A/N: This is the longest chapter I've written and i sent a lot of time on it. I wanted to get it right for you guys and i hope you like it. I want to thank everyone who reviewed it really pushed me to keep writing.
Disclaimer: I dont own anything except Naya, Sasha and Becky. The rest belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
Becky's POV:
I was pacing up and down the living room waiting for Seth's arrival. Sasha grabbed me by my shoulders "Hold yourself together woman! What the hell is wrong with you?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm just so nervous to meet his mom. If she doesn't like me then it's over between us."
"Ok don't you think you're exaggerating just a bit?"
"No I'm not. He loves him mom and she's going to hate me. Oh my god Sash I can't go. Help me think of an excuse."
"Fine! Let me think, you can't play sick because he met you today and we don't have much time so I'm thinking you should distract him with sex."
"Sex?"
"Yes, you have to seduce him. Don't look at me like that every woman does it. It's our strongest power, the power of seduction." She was right every woman has gotten something or the other by seducing a man.
"Okay I guess that could work." I know it may seem weird since I'm an "exotic" dancer but I was really nervous and uncomfortable trying to use my sexuality to seduce Seth. I really don't want to make a fool of myself. And then the doorbell rang.
"Well he's here, good luck." Sasha saying that only made me more nervous.
I opened the door and there he stood, tall, dark and handsome. I cannot chicken out I reminded myself. So I just went for it.
"You look so hot!" I said before I launched myself at his lips and started walking backwards to get him into the apartment and slammed the door behind him. I could feel his shock and confusion in our kiss but he didn't pull back. In fact once we were in the apartment he began to kiss me back and pull me closer till he slowly started end the kiss. He leaned back, looked at me and smirked.
"Nice try, but it's not going to work."
"What's not going to work?" I tried to sound as innocent as possible.
"You trying to distract me from going to the bonfire." Damn it!
"Ugh fine! It was worth a shot."
"Hey Seth!" Sasha called from the couch and it seemed like he hadn't noticed she was in the room before this moment.
"Hey Sasha, why aren't you coming for the bonfire tonight?"
"Well because I wasn't invited." Ops I probably should have asked her if she wanted to come.
"You don't need an invitation, you're always welcome."
"Thanks Seth maybe next time."
"Sure." He says before he looks back at me. "We better get going." He turns to open the door but then turns back and out of nowhere he pulls me in to a kiss so passionate that my knees buckle and I lose the power to hold myself up. I would have fallen if his arms weren't holding me up. Since I lost the ability to stand our kiss turned in to a Hollywood styled dip. He parted from my lips keeping them only a millimetre from each other and whispered "You look really hot too." He pecked my lips, stood me up straight and then walked out of the apartment. "Come on, we're going to be late." He called out from behind him.
As I attempted to take a step forward I stumbled a little. I looked to my side and saw Sasha with her jaw on the floor which made me blush. After a few seconds when the dizziness settled down I was able to leave the apartment walk down the stairs and get into Seth's car.
The car ride was completely silent, other than the music playing on the radio. I was too nervous to speak. Seth held my hand to calm me down but didn't say a word. God, please let this night go well, please!
Seth's POV:
Neither of us spoke during the drive, she was obviously worried and I was petrified which I didn't want her to notice so I thought it would be best if I just didn't speak. If she caught on to my nervousness she would think it's because I am worried about her meeting my mom, which I am not since my mother already knows everything about her, yes everything and still loves her. When I kissed her in her apartment she probably thought it was some random burst of confidence that I was having but the truth was I kissed her because I was afraid that it might have been the last time I'd ever get to kiss her.
When I parked I turned my body to face her, and she did the same, I held both her hands and said. "She knows how happy you make me, and she loves you for it. You have nothing to be worried about, you hear me? Nothing." She smiled slightly and nodded.
You could smell the barbeque from the parking lot. We held hands and walked on to the beach and everyone was already there, the pack and their families, the elders, the rest of the tribe who have no idea that the legends are real and for the first time the Cullens. After everything that happened 7 years ago our relationship with the Cullens got a lot better and after Jake and Nessie got engaged the treaty was officially over, now that they're about to be family they're allowed on our land and are welcome to all our family gatherings which I'm very happy about since other than Jake I would be the closest to their family.
I saw Charlie and my mom standing with their plates next to Paul as he worked the grill, waiting for him to serve them some food. As we got closer to them Becky's grip on my hand got tighter and tighter.
"Hey Charlie, hey mom, this is Rebecca." I smiled and looked at her while she nervously smiled back at them.
Before anyone can say anything my mom pulls Becky into a hug "I've heard so much about you and it's so nice to finally meet you!" She releases her to get a better look at her and says "Wow you're even prettier than Seth described."
"Thank you" She blushes and looks down, she really doesn't take compliments very well.
"Well kids grab a plate and get some food before it's all gone." Charlie nods towards the pack hogging down their food.
As night goes on I don't get to spend much time with Becky since she's become good friends with the other wolf girls she spends most of the night with them and the Cullen girls. Surprisingly she seems to get along very well with Rosalie, which many people find hard to do. No offence to Rosalie but she can be a bit of a challenge. When you watch them both sit together you could see that if Becky were a vampire she would probably look a lot like Rose.
"Damn I was hoping you would be shirtless here too." Naya says as she walks up to me.
"It's nice seeing you too Naya."
"She is beautiful." She says as she looks over to Becky, but it doesn't sound like a compliment, more like a disappointment.
"Yes, she is."
"I miss you Seth."
"I miss you too." Oh no please don't take this conversation where I think you're taking it.
"No Seth, I really miss you. I have missed you every single day that I was gone, I never stopped missing you."
"Naya stop. I have a girlfriend."
"I know, I know. But I can't stop because if I don't say this I will spend the rest of my life wondering. Seth you deserve better than this girl, you deserve to be with me. I'm not sure if you know this but I heard from Collin that she's a striper. You can't marry a striper Seth."
"Oh my god Naya, I know exactly what she does and I love her despite it. And to put it nicely, even if she were a serial killer I would still chose her over you. I loved you and you didn't deserve it and you will never deserve it." I am going to kill Collin!
"Naya, could you please walk your skanky ass out of here, before I kick it out for you." Rachel intervenes before Naya could say anything. Rachel is her older cousin so Naya does as she's told and storms off.
Suddenly out of nowhere I begin to feel calm. I understand why when I look across the room and see Jasper smiling at me, I smile back, grateful that he's here.
"I apologise of behalf of my dumbass cousin."
"Don't apologise Rach." Rachel was probably the coolest wolfgirl. If Emily was the mom of the pack then Rachel would be the older sister.
"I hear tonight's the night you break the news to Becky." And now my calmness wears off and I'm nervous again so all I do is nod. "You must be fucking shitting yourself."
I can't help but laugh. Rachel was very tiny and petite but damn that girl has a mouth of a trucker. "You have no idea."
"Okay come here I want to talk to you somewhere the wolves can't eavesdrop." So we walk away from everyone, far enough that the wolves can't hear but the vampires still could but I don't think she cares. "Alright Seth you know I've always liked you the most, you're the little brother I've never had."
"You have a younger brother Rach."
"Shush! I'm speaking don't interrupt me."
"I'm sorry, continue."
"As I was saying, as my little brother I feel like I should let you in on a secret. You werewolves aren't the only ones who imprint. We wolfgirls imprint on you boys too." I roll my eyes and she smacks my arm. "Don't you roll your eyes at me! Ugh all you guys are the same with your self-righteousness thinking that you love us some much more than we love you, that we can't even imagine the sort of love you feel for us."
"It's true!"
"No it's not! Think about it, think about how she reacts to you, how she reacts when you kiss her." And my mind went straight to today when I kissed her and she collapsed into my arms. "You can hear her heartbeat can't you? Can't you hear how fast her heart starts to beat when you hold her hand or smile or just by walking in the room." I think about all the times her heart was beating so fast I would get worried only to realise that that's how she got when I would kiss her or tell her I love her. "As an imprintee trust me when I say she loves you just as much as you love her, and even if she reacts badly to the werewolf thing you have nothing to be worried about because she will always come back to you. And don't you dare share this with any of the other wolves because I like to threaten Paul that I'm going to leave him when we fight and I don't want him to know that even if I wanted to leave him I couldn't and neither can she."
"Thanks Rach." I said as I pulled her into a hug. We started walking back and noticed how everyone was getting themselves into a circle around the bonfire. We made it back just in time for the telling of the legends.
"Where were you?" Becky asks as we sit down.
"Sorry about that, Rachel just had stuff she wanted to talk to me about."
"Oh okay."
Billy Black sat at the head of the circle and began; we all leaned in eager to hear the stories. I kept looking at Becky's face to see her reactions but her face was always composed. Although at one point she looked at me, confused and mouthed "The cold ones?" to that I mouthed back "Vampires" and her eyebrows rose but she wasn't scared it seemed more like she was impressed.
After all the legends were told people started to leave, till finally it was me and Becky. I was so nervous I didn't even hear anything Billy Black said, all I could think about was how Becky was going to react when I told her, but I couldn't let her see how nervous I was so I slapped a smile on my face and acted as natural as possible.
"So did you have fun tonight ?" I ask trying to sound casual as we walk along the beach.
"Yea, I'm so glad I skipped work to come tonight." And then she froze like she wasn't meant to tell me that.
"You skipped work at the club?"
"Yes." She responds quietly.
"Why?"
"When I saw Naya at the store something about her concerned me and I just thought that it was important for me to be here." I tried to control it but I couldn't, I burst out laughing.
"You...were…jealous of…Naya!" I said in between laughs.
"I was not jealous! And why is that so funny?"
"It's hilarious because it's Naya! The woman repulses me."
"But she's your ex."
"Exactly she's my ex."
"If we broke up would I repulse you?" She was serious so I held both her hands and looked her straight in the eyes.
"You will never repulse me. Naya was and still is a horrible person." I look around and see that we have reached the spot. This is the part of the beach that is so far off from where everyone lives and so covered with trees that it would be the perfect place for me to phase. "Wait here for just a minute okay?"
"Okay." She says confused. I ran to the car get my bed sheet and ran back to her. "What do you have there?"
"Well since we haven't had much alone time lately I thought this would be the perfect time, unless of course you're too tired." I said as I lay the bed sheet on the sand.
"No, this is perfect."
Becky's POV:
Okay this was my chance, it's just the two of us, it's now or never. Seth has been so generous by introducing me to his friends and family, telling me about his childhood and I didn't even tell him my middle name. If I was ever going to tell him about my past now would have to be the time. Maybe I didn't have to tell him everything yet but he deserves to know something.
"Seth I need to talk to you about something."
"Okay."
"Remember that night we first went to the Cullen's and how we were talking before we left for their house?"
"Um yea."
"You were asking me about my life, about my family. And well after that day you never asked me again." I looked down nervously.
"Becks I'm sorry. I didn't want to be intrusive and I could tell you didn't want to talk about it that night and I was hoping that whenever you were ready you'd talk about it yourself."
"No don't be sorry. It's true I didn't want to talk about but I do now. I want you to know more about me, but this is really hard for me so I need you to ask me questions and maybe ease into things."
"Alright that sounds good." He eyes me for a second and then asks, "Are you a natural blonde?"
"No."
"What? Are you serious?"
"Yes my hairs brown, always has been, till I applied for the job at the club. My boss said he prefers blondes. Desperate times call for desperate actions." He seemed a little ticked off by that but he covered it up well. "What do you prefer?"
"Honestly? Brunettes, but blonde looks pretty damn good on you."
"Thank you, next question?"
"Ok well you got to meet Naya, tell me about one of your ex's."
"Well I've only ever had one proper boyfriend." He looked a little shocked but I continued. "We were in high school, he was a drug dealer and he got arrested and that was it."
"A drug dealer?" He was trying to keep his face composed.
"Yes I did drugs, but I wasn't addicted, I just wanted to piss people off. I went off them when I realised no one cared"
"How old were you?"
"It started when I was 14."
He brushed the hair that was covering my face and tucked behind my ear and looked at me straight in the eyes. "I'm so sorry that you had to go through that but I promise you you'll never go through it again. I care, I will never stop caring, you hear me? Never."
All I could do was nod . "I have a sister."
"Really?"
"Yea Sophie, she's 15."
"Why haven't you mentioned her before?"
"Well because then I would have to mention my parents. See Sophie lives in foster care. We don't know where my biological father is and my mom took off when I was 16. I've been trying to get custody of Sophie but since I'm a former drug abuser who is now a striper who can hardly pay rent they see me as an unfit guardian." I watched him for a while as he tried to take in all that information. "Seth, I know you're trying to think of something to say that will make me feel better but its ok you don't have to do that. I survived and I know one day I will get Sophie back.
"You will." He said to reassure me.
"I know. Now can we please talk about something else?"
Seth swiftly stands up and holds one hand out to me. "May I have this dance?"
"What?" He has got to be kidding.
"You heard me now give me your hand."
"Yes I did but I was hoping you were joking." I say as I give him my hand and pulls me and forces me to put my hands around his neck as he puts his arms around my waist. "There's no music."
"Well I've heard that you're quite the singer." His response startles me.
"Heard from who?"
"Sasha, who else" I'm going to kill her.
"We'll she's wrong."
"I don't think so, and what happened to you wanting me to know more about you?"
"Ugh fine but you can't comment on my voice." I rest against Seth's chest and he begins to rock us from side to side. And I sing the only song that comes to my mind at that moment, The A Team by Ed Sheeran
A/N: I would suggest that you listen to the song because its perfect for Becky and the scene, plus it's a good song.
"White lips, pale face, breathing in snowflakes, burnt lungs, sour taste. Light's gone, day's end, struggling to pay rent. Long nights, strange men. And they say she's in the Class A Team, stuck in her daydream been this way since 18 but lately her face seems slowly sinking, wasting, crumbling like pastries, and they scream the worst things in life come free to us. 'Cos we're just under the upperhand. And go mad for a couple of grams. And she don't want to go outside tonight. And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland or sells love to another man. It's too cold outside, for angels to fly,
angels to fly, angels to die."
"Romantic."
"Well I'm sorry but I don't know any romantic songs."
"Yes you do." He says while glaring at me.
"Ugh fine!." Instead of resting my chest on him this time I look straight at him and sing The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra "Someday, when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonight. You're lovely, with your smile so warm and you're cheeks so soft, there is nothing for me but to love you and the way you look tonight." That was the closest I had gotten to telling him I loved him.
He lifted me up and kissed me. "You have a beautiful voice."
"Hey I said no comments!"
"That wasn't a comment, it was a fact."
"Yea, yea, less talking, more kissing." So we began kissing again but before it could lead anywhere Seth put me back down and stared at me for a while. "What?" He took a deep breath but didn't answer me. "Seth, what is it?"
"Okay look there's something I need to tell you, well more like show you. Do you remember all the legends you heard tonight?"
"Yes, what's this about, Seth you're beginning to scare me."
"No! Sorry I didn't mean to shout. Just please, please don't be scared of me ok? Remember that it's me and I love you so you have nothing to be afraid of."
"Alright, but you need to tell me what's going on?" Where is this coming from he was perfectly fine a second ago.
"Just stand here ok, I'll be back in a second and remember don't be scared."
Before I could say anything he was gone.
Seth's POV:
I walked through the trees so that they would block her from seeing me. I took off my clothes and phased.
Hey Seth, how's it going? Quil asked eager to hear about my night.
Well I'm about to go to her now so can you guys do me a favour and unphase because I can't do this with you guys in my head.
Yea of course bro, whatever you need.
Goodluck! They all said in unison before they phased back.
Okay this was it, the moment that had haunted me for months. I had envisioned this moment with so many endings, most of them bad and a few with a glimpse of hope. Well I was about to find out how it would really end.
Becky's POV:
I was so concerned with what was going on I barely noticed the sun beginning to rise. I stood there for a few moments, not moving an inch from where Seth placed me, staring at the thick forest he had walked into. Till finally I heard a noise, it was still too dark for me to see Seth, but I could see a figure getting closer to me. Something felt off, the figure looked to large. My heart began to race and my fears started to kick in, I promised him I wouldn't be scared but something inside me was telling me to run, still I didn't move. As the figure got closer I began to see it, no it wasn't Seth, it wasn't even a person, it was a wolf, a massive one, the size of a horse. I opened my mouth to scream but nothing came out so I ran but wait, where was Seth? Was he hurt? I stopped dead in my tracks "SETH!" I screamed as loud as I could. I heard a sound, when I turned to see what it was, it was the wolf, on the ground, covering it's face with it's paws, it's sandy fur shaking, letting out whines, it was crying.
Seth's POV:
I collapsed. I just couldn't do it, it was too hard. When she saw me she looked at me like I was her worst nightmare. She was terrified, of me! What did I expect, I'm a monster. The worst part was she was calling for me and she doesn't even know I'm standing right in front of her. It was done, I lost her.
Becky's POV:
Something was wrong with me, something terribly wrong with me. There was a giant wolf in front of me and instead of running away I stood there heartbroken that this poor creature was crying. I stood there waiting, hoping Seth would show up soon so that I knew he was okay. Where did he go? Why did he go? What did he say before he left? My mind was so confused I could barely remember what he told me. Something about the legends and not being scared. What about the legends? I tried to think as hard as I could in the circumstance that I was in. Shape shifters? Yes, his ancestors were shape shifters and they shifted into...wolves! Wolves? No it couldn't be. That can't be a coincidence but it had to be because otherwise it would mean I was going crazy. "Ugh Seth where are you?" Just as I said that the wolf's head shot up.
Seth's POV:
When I heard her say my name I looked back up. She was still here? What was she doing why didn't she run away? She was waiting for me. She was worried. I stood up slowly so that I didn't startle her. She was staring at me intently but she didn't look scared.
"Seth?" she said. Does she recognise me?
Becky's POV:
There was no way that wolf just responded to Seth's name. No it had to be another coincidence. He stood up and watched me. I looked at him really clearly this time, there was more light, I could see him better. His eyes were what got me, they were a deep brown colour that I had seen before and there was a warmth to them that seemed so familiar. I had to test him again "Seth?" his eyes opened up a little like he was surprised or something and then the craziest thing happened, he nodded! Oh I had to be dreaming. And then I did something strange…I burst out laughing.
Seth's POV:
Out of nowhere she starts laughing her ass off like Ashton Kutcher just told her she just got punk'd.
"I'm nuts! I have got to be nuts. I've officially gone crazy. It finally happened. I mean I've got to be crazy right?" She starts mumbling to herself. And I shake my head in disagreement. "Please stop doing that. You're scaring me." With that I stopped responding to her.
Becky's POV:
I needed to test him again "Please stop doing that. You're scaring me." I waited a few seconds before I continued "Will you nod now?" He didn't even flinch. He just stood there completely still. "Nod?" He still stood still. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. I slowly began to walk towards him, he looked shocked again. I stopped keeping a safe distance between us. "You didn't want to scare me. You never wanted to scare me and I'm not scared." His head cocked a little to the side his mouth looked like there was a slight smile. "But if you want to prove to me that this is real you're going to have to turn back, in front of me so that I can see it with my own eyes." He shook his head. "It's the only way."
He started moving backwards creating a larger distance between us. He stood there a while and then I witnessed the most marvellous thing. It only lasted a second or so but I will never forget how his body morphed back into his own. Just watching it left me breathless. He stood there, completely bare, waiting for my reaction. I ran to him as fast as I could, threw my lips on to his and kissed him with all my heart. I parted our lips to look at him once more. It was real. He was real.
"You recognised me. How did you know?"
"I knew because I love you." It felt so good to finally say it. He responded by pulling my lips to his. At that moment it didn't matter what we said to each other, the only thing that mattered was the love we felt for each other, the love we were about to share together.
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