Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. It belongs to the creative mind that is Stephanie Meyer. I don't own the story title or main starting plot. I adopted this story from MariMart since she can't continue the story.
Chapter Four
Saturday
Embry's POV
Today's the day Lydia's coming over.
I was running around the house, trying to make it presentable. Checking to make sure all the snacks were accounted for. That all the DVD's worked properly.
I was feeding myself into a frenzy. To the point where my mom asked me, "Why are you running around like a crazy person?" Not that she didn't seem to appreciate me cleaning up, but then it hit me.
I knew I had forgotten something! I had forgotten to tell Mom about Lydia. She knew I went to the library for tutoring, but she didn't know with whom. And she didn't know my ''tutor,'' who was my imprint, was coming over for movie night. She didn't even really know what an imprint was, what it meant to me.
It was 4:27pm.
I had roughly 30 minutes to convince Mom to let Lydia come over. I was seventeen, protecting the reservation from vampires. But I still had to ask if my imprint could come over to the house. Like I was just another teenage boy trying to convince his mom to let a girl he liked to come over.
Because to my mom that's all I was.
''Umm?'' Was my intelligent response.
''Embry?'' Mom said, eyebrows raised. She had already pulled out the Mom Voice. Now every Mom Voice is slightly different, but instantly recognizable as a Mom Voice. A Mom Voice said "I gave birth to you, I raised you, and dealt with all the 'wonderful phases' you've gone through. Don't BS me."
''I… I invited a friend over. She's actually been tutoring me at the library.'' Mom nodded. ''We're supposed to have a movie night. I guess I forgot to tell you.''
''So she's from Forks?''
''Well, yeah. Originally, she's from New York, the state not the city. She just moved to Forks. Works at the library.''
''And she's been helping you?'' Mum asked with a raised eyebrow as the questioning began.
''Yes,'' I nodded.
''What's her name?''
''Lydia. Lydia Munoz.''
''Do her parents know she's coming?''
''I think so.''
''How old is she?''
''Mom!''
''Embry!''
''Around my age, I think.''
''What time is she supposed to be here?''
''Five O'clock.''
Mom turned to look at her watch. "4:39pm," she sighed.
''Fine. But I want to meet her and you better make sure she gets home before 11:00pm.''
''I will, thanks Mom,'' I said, moving quickly to hug her.
Lydia's POV
I was smiling faintly as I drove to the address Embry had given me. Today I had woken up early because Aunt Katherine was going shopping with the twins. They invited me to go with and had chosen to leave early because they were going to Port Angeles. I had decided to go and see if I could find something to take to Embry's house. I knew it was kind of old fashioned. But I didn't think Embry would be offended. It was just the way I was raised.
It took a while between Isaac's and Joshua's constant pestering and not knowing what to bring. Isaac and Joshua, the twins, had practically adopted me. They could be very sweet, but also very annoying. They reminded me of my own brothers. I eventually decided on a large bag of Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies. Everyone pretty much liked those. I had never met anyone who said they didn't.
It was later then it should have been when we had gotten back to the house so I quickly grabbed my stuff, making sure Aunt Kat knew where I'd be at before leaving.
I arrived at Embry's house at 4:59pm.
When I knocked at the door, a woman with small crinkles around her deep brown eyes, and russet lips answered the door. Dressed in simple jeans and green buttoned down shirt, I guessed this was Embry's mom. They had the same eyes and nose. I outstretched my hand to shake Embry's Mom's hand.
''Hi, you must be Embry's mother. I'm Lydia, it's nice to meet you.''
''Please, call me June.''
''Well, it's nice to meet you June,'' I smiled.
''Hi Lydia,'' Embry called suddenly appearing at the door. "Hey Mom, didn't you have errands to run?''
''Yes Embry, I do. I was just saying hi to your friend.''
''Well, you said hi. So...'' I unabashedly rolled my eyes at him.
''Embry, stop trying to push your mom out the door of her own home! She hasn't shown me your embarrassing baby pictures yet!'' I said sarcastically.
June's POV
I turned to the girl my son obviously had a crush on and smiled.
''Oh, I like you. Smart with a sharp wit. And Embry, I'll be leaving after asking Lydia something.''
''Yes, June?'' She seemed polite, looked kind and well dressed.
''Do your parents know you're here?'' I asked.
''Well, I'm actually staying with my Uncle, Peter Webbers, and his family at the moment. They know I'm here.''
''That's good to hear, I'll be back later. Pizza money is on the counter.''
Lydia POV
I followed Embry into the living room. It was a quaint family home. It wasn't fancy and didn't look like it was out of the magazine. It was simple, homey, and clean. All around the walls were water-colour paintings of sunsets, forests, and beaches. There were plenty of family photos of Embry and his mom too. Not professionally done, just random ones taken on a disposable camera most likely. I was drawn to a particular picture of a sunset that was set over a body of water. I turned to Embry who was beside me; watching me?
''It's beautiful,'' I grinned.
''Yeah, I know right?'' Embry grinned back. ''My mom painted it.''
''Seriously, that's awesome.''
''Yeah, she used to paint all the time. When I was a kid she tried to teach me, but I kind of suck. I do a bit better with acrylic though.''
''That's cool. I can't paint for my life. I can kind of draw, but not really. I feel like drawing, painting, and dancing all have one thing in common. You either have a knack for it or you have to work hard to get the hang of it. I can't dance either,'' I smiled.
''Neither can I,'' Embry laughed.
''So, what movies did you get?'' I asked as we moved towards the couch. Embry grabbed a stack of DVD's off the wood coffee table.
''The Wolfman, Dracula, Frankenstein, and Birds. All the classics. I even got the Lake Placid series, since I've never seen them before,'' he said, holding them out to me.
''Awesome!'' I said smiling as I took them from him and went through the stack of DVD's.
''Birds?'' I questioned.
''Yeah, it seems like it wouldn't be scary, but it scared me so bad when I was a kid. I had nightmares. I was glad when I found it. Didn't think I'd find it on DVD.''
''Okay then.''
''Hey, what's in the bag?''
''Oh, cookies!'' I answered grinning, revealing the large bag. Embry grabbed them from my hands and ripped the bag open. I laughed.
''Man, I freaking love these!''
''I've never met anyone who hasn't.''
''You didn't have to bring anything,'' he said sheepishly.
''Oh, I know. But it's the way I was raised. I could just hear my father scolding me if I hadn't.''
''Speaking of parents. I'm sorry about my mum before.''
''What are you talking about? From what I've seen she seems great,'' I smiled.
''What?'' he questioned as though he didn't believe what I had said.
"Look, if you're talking about the whole 'do your parents know you're here?' thing. My dad would have totally done something similarly. In fact, he has done stuff exactly like that. It's just what parents do.''
''Oh.''
''Yeah, now let's get to these movies. Really, how scary could Birds be?''
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