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THE GHOSTS OF MY LIFE

Chapter 12: Seth imprinted.

Seth was waiting for me at the porch of my house. I envied the fact that they didn't feel the cold like we, normal human beings did. He didn't seem mad, or sad, but he did seem kind of nervous. He wasn't smiling as he usually was. I wanted to comfort him, tell him I knew of his imprint, but I've learned from experience that he liked to tell the things going on in his life on his own time.

I smiled at him as he followed me inside. I grabbed a beer for him and ice tea for me and sat on my recently acquired comfy couch next to him. He drank from his bottle as if he was gathering the courage. I decided not to bring up the fact that we were supposed to be walking on the beach. I just wanted to crawl into my bed and sleep.

"I imprinted" The lack of any more information either previous to the imprint event or posterior to it caught me by surprise.

I smiled nonetheless. "That's great, Seth!" He nodded and I saw the small smile that curved his lips for a second. "Tell me all about it."

"What makes you think there's more?" I rolled my eyes.

"You wouldn't be here, all nervous if there weren't"

"True" I nodded. "I was at the zoo" I opened my mouth to ask but he replied fastly before I could "Don't ask". I didn't and he continued. " So, I was at the zoo, and somehow we ended up seeing the polar bears act, I was next to the trainer and at some point, I looked into her eyes for a second and it happened".

I opened my eyes because that is not what I imagined when Harry laughed his ass off telling me he imprinted on a veterinary.

"I have questions." Thousands of them.

"Ask away"

"Who were you at the zoo with? Do you know her name? Does she know about you? Did you ask for her number? And even though you kindly requested it, I'll ignore it, What were you doing at the zoo?"

He laughed and relaxed a bit. "I was with Leah, she was thinking of some field trip for her class and dragged me with her. Her name is Amy, she doesn't know yet. Yes, I asked for her number."

"How did you explained the fact that you wanted her number?"

"Well, I detached myself from Leah and approached her when the show ended. I commented on the show and we talked for a few minutes, she's studying veterinary and working at the zoo part-time, she expects to work there as a veterinary when she finishes college."

"A few minutes?"I raised my eyebrows. He seemed to know a lot about this girl for just having talked to her for a few minutes.

He smiled like the cat who ate the canary. "I kind of asked her if she wanted a coffee and she accepted once her turn ended."

"How much time did you spend talking? What did Leah do? Why didn't she tell me anything?"

"Bella, slow down. I talked to her for about an hour because I had patrolling and no one to cover for me. Leah went to talk to the manager or the closest to the manager as she could and she didn't tell you because I told her not to."

"And she accepted just like that?"

He snorted. "Please, it's Leah, she loves gossip, of course, no one didn't accept like that. I reminded her that she had to be happy about being the first one in finding out I imprinted."

"Did she realize that she was the first because she was there and not because, and it will sound awful, she was the first one you thought of telling?"

"She did" he shrugged it.

Whatever. I would be having a girls meeting with Leah later. "Any plans to see her again soon?"

"I asked her out and we agreed on meeting this weekend. I haven't figured out where to, yet"

"Not the zoo."

He snorted at my bad joke and stood up walking to the freezer, I assumed to grab another beer.

"Enough of me." He said from the kitchen. I listened as he rummaged through the cabinets looking for something to eat.

After a few minutes of him continuing to rummage through my kitchen and me playing with my phone with one hand, he came back. He put a plate of sandwiches in front of us, and the jar of iced tea I made earlier this week.

I smiled at him and kissed his cheek. He was so sweet in his older brother protectiveness. "How's your hand?"

I raised it in front of him and shrugged. "It's still numb. The next pill isn't due until a few hours. I'm hoping it doesn't hurt by tomorrow morning."

He grabbed my hand carefully and examined it. "Why don't you call in sick for tomorrow? That'll leave you the weekend off to rest it." That sounded like a good idea.

I called Angela and my supervisor telling them about my accident, maybe embellishing it a little, telling them how badly it hurt. Both agreed that I should take the day off and rest my hand.

"Done. I have the day off!" I smiled.

A few hours later Seth left and Sam arrived. With everything happening, I completely forgot about him. Perhaps he already knew, thanks to Seth, or Jacob, or maybe one of the other guys, who knew with them?.

He kissed my forehead and carried me to the kitchen. "Did you ate anything for dinner?"

I shook my head smiling. He was all business. "Seth just left, I was about to eat another sandwich."

He shook his head. "I can make spaghetti if you want." That sounded amazing and I told him so. He pecked my lips and went all chef around my kitchen. We ate in comfort companion, talking some, smiling some more. He was so attentive to me. I was so lucky to have him and everyone in my life. I felt like the strongest person when I thought of them. I could face anything, any enraged ghost that wanted to screw with me anything and anyone.

"Thanks for coming tonight" I rested my head on his shoulder and he caressed my arm.

"If it's right with you, I'd like to stay. I would have to leave my mid-morning tomorrow for patrolling and for the bistro."

I nodded, my eyes feeling heavy and my body tired. "I'll stop by the bistro tomorrow for lunch." I mumbled.

The next thing I remembered before falling asleep was walking/stumbling towards my bedroom.

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