Yay! Last official chapter! I don't own Twilight As always, enjoy!
Chapter 13.
Caleb's POV
Today was the day. Our last day up at La Push. The last day I would see Megan or the pack until spring break. I had everything packed early so I could see her before we left off. I tore through the woods at top speed. It would be a while before Mom would let Megan within two miles of Aunt Abby, so if I wanted to see her I'd have to run over and do it myself.
When I finally got to the motel room where she was staying, she ran to me and tackled me to the ground. Once I was able to get up we went into the motel room. It was a little crowded with Mason and Lilly in there, but Megan didn't seem to care, she went right on kissing me, although we agreed that since we had forever we would wait at least a few years before we "did it."
"PDA!! PDA!!" Mason cried, running over and touching Megan. She glared at him. I didn't want her in a bad mood, so I reinitiated our kiss. Then Mason touched me.
"OW!" An electric current rocketed through my veins, I had to stop and clutch the spot where he touched my arm. "Ughhhhh..." I moaned.
"What did you do to him?" Megan exclaimed, punching him in the stomach.
"Sorry!" Mason pouted. "I forgot the wolfies are more sensitive to me. I'll turn it down a notch." He touched me again, but this time it was just a mild shock, like one of those prank buzzers.
"Well, we're starved, we're going to go hunting...want to come?" Lilly asked. "Caleb?"
"No thanks," I laughed shaking my head.
"And we know you've eaten," Mason said to Megan. Her eyes were red, Lilly had explained that they would be that way for a while until the animal blood set in, but already I could see the color turning from ruby red to a golden sunset color.
Mason and Lilly left quickly.
"They weren't really hungry..." Megan smiled.
I realized their eyes had been golden, they must have hunted with Megan after the fight.
Megan sighed and leaned into me.
"Do you really have to go away?" I asked. I could barely bare a moment without her. How was I going to go for months?
She smiled. "Yes."
I stuck out my lower lip and pouted.
"It's not my fault," she grinned. "You make me want to be a better person."
"Technically you're not a person..." I tried as a last resort.
"You know what I mean," she chuckled, punching my arm. "You know what?" she asked.
"What?"
"We're so in love, but we know almost nothing about each other. It's crazy," she grinned.
"Well, that's the way imprinting works, that's the way it worked for my parents," I said.
"See! I didn't know that!" she exclaimed. "You have to tell me everything about yourself! By the way, tell your mom I'm sorry if it'll do anything right now..."
I laughed. "Well, I think she's still pretty pissed, but I did overhear her telling Dad that she was glad she wouldn't be aging for the next five years."
"Well, it's a start. Anyway, tell me about yourself!"
So I told her some things, I started with my birth and worked my way up with stories I had heard about my childhood until I reached about age two. I was about to close up and tell her we did have to make it last forever, but then a loud wolf howl pierced the air. What was it now? "I'm sorry, I've got to go baby," I said, kissing the top of her head.
"Will you be back before you leave?" she asked.
"I don't know," I said. I had no clue what they could be calling the pack for now. "I'll call you."
I jumped off the bed and threw off my clothes transforming into my wolf. Megan stuffed my clothes into the gym bag I now constantly carried around, an excellent idea on Megan's part although I didn't tell the pack it was her idea, and she pulled it over my shoulders. I jumped up and licked her cheek and bolted out her door, through the motel parking lot and into the woods.
What is it? I asked Leah once I got a connection with her.
Just wait until the rest of the pack gets here, she said, guarding the secret well.
Finally everyone else had assembled and we crowded around Leah.
As you all know she started, she almost sounded sad, Reese and I are in love. Madly in love. We've talked about it a lot, and we've both decided to give up our wolves so that we can start a family during our parents' lifetimes. Since the events of two days ago I know we've made the right decision. This is the last time I'll be speaking to you as your Alpha. Koda, I know you'll do a great job.
The Alpha tone in her voice faded as she spoke and she became just another wolf.
There was a short clatter in the pack mind as his siblings cheered him on as he made his way in front of the pack.
I...I don't know what to say. Thank you, Koda said. At this we all knew he was the rightful Alpha. The only question now was who was Beta?
Koda took a second to think about who he would appoint, he hadn't been expecting this. Britta, you can be my Beta, you're the second most experienced and I think you'll be able to call the shots when I'm not here.
Okay, thanks, she said. She had been expecting this.
Guess this means I'll have to be in town more won't I?
Mom will like that, Kenley said. Oooh! Wait until you tell Dad! He'll be so happy for you!
More like Koda will get a five hour lecture on how to be a pack leader, Britta snickered.
Oh, Caleb, I was supposed to tell you, your mom says you guys are leaving in an hour. Leah said.
Right. We were leaving. It was sad. The pack had become like another family to me.
Well newbie, I guess you've got to go. If you phase sometime soon someone's bound to be on the other side, so keep us posted and stay posted yourself, okay? Koda said, giving me a sort of wolf hug.
Take care of your sister for me, Channing said, following suit.
Like I have a choice, I muttered.
Kenley laughed. Glad you're in the pack. Like Koda said, phase soon so we can talk to you!
We'll miss you and all the drama you and your family bring, Britta added.
Okay, okay, Caleb needs to go now. Leah said.
I said goodbye to everyone then went back to the house, phasing back before I got there.
Aunt Abby was putting some of Ivy's stuff in the car and I saw yet another opportunity. Since she had found out about us she'd been a little jumpy and easy to scare, which was very fun to do as Koda, Channing, and I had found, but we could only do it when Mom wasn't around. "Boo!"
She jumped, but she was realizing it was just us more quickly and the effect was starting to wear off. "Must you do that?" she muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Eh, it's not as fun anymore," I shrugged, but I couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Mom says you need to get your stuff in the car," Shelby said. She was sad about leaving Channing. She already had a crush on him! If only she knew how much he liked her back.
"Hey Shelby, I'll probably be coming up here some on the weekends, you want to come with me sometime?" I asked. I couldn't stand her being all mopey like this.
"Awww…you're such a good brother," Aunt Abby gushed, wrapping her arms around my neck. Koda and Channing walked by and snickered. "Revenge is sweet," she grinned, letting go of my neck and going back inside.
"That was cold," Shelby giggled.
I picked her up and swung her upside down which I could do with my new increase in height. "Hey little sister, you know what?"
"What? What?" she gasped between fits of laughter. Her face was turning red.
I put her back down. "Nothing," I said mysteriously. This would torture her for at least a week.
"WHAT??" she begged.
"Nothing," I said, starting to walk away.
"CALEB!!!"
"I thought you said they were being good," Dad said, coming back out the door with Aunt Abby again. "Oh, Caleb, don't go back inside, we're about to leave."
"I have to get my stuff!" I said, opening the door. I went back to our room to grab my bag. I had to slam the door back shut. Ava and Grandad were making out in there. Gross.
"What do you want?" Grandad asked, opening the door.
"My suitcase," I said pushing past him a little. My suitcase came flying at me. I managed to catch it
"There, now get out!" Ava said.
"Gladly." I took my suitcase back out and threw it in the trunk.
"Where's Grandad and Ava? We're about to leave!" Mom asked. Ivy and Shelby were already situated in the car.
"They're…um…in the back room," I said.
Mom sighed exasperatedly and marched back to get them.
About a minute later they all came out, Grandad and Ava were clearly not happy about our leaving. Mom seemed to be sort of sympathetic to them, but she was definitely ushering them along. Aunt Abby stared at them with a weird look on her face. We still didn't know if she believed that Ava was her mother or not.
Aside from Ivy and Shelby everyone was barraged with hugs right before we left. Mom seemed to be pleased when Aunt Abby finally did hug Ava, but not so much when Grandad started whispering things in Ava's ear. I wished Megan were there and hoped that eventually everyone would be able to get along.
Finally we were on the road. About my ringer went off, probably Megan, but I couldn't find my phone.
"Oh, yeah," Mom said, digging it out of her purse. She took a quick glance at the name on the screen and bit her lip a little. Still, she reached back and handed me the phone. "You forgot this."
Hey! Well, I might have lied a little, there'll be an epilouge in a little bit...Again, I thank Shelby and Megan. Please reveiw! Thanks!
Hufflepuffbrunette :)
