Author's note: here you go! My favorite wolf man is getting some love. Please, please forgive me for the non-updating thing I've been doing lately! I present to you, Embry's Imprint

EmPOV

"Are you going to the fire tonight?" I asked Rebecca, who was one of my good friends from before all of this shape shifter business. I looked at her through hurt eyes. Everyone was finding their imprint. Jake, Quil, I mean, even Seth, poor kid, has found the 'Light of his life'. And what was I left with? Now, don't get me wrong, Rebecca was a great girl. Pretty teeth, cute nose, brown, straight silky hair, and a body…well…it was nice. Why couldn't I imprint on her? Why not?

"I'm not sure. My best friend is coming in tonight, and I don't want her to be too tired." Best friend? She must have noticed the question written on my face because she quickly answered.

"You know how I spend the summers in North Carolina with my mom? Well, since about 3 years ago, me and my best friend Cory have been inseparable. She is coming over to check out some college stuff, and we thought she could use the change of scenery. So, she is coming here for the summer."

"Her name is Cory?" I said, having thought till the end of her spill that it was some boy, come to take my friend away to some little hick village, where she would live out her life bare foot and pregnant. I sighed relief.

"Yeah. that's not her real name, but that's what she likes to be called."

"What's her really name?"

"Well, its her decision to tell you, not mine." She gave me a hug and punched my arm.

"I have to get going, she should be here in a bit." Rebecca said, getting into her chevy pickup

"Bring her bye if she wants to come, I'm pretty sure they are telling stories tonight!" I yelled, trying to out scream the engine. She waved, and I started walking to jake's. he probably wasn't home, but atleast I could get some food.

-------------------------------3 hours later-----------------------------------------

The party was going great. All the pretty girls from the res. Was there, and yet my eyes wouldn't open for any of them. The pack sat around in a circle, clearly a separate culture than that of just the Native's. We looked like our own social order, and we sat around the big fire, talking and laughing and sharing stories of the hunt with our 'wolf girls'. well, technically, their wolf-girls. Mine was non-existent. Over the roar of the party, over the snapping and crackling of the fire, I heard the sound I had been looking forward to. A chevy truck engine. I saw Rebecca jump out of the drivers seat, and get a blanket out of the back. I saw a tan hand, not natural, but sun kissed hand reach out the window to open the door. I stood up from where I had sat on the log beside Brady and Collin, two of the youngest wolves, and I watched and was pulled to the truck, like my body needed to be there. Was I finally imprinting on Rebecca? I put a huge smile on, put down my half eaten hot dog, and sauntered over, ready to stake my claim on the fare Rebecca. Instead, I didn't watch where I was going, and tripped over a root, tumbling to my doom, and bringing Rebecca down with me. Some how, she landed on top of me, and we irrupted into a fit of laughter. I knew she must be the one. Even her laughter had made my ears hungry for more. As I helped her up then pulled myself off of the ground, I looked down into her eyes, and felt just as the others had described. I had saw the light. And she likes to be called Cory. My jaw must have dropped, and I'm pretty sure My heart stopped, because in that moment, my eyes tried to eat up ever detail about her I could. Soft brown hair, sun touched skin, crinkled laughing eyes, smiling lips, cute little nose, and what looked to be slightly dark rings around her eyes. In that moment, with every bit of me, I wanted to fix all her problems, listen to all her memories, and feel all her love. And there I stood, like an idiot, with my mouth open. She looked up at me, with green brown eyes, and her smile dropped. She turned back towards Rebecca, and Rebecca looked back at her. She walked up to me and Cory, put a hand on both of our arms, and looked towards the crowd. All of my pack had stopped.

"Everyone! This is my best friend, Cory Springly. She's from north Carolina, ya'll," she said, trying to sound southern. "You treat her like me, only better ok? And No gooey gumdrop eyes please. She's been claimed."

My heart.

Everyone around me said hello to her, and I couldn't even breathe. Someone else loved my angel. Someone else loved the only woman in the world I had ever laid eyes on that made me feel like a ton of bricks hit me, but felt like feathers. And she was taken. She looked at me like I was the dullest crayon in the crayola box. Who am I kidding? I was some off brand, broken freaking Rose Art crayon in a 64 pack of beautiful crayola's. And my heart shattered.

"Howdy," her crystal voice said to me, looking into my heart broken eyes. "my name is Cory, and I think I love you."

"Marry me."

She was perfect. And no one else saw it! When Rebecca said she was taken, she explained, she knew that Cory and I would imprint on each other. EACH OTHER!

Cory was from a tribe in western North Carolina, the Lakenetes. She was a 'half breed', her mom was scots/irish, and her dad full Indian. She didn't have as much natural skin pigment as the rest of the tribe, but worked out in the sun everyday, and received a well deserved glow that made all of us pale in comparison. She was a shape shifter, according to Rebecca, and was the only girl in her pack out there. I learned all of this by sitting at the camp fire farthest from the others, waiting for the old men to stop talking to one another long enough to tell the tribe stories. Cory was as anxious as anyone I've ever witnessed waiting for the stories, because she wanted to know everything about me, and I wanted to know everything about her. We sat on a sun bleached tree, holding hands and smiling silently at one another, while Rebecca talked and reminisced about all the hi-jinks her and Cory had gotten into on the Lakenete reservation. I laughed at everything remotely funny, and smiled till I thought my jaw would break. Anything about my love I could learn, I would. And I would memorize it, and I would make sure I told her everything about me. As Rebecca went on and one, somehow Cory and I managed to share small intimate moments, like the certain way her hand fell against my leg, or the way my fingers touched her cheek. It was like we were alone. When the elders began the stories, Cory watched, intent, and I knew she was memorizing ever detail, so we could discuss it later. I couldn't wait.

As the storied ended, Rebecca yawned loudly, signaling time for good byes. We must have had matching looks of disappointment, because she quickly spoke up.

"Cory, Embry, why don't you two go have breakfast somewhere? I would have just ended up dragging you around tomorrow, and I'm sure you'll wanna talk to embry." She said, and I saw Cory smile. Rebecca started towards her truck, and as I went to give Cory a huge, I looked into her eyes, and felt this tremendous pull towards her, and we kissed. It felt like 300 volts of electricity had shot through me, and I wanted at least a thousand times more. When we did pull away, I tucked a piece of hair behind Cory's ear, and hugged her. Before I cam back to my height, she peaked me on the cheek and whispered in my ear.

"Everyone back home called me Cory, because they say the first to know your real name will be your true love. From now on you can call me by my actually name, Hickory." and with a kiss, she was off.

Authors Note: I'm going to make this into a two or more chapter continuation. This one popped of my key board in record timing. It's my way of apologizing for not updating often. If you would R&R, the little green box cant be missed, I'll send you a preview of the next chapter. Also, the more reply's, the quicker I write!

I'll probably start another imprint story soon, but if you want one that I've already posted continued, all you have to do is ask! Love ~ Meg