"Claire we need to reset your wrist." Carlisle pleaded but she wasn't letting anyone but Quill touch her especially vampires.
"I want it off me." She kept repeating shaking like she was cold but she was just traumatized. Quill gently made her look at him.
"Claire? What do you want? Baby we don't understand." He said softly. It was the first time he had ever called her that and it snapped her out of it. She started trying to scrape the blood on her arms off signaling to Quill what she needed.
"Okay we got to get her in a shower." Quill instructed looking around for a female.
"I can help her." Leah and Sue offered but Claire shook her head. She knew they wouldn't hurt her but she just needed Quill at the moment. She didn't know why but she needed him. Quill sighed knowing so he gently led her out of the room earning wide eyes from the guys. He shut the door and locked it.
"Claire…" He started to say. He knew she needed to be with him but still felt uncomfortable doing this. Not because it was sexual but because she had already been through enough he didn't want to accidentally scare her in that scenario.
"I want it off. I promise it isn't me wanting sex. I just need his blood off of me. Please just help me. Embry got me out. I can't stay covered in this and I can't stay away from you." She pleaded looking up at him with her blue eyes. He slowly nodded understanding. He didn't want to be away from her either.
He slowly stripped down to his boxers and began to carefully remove her clothes. He was careful not to hurt her wrist when he removed her shirt. He kept her in her bra and panties. It was the first time they had seen each other this stripped before. She slowly trailed her eyes down his body sending chills to his spine. He slowly did the same having to take a long breathe to focus. He turned on the water and gently led her in.
He slowly began washing her body and her hair gently watching the red rinse down the drain. There was so much of it and he knew it was Embry's for the most part. He felt sick suddenly and felt weak but Claire managed to hold him up. She had tears in her eyes and he understood she had seen and experienced too much.
"I know." She whispered trying not to cry. He slowly hugged her into him as the water poured on top of them. She wasn't the seventeen year old girl that flirted with him anymore. She was his imprint, she had experienced what most couldn't. She wasn't a child anymore. In that moment she was his equal in strength and years.
When they broke away from the hug they just stared at each other. There was no more blood pouring down the drain and they could now leave. They just couldn't do anything but stare at each other. Slowly his lips met hers. It was a short kiss but it said so much. He leaned back away from her not believing he did that. She was just as shocked as he was. With her good wrist she pulled him in for more.
There was no going back now with this kiss. He fully surrendered to her. He knew he should have broken away from her. But he couldn't… they were healing each other and finally acknowledging the imprint bond which they hadn't before.
"Claire I am so sorry." He almost sobbed to her leaving her confused.
"I should have protected you. I should have been in with you. It should have been my blood not his." He sobbed into her blonde hair. She fiercely hugged him into him with her good arm.
"Quill we thought you were dead when they pulled us from the car. Emily was unconscious and I was being taken away screaming my head off thinking you died. I don't ever want to feel that again. I saw Embry crawl out of the car but he couldn't see. He just kept crawling and they took him with us. But they said you were still alive. You being here is what saved me. You and Embry saved me." She sobbed into his chest.
"It's why I needed you to come with me in here. I thought you died. I can't have you away from me. Four days hoping you made it through." She shook in his chest. He gently tipped her chin up to kiss her slowly.
"We have you back." Quill said turning off the water.
"Let's reset my arm so we can get Embry and Emily back." She shuddered. Embry heard a slight knock on the door and he stepped out opening the door. Leah was there and raised an eyebrow seeing Quill wet in his boxers. She handed him clothes and he mouthed to her… "Nothing happened". She rolled her eyes and walked away. When he turned around Claire was staring at him intensely. I mean how could she not? He was standing there wet in his boxers and that left little to the imagination. Before she was broken but now she was ready to get her loved ones back. But she had her crush… her imprint standing in front her wet and she was in her bra and panties the same way.
"No. Claire…." Quill warned handing her clothes. She slowly put them on as he turned around. Still seventeen he thought in his head over and over.
"Let's go get them back and then we can deal with this later." She whispered leaving the room. Instant boner for Quill.
"Leah! We are not doing that if it's your plan!" He heard Sam yell from the other room. Quill jumped getting dressed and hurried to hear the plan. And just like that his hard on was gone.
