Chapter 14: Smirking

"What are you smirking at?"

"Smirking? Me?"

"Yes you." I said, looking curiously at him. He still was smirking despite what he had said.

"Nothing." he said, kissing me gently, then went back to twirling my hair around his fingers. "Hey wasn't your hair straight yesterday."

I rolled my eyes. "No shit Sherlock. The magic of hair straighteners. You noticed that?"

"Of course I did. It's hard not too. I prefer your curls."

"Awh, thanks."

"Your welcome." Seth said, kissing me again.

"Guys! Can you keep it down? I'm trying to work here!"

"My house Collin. Go somewhere else if you don't like it."

"This was the quietest house I could find."

"What about Embry's?"

Collin snorted. "He has "a friend" over. Even Quil got kicked out."

Seth sighed. "Sorry about this. Our house becomes kind of like a drop off point. They mostly just walk in as they please." he whispered to me.

I smiled. "It's okay I don't mind."

"Just remind me to get better locks."

"Hey Seth." Collin called from the kitchen table again. "You speak French?"

"Are you kidding me? I flunked. Capital F." Seth answered, untangling himself from me and sitting up on the sofa. "Why?" I sat up too.

"I have French home work to do idiot."

"When's it due?"

"Yesterday." He groaned. "If I don't get like an A on this she's gone fail me. I hate French."

Seth got up and walked into the kitchen. I followed. "Sorry mate. I haven't got a clue."

"Let me have a look." I said, pulling out a chair and sitting beside Collin. He handed me the page he was supposed to be translating. "The whole thing?"

"Yeah."

"Okay. Read this interview with the French actress, bla bla." I quickly scanned the piece. Do you understand any of this?"

"Very little."

"Okay. Do you want me to go through it with you?"

"YES! You speak fluent French?"

"Yeah Bron, I didn't know you did."

"You never asked. Tori's parents are French. Her dad speaks English but her mum and grandpa speak very little and since I used to spend most of my time around them, it was easy to pick up."

"Didn't know that either."

"There's a lot you don't know about me Seth."

"I'd like to know more."

I grinned. "Why am I not surprised?"

"Eh guys? Can we focus on helping Collin now?"

*****

"Thanks for helping Collin earlier. I think he really appreciated it. I know his mum will too."

"That's okay. Glad I could help."

We were standing on my doorstep, door open and talking in whispers. Heath walked past, head down not noticing either of us. He was singing "Happy Birthday" to himself.

"When's it your birthday?" Seth asked suddenly.

"What?"

"Well if it's his birthday soon then it's yours too right?"

I played with his fingers, locking and unlocking them through mine. "This day, two weeks."

"Halloween?"

"Yes."

"That's interesting. What do you want for your birthday?"

"What? I don't want you to buy me anything!"

"When girls say that it always means buy me something nice."

"What girls?"

"Just girls in general."

"Listen Seth. I don't want a thing. Please, no fuss, no surprises, no parties, no nothing."

"You don't leave me with much.""Promise no fuss."

"I promise no fuss."

"Seth."

"Okay, okay I promise."

"Good. I'll see you later."

"Goodbye my love!" he sang dramatically. I smacked him. "You have got to stop doing that. Soon you're going to give me permanent brain damage."

"You mean you haven't already?"

"Nope. Night Bron."

"Night Seth." I leaned in to kiss him, did so than pushed him down the steps. "Careful. Don't fall." I said when he stumbled.

"See you soon."

I walked inside and closed the door. I nearly had a heart attack when I seen Heath standing in front of me.

"So that's our future brother-in-law that Luke isn't happy with."

Heath had a habit of calling everyone who I date that. It gets quite annoying.

"What do you mean "isn't happy"?"

"He doesn't like him, dunno why. I'd be careful. I believe he's planning to tell Rhys."

I groaned. Great. Rhys just loves when I date people.

"I like him though. He seems cool."

I stared at his back as he turned and walked to his room. What the hell?

A/N: I know nothing really happened in this chapter but i was just trying to set up for later chapters. I forgot to mention last chapter that i'm sorry to my best friend Woo-Woo (long story) who i based Bronte on last chapter when she came ice-skating with me and refused to get up in the middle of an extremely busy rink, who i laughed at. Funnily enough she has never been ice-skating with me again.

the pen fatelle: So do i.

Embrylover4ever: thanks.

Queen Sable: It makes me go awh too. Heath and Luke do, but Rhys doesn't, yet. I promised AGES ago that she would get to meet the whole pack soon, but the story hasn't gone as i had planned, so i'm not sure when. Some might appear on their own though before she meets them all together like Collin did today. And she'll be in on the secret quite soon i believe. That scene has been running through my mind for the last week!

Sara McCarthy Cullen: You don't have to, but it does make it easier. I always find it's next to impossible to skate with your legs dead straight. You move better too.