A/n: Yay! Friday update! I told you guts I could do it! *smiles proudly* So I have a question for you guys before I go further into the story; do you guys want more of the wolf pack/ Cullen's? Because I really want to corporate everybody in this story, but will take a while to write if I try. Now, I don't mind taking the time to do so, if you guys want me to. But, if you guys want it to be mainly just Paul and his family and Seth and his wife then just tell me so, because I don't want to take all that time if nobody wants them in the story.
Also a guest asked this question; "I really don't understand why she doesn't leave. If Seth imprinted on her why is he still married? I would tell Paul he is a jerk and a loser. Why is she not doing this?" And the only thing I can say is you have to read. Up to this point Paul hasn't said anything to set her off yet. She doesn't have any money to leave right now. But, as for the Seth thing, well I can't tell you without giving it away. So, just wait! Ha-ha that's all I can say right now.
Previously on Running from Tomorrow: Kat goes to work with Paul and Seth because she wanted to spend time with Seth. She helps him tow a car of an old lady. The old lady says some weird things about Seth and Kat. Kat also signed the papers that say that she won't get the money from her mother's health insurance until she is eighteen. She also finds out that she will have to go to school in a day.
Hey-K
I sent that and sat down on the sand with my feet in the water. I didn't realize until I was there, but I wasn't wearing any shoes. As I stared at my feet until I got a text.
Hey! What's up? –T
Just found out that I will be going to school on Wednesday :) –K
After only a few seconds I got his reply.
Nice! I can't wait to see you!-T
I knew that the text was probably his way of flirting, but I didn't like him like that.
Yeah, I can't wait to get out of my house. –K
I hated calling it 'my' house, but I couldn't think of another way to say that without sounding weird.
Yeah, I'll bet. Well, I am going to sleep. I'll see you tomorrow.-T
I was a little confused about his last text until I saw the time. It was close to two in the morning. So, technically tomorrow was Wednesday. I sat there for a while thinking about going to school tomorrow.
I wasn't the kind of person to just walk up to people and introduce myself, but I was fine if people came to me. That was the main reason Jay and I had been friends, we were both like that. Thinking about Jay made me slightly more nervous about going to school. I had never actually gone to school when Jay wasn't there. If he was sick; then I would stay with him. If he ditched; I would too.
I didn't know how to go into a new place without him. As I sat there having a tiny panic attack on the beach I heard a wolf howl in the distance. I know that it should have scared the hell out of my, but I felt my muscles start to relax at the sound. Weird.
I stayed on the beach until I say the sky start to lighten. It was still dark, but it was starting to turn into a deep gray color. I had somehow ended up on my back during the few hours I was on the beach; staring at the stars. It was strange that in all of the time I had looked at the stars in New York; I never noticed how many there were. It looked like there were billions upon billions of stars. As I sat there I heard some leaves moving behind me. I turned around and stared at the trees behind me. I didn't see anything, so I stood up. I walked hesitantly towards the woods.
I stood at the edge and peered in. I didn't see anything, so I started to walk in. I walked the familiar path back to the house and climbed back into my room. I looked around the very boring room that was slowly becoming my own. I had my cloths thrown everywhere and my iPod was sitting in its home, playing some music. I grabbed it and walked into my bathroom. I turned it up so that I could hear it over the spray of the water.
I stripped out of my cloths and undid my hair. I got into the shower and started to wash my hair. I grabbed my razor and shaved my legs and under my arms. After everything was done I stood in the water for a few extra minutes. It was nice to have a few moments where I didn't have to pretend like everything was fine. I stood there and let the past few days play through my consciousness.
I didn't realize I was crying until the sobs escaped my lips. I found myself sliding down the shower wall and curling into a ball. I sat there until the water started to turn cold. I reached over and turned the water off. I wiped the tears away from my eyes and climbed out of the tub. I wiped all of the water off of my body. I avoided the mirror and walked straight into my room.
I threw on a pair of blue underwear on and a black bra. I grabbed a pair of blue jeans from my dresser and threw those on to. I searched through my drawers looking for a t-shirt when there was a knock at my door. I cussed myself internally and walked toward the door. I had planned to just open the door a little bit and stick my head out of the door; using the door as a shield.
I opened the door, and knocked onto my butt as the door swung open. Seth walked into my room, already talking so fast that I could barely keep up.
"So I asked your dad and he said that we could head up to the Cullen's today. Alice has apparently been dying to get her hands on you because you have like an amazing body, and I know that you need like some major long sleeved shirts because all we ever see you in is tank tops. You also need some jackets too, because it is about to get really cold soon and that little leather jacket you have isn't going to do much against the rain. You-" he stopped what he was saying when he turned around and saw me on the floor. "Aren't wearing a shirt?" he said as his eyes trailed down my partially naked torso. I knew that I should have tries to cover up, but the way I saw it; it was basically the same thing as seeing me in a bikini. I stood up and crossed my arms.
"No, I'm not. Why are you in my room?" I asked as I pushed past him and walked over to my dresser. I grabbed the first thing I touched and threw it on. He was still staring at me in a very wired way. I was contemplating throwing him out of my room for being a creeper when he shook his head.
"Um, I came to tell you that we could go to the Cullen's today, you know, if you wanted to." He said as he slowly made his way toward the door. I thought about it for a few seconds. If I went then I would need to play dress-up with that girl named Alice. But if I didn't then I would probably need to spend the day with Paul again.
"Yeah, sure. Um, I need some better clothes anyway." I said as I walked back into the bathroom. I assumed that he would leave my room. I grabbed my make-up bag and put some eyeliner and chap stick on. I turned my music off and turned back toward the door. I let out a high-pitched scream when I saw Seth standing in the door way. "Jesus! Seth! You really need to stop doing that!" I yelled as I passed him.
I walked over to my bed and grabbed my phone. "What?" Seth asked. He was trying not to laugh at me; I could tell.
"You need to stop being so freaking quiet!" I yelled as I stalked out of my room. I felt, rather than saw, Seth behind me. He was so warm.
That time he full out laughed at me. "Sorry. I will try to be less like a ninja." He said. I could practically see the gigantic smile on his face.
"You do that." I murmured as I walked down the stairs. I walked through the living room and into the kitchen. I grabbed an apple and water and turned to Seth. "So, when are they expecting us there?" I asked.
"Um, whenever." He said as he grabbed a banana. "They will be home all day today." He stuffed practically the entire banana into his mouth.
"Have you ever heard of chewing?" I asked after I took a sip of my water.
"No." he said. He still had some banana in his mouth.
"EW! Seth! Close your mouth!" I said pushing his face away from mine. Just to make a point he opened his mouth and brought his face closer to mine. He was laughing; probably at the disgusted look on my face. "Your gross!" I said as I tried to push him away. Despite my grossed out state; I was laughing too.
"I'm not gross." He said as he finished the food in his mouth.
"Sure you're not." I said as I took another sip of water. We stood there for a few moments in comfortable silence.
"Are you ready?" he asked. I nodded. He grabbed my hand and towed me out of the house; only stopping to let me put my shoes on. We ran through the rain and I got into, what I was assuming was, his car. As we drove we listened to the radio. I started to sing along when I knew the song well enough.
Can we pretend that airplanes, in the night sky, are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now, Wish right now, Wish right now.
Can we pretend that airplanes, in the night sky, are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now, Wish right now, Wish right now.
I stopped at the part where the rapping started. I was still looking out of the window, so I saw when we pulled up to the Cullen's house.
"I like your singing." Seth softly said as we parked. I felt the blood rush to my cheeks.
"Thanks." I mumbled before I got out of the car. There was already the tiny girl standing outside of my door with an umbrella.
"Hey." She said as I got under the umbrella with her.
"Hey." I replied as Seth joined us under the under umbrella.
"Hey, Alice!" Seth said. He picked the tiny girl up in a big hug. She was surprisingly able to keep the umbrella over all of us during the exchange.
"Hey, Seth." She said in a voice that sounded more like a bunch of bells than a voice. She then turned to me with a friendly smile. "So are you ready for today?" she asked. By then we were inside the gigantic house. It looked the exact same as the last time I was in here.
"Um, sure?" I asked. I wasn't sure exactly what we were going to be doing, but it was better than being in the garage.
"Good. I just recently got a shipping of clothes that are a size too small for Bella. I thought that you would like some of it. If you don't it will be going to a Good will in Port Angeles, so feel free to take as much as you want." She said as she led me to the second floor. We walked into a room that was filled with shipping boxes.
I looked into one of the boxes. I was expecting the boxes to be filled with a lot of pink things, just by looking at Alice. She was what someone would call a 'girly-girl'. She was wearing a skirt, although it couldn't be more than thirty degrees outside, a pink long sleeved shirt, and some high heels.
The things in the boxes were dark blues and blacks. I picked up a long sleeved dark green shirt and held it up to my chest.
"You can try it on." Alice said from where she was looking through her own box. I didn't see Seth anywhere, so I took my shirt off.
"So, all of this really didn't fit?" I asked as I pulled the shirt over my head. The second it touched my skin I liked it. It was soft and warm, but still light enough to where I could wear a jacket without sweating.
"Yeah, pretty much." She said. "Hey, try this one on." She said as she tossed a dark blue jacket at me. I caught it and put it on. The jacket and the shirt didn't look good together; but they would have looked good by themselves. "I like that one." She said.
"I do too." I said as I took the items off. "So I have a question." I said as I stripped the shirt off and put a dark purple one on.
"Shoot." She said.
"Why aren't you like bouncing off of the walls?" I asked. "Seth told me that you are always like, super hyper." I said while turning my body to get a good look at the shirt.
To my surprise, she laughed. "They all have a tendency to stretch the truth. I'm really not that bad." She said as she tossed me another shirt. I grabbed it out of the air and set it next to me. I pulled the shirt off and threw it into the growing pile of 'keeps'.
I turned to Alice with a smile. "No, you're not." I said as I pulled the tank top on. It was a white one with black lace over it. "What do you think?" I asked turning to look at the mirror.
"I like it." She said.
We spent most of the day going through the many boxes in Alice's room. I ended up taking a lot of the clothes there. As Seth and I were driving back to my house I couldn't stop smiling.
"So, I'm guessing you had a good day?" Seth said. He peeked a sideways glance at me.
"Keep your eyes on the road." I replied avoiding the question. I did have a really fun day. Alice had made me and Seth lunch and dinner and she had watched a movie with us. It was one of the best days I have had in a while.
We pulled up to my house and got out. We made a mad dash for the front porch. It was raining like crazy again. I was laughing like crazy by the time we actually got there. "Wait, my bags!" I yelled as we made our way into the door. Seth turned around and ran back to the car. I was about to help him, but he was already coming back with the many bags.
"Thanks." I said as I closed the door behind him. We were both still laughing like crazy as he carried my bags up to my room. "Shut up!" I said as I put my hand over his mouth in attempt to quiet his laughter. It was close to midnight and I knew that everybody in my house would be asleep.
"Sorry." He mumbled against my hand. I laughed at his apology as we walked into my room. He dropped my bags on my bed. He plopped down next to them with a loud sigh.
"Get off my bed!" I practically yelled. "You're all wet!" He didn't make any move to get off of my bed, so I tried to pull him off by his feet. What the fuck does he eat? After that attempt failed I sat down on my floor. "You have ten seconds to get off of my bed." I said as I stood up.
He didn't make any move so I started to go to my bathroom.
"One." I said as I stepped away from him.
"Two." I said as I started to jog to my bathroom.
"Three!" I yelled as I walked into my bathroom and turned the lights on.
"Four." I said as I searched for a cup.
"Five." I mumbled as I turned the water on.
"Six." I said as turned the water off.
"Seven!" I yelled as I turned the lights off and started to tip-toe back into the room.
"Eight." I said as I climbed onto his chest, so that I was straddling his chest.
"Nine." I said as I positioned the glass over his head.
He was still just lying there. "Are you asleep?" I asked in a small voice. His lips twitched as he tried to keep the smile off of his face.
"Ten." I said as I started to tip the glass. Suddenly a hand came out of nowhere and grabbed my wrist.
"I know you weren't about to drop that water on me, now were you?" he said. He slowly opened his eyes to look at me. I smiled down at him.
"I actually was." I said as I tried to pull my hand out of his grasp. He used his other hand to take the glass from my hand and put it on my night stand. My bottom lip slipped into a pout. I was suddenly hyper-aware that my face was closer to his than was socially acceptable. I tried to pull away, but he put his hand on the back of my neck.
He started to pull my face closer to his until I felt his breath flowing against my face. "You have a wife." I said in an attempt to stop the kiss.
"No I don't." he said before his lips came into contact with mine. Now I have had my fair share of kisses, but that one blew them all away. His lips were soft, like he had used Chap Stick form when he was a baby. And they were warm, like he had been standing in the sun all day and his lips had soaked that all up. He was gentle, touching my face like I was a breakable object. And he was married, no matter what he just said.
I pulled away and put my hand on his chest as he tried to sit up. "You are married." I said. And suddenly it hit me, like a ton of bricks. "Your married!" I yelled as I climbed off of him. He was saying something, but I wasn't listening. I kissed a married man. "Shit." I mumbled as I ran my fingers through my hair. "Shit, shit, shit, shit, sh-" I was cut off by a pair of soft, warm lips pressing to my own. My eyes dropped shut and my muscles relaxed. "Stop!" I practically yelled once I realized what we were doing. "Stop doing that! You are married! Married people don't kiss people who aren't their spouse!" I was hitting his chest as I said that.
"I'm not married!" he said as he grabbed my wrist, stopping my assault on him.
"What?" I asked. I wasn't sure if it was the weather here was making me hear things, but I could have sworn that he said that he was married once upon a time.
"I am not married." He said looking me in the eye.
"Your married to Cayla." I said as I took a step away from him.
He looked down at the floor for a second, like remembering the fact that he did in fact have a wife. "We are splitting up." Ha said in a small voice.
"Why?" I asked in an equally small voice. I suddenly felt like crap for making him talk about it.
"It just wasn't working. We never saw each other and she was always at work." He said as he sat on the edge of my bed.
"I'm sorry." I said as I sat next to him. He took my hand in his.
"It's okay." He said as he looked at our hands. After a few moments something occurred to me.
"I'm your rebound." I said as I pulled my hand out of his and started to stand up. I was planning to throw him out of my room when I felt a hand grab my wrist. A warm hand.
"No, you're not." He said as he pulled me closer to him. He put his hand on my hip and pulled me even closer. "I like you. And not just as a rebound. As a person. As a very beautiful person." He said as he moved his hand from my wrist, up my arm, and to my neck. He cupped my neck and pulled my face down to his. I let his kiss me because, if I was honest with myself, I really liked his kisses.
After a few seconds he moved his face away from mine and pressed his forehead to mine. "So you aren't married?" I asked.
"Well, technically I still am. But only for a few more weeks, and then our marriage will be annulled." I thought about that for a few seconds.
"Well, then I guess we will have to wait a few more weeks before we can do anything." I said as I took a step away from him.
For a few more seconds he looked truly upset, but then he smiled. "I can live with that." He said as he grabbed my hand.
"Okay." I said with a nod. I caught sight of the clock over his head. "You have to go. I have to get ready for school." I said as I pulled on his hand and led him to the door.
"Goodnight." He said as he leaned in for a kiss.
"Hey, none of that." I said as I took a step back. He smiled at me before turning around and starting to walk down the hall. "Goodnight." I called as he started to walk down the stairs. He smiled at me before he walked down the rest of the stairs. I heard the door slam a few seconds later.
I smiled to myself as I walked into the bathroom and took a shower. As I washed my hair I thought about what that kiss meant. I wasn't sure if it was just a 'hook up' kind of kiss, or a 'relationship' kind of kiss. It felt more like the later one, although I was never good at judging people. As I thought about what it would mean if we were actually in a relationship; when it hit me.
I wasn't sure exactly how old Seth was, but I knew he was older than eighteen. And people over eighteen couldn't date people under eighteen; it was illegal. What we just did was illegal.
A/n: Well, there you go. I know it was a little bit shorter than my last chapters, but I was short on time and thought that it would be better to give a short update now, instead of a long update next week. Don't forget to tell me what you think about adding the rest of the wolf pack and the Cullen's! I will go with what the most of you want, so leave a review if you care. And if you don't, well, still leave a review :) they make my day.
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