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Chapter 11: The Daily Life

Seth came in my room through the window at night. I didn't expect to see him at that hour so it was quite a surprise for me. Seth must have been in his wolf form as he was only wearing cut off pants. Facing him I leaned against my study desk and crossed my arms over my chest. I waited for him to talk. Seth had to struggle a little to get out the words out of his mouth that he wanted to say.

"Laila, I am really sorry for being such a jerk to you and for treating you the way I did. You are right. We shouldn't try to hate each other neither we should try to resist the love we feel for each other. We can't stop living for the fear of death just like I shouldn't stop loving someone for the fear of imprinting. But I need to know first before giving in, are you willing to take the risk? You do know that you could get your heart broken in this." I couldn't express my feelings properly with words at that moment, so I did what I thought would be the best way to answer his question. I went up to him and embraced him with all the love I felt for him. Besides, actions speak louder than words. Everything settled out between me and Seth in no time but we feared to tell this to the others. And when we told everyone about what we decided to do with our new developed feelings, we received the exact response we expected to get.

"You guys are completely out of your minds" said Embry breaking the silence that had fallen over us after Seth and I broke the news to the others that we have decided to be together as a couple from now on.

"Laila, you know everything and Seth you too? You should make her understand, not encourage her" said Jake disappointingly looking at me and Seth.

"Guys, please, just listen to me. I know everything about you guys and I also know that Seth could leave me any time and I could loose him forever….. But I am willing to take that risk." I knew it would take a lot more than that to convince them. Why can't they understand that I can endure the pain of loosing Seth but not the pain that I would get for not loving him? I don't fear getting hurt, I am strong like my mother and I can hold up for myself. What if Seth never imprints? What if Seth's imprint hasn't even born yet? What if he imprints when he is hundred years old? I won't even survive that long. Yes, it has its own risks that Seth might imprint tomorrow or ten minutes later but I was willing to take any risk just to be with him for sometime. I wanted to know how it feels to fall in love and be with that person even if it was just for a moment.

"You don't know about the pain yet dear. It's not so easy to get through it." Even Emily didn't support us. Though, she had her own reasons for saying that. Emily still regrets hurting Leah and ruining their friendship.

"Emily is right Laila, you have no idea what it feels when you loose your love. I know it and it's like hell. Do you know how many times I considered killing myself when I was in love with Bella and she left me for Edward? I couldn't have got better if Nissie hadn't come into my life. But you won't imprint on anyone and you would have to live with that pain forever like Leah." Jacob said trying to make me understand his point. Sam got a little uncomfortable when he said that. I could only smile at that. If only they knew that Leah was the one who asked me to give us a chance.

"Seth, you were used to live in Leah's head. You know the pain. How could you think of doing that to her? Jacob, say something to him, will ya?" Quil usually doesn't get involved in matters like this but this matter was apparently very serious for the whole pack. Jacob was still a little pissed off at Seth for that party night and this issue pissed him off more. Jacob didn't even talk with him properly after that night. The only people supported Seth were Leah, Collin and Brady. But they didn't dare to voice there opinion. However, Leah seemed to be on the verge of yelling at the pack for being so stubborn on this matter. Especially because they were setting her example in front of me to talk me out of this madness. Paul didn't care much about what we were doing. As long as his pack and his imprint Rachael are not endangered, he was okay with any kind of shit. The girls stayed out of this matter but Sam was the one who listened to everyone carefully but didn't say a word about it. Sam was still very uncomfortable about this whole imprint thing.

"I don't think it's such a serious issue guys. I mean Laila would leave La Push anyway. Not to mention within a month. Let them date each other for a while. I mean how much it could hurt them." Kim spoke up among the imprintees for the first time. Jared gave her a quick kiss, obviously supporting her opinion.

"I think Kimmy is right guys. They won't even get the chance to deepen their relation in such short time. I think Laila is strong enough to handle a little break-up" said Paul smirking at me but it made me feel disgusted because I knew what exactly was going through his mind at that moment. If Paul was thinking that Seth and I are gonna get physically involved then he was up for a huge disappointed. It wasn't about getting physical. It was about being with each other. I wanted to be with Seth and spend time with him. As much as I could within one month. After some more discussions we gained some supporters but Jake wasn't one of them. And as much as I knew him, Jacob was on the verge of giving Seth an alpha order to stay away from me.

"Jake, if you fear my sufferings than let me tell you this, my mother had nothing to do with supernatural stuffs but still she had to loose her love and suffer a lot for that. You are right that Seth could imprint on someone else and abandon me that instant. But are you sure that if I forget about Seth and fall in love with some other guy, he won't leave me for another girl or leave me alone in this world? Jacob if it's my fate then my love would be snatched away from me no matter who the person is, Seth or somebody else. Please think about it and accept our relation." I pleaded with him hopefully. Jake looked at Sam and to everyone's surprise Sam nodded to him meaning he approved of our relation.

After the pack agreed with us, Seth and I started a new life. We were hardly separated. He would follow me around everywhere I go and I would follow him to wherever he goes. Most of the time Seth would go to the Cullens and I would go there with him. The more I got closer to the Cullen family, the more I liked them and I became friends with everyone there like Seth and Jacob were. Esme and Bella loved to have me over there. I became a frequent visitor to their household along with Jacob and Seth. The Cullens accepted Seth and my relation before we could even tell them about it and they were really happy for us. The days we wouldn't go to the Cullens, Seth and I would go to the beach in the afternoon. We would talk for hours without any important topic to talk about. We were perfect for each other. But in our daily conversations, one question became common for me that I asked Seth almost everyday.

"Are you sure you haven't imprinted on me?"

Not only me but the whole pack wondered about it. Why Seth didn't imprint on me when it seemed that we are made for each other? Usually I tried not to talk about imprinting but Seth would somehow always bring it up. And lately all our conversations turned up imprinting related. I never confessed to Seth that every morning I wake up and pray that Seth won't imprint today and every night before going to sleep I would thank god for that. Most of the nights Seth would sleep in my room with me except for the nights he got his patrolling duties. He really hated them. The day we shared our first kiss, I was so nervous but then everything turned out just perfect. Kissing Seth was like going on a short trip to the heaven. I often wondered how he got to be such an expert kisser. And I would often tease him about it, saying that he must have kissed dozens of girls to reach this level. It succeeds in pissing him off every time. Falling in love didn't stop us from teasing each other or put an end to our bickering or the arguments for that matter. It seemed to increase more with our love.

It was a rare day in La Push. The sun was shining brightly in the sky with no clouds at all. We were hanging out in Sam's house as it was Sunday which meant no school for the day. The girls were cooking and the boys were as usual whether playing house games or bothering the girls. Suddenly Brady came running into the house with such horrified expression as if the world is about to come to an end. Everyone got worried immediately thinking something terrible has happened.

"What's wrong Brady? What happened?" Jake asked thinking of a serious vampire situation. Or something worse.

"Collin…..Collin…..Collin." Brady could only say Collin's name in between taking deep breaths. He ran so fast that even as a werewolf he ran out of breath.

"Collin what? What happened to him?" Sam got more worried thinking something bad must have happened to Collin. Brady inhaled a long deep breath and calmed down first.

"Collin's dead." He finally said. I was shocked to hear that just as everyone else. What could have happened to him? He was fine yesterday. Was there a vampire lurking in the woods that they missed during patrolling? Nothing else could have killed Collin. I was on the verge of tears.

"Tell us exactly what happened?" demanded Jake right away.

"Collin imprinted on our new English teacher." Said Brady with serious tone of voice. Wouldn't you want to kill him right now? He scared the hell out of us. I seriously wanted to choke him to death. However Seth did that favor for me and smacked the back of his head hard. If Brady was a normal human, his skull would have broken in two.

"OUCH, What the hell man? Take it easy dude." Sam and Jake both glared at Collin and he shut his mouth immediately.

"Where is Collin?" asked Quil. Grabbing a muffin, Brady hopped up on the kitchen counter and explained the whole situation and what happened.

"We were just curious about who is the new English teacher. So we went to check out. On the way we saw a young woman unloading her car and carrying some heavy boxes inside her house. We thought we should help her. When we approached the house and Collin looked into her eyes for the first time, BOOM. He imprinted on that lady. Later we found out that she is the new teacher of our school and she is twenty five, almost ten years older than Collin. So, technically Collin is dead because no girl in their right mind would want to date someone ten years younger than her."

"She is not married, is she?" asked Chloe nervously, fearing the answer. Brady shook his head.

"Nope, she is not. Thankfully. And it seemed that she is feeling the imprinting pull already" said Brady. I really wanted things to work out between Collin and his new imprint.

"What's her name?" I asked Brady curiously.

"Ms. Evelyn Grant from New York, the new English teacher of La Push high, joining from this Monday."

I felt a little sad for Collin. Not only his imprint was older than him but she was his teacher as well. Brady was right. Collin really was in big trouble. The age difference was too much and in this case the girl is older. I would never understand this imprinting thing. Why it forces the wolves to be with someone completely imperfect for them?