Chapter 33
Kai's point of view
I arrived at the university yesterday and have unpacked most of my stuff. My roommate is coming today and I hope she's nice. I hope she's okay with me taking the bed by the window.
"Knock knock." a voice says as a light knock sounds on the door. I turn to the front of the room and find a girl not much older than me. She has straight dark brown hair with red highlights that goes to her mid back, hazel brown eyes, and sun-kissed skin. "You must be Kai." she says.
"Ya and you must be Sasha." I say and she nods. I walk over to her and we shake hands.
"Wow you look young. How old are you?" she asks.
"I'm almost seventeen." I say.
"Skip grades?" she asks and I nod. "Smarty." she says and I smile.
"Ya not really." I shrug.
"So I have a ton of stuff can you help?" she asks.
"Sure. Most of my stuff is unpacked anyway." I say and follow her out the building to a convertible.
After a few hours Sasha gets most of her things unpacked and we've become pretty good friends. She's really easy to talk to and really funny. I'm putting up the last of my things and come across a picture frame of Embry and I. I feel tears start to form as I stare at the two happy and in love people before me. Why can't we still be those people?
"Who's that?" Sasha asks breaking me from my thoughts. I turn around and find her looking at the picture.
"No one important. Not anymore anyway." I mumble.
"Come on you can tell me." she says sitting on my bed. I sit next to her with the picture in my lap. I start to tell her what I told mom. I shed a few tears but manage not to break down.
"That slime ball!" she yells standing up.
"Ya. He didn't used to be like that." I say wishing he was who he used to be.
"Oh Kai I'm sorry." she says and hugs me.
"It's okay. I'm trying to be strong and move on now." I say.
"Good for you. And I'll be here for you whenever you need me." she says and I smile hugging her.
"Thanks Sash." I say. "You're a really great friend." I say. "You are too." she says.
"Hey want to go grab a cup of coffee?" she asks pulling back.
"Sure." I say. We grab our bags and head down to the university café.
We grab our coffees and decide to drink it outside on a bench, it's a nice night. "We should so make a trip to the beach before school starts!" Sasha announces. "That sounds like a lot of fun!" I say. "Oh tomorrow I have to introduce you to some of my friends that are going to be going here." she says and I nod. Sasha is from here and has lived here her whole life. The beaches here are probably going to be really different than the ones in Washington. Sasha spits her coffee out and her jaw drops as her eyes widen. "What's wrong?" I ask.
"He...he's here!" she stutters as I furrow my eyebrows.
"Who?" I ask. She grabs my face and turns it. My eyes land on him.
Embry's point of view
I had to see Kai and I came up with an idea. Jake being the great alpha he is allowed me to run down to Alabama so I can see Kai and apologize to her. I'm now roaming the campus trying to find my imprint. I caught her scent and follow it to the café. I spot two girls and instantly notice Kai. The other girl spots me and spits her coffee out. Kai asks her what's wrong and the girl turns Kai's head so she sees me. Her eyes widen and her heart picks up.
"Embry." she whispers. I walk toward her but the other girl stands up and stalks toward me.
"What the hell do you think you're doing here!?" she yells at me glaring up into my eyes. I hold back a growl.
"I need to speak with Kai." I say.
"You broke her heart! You don't deserve to even be in her presence!" she shouts at me and I frown.
"Sasha stop." Kai says walking over to us.
"Kai he doesn't deserve you." 'Sasha' says.
"No. No I don't deserve her." I say as their eyes widen.
"What?" they ask.
"I don't deserve you at all Kai. Sasha's right, I don't even deserve to be in your presence! I hurt you and I can never forgive myself." I start and Kai stares into my eyes. "Kai can we please talk? I need to apologize to you and I'd like to do it alone." I ask.
"Sasha I'll meet you back at the dorm." Kai says.
"Are you sure?" Sasha asks.
"Yes. I'll call you if I need anything." she says and Sasha nods leaving us. "Follow me." she says and I do.
She leads us to a park and we sit on a bench.
"What do you want Embry? And what are you doing here?" she asks.
"Kai I made a big mistake. Huge! I hurt you and that's not okay. I feel awful about everything I did and said to you. I miss you and wish we were still together. I love you and don't even know how I could say I didn't. I was mad and said stupid things. I'm so sorry and hope I can get you back." I confess.
"Embry how can I know that you won't do this to me again?" she asks.
"Kai if I ever do this to you again I won't ask for your forgiveness because I know that this is not okay. You deserve so much more than me and I just want to make this up to you. I love you and always will. I want you back but totally understand if you don't want me. I just want to still be in your life." I say taking her hands in mine. We stare into each others eyes and I hope she says we're okay.
Kai's point of view
How can I trust him? He seems sincere but how can I be sure he is? I look deep into his eyes and look for any signs of lying. I see none and know I can trust Embry. He's still a good guy, he just had a mess up.
"I forgive you Embry. And I never stopped loving you." I say and stand on my tippy toes planting my lips on his.