p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""You should get this one Vic" Emily said. We were in Port Angeles looking for dresses for the pageant and homecoming. The pageant was two days away and the dance later this week on Saturday. br /"I can't believe I have to go to the football game on Friday in business attire, what does that even mean?!" br /"Have you never had a homecoming court at your old school?!" Kim said. "Oh that business attire, so like the duchess" Kim and Emily laughed at me as we kept looking through the store. Around noon we had found my business attire. A deep purple knee length dress, a matching hat, and black pea coat with pumps. We decided to break for lunch. We went to a cute little bistro and we all got pasta. "So are you and Sam ever gonna actually get married?" Kim asked. Emily smiled and looked down at her plate. "When I can get Leah to agree to be my maid of honor. Bridesmaid at least"br /"So never?" Kim said. Emily made a face at her and they started eating again. "Wait I don't get it" I said. Kim and Emily looked at each other and Kim shrugged. "Well you know that Leah is my cousin"br /"Yea I know"br /"Well she was engaged to Sam when he phased the first time. He couldn't tell her but he still had a duty to do so he would sneak out of the house at night to run and sleep during the day when he didn't work. They started fighting about it. Leah didn't know what was going on. One day I came down to visit and he imprinted on me. He broke up with Leah and started pursuing me. I didn't understand what he was doing and I told him to leave me alone and to go back to Leah. That's when the accident happened." She paused and I nodded my head. "Leah was hurt and angry at us for a long time. She thought that we had betrayed her. Once she phased she understood why he left her but she became bitter when she had to see how happy he was with her and I with him."br /"She's better now that she's in Jacob's pack. Now she doesn't hear his thoughts. She's slowly coming around. It would better if she could find someone for herself but who knows" Kim said. Emily nodded her head in agreement and that was the end of the conversation. "Well now that I've ruined the mood here let's continue our shopping" I said, they /We went to the next store and separated. A little after getting there I noticed Kim and Emily whispering near the dressing rooms. I walked closer to them and asked them what they were doing, "what are you whispering about?" br /"Ok you just have to trust me on this ok? I know it's gonna be a stretch but I think it's a winner" Kim said. She handed me the dress and pointed me into the dressing room. I quickly realized that the dress was not a dress. It was a tight white crop top and a high waist mermaid styled skirt that was teal with white polka dots and a slit up the side with ruffles. I decided that instead of freaking out I would trust them and put it on. I walked out in the outfit and they both stared at me. There was a guy at the register that decided cat calling me would be an appropriate response. Kim and Emily laughed while I blushed. "Your so getting that" Emily said. "Definitely" Kim said./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"After lots of preparation, it was time for the first event in a series of unfortunate events leading up to homecoming. I was standing in my duchess attire, as Kim and I have adopted calling it. My hair was curled and I was having a hard time convincing myself to put on the stupid hat. "You know your gonna wanna wear it" dad said, "it's gonna get cold and if you can't wear an actual hat that's as good as your gonna get"br /"Uughhhhh! I don't even wanna do this! I didn't sign up for this. I'm gonna freeze!" My dad and Billy were finishing eating. Billy had been over a lot since the she who should not be named situation. Jacob and I are sure he's gonna move in soon. The day after the argument Rebecca decided she would take it upon herself to tell the whole rez before she left. Billy being on the council gave him some protection from the people who viewed it like Rachel did, no words or actions against him, just looks. For now anyway. "You won't be that cold" dad said as he put their dishes in the sink. "What do you mean?" I asked. Just then the doorbell rang. I went to answer it and when the door opened Paul was standing there with Lilly's. He had on jeans and a black button down shirt. "I heard you didn't have an escort for tonight" he said with a half smile. "If you don't want a date at least let me be your space heater?" He looked unsure an ready for rejection. "Can I at least come in and we can talk first? Before you give me an answer?" I stepped back and let him in. I gestured to the stairs. Once in my room I sat down on my desk chair and he leaned on my desk. "Still didn't fix your bed I see" br /"Goin for an Indy thing" he laughed and then there was an awkward silence. "So I moved into my Nona's house on Wednesday. And I talked to Rachel. We filed for divorce. We told Nenna that grandma needed more help so I had to move in with her. I get her every three days and every other weekend when I'm not on patrol." I had to reward him. I promised that if he worked it out I would forgive him. It still didn't make me love him, but there was no reason that I didn't need a protector, a friend, and a space heater. "I guess I could use a heater buddy" I smiled at him. He smiled back at me and stuck his hand out to help me up from the chair. I took his hand and we walked out of my room and down the stairs. "Dad I'm dragging Paul to hell with me!" I yelled as I put my shoes on. "Ok don't come back to late."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"It was third quarter and even with Paul, I was freezing my ass off. "Oh my god how much longer!" Paul laughed and said "about half an hour" my eyes went as wide as I could make them, "half an hour?! No I can't sit here any longer I'm die of hypothermia" br /"Alright well then let's ditch this Popsicle stand" I smiled at him and we walked down the ramp of the stands and out to his car. When we got to my house I changed into sweats and we ate ice cream and movies for hours before I passed out on the couch./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;" /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"I was Emily's house with Kim practicing my interview skills. The boys were all laughing at me after I fumbled through the previous question. "Ya know what, you guys can all shut up and eat your food! This is hard!" br /"I could totally do better than you!" Embry said. "Fine you sit on this chair and you answer the next question" Kim said. "Ok, what qualities do you think would best represent the spirit of miss La Push 2015?" Emily asked. "I think that the qualities that would best represent the spirit of miss La Push would be a caring and giving person, someone who is willing to give back to the community. I also believe that the woman should have confidence in herself and her abilities" he finished his answer and smiled at me. I gave him a deadpan look, "screw you I hate you" I said. They all laughed and Kim pushed me back into practicing./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"After lots of preparation the event had finally came and went. I didn't care whether I won or not. I was just glad to be done. The whole pack came to support me that night. Turns out Embry's answer was what won me the title. After we had a bonfire to celebrate. Presently I was getting ready to go to Paul's daughter's birthday party. What was I doing? How crazy is my life? When I got there with dad, everyone else was already there. Paul came up to me with two little girls on his shoulders climbing all over him. One had long black hair and the other a short bob. "Vic, Dakota, this is Claire and Nenna. Nenna say hi" he put the girls down and the one with the bob came up to me and hugged my legs," hi daddy's special friend" I put my hands on her back and looked up at Paul while I answered her "hi Nenna. It's nice to meet you" br /"Daddy told me you were his special friend like Claire is Quil's" oohhhh. That's what special friend meant. She ran off with Claire and Paul said hi then ran off after them. Near the end of the party I was sitting on the porch of Rachel's house when she came and sat next to me. As if I wasn't already nervous enough to be there. "I just want to let you know that there are no hard feelings. I understand the situation and after thinking about it, I would prolly do the same thing if I was in your shoes"br /"Wow you go straight to the point don't you?" She laughed an shook her head. "You are so made for Paul" I smiled at her, "I could never out snark him. You though, you can"/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"After lots of preparation, it was time for the first event in a series of unfortunate events leading up to homecoming. I was standing in my duchess attire, as Kim and I have adopted calling it. My hair was curled and I was having a hard time convincing myself to put on the stupid hat. "You know your gonna wanna wear it" dad said, "it's gonna get cold and if you can't wear an actual hat that's as good as your gonna get"br /"Uughhhhh! I don't even wanna do this! I didn't sign up for this. I'm gonna freeze!" My dad and Billy were finishing eating. Billy had been over a lot since the she who should not be named situation. Jacob and I are sure he's gonna move in soon. The day after the argument Rebecca decided she would take it upon herself to tell the whole rez before she left. Billy being on the council gave him some protection from the people who viewed it like Rachel did, no words or actions against him, just looks. For now anyway. "You won't be that cold" dad said as he put their dishes in the sink. "What do you mean?" I asked. Just then the doorbell rang. I went to answer it and when the door opened Paul was standing there with Lilly's. He had on jeans and a black button down shirt. "I heard you didn't have an escort for tonight" he said with a half smile. "If you don't want a date at least let me be your space heater?" He looked unsure an ready for rejection. "Can I at least come in and we can talk first? Before you give me an answer?" I stepped back and let him in. I gestured to the stairs. Once in my room I sat down on my desk chair and he leaned on my desk. "Still didn't fix your bed I see" br /"Goin for an Indy thing" he laughed and then there was an awkward silence. "So I moved into my Nona's house on Wednesday. And I talked to Rachel. We filed for divorce. We told Nenna that grandma needed more help so I had to move in with her. I get her every three days and every other weekend when I'm not on patrol." I had to reward him. I promised that if he worked it out I would forgive him. It still didn't make me love him, but there was no reason that I didn't need a protector, a friend, and a space heater. "I guess I could use a heater buddy" I smiled at him. He smiled back at me and stuck his hand out to help me up from the chair. I took his hand and we walked out of my room and down the stairs. "Dad I'm dragging Paul to hell with me!" I yelled as I put my shoes on. "Ok don't come back to late."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"It was third quarter and even with Paul, I was freezing my ass off. "Oh my god how much longer!" Paul laughed and said "about half an hour" my eyes went as wide as I could make them, "half an hour?! No I can't sit here any longer I'm die of hypothermia" br /"Alright well then let's ditch this Popsicle stand" I smiled at him and we walked down the ramp of the stands and out to his car. When we got to my house I changed into sweats and we ate ice cream and movies for hours before I passed out on the couch./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;" /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"I was Emily's house with Kim practicing my interview skills. The boys were all laughing at me after I fumbled through the previous question. "Ya know what, you guys can all shut up and eat your food! This is hard!" br /"I could totally do better than you!" Embry said. "Fine you sit on this chair and you answer the next question" Kim said. "Ok, what qualities do you think would best represent the spirit of miss La Push 2015?" Emily asked. "I think that the qualities that would best represent the spirit of miss La Push would be a caring and giving person, someone who is willing to give back to the community. I also believe that the woman should have confidence in herself and her abilities" he finished his answer and smiled at me. I gave him a deadpan look, "screw you I hate you" I said. They all laughed and Kim pushed me back into practicing./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.1199998855591px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"After lots of preparation the event had finally came and went. I didn't care whether I won or not. I was just glad to be done. The whole pack came to support me that night. Turns out Embry's answer was what won me the title. After we had a bonfire to celebrate. Presently I was getting ready to go to Paul's daughter's birthday party. What was I doing? How crazy is my life? When I got there with dad, everyone else was already there. Paul came up to me with two little girls on his shoulders climbing all over him. One had long black hair and the other a short bob. "Vic, Dakota, this is Claire and Nenna. Nenna say hi" he put the girls down and the one with the bob came up to me and hugged my legs," hi daddy's special friend" I put my hands on her back and looked up at Paul while I answered her "hi Nenna. It's nice to meet you" br /"Daddy told me you were his special friend like Claire is Quil's" oohhhh. That's what special friend meant. She ran off with Claire and Paul said hi then ran off after them. Near the end of the party I was sitting on the porch of Rachel's house when she came and sat next to me. As if I wasn't already nervous enough to be there. "I just want to let you know that there are no hard feelings. I understand the situation and after thinking about it, I would prolly do the same thing if I was in your shoes"br /"Wow you go straight to the point don't you?" She laughed an shook her head. "You are so made for Paul" I smiled at her, "I could never out snark him. You though, you can"/p