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Chapter 30 – Imprint
"You guys have a habit of imprinting on the most inappropriate people!" I ranted hysterically, waving my hands in the air. Jake shook his head in protest and Bella nodded in agreement.
"We can't really help it, Natalie. Plus this makes your situation one hell of a lot easier," Jake retorted angrily. I raised one eyebrow at him. "Now we can tell your little sister exactly what is going on here. It would have been pretty damn difficult otherwise, how did you intend to explain why you, Diana, and all of the Cullens look nearly identical?!"
I pulled a face and peered out of the window at Ysanne, Seth placed a hand on my sister's slender arm and she blushed lightly. I was still in shock at the change in her, somehow she had morphed from a shy little girl into a startlingly beautiful young woman, and it scared me.
Her hair was a familiar brown; the colour of dark chocolate and her skin was a contrasting ivory, a soft complexion with rosy cheeks. Her face was sweetly pretty, with sort of classic features, ones that suited her perfectly. She was lovely, and very much human, which had been a huge relief.
I could see her expressions change as Seth explained what the hell was going on and I winced, luckily for Seth he was nearly indestructible, otherwise he would have ended up with a broken nose at the very least. Ysanne had always been feisty if anyone had said something negative or nasty about our family or me, I felt sorry for Seth, who had to put up with her for the rest of his life.
She was glancing towards us every now and again and then making a comment, her eyes widened in shock as Seth nodded his head. I could guess what he had just told her, she looked back and shook her head frantically. Then, to Seth's and my dismay she turned to run and took off, pretty fast for a human, but nowhere near quick enough to beat Seth. He tore after her within the second she had started to run.
I watched as he scooped her up into his arms and whispered something in her ear, she pressed her face against his shoulder and he lowered his head to touch hers. He kissed her lightly on the top of her head and she looked up with tear filled eyes and kissed him on the lips. I felt my heart twist at the scene of true love, wondering if this had been how I had once looked when I had been…
I stopped right there. Too much pain. Too much hurt. I couldn't face that right now, I was supposed to be happy. Not that I was fooling anybody, especially Edward and Bella, they knew precisely what I was going through right now. I walked over to my sister and smiled at her tentatively, trying to reassure her. She smiled at me.
"Seth told you?" I asked, she nodded and bit her lower lip, like she was feeling guilty about something. She looked up at Seth, he had his arm around her and she had hers around his waist. Seth met her eyes with his and I nearly gasped, they looked so… grown up. Both of them were younger than me, but in that second they looked so much older – it frightened me.
"What's wrong?" I asked them.
"Nat, I've got to tell you something… about how I found you. You see, I went to Ita-"
A sound caught, and held, my attention before she had finished explaining. I froze instantly and both Seth and I twisted in the direction it was coming from.
The sound of the car's engine was familiar and it hit me like a bus, like a bomb. I could remember that car so clearly, and I could remember the last time I had sat in it, the person I had sat next to…
The car purred up the driveway and I stared, fully transfixed on the beautiful man driving the vehicle. I saw nothing but him, the world could have imploded and I would have been oblivious. I memorised every inch of him, his nose, his mouth, his cheeks and his eyes. Not the crimson red I had expected, nor the flat black I was used to, but a shade of amber that was both odd and gorgeous at the same time.
He had barely taken a step towards me before I had ran faster then a bullet over to him, and, as his arms closed around me I was overwhelmed with something. The strangest feeling I had ever felt before in my life:
I suddenly felt whole.
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