Mr Pretzel

Chapter 12

A/n. Alright, I know I've been MIA for a while, a really long while actually but I have a good excuse. Well, actually I don't other than I just kept forgetting to write this and then whenever I got around to it, I had absolutely no ideas and so I didn't want to write a load of utter crap.

I'm really sorry and I'll try to keep updates a little more regular, but keep in mind that it's exam time for us Brits soon and we all know what that means, *imitates voice of very annoying form tutor* "It's time to prioritise your time and stop messing around, the key is to revise. And when I say 'revise', I obviously mean be bored to death while I keep telling you to study your arses off because that makes me look good."

Anywho… on with the story!

Previously…

"Be careful." I told him and he kissed the tip of my nose.

"Always." He promised and we sat in comfortable silence. As crazy as it sounds, I don't mind the fact that he's a werewolf, I trust him with my life and nothing could break this trust, this imprint.

"I have a question for you now." Embry said finally. I raised my eyebrows in a 'go-ahead' gesture at him. "Go on a date with me?" He grinned…

"Scar, what the hell are you doing?" I heard Embry's voice, heavy with sleep as I rolled over for the millionth time that night. His breath tickled the back of my neck as his arms tightened around me.

"Getting comfy, what does it look like?" I sighed back, exasperated.

"It doesn't look like anything, my eyes are shut and it's dark."

"Smart arse."

"You know it, now let me sleep or you'll have one very grouchy wolf on your hands." I felt his grin against my skin as he kissed me shoulder and his hands tickled my ribs lightly. I kicked him in the shin with the heel of my foot which only served to make me curse with the pain of hitting his muscled leg and him to begin howling with laughter.

I rolled over and began trying to smack his face and chest for laughing at me, but he held my hands away from him easily and flipped me over, wrestling playfully with me. I laughed loudly as he knocked the lamp shade over with his foot and swore under his breath. Someone banged on the wall.

"I don't know what kinky shit you guys are getting up to and believe me when I say I will never want to find out, but some of us are trying to sleep over here so pipe down or go have sex at Quil's house!" Jared's muffled voice shouted from his bedroom.

Embry cocked an eyebrow at me before replying, "You're just pissed because Kim went to her Mother's house and now we're having more fun than you."

"And how the hell do you know what kind of fun we get up to?" Jared demanded. Embry put a hand over my mouth to keep me from laughing as he pulled funny faces at me, imitating Jared speaking.

"I patrol with you, man. I've seen the horrifying images." Embry yelled back and I heard a growl coming from the other room.

"Watch your mouth, boy. I can still beat your ass if I want to. Go to sleep!" He half growled, half screamed. Embry and I shared a look before he pressed his face into the good side of my neck to muffle his laughter.

"You're an evil wolf." I whispered in his ear. He chuckled darkly before shooting me a mischievous grin.

"Oh, that wasn't evil, this is evil." He hopped out of bed, threw my over his shoulder and jumped out of the window without even blinking. I screamed as we dropped to the floor and hit him on the back as he started running with me.

"What are you doing Embry, this is NOT funny!" I screamed but he just laughed and picked up the pace, not even breaking a sweat. Eventually we stopped and he put me down, I turned around to tell him off but stopped dead as I saw what we were standing on.

"Why are we on a cliff?" I asked, feeling slightly nervous now.

"I'm going to show you my favourite past time, cliff-diving." He smiled, reaching out to me with his arms. I jumped away before he could grab me.

"Embry Call, there is absolutely no way you are getting me to willingly jump off a cliff into nothing." I backed up slowly as he advanced towards me.

"It's into water babe." He explained, still reaching out to me. I managed to jump away again as he lunged playfully for me.

"Oh yeah, because that makes it so much safer. I think it's better I do my favourite past time instead." I said, still backing away from him.

"And that would be?" He asked, stopping and folding his arms over his chest, raising an eyebrow sarcastically.

"Running away from crazy people who want to push me off cliffs." I yelled, turning and running away into the forest. I heard his footsteps behind me but I knew he was practically walking because, if he'd wanted to catch me right away, he'd have no problem at all.

I sprinted as fast as I could through the tree's, my feet getting wet from the damp of the leafy mush on the floor seeping through my socks. I prayed I didn't stamp on a sharp stick or something and impale my foot on it.

I came across 2 boulders that were sat quite close together and skidded to a stop to inspect them. They were close enough that I could easily fit in with a little wiggling on my part, but not big enough that Embry could fit through without some difficulty.

"Perfect." I whispered to myself, climbing through the gap and wiggling into the middle. I heard Embry's footsteps a ways to the left of me and smiled. I knew he could be soundless if he wanted to, but he was deliberately making his footsteps heavy so I wouldn't be afraid. The thought warmed me.

"Marco." His teasing voice called out. I sniggered to myself and braced a hand against the stone, ready to jump out.

"Polo." I yelled back and I heard his footsteps coming closer.

"Marco." He called again, his voice was louder this time and I could tell he wasn't far away. I opened my mouth to answer again, this was pointless really, he could sniff me out if he wanted to and I knew he knew exactly where I was.

"Polo." The voice that yelled back wasn't mine, I looked up to see a huge man perched on top of one of the boulders, peering down at me with fluorescent eyes. I screamed. Loudly.

"Scarlett?" Embry yelled, panicked. I heard his footsteps as he ran towards me. The man's face turned to one of shock as he tried to reach a hand down towards me. I crouched down as low as I could get inside the two boulders. I knew the huge guy would never make it through and so I was safe, at least temporarily.

"Hey, wait a-" the man started but didn't finish as a wolf leaped over the boulders and tackled him to the ground. I heard growling and snarling before silence. Dead silence.

"Oh no." I whispered to myself, peeking around the edge of the boulder, keeping a hand braced to pull myself back inside as a seconds notice.

"What the hell, Emmett?" Embry growled, back in human form and very naked. Both men were sat on the floor about 10 feet apart.

"What the hell, yourself. I was dropping Ness off at Jake's for the evening, Alice and I snuck her out while Bella was distracting Edward, he's so damn uptight. I heard a human and thought I'd investigate." Emmett replied, picking himself up off the floor and dusting off his jeans.

"Investigate by scaring the hell out of me?" I asked sarcastically and quickly ducked back inside as the giant man looked over at me, half amused, half pissed off.

"It's okay Scar, Emmett's a good guy… I suppose." Embry growled under his breath as he walked a little way back into the woods and fished a partly torn pair of boxers from the floor, shoving them on quickly.

"Yeah well, I think the terrified human will be the judge of that." I said, finally coming out of my hidey hole and narrowing my eyes at Emmett.

"Sorry." He shrugged, that was the worst apology ever. Embry walked back over to me and slung an arm around my shoulders, subtly pulling him slightly behind him in a protective pose.

"Go home Emmett, and get off Quileute land. Paul's on patrol tonight and he's in a really bad mood, Sarah told him to take a hike." Embry told him, his tone was friendly but even I noticed the underlying warning. Emmett, apparently either didn't notice or simply didn't care.

"Again? Knowing those two, they'll be at it like rabbits before the night's over, like always." Emmett said with an amused look on his face.

"No doubt, good night Emmett." Embry turned on his heel and walked us in the opposite direction. I heard Emmett's goodnight from behind us. I laced my fingers with Embry's leaning against his side slightly as we walked.

"Why do Sarah and Paul always fight?" I asked him, stifling a yawn. Without missing a beat, Embry scooped me up into his arms and cradled me against his chest as he walked.

"Well, it's just the way they are. Their personalities clash terribly, they're both stubborn and never back down from a fight, so they vent their frustrations in a more… explosive way. Sarah moved to our pack when she mated with Paul, and he's never met someone that's exactly like him before, and neither has she. Unfortunately, this means that neither of them will admit that the other is wrong, ever."

"But they're in love?" I asked.

"Yes, very much so. The fact of the matter is, they can insult and fight each other until the day they die, but if anyone else even makes a joke at her or his expense, it's Armageddon. I'd never seen a couple more passionate about one another, until I met you, of course." He grinned and kissed my cheek.

We arrived back at the house just as the sun was rising. I twisted out of his arms and the dragged him around to the back of the house, where we could see the sunrise over the treetops and we sat down on the grass, cuddled up to each other as we watched daylight arrive.

"So," I finally said after we'd sat in silence for a while, "was that an Embry Call date?"

"Mm-hmm; cliffs, darkness, hide and seek, vampires… what more could you ask for?" He teased as he pulled me closer to him, burying his face in my hair. As if on cue, my stomach rumbled.

"Breakfast?"

A/n. Okay, I know it's just a filler chapter but I promise I'll put some real plot into the next one. We learnt a little more about Paul and his gal, that was fun, right? Love you guys and thanks for your patience. ~Writer-Of-Randomness~