Chapter 26
Kai's point of view
Months have passed since the battle and everything has gone back to the way it was. Leeches barely come around anymore so the guys have more free time. Emily and Sam have been planning their wedding which I'm going to be a bridesmaid and Leah agreed to be the maid of honor which shocked us all. Emma and Brady are going out and have gotten really close. Embry and I are as good as ever. Dad and Ms. Call have accepted us and have allowed us to continue to date. Bella hasn't bothered us anymore which I'm so happy about. She hasn't talked with Jake at all though so he's upset about that.
Today Embry, Quil, and I are at Jake's. We're going to work on some bikes and my car is having problems.
"Hey Billy I got your mail." I say setting it on the table as we walk in.
"Thank you Kai. That was very kind of you." Billy says with a smile as he rolls himself into the kitchen. He looks through it and frowns. "Jake." he says. Jake walks into the room and looks to his father.
"Ya?" he asks.
"This is for you." Billy says and hands Jake the letter. Jake opens it and starts to read it. I'm about to ask who it's from when Jake runs out the door. "JACOB!" Billy yells rolling after him. I look to Embry and Quil confused. We follow them outside and see Jake phase and head into the forest. I look to Billy who's reading the letter.
"Who's it from?" I ask and he looks to me. He hands me the letter and I read:
Isabella Marie Swan
and
Edward Anthony Masen Cullen
Together with their families
request the honor of your presence
at the celebration of their marriage
Saturday, the thirteenth of August
two thousand and six
five o'clock in the evening
420 Woodcroft Ave
Forks, WA
Oh no Bella and Edward are getting married! Oh poor Jake must be heart broken!
"Embry, Quil go after Jake." I order and they run into the forest. I roll Billy back inside and we dry off. "I can't believe she would do this to him." I growl.
"I'm sure Jacob will be alright Kai." Billy assures me and I nod though not fully sure he's right.
After drying off I start to make lunch while waiting for the guys to come back. When they do they're dirty, soaked, and shirtless.
"What happened? Where's Jake?" I ask handing them towels.
"He ran away." Quil says and my eye widen.
"He's probably in Canada by now." Embry says and I frown.
"Didn't you try to stop him?" I ask.
"We all did but he wouldn't listen." Quil says.
"I'm sure he'll come back soon." Billy assures and we all nod. I get back to cooking but worry about Jake. I don't know if he's going to be coming back anytime soon.
It's been a week since Jake ran away and he hasn't said anything to the guys when they're on patrol. We're all worried about him, especially Billy. I can see the worry and sadness in his eyes. I've been taking care of Billy since Jake's gone. I'm cooking lunch right now for the three of us, Embry will be over when he's done with patrol. A knock on the door interrupts me from my thoughts.
"I'll get it." I yell to Billy. I head to the front door and open it. A somewhat familiar girl stands there with a smile. "Can I help you?" I ask.
"Who are you?" she asks.
"I'm Kai Clearwater." I answer.
"Kai Clearwater?" she asks and I nod. "I haven't heard that name in years! It's good to see you again." she says and hugs me. Do I know this girl?
"Um who are you?" I ask and she releases me.
"Oh I'm sorry excuse my manners. I'm Rachel Black, Jake's sister." she says and my jaw drops.
"Please come in." I say and let her in.
"Thanks. Where's my father and brother?" she asks.
"Um your dad is in the back doing some work and your brother he's um away right now." I say. How do I tell her that her brother is a werewolf and ran away to Canada because the girl he likes is marring a vampire and is going to become one? Wow I have a crazy life!
"Kai who's here?" Billy asks rolling himself into the living room. "Rachel?" he asks seeing his daughter.
"Hi daddy." she says with a smile. She walks over to him and hugs him tightly. I smile at the sight. "I missed you." I hear her whisper as some tears falls onto her father's shirt.
"I missed you too angel." he says and kisses her head.
"I heard from Jake." Embry bursts into the house."Oh." he says when he sees Rachel.
"What do you mean heard from Jake? I thought he was just out for awhile." Rachel asks. Busted.
"He's visiting a friend in Canada." I lie.
"Oh." she says.
"It's good to see you again Rachel." Embry says with a friendly smile.
"You too Embry." she says.
"Embry and I are going to finish lunch while you two catch up." I say and pull Embry into the kitchen. "Nice timing." I say.
"How was I supposed to know Rachel was coming back? I mean doesn't she still have another year or two of college?" he asks.
"I think so. Maybe she graduated early." I say. I turn back to my pot of chicken noodle soup. Embry's arms snake around me and I lean back into his chest. He nuzzles his face in my hair and starts to kiss my neck. I smile stirring the food.
"You're distracting me." I say and he chuckles in my ear.
"Good." he says and continues to kiss down my neck and shoulder.
"Billy or Rachel could walk in any minute." I say.
"I'll hear them." he says. I turn around and smirk up at him. I stand on my tippy toes and wrap my arms around his neck. I pull him down to my height and kiss him. He smiles and pulls me close. After a minute or two Embry pulls away and acts like he is chopping something. I turn back to the noodles and stir them guessing Billy or Rachel are coming.
"Smells good in here." Billy says as he and Rachel enter the kitchen. Yep I was right.
"Do you need any help?" Rachel asks.
"No I'm good but thank you for asking." I say and she smiles. Embry gets four bowls out and spoons. I pour the soup into the bowls and hand them to Rachel and Billy. We all sit at the table and eat.
"So Rachel what brings you here?" I ask.
"I graduated early so I decided to come home." she says and I nod.
"So Embry you grew." she says and I smirk.
"We all did." he says.
"Who's we?" she asks. "Jake, Quil and I but also Jared Cameron, Paul Lahote, Seth Clearwater, Leah Clearwater, Collin Littlesea, Brady Fuller, and Sam Uley." he says.
"There must be something in the water." she says and we all chuckle.
"Something like that." I say.
"So Embry you said something about hearing from Jake earlier. Does he not call anymore?" she asks.
"He doesn't have the best signal up there and so we've been waiting to hear from him." I say and she nods.
"He just said that he's going to be up there for awhile." Embry says and I frown.
"Oh that's too bad. I really wanted to see him." Rachel frowns.
"I'm sure he won't be gone too long." I assure her. We continue to eat while Rachel tells us about college. UW sounds pretty nice and like a great school. I really need to figure out where I'm going. A lot of schools have accepted me but I just don't know which one I want to go to. I look to Embry and frown. I can't leave Embry. But I need to go to college. Why did I have to skip grades and go to college sooner?!
It's been a week since Rachel came back and today we're going shopping with Emily, Kim, Emma and Claire in Port Angeles.
"Emma ready?" I ask. We're meeting at Emily's and then heading out.
"Ya I'm coming." she says coming down the stairs. We get in my car and head to Emily and Sam's.
We enter the house and find all the girls here.
"Aunty Kai!" Claire yells and runs to me. I smile and pick her up kissing her head.
"Hey Claire Bear." I say.
"We're going shopping!" she cheers.
"Yes we are." I say.
"Emily do you have anything to eat?" Paul asks coming into the house with Jared and Sam.
"No Paul I don't. I'm going out so make something yourself." she says and they whine.
"There's food in the fridge guys." Sam says.
"Rachel Black?" Jared asks.
"In the present." she says and he laughs and hugs her. They're second cousins like Emily and I.
"It's good to see you Rach." he says.
"You too Jared." she says. She looks behind Jared and to Paul. They both freeze and his jaw drops. I start to grin when I realize what's happened, Paul imprinted on Rachel. Well Jake's not going to be happy.