Chapter 2
A/N: I don't own Twilight.
Thanks for all the reviews. Also thanks for being patient with me. I promise to try and update sooner. I went on vacation so this is why this chapter took so long. Thanks again.
MoxiePOV:
"Why does Dr. Sparkles have to take you to Egypt next week? I'm going to have to spend the whole summer alone with your idiot brother and Allegra. How can you do this to me?" I whine to Sienna. "Please stop calling my grandfather that." She scolds me. "What? That's what my mom use to call him." I say with a shrug of my shoulders. "Mox you know I have to work on my control or I'm going to end up causing random earthquakes all over La Push. Benjamin is the only one that can help me. Besides I'll call you everyday. I promise." She says tossing some shoes in her suitcase. "Fine." I huff hating the idea of spending the whole summer with Caine.
I finish helping her pack the massive amount of clothes her aunt Alice sent from Alaska for her. That little pixie sure knows how to shop. We go downstairs and I rummage through the fridge. I grab a can of pop and the last chocolate fudge brownie that Aunt Emily makes. Sienna grabs her customary cup of blood and some vanilla ice cream. I watch as she pours the ruby liquid over two scoops of ice cream. "That's so wrong on so many levels." I say as I watch her take a bite. "I am half vampire." Sienna says like it was a normal explanation.
I wrinkle my nose as she continues to eat it like a chocolate sundae. I sigh and take a huge bite of brownie as the triplets come barreling into the kitchen wearing little more than a pair of ratty cut off shorts. Why does the bane of my existence have to be so damn hot? It's not like I like him, he just happens to be very attractive until he opens his mouth. Then it all goes downhill from there. "Hey that was my brownie midget. Em saved it just for me." Caine says angrily. I just smile and pop the last bit into my mouth. "Mmm...That's what makes it taste even better. That's what you get for eating my cookie the other day." I say smirking. He thought I forgot about that. He knows not to mess with my family or my food.
"Oh your gonna pay Moxie." Canie says lunging for me. I'm smaller and faster so I dodge him quickly and race out the back door towards the woods. For some reason I know that he's close behind me without having to look over my shoulder. Like a small tugging feeling in my stomach I always get when he's near. I shrug it off like always. "I'm fast like my mama. You're never going to catch me." I yell over my shoulder as I maneuver my way through the familiar woods that surrounds La Push. "That's what you think midget. But those short legs of yours can only go so fast." He yells back catching up to me easily. He grabs me around the waist and we both go tumbling to the ground. I somehow managed to get pinned underneath him. He stares at me intently and I start to wonder if there is something on my face. "Caine, why are you looking at me like that?" I say softly. He continues to stare at me like he's never seen me before.
His heavily fringed brown eyes look at me with a burning intensity. I try to wiggle out from under him but it's impossible. His massive frame has me completely pinned to the ground. "You're beautiful." He says low and huskily. Huh?? Did he just say what I think he just said? Since when does Caine Jacob Hale-Black think I'm beautiful? "Uhh...are you feeling OK?" I ask suspiciously. He has to be up to something. "Oh...uhh…yeah I'm fine." He says jumping up like the feel of my skin burned him. "I…I…I'll see you later Mox." Canie says softly then takes off like a bat out of hell. I swear the Black family keeps on getting stranger and stranger.
I get up and dust myself off. I head home trying to forget what just happened. If I spent any time trying to figure out Caine I would never think of anything else. He just never makes sense. The next couple of days he acts like I don't exist which is great for me. I so don't need to deal with his weirdness. "OK Sienna I want you to wait here. I'm going to 'accidentally' bump into Remy so I can talk to him. I'll be right back." I say with all the confidence I can muster. "Moxie don't." Sienna whispers harshly. I just flash her a huge grin and make my way over to Remy.
I walk slowly then turn so my back is facing him. I spin around abruptly and smack right into him. "Oh my bad." Remy says grabbing me by the waist to steady me. "Uhh…it was my fault I should have been watching where I was going." I say sweetly and fluttering my lashes like Aunt Rosalie showed me how. An easy smile spreads across his face making me weak in the knees. "Moxie right?" Remy says, my name sounding so good coming from his lips. "Yeah that's me." I say giving him my best flirty smile. Then I feel it. That tug I always get when he is near. "Hey get your hands off of her Sanz." I hear Caine yell.
With the pack, all my uncles and my dad I'm never going to get a date. "Why should I? She doesn't seem to mind." Remy replies with a cocky smirk gripping my waist tighter. I look over my shoulder and I can see Caine ball his fits at his sides. Shit!! Why does he have to have some of the worst control in the pack?
"So Moxie how bout I take you out this Friday?" Remy says playfully. "OK. Yeah, that sounds great." I say trying to rein in my inner fan girl. Then I hear it. The low growl of a pissed off wolf. "I'll see you later." I say sweetly and reluctantly remove his nice hands from my waist. I stomp towards Caine and grab him by the shirt. I know he's stronger and bigger but for some reason he lets me drag him into an empty classroom.
"Have you lost your mind? Can't you keep from phasing like all the other wolves or is it just too complex for that little pea brain of yours?" I yell and poke my small finger into his broad chest. "Stay away from Remy,Mox. He's no good." Caine says darkly. "You don't know anything about him. It's none of your business who I go out with." I say forcefully. I tilt up my chin trying to add some height to my small stature.
"He's a cougar chasing womanizer. You don't need a guy like that Mox. You deserve better than that." Canie says softly his eyes burning hot. "You should talk Caine. Your not much better. I've seen the skanks you have hanging all over you." I spat tired of his hot and cold attitude. He leans down his dark brown obs flecked with gold locking with mine. I didn't even realize how close we were standing to each other.
"I'm not like that anymore." He says seriously the gold burning bright in his chocolate eyes giving him an ethereal look to his gaze. "Why not?" I ask instinctively leaning into him. He inches closer. "Because there is someone special." Caine says his voice low and deep causing shivers down my spine. "What is she like?" I ask feeling like the world around us just disappeared. We're in our own private little bubble. Why does he always have this effect on me?
"She's stubborn, bull headed, feisty and smart mouthed." He says grasping a lose curl from my messy bun and tucking it softly behind my ear. His rough fingertips caress my cheek softly. "She sounds like a handful." I whisper softly leaning closer towards him. Our lips are only centimeters apart. "She is but she's also smart, funny, and beyond beautiful. She's not like anyone I've ever known." Caine murmurs his full lips barely grazing my bottom one. The door to the room opens up nosily and we jump apart. "Sorry." Sienna says trying to hide her smirk and giving us a knowing look.
Caine practically races out of the room at top wolf speed leaving me stunned with my heart pounding out of my chest. My bottom lip tingles from where his lip touched mine. "What just happened?" Sienna asks arching her perfectly manicured brow at me. "I honestly don't know Sienna. Caine never makes sense to me." I say still staring at the door dumbfounded.
I take a deep breath and calm myself down. I will not let this boy get to me. I'm Moxie Clearwater-Call and no boy not even Caine Black is going to have me acting like a lovesick puppy.
A/N: Please Review. Next up Moxie's date with Remy. Also Caine tries to deal with his growing feelings for Moxie.