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Chapter Six
Saturday
Lydia POV
So it turns out that the Webbers did agree. Which really surprised me; I mean, I thought they'd never let up on the twin's punishment. Isaac and Joshua could probably go into marketing because they were right, as long as they sold it right they'd be fine.
So here I was trying to figure out what to wear.
Ugh… I felt like such a girl. And no, I wasn't having an identity crisis; I knew I was a girl. But as much as I loved girly things, I hated that I was over-thinking something as simple as clothes. The fact that it was widely recognized as a girl thing just made it all the worse.
Sighing, I glared at my closet. Come on, Lydia you're not a character on Degrassi. Stop being dramatic.
With that last thought, I closed my eyes and thrust out my hand, deciding whatever I grabbed I would wear.
I opened my eyes back up, and looked at her hand to find I was holding a red baja sweater. Smiling I thought Yeah, I can make this work. Already forming an outfit in my mind.
I grabbed blue jean shorts, black tights lined with fleece, and a black long sleeved undershirt. I looked under my bed, finding my denim toms where I had left them. I grabbed a simple black drawstring backpack, and put a small green fleece blanket in it.
I quickly changed, and brushed my hair. I was going to the beach so I wasn't going to take the time to do something fancy. Plus my hair was too short to braid, or put it up in a ponytail.
I walked downstairs to find the boys already waiting in the living room for me.
''Ready guys?'' They nodded with a duh face. Being the dramatic goofballs they were.
They both cried out ''Freedom!'' as we moved out the door. I rolled my eyes as I got into and started up my car.
The closer we got to the beach the faster my heart started to thud in my chest. Why was I so nervous? It was just a bonfire, right? Then why did it feel like so much more?
Lydia calm down! It's just a bonfire, stop freaking out. Seriously, you're being a drama queen.
I took deep breathes, and forced myself to calm down.
As soon as we had parked and gotten out of the car, Embry was right in front of me. If I wasn't so used to him I might have screamed. But since I did know him I settled for whacking him with my backpack.
He made an ''oof'' sound.
I rolled my eyes. ''Hey, Sasquatch.''
''Hey, Pipsqueak,'' Embry smirked back.
''Pipsqueak,'' the twins called out in unison.
''Best behaviour,'' I chirped, pointing to the boys. The boys just stared at me. ''Hey don't look at me like that. You guys are the ones that said, and I quote, 'Mom, Dad relax, we solemnly swear to be on Angela's best behaviour.' Angela wouldn't have mentioned anything like that.'' Lydia said thinking of the boys older sister.
''Ugh... Next time we're about to promise something like that hit us, hard. Like knock us unconscious,'' said Isaac.
''Sure thing, same deal for you to Josh?'' Josh nodded with an over-dramatic solemn face.
''What exactly did they do?'' Embry asked.
''Madness, as per usual.'' Embry raised an eyebrow.
''Can we tell him?'' Joshua asked
''Go for it,'' I shrugged.
''Alright so we filled the organ, with well, I can't remember what we used. Just a bunch stuff from the kitchen, laundry room, restroom, and our own prank supply.''
''Wait, you mixed random chemicals together? You have to be more careful!'' I interjected.
''Lydia relax, I made sure not to mix anything dangerous,'' said Isaac nonchalantly.
''Right you're the mad scientist, and Josh is the man of action,'' I said knowing just how smart Isaac was.
''As I was saying. We filled the organ, and then as she was playing it on Sunday; which actually wasn't supposed to happen, we thought she'd used them Saturday at practice, the gunk exploded out of the organ. Everyone started screaming, it was glorious chaos,'' finished Joshua.
''It was madness, almost gave the poor woman a heart attack,'' I said with a laugh.
''Wait, I'm confused. You guys made a lady's organs explode? Is she dead?'' asked Embry bewildered. The twins and I broke out into full on laughter. ''What?'' asked Embry, appalled.
''They were talking about - organs - you know the instrument,'' I said in between laughs.
''Oh. Oh!''
''Yeah,'' I replied smiling.
''How'd everyone react?''
''Madness. Their parents had steam coming out of their ears; never seen them so angry. The congregation was horrified, and the woman playing it started hyperventilating. It was madness.''
''Wow,'' was Embry's reply. When we got closer to the beach I spotted the bonfire and a group of people. There were more people there than I thought there would be. Embry brought me and the twins to Jacob, Quill, Seth and Leah.
"Hey guys," Embry called to them. They replied with friendly smiles and happy hellos.
''Hi,'' I said softly. I had met them once or twice. But beyond the few things Embry had told me I didn't know them.
''So, these are the trickster twins?'' asked Jacob, smiling at the boys next to me.
''Yup, this is Joshua and Isaac,'' I replied, gesturing to the correct twins. ''Joshua, Isaac, this is Jacob.'' They gave each other proper handshakes.
''This is Quil.'' Fist bumps where shared.
''Seth.'' They did some weird guy handshake things - that I'm not sure if I could replicate. It looked like something they would have been perfecting over years even thought this was the first time they had met to my knowledge.
''And Leah,'' Leah shook their hands with less energy then what all the guys had showed. While Quil promised to supervise the twins, and asked them all about their pranks; Embry began to introduce me to the people I hadn't met before.
First I met Emily, who had half her face scarred. I was scared I would say something inappropriate by accident, but she was so nice it was easy to overlook her scars. I genuinely liked Emily. She just had this gentleness about her. I met Kim as well. She seemed shy, but I wasn't the most outgoing person myself.
"So how long have you been in Forks?" Emily asked. I took a seat next to her by the bonfire as Embry moved to talk with some of the guys. Kim sat cross legged in the sand in front of us.
"Around four… five months," I say, roughly counting on my fingers.
"Where did you move from?" I didn't mind Emily's questions; the answers had become second nature to me.
"Jamestown, New York, but I've moved around a lot… I only lived there two months before coming here."
"Oh, why did you move all the way to Forks?"
"My Dad's an author, he likes to change his scenery to keep inspiration flowing. I myself don't like moving so much. So when he wanted to go to Europe for a few months I put my foot down. So I'm staying with the Webbers until he gets back into the states."
"Is it just you and your Dad?" Emily asks carefully.
"I have a step Mum and two older brothers."
"Oh that's nice, are you and your brothers close?"
"We were until Dad got remarried, there's an age gap between us so I don't remember much of my mother, but they didn't take to Sandy well. David is the oldest at thirty-one, but still living like a teenager. Last time I heard he was backpacking through South America with a girl almost half his age. Alex is twenty-eight and has his head on a bit better then David, he's a doctor, and has just settled down with a girl in a small Alaskan town. I don't think it will last forever though," I chuckle. "God I sound like such a gossip goose."
Emily chuckles, "No it's fine, it's fine. It's always nice to talk about someone else's family drama."
I smile, "Leo always said that once I open my mouth it's hard to shut it again."
"Who's Leo?" Kim asks. I hadn't even realized I had said his name so easily.
"Uh… He was an old friend." It hurts to just call him a friend; Leo was so much more, he was my brother. He wasn't my brother by blood, but that doesn't mean much in my family. Leo was only three years older than me and it was like he was the only person that really understood me. He died in a violent street attack two years ago. My family barely spoke of him after his funeral.
"If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?" ask Emily after a pause in the conversation.
"I'm almost eighteen. But some days I feel like I'm a hundred and eighteen," I chuckle.
"Oh, we all have days like that," Emily smiles.
The topic of conversation moves on to Emily and her husband Sam. They apparently married last spring and found out two months ago they were going to be parents; Emily is just starting to show
As the night goes on I met Emily's husband Sam and Kim's boyfriend Jared. I am also introduced to Paul and Rachel, some friends of theirs.
Eventually I met up with the twins again, and saw little Claire who I had met at the library with Quil a few weeks ago. She is a total sweetheart.
The food was passed around and quickly finished off by the men who seemed to eat sickening amounts of food with ease. It was then announced that Billy Black was going to start telling the Quileute legends so I moved to sit by Embry. I was still eating my food; I hadn't really been hungry, but had taken it to not seem rude by passing up the offer.
"Isn't that meat a bit under cooked?" Embry whispered in my ear, looking at the burger in my hands.
"What can I say? I like my meat still kicking," I smiled at the small cringe that crossed his face as I ripped another bite from my burger. If only Embry knew how raw I usually have my meat, he would probably be sick.
Billy began to tell stories of how the Quileute are believed to have descended from wolves. It sounded like a nice story until the Cold Ones got involved. The way he described the Cold Ones made a shiver run down my spine. Embry put his arm around my shoulders and after all the time we had spent together over the last few weeks it was only now I realized how hot his skin was. In the back of my mind pieces started to fall into place.
Authors Note: Yeah this here is where I really start to go my own way with the story. Originally Leah and Isaac imprint and Emily doesn't ask Lydia all those questions. I hope all her answers made sense but if they didn't compared to some of the things she has told Embry , that is okay because… well I can't tell you why but you will find out soon.
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