LPOV
"Are you sure your okay with this?" Emby asked me, it was Sunday morning and we were on our way to Sam and Emily's. Now that they knew that I know about the wolves I was 'allowed' to go there
"Of course I'm okay with it. If I wasn't would I still be here?" I said, raising an eyebrow
"That's true" He smiled down at me and swung our arms between us as we walked
"I'm just glad we don't have any more secrets" I grinned and began to skip as Emby's strides were too big for me to keep up with
"Me too!" He grinned down at me. I shrieked and giggled as he picked me up by my waist and kissed me passionately
"Hey! You two, stop eating each other's faces and go inside. Emily has a visitor and Quil has something to tell us" Paul said secretively, his code was shit. I knew exactly what they were talking about
"Did he imprint?" I asked, happy for my best friend. Jake and Paul looked at me shocked, and then to Emby
"You told her?" Jake asked
"I already knew." I raised my eyebrows at them as I tapped my head, dragging Emby towards the house. I stopped to knock, but Emby carried on going
"Hello?" He called out and Paul and Jake followed us into the kitchen
"You arrived just in time, I've just made a batch of cookies" Emily told us as she placed them in the middle of the table. There was a little girl sat at the table, colouring in, and Quil was sat next to her. He seemed very happy to help. Sam sat opposite the two with his arms crossed and glaring at Quil
"Can I have one pweese?" The little girl asked, I knew that voice anywhere
"Claireabell?" I asked, my suspicions were confirmed when the little girl whipped her head around and grinned at me
"Bobbie!" She squealed and ran at me, I caught her in a hug and she wrapped herself around me. I'd known this little girl since the day she was born! Her parents lived next door to me when I lived in Neah Bay; I was there when her Mom went into labour
"I haven't seen you for ages!" I exaggerated my words
"Where's Howey?" She asked, looking behind me
"He's at home" I told her
"You take me see him?" She stated rather than asked as she nodded her head
"I can't do that sweetie; you're at your Auntie Emily's house" I told her and let her down when she wriggled "That's where I know you from!" I exclaimed
"How do you even know Claire?" Sam asked, seeming a little accusing
"Dat's Bobbie!" Claire exclaimed at her soon to be Uncle
"Ohh I remember. Your Claire's godmother, you were the once who was playing peek-a-boo with her throughout the christening" Emily realised, chuckling
"Yep. That was me" I said, proudly "Her Momma went into labour when I was at her house" I admitted
"How did you know Sally though?" Sam asked, what was it with this guy and not believing me?
"Cause she was my next door neighbour for the whole of my life when I lived in Neah" I nodded "You look different from the christening. You had lighter hair didn't you and you wore it up all the time" I motioned putting my hair up in a fancy up doo
"Yea, it was" She nodded, cleaning up her kitchen
"Well you looked pretty in your frock" I smiled and sat down next to Claire. Emby sat next to me and held my hand under the table
"Thanks" She smiled at me
"Auntie Emily aways looks pwitty" Claire nodded and continuing with her picture
"I agree" Sam grinned at his fiancée and got up to litter her face with kisses
"Was there a reason we had to meet here? Because I'm kinda bored." Paul said, coming out from the living room and standing in the doorway
"Yes, there was. Pack meeting. Living room. Now." Sam said in his Alpha command voice, Paul made his way back into the living room after he took a handful of cookies, Sam followed him back into the lounge
"Love you" Emby whispered, kissing me softly
"Love you too" I whispered back as he went into the living room
"Quil?" Sam yelled from the living room and he got up quickly and ran to the living room
"Aren't you gonna go in there?" Emily asked me
"No, I'm not part of the pack" I shook my head "Plus I haven't seen Claire in god knows how long" I explained ruffling the little girls hair
"You are part of the pack. The day Embry saw you after he . . ." She trailed off because Claire was sat there "Yea . . . you automatically became a part of the pack" She nodded "Kim's in there" She added
"How come your not then?" I asked, eyebrows raised
"Because I already know what they're going on about and I have to make some lunch for the guys" She nodded
"Well I think I can hazard a guess at what is going on anyway" I nodded, picking up a crayon and colouring the other page of Claire's book
"What's that then?" She challenged
"Something about an I-M-P-R-I-N-T, Quil and Claire?" I asked, raising my own eyebrows
"How did you know?" She asked, completely shocked I just tapped my head; she smiled at me and continued in her kitchen. Me and Claire worked in silence then, Emily occasionally laughing at our expressions but keeping herself to herself
"Ooo would you look at that?" She randomly said, I looked up at her and she had her arm in an awkward position looking at a bruise
"Ahh, does it hurt?" I asked her
"No, but it looks bad doesn't it" I nodded
"That's hardly anything Emily. Look at these" I told her, resting my feet on the chair next to me and lifting my trouser legs to my knees
"Ouch. How did you do that?" She asked
"Well that is from a incident with a golf club" I pointed to a scar that was forming from the middle of my shin down to my ankle, "That is from where I was pushed into the pool at my Aunties and I caught my leg on the way in" I pointed to a bruise on the other leg, "That one is from when I jumped into the pool and landed on the little slope thingy" I pointed to another bruise on the same leg, "I'm not sure why that one's there, or that one" I shook my head pointing to smaller bruises on the scar leg "Actually yea I do, there from where Lucy kicked me in her sleep. The evil cow." I muttered the last part, "And that graze is from falling off of a flying fox." I concluded, pointing to a graze on my ankle
"What's a flying fox?" She asked
"It's one of those things that you have to hold onto and you push yourself off of it, hopefully getting to the other side. But the one I went on was rusted. And I fell. I ripped a brand new pair of jeans doing it as well. My Momma was not happy" I shook my head laughing
"I'm not surprised, it looks really sore" She nodded looking concerned
"Ehh only if you poke it" I shrugged
"You're an idiot." Quil stated walking back into the kitchen
"Why?" I frowned at him
"Because you did the exact same thing last time you were in Australia. And in the exact same place" He told us, coming over to inspect it
"Happened at the same park too" I laughed, he shook his head at me and took his seat back next to Claire. The others filed in after him, Emby lifting my feet and taking a seat on the chair I had them rested on. He placed my feet on his legs and stroked my wounds; frowning at them. The others sat around the table, Kim on Jared's lap. Sam pulled Emily onto his lap
"What was the incident with the golf club?" Emily asked, looking down at the scar
"Let me guess; Austin wouldn't help you put the pool cover on?" Quil looked up from helping Claire colour in
"Exactly." I laughed, he shook his head laughing
"I don't understand" Kim shook her head, confused
"Yea, me either" Emily shook her head
"Well my Auntie asked me to get Austin to help me put the pool cover on cause it was getting dark and he was sat playing video games. So I went to annoy him but he still wouldn't help. But, me being me . . . I found a tennis racket and hit him with it. That resulted in him punching me and giving me a dead arm, so I stood in front of the TV so he couldn't see anything and he hit me with a golf stick." I told them, Emby was growling slightly but Emily and Kim still looked confused
"Surely that would leave a bruise not a scar though?" Jake asked
"He didn't exactly hit me with the right end. You know the end with the rubber handle thingy?" I checked he nodded "Well that was kinda broke. So it was sharp. That was the bit I got hit with" I nodded, Emby growled again so I smiled that I was okay now
"Fair enough" Jake laughed
"Did he help you then?" Paul asked
"No, I told off of him and his Dad shouted" I laughed. They all laughed at me and I pulled my trouser legs back down
"I'll have another injury to add to the list soon" I told Emily, sitting at the table properly
"How do you know that?" She asked
"Because apparently I'm going to play manhunt pretty soon and I'm gonna hurt myself somehow" I shrugged, tapping my head
"Does that not get annoying? The whole seeing stuff before it happens thing?" Sam asked
"Yep" I nodded
"I thought you quit playing that after last time?" Quil asked, chuckling a little
"Yea well. We don't go in the woods anymore. That's outta bounds and Wal Mart" I glared at him
"What are you glaring at me for I didn't do anything!" He held his hands up in surrender
"Yea he didn't do anyfin" Claire poked her tongue out at me and quickly got back to her pictures. Everyone laughed at her and I ruffled her hair
"What happened?" Jared asked
"We were playing manhunt; I was on a team with Vicky and Emily. That's hell in itself, especially when all three of us were hyped up. We went back to Vicky's but we rang them and told them where we were cause Emily had to pee and they all left. They went to Wal Mart. We were worried because they told us that they were lost, we were screaming all over the woods; looking for them. And the cheeky gits legged it to Wal Mart" I pulled a face at Quil
"That totally wasn't me! I went home!" He exclaimed
"You could have at least rang us to tell us that they weren't there anymore" I accused
"Yea alright it was over a year ago. Get over it" He told me
"Some best friend you are" I muttered, crossing my arms over my chest and looking off into the distance
"Whatever. You love me really" He smiled a huge cheesy grin at me
"Ehh s'pose I do" I shrugged
"Besties" We laughed, poking our tongues out at each other and high fiving
"You two are seriously weird." Jared and Kim commented at the same time
"I know right" I said, sounding like a total goon
"Gotta go, see you guys later" Jake told us as he and Paul got up, they shared a glance with Sam
"What's wrong?" Me, Emily and Kim all asked at the same time
"Nothing" Sam shook his head, and the imprints all raised their eyebrows at their wolf boys. Emby looked pained that he couldn't tell me, but still shook his head and slid me onto his lap, nuzzling his face into my neck. I'll get it out of him later
"Hey! I was sittin' next t' Bobbie!" Claire moaned at Emby and pulled the cutest face ever at him
"Sorry munchkin, but she's mine" Emby told the 5 year old
"Nu-huh" She shook her head firmly and pointed to the seat I'd just vacated. Emby muffled a laugh into my hair and sat in the place Claire was pointing to, she nodded happily to herself and carried on with her picture. It was actually getting to the point where it was better than something I could colour in
"I have to go home" Kim said out of the blue, I looked up to see her on her phone; texting someone back
"I'm coming with you" Jared gave her no room to argue
"I'll see you guys later, bye Claire" She waved, Claire looked up from her picture and smiled
"Bye Kimmy, I liked meeting you I did" She grinned triumphantly
"I liked meeting you too sweetie" She ruffled her hair as they went past
"Bye guys" They called as they left the house
"Bye" We recited back
"I better go help Paul and Jake" Sam said, kissing Emily before getting up and running off into the woods. She looked after him concerned and I was a little confused. I'm defiantly getting this out of Emby. I thought
"I finished my picture" Claire said and held it up
"That's beautiful Claire" Emily smiled at her niece
"Aww look at that, you stayed in the lines and everything" I cooed
"I didn't" She shook her head quickly "Qwil did dat bit" She grinned cheekily, Quil grinned; happy that she'd acknowledged he'd helped her
"And here I thought that the baby was all grown up" I smiled at her
"Hey! I not a baby. I five" She huffed "Five, bq/yas, šuč̓, five." She was determined
"Where'd you learn that?" Emily asked, shocked
"Off of Papa" She smiled "Dadee"
"Well done baby" Emily grinned at her
"I not a baby!" She shouted at Emily
"Hey! Don't speak to your Auntie like that." I scolded her
"Yea but I not a baby" She ground out
"I don't care. You don't speak to her like that. And don't get cheeky either" I rose my eyebrows at her and she huffed, flopping down onto the table
"Thanks" Emily mouthed with a smile, I smiled back at her
"It's okay sweetie" Quil rubbed her back softly, she only grunted at him and shifted about under his hand
"Claire" I warned
"What?" She snapped at me, Emby growled lowly at her. I elbowed him in the chest and he soon stopped
"There's no need to be nasty. Quil was being nice to you" I stated
"Well I not a baby" She snapped
"Then sit yourself up and stop acting like one" I told her, she sat up and crossed her arms over her chest with a face on. Mimicking what I'd said in a voice that sounded nothing like my own. Emby growled again, Quil growled at him
"Claire Louise Young, you better stop acting like a spoilt brat right now." I warned her, ignoring the two boys
"I not" She huffed
"I doubt your Dad will have the same opinion" I teased her
"You wouldn't" She said cockily
"Try me" I challenged
"Come on Qwil." She grabbed his hand and stormed off into the living room with him, stopping at the doorway to pull tongues at me. Quil was just delighted that she'd dragged him off with her
"Cheeky little cow" Emby grumbled
"She's only five Emby, she'll be absolutely fine in a minute" I said
"Yea but she shouldn't talk to you like that" He grumbled
"Once again, she's only five Emby." I told him
"Our kids are gonna be good as gold all the time" He stated nodding his head
"Isn't it a bit early to be thinking about that" Emily raised an eyebrow at him
"Never too early to plan" He shook his head
"Really? How much have you planned?" I asked him
"We're gonna live in a huge house with a white picket fence and it'll have a room for each of the kids; four of them, possibly five. Terry, Kirsty, Hannah, Adam and Lewis. Terry's first, then Kirsty and then Hannah and then Adam and Lewis. And we'll have a little border collier dog called Troy" He nodded, grinning
"Bloody hell" Emily gasped
"You've been thinking a lot" I went wide eyed
"Only if that's okay with you" He checked, nodding
"Uh-huh" I shook my head "If we're having kids together you are not calling them Terry and Kirsty. Taylor and Annabelle, Annie for short" I told him
"Alright then" He nodded, kissing me softly
"You two are gonna be busy then ain't you" Emily laughed, getting up to start lunch
"Very" Emby grinned and kissed me deeply, I giggled and wrapped my arms around his neck
"Oi. You two; there's children in the house and your certainly not starting out your plan in my kitchen" Emily swatted at us with her tea towel "Go on, the two of you. Out!" She flicked us with the tea towel when Emby kissed me again
"Okay, okay! We're going!" I held up my hands, grinning at her. She laughed back and shook her head at us
"Where're we going?" Emby asked with a glint in his eye
"The living room" I told him, getting up and dragging him along with me
"Yea but Claire's in the living room" He whined tapping my ass as he went
"Exactly. Control yourself boy!" I ordered
"Yes Ma'am" He nodded and saluted me
"That's better" I nodded and pulled his head down from the neck, kissing him deeply
"Eeee dat is icky" Claire groaned from the coffee table
"Your icky" I said, dragging Emby over to the couch
"Nu-uh" She shook her head
"Ya-ah" I nodded
"Bobbie. I has a question." She said Quil was watching her intently. It was a bit weird to be honest
"What's that then?" I asked, fighting with Emby hands
"Did you get me anything from your happy holidays?" She asked with an innocent smile, Emby's hands won the battle as they snaked around my middle and pulled me onto his lap
"Don't be cheeky Claire!" Emily scolded
"It's fine" I told Emily "Course I did. I always do don't I?" I smiled at her
"What is it?" She asked
"What did you ask me for?" I questioned
"Miggle!" She grinned and pounced at me, I grunted when she landed on me. I think Emby did too
"Yea I got you Smiggle!" I grinned back "I got you your school set and your little lunch box" I told her, tapping her nose
"We go get it" She said, nodding and getting up, trying to pull me along with her
"No, we not go get it. You're at Auntie Emily's now, and you can wait till later when you Mommie comes to get you, yea?" I nodded
"Nooo" She shook her head "I want now" She huffed
"Well tough" I said, shaking my head
"How come I never got anything" Quil grumbled at me
"You did. You just haven't been to my house since I got back" I shook my head
"Excuses, excuses" He shook his head, laughing a little
