Chapter 11 – Embry's Date
The next morning I woke up to find my pack sleeping peacefully in my living room, minus Jacob and Embry. And Becca, I had completely forgotten about her, she was part of our pack now. We had, of course, given her the option of joining Sam's pack but it was merely a formality since she hated Sam with a passion. She had declined the offer vehemently. I heard a timid knock on my front door and crept over to answer it. There stood Becca in all her tanned glory. She was taller than she was a couple of days ago, and more toned. Those wolf genes sure were quick little suckers.
"Wanna go for a run?" she asked raising an eyebrow haughtily and I grinned.
"Sure," I agreed creeping out of the door and shutting it behind me. I was going to enjoy having another girl in the pack; now I didn't feel like such a reject. It was strange feeling normal. Well as normal as two giant she-wolfs can crept around to the back of my house and we both stripped off our clothes and then I phased, patiently waiting for Becca to phase too. She stood there naked and shut her eyes concentrating. Nothing happened.
"Fucking phase already," she cursed out loud angrily and as if on cue her body shook and then morphed into her wolf form.
It will get easier to control, I assured her and Becca huffed.
Meanwhile everyone will get to look at my goods until I do control it, she grouched with annoyance and I laughed and trotted to the woods with Becca on my heels. She still seemed a bit hesitant as she followed me; all the new noises were spinning her out.
Have you heard from the asshole? I queried referring to Becca's soon to be ex-husband and Becca's wolf growled furiously.
He left me heaps of messages. 'Come back baby,' 'It was a mistake, I love only you,' 'we were meant to be together,' blah blah blah, he can kiss my ass, Becca hissed hatefully. If he cared that much there was the very real chance he would try and win her back and that meant he would come to La Push and see that Becca had changed a fair bit in a couple of days. Not only that, it would be dangerous for him, especially if Becca lost control.
He won't come to the Res will he? I asked curiously. He would definitely not be welcome, not with both packs out for his cheating scummy blood.
I kind of hope he does so that I can kick the crap out of him with my new super strength, Becca relied darkly, and I could sense she would actually take pleasure in doing so. Becca nudged me with her shoulder; can we go meet these veggie vampires I keep hearing about?
I shrugged; I didn't see why not. She needed to learn their scents so that she could tell them from any unwanted vampire visitors. Jacob and I had filled Becca in with everything that had happened from the beginning.
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Edward was waiting out the front of the house with Nessie when Becca and I emerged from the woods fully clothed. I was immediately accosted by Nessie's arms around my waist.
"Leah! You came! I missed you," Nessie cooed with delight and I pinched her cheek fondly. The girl was looking more grown up every time I saw her, and she was becoming even more beautiful.
"I missed you too punk," I told her honestly and Nessie beamed up at me before looking over at Becca curiously. Likewise Becca was glancing back and forth between Nessie and Edward with suspicious awe, her nose twisting at the smell.
"And this is Jacob's sister?" Nessie asked already knowing the answer and I nodded.
"Yes, Nessie this is Becca."
"It is a pleasure to meet you, I am Renesmee Cullen but my family and friends call me Nessie," Nessie introduced herself formally, holding out her hand to shake and Becca took it hesitantly allowing Nessie to pump her hand up and down.
"Yeah, nice to meet you."
Becca knew that Nessie was Jacob's imprint, or half-imprint as Jacob had taken to calling her. I knew Becca wanted to make a good impression. I had also filled Becca in on my whole Jacob/Embry situation; well actually, she had read it in my thoughts and demanded to know why I was molesting her baby brother. Once I explained everything she had rolled her wolf eyes at me and promptly informed me that I was an idiot. I didn't disagree. Becca wanted me to pick Jacob, but those were for purely selfish reasons. She had seen what Embry looked like now in my thoughts and told me if I picked Jacob she would 'take care' of Embry, but the thought of her touching Embry made me sick to my stomach. Becca had told me she was just joking and I had laughed it off.
"This is Edward," I introduced Edward who had been waiting patiently and Becca stepped close to him to shake his hand but pulled back covering her nose.
"Whoa!"
"Yeah you get used to the stench," I quipped dryly waving my hand in front of my face comically and Edward gave me a loose hug laughing.
"I missed you too Leah," he replied teasingly still chuckling then he gestured to the house, "Alice lost her visions so she thought you wolves might be coming around. Esme cooked up breakfast for you."
I turned to Becca excited at the prospect of a breakfast that I didn't have to cook for myself.
"Esme's food is the best, come on," I grabbed Becca's hand and tugged her along behind me into the house where the more potent stench of vampire invaded both our nostrils. There in front of us were the Cullen's all lined up like they were preparing for roll call. Edward snorted with laughter from behind me as he went to stand with his wife and Nessie skipped to join them.
"Hey guys this is Becca, Jacob's sister," I performed the introductions then pointed at the vampires as I said their names, "Becca these are the Cullen's. This is Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Esme, Carlisle, Bella and Edward and their daughter Nessie you know."
"Wow, you guys look normal," Becca said after a long moment and Carlisle gave a charming smile that, I must admit, had me a little breathless. Edward was silently laughing at me.
"Thank you," he replied graciously and Becca peered closely at Bella, and then taped her chin thoughtfully.
"I know you," Becca said finally and Bella gave a small smile.
"Previously Bella Swan," she explained and recognition fell over Becca's face as she nudged me, remembering Bella from the stories Jake and I had told her.
"Oh we used to throw mud at her and Jacob when they were little," Becca laughed and at my confused look she reminded me, "The little dweebs were making mud pies, so you, me and Rachel threw mud all over them."
I had completely forgotten all about that, and now that I did remember I started laughing. Bella sort of glowered unhappily, hating to be made fun of but it only made me laugh harder. Esme came forward ever the gracious hostess.
"I made breakfast for you, I hope you're hungry," Esme told us leading us to the kitchen and Becca relaxed slightly but stayed close to me.
I knew it would take her a while to feel comfortable around the Cullen's, but the whole ordeal was definitely made easier with promise of food. The others all branched off to do their own thing except Edward, Nessie and Emmett who followed us into the kitchen. I knew why Edward and Nessie came with us but I didn't know why Emmett decided to follow, he was probably bored. Knowing Emmett he would start trying to cause mischief, I'd have to keep an eye on him. When we walked into the kitchen my senses were accosted with the sweet smell of bacon, eggs, sausages, pancakes, freshly baked bread, fruit; everything that you would ever desire for breakfast was on the table. I was in breakfast heaven.
"Esme, if you weren't already married I would seriously considered turning into a lesbian for you," I told Esme and she laughed off the compliment smacking my arm playfully. She didn't know I was half serious; dating a female would put all my Jacob and Embry troubles on the back burner. Edward had a coughing fit behind me and I giggled.
"Leah! That image is now burned into my brain," Emmett cried out, furiously rubbing at his eyes, "Esme is my mother!"
"You? She won't stop thinking about it! It won't go away!" yelped Edward in alarm.
We laughed as they ran from the kitchen before Becca, Nessie and I all dug in. Scaring male vampires for life made a girl ravenous.
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A couple of hours later Becca and I returned back to my house and we walked in to find the pack all sleeping, just as they were when I left. Lazy bastards. No one had even thought to do the washing up, and we had laundry that needed doing. I calmly walked into the kitchen and grabbed a pot and a wooden spoon then I walked back into the living room. Becca caught my eye and grinned knowing what I was about to do.
"Alright you moochers, everybody up! If you persist in crowding my house you need to start doing chores," I announced loudly, banging the pot with the wooden spoon creating a loud racket and all four boys sat up in alarm before going into defensive crouches. When they saw it was just me they relaxed, though Seth did glare at me in annoyance.
"Not cool sis," Seth muttered rubbing his eyes tiredly and I set the pot and spoon down.
"Becca this is the pack," I said to her rolling my eyes then I pointed to all the wolves as I said their name, "You know Seth and Quil, this is Collin and Brady."
Jeez, I had done so many introductions today, I should probably charge for my awesome service. I noticed that Brady just stared at Becca like she was the most beautiful woman in the world and all of us turned to look at him, horror coming to my face.
"Brady, you imprinted?" I asked in disbelief and Brady turned to me with wide eyes, then his face broke into a triumphant smile.
"Got you!" he crowed with delight, pointing his finger at me and I slapped it away as my heart stopped racing. I thought for a second there it was going to get super awkward.
"Not funny," I grouched but the others, including Becca, just laughed.
"Although I wouldn't mind if I did," Brady added, leering appreciatively at Becca who raised an eyebrow.
I slapped him on the back of his head and he yelped with surprise and dropped his eyes to the ground. Seth sat up and looked at the time.
"I'm hungry, can we order pizza?" he pleaded, his face turning into his famous puppy dog look.
I swear that kid could get panties off a nun with that face, not that he would because my brother was a gentleman. Well that's what I told myself. Reality was probably quite different considering all the times he had kicked me out of my own house when he had a date and the array of porno mags I now knew were under his bed.
"I could eat again," Becca announced patting her flat belly and I nodded.
"Same."
"Again?" Quil asked looking from me and back to Becca probably trying to figure out which one of us could cook.
Our pack was way better than Sam's, mainly because of my kick ass Beta-ness of course, but our pack didn't have a home cook like Emily. They had me, and I didn't cook for hordes of pubescent teenage boys because I was too busy trying to fill my own face. I could see that Quil was hoping Becca was the mothering type; he was hoping in vain.
"Esme cooked us the most amazing breakfast," I said heading into the kitchen to grab the phone before tossing it to Collin. He knew the usual order. Becca mouthed 'pepperoni' at him then held up three fingers, meaning three pizzas. Yes, we could all eat three pizzas each in one sitting. I swear our pack was single handedly keeping the local pizza store in business.
"No!!!" Seth wailed in distress, saddened that he had missed Esme's cooking and all of the boys looked like we had just crushed all their dreams.
"It's your own fault, if you weren't so lazy…" I started up my lecture but I noticed that Seth and Quil's eyes glazed over as they zoned out and I just sighed giving up.
Collin came back into the house and handed me the phone.
"$ 102.50, ready in fifteen minutes, they included a free garlic bread," Collin told me and all of the boys looked at me expectantly. Those cheap bastards. I rolled my eyes.
"I'll buy the pizza, but I expect the washing to be done and the laundry started by the time I get back or I am eating your share," I told them grabbing the keys to the car that Seth and I shared and gestured for Becca to follow me. Seth grinned smugly.
"You wouldn't," he challenged me and I grinned back at him evilly.
"Try me."
When we left I could hear Seth ordering the boys to get to work. Ahh, I was all powerful. Fear me.
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Thirty minutes later we were sitting in the living room devouring our pizzas. No one really said anything as we ate until we were almost all finished and Becca asked a simple question.
"So what exactly do we do here?"
"Eat, sleep, patrol, kick vampire butt, that's about it," I replied shrugging and Becca grimaced. I realized just how pathetic our lives were at that moment.
"That sounds boring."
"It is."
A silence fell over us as we shoved in the last couple of pieces of pizza. I had already relinquished half of mine to Seth and Quil. Well, not really relinquished, they stole it from me and I was too stuffed to kick their butts.
"I need sex," Becca stated loudly and Quil, Seth, Collin and Brady all whipped their heads around to stare at her with their mouths open in shock. A piece of pizza fell from Collin's and he didn't even try to retrieve it. Brady was the first to recover his senses.
"I would be willing to offer my services," he told her gallantly and Becca looked him up and down, and then smirked.
"Sweetie, do you even have hair on your balls?" she asked mockingly and Brady winked at her.
"Maybe you should check," he retorted smartly and I covered my mouth in case the bile that rose in my throat became full blown vomit. I never, ever, wanted to think about Brady's balls, and now I couldn't help it.
"Ugh, you have been hanging out with Quil way too much," I scolded Brady throwing a scrunched up paper towel at him but Becca was looking at Brady, a contemplative look on her face.
"He is very cute," she mused aside to me, and I looked at her, disgust written all over my face.
"No, he is very underage," I deadpanned and Brady's face fell in disappointment.
Horny little fourteen year old. I had the strangest feeling I would have to give him the sex talk, otherwise there might be little Brady's running around La Push and nobody wanted that. I cursed the day that becoming a wolf made young boys look like men. A woman would pursue them and not know she was actually checking out jailbait, I pitied women everywhere. Becca shrugged then looked over at Seth who had suddenly found the tablecloth to be the most interesting thing in the world.
"Seth how old are you?" Becca asked, seemingly innocent but we all knew better.
"Eww Becca," I growled trying to punch her arm but Becca dodged me and grinned.
"What?"
"He's underage too," I pointed out.
Seth was sixteen…ok that wasn't legally underage, but Becca would not be taking my little brother's virginity, no matter how much I loved her. Although if I picked Jacob I would be taking his virginity…Bad Leah, focus on the problem at hand, fending Becca off your virgin brother. Although now that I thought about it, I wasn't sure my brother was a virgin. I would have to ask him later. Making the little twerp squirm sounded like an enjoyable experience.
"Damn," Becca cursed then she got to her feet and stretched her arms up, "You guys are boring, I'm going running, anyone care to join?"
She gazed over at Seth pointedly before leaving. Like I didn't notice that. No one could ever call the girl subtle. There was a quiet silence in the wake of her departure. Becca was taking all of this so much better than any of us had done. Quil got to his feet.
"Seth and I will make sure she knows the boundaries for the Cullen's," Quil announced hauling Seth to his feet and Seth looked up at Quil then nodded. Seth was lucky to have a friend like Quil; no doubt Quil would run interference while Seth got his freak on with Becca. Gross.
"Yeah, just to be safe," Seth repeated in monotone his eyes on the door and the two backed away and ran out of the front door after Becca. I knew I had lost. Becca was going to do my brother; I would have to avoid phasing with either of them to keep my memories of Seth pure.
"Hey no fair, she was eyeing me first," Brady complained running out after them leaving Collin and I in the kitchen. I buried my face in my arms, feeling a little jealous that the guys were so keen to hang out with her and leave me like a loner.
"Don't worry Leah, you will always be the Alpha female," Collin assured me patting me on the shoulder, and then he raced after Brady.
I stared after Collin as he left. Alpha female. I was the Alpha female? I'd have to ask him about that later. First, things first. I couldn't do much to keep Becca from Seth but I knew someone who could. I made a phone call.
"Hey Lee."
"Hey Jake, you might want to put an Alpha command on the pack regarding your sister."
"What? Son of a…"
A few moments later there was the sound of furious howling and then a multitude of mournful howls back. I was a devious mastermind. My phone rang back.
"What command did you use?" I asked him and Jacob growled.
"I said that no one could touch Becca until her divorce is finalized."
"You know that is only going to buy you months at the most right?" I pointed out the flaw in his brilliant plan and Jacob just sighed into the phone defeated.
"This is my nightmare," he muttered whining sadly, "And I ruined my favorite jeans."
I laughed and hung up the phone relaxing into the couch.
"Hey Leah."
I twisted my head to see Embry walking into the house. I grinned at him. I felt like I hadn't seen him in so long, seeing him was like a burst of fresh air.
"Embry, our date isn't for another couple of hours," I told him, but I couldn't stop the smile that came to my face. Embry looked a little sheepish.
"I just wanted to see you, I missed you."
I patted the lounge beside me and Embry took the seat and placed an arm around my shoulders. I sighed deeply. This felt perfect. Our moment of silence was interrupted by the front door banging open.
"You take the fun out of everything, Seth had a good chance," Quil huffed stalking through the house towards Seth's room and Seth followed him not meeting my eyes due to embarrassment. That other conversation sounded better by the minute, I was such a mean sibling.
"Cock blocker," Brady huffed as he too made his way to Seth's room and Collin followed him smiling at me and shrugging. Becca poked her head in the front door.
"You suck Leah," Becca with annoyance, then she noticed Embry and smiled winningly, "Hey Embry, looking good."
Becca then retreated, leaving both of us staring after her.
"What just happened?" Embry asked in confusion, and I sighed resting my head on his shoulder.
"Long story."
"Well I got a couple of hours to spare before I take the girl of my dreams on a date," Embry offered and I relaxed into his chest and began the rendition of Becca returning home three days ago and becoming a wolf to her wanting to defile my brother.
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Later that night I paced impatiently in my room anxiously waiting for Embry to arrive. He had told me to wear something nice so I had my little black dress on, and I was even wearing black stilettos. They were on loan from Becca. There was a tapping at my window and I saw Jacob standing there waving at me.
"Jacob what are you doing? Tonight is my night with Embry," I scolded opening the window and Jacob leaned in and kissed my lips briefly.
"I just wanted to tell you to have fun and I love you."
"You are a strange man Jacob Black," I told him backing away and Jacob just shrugged and grinned then ran from my window.
I had to laugh shaking my head before making my way to the living room. My phone rang and when I saw the caller ID I smiled.
"E, what's happening?"
"Just getting the pre-date gossip."
"You have no idea how much you sound like a girl just now."
"I'll have you know I am very manly."
"Yeah, cos you ain't a real man unless you sparkle like a disco ball."
"I take offense to that."
"Sorry, I'm nervous, and I get snarky when I'm nervous."
"You're forgiven then, enjoy your night."
"Thanks E, say hi to the family for me."
"Will do, and good luck."
"Thanks."
That was one of the quickest conversations I've had with Edward. Speaking to him did calm me down which I suppose was the purpose of his call. He was all psychological like that, using distraction and reverse psychology and what not. The boy had a PHD so he was plenty qualified. I nervously smoothed down my hair and nearly jumped out of my skin when there was a knock on my door. I walked quickly to the door and opened it to reveal Embry wearing a very handsome suit. He smiled when he saw me.
"You look beautiful," he murmured against my lips as kissed me and I smirked.
"You don't look too bad yourself," I assured him tugging at the collar of his jacket fondly.
Embry led me to the car I knew he had probably borrowed from his mom and opened up the door for me to get inside. I blushed to the roots of my hair. I spent all day every day around a pack of boys, and now Becca, but no one had ever opened my car door for me and mad me feel as special as Embry did. Embry hurried into the driver's seat and then sped from La Push into Port Angeles.
"Where are we going?" I couldn't resist asking and Embry gave me a wink.
"It's a surprise."
I generally didn't do well with surprises. I liked to be in the know on what the hell was going on with my life, but with Embry I trusted him and went with it. I knew he would never do anything that would make me nervous to the point where I would get a twitch.
Embry parked at a restaurant and I read the sign curiously.
"Mexi's?" I'd never been to this restaurant before and said the name like a question. Embry laughed at me, brushing a wisp of hair behind my ear.
"I know you love Mexican," he told me and I grinned. I did love Mexican.
Embry led me in and we took our seats, he pulled out my chair for me, also another thing no man ever does for me. We had a quiet dinner as we laughed and talked about everything, from favorite movies and books (his: all the Indiana Jones movies and anything by James Patterson, me: All the Batman movies and The Great Gatsby) to what we had wanted to be when we grew up as kids (him: a fireman me: a doctor). The elephant in the room that was Jacob Black fell away and it was as if it never existed in the first place. It was so perfect. Candles on the table, Embry kept possession of my hand while we waited for our food, rubbing small intricate patterns on the back with his thumb.
I felt like I was in some sort of romantic movie. This was the date every girl dreamed of. After dinner Embry drove us back to La Push but instead of heading to my house like I expected he drove us to first beach. I tossed my shoes into the car and took the hand Embry offered me as we walked hand in hand on the beach. The water lapped at our feet but we didn't care. The sand felt cool and gritty against my feet and sky shone brightly with the glowing moon; perfect. Embry moved back to the dunes and sat down pulling me to sit between his legs and I rested my back against him sighing with content and staring up at the beautiful night sky. By some miracle the clouds were few and far between tonight.
"So did you enjoy your night?" Embry asked, his breath tickling my ear and I smiled.
"So much, tonight has been so perfect Embry," I told him honestly turning onto my knees so that we were facing each other and I kissed him.
Embry grabbed my face between his hands and deepened the kiss. Almost involuntarily my hands drifted to grab the back of his head holding him firmly against me. Shifting my body so that we were closer together, my body pressed against his chest. I missed being this close to him; I missed his taste, and his smell, the way his hair fell just above his eyebrows and the way he frowned a little when he was thinking too hard. All these things I missed and loved about Embry. I sucked on his lower lip and Embry groaned pulling away reluctantly.
"It's hard to treat you like a lady when you do things like that," he muttered running a hand through his hair in frustration and I laughed.
"I'm no lady," I assured him capturing his lips with mine again, relishing him but Embry pulled away suddenly serious.
"You don't realize how special you are Leah and I'm not going to do anything with you that you might regret if you choose Jacob," Embry told me and at the mention of Jacob's name I pulled back from him abruptly. Embry was right. Embry saw the effect Jacob's name had on me and couldn't quite stop the look of hurt that came to his face. I wanted to kiss it away but settled for stroking his face gently.
"I know I said it was okay, but I don't like seeing you with him," Embry said tightly, looking at the ground and I felt the guilt wash over me like a gigantic tidal wave. I was a terrible person for putting them both through this.
"I'm sorry Embry, I know that this must be hard for both of you," I apologized reaching over to take his hand and Embry lifted his head and his eyes gazed into mine desperately.
"I just love you so damn much Leah," Embry whispered harshly and my heart pounded loudly in my chest.
"I love you too Embry," I told him honestly and Embry caught the look on my face. The look that said I felt like I was betraying Jacob by telling Embry I loved him.
"You love Jacob as well?" Embry posed this as a question but we both knew it was a rhetorical question. I love Jacob and I love Embry.
I bowed my head instead of answering and Embry understood. He wrapped an arm around my shoulders and kissed my bent head. We stayed there on the beach together till morning where he walked me home and kissed me good night. The perfect date with the perfect gentleman.
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AN: I'm sorry it took so long, my brain has been lost to the world of Glee and I can't focus on this story. Next chapter shouldn't be so hard, I had trouble writing Embry's date, hopefully I don't have the same problems with Jake's date. I supose the end will be coming up soon. I'm working on a Glee fanfic that seems to be taking up all my time, but I haven't even posted any of it yet lol .
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