AN: I am not going to even say it because it feels like I say it way too much, but you all (who've stuck with me for this long while) know what I mean. THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS smut! Hopefully that can make up for it. XD
He shrugged and moved to lean against the counter right beside me. "So, besides argue, what else do you want to do today?"
Chapter 12: The Clearwater's House
I sighed dramatically. "Oh, I don't know. What would I ever want to do when I'm with my boyfriend?"
Seth looked at me side-long before he realized what I was implying. He quickly placed his soda on the counter, to stand in front of me.
"I'm such an idiot, but lucky as hell to have you," Seth murmured. Seth placed a light hand on my right knee, gently moving it away from my left. His little touch spurred me to lean forward and place a light kiss on his lips.
Seth used his free hand to keep me from pulling away and cradled the back of my head as he kissed me. We continued to kiss like that, me sitting on the counter and Seth standing between my legs. That was until I thought of something and broke away from our kiss.
"Wait, when is your mom supposed to be home, or Leah?" I said.
"An hour or so," he answered shortly. He leaned in and hungrily kissed my lips. I didn't bother to pull away and ask more questions. I lightly ran one hand across the length of his shoulders, up his neck and into his short black hair. He leaned forward, pressing me back into the wooden cabinets, while one of his hands moved along my thigh.
I silently hoped that no one would be coming home soon for a long while.
I had to pull away from Seth's scorching kisses eventually and rested my head against the cabinets, trying to catch my breath. Seth trailed his kisses away from my mouth and down my neck. I tightly gripped his hair when the kisses turned into nibbles on my already sensitive skin.
"Seth," I whined.
He stopped and raised his head from the nape of my neck to whisper in my ear.
"Yes?"
"…we should slow down… cuz that biting thing…" I had to pause, to formulate the words and he took the moment to lightly tug at my ear before looking me in the eye. "Which is sure to become a thing cuz you are what you are… but that just feels…"
Seth chuckled and hooked both of his hands behind my knees, pulling me flush against him and leaving me barely sitting on the counter. "Yeah…?" He murmured. When I didn't answer right away, he moved to kiss the other side of my neck. He let go of my right leg to push my shirt over my shoulder. He lowered his head and I squirmed against him, just wanting to make out. But he just moved his mouth across my shoulder and I melted when he reached the spot where my neck and shoulder met.
Not wanting to go through any more torture I tugged at his hair pulling his face back up to my level. I tried to put all my love for him in my kiss. After a while out kisses changed from loving to passionate. I really loved Seth and couldn't ignore the feeling I got inside me.
"Oh shit!"
Seth and I broke away from each other at the male voice. I looked over Seth's shoulder to see Skyler standing in front of the doorway to the kitchen.
"You two should probably cool off, your Mom's supposed to be home soon, Seth," Skyler suggested, walking over to the fridge. He paused before opening it, pointedly looking at my legs that were wrapped around Seth. As Skyler looked in the fridge, Seth and I untangled ourselves from each other. Once both of my feet were planted firmly on the ground, I ran a hand through my hair that had been mussed during out make-out session.
"So," I began, looking over at Skyler, "what are you and Leah doing here?"
He shut the door to the fridge, holding a soda. "Leah's patrol was over so we came here because Holly and Embry are at my house." Seth snatched the soda from Skyler's hand, and Skyler glared at him.
"Wait, you patrolled with Leah even if you didn't have to?" I asked.
"Skyler looked at me, his glare turning into a look of nonchalance. "Yeah, so what?"
"Aww, that's just really sweet Skyler. You spending your free time with Leah while she works."
He narrowed his gaze at me before snatching his soda back from Seth. He looked over his right shoulder and a second later Leah appeared in the doorway. Her eyes settled on Seth and I as she walked over to Skyler. "Seth, if you want to have Mom trust you enough to have your imprint over a lot, you have to make sure everything is spick-and-span, including your girl's hair."
I blushed slightly and ran another hand over my hair attempting to smooth it down. Jeeze, How badly had Seth messed up my hair?
"Mom is happy and all for finding our imprints," Leah continued, "but I think she's starting to worry that she'll be coming home to an orgy."
"Seriously Leah?" I exclaimed. "That's disgusting."
"Are you saying that you don't want to do it with Seth?" Skyler asked raising an eyebrow.
"No," I said, a slight blush evident in my cheeks. "You and Leah." I scrunched up my nose in disgust.
Leah and Skyler laughed at my obvious distaste. Seth began to lead me away from the pair but Leah stopped him.
"Mom said we could order take-out if we wanted cuz she's working late, wanna order some pizza's?"
"Sure," Seth answered, before continuing out of the kitchen with my hand grasped in his.
-()-()-()-
"Come on Cady, get your butt up and off the couch," Leah called, sticking her head into the room.
I pulled my head away from Seth's shoulder to look up at Leah questioningly. "Why?"
"Because we gotta go get the pizza's," Leah explaind.
I groaned. "Go with Skyler, he's your imprint." I lowered my head back down and snuggled into Seth's side.
"He's staying here. We're going to have some girl time on our ride there," Leah said, taking a step inside the family room.
I sighed and sat up, parting myself from Seth. "OK, I'll go." I slid out of his lap and got off the couch.
I picked up my sweatshirt off of the arm of the couch and slipped in on as walked over to the front door. Leah turned and opened the door, leading the way into the falling rain. I paused just inside the doorway and pulled my hood over my head then ran to Leah's car.
"Shotgun!" I shouted and Leah unlocked the door just before I wrapped my hand around the handle and opened the passenger door.
"Wow," Leah said, climbing into the driver's seat. "I'm surprised you actually remembered that."
"Well, I'm cool like that," I said with a laugh, buckling myself in.
Leah joined in with my laughter, starting up the car.
The both of us remained silent for a minute until Leah spoke. "Cady, you should know that Seth may look a lot older, but he is still fourteen and he is going to be all over like a horny teenager-"
"-Oh, god, Leah, really?-" I talked over her not really wanting to hear it from Seth's sister.
"-, not like the twenty-year-old he appears to be," Leah said, raising her voice at my complaint.
"So?" I said.
"The point that I'm trying to make is that maybe you guys shouldn't be… heating up the fire so early in the relationship," Leah said, looking only slightly uncomfortable as she shifted in her seat.
I looked over at Leah confused. "What fire?"
Leah sighed and removed her right arm from the armrest to grip the wheel with both hands. "OK, honestly I'm just trying to tell you to take it slow. Because you may end up getting carried away, and don't say that you won't. Things are completely different with an imprint than with a normal boyfriend, it's harder for the guys to restrain themselves because the pull that you feel is ten times stronger to them and the imprint tends to not help when things get intimate. The pull gets stronger as you get closer together."
"Alright," I said. "So, you're just telling me not to fuck him?"
Leah looked at me sidelong. "Yes, and you better not see this as a joke. All of you are too young to get knocked up."
"And what about you?" I questioned.
Leah took a moment to respond. "It's been a month and a half since I've gotten my period."
I was surprised for a second trying to understand the meaning of her words. "Are you-?"
"I'm a regular, and no, I'm not pregnant." She glanced over at me before returning her attention to the road.
"So what?" I questioned.
"Are you seriously asking me that?" Leah asked.
I sighed and turned to look out the windshield. "Skyler imprinted on you, and you imprinted on Skyler. If you're thinking that you won't ever be having any kids, then why would there be a double imprint?"
Leah sighed and pulled into the parking lot of a small group of shops. We both got out of the car and I watched Leah out of the corner of my eye as we walked to the pizza place. It wasn't really a pizza place either, it was an old bar and they just started making pizzas to bring in more money from their family clientele for the restaurant area in the front. I hated the place because they turned me down when I applied for a job last year. Stupid Brad's Bar and Restaurant.
"Why are we getting pizza here? La Push Pizza is way better," I commented as we walked.
"I get an employee discount. I work here Sunday through Wednesday," Leah said.
"Are you serious? How are you able to balance school, patrols and work?" I questioned.
Leah shrugged and pushed open to door. Warmth and the loud sound of chattering enveloped us. Leah led the way to the pick-up area to our left.
"Hey Kev!" Leah shouted over the noise, waving to a boy working at the counter.
"Hey Leah," the boy answered. "Your entire order isn't out of the oven yet, so give it five minutes."
"OK," Leah said, leaning up against the counter in front of the register. She reached a hand into her back pocket and bulled out a small wad of bills. "I'll just pay right now Kevin, how much is it?"
"It's an even forty-eight dollars," Kevin replied.
Leah counted out some bills and slapped them down on the counter. As Leah paid I looked around the place, peeking a look into the back area where I could see some other young adults toiling away. Eventually one of them came over to the counter with five pizza boxes piled high. I guessed that they were for us.
The guy placed them on the counter. "You grab those Cady," Leah said, straightening herself and stepping away from the counter. "I'll open the door for you."
I picked them all up and walked back over to the entrance. Leah walked ahead and opened the door.
"Wait, wait, pull my hood up for me," I ordered, stopping.
Leah rolled her eyes and reached behind me to pull my hood over my head.
"Thanks," I said with a smile. We both quickly walked to her car and got in.
The car ride back to her house was relatively quiet as we were both salivating at the strong smell of pizza.
-()-()-()-
"I can't believe you all just ate that much pizza," I commented as Leah wrapped the remaining two pieces of pizza in tinfoil and placed them in the fridge.
"In comparison to what you ate Cady, it was. But it really was a normal amount for active 'shifters," Skyler said, tilting his chair back.
"Well it's still a crazy amount of pizza," I said, standing up from my seat. "I had three pieces and I'm stuffed." I walked past Skyler to throw my empty soda bottle into the trash.
"Aww you scrawny little human," Skyler commented.
I turned and glared at the back of Skyler's head. Deciding not to throw my empty bottle away, I threw it at Skyler's head. He flinched and in reflex, pushed a little too hard against the table causing his chair to fall backward. In a split second, too fast for any human to do, he moved off of his chair, landing on his two feet. He even caught the chair before it hit the ground.
"Looks like it's true, cats do always land on their feet," I said, still brimming with confidence under the look Skyler was giving me.
He stood the chair up and slid it in place under the table. "Don't you have to go home soon?" He questioned.
"Yeah, I probably do. But that doesn't necessarily mean I want to," I said, looking warmly over at Seth who came into the kitchen after throwing away the leftover pizza boxes.
"But you probably should," Seth said, walking over to my side, "It's getting late."
Looking up at him, I put my lips into a pout. "But I wanna stay with you Sethy."
Seth smirked down at me. "I'm sorry, but I don't want your Dad mad at me for keeping you away from home for so long."
"Oh, he doesn't care," I said with a wave of my hand.
"Don't even try it, I know you and I know that he does care," Seth said.
I looked up into his face with what I hope was convincing puppy dog eyes.
"Cady."
"Sethy," I said, mimicking his stern tone.
"Leah's driving you home now," Seth said. "No matter how much you try to use those puppy dog eyes."
I smirked and leaned in close to Seth, looking up into his eyes. "Are you sure it isn't working?" I whispered.
He brought his head down to the level of my ear. "Yes," he whispered.
I sighed and pulled away from him. "Well that sucks." I looked over at Leah. "Want to drive me home now?"
"Sure," She said turning around and walking out of the kitchen.
Before leaving, I went up on my tip-toes and placed a light kiss on his jaw-line – the only place I could reach. I then left his house, pulling my hood up, and already missing the warmth of him at my side.