A/N: Hello, readers! Sorry for the lack of update. This is the last chapter, but I'm not sure if I'm actually done with it. I'll let you guys know :)
Enjoy!
We stayed like that for awhile, not talking, just sitting there. I don't know how long we were there for, but I think it was at least an hour. I was thinking about what I should make for dinner when I heard a scream come from the house. Jared and I immediately jumped off of the table, and made a dash for the house. When we got up there, I saw Seth walking towards Corinne with his hands in the air, and Corinne shaking her head and backing away slowly. Without having to be told, I knew what had happened. Seth had told Corinne about the legends, and she had freaked out. When Corinne saw me, she ran to me and started crying.
"K-Kim," she cried, "I-I don't know what to t-think…he says he's a w-wolf…a-a-and…" she trailed off, and I wrapped my arm around her and took her inside, looking behind me and giving Jared a look. He understood what I meant, and held Seth back. I got Corinne inside and had her sit on the couch.
"Tell me what happened," I said soothingly.
"W-well," she started, "I woke up and he was smiling at me, and we were talking and stuff, and I thought we were going to kiss, but then he said he had to tell me something. S-so he told me about the legends, and how they were true. I was trying to stay strong but then he phased and-I don't know-something in me just snapped and I started crying. He tried to comfort me but I wouldn't let him."
"Corinne, honey, I know it's scary. Believe me, I had a hard time adjusting when Jared told me-yes, Jared is one, too," I said when she gave me a questioning look, "and it's difficult to deal with at first. But you'll get used to it. Did he tell you about imprinting?" She nodded, "Okay. I know it seems weird, but it's true, too. Yes, Jared imprinted on me. I was freaked out at first because I wanted to choose for myself. But then I realized-I would have chosen him."
"I like Seth. A lot. B-but-"
"Corinne, think of your life without him. Picture moving back home." She thought for a second before grimacing, and her face contorting with pain. "Exactly. Like I said, I know it seems as if you don't have a choice, but you do. He doesn't have to be your boyfriend. He can be your best friend. Or your brother. He's whatever you need him to be."
"I can't see him as anything but my boyfriend," she whispered, hugging herself. And that's when I saw it click in her mind. She smiled, and sat up. "He's my boyfriend," she said, smiling bigger.
"Do you want me to bring him inside?" I asked, and she nodded. I got up and walked out, calling him in. When he walked in the living room, I went back outside to be with Jared.
"So what's going to happen now?" I asked him. "She's going to have to move here, right?" He grimaced.
"She doesn't have to, but it'll be better for everyone if she does." I hugged him, glad that nothing major in our lives changed because of the imprinting. We were already together when he changed, it just made it more binding. A few minutes later I heard Corinne call my name, and Jared and I walked inside. Her and Seth were sitting on the couch and he had his arm around her.
"I see you figured out your differences," said Jared, smiling. Corinne blushed and Seth just looked at her like she was the most beautiful thing in the world.
That night, my mom called, checking up on us. I told her that everything was fine, and mentioned Miranda looking for houses here. When my mom asked why, I said that Corinne met someone. My mom sounded doubtful, but I said that it was the mirror image of the relationship between Jared and I. My mom had grown up in the village, and I think that she believes in the legends, and basically knows what Jared is.
That night, Corinne experienced her first vampire lockdown. As soon as I heard a howl outside, I knew what was happening. After Seth and Jared phased and knew what was happening, Jared phased back and drove us to Emily's. On the way, I told Corinne the basics of what was happening, so when we got to Emily's she wasn't in total shock. Jared dropped us off, saw us safely inside, and then ran off into the woods. I introduced Corinne to Emily, who was, of course, cooking. We decided to just stay the night there, since we didn't know when the guys would get back. Corinne was freaking out because she didn't know what was going to happen to Seth. It reminded me of the first time this had happened, when I was a complete mess and Emily was calm. This time, I was calm, too. I comforted Corinne, telling her that Seth would be back. We paced around the house for a few hours until, finally, they came back. They had taken care of the problem, and hadn't gotten hurt in the process. Corinne and I crashed on the floor while the boys ran patrol, and when we woke up in the morning, they were both next to us, sound asleep.
After eating breakfast at Emily's, the guys ran home to change, plus Seth hadn't been home for awhile. Corinne and I went back to my house to change and get ready for the day. Jared showed up a little while later, with pizza from the local pizza place. Seth came by a few minutes later, and we all sat in the living room, watching movies and eating pizza. I went into the kitchen to grab some napkins when I heard my phone go off. I looked at the screen and saw it was Aylin.
"Hello?" I said.
"What it do, baby boo?" She yelled.
"I don't know, Aylin, you called me."
"Oh yeah. Well, Joshua and I are hitting up Port Angeles tonight. There's some sort of beach party. You should come!"
"Ooh, let me ask Jared, Seth, and Corinne if they want to go. Want to meet there, or go together?"
"Let's meet there, Joshua and I are going to dinner before. Let's meet at the candy store at 7:30. Kay?"
"Alright. Bye!"
I walked into the living room, smiling.
"Hey, Aylin just called. There's a beach party tonight in Port Angeles and she and Joshua are going. We should go!"
"Holy crap, how many parties do you go to?" said Corinne incredulously. Seth and Jared laughed.
"During the summer, there's a party once a week, sometimes more," I said, smiling, "So are we going?"
"I'm in!" said Corinne.
"Yeah, I'll go," agreed Seth.
"And what about you, handsome?" I said to Jared, who smiled.
"If you're going, I'm going," Jared said, smiling.
"Yay!" I yelled, jumping up and down, "We're going to meet Aylin at 7:30, so we should leave in an hour or so."
Corinne and I ran upstairs to get ready. I decided to wear a white strapless sundress with white sandals. Corinne chose a pair of light shorts and a loose floral tank top with yellow sandals. We walked out and Jared and Seth's mouths literally dropped open.
"Kim, you cannot go out like that," Jared said, putting his arm around me, "Someone might get the wrong idea and try to take you away from me."
"And then you'll just beat him up," I said, and then kissed him.
"Hey, Seth?" I heard Corinne ask shyly, "I need to show you something…in the kitchen."
She grabbed his hand and dragged him into the kitchen. Knowing what was going on, I pulled Jared into the living room.
"We might as well take advantage of the alone time," I said, smiling.
I put my hands on his shoulders and stood on my tiptoes, and kissed him. He leaned down for a minute to kiss me, and then put his arms around my waist and lifted me up. He took my lower lip into his mouth and sucked on it. I moaned as he detached his mouth from mine and started kissing my neck. Just as we were getting into it, I heard Corinne.
"Kim, I know you and Jared are probably busy right now, but we should probably leave if we want to meet Aylin on time."
Jared put me down, and I straightened my dress and hair, before walking back out to where Corinne and Seth were standing. We piled into my car, and headed for Port Angeles. We parked far away from the boardwalk, and walked towards the candy shop. Aylin and Joshua were standing in front of it, Aylin wearing a teal strapless sundress with white wedged heels.
"Ow-ow!" Aylin catcalled, "Look at these two fine young ladies walking towards us! Kimberley Connweller, what are you wearing? You look HOT!"
"Aylin, shh!" I said, laughing, "It's just a sundress." Jared cleared his throat.
"Nope, not just a sundress."
"See," Aylin said, "Even your boyfriend agrees with me. And Corinne, when did you get beautiful? Seth, you're one lucky guy."
"I know," Seth said, smiling, "She's beautiful. And she's mine," he said, glaring at a group of guys that walked by, staring at us.
Corinne and I rolled our eyes. I was used to the over protectiveness, but I don't think Corinne was yet.
"Well, should we head out to the beach?" Jared asked.
We all nodded, and I grabbed his hand. There were booths set up in the sand, with various things for sale. Clothes, jewelry, food, and a bunch of other random things. I found this really cool necklace that had a little wooden wolf on it. I bought it without showing it to Jared, and had Corinne help me put it on. I walked up behind him, throwing my arms around him.
"So, look at what I bought," I said.
He turned around, and I showed him my necklace. He smiled, and hugged me.
"Now, you'll be with me even when you're not," I whispered in his ear. Yeah, it was cheesy. But he didn't mind. At least, it didn't seem like it when he kissed me.
After we saw all of the booths, we walked down to a separate section on the beach. It was roped off, and there was a little eating area on one side and a dance floor on the other. According to the people nearby, it opened at 10. Since we had about 45 minutes to go, we got in line and talked to the other people. I noticed a group of girls that were looking at Jared flirtatiously, and then three of them walked up to us.
"Hey, do you have someone to dance with tonight?" one of them asked him.
He looked at her oddly, and said, "Yeah, I do."
"Well," she said, flipping her hair over her shoulder, "If you get bored with her, come find me."
I rolled my eyes. The nerve of this girl.
"You know," I said, grabbing Jared's hand, "You seem like a nice girl, but are you really hitting on my boyfriend when I'm standing right here?"
"I didn't know you were his date." She said, and then turned to him, "You could probably do better."
Bitch.
"Excuse me?" I said, trying to stay calm, "You hit on my boyfriend in front of me and then trash talk me right in front of me? How tacky are you?"
"Bitch, that wasn't tacky. I'll show you tacky."
Okay, she was really starting to get on my nerves.
"Listen," I said, "You need to leave now. I'm not going to fight with you over this, and I'd like it if you would leave us alone."
She didn't say anything, she just turned around and walked away. I rolled my eyes, and looked at Jared.
"I'm sorry," I said apologetically, "But she was really getting on my nerves."
"Hey, Kim, it's okay," he said, smiling, "Besides, you're cute when you're jealous."
I rolled my eyes and leaned up to kiss him. I looked over his shoulder and saw the girl glaring at me. The place opened then and we went in, and grabbed a table. Jared went to go get us drinks, and came back with a tray of various drinks.
"Are these alcoholic?" I asked, smiling.
"Yeah," he said, "I didn't think I was going to get anything alcoholic, but when I asked, she just smiled and handed me the tray. Apparently it pays off to look so old."
I grabbed a fruity looking cocktail, and everyone else grabbed one too. I held mine up.
"To looking older than you are," I said.
"To looking older than you are!" We toasted, and drank our drinks. After a few of those, I grabbed Jared's hand and dragged him to the dance floor.
"Yes, but can you dance?" I said, smiling.
The DJ would play different types of music, and Jared and I danced for awhile. I learned that he could salsa, and swing dance. And when we didn't know what to do, we would just sway and act like we knew what we were doing. Seth and Corinne joined us a few minutes later, and we danced for an hour or two. When we made it back to our table, I noticed the girl from earlier sitting at a table nearby. I was talking to Corinne when her eyes got wide.
"Kim-" that was all she said before I felt something wet dripping down my head. I turned around and the girl was standing there, holding an empty cup.
"Oops," she said, smirking.
Suddenly, Corinne was pushing me back, and getting in the girls face, screaming in Spanish and English. I didn't even know Corinne could speak Spanish.
"Yeah, punta? You're gonna do mierda like that? You're a maltida perra!"
I don't think the girl spoke Spanish, but I think she understood the basics of what Corinne was saying. At least, I figured she did when she lunged at Corinne. Jared and Seth immediately jumped in, separating the girls. A few of the girls friends came up and dragged her away.
"So what do you guys think about leaving?" I asked.
"Good idea," Jared agreed. Seth and Corinne nodded, and we left the area. I sent a text to Aylin, telling her that we were leaving. When we got back to the house, Corinne and I changed into pajamas and we went to bed. Seth's mom had called on our way home and demanded that he come home. So he left, leaving Jared, Corinne and I alone for the night. As I fell asleep, I cuddled closer to Jared, happy that he was mine. Yeah, I was selfish. But if a guy is going to imprint on you, he should be yours and no one else's. And no girl should ever stand in the way.