Disclaimer: Twilight is SM's, not mine
Disclaimer: Twilight is SM's, not mine.
Chapter 23
"Uh…" My voice trailed as I stared at the sight in front of me.
Right before my eyes Paul was shaking with anger, In My Living Room!! I was not only confused but terrified for my poor furniture. But the most interesting part was my friend Rosa was standing right in front of him.
Yup my friend from back home, who came to visit, is witnessing Paul burst into a wolf. My jaw dropped, giant Paul wolf… hide my sofa! His large silver gray sparkled in the light as poor little Rosa stood gaping in front of him
I felt stunned, but so was the rest of the room. Wow, very giant wolf… Bella was not joking. I always had trouble imagining horse sized wolves but this cleared things up, a lot.
"Paul?" I asked hesitantly but his human eyes looked scared, before he took another look at Rosie and ran away. His speed was unimaginable, one second there, the next just a gush of wind.
I felt my heart break; he looked so sad, and innocent. What happened? What could possibly cause tough Paul to run away?
"Don't worry, I got this." Embry said while ripping his shirt off and running out of the room. Ahh, my Embry is always there to save the day.
Stunned silence came over Rosa and I. Confusion flowed through my body as Rosa and I quickly moved to look out the window. We could just see two wolves fading into the forest, yet the the room was still pin drop silent.
I turned back to Rosa, and our facial expressions were matched. Both of surprise, confusion, and humor. We both seemed to let out a breath, and a laugh at the same time. Apparently the shock ended, or something.
"Hey Liz, did you know you had a werewolf in your house." Rosie joked and she smiled widely. I smiled back and hugged my old friend. I had forgotten how great a friend she really was. I had know her for so long and sometimes we took each other for granted. I felt guilty, I haven't spoken to most of my friends since the accident. I needed to call them.
"Uh, yeah maybe we should sit down for this." I decided as I pointed to the large couch. I took a second to savor my still surviving couch, I really do love this couch. We sat down simultaneously. I pulled one leg up under myself as I faced my friend. I played with a string on my shirt as I took another second to think.
I had a strange need to explain everything to my friend. It was almost great as Rosa's obvious desire for the truth.
"I don't know how to start, except to say that was Paul, the werewolf…from Twilight." I said silently as her eyes went through emotions; confusion, disbelief, understanding and excitement. I hoped that came out right.
"Oh my gosh! Twilight is real? So that was Paul. Who was the other guy? Have you met the Cullens?" She let out in a hyper squeal. I stared at the hyper girl in fear. All of a sudden she was squeaking and jumping and rambling on in excitement. I didn't catch a single word she said; but I was sure my ears were bleeding from all the high pitched sounds.
"Ugh, Rosa." I called, but she continued her rant. Figures, I can't exactly blame her... although I took it much better.
"Rosa!" I tried louder grabbing at her arm. She continued, and I felt frustration rise in my throat.
"ROSALIE!!" I screamed at her. She abruptly stopped and looked at me.
"Why are you yelling?" She asked calmly. I groaned before sighing.
"Ok, let's try this again. That guy was Paul from twilight. Twilight is real. The other guy is Embry he imprinted on me. The Cullen's are real but they aren't in the area. You can't say anything, and where is Caryl?" I asked remembering my other friend.
"Oh, well she wanted to come but her parents are making her visit her Grandma in Ireland. Apparently she's really sick." Rosie informed me and I hoped I would remember to call her later.
"Oh, well when can she come?" I asked hoping to see my friend soon. I really hoped that she would come visit, I suddenly had the desire to brag about Embry to my beautiful friend.
"Uhh... not sure. Oh, that reminds me Alina and Denine said hi, and to do this." She said before hugging me tightly. I laughed and hugged my friend back, but as we pulled apart I heard the door open.
"Are they going to visit at all?" I asked missing my friends.
"Umm, eventually." She said critically. I guess I should expect an unexpected visit.
I heard the door open, interrupting my suspicions. I expect it was Jared and Kim returning. I looked over but found my favorite person instead. I smiled at the half naked man. Desire teasing me, but I quickly shook away the thought and got up to greet my honey. I pondered for a second if Paul was coming back, but it didn't seem likely.
"Hey baby." He smiled, hugging me and then planting a kiss on my lips. I would've loved to savor the moment and enjoy the sight but I knew I needed to introduce my friend and get the scoop on Paul. Ok, well I maybe I was just a tiny bit curios.
"Hey Hun, I'd like to introduce you to my friend Rosa. Rosa this is Embry." I said as they shook hands, but I felt a pang of jealousy as Rosa's eyes traveled up his abs, not that I can blame her.
"Hello very tall person." My hyper friend teased. She was even shorter than me at 5'.
"Hey there, it's nice to meet you." Embry replied. He is so Perfect!
"So do I have to worry about you doing strange things randomly like I do with Liz?" He then teased, winking at me. I blushed and scowled simultaneously.
"Who do you think raised her that way?" Rosa joked back socking me in the shoulder. I rubbed my shoulder but laughed anyway. Ah abuse, don't I love my friends I thought sarcastically.
"Ok, so are you going to tell me what happened?" I whispered to Embry remembering what happened. I looked up at Embry and arched an eyebrow in confusion to enhance my point. He just chuckled.
"Hey, um Rosa right? Sorry about Paul, but I need to talk to Liz alone for a minute." He told her while motioning me into the other room.
I felt bad about leaving Rosie out, but I was way too curious about Paul.
"Sorry Rosa, be right back." I told her, and quickly pulled Embry into the kitchen.
"So… what happened?" I whispered to Embry. He just smiled and I felt slightly maniacal.
"Come on tell me." I encouraged and he laughed. I peaked back once into the living room to make sure Rosa wasn't eavesdropping. She of course wasn't but I was suddenly very hyper, and anxiously waiting.
"It's kind of funny." He said, and I motioned for him to speed up the process. Ok, so I'm not exactly patient, who cares? He looked down at me, and chuckled. I would've scowled that he was mocking my adrenaline, but I was too curious.
"Paul. He..." He cut in to laugh. Ugh. Patience is thinning! Hurry up, Scooby! HA, I just made a dog pun. I should write that down, and use it against one of the wolves later.
"He…" I pressed eagerly trying to help him spit it out. He held his side as he tried to contain himself. He took a deep in breath and relaxed, or so it seemed.
"He IMPRINTED!" He exclaimed loudly and laughed. I gasped, Wow, I never expected that.
"Really?" I whispered, actually happy. My best friend would now be a part of the pack with me. How ironic? Now how to get them together?
My stomach grumbled, and I came up with an idea.
"I think we should all go out to dinner. And I mean all, you and me, Jared and Kim, and Paul and Rosa. It'll be so cute!" I gushed excited. Embry smiled and I kissed him before going to talk to Rosa. Wow, this is so strange.
"Rosa, were going to dinner. Do you need to shower up?" I asked as I searched for my keys. But gave up figuring Jared would want to drive anyway.
"No, I already did. By the way I like your shampoo, but you need more." She informed me and I laughed. It was not uncommon for my friends to act like they owned the place; well that's how I trained them anyway. I guess I'm going shopping now, yay!
"Ok, well I think I'm going to change and make sure Embry wears something decent." I teased as she made herself comfortable in front of the TV, on the couch and I ran upstairs.
I knew Embry was already grabbing a shirt but I hoped to beat him and make him wear something nice.
"Emmy-bear!" I called as I reached my bedroom. Unfortunately Embry was pulling on some random T-shirt. He looked good, but it wasn't appropriate for a nice dinner.
"Hey babe, give me two seconds." He said, as he finished pulling the shirt down. I couldn't help but watch. He was too sexy.
"Hey, we are going somewhere nice. You need to wear nice pants, instead of those cut offs, and you need to wear a dress shirt." I scolded playfully as I began pulling at his shirt. In the back of my mind I was thinking very dirty things right now, but I was too excited to see Paul and Rosa together at dinner. So I ignored my fantasies, we weren't ready for that yet anyway. We had forever and we should take it slow.
He smiled his goofy-dimpled smile and kissed me roughly. I savored his taste and smell as he pulled away and moved towards his dresser.He certainly is a tease.
I realized I needed to wear something nicer.An 'All Time Low' shirt and blue jeans is just as bad as his cutoffs.
I scoured my drawers till I found something suitable. I quickly changed so I wouldn't keep anyone waiting.
"Ready to go?" I called to Embry. I assumed he was on the other side of the room getting a watch or something. But as I turned my head I gasped. Embry was standing right behind me, smiling. I probably would've blushed, if I wasn't confused why he was smiling like that.
"What?" I asked suspiciously. Was my outfit bad? I thought it was cute, black slacks and a blue satin blouse. Not to mention cute ballet little heels. They were old, but timeless.
"Nothing. Have I mentioned you're beautiful?" He said. I smiled and blushed, before wrapping my arms around his neck.
"Behave Mr." I teased before kissing his bare chest and finished buttoning his shirt for him.
"Ok, let's go before they get suspicious. Have you called the gang?" I asked, and he nodded. I smiled happily; how did I get so lucky?
After meeting everyone in the front room I introduced Rosa to everyone. She smiled widely meeting the real 'characters'. They didn't notice her evaluating them, but the smile she had on clued me in.
They all liked her, and I think Paul was about to faint. He looked very nervous, but happy. I wished I could have seen Embry like this, or
We left to go to some restaurant in Port Angeles. I wasn't familiar with the name but it looked fancy. It looked Italian but I could tell it wasn't.
"So uh, when were you going to tell me?" Rosie whispered as she sat down next to me. Yes, next to me, but across from Paul. My insides were smiling evily. When did I become a matchmaker though?
"Tell you what?" I tried to play off innocently. I knew she saw right through me. It was only time before she forced it out.
"Fine, tell me later." She scowled but I just giggled. Woot, I win! And she cannot pull off any form of glare, which made me giggle again. It reminded me of a sneezing cat.
"Hi, I'll be your waitress for the night. Can I start you off with something to drink?" Some blonde bimbo piped. I felt the need to mock her, but I restrained myself and just ordered my drink politely. Although I looked at Embry and I could see he too was holding in his jokes. I winked.
Embry grabbed my hand under the table and I looked up at him and smiled. I can't help but love all the little things he does.
"Liz, are you going to order the steak?" Rosa asked. I laughed, the one thing my friends were famous for, teasing me for being a vegetarian.
"Actually I was looking at leg of Rosa." I scowled and threw a roll at her. She just stuck her tongue out.
"Just what I wanted, thanks." Rosa teased as she took a bite. I just laughed.
"So what have you been up to?" Rosa asked me as she closed her menu. Well at least someone knew what they wanted.
"Uh…not much. You know, causing trouble." I joked as I glanced over the menu. I wasn't that hungry but the fettuccini pasta looked good, and if I didn't finish it I guess I could feed it to Embry. I laughed quietly, but everyone heard it and looked at me like I was crazy.
"Do I want to know what's so funny?" Embry teased, breathing down my neck. I shivered and smiled into his eyes.
"I was just thinking that if I don't finish, you will be more than happy to scarf it down." I teased. Everyone heard too and chuckled a bit.
"Hey, I do not scarf." He mocked anger between laughs. .
"Yeah you do." I teased back and childishly stuck my tongue out.
"O yeah well, at least I can finish my meal. I'm not all oh little me can't handle this food… boo who." He teased with some strange high pitched voice, I laughed.
"I bet I finish my meal before you." I bet teasing foolishly. I was grinning so wide my cheeks hurt.
"Deal, and if I win you have to go on another date with me." He teased. I smiled, so that's what he wants. I wondered what he has planned.
"O no! Not another date, with skirts!" I joked but I couldn't hide my smile. He kissed my cheek as he laughed. We weren't actually going to race, we both knew that. It was just are way to tell the other person when we wanted to do something.
"Embry? You got Liz wearing skirts? She must really love you; I mean she wore pants to our semi formal." Rosa teased, and I hit her shoulder.
"I thought I said we don't talk about it, and they weren't pants they were leggings." I teased back and we laughed.
"You have a beautiful laugh." Paul stated randomly. I couldn't help notice Rosie's tan cheeks have a reddish tint.
"Awe." Kim and I said simultaneously. Rosie blushed again and Kim winked.
"So Rosa, have you seen the town yet? I mean you really need to have a tour. And don't bother asking Liz. If I've learned anything about her, she doesn't know directions from peanut butter." She teased.
"Hey it's not my fault if you asked how to get somewhere in a jiffy, and it made me hungry for a PB&J." I defended.
"Ok, so ignoring that, what are you saying?" Rosa questioned, trying not to let me sidetrack everyone. I knew where the conversation was going so when I heard Embry chuckling next to me I didn't mind talking to him instead of listening to Kim get Paul on a tour-date with Rosa.
"What are you giggling about?" I whispered and glared suspiciously. He showed me his happy goofy dimpled smile and laughed again.
"You are so unique. It's adorable." He whispered kissing my nose as the waitress returned.
We all ordered and to no one's surprise all three of the boys ordered enough to feed an army. Or well, three armies.
"I'm honestly curious are you guys going to be anywhere near full after eating or are you going to go home and eat more anyway?" Rosa asked, and I have to day I was curious too.
"Um, it'll satisfy us for a good half hour." Paul answered, as he continued to stare happily at Rosa. It was the same look all the other imprinted wolves had. It was the look of devotion and love.
"Ha, yeah right! You would never stop eating if you weren't distracted by shiny objects." Kim teased and while Rosa and I laughed the boys took it way too seriously.
"I am not attracted to shiny objects." Paul defended.
"Yeah, and I like to sleep way more." Jared replied seconds later.
"And there's always the fun of killing vampires." Embry whispered and hi five'd the guys. I just rolled my eyes.
Dinner came and went in a blur; after the meals were served we all simmered the conversation a little and ate away. I only finished half my meal, but as always my Embry rescued me from a 'doggy bag'. Most of the conversations were singled to the couples but I was too much of a busy body not to butt into everyone else's conversation. Also werewolves aren't too good at taking breaks between bites, even when they are on their best behavior.
Everyone got desert and we agreed to see a movie afterwards. Although, I ended up sharing a piece of cake with Rosie and Kim. All the men got their own. We went to the theatre and unfortunately they chose a scary movie, but I had a feeling Embry and I wouldn't be watching it.
Although to my dismay the boys were enjoying mocking the movie. Throwing popcorn and saying how unrealistic it was. But all problems can be fixed. Yup I threatened Embry with a soda to his lap.
"What do you want me to do?" He said thick-headed. I rolled my eyes before moving the arm rest from between us and cuddling next to him.
"Never mind, I'm going to take a nap. Wake me up when it's done." I groaned disappointed. Of course the one time he isn't all over me, is when I want him to be.
I don't know what happened in the movie but I do know that I was awoken with a chaste kiss when it finished. Needless to say I spent the ride home talking with Rosie and cuddled with my space heater. I did notice that Rosie and Paul seemed like they were actually friends now. Something happened, I don;t know when but I actually saw them flirting. Then again Rosa works a lot faster than me, especially when there's a hot guy involved. Wait did I just call Paul...hot? Ew, ew, ew!
When we got home I went up and prepared Embry's old room as a guest room for Rosa. She stayed downstairs talking with everyone. I was really glad they all accepted her so fast. Although I guess it helps that Paul imprinted on her. I still can't believe the irony. How weird is it that this mythical world chose both of us? As I took a minute pondering this, I began to fear that there might actually be a reason.
"Hey baby, need a hand." Embry said as he leaned in the doorway and interupted my thoughts. He was smiling wide, I nodded like a fool and managing to squeak 'yes please'. He just smirked as he grabbed a quilt off the floor and tried to figure out what side was what.
"So Rosie and Paul looked pretty cute together, don't you think?" I teased as we finished up the bed.
"Yeah, too bad Paul's totally freaking out." He laughed. I stared at him confused.
"He looked fine at dinner…" I stated lost, before we headed downstairs quickly to inform Rosa that her room was ready. She nodded and mumbled something about being right up. I turned back to Embry to continue our discussion.
"Well that's while he was distracted by her. But when he went out for a run earlier, whoa..." He told me as we headed back upstairs. I heard footsteps behind us and realized Rosie was coming up to check out her room.
"Really? He couldn't have been any worse than the rest of the guys." I told him as I thought out loud. He didn't respond but I wasn't really expecting it. I turned and noticed Rosa and…Paul enter the hall. They were smiling wide, and laughing. It seemed odd, but they looked truly happy together. They were holding hands and I noticed they stopped in front of Paul's room.
My thoughts went back to my first day here and I remembered how much I wanted Embry to stay with me. I also remembered Sam's warning. I felt like I should just leave and let them figure it out.
"Hey Rosa, your room is right here. I'm going to get to bed, alright?" I called to my friend and I quickly hugged her. Maybe they would take it slow, like I was. Surely it is better this way, right? Then again we are totally different people. Or maybe I am jealous, who knows?
"Uh, ok, uh huh. Night night." She said nonchalantly as she pulled away. And returned her gaze to Paul who was staring right back at her. I almost felt unloved that she ignored me, but Embry kissed my hair and wrapped an arm around my waist. At least everyone is happy.
"Come on, let's go to bed." Embry said as he pulled me upstairs. I was right where I wanted to be, with Embry. And right before falling asleep in his strong embrace staring into the dark, I remembered that Rosa forgot to ask me about Paul, HA! always win.
Well there you have it. I didn't get any reviews last chapter. I wanted to cry :"( so no reviews this chapter and I won't go on. I need love, or hate. Both make me happy… if that makes any sense.