A/N: Okay, so it's been a VERY long wait. I'm soooo SOOOOO sorry, you guys. I haven't had a lot of time to write nowadays, and it's just been very a very hectic year for me, so it took me a while to get this written. I got over a huge writer's block, and hopefully I can continue to update!! Okay, so you are the MOST AWESOME people ever, because you read my story and then you reviewed. I love you guys sooo much; it really makes my day when I see that someone has reviewed my story!! Mmkay, on to the replies:
carconee: Thanks for the review!! yeah, the party scene's here, and it's a HUGE cliffy, which I know you are probably gonna kill me for, but...it's worth it D
Mrs.SophieCullen: Thanks!! It's my first fanfic, and I'm not sure about how good it is so far, but there is a MAJOR plot twist in this chapter, and I think it'll probably get better.
Bandie0898: Ummm...heheh, it took me a while to get this posted, and I'm still not sure how long it's gonna take to get the other stuff posted, but I'll try, sure. Thanks for the review!
Precious Purple Pixie Dust: YOU KNOW WHAT A HALTER TOP IS, DUMMIE!! You are so silly sometimes, Lusa!! ;D THANKS FOR THE REVIEW!! Luvya...(oh, and OF COURSE I make her like me, she's mainly based offa me!)
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Atherium Vampire: Yeah, I only wear makeup when I have to dance, because it's mandatory for the style of dancing I do. I'm actually pretty okay with getting it on, but I end up smearing it after a while...I guess I'm just not a makeup kinda girl ;) Your review really made me laugh, especially when you talked about the dust cloud shaped like you...lol. Oh, and don't be sorry: I LOVE LONG REVIEWS!! And I hope you got some sleep!!
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IBUBCHIKITA: Aaaw, that was a really sweet, sincere review. Thank you so much!
rebecca2200: Thanks for the review!! Yeah, they are probably my favorite couple too, because their relationship is left open and is complex on so many levels...and on top of that, it's just so SWEET!! Oh jeez, now I sound like a prep...lol.
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Emmy-NoVI: Okay, that deserves the award 'Best Review of the Chapter'. That was so nice!! Yeah, they are SUCH an adorable couple THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEW!!
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Awakened Soul: Thanks!! Yeah, I am most definitely continueing it, but I can't give you an estimate of how long it's gonna take to finish it. They still have a lot more stuff that's going to happen in their relationship, so it could take a while -
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XVampWitchCatX: Well, Quil's reaction isn't exactly written in his P.O.V., because that would be overly fluffy...but, judging from the reactions of other, similar characters, he is probably stunned.
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OKAY, back to the rest of this horrendously long A/N. Uh...well you be the judge and tell me how it came out. ON TO THE STORY!!
An hour later, I was released from Nancy's clutches
An hour later, I was released from Nancy's clutches. In the past 60 minutes, I had been sprayed, shaped, softened, and curled within an inch of my life.
I recalled Nancy's previous words: "It won't hurt…that much!"
I would never, ever surrender myself to Nancy like this again!
She hadn't even let me look in the mirror, until now! I was pretty sure I looked like a clown, with tons of makeup and other...unidentifiable stuff on.
Nancy dusted my face with another coating of blush, and sprayed my head again for good measure. She got me up from my seat on my bed, and led me to the bathroom.
"Voila!" Nancy cried, as I stepped into view of myself in the mirror.
The girl staring back at me had full, red lips, coated in shiny lip gloss. Her turquoise eyes were set off dramatically by a thin rim of eyeliner. Her eyelashes were full and dark, casting thick, long shadows across her face. Her hair cascaded down her back in soft chestnut curls. It was elegant, yet simple, with a few strands left out around her face. She was wearing a blue dress that matched her eyes, and hinted at the curves she never knew she had. Her whole face glowed with pleasure and happiness, and seemed to radiate light.
She was gorgeous, but seemed familiar.
Then I realized why she seemed familiar.
She was me!
"Oh my gosh!" I cried, stunned by Nancy's fashion powers.
"I know, I know, I'm amazing. Let's face it, lil sis, you've got MAD potential!" She said, and gave me a hug.
I glanced at a clock in the bathroom, and gasped. It was already 1:26! We had to get to the party! It was going to start in 4 minutes!
I slipped on white flip-flops, and ran down the stairs, with Nancy on my trail. I opened the door, and ran outside. We walked the short distance to Uncle Sam's A/N HAHAHAA I just thought that was funny, Uncle Sam like in the USA…okay, back to the story house, and I rang the doorbell. I heard a flurry of action inside the house. Jacob answered the door, and I smiled up at him…way up at him! He just gazed down at me, his eyes wide, his mouth slightly open.
"Claire? Is that you? Last time I saw you, you…uh…weren't wearing…I mean…uh…you…no dress…"
He seemed to have lost all capabilities to form a coherent sentence.
Charlotte A/N she's his imprint, just in case I didn't make that clear. joined him, and looked at him with a goofy smile on her face.
"What are you doing, Jake?" She tossed her curly red hair over her shoulder, looking at him adoringly.
He looked back at her, and the two of them started making out.
"Eeeew! Get a room!" I cried, jokingly.
Charlotte and Jake both turned to face me.
"OHMYGOSH CLAIREYOULOOKSOPRETTYOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!!" She was practically bouncing up and down. No, she actually WAS bouncing up and down!
Nancy smiled and greeted both of them.
"Hey! What's up? Any chance that we could, like, come in, or something?"
"Oh, sorry! Good to have you back, Nancy!" Jacob said. He grinned at her, and made space for us to get through the doorway, into the house.
It smelt wonderful in there, like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies! I hoped that there were!
Emily ran towards me, clad in a figure-hugging green shirt, and a loose white skirt. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail. Her face had healed up more since the…accident, and now her beauty shone on the outside and inside. Both her eyes were outlined lightly with eyeliner. She embraced me, and then looked at my outfit, a smile on her lips.
"You look nice." She gently and quietly spoke to me, and I felt delighted. She might have been my aunt, but I regarded her as my mother, because we were incredibly close. The only person that I was closer to was Quil…
Speaking of whom, where was he? I looked around the room, but he was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly, a small brown object came flying at me, followed by another, HUGE brown object.
The smaller of the two hit me in the side of the head, and the larger began apologizing profusely.
"Ow." I rubbed the side of my head.
"I'm sorry, Claire! Sam threw it too hard, and it was going so fast, and...WOW you look pretty today!" Embry said, sounding surprised.
"Oh, hush up. She looks pretty all the time! And what's this business of you and Sam throwing footballs?" Emily scolded.
"Uh...nothing!" Embry backed away from her nervously.
She gently smacked his head, and removed the football from his grasp.
Emily turned her attention back to me. "Okay, get your stuff, and let's go down to the beach for the party!" she cried.
The day was gorgeous, with the sun shining at full brightness, the waves lapping at the shore, and perfect seashells scattered all around the beach.
I shed my flip-flops and raked my feet through the sand. The sea breeze lifted my hair, and twirled it around my head, forming a halo of brown around my head. I ran towards the water, and waded down until it was up to my calves. I grinned, enjoying the feel of wet sand between my toes, underneath my feet.
Something was wrong, though.
Quil wasn't there.
Maybe he didn't want to face me after what had happened so recently?
Maybe he didn't like me anymore, for doing what I did. Maybe--
Suddenly, the ground left my feet.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUG--Quil!" I shrieked, looking up to see that it was Quil's strong arms that were suspending me in the air.
"You came!" I whispered, overjoyed.
"Well, of course! Happy Birthday!" he said, twirling me around as though I weighed as little as a feather.
He put down on the ground and looked into my eyes.
"You look ama--"
Suddenly, a clump of wet sand hit Quil on the back of the head.
Quil and I both turned our head, to see Embry walking away from us, whistling innocently and...walking towards his house?
"I'll be right back," Quil assured me, and ran towards Embry, stooping to collect a handful of wet sand from the ground.
I sighed, and turned back towards the sea.
"Hey, girl! How's it goin'?"
My best friend, Delia A/N I changed her name, Aurelie did NOT fit her personality. Okay, I'll stop bothering you! D gave me a bear hug, and handed me a red box.
"Open it later! You can only open it when the clock strikes 10:57!"
"Whatever!" I said, but my 'anger' was very false, and a smile cracked through in the middle of the word.
"Wow, girl, you look fabulous! Where'd you buy that new sense of fashion?" Delia joked, punching me gently on the shoulder.
"Oh, gee, thanks a lot!" I said. I was so happy to see her! The last time I had seen her was last year! She had moved to Oregon, because her father had gotten a job offer there. I had stayed up the entire night talking to her on the phone, and ran up a HUGE phone bill. My mom didn't really mind, though, because with her large salary, the bill was like a penny to her.
"So, what's up?" I asked Delia. She smiled, and tossed her chestnut hair over her shoulder. Her hair was the almost the same shade as mine, and we were the exact same height. The only major differences between our appearances were that my eyes were a vibrant shade of turquoise, and hers were dark brown, almost black, and she was a little taller and more wiry.
Delia and I sat down on the warm sand and began to catch up on things.
Delia had gone and gotten some food. I was lying on my back and watching the sun set over the ocean. Today had been terrific! Everything had been a lot of fun, and I had gotten to talk to everybody, even Kim, who was very pregnant, barely able to walk! When we had cut the cake, I had discovered that it was my favorite: carrot cake, with frosting. I had gone for a soothing swim in the ocean, and had enjoyed everything to its fullest extent!
Sam and Emily's twins were at their friend's house for a sleepover today, and Tiana, Embry's fiancee, was staying with her parents for the week. Everybody had given me presents, which I didn't really care for...but they were given with love, so I had to accept them! Well, almost everybody. Quil still hadn't given me a present...he had told me that my present would be given to me at 10:57. I didn't know why everyone was obsessed with me getting presents at the very time I was born, so I just shrugged it off. What was the time right now?
I looked down at my watch. It read 7:52. I smacked it a few times in hope of making it work faster, but to no avail.
Sighing, I resigned myself to getting some more food.
Quil POV
The time was 10:30. My angel sat on the sand, watching the waves. I smiled, looking at all her perfect features, tracing the perfect contours of her soft cheeks, touching her warm lips, visually. Her beauty put Aphrodite to shame. She was perfectly gorgeous, inside and out. I crept up behind Claire, and put my hands over her eyes.
"Guess who?" I asked her.
"Gee, I wonder?" she said sarcastically. She pulled my hands off of her face, and held one tightly between her two. I interlaced my fingers with hers, and she held them to her cheek, using them as a pillow. She was so innocent and loving. I didn't deserve her, but I loved her with every fiber of my being. In less than half an hour, I would give her the one thing that I wanted to: my unconditional love. I had planned exactly what I was going to say, and I knew how I was going to say it, too.
It was wonderful how silence between the two of us said so much.
"Quil, I need to speak to you for a moment."
Sam walked over to where we were reclining. I stood up. Sam began to walk, and I foolowed him, calling over my shoulder as I left.
"Sorry, Claire, I'll be back in a few minutes."
Sam and I walked past the bonfire to a slightly more private area.
"Quil, today you're going to tell Claire about imprinting, right?"
I answered with a quick nod of my head.
"You must remember that she may not accept you. I can't guarantee that everything will work out, so you must prepare yourself for the worst."
I nodded again.
Our conversation continued, encompassing more touchy areas, but I pretty much zoned out and nodded at random intervals.
"Okay, you're free to go. It's-" Sam looked at his watch before continuing. "-10:50 right now, you still have time to get to her. Just relax, and you'll be okay."
I breathed deeply, and jogged back to where my angel was sitting on the beachside. The light, or lack of it, was playing with my vision, so Claire seemed a little more skinny; I was going to have to find a way to make her a little larger, because the stick-like size didn't suit her at all. I didn't know why, but something about her seemed a little less innocent, and not in a good way, either...but I shrugged it off. She was an angel, and in a few minutes, she would be MY angel.
Something came over me, a feeling of excitement, and I couldn't stand it anymore. I walked up to her, turned her around, and kissed her on her lips.
For some reason, though, the passion was missing. I began to move away, when she moved her arms up and held me to her, tightly. her lips devoured mine hungrily, but I remained stoic: there was something wrong, something missing...
Suddenly, I heard a small gasp beside me, and I turned slightly to find its source. My lips remained on Claire's, but as I turned, I saw something that made my heart drop. Claire was staring at me, about 10 feet away, her turquoise eyes full of agony, a single, clear tear running down her face.
If that was Claire, then who was I kissing?
I pulled away from her then, and then looked into dark brown, almost black eyes...
The eyes of Delia, Claire's best friend.
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