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Cold, I'm cold. I rolled over, draping my arm across the side of the bed Embry had previously been squished on but there was nothing there. Where was he? I opened my eyes, yep, my personnel radiator was gone and the duvet was in a ball at the end of the bed, the window above my bed was wide open and the harsh wind was whistling through and beating down on my bare legs. I really need to stop wearing shorts to bed; it was doing me no good.
I glanced around the room, it was empty and just as it had been last night, the door was shut and the lock was across. How had he gotten out? Another gust of wind blew in and I realised how. He climbed back out of the window, what a wimp. I mean, realistically what could my dad do? He was in a wheelchair for Christ sake; the man couldn't even catch a slug in that thing.
I climbed out of bed and the tired achy feeling washed over me, I had been in a deep sleep and my body hadn't quite caught on to the fact I was awake. Glancing at the clock my stomach did a slight drop as I read the time, 12.45pm, crap. The guys were all coming for lunch at half 12, meaning I was probably late to a lunch in my own house, that shouldn't even be possible. I rushed over to my mirror and glanced at myself, my hair was ok, I had washed it before I went to bed and so I ran my brush through it and stuck it in a high pony tail before chucking on some make up to brighten my sleepy face up.
As I stared into my wardrobe another chill ran over my skin and I lowered my reach for my shorts and instead grabbed my black leggings and my oversized navy t-shirt that had the rolling stones tongue design on the front of it, it was my dad's from his 'cool' days but it was comfy and fell loose enough to be comfortable but not too big. I took my time getting changed, allowing my aching legs time to wake up properly and I chucked on a pair of fluffy red socks to keep my currently freezing toes warm. It felt so cold, it really didn't look that bad outside but I was freezing, maybe it was because I had been so warm with Embry and when he left my body went into temperature shock. That was my theory anyway. Still shuffling I made my way to my door and flicked the lock open before edging myself into the hallway, the sound of laughter hit me before I fully made it to the bathroom and even though I could hear all the guys I still popped my head in to check the bathroom was naked Paul free before I went barging in. I had seen enough of his backside to last me a life time. When I was positive none of the wolves were in there naked I ran in and brushed my teeth and finally I felt a little more alive. It's amazing what the power of minty breath can have.
As I hit the hallway fresh rolls of laughter erupted from the living room/kitchen area but this time the distinct howling laughter of Paul erupted and the images I did so well to block out came rushing back. Eurgh, he and Rachel really needed to move out already.
"Well if it isn't sleeping beauty, finally decided to wake up I see" Rachel called out over the laughter of the guys as I strolled in, looking up I saw the scene I had expected to, the girls were all in the kitchen making the food while the guys all sat around the TV with football playing in the background. My dad was sat with them and he winked at me as I passed him. Embry wasn't here though and I couldn't help but feel a little sad, I wanted to see him.
"He's outside getting Claire in, she wanted to have a 'talk' with him or something" Quil offered as I scanned the room for a sign he was here or coming here. The new information although helpful made me frown, why would she need to talk to him?
The kitchen door opened as I went to ask and the squeal of the little girl came buzzing in and I glanced over to see her running toward me, a huge smile on her little face, I hadn't seen her in ages. She was already looking so grown up. Kids grew too fast.
"Hello Jade" She grabbed onto my legs briefly before running away again to land in Quil's lap.
"Hey Claire, you ok?" I asked and she grinned wider and nodded.
"Oh she's fine, she's just been grilling me on how I'm supposed to buy you all the Barbie's you want because that's what Quil does for her...I tried telling her I didn't think you were a Barbie girl but apparently you are?" The husky voice I loved came floating in now and the usual shiver ran down my spine as I turned to glance again at the front door where he was walking in, his sparkling smile was aimed at me and he made his way to my side.
"Hey Claire maybe you could teach Embry over there how to use the front door rather than the windows to sneak in and out of my daughters room at night, he's gonna scratch my paint work" My dad spoke before I could respond to Embry and his statement made me choke on the breath that was working its way up my throat.
"Dad" I started but was cut off by the 'ooo' noises the guys were making and the soft giggles the girls erupted in. I glanced at Embry and he was blushing and shuffling from foot to foot as my dad gave him the stare that obviously told him he wasn't happy.
"Ommmmm, you shouldn't do that Embry...you should always ask if you want to stay at someone's house and you shouldn't sleep in Jade's room because she's a girl and that's icky" Claire squealed in her telling off voice and Embry flinched into my side at the telling off he was getting both from the little girl and the stare of my father.
"You tell him girl" My dad nodded in agreement with the little girl and the guys made fresh noises of teasing their brother. Like they weren't all guilty at some point, I know for a fact Paul used to sneak in like every night when he first got with Rachel and that wasn't just to sleep. Embry and I were perfectly innocent.
"So that's why she slept in so late, you were too comfy in his big warm arms to wake up, awww Jadey" Paul started ribbing at me and making kissy faces and Jared quickly joined in. These guys were such assholes.
"Emily and Sam always always stay in bed late but they have special cuddles and I'm not allowed to go in so I have to go play by myself. Is that what Embry and Jade were doing? Cuddling together?" Claire spoke up again and once again I choked on my own breath but this time it was more violent and I started coughing and spluttering as I tried clearing my blocked airways. It didn't take a genius to know that the cuddling she was on about was not simply cuddling.
Embry's hand came up to pat my back as I continued gasping to breath but as I glanced at him he too seemed to be slightly in shock, he had blushed a deeper red and was making glares at Quil who although was laughing he was also trying to snap Claire's little mouth shut with his hands.
The guys were all laughing, and as I looked to Emily for help to control her niece she too seemed to be in a fit of laughter, it would have been funny if it weren't at my expense and my dad hadn't been in the room.
My dad's wheelchair squeaked and I fell back against the wall to steady myself against my cringes. He stopped as he passed Embry and shot a slightly strained look at him. "Just use the front door in future" He snapped and as Embry nodded frantically he turned back to Rachel who managed to stifle her laughter long enough for him to mumble that he was going to go out to his 'man shed' and he wheeled himself out. He had a man shed, like a little den where he had a little TV and stuff so he could escape the pack and us girls if needed.
"Where the hell does she get this stuff from?" I turned to glare at Quil as the front door shut and he was pink from laughing so hard. Seriously, this girl had issues, she once told me Embry had the body of a god, which is bad enough but now she just went to a whole new level of awkwardness.
"She's a kid she doesn't know how it sounded" He argued back but I shot him a glare that shut him up. He was right but still, I guess it was more Sam and Emily's fault for 'cuddling' when she was awake or even in the same house as them. Eurgh. Stupid people.
"Oh it was funny and you know it" Rachel piped up now and although I agreed the fact dad was obviously now envisioning killing Embry was over weighing the amusement. "He'll get over you and Embry, he was like it with Paul and I, come help make lunch" She added and I let out a long sigh, he better get over it soon I hated the awkwardness that loomed over the room when they were together.
As I walked past him Embry's hand slid out and brushed against mine and even from the little touch I was sent into a blush that crept up into my cheeks. He walked to the living room and joined in the football discussion that had quickly taken over from the amused laughter and I took my place in between Kim and Rachel at the kitchen counter. Emily handed me the salad bowl and salad ingredients and I started chopping while Kim flicked in the dressing every now and then.
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"I knew I hadn't turned the light off myself" Paul chirped as I finished telling the story of finding him asleep on the toilet. The guys were in hysterics, while Embry was glaring at Paul and Rachel was blushing from the fact I had just revealed that she and Paul obviously slept butt naked.
"That is nothing. I once went into his house to get him for patrol and he was spread out along his mom's sofa naked, in the middle of the day as well. I feel sorry for his mom man, she must see some sights" Jared offered and again everyone started chuckling while I just rolled my eyes, he honestly was naked 90% of the time.
"I have a good body and I aint afraid to show it" He shrugged like it was normal and I couldn't hold in my frown.
"But to your mom?" I questioned but he just shrugged again and Rachel lent in to kiss his cheek as if she were perfectly happy with her boyfriend walking around naked all the time, I was only young he had corrupted my eyes but she didn't seem bothered by that fact. "I feel like I need to acid scrub my eyes to get the image of your ass out of my head" I groaned as I leapt from my stool and walked to the sink to wash my plate. Embry offered a growl at my comment while Paul just howled in his usual barking laugh.
The guys fell into their usual teasing comments at Paul while I scraped and washed my plate, I went to ask if anyone else was finished but my eyes stopped at the window that lay above the sink as I spotted the yard, more specifically Jake's garage. He was in there, the doors were open and I could see him sort of awkwardly shuffling around with some of his tools while he kept glancing up at the house. He came, he actually came.
"Well I'll be damned" I mumbled to myself but the super hearing freaks of nature behind me heard and the chatter faded out.
"What is she going on about now?" Paul asked and a new growl from Embry shut him up again.
"No seriously what is she on about?" Jared asked and a series of grunts signalled everyone's evident confusion.
I just stared at my brother and I think he noticed me because he was staring right back at the window. Should I go out there? What do I do? I turned to look at the guys behind me but as I turned my eyes came directly on a big chest, looking up I saw Sam looking out into the yard and he let out a long sigh before glancing down at me and nodding as if I had asked him to do something.
"Stay in here you lot" He ordered as he turned and walked from the kitchen, he was going out to talk to him? Should I be worried or happy? I gazed over the confused faces of each pack member and imprint as they watched their alpha hurry from the room.
"Who's out there?" Collin asked and he jumped around in his seat trying to look, they all were, each person was leaning trying to look out the window past me.
"Jake" I croaked as I turned back to look through the window, they were talking, it seemed fairly ok, no punches were being thrown which is always a good sign. But Sam started shaking his head and waving his hands back and forth between the house and Jake and for a second I thought Jake began shaking but as soon as it started it calmed back down.
"Jade what are they doing?" Rachel asked this time and I turned to look at the group behind me who were all just watching as if on edge.
"Talking" I replied simply and made my way past them to the front door. Maybe I should go out there.
Pushing my way outside the chill air shivered against my bare arms but I continued to walk to the side of the porch and peer around at the garage, my heart skipped into excited bounces as I saw the two guys shake hands and give a brief man hug. They were ok...eeek. This was brilliant. The door behind me squeaked and I glanced at it to see the pack walking out, Sam's order obviously had lifted and they all went walking down the steps frowning at the two men talking to one another by the garage.
"This is such a Kodak moment, where's my camera when I need it?" Emily gushed as we stood and watched the guys all shake Jake's hand, Embry and Quil opted for man hugs and my heart exploded again. This felt good.
"Uh ohhhh" Claire sung from the bottom of the steps and we all followed her stare to the break in the trees to where Leah was walking out, she stopped as she saw us all looking at her and she shuffled slightly as if she was wondering whether to turn back. Why was she here? I glanced from her to Jake and all the guys seem to have noticed, Jake however just did a slight nod at me toward Leah and Rachel nudged my arm pushing my toward the steps and without a second thought I hopped down them and started across the yard to where she stood. Everything was silent and I didn't need to look to see that everyone was staring at us.
I stopped just short of where she was stood and she shuffled closer to me, her teeth clamped down on her bottom lip and she looked just as tired and stressed out as Jake had done yesterday.
"Jade" She started, her voice was leaking in apology and I couldn't find it in myself to stand and let her grovel to me, Jake had already sorted it and to be truthfully honest I was sick of being angry over it at this point. I just wanted everything to be normal again and so before she could carry on I leapt forward and wrapped my arms around her neck in a tight hug and her arms came back around me returning it.
"You don't hate me?" She asked finally as I pulled myself from her grip and I cocked my head to the side and shrugged.
"No of course not you idiot, I just hate all this shit"
"Well I'm sorry for causing all this shit" She said and still her voice was apologetic and I leaned in to hug her again.
I looked behind me as we hugged and everyone was grinning at us while Embry and Quil wrapped Jake in another manly hug. Aww everything looked normal again. Sam nudged Jake's shoulder and they all started back toward the house so I took Leah's hand and started dragging her in too.
The guys got in before us because Leah was dragging her feet but Claire ran over to help me pull her which was new because normally she was scared of Leah. But we got inside just in time for me to stop the teasing Jacob was giving Embry about me and him. He was doing the whole protective brother thing telling Embry he wasn't happy with us being together but I knew he was joking, Embry however looked slightly worried and so I slipped into his side and wrapped my arm around his waist before throwing one of the left over carrot sticks at Jake's head.
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I snuggled down into my duvet and flicked the lamp off on the bedside table, my hand rummaged around until I found the little bracelet Embry had got me, it was still too big but I held it tightly in my hand as I got myself comfortable in bed. It reminded me of him.
I was exhausted after today, it was only 10pm and I was falling asleep on the sofa so I came to bed, normally I didn't sleep until at least 12. But today was a busy day amongst making lunch and desert for the big heard of guys that were here. Then making everything right again with Leah and Jake, then Seth came round and Leah left to go back to the Cullens and the apologies started again between Embry and Seth. Then some of the guys from Sam's pack left for patrol and so Quil, Embry and Jake stayed behind to play video games like old times and Embry had started teaching me how to play. I sucked though, like really sucked. Anyway, it had been a good day, strangely normal, like it used to be before all the drama started except I never used to sit and hang with the guys, I used to sit by myself and watch them hang out. It felt better that I joined in though.
A loud crack erupted across the dark silence of my bedroom and I jumped over in my bed to my window that was now fully open and a pair of hands were hanging on the bottom, my heart started thudding violently and a scream built in my throat but I bit it back down as Embry came shooting through and landed on my bed with a huge bounce that sent me jolting around. The scream fell silent but my heart thumped harder at the shirtless guy in front of me and I fumbled around to flick my lamp back on.
"What are you doing?" I whisper squealed and he flashed me his cheeky smile as he scrambled next to me.
"You really need to lock that window Jade" He sung as he lay down beside me and his heat washed over me like it had done the previous night.
"Obviously" I mumbled but even as I sounded sarcastic I couldn't find a annoyed ounce in me. "What are you doing?"
"Sam let me off patrol, its real quiet out there and my mom has her friend over for Mojito Monday or whatever it is she calls it so I had nowhere to go" He groaned slightly and reached around me to reach for the light but I blocked his way, I liked seeing his face.
"My dad will go ape if he finds you in here" I warned but he just shrugged at me.
"I'd rather get yelled at by your dad than spend a night away from you Jade" His eyes sparkled as he looked into mine and my heart skidded to a halt while my stomach erupted in somersaults.
"Aww Embryo you're so sweet your gonna make me blush" I teased as I lay back down beside him and rolled over so we were face to face, our noses just inches from touching. His breath was tickling my face and I started blushing despite trying not to.
His hand came up so it was tickling patterns over mine and he trailed along my skin until he reached my clenched fist where the bracelet lay. Opening my hand he brushed his fingers over the bracelet and frowned. "I keep forgetting to fix it" He took it from my hand and sat up, twiddling it around and around as if trying to figure out how to make it smaller but his frown lightened into a smile like a little light bulb lit up and he threw my duvet away from my legs, I cringed slightly as he looked down at my bare skin. I really needed long pyjamas. Carrying on down my legs he reached for my ankle and gently tied the material bracelet around my ankle and it fit perfectly. "Fixed, it's now an ankle bracelet" He smiled and lay back down, bringing the duvet with him.
"Mmm I love it" I cooed as he lay back down to face me and his hand once again came down on my arm and traced patterns against my skin. The usual fire erupted and I shuffled closer toward him, needing every bit of him nearer to me even as we lay squished on my small bed.
"Jade I want to tell you something" Embry whispered a little lower this time and his eyes shaded to a darker colour that made me a little nervous. Tell me something, that usually meant something bad. But this was Embry and so it couldn't be anything that bad.
"Yes?"
He gulped as I replied and his tongue came out to lick his lips before his skin flushed a darker shade of red. "It's just that, the last time I told you it didn't really work out that well and I want you to know I meant it but I never find the right moment but this seems pretty perfect, just us two" He stopped again and I was sure it was because my heart started hammering again as his hand moved from my arm to my cheek so he was cupping it.
"Then tell me" I whispered back and he moved forward placing a soft kiss along my lips before smiling at me, his eyes sparkling again as he pulled back and my whole body felt like it was floating.
"Jade you're beautiful you know that?" He smiled again and the heat in my cheeks fired up again.
"You tell me everyday" I tried sounding confident but my voice shook. He did tell me most days he thought I was beautiful.
"And every day I mean it...but that's not what I want to tell you" He whispered again and again I blushed while my heart thudded harder. "I need you to know how much I"
A wolf whistle let up outside, calling for someone and Embry stopped mid sentence and looked to the window. A pair of hands was there and the sheepish looking head of Jared popped in.
"I'm really sorry guys but Sam needs you Embry, something's going down, we need to meet him at the cliffs" He tried shooting me a sorry look but my body felt deflated and I fell away from Embry knowing whatever he was about to say was now lost. "You need to come like now" Jared added before hopping away from my window and the rip of him phasing let up the night's air.
"Eurgh I'm sorry Jade" Embry started but I shook my head and shrugged, the life of the wolf pack, they always had to run of suddenly when Sam needed them. I guess I couldn't be angry because if something was wrong he needed to go. "I better go, I'll see you tomorrow" He leant forward kissing me deeply but stopped himself before it went any further, he always did this when he knew he had to leave because we would get too caught up in kissing that he would be late. Although I would do anything to just have him to myself for 24 hours, no interruptions, maybe I could ask for that for my birthday or Christmas. A full on Embry/Jade day, no wolf duties and no peeping wolves. Just us.
He crept up from his place beside me and with a final smile at me he leapt from the window, my body warmth dropped instantly but sprang back up as his head reappeared. "Lock your window Jade, please?" He asked before winking at me and dropping back down. The rip erupted and the pad of his paws hammering against the earth took over, he was gone.
I leant up and shut the window, flicking the lock down like he had asked. I wasn't sure why he made such a deal about that window, Seth had done the same, it never bothered them before nor had it ever been an issue for me. But I did it anyway; it would cause more arguments if I didn't.
Laying back down I snuggled my duvet trying to find the warmth only Embry offered me but as predicated I couldn't. So instead I shut my eyes and tried drifting off, but that niggling feeling was in the back of my head preventing me from sleep. I wanted; no I needed to know what he was going to say, I also needed to know what was going down with the pack. Things had finally be fixed today, it was only natural something bad happened now.
Thank you for all the amazing reviews, keep it up :D And thank you for understanding my delay in updating, I managed to get through some of it so hopefully everything will become less stressful and I can write more :D
What do you think Embry was going to tell her? hehehe silly Jared for interrupting
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