"I am never flying again. Ever." I said dizzily as we got into a cab. I always got sick on planes, and I was also afraid of heights. On the way to Hawaii I slept but on the way back I was awake the whole fricking time.
"Aw, it's wasn't that bad." Seth said, giving the taxi driver directions to Arisa's house. Arisa lived in downtown San Francisco, in one of those small houses that got shoved between other houses. Like a townhouse I guess. You should know by now that I'm not one for descriptions. Sue was always teasing me about it.
"Yes it was." I said, closing my eyes and leaning onto his shoulder. There was moderate traffic, but soon enough we were stopped outside Arisa's house. Seth paid the driver and we unloaded our suitcases onto her front stoop.
"Prepare yourself." I said as I rang the doorbell.
"As if I need to prepare." Seth scoffed.
Right on cue, I heard a rush of footsteps and I quickly stepped to the left as Arisa burst through her front door to hug me. Seth stayed where he was, and that was ok for him. But for Arisa…well she slammed into a werewolf. Ouch.
"Ow." she complained, backing up from Seth. She shook her finger at him. "That's not very nice." She turned around, looking for me. "Alicia!" she squealed, hugging me.
I sighed, hugging her back. Arisa was always so emotional. It was creepy sometimes.
"Come on in! Seth, grab your wife's bags." she commanded, laughing. I stretched up to kiss Seth's cheek before following Arisa into her house. Seth was behind me, easily carrying all of our bags. Ah, the beauty of werewolves.
Arisa showed us to her guest room and then we went down into her kitchen. I got a glass of ice water while Seth helped himself to a Coke. Arisa had coffee. She was addicted to that stuff.
"So, how was it in Hawaii?" she asked, sipping her coffee.
"Sunny, hot, sandy, peaceful, wonderful." I said, shrugging.
"Anything interesting happen?" she asked, winking.
"Yeah. Alicia flipped over our hammock." Seth laughed.
"You klutz! Did you really?" she asked, laughing too.
I blushed. "It's not easy keeping a hammock so steady with two people."
"Well, that and the fact that she was trying to seduce me at the same time." Seth added, grinning wickedly.
Arisa giggled, "Alicia? Seduce you? Never!"
"Yes! I was trying at least." I said meekly, grinning.
"Well it was working." Seth said, ruffling my hair.
Arisa giggled again. She was such a sap for romantic stuff. I swear, she's read every book, magazine, and fanfiction with romance scenes and tips. She even watches those mushy movies. I could never do that. I like romantic comedies.
"So what else happened?" she inquired, interested.
I blushed again. Arisa was my best friend, but sometimes things still got embarrassing. "Stuff."
"What kind of stuff? Hot stuff? Dirty stuff? Boring stuff?" she asked eagerly.
"Sexy stuff." Seth grinned again.
"Oh, fun!" Arisa smiled, sipping her coffee again.
"Seth ripped, like, half of my clothes." I pouted, joking.
"Bad boy!" Arisa scolded.
"What can I say? She didn't need them." he shrugged, downing his entire Coke in one gulp.
"Damn. Thirsty?" Arisa asked, wide-eyed. She still doesn't know about the werewolf thing.
"Yeah." he laughed, crushing the can with his thumb and index finger. Showoff.
"Nice." Arisa said, eyeing his muscles through his T-shirt.
"Don't be checking out my husband now." I teased, grabbing Seth's hand.
Arisa laughed, shaking her head. "I'd never do that! Besides, I've got my own boyfriend. I will say though, Seth beats him in the body-builder area." she said, smiling.
"Eh, us Native Americans have big builds anyway." he waved off her comment.
"So what'cha wanna do first? We could go downtown and have some lunch, or we could go shopping, go to the park…what will it be?" Arisa asked, putting her empty cup in the sink.
"Lunch sounds awesome." Seth said, rubbing his stomach.
I rolled my eyes, smiling. "Yeah, lunch does sound good."
"Lunch it is!" she squealed, grabbing her purse and motioning for us to follow her to the door. We got up and followed her out to her car that was parked on the street. Seth, being an awesome husband, sat in the back with me even though his legs were cramped. Aw.
"So where are we going?" Seth asked, rubbing his stomach as he put an arm around me.
Arisa put on her seatbelt and looked behind her to back out of the parking spot. "Oh, just some Italian place. You know I'm part Italian, and I love Italian food. Seth, put your seatbelt on!" she scolded, pulling out into the traffic.
He chuckled. "Nah, I'm good. Don't worry, I won't sue you if I go flying through the windshield.
I rolled my eyes, buckling my seatbelt. I couldn't afford to risk my life. We drove down a few blocks and pulled into a spot on the street in front of a fancy-looking building with a small fountain out front. It looked pretty.
"Yes! Food!" Seth exclaimed, jumping out of the car.
"God, is he always this hungry?" Arisa laughed as she pushed the lock button on her key ring.
"Yes, sadly." I sighed, shutting the door behind me and walking through the front door that Seth was holding open for us. A waitress seated us in a booth in the back, and left to get our sodas after attempting to flirt with Seth. Seth immediately opened the menu and started searching for the biggest and tastiest entrée. I flipped through for the smallest entrée. I wasn't very hungry at all.
"I recommend the chicken parmesan or the regular spaghetti." Arisa said, casually looking through her menu. She was obviously a frequent visitor. Classy Arisa.
"What about both?" Seth asked, laughing. I smiled, shaking my head.
"Sure. You're paying for it." Arisa giggled.
Seth wound up ordering both the chicken parmesan and the spaghetti. I ordered a small salad and Arisa got some fancy soup. Then Seth ordered a fancy chocolatey dessert and I just had to take a bite. Or two. Or three. Oh forget it.
"That. Was. Delicious." Seth said, happily leaning back in the booth. I leaned into his shoulder, putting my hands on my stomach. That dessert did me in!
"I'm full. Check please!" she called to our waitress.
The waitress, whose nametag read "Anna" flounced her way over and handed us two separate checks. I looked down at ours and saw the dessert was free. She winked and walked away, her butt swinging like a baboon. Well, that's how I thought of it.
"Did you notice that chick was totally hitting on you?" Arisa asked Seth.
"Huh?" he said, slipping his credit card into the little pocket of the checkbook thing. Damn, I need a new vocabulary.
"She definitely wanted you to at least talk to her, maybe more." I laughed.
"I didn't notice. She's not very pretty." he shrugged, folding his arms behind his head.
"Really? I thought she was actually…" I trailed off, thinking. Oh yeah! Since Seth's imprinted on me, he would never be attracted to any other woman. That rocks.
"Wow Seth, you must be one awesome husband." Arisa said as the waitress returned.
Our waitress did a double-take, eyes wide. "Excuse me," she butted in, "Did she just say you were a husband?" she looked shocked, and a bit upset. Spoiled blonde diva.
"Yup. We're married." Seth put his arm around me, kissing my cheek. I grinned, but behind my grin there was viciousness. Her fake smile faltered, and she snatched up our credit cards to go enter our payment.
"She is pissed." Arisa said.
"I know." I grinned.
"You look happy." Seth commented, poking my ribs.
I giggled. "What? Can't a girl be happy that her husband loves her more than some ten dollar whore at a restaurant?" Oh shit. There she was, speak of the devil. She threw our cards back down with our receipts and stomped away. Damn.
We all burst out laughing, and left quickly. Arisa drove us back to her house, where we chilled out for the rest of the day and into the night. Arisa and I were doing some more catching up on each others' lives, while Seth watched football on Arisa's huge flat screen. After a while, I decided to go change into some pajamas. I left Seth with Arisa as I ran upstairs to find some appropriate clothing. Well, the only thing appropriate to wear in front of Arisa was a tank top and another pair of Seth's boxers. Lucky me.
I walked back downstairs and Arisa giggled. I glared at her, jokingly, and crossed my arms. I plopped myself down in Seth's lap and curled up. He looked away from the TV and wrapped his arms around me, kissing the top of my head. I stuck my tongue out at Arisa.
"Hey, for your information, I have a boyfriend who loves me just as much as Seth loves you." Arisa said haughtily.
I laughed. "No one could love you as much as he loves me." That was the truth after all, even if she didn't know the meaning behind it. Seth chuckled beneath me.
"Well, he does seem to love you a lot. But trust me, one day I'll find a guy who loves me just as much as Seth loves you." she grinned, shrugging. "It could happen."
"Who is this boyfriend of yours anyway?" Seth asked, curious.
"Oh, well technically we aren't necessarily going out but you can't blame me for trying to sound awesome." she laughed. "I danced with one of your groomsmen at your wedding who was so cute, and he seemed to really like me. I've been keeping in touch through phone calls and he's actually planning on coming to visit me soon. He keeps telling me how much he adores me and how he's never felt this way about another girl before." she giggled, rolling her eyes. "But I know he's probably just playing me."
My brow furrowed and I glanced at Seth. The only groomsman who was available was Embry. Was he thinking what I was thinking? Seth had a look of concern on his face, and raised his eyebrows at me. "So who was it?" he asked Arisa casually.
"Embry." she replied, smiling.
I knew it. "That's great!" I said, truly happy for her. Embry was a great guy after all. But then again…I'm guessing this meant he had imprinted. That could be a problem. "Embry's really nice, so I don't think he's playing you." I said, glancing at Seth again. He's definitely not playing you, I thought to myself.
"Well, I guess we'll see, won't we?"
"We sure will." Seth said, laughing. I heard a nervous tone in his laugh. Oh, this was going to be great. Just great.
A/N: Drama drama drama! Oh, shame on me. I guess this means there will be even more chapters than I expected. I tried to make this chapter interesting…a bit…since this is my last chapter before my classes start back up. Yes, school is back in session for me on August 10th. Therefore, my updates will be even more few and far between, but you all know by now that I'm not close to being finished. In fact, I'm worried that the growing number of chapters might scare off future readers. What do ya'll think? Be sure to pass on some good words about my story if you've got any friends who are interested, because even though there're a lot of chapters, I think I don't make it seem too boring.
Thank you all so much for reading and reviewing, and thanks for sticking with me! I promise to keep up the fluff, and we'll soon see how Arisa and Embry are faring in their relationship.