"Sam sent me over to see if Laurel ended up being okay," Embry smiled flopping down onto the couch across from Billy. I looked to Jake, who's face was directly in front of mine, and smiled.
"As you have seen," Jake grumbled, "She's fine. Now if you would so kindly leave."
He turned around and started walking us back to his room, like it was the most natural thing. I smacked him in the chest, "What on Earth are you doing? We just got up, we don't need to go back to bed and sleep."
His lips glided over my neck and up to my ear, where the prick actually nipped it. "We're not going to sleep."
Billy coughed, pointing to the door. "I may be old boy, but I can still hear just fine. Sam wants you three over there, so get your butts right on over there."
After sighing, Jake started towards the door. In nothing but his boxers, and me still attached to his waist.
"Jake, get some clothes on and let me down. I'm not going to Sam's in nothing but your shirt and boxers," I smacked him repeatedly.
After he finally set me down, I stormed into his room and locked the door while I rifled through his dresser. All of his clothes were too big, and not to mention low on shirts. I finally opened the top drawer, one I have never really gone through. Inside was pictures upon pictures. All of which were of us while we were little. A few on the top were of us now, but scattered across the top. There wasn't a lot, but enough to cover the bottom of the drawer completely.
There were a few articles of clothing, one of which was a small shirt with the green Power Ranger on it and the classic Power Ranger logo at the bottom. It was Jake's shirt when we were little. I remember because I bought it for him with my tooth fairy money for his birthday when I was ten. That was my last tooth. And his last birthday I was here for.
I picked it up and smiled, it was somewhat small but I think I can fit it.
I glanced towards the window and put my back to it while I slipped off Jakes shirt and slipped the Power Ranger's one on. It ended just below my belly button. There were a few more shirts, and a pair of shorts.
No way.
I picked them up and put them against my boxer shorts. They looked like they would fit, but only would end halfway down my thigh. There was no way on God's green Earth that Jake's shorts would fit me. Especially if they were from when he was a kid.
After another self conscious glance around the room I threw off the boxers and shivered at the coldness of the room. I pulled them up as far as I could, which wasn't very far. Correction, they got all the way up, but it wouldn't button in the front.
Damn tight clothing. I laid on the floor and sucked it in.
"Think thin, think thin," I whispered to no one but myself.
Once the button held it's clasp I smiled in triumph. Up and out the door, I could see Jake and Embry waiting in their jean cutoffs in the living room. I scurried across the hall and into the bathroom. On the door was a full body mirror.
Oh God. I looked horrible.
The shirt was straining against my chest, riding up my stomach, and the shorts made it look like my ass was huge. I almost wanted to go back and wear the boxers and oversize shirt.
I used a comb to try and work all the knots out of my hair, and a washrag to wet my face.
Crossing my arms over my chest I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before opening the door and recrossing my arms.
Embry and Jake were laughing about something in the living room, but suddenly stopped when I walked in. Billy no where in site.
"Where—were you in my top drawer," Jake asked shocked. I nodded, looking down at the shirt again. And my pale stomach evidently.
Embry was almost drooling. I pushed past them both and towards the door. Then had to stop, by no means did I want to remove my arms from my chest.
"Embry, close your trap and open the damn door," I huffed, rubbing my legs together to fight the cold.
"Why can't you open it," he whispered behind me. I almost literally snapped. "Just open the damn door!"
He opened it and started towards his car in the driveway. "Okay okay grouchy."
"Laurel, baby girl, you could have opened the door," Jake was ushering me out the door by my lower back.
I shivered and cuddled up to his warmth was we walked out to Embry's car. "Let's just say I'm like you guys today, going commando in more than one way."
Jake hurried ahead and opened the door to the back seat, letting me in first. I was careful to keep my arms crossed to sit down. Jake crowded in after me and Embry backed out of the drive. I shivered again. "Come here," Jake patted his thigh. I gladly straddled his thighs and uncrossed my arms to wined them around his waist.
"Oh God Laurel," he groaned, "you're ch-freezing." He pushed me away slightly and stared at exactly what I was hiding this whole time.
I felt myself blush, heating up some against the cold. But it only made me feel colder, just a reminded of what I wasn't; warm.
"Jake," I mumbled, "stop starring. You ripped up my bra, so it's your fault."
Instead of answering, he looked up before pressing his lips to mine and crushing me to his body. I relaxed into the warmth, kissing him back. I had to smile a bit, at the control I had over him without even wanting to. One hand was holding me to himself, while the other started to rub my knee cap. I kissed him harder, loving that I could do it now.
An annoying tap sounded to my left. Jake tore his lips away from me and growled towards Embry.
"Hey man, I knocked," he defended smiling threw the rear view mirror. "Besides, I don't really care to see you two go at it, in my car, while I'm driving mind you."
"Why are you such a cock block today man," Jake groaned flopping his head behind him.
Cock block? Really? I smacked him as hard as I could muster over and over. "You weren't going to get any anyways! You pig! Did you not listen to one damn thing I said last night Jacob Ephraim Black?" I rolled off his lap and to the seat next to him.
We were already winding down Emily and Sam's long driveway, but for some reason; the car was going off the dirt path.
"Embry, if your eyes aren't on that road in the next millisecond I will kill you slowly," Jake snarled pulling an arm to rest against my chest.
I blushed, pushing away the weird feeling that started when he did so. I replaced his arm with mine and pushed his away. "Thanks Jake," I muttered.
At Sam and Emily's we got out of the car and headed into the house. Jake, me, and then Embry.
"You know Laurel," Embry whispered, "Emily is a B too, just ask her to hook you up for the day."
B? B what? Instantly my mind flashed to my boobs. I glared at him. Eyes quickly scanning the pack, I saw Sam and Emily standing by the stove.
"Really Embry," I said quite loudly, "Did you just comment on how much you stare at Emily and I's boobs by comparing their sizes?"
Sam and Jake's eyes flashed furry while stalking towards him. I laughed and jumped out of the way before two fists flew into him at random places. His cry of agony being the only thing that told me it hurt.
I made my way over to Emily, shivering all the more. "Hey, can I—"
"Say no more,"she smiled taking me by the arm and leading me through her house. In a bedroom, that I assumed was hers, she handed me a bra and a pair of sweatpants. I gladly took them stepping into the bathroom across the hall to change.
The bra was a bit tight and itchy, but I shook my head, I wasn't going to complain. I was grateful for a bra.
Jake jumped off a lazy boy when I walked in the room. I waved my hand, motioning him to sit down. Easily scanning the room, it was easy to tell that there were no seats open really. Out of the dozen or so people, there were still people sitting in laps and on the floor.
I saw Sam, making my way over and hand extended, we shook hands. "I'm sorry for the way I acted when we first...err...met I suppose." Turning I tried to find Jard, which wasn't too hard, because I could recognize that face any day.
I did the same with him too. "I'm sorry for jumping your shit the first day we met too, it was rude of me. I didn't know much I guess."
After I apologized to both I walked over to Jake, flopping myself into his lap anyways.
"Thank you," he murmured pressing his lips to my neck, hands playing with my skin that was showing because of the shirt.
"I'll be damned," Embry snorted. I gave him a questioning gaze, his black eye already starting to look like it was almost never there even though it got it five minutes ago. "Laurel has already laid a good punch and or beat the shit out of a third of the pack!"
Embry, Jared...and Sam; I'll be damned to.
Sam chuckled eyes looking over to mine, and of course I blushed. I was an irrational hot head.
"Anyway," the girl with Jared the day I met him, Leah I think. "We need to talk about the new leeches that are here, they're after her."
Sam nodded curtly before turning his gaze on the overly sized guys around the room.
"That's right. Alice was wrong. She thought they were after Bella, because she knows about their secret. But they're really after you Laurel."
Vampires are after me? "Why," I asked, "I didn't even know about vampires until like four days ago or something."
Jake hugged me tighter, pressing his lips to my head and then my neck. My hands gaped his wrists, just to hold something warm. I watched Sam's gaze, it was almost like he knew something. It was a gaze that was unbelieving at the same time.
"Bella's says he has heard their thoughts, he says he knows why they want Laurel."
Jake's grip on me tightened. I felt myself somewhat shaking. Scared.
"On their court, they have one that can see the future like Alice," Sam continued. "But he can see past us, he can see our futures too."
"Why do they even want to see our futures," someone grumbled from the far corner.
Sam took a step into the middle of the room, towards Jake and I. "They didn't want to, but he saw their downfall. In the far future there will be one of us. Vampire venom will have no effect on him, ten times stronger and faster immune to their mental and physical abilities."
"What's that have to do with Laurel," Jake growled from behind me.
"She's going to bare that child," Sam whispered. Jake's hands seemed to slid right off me, I could hear his breath hitch, his heart pick up frantically. "Both of you are to bare that child."
"Wait," Jared sounded rather annoyed, "what's that have to do with anything. We're no different from the Elders. So why will their kid be any different."
"Laurel's dad was Emanual Uley."
What? I glanced in confusion at the other faces. Their eyes were wide and shocked. That isn't possible though, because my last name is Anderson, not Uley.
"Her last name is Anderson Sam," Jake sighed behind me. I nodded looking at him for answers.
"It was changed after the accident," Sam replied softly, "It is your Mother's maiden name isn't it?"
It was wasn't it? I nodded slowly. "So? What's that mean?"
"My dad had a brother named Emanuel Uley," Sam laughed, eyes twinkling. Mine widened. His dad, brother... my dad was his dad's brother? Does that mean I'm cousins with him?
"Wait, hold a finger licking minute," I stood up and strode over to him. "What about my Uncle Terry, he is my dad's brother."
"Our grandfather died in an accident, so our grandmother got remarried and had Terry when your dad and mine were about seven or eight. He ended up leaving her eventually. So it was our dad's and him with their mother," Sam recollected.
"That doesn't explain why I don't know about having another Uncle, or why I have a different last name or anything," I explained, not believing a word he said.
Everyone was watching it like a ping pong math, me ask a question and him answer.
"My father died protecting the land from vampires," he said solemnly. "Not but hours after they killed him, they killed your father too."
My heart felt like it stopped beating. Vampires killed my dad? That didn't make any sense, nothing made sense. I laced my fingers through my hair, trying not to pull it out and stay calm.
"How, tell me, everything," I whispered.
"They saw it after you were born. Our father's were twins. They killed mine thinking it was yours, then made your dad swerve off the road and into a tree, because they assumed you were in the car with him. Their stupid mind controlling shit," Sam growled, visibly shaking. "Billy told your mother to change your names and leave, move far away.
"After you moved, it was like the future changed, like you and Jake would never meet and have the baby. So they didn't find you a threat any longer. That or thought you were dead or something. When your mom made the decision to move back, the same visions came back to them. They knew they failed.
"They've been planning since the moment your mom set you on that plane about what they were going to do. Edward didn't find any of this out until they got here. Then once Embry or Jake left you, Alice could see them going after you."
I could feel the wetness brushing my cheeks. I wanted to bawl my eyes out, but I forced myself not to. I don't remember much of my dad, but I still miss him.
"It doesn't explain anything still," Jared whispered.
Sam laughed, almost like a murder before ripping out someone's throat. "Don't you see," he almost yelled, "there are leeches surrounding us left and right. They know when it's going to happen, and they want to get to her before it does. They want to make sure that child will never be born."
"They know when what's going to happen," Jake sneered, gently pulling my body to his.
"They know when she's going to snap," Sam said, all serious. "You've seen how tempered she is, all the signs are there Jacob. We just need to push her before they attack again. We need to make it happen rather than wait."
"You sound like she's going to—" Embry cut himself off, looking at me in almost awe.
"What," I sniffed, looking out from Jake's chest at them. "Make it sound like I'm going to what?"
"You're going to change into a fucking furry like us," Leah smiled from the corner of the room.