I wake up in the morning, the blankets pulled over my head. I spend a couple moments going over everything that had happened yesterday, coming to the conclusion that maybe I was crazy after all but not for believing, that I couldn't deny anymore, you know since I watched seth explode into a giant wolf but I should be more freaked out by the whole thing and yet it just felt kind of...normal. I shouldn't be okay that I was only feet away from a house full of vampires, that I could only assume wanted to suck my blood, which reminded me that I needed to ask ness about that. Then there was werewolves, real live freakin werewolves, and I was somehow magically tied to one of those men. One that I was hopelessly attracted and into to. Yup, I was totally not fine. I sighed, knowing I should get up and face the day but I was just to comfy, plus it was cold out there, so I stayed in my little cocoon just alite longer, until I hear a soft knock on the door.
"Mmm." I groaned out, not caring who it was or what they wanted. The door creaked open and I heard a masculine laugh.
"You plan on getting up today? " It was seth who asked, and I heard the door close softly.
"No. I'm gonna stay right here, it's cold out there." I said from under my blanket.
"Sorry about that, we don't really get cold so it's hard to tell. Jake can you turn up the heat?" He said in the same volume he had been using. I felt the bed dip like he was sitting on it.
"Can he hear you?"
"Ya he can hear, so can ness probably. We try not to invade each others privacy but it's kind of impossible. Are you going to stay under there?" Yes I most certainly was, especially since I probably had bed head and eye crustiest.
"Yup. It's warm under here." He chuckled and it felt like he slide further onto the mattress, I felt his weight along the side of me.
"You know I'm warmer than your blanket." He said, the invitation clear in his voice. I did already want to be near him, feel his lips. I had just gotten a couple good kisses last night when he pulled back and said goodnight, before moving out to the coach.
"I can't come out there. I probably look like a mess." I said.
"I bet anything you look just as perfect as when you went to bed." He said and I felt his hand prob around the edges of my blanket.
"Ness is making breakfast." He said, trying to lure me out.
"If you don't come out I'm going to have to join you." He tried, his voice sounding comically grave.
"You could try, but I sleep like a burrito so you don't have much of a chance of winning." I laughed, but started fighting my way out of the layers of blankets. Finally I was free when the last one folded back and pooled at my waist. He was stretched out on the free side, his back on a pillow and holding my glasses out to me. I took them gratefully and put them on, he was smiling already and I noticed he hadn't changed from just the shorts he had on yesterday.
"Yup. I was right, just as beautiful." He said, his eyes on my face.
His smile widened when I blushed and I rolled my eyes. It did feel warmer with him here but I still pulled the blanket up and around my shoulders. He noticed and opened his arms in invitation. I contemplated weather I should, I was only wearing pjs and I didn't have a bra on, but I didn't think he'd really care so I moved over to him and laid besides him. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer so I was half on his chest. I gave in and buried my face into his warm neck, noticing the same smell that clung to the blankets.
"You smell good." I said. He chuckled, his chest almost vibrating under me.
"Thanks, I didn't shower." He said and I laughed.
"You know if you wanted me to get up you probably shouldn't of gotten into bed with me." I said, then heard the second meaning to late and blushed. He only shrugged, not seeming to care in the least.
"I never said I wanted you to get up, maybe I just wanted an excuse to join you, im perfectly fine staying right here all day." I felt him tug the blanket over both of us and he scooted down so his head was on the pillow.
"Sounds good to me." I snuggled closer to him, letting the feeling of his body on mine wash over me. It was a powerful thing and I wondered what it would be like when I was living here and he would be here whenever. Then I remembered what he said about super hearing and felt my face get hot again. He moved, his face pulling back a little and he looked down at me.
"What?"
"What?" I said, raising my eyebrow in question.
"I felt that. What are you blushing about?" He asked, his eyes searching my face.
"I have no idea what your talking about." He moves then, turning us on our sides so his face is right in front of me. He slips his left arm under my head and brushes my hair back with his right hand.
"Come on. Tell me." He says, his voice dropping to a whisper. I shake my head though, there's no way I'm admitting to him that I was thinking about how problematic it might be that they can hear us.
"Why not." Oh cause you'd probably think I was a randy little woman. I didn't say anything and after a moment he sighed, defeated.
"Will you go out with me tonight?" He asked suddenly.
"Where?"
"On a date?" I smiled at that, id never been on a real date.
"Okay." He grinned and leaned forward to kiss me. It was only a couple seconds later I heard his stomach growl. I laughed at him and pushed lightly at his chest.
"Go get some food, I'm gonna put on some clothes."
"But you have on clothes, come eat with me." I rolled my eyes and laughed.
"Im wearing pjs, that's not clothes." He ignored me while I talked and leaned forward, kissing my cheek.
"No body cares." He said, his lips softly moving down my jaw. His hand that was resting on my waist slid to my hip, his touch light.
"I'm not even wearing a bra." I say and then want to smack myself. If any there was a time for a filter now would of been a great one you idiot. I feel myself start to blush but he only laughs, his mouth now at my neck.
"I know and I thank you for it." A startled laugh escapes me and he pulls back enough so I can see his grin.
"Sorry, was that crass?" He asks, not sounding apologetic at all.
"Not at all, I like the honesty." I tell him and can't resist kissing him. This time his lips press a little harder to my own and I want to mold myself to him and never let him go, instead I pull back and grin.
"Okay, well in the full disclosure of honesty I'm gonna need a minute before I can get out of this bed." I laugh before I can stop myself, but he doesn't look offended or upset.
"My bad. I'll just go change." I say before climbing out of the bed.
I go to my duffle and grab underwear and a bra, then pull out my jeans and a black tank top. I go into the bathroom before stripping off my pjs and getting dressed, then I brush threw my tangled hair. I thought about putting in my contacts but I don't bother and open the door. He's leaning against the door to the hall, waiting for me with a totally serene smile. I catch his eyes trail down my body quickly but for once I don't turn pink. I grab his zip-up from the end of the bed and pull it on over my arms so I don't get cold but I leave it open. Okay maybe I'm teasing him just a bit but I can't help it, a girl's got to know what she does to a man. He holds the door open for me and we go into the kitchen. Ness and jake are already eating at the island and they both look up when we come out.
"It's about time, I thought you two were gonna go at it right there when I'm trying to eat." Jake said laughing. Ness smacked his arm and glared, seth laughed to, wrapping an arm my waist and pulling me towards the oven.
"I thought about it but then id have to charge you for the show. " Seth said and grabbed two plates from the cupboard and filling them with food from the pans.
"Charge me? how about I just give you some pointers." Jake said, grinning at seth's back. He handed me a plate and turned around, then hopped onto the counter behind him before grabbing his and starting to eat.
"No thanks, I heard your performance in the shower this morning, not impressed." Seth replied. I saw nessie's face go bright red right before something streaked lightning fast across the empty space at seth's head. I jumped, startled but seth had reached up and easily caught the piece of toast before it hit him.
"You two knock it off before someone gets hurt." Ness said, her face still pink and she glared at jake.
"You leave them alone." She said and I noticed her hand land on his forearm. He frowned at her before grimacing then looked back down and picked up his fork and resumed his eating, seth laughed and looked over to her.
"What'd you threaten him with?" He asked, eating the toast he had caught.
"Celibacy." She laughed at seth's face. I felt a little like a bobble head the whole time, and wondered what I had missed.
"But you didn't say anything?" I said, looking at her.
"I don't have to. I can let people see my thoughts if I'm touching them, like I did yesterday with you." She says, laying her hand back on him. I see him visibly shift in his seat and he clears his throat uncomfortably before he pulls his arm away and I think I hear a low growl come from him, but I might be wrong. She just laughs, and picks up her fork. I take a moment to wrap my head around that, though I had to admit that was pretty cool.
"Can all your family do that?" I ask. Seth sets down his empty plate and reaches for me, pulling me gently between his legs so my back's against the counter and his hands are on my waist.
"Eat." He says, and I look down realizing I haven't touched my food once. I take a piece of bacon and eat it, looking at ness expectantly.
"No, only I can do that. Not all vampires have a gift, but my dad, edward I mean can read minds. Moms a mental shield, so she can protect her mind from other gifts, like my dad's. Aunt alice can see the future, except for the wolves and mines, and uncle jasper can influence the way your feeling." I take another bite as I contemplate that. It felt like a lot of things where suddenly clicking into place, years of things not quite adding up made a whole lot more sense.
"Wait, your dad can read your mind? oh that must suck ass." I say and she laughs.
"You have no idea. I got really good at blocking certain things out, and if moms around she'll shield our minds from him but ya, it pretty much sucks. Plus they also have really good hearing so there's no secrets." I wrinkle my nose a little thinking about that, there really was no privacy.
"Well now I know why you guys waited so long, losing your virginity where your whole family can hear? hard pass." I hear seth laugh behind me and ness shakes her head slightly and sighs.
"Your honestly just as bad as them. How am I going to survive this."
"Sorry?" I say and she laughs. Seth leans down and kisses the top of my head still chuckling.
"No your not." She says but laughs and gets up, starting to collect dishes. I help her wash them and clean up, feeling seth's eyes on me the whole time. When the kitchen is clean and everything's put away I join seth on the couch.
"What's the plan for the day?" I ask, looking over to ness.
"Don't really have one, grandma said she wanted to show us something later but other than that." She shrugged, looking over towards me.
"I have homework." I said glumly. Jake looked towards her, his face curious.
"What'd esme want us for?" He asked.
"I'm not sure, she just said she has a surprise for all of us and would come get us when she's ready."
"You wanna work on your bike?" Jake asked, grinning over at her. She looked at me and I knew what she was going to say.
"Go ahead, im fine." I said, waving her off with my hand.
"You sure?" She asks. I roll my eyes at her.
"Yep, I'm gonna be living her right? No need to babysit me around the clock. Just a normal day of homework in a house full of monsters. Im totally cool." I grin at her and she laughs.
"Alright alright, I get it. No more smothering. If you need anything yell." She said getting up, she took jake's hands and left out the front door. I looked besides me at seth and sighed.
"You any good at precalculus?" He laughed and shook his head regrettable.
"I'm not really a mathematical kind of man, I prefer to work with my hands." He said, holding up his large hands. I observed said hands, the tan skin rough looking from manual labor. I raised my eyebrow and smirked at him.
"Noted." I saw my comment register in his eyes a second before he laughed.
I got up and retrieved my backpack, pulling out my textbook and homework. I spent an hour trying to focus on that, but failing pretty miserably from the constant distraction of Set's body so close to mine. He had turned on the TV and flipped through it till he found something that interested him, but his hand insistently rested on me, either running over my back when I leaned forward or resting on my folded knee. Eventually I closed the book and tossed it on the coffee table.
"I give up, I can't concentrate." I sit back, not really caring enough to try harder.
"Sorry, you want me to turn of the tv?" He asks, grabbing for the clicker.
"No, it's not that." I say and laugh slightly, cause maybe it's only me that seemed to be hyper aware of him. He frowns a little and looks at me.
"Is it me?" He asks. I think about trying to come up with an excuse, maybe one that's not so revealing but I don't really see a point.
"yup, but it's fine. I'll finish it tomorrow." I turn more to face him, tucking my legs under me.
"So where are we going tonight?" I ask, genuinely curious of his idea of a date.
"I have no clue honestly, is there anything good around?" He asks.
"I don't know, iv never been on a date." I say, shrugging. He looks shocked for a moment then his face smooths out, into a collected mask.
"Well then, guess that means it's gonna be a good one." He grinned and picked up his phone from the table.
Again I wondered what that would be, I kind of hoped it wasn't going to be anything big or fancy, that would fall into the whole pressure category of things and I mostly just wanted to be able to spend time with him, not sit down at a stuffy table and make small talk but I didn't want to be pushy or ruin whatever plan he was coming up with so I didn't say anything. I turned to the tv and focused on whatever it was he had been watching. I recognized the scene from jaws and smiled, at least his taste in movies was alright. He put his phone down about half an hour later and I looked at him curiously.
"So?" I asked. He grinned at me before sliding his arm around my waist and pulling me to his side.
"So what?" He says. I roll my eyes at him but I can't stop the smile that plays on my lips.
"You know what." I say, he only shrugs before looking towards the tv.
"What are we doing?" I ask.
"Well that depends, do you prefer something fun or something fancy?" He asks, his eyes peering into mine.
"Fun, I'm not big on the fancy." I say, my nose scrunching up a little in distaste. I never knew how to act when I was supposed to be 'ladylike'.
"Good, me to. One more question, are you competitive?" He asks, I laughed before I could stop myself.
"I have three brothers, you could say I'm a bit competitive." I said. He smiled devilishly, his whole face lighting up with it.
"How do you feel about bowling and then dinner?" I smirked at him, secretly thinking about the countless times id beat every single member of my family growing up.
"I love bowling, what are the stakes?" I minus well get something good out if, there was no way he was going to beat me.
"Winners choice." He says, grinning from ear to ear.
"Deal." I say and smile back. His eyes sparkle with the challenge of it, the electricity between us constant but surging with the undercurrent of the competition. It was a thin wire between the two, and I felt myself falling to one end, felt myself leaning in unconsciously to him when the door flew open and jake walked in, ness on his back piggyback style laughing.
"Esme says she's ready for us, where running though so seth you'll have to carry ally." She says, her words were simple enough but made no sense when put together.
"Uh, excuse me?" I say, looking between them.
"That or you could always ride him." Jake says, and I feel my mouth drop wide open. He starts to laugh, bending forward with his laughter till ness shrieked, almost getting thrown off. He stood up quickly, grabbing her legs that were around his torso, still laughing heartily.
"He meant on my back." Seth says, laughing also, his hand reaching for my ponytail and tugging it.
"I knew that." I said quickly, fighting the intense blush from my face.
"Your face was priceless." Jake says, finally calming enough to talk. Ness was smiling a little but looked more sympathetic than the boys. I huffed and got up, stomping to the bedroom to pull on my converse. I grab my jacket since its cold out and pull the faded denim on over seth's sweater. When I walk out there all bye the door waiting, both boys only wearing shorts and no shoes, ness had on clothes at least but wore no sweater or jacket.
"So not fair being the only human." I grumble and pull the door open, walking out it leaving behind there amused faces. It didn't take seth long to catch up to me, and he took my hand. I scowled at him, glaring at him and jake.
"Oh come on, don't be mad." He said, letting my hand go only to wrap his arms around me and pull me to his chest. I didn't let him crack me though, I kept my face unhappy, secretly melting in his arms. He leaned his face close to mine so he was only inches away.
"Im sorry I laughed at you." He whispered, pressing his mouth to my cheek. I crumbled, letting my hands find his torso. He brushed his mouth over mine, a whispering kiss.
"I forgive you." I breath out, forgetting about the others. He grins briefly then presses his mouth to mine, it was way to quick though and he pulled pack, a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"Bedside's, you'd think I'd let you do that in public?" I groan and push him away, ignoring his laugher and turning my back to him.
"Ughh, it's not funny!" I cross my arms over my chest.
I look towards the house as esme and bella walk out. Its weird, cause now that I know the secret, I wonder how id ever missed it. There was no way someone that beautiful could ever be described as human, especially rosalie.
"The guys are already there, boys if you wanna phase we can start." Esme calls as they come closer.
I felt seth kiss the side of my head and then everyone casually looked away and I felt idiotic for not realizing that they had to undress or there clothes would be ruined, I had seen the scraps of cloth on the ground yesterday but I had been so focused on the big picture. It was strange though, even I could feel the air ripple with a kind of current and I wondered if it was something everybody felt, but a moment later I felt a puff of air on my head and looked behind me. He was there, his massive body towering over me. Even though I was annoyed with him I couldn't stop myself from reaching out and petting his soft coat.
"Ally grab his shorts." Ness calls, and I look around the ground for them. Their in a pile a couple yards away and I grab them. I look back at him, wondering how on earth I was supposed to get on his back, let alone stay on it. I watch ness easily spring onto Jake's back like its nothing.
"Mom can you help her?" She asks, looking over to bella. Oh right, weird. Jake walks over closer to us and bella approaches me with seth on the other side.
"I'm gonna boost you up." She says, and reaches for my foot. I start to panic but don't have time to do much of anything before she takes hold of me and practically throws me onto him. I clutch at his sandy fur, my body paralyzed.
"Relax al, he won't let you fall. Just put your legs behind his shoulders, like this." Ness says, showing me her stance. I do what she says, and tuck my body against his strong neck.
"I'll take those." Bella says and grabs his shorts from my stiff hand. I bury my face in his warm fur and try not to panic.
"Please don't let me fall." I whisper into his neck. I feel a rumble go threw him and know its meant for me, then suddenly I feel him take off. I jolt backwards just a little, but my grip on him is strong. My body jerks forwards with his strides, alittle unsteady at first.
My curiosity makes me finally peek up at my surroundings. Where flying threw the woods, going faster then I would have imagined by his gentle movements. I sit up a little more and look around, ness and jake are right ahead of us on seth's left. Esme's in front, leading are way with bella right besides us. I'm amazed at how effortless it looks for them, we had to be going faster than the average car. I felt the cold wind wipe passed me, tying my hair into what would be a knot. The fear started to dissipate as the adrenaline took over. When I was a little girl I had taken horseback riding lessons, and this wasn't so different. My body fell into the old rhythm, moving with his. I see ness peak behind at me and she smiles, taking in me relaxed body language. I'm not sure how long we run for, maybe five minutes but I have no clue how much distance we've covered in the short time. Eventually everybody slows, and we break through the tree line into a wide open space. Im surprised to find a house, a medium sized log cabin. It was clear it was new, unfinished but almost whole, I could see edward and jasper on the roof, and emmett's huge jeep was parked right out front.
"Grandma, what's this?" Ness asks, jumping down from jake's back. Bella walks up to me and takes my hands, helping me down. We walk forward and leave the boys to phase.
"We know you guys have the pool house but it was really only designed for jake, so I thought you guys would appreciate some more room, especially since we have ally and seth now." Esme says, laying her hand affectionately on my head. I feel seth's hand on my back as he steps up besides me.
"and we thought it might be a good idea to put some more space between us, so you guys can have a little more privacy." Bella says, giving ness a smile.
"There's still some work that needs to be finished, and then the furniture can come in. We still need to cut a path through the trees to the road, were going to tie it into the main road to the gate. Once we bring over your belongings everything's ready."
"That's a friken house." I state the obvious, but I'm totally floored by the whole thing.
"Ya, sometimes we do things a bit extra." Ness says, laughing and looking around to her family.
"Thank you, this is really amazing and appreciated." She says. I stare up at the house in progress, wondering how quickly they had managed to put this together. I guess when your supernatural building houses on a whim is just a normal Tuesday night. I was spacing when I noticed esme look over to me and just caught the tail end of her sentence.
"Talked to your mom and where going to pick up your things on Friday if there ready." I nod, trying to act like I was paying attention.
"Ya, I can definitely be ready."
"Ill help you finish up." Seth says, his arm around my waist. I look back to the house, watching as jasper easily throws huge chunks of sheet metal up to edward's waiting hands on the roof. I try to pay attention again when esme and bella start taking out plans, but as soon as I look at them I'm completly lost.
"So this right here is jacob's and nessie's room, you have your attached bathroom and we put in a walk in closet, Alice insisted." She points to an empty square in the far left side of the paper, the lines and overlapping boxes just confuse me.
"The middle here is the living room with he kitchen to the back, that's all open, except for a half bath and laundry room right here on the left of the front door. There's a back porch that's big enough for seating here and a grill. On the other side is the second room for seth and ally, it basically mirrors the first with the bathroom and closet, both rooms are going to have a private porch." I felt my cheeks flush when she points out..our bedroom? The second bedroom. I don't even know. It's not like I wouldn't enjoy sleeping in his arms, but sharing a room with him felt so intimate. What if there were bad habits we hadn't yet learned that we would hate? Like my ability to make a mess anywhere I went, he already pointed that one out. Maybe he snored like a train, there was so many unanswered questions.
"Okay, do you guys have any questions?" Esme asked. Yes, I wanted to say, only a million but I refrained. She dismissed us then and we wondered back to the tree line.
This time when seth was in his wolf form he approached me before turning slightly and lowering his whole body to the ground. I climbed up and swung my leg over his massive back, pulling myself into position and grabbing his fur. Once he was sure I was secure he stood carefully, making sure not to throw me off and then we took off. When we got back to the house we pilled into the main house kitchen and bella made us lunch. We moved to living room after, chatting and watching tv and she left to go back and help out with the house. Eventually seth excused himself so he could put real clothes on and ness watched him go then smiled at me.
"Whys he bothering to do that?" She asked. I smiled in return, trying not to blush.
"Where going out." Her eyes twinkled but she didn't say anything else, sparing me from the teasing. When he came back I had a hard time not staring. He looked so handsome, his hair damp from a shower. He was wearing dark jeans and a gray snug t-shirt. So simple but so attractive. He wore dark brown boots and a jacket over his arm.
We pull up to the bowling alley on main street and he gets up, walking around the cab of his truck to open my door.
"Are you ready to get your ass beat by a girl?" I ask him, getting out and grinning up at him.
"Your pretty cocky for someone's who's never seen me bowl." He grins, putting his arm around my shoulders and crossing the street.
"Doesn't matter, cause you've never seen me bowl." I say, he rolls his eyes and holds the door open. We make our way to the front desk and he pays for our tickets, the attendant gives us some shoes and we go find our lanes.
"You want a drink before we start?" He asks, looking around for the concessions.
"Ya, I'll take a Pepsi, its right around that corner." I point out the spot and he heads in that direction.
I switch out my shoes and go check the score screen. It's crowded but that's typical for a saturday night, families and teens alike are everywhere, the music and laugher filling the large space. There was a time when we had done the same, packed up the family and gone to the bowling alley for pizza and fun. Now I was here with seth and I felt myself smile at that. There really was no denying that in the week we'd known each other something had erupted there. I knew for him that something had a name, imprinting but for me it wasn't so easy. I hadn't spent any part of my life knowing that id find my soulmate, sure id hoped, mostly after the brad situation but that was cause I wanted something that proved there was more to life than that. I knew it was something my parents had found in each other, and id hope that eventually I might find it but I thought id take years of disappointment and heartache, this felt to..easy.
"Hey, I got some snacks to." Seth's voice interrupted my thoughts and I looked up to find him with two large drinks in his hands and a thing of nachos balanced between the two.
"Where going to dinner after this." I laughed and helped him set everything down on the table.
"Don't worry, I'll still eat at dinner." He shrugged. I wasn't surprised considering his size. I took a chip and dunked it into the nacho cheese while he put on his shoes.
"Lady's first?" He said, waving his hand to our empty lane. I picked out a ball that felt good then lined myself up, aiming and stepping forward, releasing the ball and watching it roll down the lane. strike. I grinned and turned back to him.
"Oh it's so on." He laughed, getting up and grabbing a ball.
We played our first game and when I won I couldn't help but do a little victory dance. He laughed along with me but the challenge was not yet over, and he reminded me he could still take it home. He won the second game, except his version of a victory dance was to lean down and plant a kiss on me in the middle of the room, then pull back and take his seat.
"I'm already thinking about what I want when I win." He said, raising his hand to his chin in a very serious professor pose.
"Don't think too hard cause its not gonna happen." We were neck to neck our whole last game, the smack talk getting louder as our laugher grew more and more. My last roll was another strike, and when he rolled a split I threw my hands up and hollered, already glowing in delight. He finished his roll and then returned, a cute little pout on his face.
"I bow down to your superiority." He says, taking his seat besides me.
"Thank you, thank you." I said, bowing like there was an audience. He laughed at me but he seemed genuinely happy, even at losing to me.
"Oh man, that feels good." I said, looking at our score sheet.
"Ya ya, if your done soaking up my failure im starving. " He laughed, picking up our trash.
"I suppose I could eat, but I might be to busy thinking about what I won." I said, mimicking his position from earlier.
"I'm already regretting that bet." He sighed, he threw out the trash then we changed our shoes.
"Ill return these and meet you by the door." He says, taking both our shoes and walking over to the desk. I head to the door, but as I approached it the door besides me swings open and three guys step in my way out of the bathroom.
"Would you look who it is, where's your little bitch of a friend?" Its brad and two of his stupid disciples. I take a step back, putting some room in between us.
"Fuck off brad, haven't you landed yourself in enough trouble? you've already been expelled, don't make it worse for yourself." I say, my voice dripping with venom.
"That was a nasty little thing you guys pulled, but im not worried. You'll get what's coming to you." He spat out. I took another step back as the fear filled me, his eyes had always been mean, but this was different, they were dead, like staring into a lifeless corps.
"Allison." I heard my name called and the relief washed over me instantly, then the worry as I took in the steely tone. Seth stepped up to me and wrapped his arm around me quickly, pulling me into his body and angling himself in front of me.
"I suggest you walk away, before I make you." Seth said, his voice low and dangerous. Those guys had nothing on him, he was bigger in every way and I watched as they instinctively shrunk away from him, but brads ego was way to big and he wouldn't back down.
"What's this, you found yourself a new toy? It's about time, I was beginning to think you'd never get over our time together. Not much of a prize though, she's spoiled goods if you know what I mean." He grinned at me but it just made my stomach queasy looking at his twisted face so I turned away. I got worried when I heard a low growl coming from seth, and I noticed then that his hands were shaking almost imperceptible. I panicked, thinking of his words on the couch about anger being a trigger. If he phased here he'd end up being a science experiment for the government.
"Lets go seth." I said, grabbing his still vibrating hand and tugging him around the guys. I was mercifully thankful when they didn't try to stop us and I pulled us out of there. I lead him to the alleyway on the side of the building and when I was sure we far enough in that nobody would notice us I turned to him and took both his hands.
"Hey, shhh. It's okay. Calm down." I said soothingly.
His eyes caught mine and he wrapped me in his arms, crushing me to his chest. I let my arms go around him, my hands rubbing his back, he buried his face into my neck and held me like that, the time unmeasurable. Eventually he calmed, his hands steady now when he pulled back and took my face between them.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... God I wanted to fucking kill him." He said, his jaw tight and his eyes burning.
"He's not worth the murder charge. Trust me." I say, letting my hands run up his chest and to his shoulders.
"Yes he is." He growled. I knew this couldn't just be about what brad had said, well not entirely and I sighed.
"You know the real story don't you." I ask him, my voice low from shame. His thumb stroked my cheek softly and I knew without his confirmation.
"Ya..I made jake tell me." I close my eyes, letting that sink in. I hated that he knew that, hated that it had happened in the first place. I wanted this man to be that, to be my first and everything else but I couldn't change that and I hated it.
"Are you mad?" He asked, his voice hushed in the shadows of the alley. I looked at him, fighting back the emotions that were swarming in me.
"At myself yes, for ever letting it happen. I hate that it happened with him, I was young and stupid, I didn't know any better." I say, his hands continue to stroke my cheeks soothingly.
"You don't need to say anything ally." He starts but I shake my head.
"I do, I don't know why but I do. I hate that I was stupid enough to fall for his bullshit, it's embarrassing and shameful, and I hate that it couldn't have been with someone like you. No that's not right, I hate that it wasn't you. I just, I didn't know that you were there, that you existed." He pulled me into his arms again, holding me so close to him that I felt his heart beating furiously against mine. I pushed down the tears, suddenly determined not to let this one encounter with trash ruin are wonderful date. I pull away slightly, taking a deep breath and letting it out.
"I guess it's natural to wish we were each others first." I say, trying to put myself back together.
"You will be." He says simply, running his hands up and down my back. I stare at him in shock and he chuckles, amused at my expression.
"What?" I ask, looking at him incredulously.
"Im a virgin." He says, his mouth turning up at the corners.
"Your telling me you've never had sex?"
"Nope."
"Touched a woman?"
"Not like that." He shakes his head.
"Kissed one?" I say, my eyes widening.
"Well ya I kiss you." He says, leaning forward and kissing me briefly then pulled away.
"I'll admit there was a wild night of spin the bottle when I was fourteen, so i've kissed two females now." He laughs, his hands resting at my lower back.
"But your twenty three?" I ask, clarifying.
"Yup, but I always knew you were out there somewhere, so I didn't see the point in it." He says, shrugging.
"Well now I really feel like an ass." I say, looking up at him. I can't read his expression but he leans forward and kisses me softly.
"I'm not mad that you had a life before me ally, that wouldn't be fair. I'm upset that you regret it, and I hate that guy for everything he is cause he hurt you, but I'm not mad. I know that when we do that, when we make love it will be nothing like what you had, so it will be your first time, at least on the level that really matters. " His words stroked something deep in me, and I felt my body light with electricity, the feeling heavy and lustful. I pushed up on my toes, kissing him hard and molding my body to his. My tongue danced across his bottom lip till he opened up, then it slid into his warm mouth. My head swam with the sensation and I pulled back eventually to gasp in a breath.
"Keep saying things like that and I won't be responsible for my actions." I huffed, my chest heaving. I saw his eyes stray down to the front of me and he looked back up, his eyes appreciative. His hands slid down lower from my back, resting on my jean covered ass and he grinned.
"I won't mind that one bit." I laughed and his face went serious.
"Just make sure it's really something you want. I don't want you to end up regretting it." He says and I feel my heart ache for the pain in his voice. I take his face in my hands and stare into his hazel eyes.
"Seth, what we have is nothing compared to that. There isn't anything about us that I could possibly regret, not unless its losing you for some reason." I hear that low growl in his chest again and I shiver in excitement.
"That's never going to happen. Im not leaving you unless you order me away." He declares. I give him a small smile before I step out of his arms and hold out my hand.
"Are you ready for food? I'm starving." He takes it and we leave the alley opening, turning left and walking down the shop lined streets. Some were closing now, it must've been around seven but I honestly didn't care to check. Since we weren't heading in the direction of his truck I figured we were finding food right here, and when we crossed the road and headed for the pizzeria I was right. The smell wafted around in the air, making my mouth water. It also was pretty packed but we managed to slip to the counter and check out the menu.
"What kind of pizza do you like?" He asked, bending closer to my ear so I could hear him. With his warm arm over me and his breath tickling my ear I felt my body shiver and he smirked.
"Hawaiian?" He nodded and scanned the room.
"There's a booth over there, why don't you go snag it and ill order." He said, dropping his arm.
I felt immediately cold but I ignored it and went to hold the table. I slid in the booth and looked back to him. I ran over the last couple minutes in the alleyway. I was surprised at my own words about losing him, I hadn't really thought about how hard I had already fallen for him. It wasn't practical at all, wed only known each other for a week, but it felt foolish trying to deny that it wasn't happening. I however wasn't surprised one bit by the attraction between us, that was pretty clearly reciprocated and his words about us being together like that had only filled me with excitement at the prospect. I grinned as he slid into the booth, putting a bottle of Pepsi in front of me.
"So have you thought about your winnings?" He asks, his grin mischievous.
"Not yet, but you don't worry, I'll let you know when I pick what I want." I said laughing, his eyes twinkled with his own.
"You can have whatever you want baby." He said. "Besides, I'm pretty sure I won anyways." I scoffed at him, my voice incredulous.
"Nope I definitely won." He rolled his eyes and leaned forward, his tall frame allowing him to stretch easily across the table.
"Ya, but I won you." He said and kissed me quickly. I sighed out loud when he pulled away, wanting more of him but we were in public.
A person approached us them, carrying a large round dish and we leaned back to give her room. She slid the pizza onto the table along with some fries and then turned to go. It looked delicious and we wasted no time digging in. I pulled a piece off before sprinkling some chili flakes onto it and took a bite. This place always had pizza that was to die for and I devoured two pieces easily before I paused for a drink and some fries. Seth was already on his third with no end in sight.
"Do you always eat like this?" I ask, eyeing him. Thankfully he chewed and wiped his mouth before he responded.
"I'm always hungry. Most of the guys are, its a pack thing." He said, shrugging.
"Well I guess that makes sense, good to know since we'll be living together." I say, my mind trailing back to earlier today. I had felt pretty awkward that everybody had just assumed we would stay in the same bedroom, but it wasn't because I didn't want to, it was simply that it seemed so normal to them.
"Ally, im perfectly fine staying out in the living room, you don't need to worry about that." He says. I laughed nervously, annoyed that I was that easy for him to read.
"It's not that, I wouldn't really care about it its just weird that everybody assumes." I say, shrugging of the embarrassment.
"It doesn't matter what anybody thinks hunny, what matters is what we want, nothing else." He says, his eyes serious on mine. I know he's right and I feel my cheeks warm.
"One day at a time." He says and then shoves another slice of pizza into his mouth. After the food is gone we clean up and head outside. He takes my hand easily, strolling down the walk.
"Thank you." I say, looking ahead to the pavement.
"For what?"
"A really good first date." I say, looking over to him. His face breaks into a slow smile as we approach his truck, he opens the door but before I can get in he back's me into the side of the truck, his hands falling to my waist.
"Your very welcome." He whispers then brushes his mouth to mine, his lips soft and sweet. We drove back to the cullen house, his hand in mine the whole way. We parked out front and walked around to the pool house, it was dark and quiet when we got in, the clock on the oven saying it was nearly ten o'clock.
"I'm gonna change." He says as we walk into the bedroom and pulls open a drawer on the dresser and takes out pants, then heads into the bathroom. I grab my pj pants from the floor this morning and change, pulling of my jacket and sweater and then slide my bra off from under my tank top. I'm pretty sure he's purposely giving me time to change cause he still doesn't come out for another minute. When he does he wraps his arms around me and lifts me to his bare chest, my feet dangling in the air and walking to the bed before setting me down. I wrap my arms around his neck, thankful for once that I was tall for a girl.
"Iv decided what I want." I say, letting my heart overrule my mind for once.
"What's that?" He asks, his hands resting on my lower back.
"I want you to stay with me tonight." His face shows his shock and a little bit of trepidation.
"I don't mean sex." I clarify. Not that the thought hadn't crossed my mind, I just wasn't ready for my night with him to end and I didn't see the point in him going into the living room.
"You know that's really a win for me to." He says, his face cracking into a grin. He spins around to shut the door and flicks the light off, throwing the room into absolute darkness.
"Seth, I can't see." I whisper yell and hear his chuckle right in front of me.
"Don't worry, I can." He says.
I reach forward searching for him. My hands encounter his flat muscled stomach and I feel it flex under my finger tips. I jump when I feel my glasses getting pulled of my face but realize it must be him. I hear them clunk against the wood of the nightstand as he puts them down.
"Backup." He whispers, his voice low. I shiver at the sound, with my other senses closed off it felt like to much. I backup till I find the bed, but my body's on edge already and suddenly I'm thinking this wasn't a good idea, I had just told him this wasn't about sex but the charge that was running between us was electric and I didn't know what to do
"Can you open the curtains please." I ask, my voice coming out strained. I sighed in relief when a sliver of moonlight filled the room, it was enough to make out his silhouette and I felt some of the tension ease in me.
"You okay?" He asked, coming back to me and resting his hands on my waist. I let mine go to his broad shoulders, sliding down his hard biceps.
"Ya, I'm okay. Just a little disorienting not being able to see you." He didn't say anything but I could practically feel his gaze on my face. I smile calmly, trying to prove to him that I was alright.
"Come on, climb on in." He said, pushing lightly at me.
I turn and pull back the covers, crawling into the bed and over to one side. When he crawls in besides me I waist no time pulling myself closer to him. He doesn't seem to mind one bit, wrapping his arms around me and hugging me to his warm chest. One of his hands falls to my chin, pulling it up to his level and he leans in, kissing me. His mouth is slow and lazy on mine, taking his time till my heart is pounding and my hands are itching to explore him. Just when I'm about to explode and pull myself closer to him he pulls away, giving me a perfect slow smile and rest his head back on the pillows. I lay my cheek on his chest, waiting for my pulse to slow to a normal rhythm.
"I love that I can hear that." He says quietly. I slid my hand across his stomach and tuck it to into his side, holding onto him.
"Hear what?" I ask.
"Your heartbeat." I tilt my head to look at him, he's relaxed, his eyes heavy on me.
"You can hear it?"
"Mhmm, Its..reassuring to me. When I touch you or kiss you, and I can hear it speed up, it confirms that you want this to, that I'm not doing the wrong thing or pushing you into anything." His hand stroked my cheek softly as he talked, and as if to confirm his words my heart throbbed at his touch.
"You don't really think your doing anything I don't like or want do you?" I ask, my brows pulling down at my frown.
"No, but I want to make sure you never feel like you did with him." His words make me more upset for him then myself, it was one thing when I was ashamed at my own stupidity, but it was another that I had taken that experience away from us, one that I knew deep down was meant for him. I opened my mouth to try and explain but he cut me off, his thumb brushing against my lower lip now.
"I know im nothing like him and this is nothing like that, but it's important to me. It matters to me that you never feel like you have to give me any part of yourself, or that you feel like I take any of it for granted. I want you to always feel wanted and appreciated. Adored and loved and that what we choose to share physically is something that I'll always cherish and protect." I felt my eyes well and for once I was utterly helpless to stop it. The tears spilled over and I couldn't do anything about them, he wiped my cheeks, his face growing concerned.
"Did I upset you?" He said gently, I laughed a little, trying to get a grip on my stupid tears. My heart was aching with the overwhelming feelings, and I felt myself sinking deeper into him, somehow and impossible I already cared so deeply for him.
"No. I'm crying cause I'm happy." I croaked out, drying my face with the edge of my tank top. He took advantage of my exposed stomach to sneak his hand under the material, onto the bare skin of my back.
"I realized something this morning, when I asked you what you were blushing about and you were too embarrassed to tell me. Just because I imprinted on you doesn't mean I get a complete relationship with you. I still have to try and build it from scratch, I still have to earn your trust and your secrets, I have to be there no matter what so one day, when I ask you why your blushing, you don't hesitate to tell me. I want that ally, I want to be your person that you can tell anything to, no matter how embarrassing." His eyes burn with sincerity of his every word, and I wish I knew what to say to match his beautiful words, to make him see that I want all of that and that I want to give him all of it to, but the only thing I can come up with is the truth.
"I was blushing because I was thinking about how problematic it is that everybody can hear us." I say. He smiles, seeming genuinely happy that I shared with him.
"Well, by time you move in we'll be in the cabin and it'll just be jake and ness. Besides, if it's any consolation I have to hear them. You kind of get use to having very little privacy."
"I guess that's true." I say.
"Soo, why would it be..problematic..that they can hear?" He asks, grinning at me and turning so he's facing me. He scoots closer and slides his hand up my back till its in between my shoulder blades, my shirt riding up to my ribs. I start to blush and make an excuse but I stop, thinking of his words a moment before. This incredible man was doing everything in his power to be what he thought I deserved, the least I could do was tell him the truth whenever he asked. I scooted closer till my chest was pressed against his, my lips a breath away from his mouth.
"I'm not sure if you've noticed seth, but your a very handsome man and I can't help but being physically attracted to you." I whisper against his lips, feeling them turn up at the corners and I continue, loving his reaction to much to stop myself.
"When a man and a woman care for each other and are physically attracted to one another, they partake in this thing called sex." It's my turn to grin when I feel his chest rumble and a low growl escapes.
"If you say that word one more time while your lying in bed with me I'm the one not going to be responsible for my actions." He says, his voice husky and sexy as hell. It sends shivers down my spine and I close my eyes, my breath coming out uneven.
"Promise?" I whisper, my voice unable to go higher.
"Ally you don't want to test a twenty three year old virgin werewolf. I respect the hell out of you but I only have so much self control and your beautiful as fuck so let's not push it." He says, sounding both strained and unsure.
"Why?" I asked, my eyes finding his in the darkness, he doesn't look upset just cautious.
"I know this probably sounds stupid coming from a guy but it should mean more than just getting off. When that happens I want it to be because of love, not just lust." He says, his shoulders shrugging in a nonchalant kind of way, but I knew it wasn't, I knew he was trying to keep it light so it didn't feel to..big, to overwhelming but it was. It was meaningful and sweet, like him.
"Your right." I say, looking straight at him so he knows what I'm agreeing to. After a moment his face splits into another grin, his eyes sparkling in that way that told me he was up to no good.
"That's not saying that I don't find you incredibly attractive also." He says. I laugh and wrap my free arm around his shoulder, my fingers playing softly with the skin at the nap of his neck.
"Oh ya?"
"Definitely." He says seriously.
"How much?" I tease.
"How much do I want you?" He asks. His words replayed in my head, over and over. How much do I want you. Want you. God it made me tingle all over.
"Ya." I managed to get out, my mind still distracted by the fact that he wanted me. Wanted ME. His hand slid down to the small of my back and he pulled me closer, bringing my lower body flush to his. My eyes widened as I felt his erection brush against my thigh.
"Oh." I said, resisting the urge to press closer against him. I felt empowered, knowing I did this to him, it was exciting.
"I told you not to test me. Just because I have control over my actions doesn't mean my body hasn't been running rampant since the moment I met you." He says, smirking at me. His hand relaxes, my body easing from his so I no longer feel him, which made me both relieved and disappointed.
"Come on, lets get some sleep." He says. I burrow a little further into him, my forehead resting on his warm chest and I sigh in contentment, closing my eyes.