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Here's Ch4.. Doubts..again...But whatever, you'd tell me what you think, right?

Chapter Four

He started heading towards the house on his motorcycle. Although I felt so safe around him, I couldn't help but feel afraid of what was going to happen next. Dad was going to 'talk' to Embry. I bet that wouldn't be pretty.

He parked in front of the house but I didn't let go of his waist. He unwrapped my arms gently and turned to look at me.

"Hey, nothing will happen. He'd just give me the same old talk." I shuddered," I heal fast, you know." He chuckled but it only made me grimace; Dad did have a gun.

He stroked my face with his hand and then wrapped his arm around my waist. I held his hand that was on my waist with both of mine as we entered the house.

Dad was already waiting in the living room, he got up and eyed both of us. Our stance wasn't that impressive, not to my father anyways.

"Mr. Anderson," Embry greeted him.

"Hello, Embry," he greeted him back. A massive difference between their tones though." Come in," he gestured towards the living room. I have never seen Dad at work, but that's the way I'd guess he'd treat a suspect before interrogating him. We both entered the living room behind Dad." Sweetie," he called me. I went to his side.

"Yes, Dad?"

"Would you excuse us for a moment? I need to talk to Embry," he said. Uh-oh.

"Dad-" he cut me off with pointing at the door. I huffed and got out, but not before mouthing Embry a 'good luck'. I couldn't leave them alone, could I? So I stood beside the door, listening. Sorry, guys, but if this is about me, then I need to know it. Imprinting or no imprinting, Dad could easily scare him off.

I just hoped he wouldn't ask him a question like 'what are your intentions' or something. What would he say? 'We're kinda soul mates…so."

God.

Dad began with a sigh." I guess you know by now what had happened to her the last time she had a boyfriend or whatever." Smooth, Dad.

"I don't know any details but yes." Embry was being super-formal. Good for him.

"She was in a terrible condition. I think she's just too sensitive. My point: You'd better not hurt her the way he did." I wished I could see both their faces then.

"I won't, Mr. Anderson; you have my word. I won't let anything happen to her." I heard Dad sigh.

"One more thing, the two of you-" I cut him off. If that's what I think it is then he'd better stop.

"Dad, you're not giving him 'the talk', are you?" I went into the room." Please say you won't," I groaned.

"Mary," he said sternly," I-" Embry cut him off.

"I know my boundaries, Mr. Anderson." He sounded a little annoyed. Well, who wouldn't?

"You'd better," Dad muttered.

"Dad!" I whined." Can we go now?"

"Okay. Where to?" he asked, looking at Embry.

"La Push," he quickly said.

"Where at La Push?" Dad pushed.

"My place," he answered," Where Mom is. I want to introduce Mary to Mom, that's all." I knew he would add a 'Jeeze' in his head now; I knew I would.

"Fine," Dad muttered. I rolled my eyes at him; what would Embry do? Kidnap me? God!

"Come on," I mumbled, practically dragging Embry. " This is unbelievable," I mumbled as we got out of the house.

"He's just taking care of you. I would've done the same," he defended him. I stopped mid-way to the motorcycle to glare at him. He smiled and I just huffed and went to the motorcycle, leaning at it.

"Come on; I have a Chemistry exam on Monday so we'd better get going so I could study later." I hopped on the motorcycle but tripped in something I couldn't recognize. He caught me before I fell on the floor.

"I can't stand it when you're mad at me. Sorry, Mary." He apologized. I smiled.

"And I don't know how I managed to stay mad at you for that long. Apology accepted." I stuck my tongue out at him. He grinned."Embry?" I began as we were on the way.

"Yeah?"

" Can you tell me more about vampires?" I could feel him tense. He came to an immediate stop.

"Why?" he asked. Was it that unexpected?

"I just want to know. Out of curiosity." He sighed.

"What about them?" He started moving again.

" What they look like…where they are…stuff like that." I was surprised myself at the courage I had to ask a question like that. But I'd grown used to the fact that he's a wolf. Well, I try to tune it out but whatever. Vampires didn't seem as real anyways. I found it hard to believe.

" The cold ones are strong, beautiful and have the 'super senses' we have, some even have special powers like mind reading and stuff," he said robotically," They're everywhere. They don't age but they can't come out in the sun in public; they sparkle. I guess that's it." I could feel his discomfort talking about this so I dropped it.

" Sorry I asked," I mumbled against his back," I didn't know you don't feel comfortable talking about them." That was stupid, I admit. I mean, they're his enemies of course he's uncomfortable!

He sighed," No, it's okay; I just didn't expect that…" he mumbled, trailing off." So, what do you want to do?" he suddenly asked.

"Aren't we going to your mother?" I asked, confused.

"Uh- Rule number one, daughter's boyfriend never tells her father what they're actually doing. But we can visit Mom later." I laughed.

"How many fathers did you have to deal with?" I asked.

"A lot." He seemed embarrassed. Why? I don't expect him to have no girlfriends before me. Actually it would've been weird. I mean, just look at the guy!

"I dunno what you guys do there. Whatever you wanna do I'm fine with it." He seemed to think about it for a moment.

"I can show you the cliffs we cliff-dive from," he suggested.

"You cliff-dive?" I asked, the awe obvious in my tone. He chuckled.

"Yeah."

"You so have to take me cliff-diving one time," I demanded.

"No," he replied shortly. What?

"Why not?" I whined.

"I've seen humans jump, Mary, so I'm not allowing this." Now he really did sound like my father. One word caught my attention though.

"You are human," I mumbled, leaning on his back. He sighed.

"Sometimes I don't feel like I am," he said, his tone sad." But, you know, on the up side, if I were completely human, maybe we wouldn't have found each other," he whispered gently. I smiled.

"Yeah," I breathed.

We got there in about half an hour. He parked on the cliffs.

The scenery was more than beautiful; the cloudy sky gave the ocean a shade of dark blue, while I could see the white waves struggle with the rocks down there. Wow.

"Embry, this is-" he cut me off.

"Still not as beautiful as you are." I blushed as he hugged me from the back.

"Too much for my ego," I commented. We both laughed.

He turned around and had to lean down to kiss me; he was about 8 inches taller than I was. This was literally heaven.

" Do you want to meet the guys? We're supposed to meet at Sam's at 4:30." He sat down on the edge of the cliff with me on his lap.

"Sure."

We spent the next few hours at Sam's. I found out that, for some reason, Jacob was leaving Sam in charge of the Pack; he was travelling or something like that.

I met everyone there and their imprints. I had to admit, Emily was an awesome cook. The rest of the girls were really nice, too.

There was supposed to be a bonfire next Thursday, before Rachel's, Jacob's sister, wedding.

The rest of the day passed by pretty quickly, I didn't get the chance to meet Embry's mother but I thought I could meet her another time.

Embry, somehow, managed to convince Mom to take me to the beach on Saturday. She really was happy for me.

We were sitting at the beach in comfortable silence when Embry started talking…

"Jacob got back yesterday." He seemed nervous about something. What could that be?

"Good. Does that mean Nessie's back, too?" I asked, he raised an eyebrow at me.

"How did you know he's with her?" he asked.

"Well, at the same time he was gone, she was, too. It doesn't need a rocket scientist to figure that out." I rolled my eyes at him. He laughed.

A few seconds later, I saw him nod to someone I couldn't see. So I turned to see who it was.

Jacob and Nessie.

"Hey, Nessie!" I greeted her; I'd missed her, and waved at Jacob," Where were you the last two days?" I asked. She smiled, but I had a feeling it was forced. Hmm…I wonder why.

"Italy," she answered quickly.

"Italy?" I repeated to myself. They just flew to Italy over the weekend? Cullens.

"I need to tell you something important, Mary," she whispered. I looked at her questioningly. "About the vampires Embry, Jake and Quil told you about." What would she want to tell me about them? I nodded, a little bit late, I realized.

"What about them?" I asked.

"Well, I-uh, well, um," she stuttered. I got suspicious. Did she know them?

I saw Jacob whisper something in her ear as Embry squeezed my shoulder reassuringly. What the Hell was that about?

"I'm half-vampire, my family are all vampires." W-H-A-T?

The blood ran away from my face, I didn't know where to because I couldn't feel my limbs either. Embry was holding me close, keeping me from falling. I had to remind myself of his presence so I wouldn't faint.

"It's okay," I heard Embry whisper in my ear. What's okay? I just found out one of my very close friends is a…a vampire. "Please, don't be scared. I'm right here. I won't let anything happen to you."

"Vampires?" I whispered," That's not a prank?" I asked hopefully. She shook her head.

I stretched my hand to touch hers; I'd never noticed that she was cold.

She wasn't. In fact, she was a little bit warm. I looked at her questioningly.

"But you're not cold. Embry told me they're called 'the cold ones'." She sighed.

"That's because I'm half-vampire. I'm half-human, too," she explained.

"So that's why you eat like us?" I remembered the chocolate I always saw her eating.

"I can survive on either that or blood, but I prefer blood." I gulped and got closer to Embry, if that was even possible. Blood. Why wasn't I running away? Why wasn't Embry moving?"Animal blood," she corrected.

What the Hell?

"What?" I whispered.

"My family doesn't drink human blood; we survive on animal blood instead." I looked at Embry who nodded reassuringly.

Renesmee Cullen is a half-vampire.

All the Cullens are…vampires.

The day passed by pretty well, we went to the cliffs afterwards. Nessie had shown me her own 'gift', too. That would take a while to get used to.

And she told me that she and Jacob are getting…married.

Like, married married.

Wow.

It was amazing watching the relationship between the wolves and their imprints; they were so close. Like love was filling the air.

Quil's and Seth's imprints weren't like the others; they were just best friends. I wondered when Amy and Seth would finally be 'together'. I knew for sure it was great.

Embry was more than a boyfriend to me; he was my own safe harbor, my super hero. He was always there, I knew I could rely on him, I trusted him with my life. I trusted him not to hurt me, I trusted him to never leave me, not under any circumstances.

Myths or no myths, I was deeply in love with Embry.

I knew Dad would know sooner or later about Embry being 24 and he'd be mad, considering I told him a lot that we 'study' together. It wasn't much of a lie though; I did study.

But I didn't expect it to be that soon…

"Mary!" I heard Dad call from downstairs. What, Dad? I need to get ready for Rachel and Paul's wedding tonight!

"Yes, Dad?" I answered.

"I need you here!" I rolled my eyes and got downstairs, not quite expecting what I found.

"Yeah?" I answered as soon as I entered the kitchen, where he and Mom were. She looked…disappointed? While he was just plain angry.

" Do, or don't you know how old your boyfriend is?" he asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"I know he's 24, Dad. It's no big deal," I said.

"It's no big deal? The guy is eight years older than you are!" He yelled.

"And why does that make a difference? You're 5 years older than Mom and I don't see a problem." I never spoke to my parents that way. I regretted every word I said but right then, I didn't care.

"I can't trust him around you," he concluded."How do I know he's not using you?"

"Dad!" I practically yelled." Embry wasn't, isn't and won't ever use me!" I defended him, knowing I was one-hundred percent right.

" It doesn't matter," he said. What?" Because you're not seeing him again."

"What?" Tears were forming in my eyes. How could he do that to me?

"What you've heard, young lady," he said sternly.

He wasn't going to take him away from me, never. Embry meant the world to me now. I loved Mom and Dad. But if they're taking me away from him, I would just leave. They could control Allen of they wanted but not me.

Never.

I was late already, Embry was supposed to pick me up at 9. Now it was 8:45. Great; I have 15 minutes.

I ran up to my room and locked the door behind me. I kept crying as I continued wearing the black dress I'd prepared for tonight. I put on my heels and grabbed a t-shirt and jeans; that was all I could do right then.

I took out my cell phone and dialed Embry's number…I hoped he would answer.

"Hello?" he answered after the first ring.

"E-Embry," I stuttered, my voice hoarse from all the crying.

"What's wrong?" he asked immediately.

"I-I want to leave," I finally said.

"What? Leave what? Mary, what the Hell is going on?"

"Dad…Look, I just can't stay here anymore."

"Mary," he breathed," Did you fight with your Dad or something?" he guessed.

"Yeah," I breathed, too.

"I'll be right there in two minutes; I'm on my way. Just stay where you are; don't do anything stupid." Stupid? Now staying with you is stupid? If you only knew…

Embry Call

What was that about? Mary, the goodie-two-shoes, wanted to move out?

I knew she was somehow crazy but not that much. God, what happened?

I was already in full speed in Jake's Rabbit; I'd borrowed it. I had to go there…

Here I am…

I parked in front of the small house and got out of the car, locking it. I knocked on the door, not expecting what to find.

Her mother opened the door. She looked at me apologetically.

"I don't think she could come with you tonight…" she mumbled.

"What's going on? Where's Mary?" I asked, confused.

"Open the door!" I heard her father yell. What the Hell? What did she do to deserve this?

"NO!" She yelled back defiantly." I'm not opening the door until he comes!" I could hear the tears in her voice. Poor Mary.

"Excuse me, Amelia." Her mother had insisted I'd call her by her first name. Women.

She let me through, I ran upstairs passing by her brother's bedroom, which I could hear music from. God, could he be more careless?

"MARY GRACE ANDERSON! Open the door!" He yelled at her. I wanted to get back at him for yelling at her like that but I just couldn't.

"What's wrong?" I asked for the millionth time. I just wished someone would answer me.

"Stay away from her!" he hissed at me." Go find someone your age," he added.

What the Hell?

"Embry?" she called through the door.

"Mary!" Her father yelled at her.

"NO, Dad! Look, we're a package deal, that's if you want me to stay here." I'd never expected her to say something like that, not to anyone, let alone her dad.

He stayed silent, frozen.

She opened the door, tears soaking her face.

"Mary." It was my turn to speak." Let's go inside." Her face was shocked, confused. But she went inside her room anyways.

"I will find somewhere to stay, Em. Even if I have to stay at the Cullens'," she mumbled, looking at the floor." But he can't take you away from me; you're all I have now," she whispered her last part, crying even harder. I pulled her into a tight hug.

"Shh…Everything's going to be just fine," I cooed." But you can't leave, Mary; they're your parents, your family. You don't know how lucky you are to have them. They care about you, Mary," I whispered. I knew exactly how lucky she was; I'd never even met my father, at least when I knew he was my father; I don't know who he is, and my mom doesn't even know I'm a wolf, though it's been about 7 years.

"I know they do," she whined," But I can't let him come between us. Never. Embry?"

"Yeah?"

"You're the only good thing that had happened to me in a very long time, I can't just leave you." It hurt me terribly to hear those words and not be able to respond. Were we in a different situation, I would've leaned down and kissed her until she can't breathe.

"We'll find a way, we'll talk to him. I promise you, Mary, I would never let anyone come between us."

"I know," she whispered against my chest.

I couldn't imagine my life without Mary. It was like my life before her was a life of loss, when I found her, I found light, I found beauty.

I found my soul mate.

He wouldn't take her away from me. We'll talk our way out of this, right?

I couldn't support her in her decision, though it would've been better for me; I'd see her much more. But I can't do this to her, I can't take her family away from her. I can't just deprive her of the happiness that I'd never found.

"Let's go to the wedding now, shall we? We're late, you know," I muttered, stroking her hair.

"Come on," she answered." Dad?" He was still stunned; he only kept glaring.

"Yes?"

"I'm going to the wedding now, I'll come before 12," she whispered." Please think about what I'd told you," she begged," because I really, really don't want to move out."

Poor Mary; and she's also meeting the vamps tonight.

Who knows what's going to happen next?

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