Authors Note: Hey Everyone! Sorry its been awhile been busy and had writers block on both my stories. But heres a new chapter finally! Also one other thing still looking for a Cover Photo so please if you want to make one for this story that would be Awesome! I would love you forever. Just let me know in a Review and that would be great. Alright heres the next chapter, Enjoy!
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Artemis POV:
"Wait… What?" I exclaim, almost choking on the muffin I had just taken a bite of.
"Im taking you to meet my mom," he repeats smiling, eating a whole muffin in the matter of seconds.
"I got that part. But now, when I look like this, why? What if she doesn't like me?" I question, afraid of what she will think of me. Embry is my first boyfriend so im not sure how this whole meeting the parents work. What if she saw right through me and thought I wasn't good enough for her son?
"You look beautiful as always. My mom is going to love you. As for why, my mom wanted to know why I didn't come home last night and I told her I would explain why today. I thought it would be better to show her why," he explained, taking my hand in his and rubbing the back of my hand with his thumb.
"Are you going to tell her about my Step-dad and saving me from him?" I ask, not wanting everyone to know.
"Not if you don't want me too but it would be a lot easier to explain to her. She wont judge you if that's what you're worried about, in fact you guys will have somethings in commen," he says understandingly.
"What you mean somethings in commen?" I ask.
"Ill let her explain that to you," he says.
I nod. I wonder what that could be but don't try to get him to speak because its his moms story to tell not his. I was afraid she was going to judge and her opinion was important to me and therefor important to me.
When we pull into the small house we had stopped at last night, I start to freak out," Artemis, breathe. Calm down. She is going to love you," he says opening the drivers door and pulling me gently out with him," Now, come on."
Embry pulls me up to the front door. He opens the door and yells," Mom, Im home and I want you to meet someone."
A women with long black hair, brown eyes, dark skin, comes walking into the living room where we stood.
"Oh, Embry, im so glad your home," she says pulling him into a hug," And who is this?" she asks looking at me.
"Mom, this is my girlfriend, Artemis Sky, Artemis this is my mom," Embry introduces us.
"Hello, its very nice to meet you, Ms. Call," I politely say.
'Oh call me Tiffany. Its nice to meet the girl who captured my sons heart. You must be special because hes never brought a girl home to me," she replies and I smile.
"Mom…" Embry says.
"So honey can I get you anything? Are you thirsty? Hungry?" Tiffany asks me.
"Actually, we ate on the way here so Im fine," I tell her.
"Okay, well come and have a seat. I want to know more about my sons girlfriend," she says, gesturing for us to sit. I sit on the couch and Embry sits next to me and his mom sits in a chair next to the couch. So far everything was going good but I was still nervous. Embry must have picked up on that because he takes me hand and started tracing circles with his thumb, which was soothing. Embry mom looks down at our hands and smiles.
"So how long have you two been together?"
"Almost a month," Embry replies.
"Way to tell me son," she replies smiling," So Artemis if you don't mind me asking, what happened to your wrist?" she asks and I see out of the corner of my eye, Embry shaking his head.
"Embry its fine," I say, then take a deep breathe, looking up to meet Tiffany eyes," My Step-father broke it," and with that I hear her gasp," Ever since I was 5, after my mom married him, he started beating my mom and I. This," I say motioning towards my broken wrist," is just the latest at what he's done." I look down not wanting to see the judgement in her eyes.
"Oh you poor dear," she says moving over to sit right next to me, hugging me," Im so sorry that you had to go through that."
"Yea and I would still be there if it weren't for Embry. He came and brought my mom and I to safety," I explain to her.
"Well im happy that you are safe and proud of my son for doing something," she says.
"Yea, his mom must have raised him right," I tell her smiling.
"Yea she did," Embry says.
"Well thank you, I try my best. Now are you going to file a report or anything against your Step-Dad?" she asks.
"Um, I haven't really thought about it. Im just want him away from my mom and I. Plus hes a lawyer and could press charges against Embry for last night. I think just having my mom divorce him and getting away is good enough. I don't want to take the chance that Embry gets in trouble," I explain to her.
"Well thank you for trying to protect Embry but you need to fight him," she says.
"Honestly, I just want to be away from him. But I will talk to my mom," I tell her.
"If you need anything then just ask me. Also if you don't feel safe at your house your welcome to stay here, you and your mom," she tells me and im very grateful.
"Thank you for everything," I say.
"Im always willing to help other women who have gone through abuse," she says and shocks me.
"Wait are you saying…" I start to say.
"Yes Im saying that ive gone through what you and your mom are going through. A boyfriend I had in college liked being in charge and when he felt like he wasn't he would strike out at me. It took me 3 years to finally tell someone and when I did they helped get me out of there," she explains and I look over to see Embry shaking. This must be hard to hear this happen to his mother before he was even born. I then comfort him by rubbing my thumb on the back of his hand and he smiles down at the my hand.
"That's awful," I say.
"Yes it was. But the person that helped me made me realize that I am a woman that can stand on my two feet on my own. I don't need a man, especially one who puts me down and beats me. I got out of that awful situation promising myself to never get in there again and to always help another. No one deserves that," she says and I can help but hug her. She was amazingly brave.
"You are a brave woman," I tell her.
"And so are you," she responds.
The rest of the day we talk. I really felt like I could talk to Embry's mom. She understood what I went through. I thought of telling her about the baby but I wasn't ready to tell Embry so I would wait when we were alone. I wanted a womens opinion on my situation and I felt like she would understand.
Around 2, Embry goes to the kitchen to make lunch," You know ive never seen Embry this way. The way he looks at you and watches you, ive never seen him look at a girl like that. He can be looking at something else but still keeping an eye on you. He watches you with such intensity and..." she says running off.
"And what?" I question.
"I know that this is probably to soon to say but love. He watches you with such intensity and love," she finishes.
Did she just say love? Weve only been together for a little less than a month and 2 and a half of those weeks he was missing but could he love me? Could I be in love with him? Ever since I layed eyes on Embry, I had this connection to him. Ive been through a lot and Embry has been there for me these last few weeks. He stood up to my Step-dad for me. Very bad things have happened to me these past few weeks but Embry brought light to this darkness. Maybe I was in love with him.
"Time to eat," Embry calls from the kitchen.
We eat and talk some more and around 4 Embry and I get ready to leave.
Embry POV:
"Ill be right out. I just need to grab some stuff," I tell Artemis, as she walks out to the truck.
I go into my room and grab some clean clothes and other things Ill need tonight and tomorrow. I come back into the living room and find my mom waiting for me, obviously wanting to tell me something.
"Just say whats on your mind, mom," I tell her.
"She's something special. And I can tell you think so by the way you look at her. Don't let her go, she needs you, just like you need her," she says.
"I know shes special. And I don't think im going to ever let her go," I tell her honestly.
"Good," she says then gives me a hug and kiss on the cheek and pushes me out the door.
"Bye mom."
"Bye honey."
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