Ch 11

After lunch Kerrie drove around Forks as Katie pointed out a few things before they headed to La Push. Katie requested a stop at the garage. All of the guys were working on cars except Quil who looked to be doing some sort of inventory. Seth noticed the group right away and after wiping his hands off he came over. Helen started asking Seth all about the garage and he showed Helen and John around and started introducing them.

"Hey." Embry said with a grin.

"Hi Embry." Kerrie said with a smile. Seth came walking over with Helen and John.

"This is Embry. Embry this is Helen and John."

"Oh yes, I heard all about you. Nice to meet you, glad that you stepped in the other day." Helen said looking at Embry then Kerrie.

"Nice to meet both of you." He said shaking their hands.

"I heard you gave the asshole a nice broken nose. I wanted to do the same after he broke my little girls heart." John said as Kerrie frowned a bit. John noticed Kerrie's look and mouthed sorry before escorting Helen away.

"Always a way with words." Kerrie mumbled.

"How have you been?" Kerrie said quickly.

"Ok, how was your concert?"

"It was great, a lot of fun." Kerrie looked and saw her parents getting into the car. "It looks like we're going."

"Are we still on for Saturday?" Embry asked and Kerrie nodded. "Great, how about I pick you up at 6?"

"Sounds good, see you then." Kerrie said with a smile.

"Bye Kerrie." Embry watched her make her way over the car with a goofy grin on his face.

"You look like an idiot." Paul said with a laugh.

"Oh shut up, you looked like that when you imprinted on Rachel."

"I did not." Paul said trying to sound offended.

"Oh yea, you did. Just like I did when I imprinted on Katie." Seth said walking by to get to his station.

After the tour of La Push Katie suggested that they go to Sue's house to meet her. Helen was starting to get tired but agreed. They spent two hours talking with Sue before they girls drove their parents back to Katie and Seth's. Helen and Katie stayed at the house and Kerrie went for a walk with her father.

"So what's going on with you and Embry?" Her father asked as they walked along the beach.

"Nothing." Kerrie said quickly her cheeks flushed.

"Kerrie, I saw the way you two were looking at each other. We want to see you happy."

"Dad, I am happy." Kerrie said looking out at the ocean.

"You know what I mean. Your mother and I want to see you happy in a relationship." John said looking out at the water.

"Dad, I have a life back in Boston and even though I think Embry is a really great guy-"

"So you do feel something for him? I wasn't wrong." John said with a triumphant smile.

"Kerrie, sometimes love takes you by surprise. Look at Katie, she moved out here to run away from her problems and met Seth a few weeks later. Things have a way of sneaking up on us when we least expect it. I meet your mother when we were both working at an office."

Kerrie continued to stare at the water.

"Maybe I'm just not that lucky." Kerrie said softly. John turned to see his daughter wiping at her cheeks. He pulled her into a hug.

"You are….or you will be. Kerrie, you have grown into an amazing woman and when you find that special guy he's not going to want to let you go." Kerrie cried into her father's chest, she never cried and she wiped at her cheeks embarrassed she had cried twice that week. John headed back towards the house knowing that Kerrie would want some time alone. Kerrie returned to the house an hour later. Katie could tell Kerrie had been crying and distracted their mother.

After an early dinner Kerrie drove John and Helen back to their hotel. Kerrie was laying on the bed in her room doing some work on her computer when Katie came in.

"Come on, we're going to Sam and Emily's for a few hours."

"You go, I'm going to stay here."

"No, I don't know what's the matter with you but you're not going to sulk around. Seth just left and you're going to come with me. All the other girls are over there plus you'll get to meet Renesmee." Kerrie let out a sigh and shut off her laptop. She went into the bathroom and splashed some water on her face and fixed her hair. At least her eyes were no longer red and swollen. When they arrived at Sam and Emily's all the other ladies were present.

"Hey girls." Emily said with a grin.

"Hey Emily." Katie said as she went to find a seat.

Kerrie noticed a very attractive pale skinned girl who was sitting on the floor with Claire.

"Kerrie, this is Renesmee. She wants to meet you." Clare said waving Kerrie over.

"Hello Renesmee."

"It's nice to meet you. I was looking forward to meeting you the other night than…we couldn't go to the movie." Renesmee said with a smile.

"Oh, I know my sister had something to do with that." Kerrie said as Katie smirked.

"Yes, she did." Renesmee said with a small laugh.

"You went to the movies with Embry?" Claire asked.

"I did."

"Is he your boyfriend?"

Katie started laughing as did a few of the others.

"We're just friends." Kerrie said her cheeks burning red.

"But you like him, don't you? I want Uncle Embry to be happy like everyone else. He's sad sometimes because he's alone." Claire said.

"I don't think he's sad anymore." Leah said giving Kerrie a wink.

"Oh stop, if we keep up she'll be turning purple." Katie said as Emily and Rachel started putting snack food out on the table.

"How are your parents doing?" Kim asked.

"Good, our mom will be exhausted because of the flight and time difference. They had a good flight and they both seemed tired by dinnertime."

"When is everyone else flying in?"

"Almost everyone else is flying in on Thursday but a few are flying in on Friday."

"Katie, you're so lucky. Your family must be so close since so many people are flying in for the wedding."

"Yes, I'm glad. I was worried everyone would feel left out so we were gonna plan for a reception in Boston a few months after the baby is born but now we won't need to do that. We're still planning to fly out so everyone can meet the little one."

After an hour of chatting Leah opened a bottle of wine. Kim and Katie couldn't drink but the others finished off the bottle quickly and a second was opened.

"I bet we're having more fun than the guys." Rachel said refilling her glass.

"Oh yea, remember Jared's bachelor party? They all ended up back here a little over two hours in then they tried to crash our party the next night."

"That's not gonna happen. Since only we know." Kerrie said as Leah nodded with a grin.

"About that…what should we wear? It is casual or dressy?"

"Dress up a bit but it's not too fancy but it's going to be lots of fun." Leah said as Kerrie nodded.

An hour later the group heard cars outside and started to laugh.

"I knew it!" Rachel said walking to the window and then opening the door. "Here to ruin our fun!" She said with a pout seeing the guys pile out of the cars.

"We're not here to ruin the fun. I bet you were bored without us." Paul said kissing her cheek.

"Oh no we weren't. We were having a good time." She said staggering a bit as Emily giggled.

"Oops… we should have cut you off." She said as Katie and Kim just shook their heads.

"I think you three should have been cut off." Katie said pointing to Rachel, Emily, and Kerrie.

"Hey, we're responsible drinkers. I'm not even buzzed." Kerrie said as Rachel and Emily nodded in agreement. The guys came into the house and filled in the extra spots.

"If Katie could drink she would be the worst off. Has anyone seen her trashed? It's quite funny."

"No, I don't think we have." Seth said with a smirk.

"I want to know about this." Leah said as Kerrie looked at Katie's horrified face.

"She gets very clingy and starts telling everyone how much she loves them then she starts acting crazy and does all sorts of funny stuff."

"I haven't gotten drunk since I moved." Katie said crossing her arms.

"Her friend Aimee is even funnier, when we went out for Katie's 21st Aimee was so drunk she took off her shoes and was walking barefoot in downtown Boston. Her boyfriend was going to kill her, he and I were the only two who were not completely trashed."

"What about when Kerrie's drunk?" Leah asked.

"I've never seen her drunk. She has a very high tolerance for a thin girl." Katie said as Kerrie nodded proudly.

"I don't think I've ever been more than buzzed, I know when to stop. Unlike some people."

"Hey, don't start about this." Katie said her cheeks pink.

"Go on, this is getting good." Rachel said.

"A few times Katie called me and didn't know where she was, one time when I dropped her off she opened the door and puked all over our parents driveway."

"Hey, I only didn't know where I was once. That was one time." Katie said with a laugh.

"That time was bad, she was so out of it. She thought she lost her purse and shoes. I thought our parents were going to put her in a cold shower."

"It was a bad time and I over did it."

"I think once the baby's born we should take Katie out." Leah said as Rachel and Kim nodded in agreement. Kerrie noticed Embry standing next to the chair she was sitting in and looked up then away with her cheeks flushed.

"What else have you girls been talking about?" Jake asked.

"Nothing too interesting, mostly the wedding or Kerrie's trip." Katie said as Embry glanced at Kerrie. "We're all a bit envious except Ness. Her family has taken her to Europe."

The conversation continued for a bit before everyone decided to call it a night.