that same professional tone.
"Um, no, I've never had one," Drew answered.
"Liar," I whispered in a sing song voice, making everyone chuckle quietly. I wouldn't call Donny, an imaginary monkey, nonexistent if we're talking about Drew and imaginary friends.
"What is your favorite cheese?" Embry asked next.
"American," Drew said slowly, still really confused. I seriously would've figured he'd have hung up by now.
"Racist!" Embry exclaimed loudly, making us all burst into a round of laughter that we all desperately tried to fight off. I buried my face in Embry's shoulder again to muffle the laughter.
"What?" Drew asked.
"What?" Embry asked, countering with his own equally confused tone.
"Did you just call me a racist?" Drew asked him.
"I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong number," Embry said calmly as I practically bit my tongue off to keep from laughing.
"What? You called me-from the phone company," Drew reminded him, suddenly sounding extremely irritated.
"I don't know what you're talking about-I'm Carl down on Johnson Road.?" Embry said questioningly. I heard Drew muttering something to himself before we heard dial tone. There was about two seconds of silence before we all burst out laughing.
"Wow Embry…wow," Seth said as we all laughed.
"I'm good, right?" Embry asked, smiling smugly to himself.
"I could totally beat you if he wouldn't recognize my voice instantly," I said, rolling my eyes. Creeper, psycho, stalker guy-hello?
"Psh. Doubt it," Embry scoffed before I smacked his shoulder.
"Where did you-" I was interrupted by a phone going off loudly, everyone immediately at Tony who stood up and pulled a phone out of his pocket.
"Hello?" he answered. There was a short pause where I could hear some rapid talking going on the other end of the line. "Whoa, whoa-Vi, slow down," he said quickly, pacing a bit as he listened to what she was saying. "Shit," he muttered, running a hand through his hair. "Someone went with him, right?" he asked, then nodded to himself. Whether he knew it or not, Tony had the attention of our entire group now. "Okay, just come to Sam's okay? They'll know where you went," he said. "Okay, bye," he said before hanging up.
"What happened?" Alex asked instantly.
"Andrea got caught. They had to book it out the dance and they don't if she made it back before it was too late," he told them. They all seemed to tense at once while I looked around completely confused.
"Where's Brady?" Sam asked, standing up.
"He bolted after she left, probably followed her. Collin and Quil went after him though," Tony said. I have no idea what's going on, la, la, la, la, la.
"Okay, I'll be right back," Sam said before heading outside.
I looked at Embry with raised eyebrows and he mouthed, "Later." I just nodded back, hopping everything was alright. "They'll be fine," Alex said confidently, but it seemed almost as if she was reassuring herself more than us. I watched as Paul looked at her carefully for a minute before pulling her closer and soothingly rubbing her back.
"Sorry guys, I know it's kind of a suckish time to leave but Kim and I really have to get going," Jared said as he and Kim stood up.
"It's alright, I'm sure you'll hear all the details tomorrow anyway," Emily said with an eye roll.
"And if we're lucky, blood shed will be involved," Seth added with a grin. We all just looked at him. "I didn't mean our blood I meant the enemy's blood," he corrected easily. "Jeez," he muttered to himself as everyone let out a few laughs-not I knew what they were talking about…still.
"See you guys later, it was nice meeting you Kendra," Kim added, giving me a smile as I grinned back and her and Jared before they walked out of the door.
"We should probably head out too," Embry said as he stood up, pulling me with him. "See you guys later," he said as he lead me towards the door.
"It was nice meeting you all," I added quickly before Embry had us both outside. "Want to tell me what's going on?" I asked curiously as we hopped into the truck.
"Remember when I told you Brady and his girlfriend Andrea were complicated?" he asked, I nodded. "Well, her parents don't allow her date and she snuck out to go to the dance with him. Her sister caught her if I'm guessing right and they all had to leave early so Andrea could try and beat her home," he told me easily. "Her parents are really controlling of her and it's stressing Brady out."
"Oh, that sucks," I said, grimacing to myself. I would hate that. "Poor Brady," I added, mostly to myself.
"Oh, Brady doesn't really have a problem with it-he's completely head over heals for her. He's just afraid her parents are going to do something really drastic," he told me.
"Is she completely doomed if her parents catch her?" I asked curiously. I hope not…
"From what I hear…yeah. But I guess her brother is visiting and he's pretty good at putting their parents in their place apparently," he added easily.
"At least she's got that," I said. I don't what I would do without my brothers. "What color is your toothbrush?" I asked with raised eyebrows after a short silence.
He glanced over at me and grinned. "Are you impressed by my questioning?" he asked.
"Oh yeah. Sporadic randomness is a really good quality," I said easily.
"It is," he said with a nod. "You want to have a sleepover?" he asked suddenly.
"You're being sporadic again," I said with a grin.
"Would you prefer me not to be?" he asked slowly.
I pretended to mull it over for a minute. "Nope. I think it's cute," I said, squeezing his hand. "And where are we sleeping over exactly?" I asked curiously.
"My house of course-you haven't been there yet," he said with a grin.
"I know-that's so unfair," I scoffed.
"How's that unfair? I haven't seen you're house yet," he countered.
"Technically you used to live in the house I'm living in now-actually, you practically still do," I said thoughtfully as a smile crept to my face.
He rolled his eyes. "So? Hey…," he trailed off as a smug smile made it's way onto his face. "You're technically sleeping in my bed," he with a smirk as I smacked his shoulder.
"You are so immature," I muttered as I rolled my eyes.
"True," he allowed as we pulled into the driveway of a one story blue-gray house with white trim and a big porch in front. If you looked through the window to the right of the door you could see inside a warm looking living room.
"This is your house?" I asked in disbelief as he shut off the truck.
"Don't act so surprised," he said as he hopped out of the truck and I just continued to sat there, staring at the cutest little house I've ever seen in my entire life. My door opened but I didn't look away from the house as Embry reached over and unbuckled my seatbelt. "My house is kind of self conscious you know," he said casually as he pulled me out of the truck. "You shouldn't stare," he said with a mocking grin as he lead me up the porch steps. He pulled open the front door and I stepped right into a little front hall, the living room directly to my right and a hall closet in front of me. He pulled me into the living room and flopped onto the couch, pulling me down with him. "Do you like it?" he asked.
"Uh-huh," I said simply, nodding as my eyes swept across the room, trying to take in everything from the hardwood to the dark, creamy colored walls. This was…so not what I was expecting from Embry.
"Is that all you have to say?" he asked, feigning disappointment.
"No," I said. "Which interior designer did you kidnap and are they still locked in your closet?" I asked with a slight smirk.
He rolled his eyes. "My grandma did it," he admitted sheepishly.
"Really?" I asked with a grin, he had never talked to me about his grandma before.
"Yeah-but I didn't kidnap her. She came willingly, I can call her if you want," he said as I rolled my eyes and he laughed.
"She's an interior designer?" I asked him with raised eyebrows.
"Yep. I haven't seen her in a long time though," he said, pouting slightly as I laughed.
"I have one more question," I said as he threw an arm over my shoulders. "How is this place so clean?" I asked skeptically. You would think after seeing the inside of his car, Kelly, this place would be disgusting.
"It's called having a Mom who still likes to baby you and getting away with just about whatever I want," he said slightly smug as I rolled my eyes. Of course. "So," he began. "It's kinda late, do you want me to get you some clothes to change into?" he asked.
"Sure," I said easily. He grinned and grabbed my hand, pulling me up and leading me through a hall that I hadn't even noticed before. We walked through another door and into a pretty big bedroom with a huge bed in the middle of it-kinda makes sense since Embry's a giant and all. I looked around the room as Embry rummaged through his drawers. He had a lot of pictures of his friends and family hanging up all over the walls-it was really cute how much of a family they all were. I looked at all the knick knacks lined up on top of his dresser before my eyes wandered downward, resting upon an object I would have thought I should've noticed earlier. "Do you play guitar?" I asked Embry incredulously as I looked at the acoustic resting in it's stand.
He looked back at me quickly and grinned. "Kinda," he answered noncommittally.
"Really?" I asked, my voice brimming with excitement. "How long have you been playing?" I asked curiously.
"A couple of years. My Mom tried to learn back when I was in high school and gave up and gave the guitar to me. So I just took her old music books from the lessons she went to and taught myself," he said easily, as if it was nothing.
"Will it play it for me sometime?" I asked hopefully.
He turned around and grinned, a couple articles of clothing under his arm. "Sure-but let me practice a bit first. I haven't played in a while and I don't want to suck," he told me. I pouted as he chuckled, closing the space between me and him and giving me a quick kiss. He handed me the clothes and gave me a little push towards the door. "Bathroom's across the hall," he said.
I walked in and silently thanked God that it was clean-I have been inside Kelly once and that was one of the most disgusting experiences of my life. Who knew you could make a car smell like that? I closed the door behind me and set the clothes on the counter…right before I screamed. "Embry!" I yelped, jumping back in surprise.
The door was almost instantly pulled open, Embry looking around the bathroom wildly. "What? What's wrong?" he asked, coming over to me and wrapping his arms around my waist protectively.
"There's a huge freaking spider right there," I said, pointing at the hairy beast. It's like the size of a freaking tennis ball!
Embry laughed and pressed his forehead against mine as he grinned. "You're afraid of spiders?" he asked, sounding way too amused for my liking.
"Only the ones that can eat my face!" I exclaimed, pushing him a little more to the right to block the tarantula from view. I'm fine with little spiders but this one…this one was evil.
He just chuckled and shook his head. "Okay, I'll kill it," he said, stepping away from me and towards the spider.
I grabbed his arm quickly. "Don't kill it!" I exclaimed with wide eyes.
He turned back to me in disbelief. "But you're scared of it-it deserves to die," he added, narrowing his eyes for dramatic effect.
"No wonder your Mom named you after a soap opera star," I muttered under my breath, recalling the story Sophie had told me earlier that morning.
"What was that?" he asked, raising his eyebrows at me suspiciously.
"Nothing," I said easily, brushing it off. "Can't you just…catch it or something? Take it outside?" I asked, shrugging.
"I supposed," he said, feigning reluctance. "It would've been more fun to squash it though," he muttered as he grabbed some toilet paper and attempted to carefully grab the beast.
"What was that?" I asked suspiciously, just like he had moments before.
"Nothing," he said easily, shaking his head innocently as he finally captured the creature. I followed behind him as he walked back through the house and out the door, ignoring the light rain that was now falling from the sky. I leaned against the door frame as he crouched down by the bushes and the spider crawled out of his hand and disappeared from sight.
"Thank you Embry," I sang as he walked passed me and pulled me inside by the waist.
"Your welcome Kendra," he sang back, making his voice higher and adding a slight twang. I mock glared at him…mocking me. Pfft. "Now go change, I'm tired," he pretended to whine.
I rolled my eyes and kissed his cheek before walking back into the bathroom and closing the door again. I did a quick spider check-just to be safe and then changed into the sweat pants that were way too big for me but awesomely comfortable and the worn blue t-shirt that smelled wonderfully Embry. I may have to steal this shirt. I padded out of the bathroom and across the hall, into Embry's room where the lights were already off but I could still make out Embry's form, laying on his back on one side of the bed.
I crawled in and snuggled up close to him, loving the warmth when he wrapped his arms around me. "Goodnight," he whispered, kissing my head.
"Night," I whispered back, closing my eyes.
How cute was that?? And-for those of you who read my other imprint stories-you already know what really went down at the dance but if you don't read those stories…go read'em!
And for the Seth Imprint Challenge the winner(s) will not be announced for some time so please don't hold your breath. I have to wait a bit for Seth to imprint-DON'T PANIC IT WILL HAPPEN!
ALSO IMPORTANT: I'm going to be going to New Orleans on Wednesday to go to a Jesus, Justice, Jazz Festival Youth Gathering type deal and staying for the week. There's about 36,000 peeps from youth groups all over the U.S. going and I was wondering if any of you are?? I just think it would be cool to meet some of you people who I sometimes talk to on here. :DD So…ANYONE?
Really good stuff coming up in the next chapter so REVIEW! Favorite part? Favorite line?