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Chapter 14: The Pranksters.

Gabriella's POV

The ride home was silent. I guess it was because we were all lost in our own thoughts. I couldn't stop thinking about lunch at Emily's; Embry was probably thinking about how he wished he was there for the cake and Alex... Well I wasn't sure.

"So, what are you guys going to do now?" Embry asked, breaking the silence that loomed over the car.

I thought about for a while. What were we going to do now? Just then an idea came into mind.

I looked over at Alex, "Alex, do you remember the good old times back in LA?"

Thankfully she got what I was talking about. "Oh yes. You and I were experts at it."

"Experts at what?" Embry asked confused.

"Oh nothing, just this and that." I answered.

"Aw come on! I'm not a mind reader you know. Just tell me, please." He said pleadingly at me while giving me sad eyes. Damn, he knew I couldn't say no to him if he did that!

I sighed, "Fine. We used to play pranks on people back in LA."

"Pranks? But you're girls!" he said.

"And your point is?" Alex countered.

"Nothing, I just didn't think that girls played pranks on people." He said, shrugging.

"Well you thought wrong." Alex said. "But anyway, I've already got a prank in mind."

"And I know just the person to pull the prank on." I said with a devious smile. "Embry, can you take us to the Clearwater Supply Store?"

"Sure." He said before driving in the direction of the store.

"Ok, we need to get a fake spider, jelly, honey, whipped cream and chocolate."

Me and Embry both gave her a confused look. "For what?"

"Well, the spider, jelly, honey and whipped cream is for the prank and the chocolate is for me. Because I'm still hungry and that's what I'm craving." She explained.

When we walked inside the store, I saw Sue at the counter flipping through a newspaper looking very bored. I fiddled with my fingers uncomfortably. I hadn't talked to Sue or Leah since me and Seth had broken up.

Sue looked up and saw me. "Hey Gabriella, how've you been?"

"Good." I answered awkwardly.

"So, did you guys need anything?"

"Yeah, we need a fake spider, jelly, honey and whipped cream." Alex answered before she realised what she had said.

"For what?" Sue said, eyeing us suspiciously.

I glared at Alex, "Because we need it for a project."

"Yeah, an art project..." Embry added.

"Oh my god look there's the chocolate!" Alex squealed before running to the aisle, giving Sue a distraction and a chance for me and Embry to get away.

"That was a close one Alex! Be careful." I warned her as her eyes were scanning through all the different kinds of chocolate on the shelf.

"Fine, but we've got a bigger problem right now," she started to say, "Should we get the cookies and cream Hershey or the almond Hershey?"

I looked at her in disbelief, "Really? That's your problem?"

"Well, the cookies and cream one is-." she said before Embry cut her off.

"How about we get Galaxy cookie crumble instead?" he suggested.

"Oh my god, just pick one!" I said annoyed.

"Fine! I'll get the cookies and cream Hershey." She grumbled before picking it up.

"Now, let's split up to go look for what we need."

We all spread out through the aisles. I found the jelly and whipped cream while Embry found the honey and Alex found the fake spider. Sue had insisted on us not paying but I felt guilty so when she wasn't looking, I placed the money on the counter and left.

"Ok, Embry take us to Jasmine's house." I announced getting in the car.

He seemed reluctant on taking us there but nevertheless did it. Jasmine's house wasn't big but it wasn't small either. It was a two-storey rectangular structure with the white paint starting to fade and the front garden was littered with all sorts of things; sweet wrappers, empty cans of drinks and dead leaves.

I knocked on the door and a few seconds later, a middle-aged woman answered it. She was quite petite and I towered over her by a few inches, but the high heels I was wearing probably helped with that. She was wearing curlers in her hair and looked like she was in the middle of putting make-up on.

"Embry! How nice to see you here, but unfortunately Jasmine isn't home. Who are they?" she said only acknowledging Embry and glaring at me and Alex. Figures, now I knew where Jasmine got her attitude from. Like mother, like daughter.

"This is my girlfriend Gabriella," he said wrapping an arm around my waist, "and her cousin Alex."

"Oh, did you need anything." She asked.

"Well actually, Gabriella asked me to bring her here." He said unsurely.

"Yeah, we bumped into Jasmine's friends on the beach and asked us to put this in her room because they were too busy today." I explained.

"Oh, well come on in." She said gesturing us into the tiny hall. "Jasmine's room is at the end of the hall. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to finish getting ready for work."

I walked to the end of the hall and opened the door to her room. I wrinkled my nose in disgust when I saw the state the room was in. There were piles of clothes all over the place, make-up products lying around and shoes tangled with each other on the floor.

"Ugh, it's like a pigsty in here" I commented.

"Whatever, let's get the things set up before she comes home." Alex said digging into the plastic bag she was carrying.

Me and Embry stood there looking lost as she took the spider and put it under the pillow on the bed; the red jelly at the foot of the bed, and the whipped cream was spread onto a small piece of cling film and put at the side of the bed and the honey was mixed into one of Jasmine's hair products.

"There we go!" Alex stated, looking proud of herself.

Suddenly, we heard a car door slamming and rushed to the window. Jasmine was stepping out of a car, carrying about five or six plastic bags in one hand while talking on the phone in the other.

"Abort, abort!" I yelled, panic filling my tone.

We ran to the bathroom and one by one climbed out of the window, landing in the back garden. We walked carefully over to the gate and ran to Embry's car parked around the corner. We climbed in and high tailed it to my house. We all burst out laughing.

"That was a close one." Embry said, recovering from his laughter.

"You bet, but at least we got away." Alex said.

When we got to my house, I saw that my dad's car was parked at the front. They were back from Seattle.

"They're back." I stated while me and Alex climbed out of the car. I was just about to close the door when Embry stopped me.

"Gab, there's a bonfire tonight. You guys up for it?" he asked.

"Sure, what time?"

"Around seven but I'll pick you up at half six."

"Ok, we'll be ready by then." I said, leaning in to kiss him. He must've realized what I was about to do because he pulled me beside him and his lips met me halfway.

He was just about to deepen the kiss when Alex coughed behind us.

"If you guys haven't noticed, I'm right here." She remarked.

We separated, "I'll see you tonight." I said getting out.

We walked inside as Embry drove away and heard laughing. We looked at each other confused before stepping inside the living room. I stiffened immediately.

Sue was laughing with my parents about something while Leah was talking with Asia. But Seth was just sitting there silently by himself. He looked up and his face brightened up when he saw Alex with me. He smiled at her but Alex didn't return it.

"Oh, hey. Where have you guys been?" mom asked us, as we stood frozen at the doorway.

"Embry took us over to Emily's for lunch." I answered.

"Did you enjoy it?"

"Yeah, they were all really nice. Now if you'll excuse us, we have to go upstairs." I said, dragging Alex with me.

We entered my bedroom and I lay down on my bed, sighing heavily.

"Why is he here?" I said frustrated.

"Maybe, he's here to talk to you." Alex suggested sitting down on the bed and eating the chocolate she had bought earlier on.

"Well, I don't want to talk to him so he may as well leave."

"Come on Gab! Don't be down again and let's get ready for the bonfire tonight." She said forcing me to sit up on the bed.

I sighed, but knew she was right. It was already half five and Embry would be here soon.

I didn't want to change my entire outfit so I simply changed my heels for some boots and added a jacket so I wouldn't get cold.

It was currently quarter past six and I was in the bathroom applying some liquid eyeliner. Alex was in my room doing god knows what. I couldn't help but be curious of how she felt for Seth. I wasn't jealous, I had Embry but... I was worried that Seth might break her heart like he did with me. I mean, she took it real hard when her ex boyfriend mason broke up with her. It had taken more than two weeks to get her back to normal again and I just couldn't stand to see Alex so broken again.

I walked to my room after finishing up and saw Alex lying on the bed staring at the ceiling.

"Alex... can I ask you something?" I asked hesitant.

"Yeah sure, what is it?" she answered, sitting upright in bed.

"Do you... have any feeling for Seth?"

"Seth? Why should I have any feelings for him, I mean I haven't even talked to him yet." She asked confused.

"Nothing, it's just that I've seen the way he looks at you and... well I'm just saying be careful. I don't want you to fall in love with him and then he just dumps you for some other girl and breaks your heart."

She chuckled and walked over to me, "Please, after Mason I'm NEVER going to make that mistake again." She said, slinging her arms over my shoulders.

"Whatever." I said laughing and taking her arm off my shoulders.

Someone knocked on the door and I instantly knew that it was Embry. It was half past six and he was here to pick us up.

"Let's go." I said to Alex.

I opened the door and sure enough there was Embry, leaning against the wall.

"Hey." He said leaning in to give me a quick kiss. "You guys ready to go?"

"Yep." I replied.

"We'll be back by eleven, don't wait up!" I called out to anyone who was listening.

"Ok, honey." Dad said, appearing at the top of the stairs.

He eyed Embry and I knew that he was going to start asking question so I closed the door quickly. We all piled into Embry's truck and made our way to the bonfire. It turned out that it was at the cliff top and it was only going to be Emily and everyone else including the elders.

It felt nice to know that I would at least know the people who were attending and be able to talk to Emily again. Maybe I would even get to know Kim and Rachel.

When we got there, I could already see the flames coming from the fire and hear the laughter of people. I noticed Seth was here too. Great, just what I needed.

"Gabriella!" Emily called out to me before running over.

"Hey, nice to see you again." I said returning the hug. I already liked Emily; there was just something about her that made her so likable.

"This is Kim and Rachel." She said introducing the two girls that had followed Emily.

"Hi, I'm Rachel, Paul's girlfriend and sister of Jacob." She said shaking my hand.

"Hey, I'm Gab, Embry's girlfriend."

"Hey, I'm Kim... Jared's girlfriend." The other girl said shyly.

"Hey. By the way, this is my cousin Alex." I said

"Yep, cousin and partner in crime." Alex said shaking their hands as well.

"Well, we better go and eat before the boys finish all the food. Oh and Embry, Quil's here." Emily said.

"Quil?" Embry asked, obviously shocked.

"Yeah, we found out when you left." She said. "Well, let's go. He's excited to see you."

We all walked to the direction of the fire, Rachel and Kim walking over to Jared and Paul while Emily took Alex with her and sat down next to Sam.

"Embry!" a deep masculine voice called out.

Embry's head whipped round and his face broke out into a smile. "Quil, bro it's nice to see you."

"Yeah, haven't seen you in ages. Who are they?" he said looking at me and Alex.

"This is Gabriella, my girlfriend."

"Nice to meet you. Be careful of Embry, he's a hard one to handle."

I laughed, "Don't worry; I've got him under my control." I said winking at Embry.

"Well, let's go and eat." Quil said, running to the bonfire.

"Have I told you, you look beautiful?" Embry whispered to me.

"Yeah, all the time." I said laughing.

"Well, how about sexy?"

I couldn't help but Laugh at his words. "Whatever, Embry."

We sat down next to Emily, Alex and Sam. I couldn't help but notice the look of sadness on Seth's face as he tried to make small talk with Leah who was sitting beside him. I felt sorry for him but I couldn't forget what he did to me so I looked away just as he looked over at me.

Everyone started to get food and my mouth dropped open when I saw the amount of food the guys ate.

Emily laughed at me, "They can eat even more than that, you know."

"Jeez, and I thought Alex could eat." I commented.

"I know! Compared to them, it feels like I don't eat anything." Alex said.

We laughed and talked all night but when Jacob's dad Billy cleared his throat, everyone stopped laughing and turned serious. Even the boys stopped eating and sat up straight.

"He's going to tell the legends of the tribe." Embry whispered as his arms snaked around my waist pulling me against him.

I thought that it would be quite boring but I was wrong. The histories of the tribe were actually fascinating. I wondered why my parents had never told us the stories. I loved how Billy told the stories with such emotion and passion. The hatred when he talked about the Cold Ones and the sadness when he talked about the third wife sacrificing herself for Taha Aki. I wondered if the stories could ever be true; about Quileute's being able to phase into wolves.

I began to fall sleepy and leaned my head back against Embry's chest. His arms made me feel warm and safe. I wished I could stay in them forever. I kept an eye on Alex and Seth all night but whenever Seth would come near her, Alex would walk the other direction. She was purposely avoiding him because of me.

That was the last thing I could remember before sleep consumed me.

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