Chapter 9
Emily sat with me on the couch while we waited for Sam and Jared to show up. She kept telling me that everything will be alright and that I should give Jared a chance to explain. This was not it, she was extremely worried that if I had been hurt but I told her I was not hurt. That was when she told me her's and Sam's love story.
I was about to judge her for coming between Leah and Sam but then I looked at her face and realized she was still guilty about it but it was not in her or Sam's hand. She told me about imprinting which made it easier to understand their situation. What shocked me was that the scars on her face, neck and hand were given to her by none other than her soul mate – Sam.
"I knew what I was doing, I had it coming" she chuckled as she looked at her scarred hand. "I don't blame Sam, never in a million years could I blame him. I know he is guilty of this but it was not his fault, he was new to this and despite of the fact that I already knew, I pushed him over the edge and this was totally unintentional. He does not have to feel guilty about it but well he does and it hurts me to see him in pain" Emily continued and the love I felt between them somehow made me envious. I wanted a love like they shared, only I wanted it from Jared.
"I know he has not forgiven himself but I hope one day he would and not just about this but also about breaking Leah's heart. In fact, she deserves so much more, she is my sister and I can never think of hurting her like that" Emily was so compassionate, it made me respect her even more. She took care of everyone and she totally deserved a guy like Sam who could take care of her.
"I am sure everything would fall into place and everything would get alright very soon" was all I could say and somehow Emily looked as if I had actually comforted her – she gave me a smile and I smiled back.
A few seconds later the front door opened again and we both stood up immediately. There was a tall, muscular guy who came through the door first and Emily automatically moved towards him. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her scarred face over and over again, Emily's smile only grew which made me smile too.
"Hello Kim" Sam greeted me while he still had his arms around Emily, "Hello" I mumbled as I looked at him with a smile. "I hope you are not hurt?" Sam asked and I shook my head to which he gave me a meaningful smile.
My eyes turned to the doorway again and I saw the face I had been waiting to see since forever!
Jared was standing there in a pair of Khaki shorts and black sneakers, I wonder where he got these from since his clothes were in pieces. He was standing in the doorway, looking at his feet. I walked up to him and stood right in front of him.
Jared slowly looked up to me and then looked down again. "Jared can we talk?" I asked him in a low voice, "Here or outside?" he mumbled, I looked at Sam and Emily but they had already disappeared "Outside" I mumbled back.
Jared made way for me to walk out and I did, he followed me hot on my heels. "Where did you run away?" I asked once we were away from Emily's house, "I thought you were scared of me so I –" Jared started but I cut him in the mid-sentence "First, I thought you were making fun of me when you said all that, I mean c'mon how can a person really believe in supernatural world? And second, had a person been scared, what you did would have definitely give the person a heart attack" I almost shouted.
"Why on earth would I ever make fun of you Kim?" Jared's voice rose as well and he looked frustrated. "I don't know, maybe because you never noticed me before and suddenly you are interested in me" I could not keep my voice down, I was frustrated too!
We both had stopped and we were standing face to face, arguing. "Can you not just accept the fact that I am genuinely interested in knowing you?" Jared was getting more frustrated. "No, I am sorry I cannot, why would you be interested in me?" I questioned back, well it was true – he was perfect and I was nothing. "What do you mean by that?" now I had made him really angry because he had started to tremble.
"You are perfect and I am – just me – I am nothing" my voice was brittle, "What do you mean you are just you? You are nothing? Kim you are everything to me – you are you and that is perfect, I am the lucky one to have you in my life, and I am sorry if you don't see yourself clearly but that would not change the fact that you are perfect" Jared was as stubborn as ever. "I bet when you are going to imprint on someone, all this would change" I mumbled looking away.
Jared tucked his finger under my chin and made me look into his eyes while his face came closer to mine. "Oh, I already have" he said before his lips covered the distance to my lips and then there were fireworks, my mind went blank while my heart betrayed me and started pounding faster than ever! My right leg popped up a little like in the romantic movies and it felt so right – it felt perfect. Jared's lips moved in perfect sync with my lips and I felt dazzled.
When the kiss broke after a few seconds I looked at him in surprise but he was smirking. Jared Cameron had kissed me?! JARED CAMERON HAD KISSED ME! How come all my wishes were being granted? Then it hit me again – he said "I already have" what did that mean? "Say something" Jared begged as his smirk disappeared. I tore my gaze from his face when I felt the heat rise up to my face.
"You said you have already imprinted, on whom?" I was barely audible to myself but I knew Jared heard it, "First I want to know did Emily tell you about imprinting?" Jared questioned back and I gave a single nod. "Do you know what it means?" he asked hopefully, "It's like finding a soul mate" I was still unsure of what to say.
"Just so you know, we only imprint once and it is not in our hands on whom we imprint" Jared explained me and I gave him a nod as I finally looked up at him. He took a deep breathe before finally answering my question "I have imprinted on you Kim" and my mind went blank again, and my heart started pounding again!
I could not find myself to speak anything and I just stood there watching his face turn from anxious to worry. Me?! Really?! "I am your soul mate?" I questioned in disbelief, "Honestly Kim, what else would you be?" Jared chuckled. Jared's soul mate? Me? Wait, am I really going to marry him one day? A shy smile crept its way on my lips.
"Say something" Jared begged again, "I am trying to wrap my mind around it" I told him honestly, "Well then let me just give you something more to wrap your mind around" Jared smirked and I nodded my head. "You have already seen my transformation, and you already know that the legends are true and that I am a shape shifter" I nodded once again. "Do you know have any questions?" he creased his brows together, "I know that you are impossibly fast, what else can you do?" I started from the basics.
"Superhuman speed, superhuman strength, delayed aging, we heal very fast – it comes handy, and our body temperature is set on 108 F, which is why you always feel like I have a fever" Jared went on to tell me everything about shape shifters from their abilities to senses to pack behaviour and I had to admit that it was fascination, some things did shock me every now and then but it was not something I could not handle.
He explained imprinting to me again, "It is not like love at first sight, it is more like the gravity moves suddenly and it is her or in my case – it is you that is holding me to the ground, everything else is secondary now, all my relations, needs, everything. I will be whatever you want me to be – a friend, a protector, a lover" the way Jared spoke about it made me feel that imprinting was much more intimate phenomenon than I was understanding. "Kim you mean the world to me and this is not just some cheesy line I am saying to impress you, it is much more than that – it is basically what my life is now – it is about you" that sent my heart pounding again.
"And I believe you return my feelings too, at least on some basic level" Jared smirked and I realized that he could hear my heartbeats! "On some basic level? You have no idea what you mean to me" I chuckled as I shook my head. "Enlighten me then" Jared challenged as he looked into my eyes and I could not deny him of this, I had to tell him what he meant to me – I was ready to speak and he was ready to hear it.
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