BEFORE THE CLEARWATER'S
CHAPTER 5
SAVANNAH P.O.V
I did not want to go home for dinner. I knew that dad was going to know what we did. If Ryder phased, dad would have seen the conversation we had earlier today and I knew that he would be after Seth.
"Please don't make me go in there." I whined as Seth pulled up to the house.
"You have too." He commented kissing me. "I will text you when I get home. I'll pick you up on Friday after class." He smiled kissing me again. "If you don't hear from me, just know that your dad killed me."
"Just try not to think about it while you're phased."
"I will try my best." He commented as I jumped out of the car and went inside. I took a deep breath before coming into the kitchen.
"Hi." I greeted mom and dad. Thankfully he was holding Finn so he wouldn't get mad and do anything crazy.
"Hi, darling." Dad smiled. He didn't seem to realize a thing. "How is everything? Fixed everything with Seth?"
"Yes. We are perfect." I smiled sitting down opening my text book. I heard Ryder chuckle from upstairs. "I will murder you." I mumbled low enough so that mom couldn't hear.
"What's going on?" Dad questioned obviously hearing what happened.
"Oh you haven't heard?" Ryder asked coming down the stairs.
"Ryder!" Both mom and I said at the same time. I was going to have to tell him now. I would rather him hear it from me than hear it from Ryder.
"What is going on, Savannah? Bella?" I sighed. "Are you pregnant?!" He shouted.
"No!"
"Not yet!" Ryder shouted running off.
"Savannah..." Dad trailed off handing Finn to mom as I took off running up the stairs and locked myself in my room. "Savannah Violet!" He shouted pounding on the door. I could hear mom outside the door with him trying to calm him down. "Open the door!" He screamed terrifying me as I quickly called Seth sobbing.
"What's going on?" Seth asked into the phone. I could barely talk but he clearly heard my dad and my dad clearly heard him.
"Seth! I'm gonna kick your ass!" And with that, the pounding stopped. I quickly jumped up from my hiding spot and ran down the stairs where dad was already out the front door and running to Seth's.
"Dad! Stop! Please!" I shouted after him but it was too late. We were in big trouble. "Mom! Stop him." I sobbed. Seth was going to be banned from staying here. I would probably be grounded until I really was 18.
"In his defense, you said you would wait until you were 18."
"Well I didn't want to wait. And no, we weren't safe. I let him fuck me raw!" I shouted running up to my room. My mom didn't need to know that but fuck it, if everyone was going to know, I was going to give them details.
I flung myself onto my bed crying. I knew we should have just gone to Seth's but I wasn't allowed there on week days.
A few minutes later there was a knock on the door. Mom slowly opened the door that would surely need to be replaced after dad smashing his fists into it and me slamming it closed.
"Sav, do you need any plan B or anything?"
"No."
"I understand you're upset but you cannot speak to me that way."
"I'm sorry. I should not have said that. And neither should Ryder. That was my secret to tell."
"And that is against pack rules. He will be punished for that. You will be punished for your actions." I rolled my eyes. That was ridiculous.
"I'm not a baby anymore. We decided that we were both ready to do that."
"I know. But you are 17! I know he doesn't age but his calendar age is 32, Savannah. You have to understand that this is difficult for dad."
"I know it is but why does he have to think about that?" I asked. I was terrified for when he came home. He probably wouldn't even talk to me.
"I don't know, Savannah." She sighed. "Dinner is on the table." I was not hungry but I went down to eat anyway. When dad came in, he was fuming. He glared at me before going to my room and taking the door right off the hinges. I kept my face down as he worked and threw it out the back door. I probably wouldn't be getting a new one either.
"You're grounded until further notice." He commented plopping himself down in one of the chairs. I could feel the heat coming off his body from across the table. I wanted to call Seth to see if he was okay. A couple of dad's fingers looked like they had just been reset into place.
"I'm sorry." I mumbled after dinner.
"Not accepted. I don't wish to speak with you right now." I wasn't sure what to do. He had never been so mad at me in my entire. I was sort of just walked around lost in my own house. I helped mom with the dishes before doing my homework.
"He won't be mad forever." Mom commented as she shut off a few lights. Dad had left over an hour ago and told mom to call him when I was asleep. He didn't want to see my face.
"Maybe I should just go stay with Emily or something. He doesn't want to see me." It hurt that he had even said it. I knew he was mad but I also knew that him and mom didn't listen to Charlie's wishes about when they should do it.
"No. You're grounded. You're lucky he's even letting you go to Cullen's for class." Mom answered. I knew she would never pick between me and dad but she could have taken my side a little.
*SETH P.O.V*
Jacob had gone crazy and was smashing my head into the pavement with the punches he was throwing at me. I did my best to block them but he was so angry there was no way I was going to be able to stop him unless I phased but I knew that would not have made anything better.
"You're gonna stay away from her!" He shouted when he finally deemed that he beat me enough.
"You know I can't do that." I said calm wiping the blood from my nose and setting it back into place. That wouldn't heal for a few days.
He kneed me in the balls before leaving.
"Fuck." I crumbled groaning in pain. I was never having sex with Savannah again. Bella had texted me that it would probably be best to stay away for a few days and that Jake took away Savannah's phone. "That sucks." I mumbled slowly dragging myself back into my apartment.
I had ice laying on my face and on my crotch as Quil came in.
"What happened?"
"Had sex." I mumbled. He got the idea.
"Jesus christ." He looked me over. I had dried blood all over me but I was in way too much pain to actually go shower.
"He went crazy. Told me I had to stay away from her. He knows I can't do that."
"I know. He's just mad right now. Don't worry about it. He'll come around." He shrugged. "Ryder is younger and has sex all the time with his chick. He never says anything about that."
"I know but I'm not going to bring that up. I'm sure I'll just get beat up again." I was not going to tell Savannah what he did. She would be so upset. Hell I'm upset! I never thought that he would actually go crazy and try to kill me. "I don't think anyone has adjusted to our relationship yet."
"It takes time. It took everyone a good year to get used to Claire and I. It's normal." I nodded at his words.
"I just feel bad. I knew we should have waited." I was kinda regretting it.
*SAVANNAH P.O.V*
Dad insisted that mom drive and pick me up from class. I did not want to go. I barely slept. I showed up in my pj's, wrapped in a blanket and my eyes red and puffy.
"Is everything alright?" Esme asked as I sat down at the table.
"I'm fine." I'm sure Alice and Edward both saw what happened. I was allowed my phone only during class hours. I texted Seth saying how sorry I was. I know he was at work and probably wouldn't respond but I was nervous. I didn't want this to change our relationship.
I wanted Esme to slow down. I did not want to go home.
"Don't make me go home." I begged her laying face first on the perfect white couch.
"I won't make you go home. But your dad will." He was so scary when he was angry. Somehow, I've been grounded until further notice and all Ryder got was a week.
"Do you know what happened?" I asked looking at her. She was sitting on the coffee table. She nodded frowning.
"It's okay, Darling. Sex is a very natural thing."
"Stop, Esme." Dad's booming voice came from the stairs. My breathing picked up at the sound of his voice. "Let's go. Mom's napping with Finn." He said going down the stairs. I quickly stood and shoved my stuff in my bag following him. I was terrified to be in the car alone with him.
He refused to look at me and instead kept his eyes on the road. The ride was quiet. Dinner was quiet, the house was quiet. And this carried on for days.
I hadn't heard from Seth. He would respond to my texts from class once he was out of work but by then I would get my phone taken away. I was itching to see him.
"It's Friday." I said to mom at breakfast. She had already dropped the twins off at school.
"Yes."
"Seth is suppose to take me out on a date." I had been tortured enough without talking to him all week the least the could do would be to let me go out and see him.
"You'll have to ask dad."
"Just forget it." I mumbled cleaning my bowl. Dad left the keys to his old car for me to drive to class. He had eventually decided that it wasn't his or moms responsibility to get me there. The day he decided that, Ryder took his car so I had to run. I just barely made it there on time.
I had officially learned my lesson.
A week later, it was just cruel. I had gotten my phone back but I still wasn't allowed to see Seth. I was going to complain to mom about it but I knew it would be no use. When Monday rolled around, I convinced Seth to come to the Cullen's.
"Hi." He smiled hugging me. I held him as tight as I could before he was ripped away from me.
"No. Stop." I reached for him as Edward threw him out the front door. "Why are you doing this to me?" I questioned watching as Seth got into his car and left. "He's gonna break up with me."
"Surprised he hasn't already." I couldn't understand why everyone was being so cruel.
"What was he thinking?"
"He was happy to see you but he knew it wasn't going to last long." I quickly wiped my eyes from the tears that fell and got back to work. Our relationship was going to be over as quickly as it started. The thought scared me which made more tears fall from my eyes and made the page I was working on blurry.
"We can take a break." Esme's soft voice said as she rubbed my back.
"I'm fine." I quickly wiped them. I hated this. "They'll keep me away from him until I'm 18 and then we will run away and elope." I answered honestly.
"Don't do that."
At home I mostly kept to myself. I helped mom with Finn whenever she asked. I joined family dinner every night but then I was always sent to either my room or to the island to get my homework done. It was like I was living in a jail.
"When can I see him again?" I asked mom as she cleaned up.
"I don't know, darling." She commented making me sigh. "Dad hasn't decided."
"Well can he just come out and say that we can't see each other until I'm 18? It'll make the process easier on us. Fine. We'll break up for the next three months." I commented. "If that's what he wants then fine." She didn't respond to much of anything that I said anymore. I wasn't sure why I even bothered trying.
I sat on my bed looking out the window. Every so often I glanced at the hallway. That I could see. Because I didn't have a door. I didn't want to break up with Seth. I didn't want him to break up with me but if age was the problem, I felt that we could wait until I was 18. Then once I was 18 it would be like we would be doing this all over again.
It pained me to think about. I'm sure never in the history of imprints did any of them ever break up. Every night I laid in bed crying and I knew dad could hear. He wasn't talking to me. Seth wasn't talking to me. No one in the pack would tell me what either of them were thinking. I was dying inside.
That night dad was off with the pack. I was laying in bed when Seth came in through the open window. I sighed in relief and wrapped my arms around him.
"I've missed you so much." I breathed him in. It had been nearly two weeks without seeing each other.
"I missed you too." He commented. "We should talk." He commented setting me back down on the bed. "I talked to your dad."
"Great." I muttered. At least he was talking to one of us.
"I think it would be best to hold off on our relationship until you're 18."
"No. Seth, please no." I begged. I know I told my mom I could handle it but I could not go another day without seeing him.
"I don't want this either baby." He started. "But he won't talk to me. He won't let me see you. I don't know what more to do. Once you're 18, you're legally an adult. You can move in with me. We can do whatever we want." I rested my head in my hands.
"I don't want to break up."
"It's just for now baby."
"So I have to go three months without seeing you?" My dad was acting crazy. He needed to get over it. I wiped my tears but it didn't matter how fast I wiped them away, they just kept coming.
"Of course not. I'm sure if we're not technically in a relationship that he would let us hang out."
"Yeah right. He doesn't like me." It finally dawned on me that I really was going to be punished until I was 18. "He's going to keep me here hidden until I'm 18." Seth paced my room.
"There is no way around this."
"I don't want to break up." I felt like I was dying. I physically felt like I was dying. I couldn't believe he was actually here, standing in front of me, breaking up with me.
"I have too."
"You really don't." I knew he wasn't going to change his mind. I would never forgive my parents for this.
"Goodbye, Savannah."
"Bye, Seth." I whispered watching him leave. I don't know how long I cried but it felt like an eternity.
I dragged myself out of bed to get to class. I didn't even bother changing, I went in what I was wearing.
"Oh honey, you didn't need to come today." Esme said when I plopped down.
"It's fine." I answered as she started the lesson. Today she finally caught on, and went much slower. "Can I stay for dinner?"
"Of course you can." She answered. "What would you like?"
"I don't care." I answered. "Did Alice see him do it before he did it?"
"She saw Jacob decide. Then she saw Seth coming over. We all assumed." She answered.
"I knew it was going to happen too." I answered truthfully. "And I'm really hurting."
"I know you are."
After dinner I slowly made my way home. Esme didn't give me any homework tonight besides showering. Which on top of the wolf smell, she said I wasn't smelling too good.
"We are thinking of going on a short vacation." Mom said when I came in the door.
"I'm not going anywhere with any of you."
"We thought it might make you feel better." She frowned. She was suddenly up to talking to me. I felt extremely lonely.
"I don't care." I commented. "You took away the thing that would make me feel better and you don't even care." It was so obvious that my parents were happy with the decision to wait until I'm 18. Mom was talking to me again, Ryder and dad seemed happier. As soon as I turned 18, I'm moving in with Seth.
*I SOBBED while writing this chapter. I pretty much decided this to set this up for the chapter's for when she is 18. And for the drama effect lol. I love drama. And I've never read a story where imprints went through a breakup so I wanna see where this takes us. I have changed a few things so if you're also reading The Clearwater's, the first time they had sex is different. Some things will be different. I am older now than I was when I started writing The Clearwater's. My writing has matured and grown. I love writing about Seth and Savannah and I am so excited to see where this story takes us!*
