Author's Note: I'm sorry it took so long to get this out. My sister almost broke the keypad yesterday by spilling soup on it…..again so I had to wait for everything to dry. I hope you enjoy this chapter, everything will have a happy ending, I swear.
Imprinting Is Like Getting Punched In The Face
I felt a little depressed. Just a little, not majorly, like stabbing myself with kitchenware or trying to convince Emmett Cullen to snap my neck. I am dandy; seriously, I'm perfectly fine without talking to Chloe for over a week. It's not like I don't stand outside of her house from 9 to 11 hoping to get a glimpse of her before she goes to sleep.
My parents were starting to get a little upset about the whole thing though. Not about Chloe and I breaking up or anything, but me staying over at Uncle Jake's and Aunt Nessie's house for the last week without coming home. I mean really, who needs to go anywhere near home where a mother will try not to talk about a certain break up but then force you to talk about it.
Danny, of course, is the only person that I let see me besides my aunt and uncle (and Emmett) since I still have to patrol and he's my man on the inside. Danny goes to school, checks on Chloe for me, reports back to me about everything that he can remember then stress eats with me until we go to work. I'm just guessing here but I think my aunt wants me out of the house so she can stop cooking for three werewolves. I really don't blame her, Danny has no manners.
"Ian, please, get up from the couch and go to school," Nessie begged like ever morning this week. I mumbled something and rolled over so my back was facing her. She sighed and went into the kitchen to fix Uncle Jake and mine's breakfast. I laid on the couch until she yelled that the food was ready. I stumbled off of the couch and plopped down in a chair.
I barely paid attention to what I was eating but shoved it into my mouth, hoping it wasn't poisoned or something. Jake stood in the doorway to the kitchen, watching me eat for a moment.
"What?" I asked, glancing up at him finally. He sighed and advanced on me. He grabbed me by the collar of my shirt, hulled me up out of my seat and literally dragged me out of his house and threw me into his front yard.
"What the hell are you doing?!" I yelled, getting up, blooding pumping, ready to a fight. Jake just gave me a sad smile.
"Go get your girl back. I'm not letting you back into this house until you do. I'm not going to let you mope around just because Chloe got mad at you. You're going to be a man and take her criticism until she believes you. You got that punk?" Uncle Jake said, crossing his arms menacingly, blocking my way back into the house.
I glared and grumbled but listened to him. I ran off into the forest until I got to Danny's house. He was already gone for school so I broke his window and climbed inside the house. His father (A.k.a Sam Uley) ignored me as I wandered around the house in search of more food.
"You'll be paying for that window. Emily will be upset if she sees it," Sam stated, joining me at the table for breakfast. I ignored the former Alpha and kept feeding myself until I thought I'd throw up. "I know you've probably heard this but why don't you just fix everything with your imprint?" he exclaimed, washing our dishes.
"Chloe is more of the violent dictator that likes to execute the citizens if one disturbs her pleasant day," I explained to him the best I could. He just grinned at me and went back to the dishes. "Why are you grinning so big?" I snapped.
"Well, I've never meet her but that is kind of how Danny described her. He's really worried about you," Sam said, still grinning. My stomach gave a twist of guilt. I didn't even realize that I even had Danny worried. I slumped in my seat and leaned my head in my hand.
"What time is it?" I mumbled.
"After ten. I'd just miss one more day of school if I was you, don't want to break a pattern so miss a Friday," he chuckled. I gave him my best attempt at a smile and stretched my arms over my head.
"Yeah, I guess I should go home. Jake's been telling me that mom's been worried," I mumbled, standing up.
"And Paul. He's worried about you too," Sam stated.
I snorted and turned back to look at him. "My dad never worries about anything," I exclaimed.
"He does. He tries to give you your space. Paul remembers the stress of patrol, imprints, and school. He cares more than anyone would know," Sam said and turned back to the sink. I was stunned into silence.
My dad, the toughest man and father I've ever seen or heard about was respecting my privacy and letting me do what I want. He was letting me grow up. That jerk! He's supposed to be there to tell me that I'm an idiot and threaten me until I got Chloe back. He's supposed to snoop around in my room and nail me for having a Playboy (which I haven't looked at since last school year) then give it back to me when mom isn't looking. What kind of father just lets their son run around without a leash on? You have the leash so they don't get hit by a car or get bitch slapped by your imprint. My God, this is all his fault!
A loud growl ripped out of my throat and I stormed out of Danny's house. I didn't bother with changing but sprinted over to my house. I knew my dad would be home for his lunch break by now. My father was sitting calmly on the couch, waiting for with the phone in his hand. He grinned at me when he seen the glare on my face for him.
"Sam called. He said you had something to say to me. Well, have at it kid, but make it quick, tip-off starts in five," dad said cheekily then took a swig of beer. I froze. I hadn't seen this coming.
"Who's playing?" I asked, edging towards the couch. He grinned and threw me a beer. I caught it reflexively then dropped it and shied away from it. "Oh my God! Have you lost your freaking mind!? Mom said you couldn't even have beer and you're giving your underage son a beer freely! What the heck is wrong with you?" I yelled, grabbing my hair in my stressful state.
"You couldn't even get a buzz if you wanted to. Werewolves don't drunk very easy. And your mother agreed with me that I could give you a beer. It's supposed to be an ice breaker. Now sit down and watch the game with me, its father-son bonding moment," dad said. I hesitantly sat down next to him, rejection the second beer her offered.
"So tell me why you came storming over here all of a sudden?" dad asked, putting the game on mute just as it started.
"Jake kicked me out, I went to Danny's and talked to Sam and he said you're giving me space," I answered after a moment of hesitation. He nodded.
"Don't you want space? When I was in the pack I was like a time bomb waiting to go off until I meet your mother of course. I couldn't get enough space from my parents," he exclaimed, taking of swig of beer. I shrugged.
"I need advice. What do girls like and why hasn't Chloe spoken to me yet?" I said. It was like a dam had broke and my dad was going to have to do damage control. He didn't answer for a while he just sat and thought for a few minutes.
"Chloe hasn't spoken to you because you've been hiding at Jake's and she didn't know where you were. What do girls like you asked? Every girl is different but they like the truth, I guess," he replied finally. I frowned.
"I tried to tell her the truth but she kicked me out of her house," I stated. Dad laughed, almost spraying me in beer.
"You are an idiot, son! No wolf in their right mind would put a knife to their wrist to show the love of their lives that they weren't some crazy person that thought they could turn into a giant wolf!" he laughed, slapping my back. I grinned in spite of what he said. He finally called me an idiot.
"I'd just show her flat out. Chloe is too stubborn to listen to anything you say so show her. Make her tremble at the sight of your fluff!" he snickered, red in the face from laughing so hard. I sighed and waited for him to stop laughing at me. It was a few more minutes before he could say a sentence without giggling.
We sat around for hours until mom came from work. She smiled when she saw me and ran over to me to give me a kiss.
"What are you guys watching?" she asked, beaming at me.
"We are still having our father-son moment!" dad exclaimed and shooed her away. Mom sighed but went into the kitchen to appease her husband. After another hour of talking I got ready to go to Chloe's since it about 9.
"Hey, dad, weren't you supposed to do back to work after your lunch break as over?" I asked before I left.
"Shit!"
I shook my head and headed out to Chloe's house. I stood behind the house once I got there, right where the forest and her backyard met. I looked at the bright windows and longing festered in my chest like every night I stood out her. I really did miss her no matter how much my father distracted me.
I don't know how long I stood out there just staring at her house but I mustn't have been paying very close attention to what was going on. I heard a twig snap behind me. I turned around quickly and was met by some kind of metal that clipped my arm. I heard a gasp then actually looked down to see who my attacker was.
"Chloe?" I exclaimed in bewilderment. My posture instantly straightened and I felt better just by being in her presence. She was in her pajamas already but had an ankle brace on her sprained ankle. Her silky black hair hung loose down her back in waves. The two things that got my attention the most was that she had dark bags under her eyes and the other was that she was holding a shovel in he hands.
"Ian?! What are you doing lurking around in my backyard?" Chloe said, dropping the shovel down away from me completely. I grinned. It felt good to talk to her again even if it is briefly
"I stand out here at this time since we've had our fight," I answered happily. She gave me a once over then bought her eyes back to my face.
"That's weird. Are you my stalker now?" she said, putting down the shove on the ground and pulling out a flashlight out of her back pocket.
"Kind of, only from 9 to 11 at the moment though. So how have you been?" I said, flopping down on the ground to make myself comfortable.
"I was okay until my boyfriend decided to pull a knife out on himself," Chloe mumbled, staring down at me. I frowned and crossed my legs and folded my hands in my lap.
"That wasn't very smart of me now that I've seen what I did wrong. I just need to show you what I'm talking about. Take a walk with me, I'll explain everything to you," I exclaimed, looking hopefully up at her. She sighed, glanced back at her house then nodded to me.
I hopped back and led her a little ways into the forest. She shined her flashlight in front of herself so she could see where she was putting her bad foot at. I was eager to get this over with so everything would be perfect again. I stopped when we made it to a place where Danny and I had had a fight and knocked over a few trees. Chloe gratefully sat on a fallen tree and waited for me.
"Right, so don't freak but just sit right there. I still stick by what I said before. The legends are real and I can turn into a giant fluffy wolf, okay? Alrighty, here we go," I exclaimed then slipped my sweats off of me. Chloe gasped and put her hands over her eyes.
I let the heat wash over me and closed my eyes. There was a loud ripping sound then BAM! I was in my wolf form. I laid down on my stomach so I didn't seem so intimidating when she opened her eyes again. I made a rumbling noise in the back of my throat to get her attention.
Chloe dropped her hands from her eyes and shined her flashlight on me. I heard her heartbeat speed up and her breathing. I waited for her reaction but it seemed like she didn't have one. She just sat there, moving her light over me again and again. Finally, she got up from the tree and limped slowly over to me.
"Ian? You aren't going to eat me, are you?" Chloe whispered, coming closer. I made a coughing laugh and shook my head no. She paused a few feet from me, looking unsure on what to do. I crawled on my belly over to her until I was just one foot from her.
"Whoa, this is amazing. You're all hairy and-and fluffy," she giggled and without missing a beat, started to pet my head. Yeah, it is so Chloe not to be scared of a giant wolf the size of a horse but freaks when I pick a knife.
"Ian, not that I'm not happy for you but you're detracting the younger wolves," Embry Call exclaimed inside my head. The younger wolves all groaned, they wanted to see Chloe in all her goddess glory inside my head.
I stood up, towering over Chloe's small form and trotted father away from her so I could change without her covering he eyes again. Chloe didn't move but waited me to come back to her with two legs this time.
"This is so cool! I can't believe this is real! Wow, I can't believe that really happened!" Chloe said excitedly when she saw me walking coming back to her with her flashlight. "If you'd just showed me that last week, we wouldn't have had that little miscommunication," she stated.
"Yeah, I wasn't thinking straight last time," I admitted, grinning down at her. She was trembling with excitement and her eyes were brighter than normal because of it.
"Come on. We can talk more in my room," Chloe pulled me along behind her as she found her way back to her house. My stomach jumped. Chloe's father hadn't let me into her room since we started dating and now she was going to sneak me in.
"I'll open my window for you. You should have no trouble climbing the tree," she said before going back into her house. I sprinted around the side of the house until I was standing below her window. I hurried and climbed the big tree and sat on the branch outside her window, waiting for her to open it.
Chloe was there soon after I got up the tree and opened the window for me, moving out of the way for me so I could get my massive form in. I jumped in and landed smoothly in her room, barely making a sound.
I glanced around the room. It still looked the same from the last time I was in here weeks ago. Her fish tank was against the wall with her Oscar fish and sharks inside. Her picture wall was covered and I was proud to say that I was in over half the pictures. Her king size bed was made with her dark blue covers on it. The lights were out besides the glow from the fish tank.
Chloe went and sat on her bed and took off her ankle brace and threw it somewhere in the floor. I wasn't paying attention to anything else going on. Chloe had all of my attention. She just seemed to glow with how happy she looked and had this big smile just for me like she had saved it for me over the week.
"I really missed you," I murmured, taking a step towards her. She smiled even bigger.
"I missed you too. It's been a killer trying to find a ride to school without you. Maybe I can drive you to school next week. I'm getting my license Sunday and my parents are going to look for a car for my tomorrow. Gosh, I've really missed you," Chloe said, standing up from her bed and wrapping her tiny arms around me.
We just stood there in each others arms for what seemed like forever but it was only minutes. I just kept smiling at her while she grinned up at me. I guess after a few minutes Chloe had led me over to her bed because I was suddenly sitting on her bed with Chloe snuggled into me, sitting in my lap. I sighed happily and buried my face in her hair.
I answered all of her questions that she fired at me and told her anything else that she needed to know. Even about her being my other half. It was past midnight before Chloe had run out of questions.
"Ian, I've got something to tell you. I realized it when you weren't here….. I am totally in love with you," Chloe exclaimed, looking up at me. I stopped breathing and it felt like my heart was swelling from the love that I had for her.
"I love you too, Chloe. I've loved you since the first day of school and I'll love you for the rest of my life and-"I didn't get to finish. Chloe practically attacked me. She had me pushed down before I could blink. A shiver went up my back as her hands ran over my bare chest. She placed butterfly kisses all over my face and neck while she straddled my waist.
"Oh, Ian, I love you so much," she breathed before kissing my lips. I wrapped my arms around her tiny body and crushed her to me so I could feel all of her. She gripped my hair and licked my bottom lip. I opened my mouth for her happily. Chloe moaned into my mouth. My eyes rolled and I flipped us over so I was on top. She let my hands run over her flat stomach to the outside of her thighs.
I was getting the best action in my life until we heard Annie yelling for Chloe down the hall. Chloe groaned and gave me a quick kiss before rolling out from under me. I watched her go and listened to her walk down the hallway to her sister's room. I sighed and laid on my back with my arms behind my head, waiting for her to come back.
"She wanted me to get a glass of water for her," Chloe whispered once she came back. I smiled and let her cuddle into my side. "I think we should go to sleep now," she muttered into chest before yawning. I looked over at her the best I could.
"I get to stay?" I asked. I didn't think Chloe would ever, ever let me stay in her room unless we were married. She giggled and kissed my cheek for my answer. I sighed happily and wrapped my arms around her.
"Goodnight," Chloe whispered.
"'Night," I said back, staring up at the ceiling, trying to take in how lucky I was right now. Man, I should have asked for dad advice long ago.
Author's Note: Well I made this one long to make up for how long I didn't update. I hope everyone enjoyed it! See you in the next chapter! ;)