Chapter 5
After meeting the members in the Quileute pack, I ran myself home to prepare myself up for the Bonfire tonight. All of the hot type of tribal men that was wolves. It shouldn't take me long to get a boyfriend especially one that's a wolf.
I sniff under my arms as Sam's truck pull into the parking lot of La Push Beach. The beach is already packed with lots of people. "Sam, don't embarrass me." I say giving him a warning. "The plan is to meet the imprints and wolves, Mia." He say turning his truck off. "Huh?" I ask not hearing him. My heart is rapidly beating in my chest and he's talking some hotdogs.
"What about the hotdogs?" I ask looking in his face like he's silly. "Get out of the truck." He say opening up the car door. I exit out of the truck and pull my green shirt. I do a sniff test one more time. "Keep your anger in check, Mia." Sam say. "Sam, I got this. Keep your anger in check and hold this notepad for me." I say taking the pad out of my back pants.
"Hold it for you?" He ask walking around the truck. "Yes." He snatch it out of my hand and throw it in the forest. "Forgot the pen." I say taking it out of my other pocket. He snatch it and snap it in half. "Go." I walk across the parking lot with my head held down ashamed of my own actions. Sam makes you feel that way. "Acting up already?" Jacob asks from his seat on a log around the bonfire.
"A little bit." I say stepping on the sand and smelling an odd smell. What is that smell? I sniff hard in along with another wolf across the beach. It start to get silent. "You okay, Shawn?" A man asks. "Smells like fresh meat." Me and him growls out. Two people laugh. They must be his friends. I glare. "Let's calm down." Sam say walking up behind me.
"Sam, hold this $40 coat." I say taking off my jean jacket and tossing it Quil. He catches it. I don't like it but I am not gonna take this man trying to upstage me. A buff man and Shawn walks through the crowd over to us. "Sam, get behind me." I say standing in front of him. "Move." I move to the side and cross my arms. Just trying to protect you, Sam.
Soon as Shawn walks up to me, I take in his facial features. "You ugly." Me and him say disgusted. They laugh. They think it's a joke but I'm serious. This teen is ugly as crap. "Both of you look alike. Mia, this is Shawn. He's from the Kairo Tribe." He say. "Never heard of it, Sam. What it's in the ghetto?" I ask staring in his face. "Something like that." He say dismissing me.
"She's stupid." Shawn say. "I'm stupid but I'm much more older and wiser. You still got hair on your chest." I spit out pointing to the middle of his chest. Everybody is watching us. He looks down at his chest. I try to slap him but Sam grabs my arm. They laugh. He chuckle looking up. "Just showing him whose older, Sam." "When your birthday?" The older man asks Shawn.
"June 13th." He answer. "I'm May 13th." I say nodding. "Are you lying?" "No, Sam." "Birthday." Both of the older men say to us. "April 14th." Shawn say. "May 13th." I say staring in Sam's face. "If both of them are twins then I'm guessing the birthday goes to Shawn." Jared say walking over. "Why would you say that?" I ask confused.
"Cause I'm with my family and you not." Shawn say. "All you know your father humped both mothers at the same time and I was premie, right?" I ask. "It's possible." Sam say. "Naw, she's my twin. My parents needs to know." "Know what?" An older man ask walking out of the forest with hot man behind him. My face frown in anger.
"Marcus! We got a sister. My twin." He say waving the man over to us. My face flush watching both men walk up but I'm more on the friend and not the brother. "Who is this?" "Lincoln and Marcus, this is Mia." The buff man say. "And, who is this?" I ask thumbing to the buff man. "Beta Josh." Shawn say. "Beta Josh. The whimp, Sam." I say thumbing to Shawn.
They laugh. I frown giving myself a hug. "It's okay to be a little bit hurt over learning that you have family." Lincoln say walking over to Shawn's side and wrapping his arms around the both of us. I give him a hug smiling hard. He's so cute and handsome. He chuckle dropping his arm off me but I hold onto him for a few minutes sniffing in his scent.
"Mountain Fresh. That's a cool choice for a man like you who don't like to bathe." I say letting him go. They laugh. I'm dead serious. "Well, I'm Marcus." My older brother say holding out his hand. "I'm Mia Uleyna Grant. No relation to Sam." I say shaking his hand. "Shawn." Shawn say holding his hand. "Mia." We both shake hands staring in each other's face.
I shiver trying to get rid of the odd feeling that's crawling on my skin. "I'm older." "Let her go." Sam say. He let my hand. Darkness takes over my vision. I collapse on the sand. "That feels so weird." I slur turning on my back. "Mia, you okay?" Lincoln asks me. I chew slowly feeling like something is in my mouth. Ew. "Ew." I groan out sitting up, eyes still closed shut.
"You think she's phasing?" "What you do?" "Showed her that I'm older." Shawn say. "How you do that?" Marcus ask. "Assert my claim." We both say. "I like that." I seriously say getting up staring in his face. "Like it?" He snidely ask. "Yeah!" I happily say. "My turn" I say in a deep voice. He kick me hard in the stomach sending me flying into someone's truck.
"Calm down." Lincoln say standing in front of Shawn. I shake the glass off my hair. Jared helps me up. "Sam, I'm sorry about your car." I say turning to look at the body size dent in front of the truck. The insurance ain't gonna pay for that. "Keep your hands to yourself, Shawn." "It was a mistake." Josh say. "Well, I can't do that." Shawn say.
"Cause I'm older. We're twins so you should start respecting me cause I got the voice!" I happily yell out raising my fist in the air. Anybody? "Quil?" He shake his head. "I'm not with you." Jacob say. "They'll be okay. What's my position?" I ask Sam. "I'll have to think about it, Mia." He say making me angry. "Sam, I'm being nice." I say hearing the bones in my neck crack.
"She gonna beat you." Shawn say. "Get in the truck!" I spit out pointing to his truck that's parked on the second truck. "Your truck." I say calming down. My neck crack to the left and I drop hard on the sand in pain. "Do it." Marcus say to Shawn. "No!" He say protesting. "Let her." Sam say. I scream holding my neck. It hurts. "Ma-" CRACK. Shawn lets out a loud blood curling scream.
I found myself having to wear a neck brace for the next few days as the bones in my neck heal painfully. Shawn had it worse as he's a wolf. I have yet to phase. Sam gives me the end of the week. My body temperature is rising. I'm gaining height. I'm starting to be more flexible and smart in my own way. Either way, I can't wait to become a wolf.
I'm in the kitchen washing the last little bit of dishes in the sink. The smell of baked pork is still in the air. I found some meat in the back of Sam's freezer and cooked it. I added some seasoning and vegetables to make the pack a nice lunch. The sound of car doors shutting can be heard outside. "What smells good?" Sam asks. "Baked pork." I answer with a few of the men.
"Pork?" Sam asks walking into the house. "Yeah. I found some pork in the freezer." I say drying my hands with a dish towel and going out of the kitchen. The pack is still eating like they haven't ate in days. Sam watches them. "You got the pork." I say walking to the dining table. I lift the lid off the pot. The odor hits my nose. It smells so god. "You got peppered green beans and seasoned potatoes. I thought to eat something but I'm not hungry." I say putting the lid back on.
"Is it good?" Sam ask them. "It's real good." Jacob say. "Thumbs up?" I ask them. They give me the thumbs up. "Paul, you didn't want none?" Sam ask heading up the stairs. "Paul ate earlier. He was the first one who got here and tore it up." I say raising the roof. Paul is a very cool person even though he's ruthless. That damn odd smell again.
I sniff in hard. "Shawn." I snidely say. "Mia." Shawn snidely say walking out of the forest with his brother and friends. "What is that?" Embry ask looking out of the living room window. "Both are twins. It could be a wolf thing." Sam say walking down the stairs. "I quit. I got my period so I'll need a week off." I tell him. Yeah, it'll take me a week to get back on schedule as a wolf.
"We're wolves, Mia." Jacob say sitting the bowel on his floor. "The point as to why I need to take a week off." I say handing Sam a plate. "Thank you, Mia." He say taking the plate from me and start putting the pork on his plate. "How long do I have till I go home?" I ask. "You'll be moved to-" "Shelter. I know you miss your boo." I softly say.
"Of course he does." Josh say walking in. "She's on the Makah Tribe as he told me. I think it's cool. Her home is so cool." I say waving my hand around. The walls are wooden. It's like it was built from scratch. The rest of the wolves walk in. "Deer meat at it's finest." Josh say. I frown in disbelief. Ew! Deer Meat? Paul look at a stunned Jacob and the guys.
"Not pork?" I ask Sam. "Deer meat." He say eating a piece. "Thank God! I did not turn eat that." I laugh out going for the stairs. I try to backhand Shawn but he grabs my arm and the back of my neck. He force me to the floor. "What I gotta tell you, Mia." He say in my ear. "You ugly." I laugh out. They laugh. He chuckle letting me up.
"It gonna come a time where I'm taller and greater than you like when we're in our 30s. Marriage, kids, and I'll be POW." I say throwing a kick in the air. "I think so." Lincoln say. "I think so too." I say crossing my arms. "You think so too?" Shawn asks Marcus. "I think you'll end up losing something, Shawn." He say. "I might. Give me a hug." He say holding his arms out for me.
"Naw, I'm good." I say crossing my arms. I don't want him to come after me. "Okay." He say shrugging his shoulders and taking a seat at the dining table. "Can I talk to you?" Josh asks Sam. "Have some green beans." I say grabbing a fork. I put some on a plate for Shawn to eat. "Sure." Sam say sitting his plate on table and leaving out of the front door with Josh behind him.
"So what's your last name?" I ask taking a seat at the dining table. "Ross. We took our dad's name. He's tribal. Mom is African American." He say eating. Huh. That's something new. "How do you feel about all of this, Mia?" Lincoln ask me. "You know how I feel." I say crossing my legs. "No, he don't." Jacob say. They laugh. Jacob that person who want to embarrass me. "I think it's cute." Lincoln say looking at Marcus.
"Dating my little sister?" He asks. Whoa! He's getting overboard. "Not dating. She's sixteen years old. She's a girl. Just a little crush." He say smiling showing his pure white teeth. I hope it can be something more along the road. Marcus just stare in his face. "Well, how do you all feel about being wolves? Does the personality change? Should I be worried?" I ask glancing at Paul. "A little bit. You don't want to lose yourself." Lincoln say. "Oh, I won't." I softly say staring at his stomach. I won't.