LAST CHPTER:
"After you had left it was chaos. I had thought they were all going to be dead if they continued like that…" I focused on Emily's words, my heart breaking when she said they would be dead by now.
"The day you had disappeared-"
"The day you had disappeared-" she took a deep breath and continued "the pack went crazy looking for you guys. They were restless and anxious. When they didn't find you they all came back here. Jared and Paul looked horrible. They got mad at anyone, they didn't want to talk to no one, and they didn't even eat unless Sam and embry forced them. It was just a nightmare. Cynthia was always crying. She had nightmares and refused to let anyone touch her. About a week after you disappeared Cynthia broke down crying and accusing you that you didn't love her and you left her because you didn't want her. Embry was just as bad as Paul and Jared. This house wasn't the same as before. Paul and Jared were like zombies, they were always patrolling, never sleeping, never eating, they spent most of their time looking for you guys. Sam and embry were worried about them; they had to force them to sleep."
"Did they snap out of it?" I asked. My heart was breaking because of the pain I caused Jared.
"No not really. They acted like robots. They ate and slept again but it was like they weren't here. Like if it was just their bodies."
"How did they find us?" Annie asked. Her voice was raspy. She was crying.
"About 1 month after you two had left the pack started growing, Quil joined and Sam wondered why. Usually the pack only grows when a vampire is near by. He continued to get suspicious because more and more people began phasing. It was then when we realized that you guys had to be near by. The pack looked almost everywhere and since the pack had grown it was easier to cover more land" Emily seemed in another place. She was telling us the story but her eyes were far away.
"One day I was here, with the other imprints. And Paul came in looking for Sam. He looked panicked but glad about something. There was a sparkle in his eyes. Something I hadn't seen in months. Once he knew where Sam was he ran like if the devil himself was chasing after him. Jacob's imprint [Bella] had wondered if it was because of you guys. Maybe they had found something. She called her 'family'" Emily used air quotes when she talked about her family.
"What's wrong with her family?" I asked her. She looked at me, her expression was wondering.
"Her family is vampires." She said slowly as if she was waiting for something to happen
"Vampires? So that means she is…?" I asked slowly. I was panicked inside but I didn't want Emily to know that. I am not sure I could handle being that close to one of them.
"Oh no! But that's not my story to tell. She is human but she gets along with vampires."
"Oh! What happened next?" Annie asked she looked interested in what had happened to Paul.
"Well, after Bella had called her family they used the physic to try and find out where you were. It took weeks for her to find something but she couldn't see you. We think that one of the vampires that kidnapped you had some kind of power. Finally Alice saw a vision of them hunting near Seattle. The pack raced to find her. After they had spotted her, Sam told me that they followed her and that they had you in a cabin type of house. They called all of the wolves and the Cullen's offered to help them since Bella asked them to. And well you know the rest."
"Wow."
"yeah." Me and Annie said at the same time. I was thinking about Jared and how he must of felt. But I also thought about Cynthia. I did notice she kept her distance from me. I tried to force myself not to cry but it was all pointless.
I burst into tears and cried on Emily's shoulder.
"I am sorry! I didn't mean to cause any of you pain." I sobbed.
"It okay honey, shh, its okay. We are just glad that you are back. But come on lets forget about all of this." I nodded and tried to stop my self.
After a few minutes I was fine. I brushed my tears away from my face and stood up.
"What now?" I asked
"I don't know" Annie said.
"Um Emily?" Annie asked
"Yeah?" she came from the kitchen.
"What about my family?" Annie asked quietly.
Emily's face fell and she seemed nervous. "They think you ran away. Paul had talked to them and they accused him of taking you away. We couldn't tell them the truth but we tried to tell them that you were coming back soon. Um…" Emily stopped and Annie said to her
"Continue."
"They said that you are not their daughter no more. That if you ever think about going back that, you could just go back to Paul." Emily said in a whisper with her head down. Oh so this was just a way of saying 'we don't want you anymore?!'
"oh." Annie said dazed. I went to her and hugged her tightly. I knew how it felt not to be wanted. If her parents didn't want her then it was their loss.
"It's okay. I mean at least I still have you guys right?" Annie whispered. I knew it was all an act. I knew her like the palm of my hand.
"Of course you do. You have Paul too. He would do anything for you. Never forget that." Emily said softly.
"Come on. The boys will be back soon. I don't think they will like to see us like this." I said wiping tears.
We laughed a little and went outside to enjoy the sun. Soon enough the boys came back from the forest. They were laughing and pushing each other. They all had leaves and mud in their hair.
Jared came to me and lifted me up form my seat. I squealed and screamed "Jared put me down!"
He sat down in my chair and put me in his lap. He was all dirty but I didn't care. He hid his face in my neck and kissed it softly. We enjoyed each others company. I didn't notice Paul and Annie had left.
"I love you." Jared said suddenly
"I love you too." I said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Annie's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
I listened intently while Emily told me about my family. I couldn't believe them. How could they say that?
I was near tears but I held them back. My family never wanted me. Now I understood those looks that they gave me from time to time.
Fine! If they didn't want me I had a new family. These people treated me like their daughter. Emily Sam, Kim, Paul and the rest of the pack were my new family.
Kim mentioned that we should stop crying because the boys wouldn't like that. I knew I should stop crying. I mean I loved Paul but he has gotten even more and more protective of me since he knew I was pregnant. I love him but damn! He annoys me sometimes.
We walked outside and sat down in some chairs. Ugh. Having a baby is hard work but I loved my little Paul. I imagined a little boy who looked identical to Paul. I imagined me and Paul sitting in our yard watching our kids play around the yard with a dog.
I was so caught up in my little day dream I didn't notice the little tug my heart did when Paul was near.
I looked at the forest and the pack walked out of it playing around all dirty. I barely heard Kim when she squealed. I looked at Paul and I wanted to jump on him. He was so hot! Damn these hormones!
Paul smirked when he saw me looking at his body. I shook my head and stood up well tired to. Paul had to help me. I was so big!
"Hey" Paul said.
"Hi" I took his hand and pulled him with me. "Come on let's go take a walk." He nodded and put his arm around my waist.
We walked silently to the beach. I was thinking about my family.
"What's wrong?" Paul asked he must have noticed the sadness in my eyes.
"I was just thinking."
"Thinking about what?" he asked suspiciously.
"My family." He froze at my words. "Don't, worry, Emily told me all about it. I am not really that upset. I knew they always regretted having me. You know when I was little and since I was the only girl in my house besides my mom, my brothers used to bully me a lot. I remember they always used to give me these looks of hatred. I never understood why but didn't question it. I always had Kim though she is like my sister in so many ways. My family looks so innocent and nice but really we are at each others throats when no one is looking. You remember that time when I had bruises in my arm?" I asked him.
"Yea you said you had hit yourself" he said it like he didn't believe me.
"That wasn't exactly what happened. My brother had grabbed me one day and slammed me in the wall. He told me that I ruined everything and that it would be better if I wasn't alive." I said sobbing and he was shaking. Unconsciously I reached to touch him. Once my arm touched him he quit shaking
"the only reason why they were so nice to Kim was because they were afraid that I would say something to her so they wanted to make sure they all looked like angels and saints." He grabbed me and pulled me into a tight hug. His warm arms wrapped around my waist.
I rested my head against his chest and closed my eyes in complete bliss. I looked up at him and he had this look in his eye like if he had resolved something. He let me go and got down in one knee.
OH MY GOD! Is he doing what I think he was doing?! He pulled out a black velvet box and opened it. Oh my! The ring was beautiful [Pikk on profile!!]
"Annie, the first time I saw you I knew I would marry you someday. I loved you from the very first time I saw you. I don't think imprinting had anything to do with it. I knew Jared and Sam's thought of when they met Kim and Emily but the first time I saw you I fell in love with you. I loved the way you flipped your hair back when you were frustrated, the way you scrunch your nose when you are uncomfortable and I absolutely loved your eyes they held passion love and wonder. I want to be forever with you, you make a family with you, and to wake up every morning knowing your by my side, will you marry me?" he said. Ahh! I squealed and ran to him.
"Of course I would want to marry you! Oh my god! We are getting married!" I kissed him senseless. I tried to get closer to him but my baby bump didn't allow me to get as close as I'd like.
He laughed and picked me up. He twirled me around and kissed me over and over again. He stooped when he felt little Paul. He looked down in amazement. He touched my stomach and little Paul kicked again. Paul looked so proud and said "my baby knows who his daddy is! Oh yea!" he did a little dance while I laughed at him.
"Come on dancing boy. Before it gets dark." He led me back to Emily's house and we went inside. All of the boys were there with some girls probably their imprints.
Paul pulled out a chair for me and I sat down in it. Kim smirked at me. "What?" I mouthed. Everyone was quiet except for the TV playing
"ring." Was what she mouthed back. I smiled at her and nodded my head to answer her question.
She squealed breaking the silence. She then called out "embry! You owe me 20 bucks! He proposed before this month!" embry groaned and pulled out 20 dollars. I laughed and noticed everyone was looking at us smiling, amusement in their eyes.
Kim did a little victory dance while chanting "I won!" over and over again. She was still wearing her heels. How she managed to walk in them? I had no idea.
Jared came back probably form the kitchen and stopped to look at Kim. He smiled and shook his head once he looked at her heels. Seriously those things were huge!
Kim stopped dancing and looked around. She giggled when she saw everyone staring at her. She blushed and waved. We all laughed at her silliness. Emily came back from the kitchen. Her expression meant business.
"Okay I need all of you boys to go out side and get the tables. It's a nice day outside and we will be more comfortable." The boys nodded and hurried outside even Paul. Ha-ha they probably wanted to eat already.
All of the girls were still in the living room. I only knew Kim and Emily but not the rest.
Emily must have noticed the silence and cleared her throat "okay girl these are Kim and Annie." She said pointing at us. I waved and smiled; Kim went and hugged them all.
"Kim, Annie, this is Claire" she pointed at a little girl she looked about 3 years old. She was just as cute as Cynthia. "She is my niece and Quil's imprint. Next to her is rose Mary she is Collins imprint." Rose Mary was very beautiful she had long red hair. She was American. She had some freckles around her nose and she had blue eyes. She was also very curvy. "Um that is Bella." Bella had brown eyes and brown hair with some red in it. She was beautiful as well, her eyes held a lot of knowledge and compassion. She looked wise and carefree. There was something about Bella that made her seem older than what she really looked. "And last but not least is jasmine and Bree. Seth and Brady's imprints"
Both jasmine and Bree looked identical except for jasmine's blond hair. They both had this exotic thing going on. Their eyes were both amber they had long eyelashes and long hair. I looked at all of them and noticed they were all beautiful no wonder why the boys had fallen for them.
I smiled and waved at all of them I was very comfortable in my chair and I wasn't going to move no matter what. Kim was less shy and talked to them like she knew them from a long time. My back was cramping and I closed my eyes. I swear for a person who is only 6 months along I was huge! Very huge. I couldn't see my feet and I needed someone to help me up form my chair.
"hey." Bella said.
"Hi, you're with Jacob right?" I asked her.
"Yea, he's the best." She looked dreamy eyed
"I know how it feels. Oh!" I closed my eyes in pain. The baby had kicked too hard
"Are you okay?" Bella asked concerned.
"Yea, sorry it's just this kid has been kicking and moving around a lot. The only time he is clam is when Paul is nearby." I said smiling when I remembered Paul's dance this afternoon.
"Oh how far along are you?" she asked staring at my stomach
"Like about 6 month's maybe 7. I don't really know since I haven been to the doctor yet." Her eyes popped out.
"6 to 7 months? But don't take this the wrong way but this baby is huge!" I laughed and said
"I know right! I felt like I have twins in there but we couldn't really see."
The boys came back and asked for food already we girls laughed at them. Paul came over to me and said "come on you need to eat." I pouted. I didn't want to move!
"Paul!" I wined "carry me, I don't feel like walking yet." He laughed at me and picked me up carefully. He brought me outside and went to grab some food. He brought a plate for me which was bigger that his. "Oh hell no!" everyone looked at us. "I'll not eat all of that!"
"Too bad you need to eat." He shook his head at me I knew I would not get out of this but I refuse to eat all of that!
"Paaauuuuullllllll!" I wined. "Please! Not all of that!" he thought about it
"Okay at least eat half of it. The rest you give to me." I grimaced. That was still a shit load of food.
"Fine!" I pouted. I separated my food in half and began eating it.
Everyone tried not to laugh but I sighed and said "go ahead and laugh." Everyone broke out in a laugh. Kim came up to me and smirked again. What was up with this girl and smirking today?
She came closer and whispered so that no one could hear. "This is what happens when someone can't keep their legs closed" I blushed furiously and shrieked
"Kim!
"What? It's true!" I shook my head at her but smiled.
"I can't wait till it happens to you. I will make fun of you." I pouted and Kim laughed. She kissed my cheeks and said "hahahahaha rightttttt"
I kept pouting but I didn't say anything Paul kissed me and said "you are too cute when you pout." I made a sound that sounded like "humph!" and kept eating.
After a while we all started talking and playing around. I knew I would miss my family because this was my new family. They would love and care about me. I sighed contently and leaned on Paul.
"I love you." I said
"Me too, me too." He said
PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK THNX GUYS I LOVE U!!
OH AND JUST SO YOU DINT FORGET THESE ARE THE IMPRINTS!!
Sam and Emily
Jared and Kim
Embry and Cynthia
Paul and Annie
Quil and Claire
Collin and Rose Mary
Jacob and Bella
Seth and Jasmine
Brady and Bree
