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THE GHOSTS OF MY LIFE

Previously:

"Do you mind if we take this conversation elsewhere?" He asked.

I thought that if I was going to keep having an awkward conversation it might as well be in my territory.

"Sure. This is my address."I recited it. Before I began to walk towards my car my curiosity got the better of me. "Um...Are you going to turn into a wolf too or do you need a ride?"

He chuckled. "I ride would be appreciated, if you don't mind."

Besides Sam, Alison was mute. I could not say the same about Harry who was laughing. He looked at Sam, then at me, and then at Sam again.

"Oh boy! This is gonna be good." And he just then disappeared.

Chapter four: decisions.

"Do you want something to drink? A beer, water…"

"A beer would be nice. Thanks."

We both drank a beer. Alcohol seemed like a good idea at the moment.

It seemed like he didn't know how to start the conversation he wanted to have.

Harry chuckled again. "I can't believe that this boy is acting so smitten. He was a devil growing up."

I tried to hide my amusement. But it didn't scape me that Harry seemed too comfortable with everything we just heard. Then it hit me. He has been with me for three years, he already knew his son was a wolf, and their legends certainly spoke about werewolves a lot.

"Sam. Is everything ok?".He nodded and squared his shoulders.

"I told you about how I am a werewolf. And well I assume you have heard some of the stories."

I nodded. Since Sue and Dad married we went to some bonfires at the Rez, and some of the elders -as they called themselves- told the stories of the reservation.

"Well, I will start with one that is the most important right now. We have what we call imprints. That is the girl in which the wolf finds his soulmate and partner for the rest of his life. It's involuntary. The wolf is able to locate the scent of the chosen one from afar, farther than any other scent. The wolf and the guy will be at the beginning everything the imprint wants us to be. But the more they get to know each other the more they are drawn together. The wolf and the woman are not destined to fall in love. But so far, no wolf that has ever imprinted has not fallen in love, and vice versa."

I nodded. It was a nice story. The elders told it not very often. I tilted my head. He was staring at me, like expecting something.

A noise in the kitchen caught our attention. Sam jumped at the sound. I looked at the direction of the noise and saw Alison staring at a plate on the floor. She looked at me and said "Sorry".

I shook my head and looked back at Sam.

"This story is related to me because you imprinted on me?"

"Smart girl" I smiled smugly "And yes. The day I went to pick up Chelsea I imprinted on you. Just looking into your eyes and I was drawn. I knew what it meant, but I hardly could say anything right there and then."

"Were you going to tell me someday? It's been at least a week since that" I wondered letting the annoyment and the hurt-which I didn't know where it came from-fill my voice.

"I promise you that I was going to tell you. I was trying to figure a way of saying it without you running away." He smiled apologetically.

"Ok. This is really weird." I decided.

Harry, who was now behind Sam, rolled his eyes at me. "You can see and talk to dead people. This shouldn't be weird for you."

I wanted to stick my tongue out to him, but it would look like I was doing it at Sam, so I controlled my toddler's impulses.

"It doesn't have to be weird".I turned my attention to Sam. "We've been friends for a long time. We've known each other since we were kids. Yes, we haven't talked in seven years, but we are no strangers." it was actually funny how he thought of our teen years as being kids.

I thought about it and he was right. "What do you propose, then?"

"How about a date?"I kept silence for a few seconds."We can go out as friends first if you want".He rushed gesturing with his hands.

Alison was smiling so wide and had a look of pride on her face. Se actually got carried away and caressed his cheek. Sam noticed something touching him and looked in the general direction of where Alison was as if he were trying to identify what was happening. I bit my lip to hide my smile. I understood now why the poor guy ran away from his place today.

"I would like that".I added. What was the worst that could happen? That he had to phase and undress in front of me?

He quickly dismissed his task of trying to identify what touched him and focused on me."Really?"

I nodded and smiled. He seemed like a nice guy. Well, he was a nice guy. I remembered he was always kind to me. And he was smoking hot right now. We set the date for two weeks from now, because that would give us time to reconnect slowly. Be friends at first and see what would happen after the date.

I had to tell Leah about this. Well, the whole "date" thing without the werewolf part. When Sam left I immediately called her and she came rushing to my house

"I come bearing gifts."She said as she walked into the kitchen with ice cream and chocolates.

"God I love you!" I greeted as I grabbed the desserts and proceeded to serve two plates.

"So. What was it you wanted to tell me?"She asked.

I smiled despite myself. "I have a date."

"With who?"

"Sam Uley."

She smiled. "Good for you. He is hot. And he is a good guy."

Alison decided to join our girl party, she commented a few things and it was nice that I could openly laugh or respond to her.

"Ok. You know this ghost thing doesn't creep me out too much, but I'm really curious. Who is it this time?"

I looked at Alison and she nodded.

"Alison Uley. Sam's grandmother."

Her disbelieving stare almost made me laugh if it weren't for the fact that I was still as shocked as she was.

"Trust me. I'm still deciding if that is a good thing or a bad thing".Then I turned to the ghost."No offense Ma'am."

"Non taken dear".

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Seeing that there were at least two werewolves running around the woods really close to civilization, I thought it was better if I took my little munchkins to somewhere else. I started researching through some old places in town that work out to inspire me and teach the kids about nature. After three hours of browsing, I find a really nice park with really old trees. I ran the idea by Angela and told her that I changed my mind, that the woods weren't that interesting. She seemed fine with the new idea and told me the date she was thinking of, I agreed to it and we decided then to email all the parents and tell them about this activity, we even ask for a few volunteers, seeing as the two teachers from the other class wanted to come as well. Angela, as well as the other two teachers and me, decided to take advantage of the good spirits and ask for volunteers for our upcoming trip to the Seattle Aquarium.

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The same week of Sam's and my conversation I was dragged to the park by a barking beast that was really strong. Stronger than me, though that wasn't difficult. But still, I didn't like to run, and here I was running and playing with a beast. Though, it was a beautiful beast. A white husky with incredible blue eyes. She was beautiful. Her name was Vivi.

Just as I sat down and Vivi sat down at my feet I heard my name being called. Lightly I turned my head and it was Sam who was walking towards me.

"Hey Bella" He greeted when he reached me.

Vivi whimpered a little and hid under the bench. I wondered if she could sense that Sam was a wolf. Then I wondered why would she be scared if Huskies were practically wolf's too. Maybe it had to be with the fact that Sam was a werewolf. But who knows.

"Hey, Sam." I greeted back smiling. "What are you doing here?"

"Dropping off Chelsea to her parents" I nodded.

He eyed Vivi. "I didn't know you had a dog."His tone was unreadable.

"Oh yes. I actually adopted her this morning. Isn't she beautiful?" I asked with a straight face but keeping my smile.

"Yeah. She is" Even I could sense his sarcasm, he was still undecided on his feelings about me having a dog.

"Do you want to know how I named her?" By this point, it was really hard to keep from laughing.

"Sure." He said uncertain.

"Sam" His eyes grew wider and his mouth actually opened a little in surprise.

It was a shame that neither Alison nor Harry were here with me. Since I got Vivi, she took it on her to bark at both of them all the time, and actually tried to chase them. I asked both of my ghosts to please leave for a few days until I got her back to her owner. I was worried about the neighbors. Back to my point, it was a shame because Sam's face was priceless. I laughed long and hard. This was the best non-joke I had ever made.

"Oh my God! You had to have seen your face. That was priceless."He gave me a tentative smile. "First. She's not mine. She's Angela's, my co-worker. She's visiting her parents for the weekend and begged me to look after her. And her name is not Sam, is Vivi. I was just playing with you".

He saw the humor in the situation and laughed lightly. "That was good." He sat next to me on the bench "But Seth and the others are not going to let me live it down" I arched an eyebrow. It was the first time he actually made any reference to being more wolves besides him and Seth.

"How so?".

"When we phase we have this joint mentality or something like that, that actually allows us to communicate mentally with each other. So far we haven't tested how far we can hear each other."

"I still don't understand how they are going to know about my little joke"

"Because pretty much everything I have thought or done since my last phase is going to be on my mind, and they are going to be able to see it, or hear it".

"That's…I don't know...cool?" I asked uncertain.

He chuckled. "It can be pretty cool, but not when they are teasing you."

"You said 'Seth and the others'. How many of you are?"

"Five so far. Seth, Jacob, Paul, Jared and myself".

"Jacob as in Jacob Black?" I asked. But it was unnecessary to find ratification. If only I could tell Leah; but one the first things Sam asked me is to please don't tell anyone about the wolves.

"I didn't know you knew him"

"I don't. But my dad and Sue talk about you guys a lot." It wasn't a lie, but if his thoughts were going to be shared I certainly didn't want Jacob to hear about Leah's crush on him.

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14.09.18