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Chapter 18
I had been helping set up the backyard with Quil for about 45 minutes, and everything was looking good. It was fun working with him; he was a funny guy. Although I particularly enjoyed teasing him how every other minute he was asking if I thought Claire had arrived. At first it was cute, second time it was adorable. Tenth time it was hysterical twentieth it was ridiculous.
"Quil, Quil!" I heard a little voice call. It sounded more like will but I knew it was Claire. I turned around and saw the adorable little girl in pigtails run towards us, or rather Quil. I watched as his eyes lit up, and a smile spread on his face as she ran into his arms. He lifted her up and spun her about, giving her little kisses on the nose. It was so adorable.
"Claire, say hello to Liz." Quil told the little girl as he set her down. She looked at him unsure.
"No!" She squeaked as she ran to hide behind him. He laughed and pulled her out. He squatted down to her level.
"That's not very nice, now say you're sorry and introduce yourself." He told the little one. She looked at me, and scowled.
" Quil's mine!" She snapped as she hugged his neck and turned away. I couldn't help but smile at the little girl. Even if she hated me she was very cute.
"I know, he talks about you all the time." I told her, and her eyes lit up. I was surprised how attached the little girl was.
"I'm sorry. I'm Claire and I'm 4." She told me as she held up her fingers. I smiled and Quil laughed happily.
"Well, I'm Liz and I'm 17." I told the little girl and she smiled. Quil told me he needed to go inside, so I waved goodbye, and searched for my wolf.
I walked to the front of the house; I recalled he was helping put up lights. I glanced around at the roof, and trees till my eyes spotted a ladder with a man attached to it.
"Hey stranger." I called to the man staring at lights in his hands. I looked puzzled. I was sure it was because he couldn't find the ends. He looked around in confusion, until his eyes found mine. I smiled and waved.
"Hey babe. What's up?" He asked as he jumped down. He walked over and gave me a kiss.
"Nothing, Quil just ditched me to play with Claire, so I decided to see what you were up to." I told him. He smiled happily.
"Yeah, lights." He said as he lifted the object. I laughed at the tangled mess.
"Here I'll help you." I told him as I began helping him untangle it.
We spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure it out. It seemed like it would never end. I considered just giving up, but I was having too much fun making fun of it with Embry. Eventually we were successful.
"I am never doing that again." Embry complained as we plugged all the ends together. I laughed in agreement.
"Hey, at least we didn't have to help clean or worse cook." I joked as Embry got on the ladder. I would've gone up, except it made more sense for the taller person to do it.
After we finished it was almost time for everyone to arrive. I was quite excited to meet everyone, especially Embry's mom. I really hoped she liked me. In fact I was really nervous that she wouldn't. I know I wasn't exactly a parent's dream girl. I had too many piercings. Although I never thought so, just parents. So I had one on my eye, my cartilage, my nose, and a navel piercing. Its not like I had the lip ring anymore, it got ripped out. Then again I had a tattoo, I very sarcastic, and of course, there's always the whole crazy thing. Well I could stay quiet, and she can't see my tattoo so maybe I can act normal.
"What's your mother like?" I asked Embry as we sat on a blanket, in the backyard. There was a little hill, and we were just relaxing on it. We had set up the blanket in preparation for the fireworks. I was fine with sitting in the grass, but Embry insisted.
"She's nice. I guess, but don't worry she'll love you." He reassured me. I groaned. I could hear the unsure worry in his voice.
"Food!" Jake yelled to us interrupting my thoughts. Embry got up and grabbed my hand, pulling me. There were tons of people, I couldn't recognize. All of which hadn't been there a few minutes ago. I grabbed a plate, before Embry and I attacked the food. After grabbing everything we wanted, we found a seat at the large picnic tables that were set up. We sat across from Jake, and the seats around us were filled with unknown faces, or so I thought.
"Hey Liz, I'd like you to meet my dad, Billy Black." Embry told me as I looked at the now familiar man. He looked exactly as Bella described him. I smiled before shaking his hand.
"It's nice to meet you." I told him.
"So your Embry's new girl, eh?" He teased. I faked a laugh. I didn't like the way he said "new".
"You don't look like a rez girl, where are you from?" He asked politely. Although it made me feel self conscious of myself.
"I'm from New York. I just got here like 2 weeks ago." I told him.
"Ah, how long are you staying? How do you like it?" He asked. I was beginning to feel like I was on trial. Everyone was listening, and I was feeling very uncomfortable.
"I love it here. I was planning to stay for the summer but I'm beginning to think otherwise." I told him as I looked at Embry and smiled.
"Well, that's wonderful." He said, and I hoped that left me off the hook.
I watched as another lady sat down next to Embry. She was tall, and very ladylike. She was older, and definitely reserved. She greeted Embry with a kiss on the cheek, and I assumed she was his mother. I gulped and made sure I wiped my face, in case there was anything on it.
"Mom, this is Liz. Liz, meet my mother, Catherine." Embry told us as I said my hello. She replied politely, as her eyes grazed over my attire.
"It's nice to finally meet you." I told her, honestly being nice.
"Finally?" She questioned. She held her sour look, but mimed curiosity.
"Mom, Liz is my girlfriend. I imprinted on her." Embry cut in for me. I noticed an uncomfortable air between the two. I assumed that Catherine didn't like the fact that he was a werewolf, but more so the fact that he was stuck with me.
She grimaced before saying " well isn't that lovely." I mimicked her when she turned her head, and I had the urge to push her face into her food. Fortunately only Jake saw this, and he laughed while mouthing 'you're bad'.
I hadn't expected his mother to be a royal bi-otch. In fact I had expected a happy, funny person. Well, I guess it didn't really matter though.
After we all finished eating, I returned to the blanket. Embry unfortunately wasn't able to. His mother wanted to talk to him. Sam and a couple of the guys were setting up the fireworks. They were supposed to begin at 9. I still had to wait, 15 minutes. I sighed, and closed my eyes.
"Hey, I heard Embry's mom loves you." Kim teased, as I heard her sit next to me. I laughed, as I opened my eyes and sat up.
" Oh yeah. I am her numero uno. We are like besties." I joked angrily.
"I know the feeling. Jared's parents hate me, and my mom doesn't trust him." She told me. I sighed.
"I don't mind, I half expected her to hate me. I mean, look at me I'm not exactly ladylike." I told her.
"Eh, there are worse things. I mean at least you got to meet his mom, he wont ever get to me yours." She told me, and then suddenly gasped. My heart sank at the reminder.
"I am so sorry. I didn't mean it like that. I just... Sorry!" She quickly told me.
"Its ok, I know what you meant." I told her. We sat there for a bit, silent. I checked my phone for the time. 9:05. The fireworks should have started already.
Just as I said that Jared came over to sneak Kim back, and Sam announced they were starting. I waited patiently for Embry to return.
"I'm sorry babe." Embry said as he sat down next to me. He kissed my cheek. I noticed he was a bit disoriented. Then I realized something.
"Where's your shirt?" I asked. I know he was wearing one before. I would have noticed if he wasn't.
"Yeah, I got mad, at mom. I needed a quick run. Sorry, I left you." He told me in a hush voice. I nodded.
"Its fine, I don't mind." I told him. He laid down, and I rested next to him as we watched the show.
"Your mom hates me." I told him chuckling. He looked over at me surprised.
"Well I'm glad you're taking this so lightly. She doesn't hate you; she just doesn't like you, or the fact that I imprinted. But I don't care what she thinks." He told me, but I could tell it made him sad. I leaned over and gave him a kiss.
"Are you okay?" I asked worried, he nodded. We laid silently for the rest of the show, just enjoying each other's company.
It was midnight before we went home. Embry and I both changed, and went to bed. I was exhausted, and he was deep in thought. We didn't say anything, but goodnight. I fell asleep fast, but I could tell Embry wasn't going to get much sleep tonight.
Well, there's another chapter. Nothing exciting, but were getting there. Please review!
Well, theres another chapter. Nothing exciting, but were getting there. Please review!