Chapter 10 - You Didn't Imprint On Me

Dina walked through the door of the house...she had just finished her last chemo treatment...It was going to be at least 3 weeks before the doctor could do more blood tests to see if the chemo worked or if they would need to go to the next level of treatment. About an hour after being home...A knock came on her bedroom door and Dina's mom said, "Dina Jared is on the porch and would like to speak to you." Dina moved around a little and said, "Okay...I'm on my way." Dina looked in the mirror, she had on jeans, white sneakers, and a blue t-shirt that used to be form fitting but she'd lost a little weight so it was a little big on her...She pulled on a hooded black cotton zip up jacket, making sure to zip it up...She was extremely fortunate not to have lost her hair during the treatments.

Dina took off downstairs and opened the door and walked out to the porch...Dina smiled as soon as her eyes locked with Jared's. Jared had this weird look on his face...Dina looked at him and said, "What's going on? Why do you have that look on your face?" Jared said, "What look?" Dina said, "Don't blow smoke up my ass Jared...You look like you're in pain or something...What the hell is going on?" Jared said, "did I ever explain to you what imprinting was?" Dina shook her head no. Jared shoved his hands in his pockets and said, "Well I'm printing is behavioral phenomenon among shape shifters where a shape shifter finds his or her soul mate. The moment the shape shifter sees the one they are destined to be with, they imprint. It is described as if your being pulled toward that person, The actual imprinting itself is an involuntary reaction of course...We don't have any control what so ever. You never love anyone as much as the person you imprinted on because they are it for you forever."

Dina looked at Jared and said, "What are you telling me this?" Jared swallowed hard and he started to say something when Dina said, "You're tell me this...because you imprinted on someone and it wasn't me...Right?" Jared couldn't even say the words he just nodded. Dina couldn't help it...she blinked and tears rolled down her cheeks and she said, "Wow...All the time we spent together and...Wait a minute...When did you imprint on the other person?" Jared said, "A few weeks ago." Dina said, "Before or after we had sex?" Jared said, "Look it doesn't matter when I..." Dina interrupted and said, "Oh screw that...It does matter...Was it before or after we had sex?" Jared looked down and said, "Before."

Dina screamed, "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!" Jared said, "Calm down...Please calm down Dina." Dina said, "What you just had to fuck the pale face before someone else came along and laid steak on your god damn claim!" Jared said, "I love you Dina." Dina shoved Jared and said, "Don't fuckin lie to me!" Jared said, "I'm not lying to you...You know I love you just as much as you love me..." Dina said, "You're so full of shit...Was it before or after you saw me on the beach after those 10 weeks of desertion?" Jared said, "Before...But look I tried to ignore it Dina...I swear on my life...I was kept hoping I was wrong...I was hoping it was going to happen to you...but then I noticed I couldn't stop thinking about the other girl...and when I confirmed it with Sam...I still tried like hell to love only you."

Dina said, "You're seriously stand there feeding me these massive hand full's of bullshit...The whole time you were screwing me that meant you was thinking about her...The whole god damn time...you used me like a pawn...The whole time you stood there and lied to me and I believed you when you said you loved me...7 weeks of chemotherapy all those walks in the woods, walks on the beach...I gave you my virginity...I gave you everything because I thought we were meant to be together. And the whole time you was playing me. I realize that imprinting is involuntary and you have no control over it...but this is a busted up bogus fuckin way to tell someone you love them, you screwed them because you loved them, but you have to go to someone else because you can't stop loving the other person more and she's your soul mate."

Dina turned around and started to go into the house when Jared grabbed her hand...Dina spun around and Jared felt the sting as the sound of the slap echoed through the woods and Dina said, "I never want to see you again...I don't want to hear from you ever again...don't talk to me, don't think about me...Just don't. I hate you...I hate you so much." Dina walked into the house and slammed the door closed.

Soft brown eyes watched everything from the woods.

Dina couldn't stay in the house...she didn't want to cry so bad that she upset her parents or made them worry...She threw her cell phone and mp3 player in her bedroom and left them there as she walked out the front door and headed for the cliff again. It was the only place where she could have some kind of peace in her mind...She was tired from the chemo treatment but she couldn't let it slow her down. Once she got to the cliff she kicked off her shoes and socks like always. She sat on the edge of the cliff again with her feet hanging over the edge and looked down...She was trying not to cry but she couldn't hold it in anymore. The sobs racked her body.

The soft brown eyes had followed Dina to the cliff...when she started sobbing he wanted nothing more than to go to her, but he couldn't...He didn't want her to think he was stalking her...But he also knew Jared was too busy trying to catch up for lost time with Kim his classmate he'd imprinted on, to worry about the effect he'd had on Dina...But after the pain the radiated off Dina's body once Jared had come clean and told her the complete truth he couldn't help but worry about her now. He could feel her pain...He couldn't tell what was worse the pain she felt from the chemotherapy or the pain from losing Jared.

Dina finally stood up and looked down...She didn't feel bitter about any of it...She knew Jared had no control over the imprinting...but why did he still sleep with her when he had already known there was no way to reverse the imprinting or change it to someone else...She felt used...But she wanted to feel free...She knew there was only one way to feel the freedom again...The water below was begging her to jump...it was SCREAMING her name over the crashing sound of the waves against the cliff. Dina couldn't take it anymore, her hands were at her sides twitching as she was trying to shake the twitch out of them...trying to control the urges she had to jump...It wasn't working. Dina finally backed up and took off running as she leapt into the air.

He couldn't let her jump...He took off running after her and just as she leapt into the air he yelled out, "DINA NO!" He was able to jump off the cliff the same time she did and grabbed a hold of her in mid air, her back against his chest...as they both free feel down for 50 feet of calming air. Before they hit the water he turned them around in the air making sure that he hit the water first and not her he knew if she hit the water first she was going to get seriously hurt.