Chapter 19
For two weeks, we had no vampire activities after the killing of the female vampire. Embry did the honors. She nearly reached the border to Canada. It was a sweet victory considering the fact that she was all throughout Sam's house. She was even in their bedroom. Satisfaction came out of her killing. She won't be going around houses no more.
While patrolling came with ease, my personal life became hectic. Mom's boyfriend Hector drove off with her car. The car has not been seen for 13 days from what I learned but she does not want to call the police. She's bumming rides from her friends and daughter.
Not the first time that Hector has treated her with this type of disrespect. She loves it and I can't tell her nothing when it comes to her own life. Jade and Dave are fussing and fighting with each other over her drug use. I don't know what is going on in life no more. All I know is that I gotta focus on my own life.
I sigh walking to my bedroom window while fanning the pregnancy test out. I cannot believe this bullcrap. The nausea. The watered mouth. The mild stomach and pelvic pain. The question would be who is the father? Paul or Jacob. I look out of my window. The Sun is out. I turn around hearing Shawn walk out of the forest.
"Everybody is at the beach." He say. "I'm coming." I say walking across my room and into the closet. I back up in it and look down at the pregnancy test. Pregnant. I heavily breathe out grabbing the shoe box from off the floor. I take the top off and place the test inside. "Any day now." I put the shoebox at the top of the shelf and in the back.
I cover it up with clothes and grab my green towel off the bed. I leave out of my bedroom and head down the hallway. I walk down the stairs to see Mom sitting on the couch. "Where are you going?" She ask turning to face me. "Beach day, Mom. Shawn is in the backyard. I'll be back before 5." I say heading for the kitchen.
"Make it 3. Jade is going to visiting and we're going to have a talk." She say. "I will." I say going through the kitchen. I leave the house and head across the backyard. "What you getting in the water?" Shawn ask.
"Yeah. Swim a little bit." I say throwing the towel over my shoulder. We start our walk into the forest. The walk is silent for almost ten minutes till he opens his mouth. "Hiding something?" He ask. "No. Why you ask?" I ask. "Cause you was doing shuffling." He say stop walking.
"Looking for my shoes." "You're sandals, Mia. Are you pregnant?" He ask grinning. "Nope." "I think you are. In the end, it'll come out. You can't hide a heartbeat." He casually say walking off. He's right. I can't. I follow behind him. We finally make it to the beach and find everybody having fun. The grills are going. Footballs is being thrown.
I greet people walking across the beach and finding me a spot in the sand. I'm ready to go for a swim. I lay out the green towel and take off my shirt revealing the red bathing suit top. My jean shorts follows next. Paul walks over. "Let's talk." He tells me. Take the adult way, Mia. "Sure. What's up?" I ask folding my shorts.
"Put on your clothes." Marcus say walking over. "For what?" "Cause I said so. Don't everybody needs to see how your body looks. Put them on." He say in a tone. "No." I say glaring. I'm not going to be ashamed of what everybody already seen.
"Either you put on clo-" "Or she can leave." Sam say from the grill. "Sam agrees that I shouldn't." I casually say. "Put on clothes, Mia." "Alright, Sam." I say putting on my shirt. "Yo. How you get that body?" Scott ask. "Growth spurt. She's still growing, Scott. Cover it up." Marcus say walking pass me. I put on my shorts and look at Paul.
He should be over there with Rachel and not over here with me. "Keep a distance from Rachel." Paul say walking away. Whatever. I shrug walking off heading for the water. I need a swim. Soon as I reach the water, I dive right in and start swimming. The water seems a little bit heavier than it should.
I don't let that nor the rising stomach pain worry me as I swim deeper into the waves. Even if I could feel the cool water, I'm pretty sure that it would feel amazing on my stomach. My foot is grabbed. I turn around to see Ben. He point up. I shake my head. I'm not done. He ignores me and swim to the top with me dragging behind him.
When we reach the surface, I wipe the water from my face. "I don't think you need to be swimming for at least 2 minutes." Marcus say walking to us with an attitude. I turn around to see him and Shawn. "I told him." He say. "A little bit caught off guard by the attitude." I say putting my hands on my hips.
He punches Ben across his face. "Ow! My nose!" He shouts holding it. "What's going on?" Arnold ask walking into the water. Marcus angrily looks at Shawn. "I didn't know." He say. I laugh. "You think this is funny?" He asks me. "A little bit. You're punching him." "Cause he's the father." He say. "Oh, wow." I say shocked.
I can't believe he said that in front of everybody. "You're pregnant?" Arnold ask me. "No." "I caught her earlier hiding the pregnancy test. Plus, her hand smells like pee." Shawn say. I laugh. Shawn is very funny today. "And, Ben is the father." Arnold say standing next to his friend.
"No." He say cracking his nose back in place. "Yes, he is. His scent is all over her." Marcus say wagging his finger. "She smells like me. You gonna say that's my baby?" His Alpha ask. "Cause of our wolf genes. I sexed hi-" "Shut the hell up." He spits out turning around to look at Jacob and his friends. I wave my hand.
"That's not my kid." He casually say getting up from his seat. "Ben is the father. This is our heritage. Arnold is the Alpha. If you ask nicely, the child will allow you to hear his or her heartbeat." I casually say. I don't know why the hell I just said that. "So who do I ask?" Arnold ask amused. "I guess the father." Marcus say looking at Ben.
I try to touch his nose but he slaps my hand away. "Ben, may I?" Arnold ask taking a step forward. We both step backward. "We're going to have to postpone." I say wrapping my arm around Ben's arm. "Red is his favorite color." He say looking at Marcus.
"I'm just ready to slap him. My arm is itching. Yours." "Most definitely." I smile entwining our fingers. "Take your girl out of the water, Ben." He say rubbing on his chin. Ben walks around Shawn. I stay close to him putting up a karate chop. Just in case they want to attack us from behind.
We head back to my towel and he sits down still holding his nose. "I am so sorry." I say sitting next to him. I grab his hand and move it. He shake his head blushing. "Here. Let me help you." I say taking off my shirt and rubbing it across his face. He lightly laugh looking away.
"You know I got your back, Ben." I say grabbing his chin and turning him to face me. "I'm okay, Mia." He say smiling. "You're always a cutie too." I say rubbing on his lower back. "Stand up." Shawn say walking towards us. "Leave him alone!" I shout standing up.
Ain't nobody gonna be messing with Ben no more. "Leave him alone." Colby say walking over. "Men will be men." Arnold calmly say. "Not around a pre-" Shawn grabs Ben's shirt and yank him up. I push him off him. He pushes me back making me fall to the ground. "Enou-" Ben tries to push him but he stands his ground. I get up and tackle Shawn on the ground.
I start throwing punches in which he blocks them. "Touch him and I'll kick your ass." Marcus coldly say walking up. "Come on, Shawn! Fight!" He laugh hard. Arms are wrapped around my waist and I'm pulled off. "That's enough of the circus act." Arnold say. Marcus punches Ben across the face knocking him unconscious. I drop my jaw shocked.
Tristan sits me on the ground. Shawn gets up. "I don't play about my sister." Marcus growls out. "No need to hit him." Lincoln say. Tristan takes his arms from around my waist. I try to hit Marcus but he steps back. "That's enough." Jared say walking over with Sam following.
"Benjamin!" I shout running to his side. "Look what your lie did to my best friend." Shawn spits out. "Don't worry, Sam. Jacob is next." Marcus growls out. "Ain't nobody touching me." Jacob say. "For good measures." "My baby daddy!" I cry out, grabbing his head. "No!" I shout staring up at the sky.
Shawn grabs sand and toss it on me. "Shut up! What the hell was you thinking?" Marcus angrily ask. "That my imprint comes first." I seriously say. "We all know how it feels to imprint." Arnold say. "She never imprinted. Now, either Paul or Jacob is the father." "Paul mated with Rachel." Sam say.
"Paul? What the hell Paul gotta do with this?" He coldly ask. "Tristan is the father." I say helping Ben sit up. "Are you?" Arnold ask. "My imprint." He say in a tone. "So she got around." Arnold coldly say. My jaw drops out. What the hell he say about me? "Let's not disrespect his imprint, Arnold." Josh say walking over.
"My best shouldn't have to raise another man's baby. His soulmate. So what the hell was she doing?" He ask pointing at me. I put Ben on the ground and step over him. I walk up till I'm standing in front of Arnold. I'm come till under his chest but that don't care.
"What you say to me?" I snidely ask. "Am I going to repeat?" He ask looking pass me. "Shawn! Get over here!" I shout pointing to behind me. "No! That's my Alpha, Mia." He say. "Get your pup, Sam."
"For what, Arnold? You disrespected her." He say. "I apologize. Who is the father?" "Your daddy." I bluntly say. "Get this skank from me!" Marcus grabs my arm and pull me back. "Can you stop?" Lincoln ask. "I'll stop when my best friend tells me why he is raising another man's child." Arnold say looking in Tristan's face.
"My imprint." "And, she knew?" "I didn't want her." He say. He sigh walking forward and grabbing Ben's shirt. He yanks him up and put him in a chokehold. "Not my imprint." He bluntly say. "What you mean?" "She's not his imprint. Mia is lying." Sam say stepping forward.
"So who is the father?" "Jacob." Marcus say. "My imprint." "Your imprint?" He casually ask. "Yeah. I'm 14 weeks. It was a mistake cause of who the fath-" "It's Dave." Marcus say looking at Sam. "Can you just stop with the guessing gam-" "Her sister's boyfriend." Arnold say amused throwing Ben on the ground. "It's Ben." I say rushing to his side.
"Don't lie on my friend." Shawn say. "It is Dave." "Marcus, can you stop?" Lincoln ask. "I want to know if your pup impregnated my best friend's imprint." Arnold say walking up to Sam. "It was a lie." Tristan say. "What was?" "The father of my child is nobody's business. I lied. The father is not even Ben." I say standing up.
"So why would you lie on him?" Jared ask me. "Cause I was scared of Marcus." I say pointing to him. "Is the father someone in this pack?" "Yes. Ben is the father." I say getting on my knees and laying myself on top of Ben's body. "And, you have your answer." Sam say. "The answer is not good enough, Sam. My brother should not have to raise this skank's child." Arnold say.
"How am I a skank?" I ask standing up. "Do you know who the father of your child is?" He ask staring in my face. "Yes, I do." I say walking till I'm standing next to Lincoln. "My brother's best friend. Lincoln Wilkins is the father of my unborn fetus." I point to his face. "No-" Marcus's fist flies and hit him in his left eye. He hiss in pain backing up.
"Marcus, stop!" I growls out. "Who you yelling at?" He ask stepping towards me. "That's enough." Shawn say getting between us. "You're going a little bit too far hitting others. Mia is obviously protecting Jacob. Hit on him. Not our brothers." "Jacob is not the father." I say shaking my head.
"I don't want you to ever raise her child cause her body is supposed to be for you, Tristan. She's your soulmate." Arnold say. "Not my imprint." "I am just going to go." I say walking pass Marcus and grabbing my towel. I grab my shirt and sit Ben up. He opens his eyes and look me in my face. "I'm sorr-" "Get off me." He say yanking himself from me. He gets up and wipe the sand off his clothes.
"This skank lied on you?" Arnold ask wagging his finger. He nods his head. "I'm sorry." "The father don't want the child." Sam say. "She's 14 weeks." Colby say. "I know exactly who the fath-" "Just leave it alone!" I growls out throwing the shirt at Marcus's chest. "Nope. Not when my seventeen year old sister is pregnant. Let's go, Shawn." He say tossing the shirt on the sand and walking pass him.
"Marcus, leave it alone." He say. He turns around and raises his hand up. I laugh. "I ain't scared of you, Marcus." "Understandable. You're the older brother." Jared say. "And, you walk that way." Sam say pointing to the other side of the forest. He rubs his face frustrated.
"You know who the father is." Shawn say. "I do. We'll get him later. Let's go back to having fun. Mia, you go home." He say. "No, you can't tel-" "Go home. Your fun is over." Sam say. I grab my shirt off the ground and walk to Ben. "Just g-" I grab his shirt and pull him down to my height. I kiss his lips. He kisses me back relaxing his hands on my hips.
Shawn laugh. Ben comes off my lips smiling. "I'll call you later, Ben." I say walking pass him. "Not the father, Arnold." He say. "That's good. She's a skank." He say back. I stop walking. "Mia, go home. We'll handle it." Jared say. I growl walking. "Wow?" Marcus ask. Shawn laugh.