Hey everyone! I'm writing a whole lot now so I'm gunna try and update more. But I got no reviews the last time! Last chapter got no reviews! I'm so sad! Was it really that bad? :(
Jake pulled into Sam and Emily's after explaining to Sully that the guys were almost always there and Emily always had food on the go when she wasn't at work. She didn't like the feeling of taking advantage of Emily, who Sully was very fond of now, but she was incredibly hungry and Emily was a good cook, so she would hate for them to waste the food when they thought they were having every one over. The two got out of the car and walked into the house, Emily smiled at the pair and gave Jake a little look. Jake knew that Paul would be worried now, not knowing where Sully was, and now Jake was probably in trouble. It wasn't long before Sam, Jared and Paul all came into the house; Sam instantly went over to Emily. He cupped her face gently in his hands before kissing her. Jared and Paul came over to Jake and Sully, Paul sitting down next to her.
"It's rude to stare."
Sully blushed, "I know, it's just...they seem so perfect for each other."
"Listen to the little romantic, eh?" Paul teased.
"I don't know." Sully said, as she leaned closer to him. "I think every girl, maybe a part from Leah, like's the idea of being romanced."
"Good to know."
"Is it?"
"Well, you did call me your knight in shining armor before." He replied with a toothy grin. "Here, I thought that pizza, xbox and movie's were your style."
"Well, it is. But I enjoyed that just as much as I enjoyed our walk on the beach Paul."
"Food's ready." Emily called.
Sully grinned, "Even if you were arrogant."
Sully had eaten her fill and thanked Emily for the lovely meal before filling her in on how she was after the attack. She stood up, excusing herself to Emily and Sam and walked out. Sam looked out after her, knowing that she would walk round to the beach. The beach near Sam and Emily's had become a favorite spot for her. Sully walked and walked until she was at the waters edge, she didn't take her shoes off but she could feel the water sink in through her converse. The tide was coming in, slowly, but she did not move. Instead she stood staring out at the gray sea, her mind whirling with thoughts again. Things that made her scared, things that she should stop thinking about...but those...wolves? The ones that saved her from Gareth, they had been so huge! What if Gareth hadn't found her, would she have been dinner for the wolves? But what if the wolves hadn't shown up? What would have happened then? Gareth would have caught her and...
Sully wrapped her arms around herself, clutching at her shoulders. Her breathing felt heavy and her chest felt tight. No...no more of this! She had gotten over this kind of thing, no more! Please! She wasn't sure if the sound of the waves was dulling or getting louder, but she knew just how sick she felt. Sully fell to her knees, the water running round her as it drew closer onto the beach. In the back of her mind she knew she should get up, she should move before more water came in...but that was ignored. Thoughts of being killed by Gareth, being used for whatever means by him was making her anxious, it was making her sick. Sully felt like she could physically heave, her body was rocking slightly and she suddenly became aware of a noise in the background, something becoming blurred with the dulling yet deafening sound of the waves and the wind. Her hands were at the base of her head, gently holding onto her blonde locks; she squeezed her eyes shut. No, no more of this...Suddenly, she was engulfed two tanned arms. Two hot arms, the heat made her move closer. She needed to be by this person, and as she moved closer, she felt safer and felt like these thoughts were slowly dissolving.
There were more voices and foot falls near her, but her mind closed in on one of them. The voice, the arms, the heat of the person that was holding her. She needed this, him. The person held her, hugging her to his body. He was now sat in the damp sand as the water reached its limits at his brothers who were stood a few feet behind. He nuzzled her hair as he felt one of her small hands wrap around his wrist. The two rocked slightly, and Sully listened to the sweet nothings whispered in her ear. It's okay. You're going to be okay. Every thing is fine. Well done. I'm here. I'm here for you. Sully knew every thing was going to be okay, and slowly the tight feeling in her chest disappeared and her breathing became normal. She heard one of the other boys come over and slowly untangle her from the one she was clinging too, this other boy helped her onto the first boy's back. And as he stood, carrying her on his back as easily as though she was a small child, Sully wrapped her arms around him and now it was she that nuzzled into his neck.
Sully woke up not long after, on the couch in Sam and Emily's. She sat up, to an almost empty house. For once it was Sam, not Emily to be there all alone. Sam came and sat beside her as she tried to sit up.
"You've clearly made quite the impression on the boys." He said amused.
Sully gave him a weak smile. "Where is everyone?"
"Quil, Embry and Seth left with Jake to go back to his after you went to the beach. And I managed to persuade Jared and Paul to go with Emily to get the shopping in. I figured, letting you have some peace and quiet would do you some good."
"Thanks Sam." Sully pulled her legs up to her chest and rested her head on her knees. "Sorry about all of this, I..."
"It's fine. I mean, when Paul and Jared brought you back, I wasn't entirely sure what was wrong with you. It took a while to pry you from Paul," Sam said with a slight smirk on his face. "He was worried about you. We all were. It was Emily who knew what was wrong, by the time we got you off Paul, you were asleep so we let you rest."
"Thanks. Sam? I just keep thinking about that night."
"It's over now, you're safe."
"From Gareth or the wolves?"
Sam gave her a grave a look, with all that she had been through he knew it was unfair to tell her. And really it was down to Paul to tell her, and the two of them were taking their friendship slowly. It would be easier, if Sully knew but it wasn't down to him. Sam stood up, to get cups of water. As much as he hadn't agreed with Jake's decision to take her to the Cullens, he had to at least admit that there were no reminders of what had happened to her there. And from what Jake had said, she had enjoyed the change of scenery. She had been happy, care free and although she had only been here a short while, she was already a part of the tribe. Everyone had taken to her at once, and she was certainly a big part of the pack's life, Embry who hadn't imprinted yet, thought about her almost as much as Paul did. Embry was always ready to jump to her defence when Paul thought something a little bit intimate about her, Paul would tease the younger wolf that deep down she needed him and she knew it. And from Jared had told Sam, Paul was right.
"Sam? Can I talk to you?" Jared said quietly.
Paul and Emily were cooing over Sully, whom they had lain on the couch. The blonde girls face now as peace as she slept. Sam stood and walked over to Jared.
"Is she okay?"
"I think so Jared, Emily is looking after her. What's wrong?"
"Nothing...I...You're gunna think I'm soft of something." Jared joked. "We were worried when we saw her...it scared us, Sam."
"How did you find her?"
"We were walking to the beach and as we came closer, we saw her. She was kneeling in the sand, the tide was coming in. Paul ran over to her and held her. Sam, she was shaking. She was scared...there was nothing there, but she clung to Paul the second he was next to her. When I came over, and we were trying to get her on his back...she struggled against me..."
"What's wrong?"
"Paul and I both heard it. She was stuck inside her own head. When I got hold of her, she was saying like 'no' and stuff but then she called me Gareth. This vamp thing might have hit her a lot harder then we thought."
Sam gave her the cup of water, and sat down on the coach beside her. He kept thinking about what Jared had said, yes, he knew that she was having a hard time with this whole thing. But he didn't think it was effecting her like this. Whilst she wasn't his imprint, all the wolves were very close and he felt like he didn't need to phase to feel Paul's pain about seeing her like this. Saying that, Sam had seen the horror on Emily's face when Paul and Jared came in with her. They were all close, Emily loved being with Sully. It was nice to have female company, Kim had her own group of friends and Leah was still a bit off with Emily. It was hard to look after each other but they managed, but it was harder when you didn't know what was going on in their lives, they had all thought that Sully was slowly coping with things and getting better but things in her head were all messed up. Sam and Jared had sat and spoke for a bit, whilst Emily got Sully sorted, and obviously Paul wasn't going to leave her side. Jared understood that Sully hadn't meant to call him Gareth, he understood that things were wrong in her mind, that Gareth had messed her up but it still hurt. They hadn't gotten off to the best start, and they weren't really friends but she was a part of his life because she was in his brothers life. Just as Sam sat here now, thinking about it. She was his family now, and they protected family. She knew Gareth was still out there and he knew that for as long as he was, they would never see the old Sully again and she would remain in this tormented hell her mind and Gareth's taunting's had created.
"Hey Goldilocks." Jared said as he came into the house with bags of shopping.
"Between you and Embry..."
"What?"
"He calls me Blondie."
Jared put the bags down as Paul and Emily followed suit.
"Sully, oh sweetie, I'm so glad to see you're feeling a bit better." Emily smiled, turning to Paul and taking the bag off him. "Are you gunna stay for dinner?"
"No thanks, I think I've overstayed my welcome. And it's getting dark."
"If you're sure, well, the boys will walk you home."
"Hey! I don't remember agreeing to this!" Jared joked.
"Be a gentleman and do it, Jared." Emily told him.
Jared huffed like a child jokingly, as Sully walked over to Paul, who smiled down at her. Soon the three of them were on their way home, instead of following the road through the forest, they opted for the path way near the beach. The two guys walked on either side of Sully, who was more then happy for it, now as the dark set, the cold wind hit and walking between two guys that emitted this much heat was heaven.
"Oh, I forgot to say before. Kim says she and a few friends are going shopping at the weekend. She says you're welcome to join them?" Jared offered.
"Thanks," The blonde girl smiled, "I'll think about it?"
Jared nodded and took his ringing phone out of his pocket, "Speak of the devil, huh?"
Hey, so this was short.
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UmbraLunae
