Oh JOY to the Whole Damned WORLD!
"Sorry, Uncle Billy." I bit my lip anxiously as I followed Jacob back into the living room, "Haven't quite gotten the whole temper control down."
"I'm used to it." He shrugged, looking at Jacob.
"Well, Shea is a horse, I'm a wolf, and you're in a wheelchair. We're all good!" Jacob flopped down on the couch.
"I'm hungry." We said at the exact same time, I broke out laughing.
"Go eat grass, there's tons of it outside." Jacob snorted, heading for the kitchen.
"Grass is my friend, it isn't food. Herbivores are stupid." I ducked past him. "Food is food, not your friend."
"You sound like Nemo." Jacob teased.
"No, I sound like a dumbass shark. Now, where is the rest of the food?" I looked in the fridge.
"At the store, yet to be bought." Billy answered.
"Damn." I muttered.
"I'm going to Seth's then." Jacob called.
"Clearwater? Is he a," I tried to remember what Jacob had just said he was, "Is he a wolf too then?"
"Yup, him and Lee."
"If they have more food I'm coming with." I chased after him.
"Sure, sure." He sighed, waiting for me to catch up.
"Hmmmmm, so you're all wolves? Why?"
"Because, same reason you're a horse." He shrugged.
"I'm not only a horse." I disagreed, "I can change into whatever I want. I have magic. It's just our family is naturally a horse form so that's what I change into most of the time."
"Magic." He laughed.
"IT'S TRUE!" I protested. "My name even means from the fae court or from the faerie fort, your choice. They're the same thing."
"Riiiiiight."
"Yeeeeeaaaaaah." I tried to convince him.
He ruffled my hair.
"Well then, explain why I'm wearing clothes I haven't even seen in my entire life! I just shifted into them, from horse to clothes. Some poor soul is probably wondering where all their clothes have been going."
"How am I supposed to believe that?" He raised an eyebrow.
"You'll see it eventually." I shrugged.
"That's another thing, how long are you staying?"
"Until Aiden loses his mind and feels the need to come get me." I frowned, "And that won't take long."
Jacob nodded and we neared the house.
"OHMYGAWD!" I screeched.
"What?!" Jake jumped.
"I can shift into a WOLF! Then I can annoy you for all eternity! How 'bout that?!" I jumped up and down, haha, annoying Jake was my LIFE! L-I-F-E!
"Oh, joy." He mumbled and just sorta knocked down the door. Like he literally pushed it open so hard it fell off its hinges.
"NOT AGAIN!" Leah's voice sounded from inside.
"Lee!" I screamed.
"JACOB BLACK I AM GOING TO KILL YOU FOR BRINGING HER HERE!" Leah came in from the kitchen of the Clearwater household and gave me a hug.
"Leah can teach you a lot about dealing with your ex." Jacob nodded to me and made his way to the kitchen, but as he walked by Leah she pounded him over the head.
"It's true, Lee!" He complained.
"Shut UP!" We both screamed at the exact instant.
"No, you see, Leah, Shea has been having some difficulty…"
"I CAN FEND FOR MYSELF JACOB BLACK!" I growled. "Eric hasn't caused any trouble."
"Yes, but if you hate Elizabeth, now is the time to let it out." He smiled.
Some joke.
"I'll give you five seconds to run. One, two," He backed away slowly.
"FIVE!" I shouted. Haha, he fell for it. He ran the other way.
"Wonder how far he'll go before he notices." Leah commented.
"Yeah, really." I smiled.
"So what's this about Liz?" She frowned.
"Don't bring her up, and I won't bring Em up." I looked at her.
"Oh…" She seemed to understand.
"Yeah." I nodded.
"Why the hell did I find Jacob running for his life?" I heard Seth sigh. The sound of his voice made me smile. No clue why, but I guess that's how life works. Jacob runs for his life and is found by the kid you kissed when you were four.
Haha, yeah. We were an interesting bunch, but I got my $20.00 like Paul promised so that was an upside.
"Cause he deserved it." I called back to him.
"Did not." So Jake had come back.
"Shea?" Seth walked in.
I choked. NO! I screamed in my head. NO, NO, NO! THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN!
Seth had stopped too and was staring at me.
I needed him in my life, I had imprinted, wasn't that what I wanted?
Guess not…
I ran out the back door, the last image in my mind being Seth's hurt face. Jacob had said something like "what the hell?" and Seth was silent.
And I was running.
On all fours? Haha, sweet. I was a wolf! But it didn't make me any happier. I had realized I didn't want my happy ending. I never really like love stories, the more blood the better. And I didn't LOVE Seth.
"Who's the new chic?"
"Aw, Seth imprinted!" Someone mocked.
"Shut it, bastard." I snapped.
"So, we have another one? Great. First Leah, now this one. Why are all the she-wolves bitches." One grumbled.
"Hahahaha, I know why."
"YOU PERVERT!" I tried to shake the image out of my head.
"So, who are you?"
"Where you from?"
"Why the hell did you imprint on goldilocks?"
"Um, Shea. I'm from Jersey. I have no idea why I imprinted on Seth, but fate never favored me so that's probably why."
"Shea? Like Shea-shea? You came back?!"
"Hey, Embry." I laughed. "I'm surprised I came back too."
"You're whole family just dropped off the face of the Earth, what happened?" It was Quil who asked.
"We moved. Couldn't keep much contact cause half the family started shifting."
"That could cause problems…" Embry agreed.
"Yepsterz." I nodded.
"So you're a wolf too?"
"Nope. I'm a horse!" I smiled.
"You would be. You always loved horses." Quil laughed.
"Aw man!" Embry suddenly burst.
"What?" Quil and I wondered.
"Now we have to see what it's like to kiss Seth."
"Okay, let's recap." I thought as Quil groaned. "I just ditched him when I found out I imprinted. Kissing isn't likely to come soon."
"That's what you think."
"She'll do it for a $20." Paul was laughing.
"Whoops, left the shield open." Quil muttered.
"What shield?"
"There are two packs so we can only hear each other when someone opens the shield, and I left it open." Quil sighed.
"Great job." Jared applauded.
"Can't believe I remember half of your names at all!" I smiled.
"Well, obviously you can." Ugh, I knew that one too.
"Shut-up." I growled.
"Oh, so Sam dumped TWO girls for Emily?!" Embry sounded very confused.
"HELL NO!" I screeched.
"Wow, Sam managed to already get on this one's bad side."
Sam seemed honestly confused.
"How long do you hold a grudge? Last time I saw you, you were eleven." He was going through everything in his head.
I thought about cars dancing in a conga line.
"What the fuck?" Paul laughed.
"Lion, lamb, lexus, legit, lovable, lefty, last, loser, dumbass, no that wasn't an 'l' word, damn." I mumbled. "Laggard, left, lutz, leave." I choked. "Lumber, learn, lean…"
"What is wrong with you?" Embry worried.
"There is NOTHING wrong with ME." I snapped. "99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall." I finished that and continued to whisky.
"How long has she been doing that?"
"If you wanted something to block your mind, just ask."
"GET THAT OUT OF YOUR HEAD, PAUL!" Holy crap. "78 bottles of whisky on the wall, 78 bottles of whisky. Take one down, pass it around, 77 bottles of—I'M SERIOUS, PAUL!"
"Calm down." Jared sighed.
Sam was quiet.
"Okay, done." I nodded, I had successfully gotten the whole previous convo out of my head. Quite randomly, right before I decided to phase back, I spoke what little truth there was left in the world.
"Fate hates humanity, so joy to the whole damn world." And I phased into an outfit I had, again, never seen in my entire life.