EPOV
"She's been to your house Em" Brady stated, I had been sat in the clearing at the end of her road for hours. I didn't want to move for anyone.
"What do you mean she's been to my house?" I snapped at him, glaring when I looked up to see him and Collin giving me pity looks
"Col saw her up there and your house reeks of her" He told me and Collin nodded to back up his friend
"Well why didn't you tell me when she was there?" I yelled at them and began running towards my house, they were right. My house was full of her scent. I felt tears rolling down my face as I stepped through the doorway, her key was on the mat and I wasn't sure if I wanted to find out why my room hummed of her beautiful perfume
QPOV
He'd flipped out. Embry had actually flipped out. My normally calm and collected best friend had flipped and completely destroyed his room before curling up into a ball in the middle of all the mess and bawling his eyes out till he fell asleep. Not one of us could get him to wake up either. He was hardly moving, breathing really slowly and his skin was much hotter than usual
"Calm it Quil" Sam told me, I'd begun to shake as I paced just outside Embry's bedroom
"Calm it? You want me to calm it? Can you not fucking see him? He'd never do anything like this! He's practically dead on the floor!" I yelled at my sort-of-not-really Alpha
"Quil!" Jake scolded me, it was the dead comment. I know it was mean, but it was kind of true … he really was unmoving
"What the hell is going on Lexii?" Nate yelled at his twin, my best friend
"What?" She snapped at him, he was stood at the end of her bed and I was leaning on her doorframe watching as she put stuff away from a pile on her bed … I'm sure this stuff was from Embry's. That's a point; I didn't see any of her stuff in the mess of Embry's bedroom
"This is from Embry's … none of his stuff is in the house anymore …" His expression became worried as he drunk in the sight of her red puffy eyes, her slept in sweats and the pile of bed hair that was atop of her head
"Well you told me he couldn't stand the sight of my stuff at his anymore so I took the liberty of removing it." She stated, I could tell she was trying to be strong in front of us …
"Lexii he's freaking out right now!" Nate yelled at her
"That's not my problem. He needs to get over it. He's the one who dumped me." She shot back
"Yea well you know he didn't mean it" He stated in the same tone of voice
"He still did it Nathan. He ripped my heart out of my chest and stomped on it with the words he said to me. I have every right to hate him. I have every reason to not want to see him and I have every right to have moved on." She told us as she continued to fix her things, a quick glance with Nate told me that he was thinking the same thing as me; she hadn't moved on. She was fragile right now … so very, very fragile
"Come on Cand, do you want a cuppa?" I suggested, she looked at breaking point and I wanted to at least try and help my cousin, my best friend. She had stopped and stared blankly at me, figuring out I knew how she was feeling
"How about a sandwich too?" Nate suggested; the two of us knew she hadn't eaten much in the past few days and it was just starting to show. She said nothing, only nodding and leading us down the stairs
"Come on, we'll take you to the diner" I guided her by her shoulders towards the front door, waiting for her to stuff her feet into shoes and shrug a light jacket on
"Hey Sue" Nate and I greeted as we walked into the diner
"Hey boys, Lexii" She smiled sadly, "What can I get you today?" I waited for Nate to tell her his order before I told her mine and Nate began to ask for Lexii's regular order at this place; a can of Lilt and a BLT – extra bacon, no salad.
"No!" She randomly exclaimed, "Can I have a strawberry milkshake and the breakfast sandwich please?" She asked, quietly and I frowned at her … she hated the breakfast sandwiches here, she didn't like egg …
"Of course you can sweetie; I'll have one of the girls bring it over for you as soon as it's all done" She wrote something extra down on her bit of paper before smiling at us and scurrying off towards the kitchen
"Why are you looking at me like that?" She glared at the two of us
"You hate egg" Nate voiced, we were sat one side of the booth, her the other side. She looked like a very pissed off and a very broken little girl
"No I don't." She shook her head quickly, scowling and I glanced over to behind the counter where Sue was scolding one of the workers, making her go and do something else whilst she fixed our drinks. She was making a Harry special … so that was why she asked for Milkshake! She only ever had Milkshake from here when she was upset and Sue always understood, making a Harry special; double the ingredients and a special secret ingredient
"Here you go kids, your food will be over asap" Sue placed our drinks in front of us and ruffled Lexii's hair with a smile as she took a sip of her Milkshake, I wasn't surprised when her face lit up
"Thanks Sue" Lexii grinned and Sue smiled fondly back before going back to the kitchen
"What's up, Cand?" I questioned her softly
"Not a lot" She shrugged, happily slurping her drink through a small black straw
"Why did you give Embry his stuff back?" Nate was just as soft spoken as I had been
"You told me he couldn't stand having my stuff around so I took it back, giving him his stuff at the same time" She shrugged and get up quickly to go to the bathroom, I wasn't sure if it was because she honestly had to pee or if it was because she was getting upset
LPOV
"Hey Nat?" I called her quickly as she jumped off the school bus and started the walk home; I began to walk with her
"Hey" She smiled warily, knowing that I had been bitching about her the whole time we were in Forks today – both behind her back and to her face might I add. We walked and talked for a little while before I decided to give her a piece of my mind.
"So, um ... I have something for you" I stated once we got to her house, I hadn't realised that I'd actually walked her home
"What?" She asked, genuinely curious. I walked into the house with her because she'd gestured for me to follow ... I dumped my stuff by the door and we walked into the empty living room, the whole house was empty.
"Why the fuck do you think it's okay for you to spread rumours about me?" I asked her in a strangely polite voice, I didn't let her deny it. Instead I used my left arm to grab her collar – which I was proud of myself for doing as it was still in cast – and pulled my right arm back making a fist, I snapped it forward and got her square in the nose, "That was for thinking you could get away with it." I did the same thing again, this time hitting her eye "That was for Rachel" I hit her in the eye once again, "That was for all the other people you've fucked up. I know you didn't realise it, but it's not just my life you've now messed up." I snapped my arm forward again hitting her jaw this time, "And that was for being a fucking asshole." I yelled, the whole time ignoring her protests and screams. I decided that I'd leave at that point and quickly get home
"Hello?" I answered the house phone; Nate, Quil, Emily and Sam W were sat in my front room with me and were looking at me as the other person spoke
"Is this Lexii Ateara?" The man on the other end spoke quite abruptly
"Yes." I decided to be just as rude
"I would like to speak to your father." He stated
"He's not in at the moment can I take a message?" I tried to be sarcastically polite
"No. When is he going to be in to call back?" He asked, I guessed it was Nat's Dad because I could hear her whining in the background
"He should be home in about half an hour; if it is about Nat then you can come see him. He won't mind" I offered, I had already called my Dad on my way home to tell him everything and obviously my Dad was on my side
"Thank you. I will be there." He told me curtly and hung up the phone
"What happened with Nat?" Sam asked with a smirk, he probably already figured it out
"I punched her in the face ... 4 times." I shrugged
"Lexii?" Quil, Nate and Emily yelled at me all at the same time
"What? The bitch deserved it." I shrugged again and threw myself on the sofa, laying my legs and feet over Sam and Quil's thighs
"You didn't tuck your thumb inside your hand did you?" Sam asked
"Nope." I stated, ever the sarcastic one "I'm one away from a black belt in Kickboxing Sam, I think I know how to throw a punch" I pulled a face at him and he stuck his tongue out at me
Half an hour later
My Dad had arrived home just over 10 minutes ago and just as he said he would Nat's Dad arrived at our front door. Nat right behind him, Quil and Nate had decided that they'd call the whole wolf pack and see who'd turn up to see the exchange between my Dad and Nat's. Most of the wolves turned up, Jared did, and Leah, as did Collin, Brady and Seth, the imprints stayed at home too ... I seriously didn't see what the big deal was?
"Hey Mr Miles" I grinned my fakest grin at the man that stood in my doorway and he raised his eyebrows at me
"Is your father around now?" He asked, Nat was looking edgy and was shifting about from foot to foot
"Yep. Dad?" I called and my Dad soon appeared behind me
"Hello Geri, what's the problem?" My Dad seemed to be hiding laughter as he closed the door behind us, pushing me out to the front porch. I knew for a fact that everyone in my house swarmed to the windows to get a look
"My problem is your daughter coming into my home uninvited and beating up my daughter" 'Geri' stated quickly
"Shall we correct that sentence first of all?" My Dad asked, and then answered it himself, "Natalie invited Lexii into your house and Lexii was merely getting her own back."
"Well either way, I do not appreciate your daughter punching my daughter in the face multiple times" Geri glared at me, Nat joining in with her father
"And I do not appreciate your daughter not only breaking into my home to destroy Lexii's belongings but spreading viscous lies about her too. Does Natalie not realise that her little game has effected more than Lexii? Firstly myself and my wife, Paul and his girlfriend, both of Lexii's grandparents, my sister-in-law and her son, the families of Paul and Rachel and the friends of all the people I have just mentioned" My Dad ranted
"Natalie does not tell lies." Geri stupidly stated
"So you really believe that I slept with some guy in the back of my cousin's truck? That guy practically being my boyfriend's brother. Ex-boyfriend because of your daughter" I loved being a snotty sarcastic bitch sometimes
"It's plausible" The guy shrugged
"Oh fuck off! Do you want a black eye too?" I yelled at him
"Don't threaten me you little shit." He yelled back
"Don't you fucking dare talk to her like that either you asshole. Now unless you or Natalie have an apology coming this way any time soon, get the fuck off of my property." My Dad yelled, and I stepped forward quickly and stomped my foot as I did so making Natalie flinch and step away. I laughed and walked back inside of my house with a huge grin
"And that is one of the reasons I love my Dad so much." I stated, walking straight to the kitchen and making a cup of tea for my Dad who followed
"That was so pointless. Why did they even come here? They did nothing." Sam W whined, stomping into the kitchen. The pack following with equally as glum faces
"Bitch you wanna fight?" I pulled my fists up, technically one fist and one cast
"No cause you'll just kick me in the balls like last time." He grumbled
"That was by accident!" I yelled with a laugh
"By the way, amazing artwork on Natalie's face. I have taught you well" My Dad high fived me and the pack laughed
"Was that seriously all you?" Jared asked, sounding quite impressed
"Yep" I nodded proudly
"You must've punched her stupidly hard for it to have bruised that quickly" Leah commented
"Naa, she probably put makeup on to make it look worse and make me feel bad. She's obviously forgotten that I don't give a shit" I laughed with a shrug and Brady and Collin both agreed with a nod
"She is such a drama queen it's unbelievable" Seth stated, shaking his head
"Do her parents know about that thing you told me about the other day?" Dad asked me and Sam cryptically
"Nope. I doubt she'd even be living with them if they did know" Sam laughed, shaking his head
"What thing?" Nate asked
"Nothing, don't worry" I shook my head, "My head hurts"
"Christmas present" Sam stated, launching a packet of paracetamol at me
"Y-" I was about to talk but was cut off by a loud wolf howl coming from the tree's ... I think it might've been Jake
"What does the pansy want now?" Leah grumbled as the wolves all filed out of the kitchen and into the woods, calling goodbyes as they left. It was odd; they'd joined back together as one pack again. I didn't know why, but I was determined to find out.
