Alright, I'm FINALLY UPDATING! Whoop! Sorry, I've been really busy lately…so much going on you wouldn't believe it so I'm really trying to update as much as possible but they're pretty much going to be random posts from here on out. Sorry! But it's better than nothing!

Don't own any Twilight series characters-or any of the movies mentioned and other stuff that is obviously not mine.

Playlist For Chapter---

Brand New Girlfriend--Steve Holy

The Other Side Of Me--Gretchen Wilson

Chapter 12--Speed Racer

"My God, you drive slow," I said exasperatedly as Embry pulled The General into a parking space.

He looked over at me and rolled his eyes as he shut off the engine. "Okay Speed Racer, whatever you say," he said before opening his door and making it around to mine to help me out of the seat. He's just so sweet.

"So where are we meeting them?" I asked him excitedly as he towed me through the parking lot, my purple scarf blowing in the wind behind me. I shivered.

"Are you cold?" Embry asked, suddenly coming to a stop as he turned to face me with a look of concern.

"Uh, yeah. It's freezing," I said, taking the hand that he wasn't holding and holding it up to show off my purple mitten. I'm freezing my butt off!

He grabbed both my hand in his bare ones, rubbing them in between them. "Jeez Hun, you gotta tell me these things before your fingers drop off," he said as my fingers unfroze. Man, how does he do that? I seriously need to start getting used to the cold around here. It's throwing me completely off.

"I can suffer through a little bit of numbness, Em," I told him, rolling my eyes.

"The hell you are," he said, pulling me along again, closer this time. "Next time we go out, you're wearing a sweatshirt too-and under armor," he muttered to himself.

I rolled my eyes. He thinks I'm so fragile…

"There they are," he said, pointing ahead of us. I looked up and it only took me half a second to figure out where they were. Quil looked just like Embry and the rest of their friends-just maybe a little bit shorter and stockier. Claire was short-only coming up to just below his shoulder. She had longish black hair and a huge smile on her face as she held Quil's hand. They were adorable. "Hey! Sweetcakes!" Embry called loudly.

Quil and Claire looked up. "Muffin!" Quil exclaimed, throwing his hands up-not letting go of Claire's.

I tried not to laugh-I tried really hard-but when Claire started laughing I had to let out a small giggle. Embry looked down at me and smiled. "Kendra, this is Quil Ateara and Claire Young," Embry said, pointing to both of them.

"So you're Kendra," Quil said, his eyes sweeping over me curiously-looking from me to Embry and back again. "I hope he hasn't made you ride in Kelly yet. If not; get out while you can," he whispered as Claire laughed and Embry narrowed his eyes.

"Ugh. I wish you could've warned me earlier," I told him with a smirk. "I'm thinking I might have to torch it in the dead of night. You in?" I asked him as Embry's eyes widened and he let out a huff.

Quil laughed loudly and stuck out his hand and I shook it. "Deal."

"The treachery!" Embry groaned, tilting his head back as he yelled it to the sky.

"Alright, back off boys. It's my turn to meet her," Claire said, pulling Quil back a step. She stepped up to me and threw her arms around her neck. I was surprised to say the least, as she squeezed me tight, but hugged her back just the same. "Maybe you can save me from Zombie Apocalypse Movie Night," she said as she took Quil's hand again.

"Hey, I thought you said you liked Zombie Apocalypse Movie Night," he said with a pout.

"I know I did Quil," she said, sadly patting his arm. "But I lied."

I grinned at her. "Don't worry, we'll just have to convince them to watch Casanova or something along those lines," I told her with a grin.

"Hey, I like that movie for your information," Embry scoffed, narrowing his eyes at me.

I looked up at him in surprise. "You do?" I asked doubtfully.

"Sophie always used to make him watch those kinds of movies with her. The Notebook, Titanic-," Quil told me, rolling his eyes.

"-Shut up! She doesn't like to cry alone, alright?" Embry defended, punching Quil's arm.

Quil continued, ignoring Embry. "He just started to get used them after that and then one fateful day…," Quil trailed off, looking at his friend pointedly.

"Whoa! Hey, hey, hey. We don't have to go there now, do we Quil? Huh, buddy?" Embry said, nudging Quil with his shoulder.

"What happened?" I asked curiously.

"He made me and Jake go see some chick flick about pants and Greece and blah, blah, blah. It was horrible," Quil told me as I laughed, squeezing Embry's hand in mine.

"Well I happened to like that movie," I said, smiling as I glanced up at Embry.

"Alright, alright, enough talking. Let's get inside and shop!" Claire said excitedly, dragging Quil inside while Embry and I trailed behind.

"So where are we going first?" I asked curiously as we walked along, Embry swinging our hands between us.

"Well," Claire began, stopping suddenly as she plopped down on a bench and whipped out a sheet of paper. We all sat around her. "I need riding gloves for Andrea, a movie theater gift certificate for Brady, a new sketch pad for Vi, that one CD Collin's been hinting about, picture frames for Jared and Kim, a little sweatshirt for Carter, baby books for Sam and Emily and Les and Dane, shoes for Cassie, a gift card to the restaurant Paul proposed to Alex in for them, a couple of DVD's for Leah and Tony, and I have to pick up the you-know-what's for the you-know-who's," Claire finished, folding up her paper.

I raised an eyebrow. "The you-know-what's for the you-know-who's?" I asked skeptically.

"Correct. We also have to pick up those poinsettias and wreaths for Paul and Alex's house for the party," she added.

"Well, how about you two go pick up the you-know-what's and Kendra and I will go and get the flowers," Embry suggested.

"Great! We'll meet you two back here," she said before jumping up and towing Quil through the thick crowd of people; all forming a path once they saw Quil coming through.

I looked up at Embry and he shrugged. "Let's go," he said, standing up. We walked slowly through mall, passing by a bunch of stores that I've never been in before and a ton that I have with Bridget and Jackson. Soon enough Embry lead me into a flower store called Colman Bouquet. We walked up to the counter where a short girl with longish black hair and bright green eyes was, a green apron on as she read a book. She looked up as we stopped in front of her.. "Hello, welcome to Colman Bouquet. I'm Missy, how can I help you?" she asked, a polite smile on her face.

"Hi, I need to pick up an order for Walker," Embry said, taking out the piece of paper that Claire gave him before we left.

The girl took the paper. "One minute," she said before heading into the back.

I let go of Embry's hand and started walking around the store, looking at all the flowers curiously. "Do you need any help with anything?" an older woman with graying blonde hair asked, a smile on her face. I glanced down at her nametag; Gail Colman. I'm guessing she's the owner of the store.

"No thanks, just looking," I said, looking back down at the lilies. "These are beautiful though," I said.

She smiled. "Those are some of my favorites too," she said with a grin before walking away with her spray bottle.

I wandered back over to Embry and leaned against his side just as the girl, Missy, walked out with two huge wreaths and another girl in a matching uniform followed behind her, two large poinsettia plants in her arms. They set them on the counter. "Thanks Catalina," Missy called as the other girl walked back through the door with a wave of her hand. She turned back to us. "They were paid for ahead of time so you guys are good to go," Missy told us with a smile. Embry swung both wreaths over his shoulder and grabbed one plant, leaving me to grab the other. "Merry Christmas," Missy said with a smile as we walked away from the counter.

"Merry Christmas," Embry and I called back as we walked out.

"She was wearing a Peaches t-shirt," Embry commented as we headed back the way we came.

I looked up at him with a raised a raised eyebrow. "Peaches?" I asked.

"Yeah. Some girl band my Mom used to listen to," Embry said with a shrug. "Didn't think anyone knew they existed anymore," he said with a chuckle just as I spotted Quil and Claire waiting by the bench. "Hey, we're going to put this in the truck and we'll be back," Embry said, not pausing as he lead me back out the door.

"So, you have Embry pretty wrapped, huh?" Claire asked with a sly smile as we dug through a sales rack of winter coats. I smiled and glanced over to the corner of the store where Embry and Quil were looking for pants that were long enough. Didn't look like they were having any luck.

"I don't know, he just seems too good to be true. You know?" I said, glancing back at her with a nervous smile. And honestly, I had been worrying about that a lot lately. Embry…he's just perfect. And I don't get perfect-I'm not supposed to. It's like a rule or something.

"I know exactly what you mean," she told me, taking a coat off the rack and holding it up for a second before putting it back. "Trust me, it wasn't exactly a piece of cake with Quil and I in the beginning-I was just so nervous all the time. But it'll all make sense eventually," she told me confidently. "And don't worry about him realizing he's too good for you or anything like that-it's not going to happen and it's definitely not true," she said with a quiet laugh.

"Do you give people these kind of talks often?" I asked her with a grin, feeling better already. She practically read my mind-except for that last part. Embry is definitely too good for me.

"Actually, yeah I kind of do," she said, laughing again. I laughed too, not quite sure what she meant by that.

"So how long have you and Quil been together anyway?" I asked her curiously. They act like they've been dating years.

"Oh, since I was fifteen," she said, waving her hand easily. Wow. Three years. "What about you and this ex I keep hearing about? How long were you two together?" she asked curiously.

"About two and a half," I told her. "But we were friends before that," I admitted.

She nodded thoughtfully. "So why'd you dump him?" she asked bluntly.

I blinked. "Uh, it got complicated," I told her uneasily, positive that I did not want to have this conversation with her yet. Eventually-I'm sure-but I really wanted to tell Embry before I told anyone else.

Claire looked up at me with a raised eyebrow. "I'll find out you know, I always find out," she said, pointing a finger at me. "Besides, it's not like Embry hasn't told us absolutely everything about you anyway. I mean, he somehow found the time to inform Quil about that spider thing that happened the other night-and then of course Quil told me about it so-"

"-Embry told him about that?" I asked, my eyes wide. Well that is semi embarrassing. "That only happened last night," I said.

"The boys like to gossip," she told me with grin and shrug.

I just rolled my eyes and grinned easily. Embry better not be telling anymore stories about me anytime soon. "Oh!" I exclaimed excitedly, picking a coat off the rack.

"Oooh," Claire said, walking around the rack and inspecting the jacket. "You better be getting that. It'll look great on you!" she said.

"What'll look great on you?" Embry asked, coming up behind me and wriggling his eyebrows suggestively. I slapped his chest.

"A marshmallow coat if you don't keep your comments to yourself," I told him as I brushed by.

"Oh snap. What did you do, Embry?" Quil asked with a laugh as he nudged Embry.

"I don't even know," Embry said, absolutely mystified. I quickly paid for my coat and walked back to the group, Embry still looked confused. I punched his arm. "Hey now, what did I do?"

I narrowed my eyes and folded my arms.

"Oh, the look," Quil said with a grin as Embry cowered away from me. "I love it when this stuff happens," he said, rubbing his hands together expectedly.

"You even think about one more embarrassing story of me and I'll shave off your eyebrows in your sleep, Call, got it?" I told him sternly.

He nodded quickly as Quil and Claire laughed. "Traitors," Embry muttered to them. I hit his arm again. "Owie," Embry said, rubbing his arm with a frown. What a faker. "Are you done abusing me now?" he asked with a pout.

"I'm sorry Embry, come here," I said, gesturing for him to lean down. He leaned forward with a grin and I smacked the back of his head-Quil just about died laughing. "Now I'm done," I said happily, standing on my tip toes to give him a quick kiss.

"You think one kiss is going to make up for permanent brain damage?" Embry asked with a sly smile on his face.

"I guess I owe you then," I said with a grin as I took his hand again. He smiled down at me.

"Oh! Oh, I know what we should do now!" Claire said excitedly.

"Oh! Oh, it better not have anything to do with the shirtless men store across the mall," Quil said, jumping up and down like Claire was doing. I laughed as people walking by stared. That was a pretty decent impression.

"No, besides, I see enough shirtless men every day of my life," she said, rolling her eyes. "I mean, we should go ice skating," she said.

"Where would we go ice skating?" I asked, confused.

"Here, of course. There's a rink in the mall," Claire said, pulling Quil along as Embry and I once again trailed behind.

I looked up at him. "Hey Embry?" I asked quietly.

He looked down at me, his eyebrows knitted together in confusion at my nervous tone. "What's wrong?" he asked, wrapping an arm around me as he held my bags with the other.

I bit my lip. "I don't know how to ice skate," I admitted.

He blinked. "Really?" he asked, a smile growing on his face. "Don't they have anything in Alabama? Or is all corn, corn, cows, and corn?" he asked jokingly.

I rolled my eyes. "You forgot the soy fields," I told him with a grin.

"Don't worry about it, I won't let you fall," he promised with a smile. I don't know why I believed him….

"Hey, this is not that funny," I told him as he picked me up off the ice, multiple people carefully skating around us.

"I know, I'm sorry," Embry said with an apologetic grin. "But you just look so cute when you pout like that," he said, smiling.

I groaned. "I really thought I had it that time," I moaned, clinging onto his arm as we slowly skated along.

"You probably would've been fine if that eight year old hadn't cut you off," he told me comfortingly. "Here, let's try it this way," he said, grabbing both of my hands as he turned around and started skating backwards, dragging me along.

"Embry," I warned as I my legs shook unsteadily.

"It's alright, you'll be fine. I have you," he told me, his eyes one mine. I nodded. "Alright, you've been rolling blading before, right? It's just like that," he said.

I nodded again and started going a little bit faster, Embry holding my hands steadying me the entire time. "See? You got it," Embry said with a smile.

And then something crashed into my side, sending me flying backwards. Embry was there in a second, his arms wrapping around my waist as we twisted around in the air before his back landed hard on the ice, me laying on top of him with my hands on his chest. My eyes flew open. "Oh my God Embry, are you alright?!" I asked, panicked as one of my hands flew to his shoulder and the other brushing his hair out of his face.

He smiled easily up at me. "I'm fine, I'm fine," he assured me, squeezing me against him. "Are you okay?" he asked, his eyes raking every inch of me that he could see.

"My God Embry, you could've cracked your head open and you're worrying about me?" I asked him breathlessly.

"I'll always worry about you," he said quietly, as I stared at his eyes. He cleared his throat nervously and smiled again. "Besides, I have a hard head," he told me.

I let out a shaky laugh and ran my hand through his hair. "Thank you," I told him, leaning over to give him a kiss.

"Anytime," he said quietly. His eyes darted up to the top of my head and back to my eyes as he grinned widely. "Your ear muffs have gone slightly askew, Miss Madison," he said, taking his hands from around my waist and fixing them for me.

"And you have ice shavings in your hair Mr. Call," I told him, putting my mitten between my teeth and taking it off, brushing the ice out of Embry's hair for him.

"Hey! No glove, no love children!" Quil said as he and Claire skated by laughing.

Embry glared. "You got that one from me asshole!" he called after them. I laughed and rolled off of Embry. He carefully stood up and help me up after him. I put my mitten back on. "Come on, let's get out of these skates," he said, leading me off the ice, picking me up as we hit solid ground.

My eyes grew wide and I latched onto him. "Embry! Put me down! You're going to break your ankle!" I exclaimed.

"Calm down, we're already to the benches, see?" he said as he carefully set me down. He kneeled down and started unlacing my skates for me as I rubbed my hands together. I hate the cold, I hate the cold, I hate the cold.

"I can take them off myself you know," I reminded him.

"Yeah, but I like to spoil you," he told me as he set the skates on the ground, sitting on the bench to untie his own.

"So, how did you like it?" Claire asked as she suddenly plopped down next to me.

"I don't know. I'll tell you when my bruises fade," I told her as she laughed.

"Hey, you only fell twice and both times was because you insisted that you had it," Embry defended. "If you just let me-"

"-Embry, I refuse to let you carry me while skating. You got your way two seconds ago anyway," I told him as he stuck his tongue out at me. I swear, he's going to seriously hurt himself one of these days and I'm sure I won't be qualified enough to fix him when he does it.

"I thought you two were adorable," Claire said, holding up her camera with a sly smile.

My mouth popped open. "You didn't," I said, aghast. Why I don't just go an tell everyone about that time I stepped in horse crap at the fair and had to walk around with it sticking to my jeans and shoe for the rest of the day?

"Of course I did. You don't think these are the only pictures I have of you two anyway? Yeah right, like Sophie would let that happen," Claire said, rolling her eyes. I groaned. And when, exactly, did Sophie take any pictures of us anyway?

"Come on ladies, time to go," Quil said, helping Claire up.

Embry grabbed my hand. "We're all meeting back at Mom's," he told me as we walked. About ten minutes later we were stepping outside and…

"Oh…my…God," I whispered, staring at the sky incredulously.

Embry looked down at me, a confused smile on his face. "What?" he asked.

"It's snowing," I said, my eyes watching the small flakes float to the ground. There had to be at least two inches of it already. How long had we been inside?

"Yeah, of course it's snowing," he said with a shrug. "I'm actually surprised we haven't gotten any until now, I thought we were supposed to…," he trailed off, staring at me speculatively. "You've never seen snow before," he said quietly.

I just shook my head, holding my hand out to catch some. "Just a little before, but it wasn't actually snowing when I saw it-and I was in the car," I told him.

Embry grinned widely and continued to tow me along the parking lot after Quil and Claire. "We'll make a snowman later then, we're supposed to get a lot more of this," he told me easily.

"Seriously? We can make a snowman?" I asked him, probably more excited than I should be.

"Of course," he grinned.

"Where did you guys park?" Quil asked as he looked around the parking lot.

"Right there," I said, pointing to The General a couple of spaces away. He looked at the truck, then back at me, and then at the truck again.

"No way," he said incredulously. "That is not your car," he said in disbelief.

"Yep. It is," I told him easily, taking my keys out of my pockets and flashing the headlights.

"Holy shit," Quil muttered. "Your girlfriend has a better car than you," Quil said, laughing at Embry as he rolled his eyes.

"Yeah? Well I guess me, Paul, and Collin can start a club now," Embry said with a shrug as he plucked the keys out of my hand and started walking toward the truck. "At least I get to drive a bad ass truck now," he added, jiggling the keys in Quil's face as we walked by and I laughed.

"Ma! We're home!" Embry called as the four of us walked inside.

Sophie leaned out of the kitchen doorway, wiping her hands with a dish towel. "Oh good, Kendra you just got a package," she said, darting back in the kitchen. I followed her excitedly. I never get packages. "Here," she said, handing me a shoe box sized parcel.

I looked at the return address and grinned. "It's from Ma," I said, pealing off the tape that was on it. A piece of paper was sitting on a bunch of Styrofoam peanuts.

Our Demands:

-Virtual tour of the town.

-Your Christmas

-Your friends

-A report on the condition of The General

-A full body shot of Embry

Love,

Your gorgeous friends, macho brothers, parents, and Pappy

"What…?" I asked myself, setting the paper down on the table and digging through the box, pulling out another one. My eyes widened. "Oh my God!" I said, a huge smile forming on my face. "They got me a video camera!" I told Embry excitedly.

He looked at me with a raised eyebrow, holding up the paper I set on the table. "Should I be frightened?" he asked.

I rolled my eyes. "That's just Bridget and Jackson. Don't worry about it, Hun," I told him easily. "Claire, do you know how to work these?" I asked her.

"Yeah, sure. I'll get it all set up for you," she said, taking the box from me. I turned back to the package and shook it a bit, smiling again when I heard something else inside. I reached in and pulled out two tapes. One from Bridget and Jackson and the other said Family on it.

"Let's go watch them," I told Embry excitedly, pulling him in the living room with Quil, Claire, and Sophie trailing behind. I slid the first tape in and Jackson appeared in a wobbly frame.

"Bridget, will you just hold it still?" Jackson asked her impatiently.

"I'm sorry but the stupid tripod is stuck in a-whoops," she said as the camera jerked up a bit and then steadied. "Fixed it," she muttered to herself as she walked around the camera and stood next to Jackson.

"Hey Kendra," Jackson said with a grin. "I'm sure by now you read the demands we've sent you-if you don't fulfill them we'll find you Kendra May. We'll find you," he assured me.

Bridget smacked him. "We miss ya Kendra and-as we give you our virtual tour of the town, you'll see that everyone else does too," she said before walking toward the camera and shutting if off before it flickered back on, the shot showing the town square.

"Deserted as usual," Jackson said as he walked, Bridget walking with the camera behind him.

"Oh look! There's Will!" Bridget yelped, here camera zeroing in on a figure walking on the other side of the street. "Will!" she called.

His head snapped up and he stopped. "Hey guys, what's with the camera?" he asked as he readjusted the bag of chicken feed on his shoulder.

"We're making a video for Kendra. Say hi," she told him.

He grinned and waved. "Hi Kendra," he said.

"No, not like that," Jackson said, walking over to him. "Here, back up and walk back into the frame again. Then say hi. We want this to look natural," Jackson told him, pushing Will backwards.

"Why?" Bridget asked. "Jackson, do you even know how to edit this out?" Bridget asked him as I laughed quietly.

"Nope," I said with a laugh.

"Shit," Jackson swore quietly. "Maybe River does?" he asked Bridget.

"Oh please, like he'd edit this gold out," Bridget said with a laugh.

"Fine, fine. See ya later Will!" Jackson called as he ran back toward Bridget and the camera again. "Let's go to The Tavern next," Jackson said, walking inside. "Hey everybody!" he called, everyone's heads snapped up and I smiled. Man, everyone is there. "Say hi to Kendra," he said, pointing back to the camera.

There was a chorus of 'hi's' and other unintelligible greetings. "Show her the picture," someone called.

"Oh! Right!" Bridget said, the camera whipping around in a blur and focusing on a fame on the wall. It was the picture of Bridget, Jackson, and I singing on the stage of The Tavern when we were about seven-my Mom has the same one hanging in the living room. "They put it up last week," Bridget said. "They're demanding a reenactment the second you get back," she said, I could practically hear her eyes roll.

And with that they exited the diner, continuing to walk around town and force people to say hi as I leaned against Embry and told him about the people and places he was seeing on the camera. Then the camera flashed and it was back to Jackson's front yard. "Alright, that's it for us I guess. Does Dale even know how to work a camera?" he asked himself as I rolled my eyes. No. "Anyways, we love you Kendra and you better come back soon," he said with a grin.

"And bring Embry with you!" Bridget added with a grin. "And if Embry's watching this…," Bridget trailed off as my eyes darted between the TV and Embry-who was grinning in anticipation.

"Don't you dare," I warned through gritted teeth, as if she could hear me.

"Make sure she's taken care of," Bridget said seriously. I narrowed my eyes. No way is that it. "And seriously, I want that body shot, alright hot stuff?"

The screen flickered off as I stared at it with my mouth gaping open, the four other people in the room laughing hysterically. "I am so going to kill her…," I muttered to myself as I switched tapes.

I sat back down and Embry wrapped an arm around. "Kendra!" Bobby yelled loudly, making me jump as my brother's face popped up on the screen.

"Bobby," River's voice warned. Bobby stepped away from the camera revealing all three of my brothers outside the barn.

"Hey Kendra look," Dale said, pointing to the barn behind him. "Still standing without you." I grinned.

Bobby walked up and grabbed the camera and walked into the barn with it. "See? The cows are alive too," he said before walking to the other end. "And there's George on the tractor," he said, showing out big green tractor and a figure you could barely make out sitting on it. "And there's the chicken coop," he said, panning on it. "And there's…oh! Well look who it is!" he said in mock excitement. "Our favorite bucket carrier Drew," he said loudly as Drew came into the picture, carrying two buckets filled with water as he headed towards the pig pens. "Drew!" Bobby called.

I groaned and plopped my head down on Embry's shoulder. "That's Drew?" he asked, his eyes carefully assessing the figure on the screen.

"Yep," I told him.

"What're you guys doing?" Drew asked, looking at my brothers and the camera curiously.

"We're making a video for Kendra," River told him, nodding toward the camera.

"Oh," he said, nodding carefully, his eyes flickering to the camera and back.

"You want to say anything?" Bobby asked, his tone neutral. They've been just waiting for him to say the wrong thing.

"Uh, sure…," he said, shuffling closer to the camera. "Hey Kendra. Miss you, hope you come down soon," he said, his eyes darting to the side.

I rolled my eyes.

"Hey, don't forget to say hi to that Embry kid. I'm sure he's watching this too," Dale added with a sly smile as he wriggled his eyebrows. River gave him a look and Drew's face hardened.

"Actually, I gotta get going. See you guys later," Drew said before grabbing the buckets and heading back toward the pens. There was a moment of silence before Bobby and Dale burst out laughing and River let out a chuckle.

"Hold those buckets up higher boy, you're wasting water," Pappy's voice said from somewhere off screen.

Bobby snickered and turned the camera to show Pappy glaring at Drew as he nodded and kept walking, lifting them higher. Pappy walked towards my brothers and shook his head. "You'd think he'd be able to carry more than two buckets," he muttered to himself, shaking his head as I smiled.

"That's Pappy," I told Embry quietly as I squeezed his arm excitedly. Embry rubbed my thigh.

"Hey Pap, say hi to Kendra," River said, gesturing to the camera.

Pappy smiled at the camera. "Hey honey, you be good up there and come down soon. We all miss you," he told me. "And don't worry, I'll make sure these two boneheads don't open their presents early," he said, whacking Dale on the back of the head.

"Ow! Hey," Dale muttered, rubbing the back of his head as I laughed.

"Your Ma's making lunch in the house," Pappy called as he walked away, back into the barn.

I watched with a grin as my brothers made their way to the house, stopping once to harass Drew and then keep going. "Ma!" Bobby yelled as they opened the door to the house. "We got Kendra vision," he said as he walked into the kitchen, where Ma was standing over the stove, Sadie sitting at the kitchen table, and our dog Daisy laying at her feet.

"Hey Sade," Dale said, ruffling our sister's hair. "Say hi to Kendra," Dale told her.

"Hi Kendra. I miss you," she said with a smile as she waved.

I grinned.

"I'm sure she's waving back," Dale told her with a grin. He turned back to the camera. "Wave back Kendra," he told me sternly. I rolled my eyes and waved as everyone laughed. "Good. Got anything to say Ma?" he asked.

My Mom turned from the stove. "Hey sweetie, I miss you so much. I want you down here by the festival, alright? And if you don't come I'm sending your brothers up to get you," she said sternly. "Oh, and say hi to Embry for me if he's not there," she added with a grin.

"Embry, Embry, Embry. All anyone ever does around here is talk about that kid," Dad said as he walked into the room. "I mean really Kendra? Telling your Ma about him was one thing but then you go and mention him to Bridget and Jackson? The whole town is talking about it," he said shaking his head as he washed his hands.

"Well it's not like there's anything better to talk about around here," Bobby said. "Kate says hi by the way," Bobby added, shooting a grin at the camera. I smiled. I loved Bobby's girlfriend Kate-I actually liked all of my brother's girlfriends.

"And so do the rest of the girls-I'm sure she knows that," Ma said, rolling her eyes. "Oh, and Kendra if you can't figure out how to work the camera just give River a call and he'll talk you through it," Ma added.

"Yeah. And make sure you give The General a once over with the camera. How're those lifts working for you?" Dale asked.

"And introduce to all your friends dear," Ma added. "And make sure you film yourself on Christmas opening the presents-we'll do the same," she told me.

"Love you Kendra," River cut in with a smile.

"Love you! Bye," everyone chorused before the camera shut off.

"Jeez, and we thought our town was small," Claire said, shaking her head. "I think the entire town was on this tape," Claire said, looking at me incredulously.

"Close enough," I said with a laugh.

"And you were right Kendra," Sophie said. "Hair gel," she said with a grimace, shaking her head we both laughed.

"So that was Drew?" Claire asked me with a raised eyebrow.

I rolled my eyes. "Yes," I told her.

"Eh, he's not terrible looking or anything but you guys didn't exactly end up on good terms, did you?" she asked with a sly grin.

"How can you tell?" I asked in mock surprise.

"You look just like your Mom," Sophie added with a grin. "Were those three boys your brothers then?" she checked.

"Yeah. The quiet one's River, the one with the camera was Bobby, and Dale was the other one," I told her nodding.

"What's the festival your Mom was talking about?" Embry asked curiously.

"Oh, that's July Fest. It's just like a big party in the town-we have music, food, and fireworks in the park every Friday of that month. I have no clue how it started but we've had it forever," I told him.

"You'll have to bring your video camera to the Christmas party-that's the only way your going to get everyone together at once," Quil said, nodding.

I smiled at them all, nodding. "Kendra?" Embry asked me softly, turning me to look at him.

I gave him a weak smile. "Yeah?" I asked, trying my hardest not to blink.

His eyes searched my face for a minute. He stood up. "We'll be right back," he said, pulling me up with him before I could ask any questions.

"Oh. Alright. Well hurry up before the food gets cold," Sophie said, but Embry was already leading me down the hall and into my room, shutting the door behind him. Sat down on the bed and pulled me down with him and wrapped me in a hug as I let the tears slide down my face as I clutched his shirt.

He pulled to the head of the bed and cradled me in his arms as I cried, burying my head in his chest as he stroked my hair. "I'm sorry," I whispered to him as I sat up a bit to look at his face.

"What? You have nothing to be sorry for," he said, hugging me tighter.

"I shouldn't be crying like this. Not with you here. It's completely-"

"-No, Kendra, you miss them. You can cry whenever you want," he told me, tilting his head down to look me in the eye.

I let out a shaky breath and laid my head on his chest. "Thank you Embry," I whispered as he twined our fingers together.

"Anything for you," he whispered, kissing the top of my head.

Soooo….I know that was really scattered and kind of random and jumbled up-but keep in mind I haven't written anything for fan fiction for a really long time-so go easy on me.

1. Alright--I need some cute acoustic guitar songs so I pick what I want Embry to play for her. Any ideas?

2. SETH IMPRINT STORY IS UP!! And yes, for everyone who did notice, I changed her name from Lily to Missy. Ooops.

3. What imprint story should I update next? I have tomorrow off school for teacher's institute so I'm hoping to update more than once!!

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Hey soul sister, train

America fuck yeah

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