Broken Moon
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AN: So, my first week of college was good. It started out bad, but I dropped a four credit class that I didn't need. I finished all my homework. I did laundry and cleaned my little studio and now it's cute and clean. I wrote this chapter in like one hour and I don't really care if it has grammatical mistakes. This is just to have something posted. I appreciate the awesome reviews that I keep on getting for this story.
Song for his chapter Abrazame, by Camila. A Mexican Pop group. They sound beautiful. Besos a Laurita y saludos de Serenity.
Family
It was a great sunny afternoon, when I arrived at the mansion. Something was different. I could sense it. I stared at Daddy Jacob and at Embry, they were smiling at each other, even after my grandfather broke Embry's door. They had argued, but I guess the old ties of their friendship were hard to break.
"What's so funny?" I asked curious, arching my brow as I stared at Embry's lovely face. He smiled back at me and I felt my heart pounding so hard that it wanted to break free from my chest and run into his hands.
"Nothing." he said, smirking at me and placing his large hand on my waist. I love the way his warm hands sent currents down my back.
"Keep your nasty hands off my pearl, Embry." Papa said, punching Embry on his arm. They looked like two twenty-something years old, goofing around.
"Don't hurt my baby, Daddy!" I laughed, furrowing my brows, pretending to be angry at him. He chuckled and pulled me away from Embry and lifted me in his arms.
"What about Daddy, precious?" he asked, pouting. I hugged my grandfather and rested my chin on his shoulders, as I looked back at Embry and sighed. If I could only love him with all my heart. I bet that all my troubles would become easier to handle.
"So, Embry's your baby? This guy is like fifty years old." he teased, turning around, still holding me in his arms, and staring at Embry.
I nodded and blew a kiss at Embry. "For real! He looks so young." I exclaimed, staring down at Embry. I reached my hand for him to hold. "I love older man!" I said impishly to Embry, as he took my hand. My Daddy Jacob ran up the driveway, separating Embry and me. "Grandpa, you are a meanie." I laughed.
"No, I am not!" Jake said, chortling. "Plus, I am younger than your decrepit imprinter." he said, hoisting me over his broad shoulder.
"Only by two weeks." Embry laughed.
"Whatever, loser, I am still younger than you!" he jested.
"Don't call me loser, Idiot!" Embry retorted, running after us to catch up. I could feel the lightness of the conversation. I felt at ease being with them.
"Guys, stop it. You two are supposed to be best friends." I whined, hitting my Papa on the back like a drum. He laughed heartedly and started to twirl me.
"We were, Moon, until he imprinted on my angel." Jake said, placing me down on the floor. I stood facing him and he bend down his face to give me a tender kiss on the forehead. "He wants to take my princess away, but I won't let him!"
Embry came from behind him and pushed him away. Now he was standing in front of me, taking my hands in his and softly planting kisses on the back of them. "Sorry, ol' fart, she's mine."
"Over my dead body." Papa said, grabbing Embry in a head lock. "That little girl is still my first granddaughter. You best keep your dirty mechanic hands off her." he said, narrowing his eyes and looking down at Embry's face. Embry was not even paying attention to my granddad's banter. He was staring lovingly at me. I felt a flock of butterflies take flight in my stomach. His gaze left me breathless. Why did I feel so... so weird- the kinda good weird- around him?
"I'll gladly see that you are dead, so you stop minding our business." Embry suddenly retorted playfully, turning in such a way that Jacob's legs were wrapped around his arms. Boys were crazy! But I loved how great Embry, Daddy and Papito got along. They were good friends, if only Quil would look like them. He had aged with his wife Claire and stopped phasing a few years ago.
I laughed as they wrestle and felt warm hands on my shoulder. I rested my face against those loving hands and touched perfection. "Guys, Moon is my daughter. She is my angel and only belongs to me!" Papito said, wrapping his arms around me and pulled me closer.
"Daddy!" I shrieked , corresponding his gesture. "I've missed you!" I said, hopping like a little girl, when she sees her father coming home after work.
"I missed you too, princess." he said, removing stray hairs off my face and tucking them behind my ear. He was smiling tenderly at me. I couldn't believe that my father was finally looking at me. The real me, Mallory Moon Black-Clearwater. He hugged me again and slowly pulled away, turning to face Daddy and Em.
"Seth had to come and ruin the fun." Embry said, feigning defeat.
"My Papito always triumphs!" I said proudly, tucking my arm around my father's waist.
It was hard to believe that this bunch of old farts, like Embry says, looked so young. We had an eternity to be together. I didn't want to miss a moment away from them. I found myself needing my father, like I needed air. I couldn't live a way from my grandfather, he was essential in my life. I couldn't be too far from Embry, my heart would not allow it. I tried it and it ended in total chaos. I loved each of them with a different kind of love. They were all my pillars of strength. I only needed Diego and my collection of hunky, loving men would be completed.
"That's right!" my father said smugly.
"I thought that imprinting was stronger." Embry said confused.
"Nope," a soft voice said from behind us. We all turned and found my two younger sisters- Allegra and Alexis- coming down the driveway path, their arms linked together. We all looked like a bunch of teenagers and young adults.
"Our Papito triumphs over you two-" Allegra said smiling.
I saw Embry tense as my grandfather released him. I knew that he saw Addivani in them. But they were so different from our sister. They were sweet and their eyes were truly the windows to their soul.
"Embry," I called him, extending my hand for him to take. He trudged to where Papito and I stood. "These are my little sisters." I said proudly, as he took my hand. They smiled at him and I felt him relax.
"They look so much like Addivani." he said slowly, turning to look at me. I felt my father shift uncomfortably on his feet, but ignored him.
"Duh!" Lexi laughed, releasing her hold from Allegra. "I'm the youngest of the triplets. My name is Alexis Marie." she said sweetly, hugging Embry.
"Hi!" he said, grinning at her. "She's definitely not Addison."
"I am the second of the triplets. I guess we have met, when I went to the automotive shop where Jay works." Allegra said shyly. "I'm Ally, short for Allegra.." she said, taking Papito's hand and linking her arm in Alexis'.
"Oh, yeah," Embry said. "Sorry about the cold shoulder. I thought you were, um, your other sister." he said embarrassed.
"It's alright." she mumbled, looking at her feet. "We apologize on her behalf if she did something to upset you."
I stared at Embry and smiled. "They are sweethearts." I mumbled timidly and let go of my Embry's hand. I smiled at Papa Jacob and Papito.
My sisters were the best. If they only knew what Embry was talking about. He disliked Addivani because she was so cold and heartless. He didn't want anyone to hurt me! He loved me and one day, I was going to love him with all my heart.
"Did you see Moon's smile?" Lexi said contently, unlinking her arm from Allegra arm and taking my father's free hand in hers.
"I did!" Allegra said sheepishly. "She looks so different. Like-"
"She's finally happy!" Lexi finished, winking at me.
"Did you see the shine in her eyes?" Ally asked, smiling contently.
Lexi nodded and smiled brightly. "It's so exciting to see her smiling! It's like she is-"
"In love!" said a masculine voice, from behind the trees.
"Diego, quit hiding behind the bushes." Papito said annoyed.
Diego, my little brother, was not as little as he was a few weeks ago. He was towering over Allegra, Alexis and me. He was still shorter than Embry, Papa Jacob and Papito, but he was tall.
"Holy shit!" I exclaimed, clasping my mouth with my hands. "You grew!"
Diego looked down at me and frowned. "You look different." he said, tilting his head to the side and eying me.
"What do you mean?" I asked curiously, taking a step forward and getting on my tippy toes to see him better.
"Your eyes are shiny, your heart is beating faster than before and every time you stare at Embry, you sigh." he said mockingly.
I punched his stomach and narrowed my eyes. I placed my hand on his forearm and sighed. "OK, what if I liked Em? He likes me! We are dating, and little by little, I will fall in love, D. I mean, I am his soul mate!" I said telepathically.
He grinned and hugged me. I pulled away from him and he walked to where Embry stood. He stared from Papa to Embry, with a serious expression on his face.
"See Embry," Papa Jacob said proudly. "Even my boy doesn't like the fact that you imprinted on his sister."
Diego stood between Papa and Embry and nudged Embry on the ribs. "Good job, Embry. You should give Jared Jay some pointers to woo Allegra. She is even meaner, now that he imprinted on her."
"I thought that you were on my side!" Papa said, folding his arms across his broad chest.
"I like anyone that makes my Moon happy!" Diego said, winking at me. I laughed and wrapped my arms around him again.
"Diego, you are hot!" I said confused. "Have you turned in to a werewolf yet?"
"Not yet. But he grew thirteen inches in three weeks." Lexis said, holding tighter to our sister Ally.
"Wow." I managed to say. He was tall, but he still looked so young and lanky. "Now you really look like Papito."
"I know!" Lexi and Allegra said in unison, laughing together at their outbursts.
"So, enough about me! This is Mallory's day! She should be the center of the party." Diego said shyly, pushing me against Embry. "Gramp, be kind to Embry."
Papa snorted and pushed Diego away from me. "I'm still your grandfather, you should respect me." Jacob said mockingly.
"Whatever." Diego muttered, as he stared at our sisters. "Oh, and back to the previous conversation. Imprinters triumph over Fathers." he said smugly, winking at me.
"Not true." Papito said.
"It's true!" Diego replied.
"Nuh-uhh!" Jacob said.
"It's not!" Embry said, smirking at my sister and at me.
"How do-" Alexis started to say.
"...You know?" Allegra finished, as she glanced at him.
"Werewolf intuition." Diego shrugged.
"Liar!" I grinned.
I looked at Embry and found him laughing. "Your brother and sisters are so different." he whispered in to my ear. His hot breath tickled on my skin and I felt shy around him. "I like those three!" he said, kissing my cheek.
"Oohh!" Lexi and Ally exclaimed.
"Allegra wants to be as happy as Luna." Lexi said cheerfully
"I am as happy as Luna, Jared Jay is the best." Ally said, blushing.
We continued walking towards the mansion, but I stopped when I smelled my mother's sweet scent. I loved her with all my heart. If my life would have been as good as it was now. I always wanted to have sweet memories like this one.
"A Daddy always takes the first place in a daughter's heart."." my mother said, as she came out the door to greet us. She hugged Jacob tightly and stared happily at me. "Moon, you may say that Seth is the best father in the world, and he is. But my Daddy is just the sweetest." she said, looking lovingly at Jacob.
"I know!" Papa said impishly. "Look at the beautiful little girl that I made with my hot wife." he said arrogantly, kissing my mother's cheek and winking at Nessie as she appeared in the doorway.
"I won't argue with your opinion, Sarah Clearwater. But I do know that Seth Clearwater is the best Papito in the world!" I said, hugging my father.
"Yeah!" Diego, Ally and Lexi said in unison.
My father laughed and nodded his head at his children. "I taught them well." he said mischievously, smiling down at me.
"Hi, Mom! How are you?" I asked, gazing at her. She smiled sweetly and unwrapped her arms hold from Papa Jacob and walked to where I stood. "I am fine, sweetheart, where have you been? I haven't seen you in a while." she asked, staring curiously at Embry.
I smiled at her, feeling my cheeks grow hotter. "I have been with Embry." I said, licking my lips naughtily. "And with Leah and the twins." I quickly added.
"You prefer Embry than your own parents?" she asked, batting her lashes as she pouted her lips. "What about your mother?"
"She is so over dramatic" I heard Diego murmured
"I know!" Lexi mumbled to Ally. "Now we know where Addi gets it from."
Hearing Addison's name, brought a bitter taste to my mouth. I continued to smile at Embry and at my mother. "I love my parents," said quickly, staring down at my black Converse. "But, I, um, I also love Embry."
They stared at Embry and then at me. I didn't know what was so strange. I did love Embry and he made everything in my life better. I wanted to spend every waking minute with him.
"He makes you happy?" Jake asked, narrowing his eyes. "This shy idiot makes you happy? He was a terrible wing man!"
Lexi and Ally snickered and turned around, ambling towards the house. "He makes her happy! Did you hear that?" my sister exclaimed at the same time, shrieking with delight. "Oh, We are so happy for her!"
"I'm leaving too. I don't want to hear Grumps arguing about the same thing." Diego said, turning around. "Bye Mallory. Look for me when we aren't talking about love." he said over his shoulder.
"Grumps? Seth Diego calls, Jake, Grumps? Gosh," Nessie laughed. "That kid is something else. He looks like Seth and acts like Jacob." she said proudly, veering her head to stared at my brother walking around the mansion.
"Yes, Mom. He calls Daddy Grumpy Grandpa, but he shortened it to Grumps." my mother said happily.
"Grumps. I like it!" Jacob said. We stare at him puzzled. "It's unique." he said proudly.
They all turned their attention back to me and I felt timid. "So?" Nessie said, bobbing her head. "How is the birthday girl?" she smiled.
My smile turned in to a frown and I shook my head. "I don't like birthdays, Mama." I said annoyed and walked away from them.
I hated my birthday. It reminded me of Seth Jacob. I didn't want to be reminded of how I suffered because of him. I was too happy to remember him. I ambled to the backyard and I saw Addivani and Ruben. They were arguing and she hissed when she saw me. I veered towards the woods and continued walking.
"I hate my fucking birthday!" I grunted, slamming my fist against a tree trunk. "You can come out of hiding. I can smell you!" I said irritated.
"I was looking for Leah." a masculine voice said, as he stepped out from behind the large tree. "Is she not here?" he asked in his thick Spanish accent.
I turned around to face him and shook my head. "She doesn't mingle with my family that much." I said flatly, leaning my back against a rock.
"Your family is very kind." he said, taking a few steps closer to where I stood. "I have met them before."
I turned my face to him and nodded. "They are. Too bad that the rest of the Cullens aren't here." I said casually. "Why do you need my aunt, Nahuel?" I asked, raising an eyebrow as I stare at him quizzically.
He hesitated for a minute, but took another step closer. "How do you know my name, young lady?" he asked intrigued.
"I just know." I grumbled.
"I apologize if I have offended you." he added quickly.
"You haven't." I said dryly. "But you hurt my aunt." I added quickly, as I narrowed my eyes at him.
"My apologies again." he mumbled. "I wanted to see her and let her know that I am ready." he said.
"Ready for what?" I asked curious.
He sighed and stared into my eyes. "To be the man she deserves." he said solemnly.