Sorry for not updating in so long! I've been so busy with the fair coming up (I'm in 4-H so I had a lot to do) and then my trip that was two weeks ago that would have been my opportunity to update so…sorry! I hope this and the other chapters I'm getting ready to write for my other stories! Hope you like it!
I don't own anything S.M. does but I do own everything else!
Playlist For Chapter:
All I Want To Do--Sugarland
Chapter 11--Embry Thoughts
EPOV
I groaned quietly as the stupid sunlight hit my eyelids and forced me to wake up from possibly the best night of my life so far-no, definitely the best so far. I didn't open my eyes as I moved my hand on the mattress, wondering why, exactly, I was making contact with the that and not something else. I blindly patted the space in front of me, searching fruitlessly for the girl who I know was supposed to be there.
Nothing. That's kind of when I started freaking out. My eyes snapped open and even then I continued sliding my arms around the sheets as if Kendra would materialize there any second. No. No, no, no, no, no! It was all a dream? Seriously?! Introducing her to the pack? Drew being a dick? Kendra's arachnophobia-ness? "No! Why?" I groaned aloud, pulling the pillow over my face.
"Why what?" the sweetest voice I've ever heard in my entire life asked suddenly.
I pulled the pillow off my face so fast I practically flung it across the room. There was Kendra, leaning casually against the doorframe watching me with a slight smile on her face. "How long have you been up?" I asked, still kind of stunned and dazed. I mean, she's here-it's clearly real. Unless I'm hallucinating. Shit, I am hallucinating, aren't I?
"A while," she said simply, that smile still on her face.
"You should've woke me up-you were probably bored," I said, squeezing my eyes shut and then opening them again. Nope. She was still there.
"What are you doing?" she asked as she laughed lightly at me, making me smile just at the sound of it.
"Nothing," I answered with a smile. Don't want her to think I'm too crazy yet-might scare her away.
She just rolled her eyes and shook her head at me. "Well, I wasn't bored. I took a shower, stole your clothes, made breakfast-"
"-You stole my clothes?" I asked, secretly thrilled. I mean, I love seeing her in my clothes-I just thought she was okay with wearing them tonight because she had no other choice. But now? Now I'm thinking I might start losing clothes because of a little thief and not because of sporadic phasing. Yippee-no sarcasm intended.
"Well these aren't mine," she said, making a sweeping motion over her body. Huh. She is definitely right about that-not that I mind at all. She was wearing one of my baseball shirts, loosely hanging off her body but it was from long enough ago that it was small enough to make me happy. She was also wearing a pair of my older jeans-ones that I've kept since before my change that would definitely not fit me anymore and sagged low on her hips-she probably had to constantly pull them up.
And now I'm having Embry Thoughts. Bad, bad Embry Thoughts.
"They are now," I said in a bit of a sing-song voice as she grinned happily.
"Come on, I made you breakfast with all the food we bought the other day," Kendra said, walking over and holding out her hand for me. As much as I wanted to accept that offer I really didn't want to get out of bed…I mean, I could pull her back in but then again she did make me food. And it's what she wants-so she's going to get it. "Come on," she coaxed again, wriggling her fingers around a bit.
I grinned and took her hand, rolling out of bed and wrapping both arms around her waist and walking slowly down the hall, swaying us from side to side dramatically as I pushed her feet forward with my legs. I inhaled deeply as we came to the opening of the kitchen. "What did you make?" I asked incredulously. It smells freak'n amazing!
"Bacon, eggs, sausage," she began as she pushed me down into a chair-a mountain of food on the plate in front of me which I greedily dug into. "And cinnamon toast," she added, setting another plate down in front of me.
"Cinnamon?" I asked, my mouth stuffed with food as I looked at the plate hungrily.
She laughed and nodded her head, picking up a piece of toast herself. "Uh-huh," she said with a grin, taking a bite. "So what are we doing today?" she asked, food still in her mouth.
I grinned. "And what makes you just assume I want to spend my day with you?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. Not that she shouldn't but this is kind of an accomplishment for me. I mean, I didn't even have to bring up my wanting her to myself for the day.
She shrugged nonchantly. "Well, you don't have to hang out with me. I mean, I could always call Drew and we could talk for a couple hours…," she said offhandedly, eating some more of her toast.
Backfire.
"Okay, so maybe I was being a smart ass," I offered, throwing a smile in her direction as she sent me a sly grin. "What would you say to hanging out with Quil and Claire today?" I asked hopefully.
Her eyes seemed to spark a bit. "You mean the famous Quil Ateara that I've heard absolutely everything about?" she asked, excitement seeping through her voice.
I grinned widely, happy that she seemed so excited to meet more of my friends. "Yep-but he's still not cooler than me," I reminded her. Nope. Not possible.
"I'll be the judge of that," she said with a slight smirk, grabbing my empty plate and walking to the sink as my mouth hung open.
"Wha…?" I breathed, not even bothering to finish the word. How-wha-he?! Quil can not be cooler than me!
"Kidding," she said easily as I let a grin slide on my face. Ha. I knew I was cooler than Quil-her opinion matters! "But remember; you may be cooler than Quil but I am cooler than you," she said with a smirk before disappearing down the hall.
I sat there for a second with my mouth hanging open-my usual reaction to some of the things she says that leaves me stunned in the bleachers. How can Kendra be so…so…perfect? I practically jumped out of my chair and ran down the hall, crashing into Kendra and picking her up as I ran into my room.
"Again with scaring the shit out of me!" Kendra said breathlessly as I dropped her on my bed with a smile.
"It's too easy," I replied simply. It was-it just ends up happening on accident. I don't even have to try. She just playfully narrowed her bright blue eyes at me and stuck out her tongue as I chuckled.
"Your phone's vibrating," she said suddenly, not breaking eye contact with me.
"No it's-" I cut myself off as I stared at my phone, just now watching it move and hum as it slowly slid around on the top of my bedside table. I should've heard that before her-definitely should've. See what she does to me? Crazy, I tell you. "Hello?" I answered, kind of annoyed that whoever the shit this is interrupted my Kendra time.
"What did she say?! Is she going to hang out with us today?!" Claire practically yelled into the phone.
I held the little device away from ear, quickly glancing at the screen. "You with Quil?" I asked. She is using his phone.
"Right here," I heard his voice, slightly muffled in the background. "She stole it-the vicious little monster," he said, Claire giggling on the other end as I rolled my eyes. I think I'm going to throw up.
"So, are you guys coming? We need to go Christmas shopping-Alex called and Les and Dane talked to them today! They're okay with the wolf thing, isn't that great?" she said happily.
I sighed in relief-that takes a load off of the pack. "Yeah-to both questions actually," I said smiling slightly.
"Great!" Claire said happily. "Oh, and we'll tell you what went down at the dance and stuff-it isn't good," she added sadly.
I made a face. "Okay, we'll see you in a little bit," I said. "We'll pick you guys up?" I offered.
"Sounds good, see you then," she said before hanging up. I closed my phone and shook my head. Claire. I don't know how Quil can handle her. (Just so you know, I changed Claire's age for the story. She's a senior in high school right now-17) "I guess we're going to the mall," I told Kendra with a shrug.
"Okay, sounds good," she said easily, shrugging. "I'll go clean up the shit from breakfast and you can change," Kendra said as she walked by me, pausing momentarily to kiss me on the cheek.
"What? You don't like my sweatpants?" I asked with raised eyebrows, feigning offense. Don't think I don't notice her staring on regular basis-all the girls do it and us guys take pride in it to be perfectly honest. Maybe a little too much but, hey, we live to please our woman. Heh.
"I don't mind them but you never know-that crazy Italian woman might just pop of nowhere and start beating you with a broom because you're not wearing proper attire to be fit to enter a store," she said smoothly, a smile lighting her face.
I narrowed my eyes playfully. "She was evil-that's totally not my fault," I defended as she headed out the door.
"Whatever," she called back to me, her voice floating into the room as she walked down the hallway. I shook my head and began to search for some jeans. Kendra May…you're going to be the death of me-in a good way.
Okay, SHORT but I wanted everyone to know that I'm still trying to update and all that. I am, really hard! I've just been super busy and haven't had that much time-I mean, come on, it's three in the morning as I'm writing this. :D
Okay, couple things I want to cover quickly:
The Seth Imprint Challenge has been selected but I haven't informed the winner yet-I might soon but I'm not sure when exactly I'm going to start writing it because ya'll have to wait a little longer for Lily to come into play. See that? I just gave you a hint for the story-be happy.
Also: I AM working on developing a TONY AND LEAH STORY. I'm going to make one-I'm positive. Just have to work out some details and hopefully finish at least one of the stories I already have up. :D
And, as kinda awesome as it is, a couple people actually wanted a Derek story-one of my characters from Off Track-Andrea's brother. Anyone else interested?? It really would be cool to write one because it's really separate from Twilight-but of course I'd have Andrea/Brady stuff, duh. He just is never going to be aware of the wolf thing-but you'd get to find out about his motocross and his relationship with his first serious girlfriend Beth and whatnot. A bunch of little details no one will ever know about Off Track otherwise. What do you think??
PLEASE REVIEW THE CHAPTER! I LOVE EMBRY POVs AND I THINK I DID GOOD ON THIS ONE! FAV LINE????
