Disclaimer…
Me: Seth… Will you pleeeease do the disclaimer?
Seth: Of course my oh-so-amazing imprintee who I love so much! …Francesca (aka Crazydaydreaminggirl1015) only owns Fiorella and Claretta, not twilight nor the other characters, even though she does own my heart.
Me: awww Seth! *jumps on Seth*
(A girl can dream alright :-P)
He had to be at least 6'5" and was probably one of the most muscular men I had ever seen in real life. Since he was bending and I was looking up our faces were no more than three or four inches apart. He had slightly shaggy, dark brown hair, eyes of the same color that were searing with intensity, and it felt like I was standing next to an oven. I couldn't help but notice how amazing he smelled. It was musky and manly and earthy and without a doubt the best scent I had ever smelled. I was completely entranced by him and, astoundingly, he seemed to be staring at me the same way I must have been staring at him.
I have no clue how long we stood like that but by the time Claretta came out and shook my arm we were both soaked. It had started raining and neither of us had even realized it. Claretta looked from me to him and back again a few times and rolled her eyes. She said "Fiorella, this is my cousin Seth Clearwater. Seth, this is my best friend Fiorella Giansiracusa, but you can call her FiFi." Seth and I were still staring at each other but as she was talking we both had gotten huge smiles on our faces. He had the biggest, goofiest grin that instantly made my heart melt. As soon as Claretta told him my nickname he started laughing and I rolled my eyes. "Whatever Hertel the Turtle," I replied. She sighed and asked, "When are you ever going to learn my name isn't pronounced like turtle?" I couldn't help but laugh because Seth was so hysterical he was nearly on the ground now. "Dinners almost ready," I heard called out. I turned to see a woman probably somewhere in her late forties or early fifties leaning out the door, smiling. I figured this must be Claretta's cousin and Seth's mom, Sue. Seth picked up my bags and interrupted me when I tried telling him he didn't have to carry them in. He just turned to me and said "I know I don't have to but it would be my pleasure to help such a beautiful woman." All I could do was blush 10 different shades of red and mumble a "thank you." As we walked through the yard to the house Seth and I were grinning and taking side-glances at each other. Claretta noticed and smacked the back of my head to snap me out of it. "Hey!", I practically screamed at her because she was a lot stronger than she realized, even though she barely came up to my shoulder. I heard a low growl and turned my head to see where it was coming from. I could tell Seth was the one that had made the noise because he looked like he wanted to strangle Claretta. The growl had reminded me of something I wanted to ask him, which happened to be the perfect thing to lighten the mood.
"Hey Seth, what was so funny about my nickname?" He turned to face me with a puzzled expression on his handsome face.
"When Claretta told you to call me FiFi you were hysterical." That must have jogged his memory because his face returned to the heart-melting grin and he started chuckling, loudly.
"If you're gonna laugh at my name can you at least tell me why?" I asked, trying to sound flirty and not bitchy (which always seems to be surprisingly hard for me, even though I'm NOT a bitch).
"It's a dog's name!" Seth bellowed. I rolled my eyes, even though I was expecting that because everyone who hears my name immediately says that, and started walking to the house. He quickly recovered and caught up with me in only a few strides. "Sorry, it's just there's a joke between me and a couple of my friends about dogs. You'll understand it soon," he told me. This made me stop in my tracks and stare at him dumbfounded. I was definitely the one who was confused now. He looked really embarrassed, like he said something he shouldn't have, but he gave me a shy smile. At that, I completely forgot what we had just been talking about because his adorable smile was the only thing going through my mind.
Suddenly, I felt my arm being yanked so hard I thought it was going to dislocate form the socket. I had completely forgotten about Claretta until she started dragging me along. She was mumbling something to herself about her being the boy crazy one, and Seth looking at me with puppy-dog eyes, and going to gag herself. I couldn't help but laugh because those were such "Claretta" things to say, or mumble in this case.
Seth and I followed her into the house. Sue hurried over to introduce herself as soon as we walked in the door. She looked at the three of us, shaking her head, and instructed Seth to bring my stuff to the room Claretta and I would be sharing, and then told all three of us to get changed into dry clothes before we caught a cold. "The lump on the couch is Charlie," Sue informed us as we passed the living room. I looked in and saw a hand shoot up from in front of the couch and wave, then go right back down. Charlie called, "Not my fault. Good game on." Sue laughed and answered, "Okay caveman!" We all laughed at this and I was surprised how at ease I felt around them already.
Seth carried my bags up to a small bedroom with bunk beds. Claretta had already put her stuff down on the bottom bunk.
"Claretta you better just have your stuff on the bottom because you couldn't reach the top," I told her. "Noooooo," she said slowly, "I'm calling the bottom bunk." She smirked at me. "No you aren't," I told her simply, "I'll fall and break my neck if I sleep on the top bunk and you know it." She paused and stared at me for a few seconds before turning her head and looking at the top bunk, and then the bottom. She sighed, "Fine. Good thing I love ya girlie." I laughed and captured her in a big bear hug. "If you suffocate me, though, I'll take the bottom bunk back," she rushed out the words. I let her go and laughed, "Sorry sweetie!" I heard a low chuckle behind me and turned to see Seth standing in the doorway, holding my bags and staring at me. I couldn't believe I had forgotten that the most amazing man I had ever laid eyes on was standing there. That must speak volumes about how much I was worried about having to sleep on the top bunk due to my klutziness and how much I toss in my sleep.
I smiled at him and said, "Sorry." Claretta must have cleared off the bottom bunk when I turned because he walked in the room and laid my luggage on the bed. I thanked him again and he pointed out where the bathroom was and said he'd meet us downstairs in a few minutes.
As soon as he walked out of the room I got the weirdest feeling in my stomach. Not like butterflies, it was like an empty pit. I figured I must have been malnourished due to all the junk we had eaten this past week and ignored it. Claretta and I changed, her into her favorite pair of grey sweat pants and a simple white t-shirt and me into a pair of dark-wash jeans and my favorite indigo sweater. She looked at me and rolled her eyes after I touched up my make-up and put my hair into a high ponytail. I asked, "What?" She shook her head and replied, "We're just going down-stairs to have dinner with the people we'll be living with for almost two months, not going to a party!" I rolled my eyes and stuck my tongue out at her because I knew that she realized why I made sure I looked nice and was just trying to bug me. She laughed and we both made our way downstairs when Sue called up, "Dinner's ready! You better get down here before Seth eats it all!" Claretta and I giggled as we heard Seth groan and say "Thanks, ma," sarcastically.
When got down to the kitchen there were two empty seats right next to each other at the table. One was next to Sue and the other was next to Seth. Claretta ran like a crazy woman to the seat next to Sue and sat down, grinning like she had gone mental. I walked over to the seat next to Seth, but just as I got there he stood up.
Sorry this was kind of boring but it was stuff that needed to happen before I could really get into the story. I'm still stretching out my writing muscles with this one so PLEASE be patient. The next chapters will be more exciting, I think/ hope. Lol please give me feedback any would be good.