CHAPTER 18: DATE NIGHT.

I can't write! I've spent months trying to continue this and all I get is… that. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Nope. The last chapter forced, and that isn't what writing is supposed to be like! It's supposed to be… effortless. I'm trying to bring it back and it's not working. The plus side to all this that though Muse have deserted me, Tasha, the K in KVN, is writing an imprint story and should have it up very soon, so there always a silver lining to every cloud!

I was sitting in my room practicing for my audition when Embry magically appeared in the doorway.

'Knock knock.' He said grinning.

'Come in.' I said, smiling at him. 'You didn't by chance happen to hear anything did you?' my smile turning into a grimace.

'Not a note.' He said, shaking his head at me. 'Will you at least let me go to your audition? '

'Of course! Who do you think is driving me there?'

'So I'm just a free ride to you?'

'Yup.' I said, popping the 'p' sound in yup. 'What else are boyfriends for?'

'I don't know, maybe… this?' he said, coming closer.

I grinned as his lips touched mine. I love kissing Embry. He's so warm and everything it's like kissing the sun. But in a good way. And all the electricity that passes through us could light a small third world country for a week. (And I should know this because I actually live in a small third world country.) He started to deepen the kiss and I bent backwards until I was lying back on the bed with Embry semi-on top of me so I could feel him everywhere but he wasn't crushing me, because the boy is heavy! I was really starting to enjoy myself when…

I shot upright, almost throwing Embry off the edge of my bed.

'Are you alright?' Embry asked, reaching to touch my face.

'Yeah, I'm ok.'

'Are you sure?'

'Yeah.' I haven't thought of… him in ages. He's part of my past and it's going to stay that way. I shook my head and came back to my present. My future. Embry.

'So… anything brings you here in particular or you just couldn't wait to see my beautiful face again?' I said jokingly.

'Both.' He said, not joking in the slightest.

I blushed profusely. The unending crying stopped when I met Embry, thank the good Lord, but in its place came more… common place reactions. Blushing is one of them. It almost made me miss the crying. Almost.

'So what was the thing in particular that you wanted to talk about or do or… what?' I said, trying to be coherent and still concentrate on receding my blush.

'Well, I wanted to know if you wanted to go star gazing tonight.'

'I'd love to.' We'd gone star gazing a couple of times since our first days but I don't feel the urgent need to go so much now that I'm with Embry. It had a lot to do with… (If anyone is confused, I'll explain this later

'So I'll pick you up at 8.00?'

'Perfect.'

'Where are the girls, by the way? I've just noticed they aren't here.'

I rolled my eyes at him. 'They went shopping with Britt; they wanted to get to know her without any outside influence, so I wasn't allowed to go.' I said pouting. I really need new clothes! I'm not the kind of girl who cares that much what I wear as long as I'm comfortable, but I really have no clothes to wear.

He shook his head and kissed my pout away. 10 minutes later he broke away. I frowned.

'I have to go to work.' He groaned. My curiosity picked up.

'What do you do for a living? I can't believe I don't know this! I'm such a horrible girlfriend!'

'No you're not, I just never talk about work, so you never thought about it.'

'So what do you do?'

'Well… lots of things.' He said, looking out the window a.k.a not at me.

'Like?'

'We… fix cars?' The way he said it made it sound like a question.

'Cool, who's we?'

'Jake and I… oh and Rosalie. When she wants to, there's no forcing Rose, she does what she wants to.'

'And she doesn't get fired?'

'She's the owners' daughter. Can't get fired. I really have to go.' He said, giving me a peck on the lips and getting up off the bed.

'See you at eight.' I said, already counting down the hours.

'See you at eight.' He smiled and walked down the hallway.

That was weird. Not only the part where he wouldn't look at me when he was telling me about his job, all of it. I've only just noticed when he left but he had this edge to him, a nervousness. Oh well, probably something to do with his job or something.

I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? I know we're just going stargazing but something tells me that something is going to happen tonight, and I never mistrust my intuition.

'AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!' I screamed in frustration.

'What's wrong?' Amber said, as she, Jess and Britt walked into my room.

'Embry and I have a date tonight and I have nothing to wear!' I exclaimed as I flopped dramatically on my bed.

'Then we arrived just in time!' Jess said. 'We got you a brand new dress! It's black and really short but you can wear it with leggings and still look amazing, because your date isn't formal, right? And I got these killer boots that are perfect for that outfit! You're going to give Embry a heart attack!' She brought out the dress and the shoes. They were gorgeous!

'Oh my God! Thank you guys so much! I love the dress! It's so gorgeous! And your shoes are amazing! This is perfect! Now I only need the perfect jewelry.'

'Well, let's see what you have.' Amber said moving toward my jewelry box. 'Ooh, this is so pretty! I've never seen you wearing it.' She said, holding up my locket.

'I've had it a long time, I just don't wear it. I used to wear it all the time and then…'

'Well, are you going to wear it tonight?' Britt asked after an awkward silence.

'Yeah. And I have the perfect hoop earrings to match' I decided. I can't live my life like that horrible time didn't exist. I have to move on. (Aren't you happy for her? She's growing! I feel like a proud mama right now!)

'Ok, get ready and come downstairs. I think your mom is baking a cake.' Jess said as the girls exited my room quickly. Nothing gets people to mom like the words 'my', 'mom' and 'cake'. I shook my head and went to take a shower.

So, I said I'd explain and I am (…) is more than one person. (…) are actually 2 people. I know it doesn't seem like it in the beginning and that because initially it was 1 person, but I changed my mind on the direction of the story. So just to recap, (…) is two people.

I also realized I never explain KVN. For those of us who haven't seen the profile, KVN is three people. K= Kutasha a.k.a Tasha, she is the one posting this story and is currently writing her own. V= Vanessa a.k.a Nessa a.k.a Nessie a.k.a Ness a.k.a me, the author of this story. N= Nami a.k.a Namirembe, she wrote the other story on our profile (More trouble for Mallory) and helps me with ideas for this. So now you know who to complain to when the chapters don't come fast enough. Kay. Review!

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Nessie