Author's Note: I'm so sorry for the late update! My work schedule is still a little hectic, but I also re-wrote parts of this chapter over and over. This is just a filler chapter and stuff will pick up a bit with Embry in the next one. It's a shorter than my usual chapters, but I wanted to get something out to you all sooner than later. Thank you to my reviewers and favorites/follows!

Chapter 5 - Olivia's POV

I couldn't get enough. Our hands were everywhere and I felt like I was having an out of body experience. Surely it couldn't be my hands pressed firmly against his chest, my heart beating against my ribs, my mouth opening slightly to let out breathy sighs. I was surprised to notice that my hand had traveled slowly down the expanse of his chest to rest right above the button on his jeans. Where was this coming from, I've never been this bold with any guy!

Before I could let my thoughts linger on that concept for too long, one of his hands slipped into my back pocket and squeezed lightly. His other hand was resting on my hip, one of his calloused fingertips occasionally slipping under my shirt to rub against my skin. Goosebumps erupted on my arms as we fought to get even closer to each other. He pulled his lips away from mine. Right as I started to whine in protest, those noises turned into small moans when his lips planted on my neck and collarbone. He was sucking lightly on my skin and I couldn't stop my moans from increasing in volume. This only seemed to spur him on and he brought his hands up to tangle themselves in my hair. I could do this forever, if only that beeping noise would go away…wait, beeping noise?

Now that I'd noticed it, the beeping seemed to be getting louder. What the hell…

I sat straight up in my bed with sweat dripping from my body. What in the actual hell had that been?! Everything had felt so real…I felt my face heat up drastically as I quickly recapped the events of my dream. Holy crap, is this what it felt like to have a sex dream? Not that we'd had sex, but close enough…right? Was I going around having sex dreams about random guys?! Well, not that Embry was random, but still. I wasn't the kind of person who dreamed such explicit things!

This was too fresh in my mind. My eyes strayed over to my clock and I just threw my head back with a groan. I needed to get ready for work, especially since Embry was coming to pick me up. Wait a minute. Oh shit, Embry was coming to pick me up!

I jumped out of my bed and ran towards my door, pausing only for a quick second to rip my ratty bathrobe off of its hook on the wall. I was moving so fast I slid a little on the rug and rammed my arm into the doorframe of the bathroom. Rubbing at the red spot that I knew was forming, I turned the water on and stripped faster than I thought possible. Before the water was even close to warm, I jumped in.

I then proceeded to scream as the extremely cold water hit my body. I knew I needed to cool down from my dream, but dear god this was extreme. I started to scrabble with the shower curtain as it clung to my skin and just as I freed myself - BANG!

The door swung open and the next thing I knew, someone had grabbed me and was holding me to them so tightly I couldn't move! I let out a real scream then and did my best to struggle out of their grasp. What the hell was going on?!

Whoever was holding me spun us around so that we faced the mirror in the bathroom and that's when I finally got a look at my would be captor. Embry?!

"Embry, what in the actual hell are you doing? Put me down NOW!" I started kicking my legs back at him hoping to land them in his most painful spot for scaring the shit out of me.

I craned my neck to try and look up at him. He had a kind of wild look in his bloodshot eyes and he looked like he was…scared? Was it possible that I was still sleeping? This was such a strange morning and my day had barely begun.

My fingers were able to reach a part of his stomach and I pinched him as hard as I could. He let out a yelp and almost dropped me, but it seemed to do the trick as he almost visibly calmed down, his eyes dropping to meet mine. He finally set me down on my feet and put his hands on my shoulders.

"Olivia, are you okay? You're not hurt are you?" Hurt? Why would I be hurt?

I answered in a very confused voice, "Embry, what are you talking about? I'm not hurt, just super freaked out at what I thought was my possible kidnapping! Why the hell did you break into my home and my shower?" Horror flooded my system as I finally realized that I was still naked!

With another small scream, I yanked at my towel from the top of the toilet and wrapped it around me as best as I could. From the corner of my eye, I could see that Embry had freaked a little again at the noise.

"Would you stop doing that?!" He demanded.

"Doing what?! I haven't done anything other than try to take a shower!" I was getting a little pissed now that there didn't seem to be anything wrong other than my crazy new friend whose ass I would kick if he didn't start explaining soon.

"Screaming! That's why I came in to start with; I got here a little early and when I came up to your front door, I heard you scream and thought you were in trouble!" My jaw dropped. That little squeal-scream I did because I was cold was why he came in and caused all of this?

"You broke into my house because of that? That wasn't even a real scream, I was just cold from the shower water! And how in the world did you hear me scream from the front door, this bathroom is towards the back of the house!"

Embry started to look extremely embarrassed and sheepish. He ran a hand through his shorter hair and around down to his jaw. The movement made me remember when I was touching that jaw last night and I started blushing harder than I already was. Then I remembered my dream and I had to clear my throat before I could stay too long on that train of thought.

"Embry, you need to leave so that I can shower. If you want to wait in the living room, then we can talk after, but I need to get ready so I'm not too late for work."

He was staring at me with such intensity that I wasn't sure if he'd heard me. I waved a hand in front of his face, using my other hand to keep the towel held up. "Embry, hello?" He shook his head and blinked a few times. "Sorry what?"

"Get out and wait in the living room!" I practically yelled at him. He started at my harsh tone and finally scrambled out of the bathroom. I slammed the door shut behind him and locked it for good measure.

As I turned back to the shower, I noticed the steam coming from the water. Hmph. Well, at least it's warm now.

I hurried through my shower even though the warm water felt amazing against my skin. Grudgingly, I shut the water off. After drying off quickly, I threw on my robe and scurried back to my room.

I walked into the living room to find Embry sitting on the couch looking curiously around the room. I swallowed my embarrassment down at all of the second hand furniture and lack of nicer items in the house in general.

"Ready to go?" Better to just leave as soon as possible.

He replied, "Oh, yeah sure, I guess. Let's head out then." He tore his gaze from the walls of the room and stood up. We made our way quietly out to his car.

When we were both buckled in and the car started, Embry finally spoke up. "I'm so sorry about barging into your house like that." I raised an eyebrow at him. "Also your shower…I just heard you scream and got worried about you and couldn't control myself." I noticed his grip on the steering wheel tighten as he rambled lightly. My eyes looked up at his face and thought I saw more pronounced dark circles under them.

"Embry, I get it. Sort of, but I understand that you were just worried for me and that's sweet." I really could understand. I think I was just more embarrassed about him running in on me naked than anything else. "Did you…see anything when you came into the bathroom?" I think my blush was going to be a new and permanent fixture around him. It was hard to believe that just last night we had kissed.

"See anything? What do you mean?" Oh god, he was really going to draw this out wasn't he?

"I mean, did you see anything you weren't supposed to? Like, parts of me? Parts that friends don't normally see on each other?" Kill me now.

While I hadn't known Embry for long, something just instinctively told me that he didn't blush often; whether that was because nothing phased him like that or because his skin was dark enough that it would take some considerable effort to show any change in color, I wasn't sure. It was possibly a mix of both. Amazingly, I saw his cheeks darken noticeably and a dark red hue appeared. Crap, him blushing couldn't be a sign of him seeing nothing.

"Sorry, Liv. While I'd like to say no, I did catch a quick glimpse. I didn't stare or focus on anything though, I was too preoccupied with trying to save you from whatever danger I thought you were in." I didn't think any other moment in my life would ever be as awkward as this one. If only an asteroid could drop out of the sky and take me out now, that would be pretty perfect. Wait, what did he call me?

"Liv?"

"Saying 'Olivia' all of the time is kind of a mouthful, I thought I could shorten it down to a nickname. Unless you don't like it, I can definitely keep saying your full name, just ignore me." He would probably keep rambling so I decided to cut him off.

"No, it's fine. I've just never had a nickname before." It was a strange feeling to think that we were close enough that he would want to give me a nickname. You didn't give someone a nickname unless you liked them and possibly planned on seeing them more, right?

Embry looked surprised. "You've never had a nickname? Do people just call you by your full name all the time then? What about your parents, your friends?"

I turned to look out the window at the trees we drove past, the greens, browns, and grays blurring together. "I don't have a lot of friends that I spend a lot of time with. My closest friend is probably Meg, from the diner, but she has a husband and kids to take care of outside of work. My parents work a lot so I don't see them much." Great, something else that would make him think I was a little weird or maybe had some baggage.

He was quiet as he mulled my answer around. Finally he said, "I'm sorry to hear that, but now you have a new friend who has all the time in the world to hang out with you, barge in on you, and give you nicknames if you want them."

I gave him a small smile at that and he nudged my good shoulder a little. Determined to keep the moment lighter and prevent us from getting too awkward again, I asked, "Can we pretend that this morning didn't happen? I'd like to imagine that you showed up to my house and waited for me to come to the front door."

Embry barked out a laugh. "Sure thing, I knocked like a respectable man would and experienced you welcoming me graciously into your home."

I smiled over at him. "Perfect, I remember it exactly the same way."

We spent the rest of the drive to my work making small talk and shooting secretive smiles back and forth at each other.

I think I could get used to this.