6.
Jared Cameron
"Will you boys please cut it out!" Emily said, swatting mine and Paul's hands as we reached in to take more grated cheese she was about to put on pizza bases.
"Sorry Em, it's just too tempting" I laughed, backing off.
"Well if you don't stop it's going to make for a rubbish final product" Emily whined, making Paul and I go and sit down at the table. Emily was hands down the greatest cook ever, there was no way in hell that these pizza's would come out badly.
"So how are things going with Kim, Jared?" She asked me.
Paul instantly groaned, he was constantly hearing me ramble on and on about Kim. I really couldn't help it, no matter the topic my brain just seemed to wander back to her. Sam had actually taken me aside and told me to try and get a grip on my thoughts while we were patrolling - which was obviously quite an embarrassing talk for both of us.
"Ugh, Emily. I don't know. She's just so great, I feel like time is just moving so slowly when I'm not seeing her. She likes hanging out with me though, and I'm getting to know her. Her mum doesn't mind me coming over after school which is nice." I started to ramble on.
Emily smiled at me, "Well that's good."
"I don't know." I sighed, "It's just hard knowing she's only a short distance away at home right now and I can't just go and sit with her all day every day".
This made Paul snort and I shot him a look. Emily put the pizzas in the oven and came over to the table.
"Are you sleeping in your own bed at least now?" She gave me a knowing look and I could feel my face going red. I can't believe Sam told her this! Well… I kind of can believe it, he bloody tells her everything.
"Um…" I replied making Paul laugh in hysterics.
"Oh Emily," he said, "if only you knew! I think he's only been in his bed max 4 times since he imprinted!" Paul continued to laugh as he spoke. "I'm sure there's a very well slept on patch of grass at the end of Kim's garden now".
I blushed even more, and Emily swatted Paul's arm "Be nice!" she chided, before turning to me. "Well I think it's sweet how much you care for her Jared" she smiled.
At that moment Sam and Embry came through the door. Embry was currently only running patrol's with Sam while he still got used to it. I quite liked this because previously Sam had made Paul run with him as Paul's temper meant he often got carried away or lost control and Sam wanted to keep a closer eye on him. But it also had meant that I often ended up running alone.
Now though, Paul is often patrolling with me and although he can be so annoying, it's nice to have someone to chat to in your head while running.
Sam walked straight over to give Emily a kiss and it just made me think of how much I wanted that to be Kim and I.
"How's it looking?" Paul asked Sam.
"Yeah, all okay at the moment", Sam said. "We didn't catch a scent of that one we'd been tracking the other day so I think it must've moved out of the area. But we obviously need to keep on guard in case it comes back" he said.
Previously, I think I would've enjoyed it more if the leech came back so that we could kill it, but now with Kim around I just hoped that it stayed away. She's given me a new purpose to push harder to make sure that a vampire never steps foot in La Push. I had told her to stay out of the woods before, and I really hoped that she was. None of the pack had yet caught her scent while patrolling so I think that she was.
"What about Jacob?" Paul asked.
I looked over at Embry to see his reaction but he kept his face blank. We all knew that Jacob Black would likely join the pack because of his ancestry, and Sam had been keeping close tabs on him recently as we saw him get a bit bigger, likely his body was getting ready for the phase. Embry would undoubtedly be glad when he did join, it would mean he would get one of his best friends back.
"Not yet, but soon" Sam said, "In the next week or two I think, but we'll see". His tone was sort of sad, because while becoming a werewolf had brought with it amazing things, it also meant more responsibilities and a life tied to La Push in a way that it wasn't before, and it was sad that another person would have those choices taken away from them.
All thanks to the fucking Cullens.
Paul and I set off on our patrol in the early evening, we split up with Paul covering the forest to the south of La Push while I focused on the North.
We would finish just after 1am and I was planning to loop back around towards Kim's house just before so that I'd be at her's by the time patrol finished. Kim was often up late, either tossing and turning in bed or sat in the dark listening to music. I often wondered what kept her up so late every night.
Ugh man, please can we just have even 5 minutes before you start thinking about Kim, I could practically feel Paul rolling his eyes from the other side of the Res.
Sorry - I chuckled, I was so bad at controlling my thoughts and Paul knew it. We'd only been in each others heads for a few months now and often it was still something we struggled to block out.
I thought back to the conversation Kim and I had had the other day, where she told me she was depressed and had been seeing a doctor, and I heard myself whine in concern before I had a chance to stop.
Paul felt the worry too but I could feel him trying not to let my emotions cloud his.
Jared, she'll be fine. She's getting help Paul thought but it didn't really calm me.
I felt helpless to the fact that if Kim had depression it wasn't really something I could solve for her. I knew it would be something that would take time and professional help and mindfulness and self help and all sorts - I'd done a crap tone of googling the last few days.
You know I spoke to my mum about it… Paul thought.
It felt like a blessing that Paul's mum works with Kim's mum. They seemed to talk about all sorts together and I had found myself begging Paul to try and get info from his mum whenever he could.
She's going to counselling up in Forks, she's taking medication, she's sticking to a routine and to be honest, she's hanging out with you a lot and I can see that cheering her up. Hell, she's hanging out with all of us at school, and she speaks with her old friends more and more. She's getting better, you shouldn't stress on it like this. Just be there for her when she needs it.
For once, Paul seemed to actually be giving rational advice.
Don't go all weird on her about this or she'll never open up to you again. He sighed.
He then snorted to himself, I mean it would be bad enough if she found out you were sleeping outside her house every night.
I gave him a warning growl in response. I just wanted to check she was okay, and I could sleep better that way. Kim is not going to find that out I warned him, but he didn't seem to be concerned about my warnings.
Whatever Jared, we both know I could take you any day he teased.
Well you would say that when you had the safety of miles in between us… I don't hear this tough talk when we're at Sam's I thought back, rolling my eyes.
Oh it's on next time we're at Sam's! Paul thought.
Thanks for reading! It was fun to write from Jared's POV for a change and hear what he's thinking :)
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