Hey guys, it's Independentstallion here. It's been a long time since I've updated this story, but I hope you guys are still with me! I've been very busy with school and the two jobs that I have, but I promise not to abandon this or any of my other stories. They will all still be completed, so don't worry about it. I will try to get 1-2 updates a week from now on. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy the newest chappie. I actually had quite a bit of fun writing it and hope you have fun reading it. It was very fun, and I can't wait to explore into this relationship more.
Embry hadn't been having the best day. It'd started when he'd had to wake up early at four am to run a six hour patrol for his alpha. They hadn't had any sight of vampires since the Cullens had left, but they were determined to stay on their A-game. They weren't going to be caught off guard by any vampires, good or bad. Now they had four patrols a day, each six hours, so that they were never unguarded. But after they had a meeting, Sam had told them that after another week, he would drop it to three patrols a day for four hours a day. Now, they had three wolves in each patrol group, but he would lessen it to two wolves per, meaning he'd have to patrol every other day or two.
And for that he was grateful. He was a very busy guy and had been struggling to keep up with it all. His life revolved around three things. School, patrolling, and working. He had school eight hour a day from seven am to two am. He had tried to convince his mom to allow him a GED. After all, he was going to turn eighteen this year in the middle of the year, and he would be an adult. And with everything else he had going on, he didn't have the time. But his mother didn't know about the reasons he wanted to drop out. She didn't know he was a wolf. And he couldn't tell her.
It was a bummer really that he couldn't get a GED, considering Jake was able to get one last year. Billy hadn't had a problem with it, knowing his son had greater resposibilities. But then again Jake was lucky enough that his entire family, minus his sister, Rebecca, was in on the secret. Billy as an elder and Rachel as an imprint. And school was really bringing him down. He didn't care about his grades, considering he was going to stay in La Push and didn't plan on going to college. Chances were he wasn't going to leave the reserve because of his shifting abilities. But how could he tell his mother that? So, he kept it to himself and did his best to maintain a 'C' average to keep his mother happy because the last thing he wanted was to disappoint her. It was easier said than done.
And then there was patrolling. It was taking its toll on Embry, but he was able to keep it up. Six hours of running could get rather tedious and boring, but he got over it. After all, he liked the figure he was given because of it. He wouldn't lie though. He couldn't wait until he only had to patrol three to four times a week instead of every day. It would really give him more time to himself, and that was something he thought he could really use. Now, he did everything on everyone else's terms, and he was ready to finally do things on his own.
The one thing he completely couldn't complain about was his job. Jacob and himself had been interested in cars ever since they were little boys. The two had always been best friends and were practically inseparable. And they had always talked about opening up their own shop and had finally been able to make that dream come true the summer before. They'd saved up the little money they made from the previous cars they fixed and were finally able to bring in enough to buy the small warehouse about fifteen minutes from La Push. Embry really liked the location because it also brought in the business from Port Angelas. And they were the only car business for about two hours, meaning they were constantly getting new people. It was a dream.
His basic day was going to school for eight hours, working for five, patrolling for six, and then using his remaining time to sleep which was only five hours. He didn't have much time to hang out with his friends or be with his mother, and he felt awful about it. He knew that Angela, his mother, had to miss his company, but by now he bet she blamed it on him being a rebellious teenager. If only she knew the truth. She would know that he was doing no such thing, and if there was anything he wanted in the world... it was to tell his mother the truth.
He had patrol with Paul and one of the newer additions to the pack, Oliver. He had been one of the two wolves who had phased after the whole war with the Cullens. He'd been thirteen at the time, but it'd been a year later, and he was fourteen now, a freshman in high school. Embry swore that he was spending way too much time with Paul because he was beginning to act just like him. And everyone knew that Paul was a jackass who didn't know bounds. The only reason he had a woman was because he'd imprinted on Jacob's sister, Rachel, and she fell in love with him.
Sam's pack consisted of twelve wolves, the largest it'd been in decades. Sam had been the first to phase with Jared and Paul following after him. At first it seemed as if they were some sort of extreme group, jumping off of cliffs and always walking around shirtless. Jake and Embry used to make fun of them and call them Sam and the followers. But he found out that hadn't been the case when he had been the next one to phase. At first, Jacob had disliked him, hated how he had become one of Sam's followers before he had joined them as well. After that came Quil and then the Clearwaters, introducing Leah, the first ever female shifter. Afterwards came Collin and Brady. And then Oliver and Beckett. And he doubted it was getting any bigger soon, considering the vampires were gone.
When he'd phased, the first thing he saw in Oliver's mind was a picture of Leah. She had on a yellow, bikini halter top paired with some pale blue, a bit shredder, denim shorts. Her hair was down, touching her shoulders, and she'd been laying on a blanket, elbows propping up her body, eyes closed, and head tipped slightly back. She seemed to be relaxing, but knowing Leah Clearwater, she still would've had her alert high. She was't one to let others surprise her. And she looked like something someone would've painted with the sun shining on her tan skin, legs long and never ending. She was beautiful.
I saw her at the beach. I'm telling you Paul, she's got to be the hottest girl I've ever seen. And she knows it too. Prancing around half naked. She knows what she has and makes sure we know that we can't have it. Embry should have been surprised to hear a fourteen year old boy saying such words, but considering how much time he spent around Paul, he wasn't surprised. Paul used to have a crush on Leah, and when Sam had broken up with her, he'd gone to her, asking for a chance, but she'd rejected him immediately, wanting nothing more than to be alone. And that was when things went down will for their relationship. He'd started being a complete jackass to her, and she reciprocated, acting more like a bitch than usual.
If I hadn't imprinted on Rachel then I would bang the hell out of her. Paul's thoughts were always full of inappropriate and disgusting words, but most times they tended to be funny. Embry trotted alongside the other two wolves, listening to their conversation in amusement.
I want to bang the hell out of her. Oliver thinks.
Listen to me kid, and you will.
For some reason, he despised the idea of anyone banging the hell out of Leah. She wasn't his, and he had no claim over her, but he didn't like the idea of any guy touching her in that way. Putting their hands on her or her body, kissing her. It seemed to annoy him, and he couldn't' exactly describe why. He'd never felt that way about her, had even had a few fantasies of his own. Maybe it was because he pitied her..? That had to be the reason.
He briefly forgot that his thoughts could be heard and remembered only when he heard Paul's voice in his head. Seems like someone has a little crush on the bitch of La Push. Do tell, Embry. It was at times like these that he really couldn't stand Paul. The man made him want to pull his hair out at times and was sure that everyone felt that way except maybe Rachel and Oliver.
Shut up jack-ass, lets just get this patrol over with. Paul had snickered the best he could in wolf form, knowing something was up, and I had a feeling the entire pack would know about my little slip up because of his big mouth. He and Oliver talked a little bit as they walked, but Embry didn't get engaged. He stayed in a trot, nose to the ground, sniffing for any hints of vampire there could be. And the six hours passed faster than he would've thought they would. After a bit, he saw Colin and Brady making their way towards him, Jared following behind, and they were there to relive them.
Embry was happy for it. He phased back before slipping into the shorts that were tied around his ankle. Then he began the jog home that he had, preferring to do it in his human form rather than his wolf one since he'd been in it for six hours. No matter how cool it was, it still could get rather tedious. And when he made it to his house and saw his mother's white Nissan Versa Sedan, a cheap car that had seen better days but still worked, he knew that he was in for an earful. For a while, he had considered just jogging to the warehouse and starting work, but he could use a nap. So he walked in.
He was right about getting an earful. He had barely stepped into the house before Angela asked him where he'd been. He shrugged and said Quil's, hating to lie but knowing he had no other choice. He had hoped that would have been the end of the story. But it wasn't. She had told him that she didn't believe him. She knew he was lying to her. She thought she had raised him right, raised him better than this. She was incredibly disappointed in him and told him he had to do better. And with one more look had walked out of the house, leaving him more exhausted than he'd been when he had come home. He wasn't surprised by her words. It was nothing she hadn't said before. He guessed Angela thought that the more she said it, the more likely he was to do it.
After a quick nap, he got dressed in something simple before heading over to the car shop. He was supposed to be working on Leah's car today and was going to pick up the tools he needed. Jake wasn't there, and he got what he wanted to before heading to her house. On the way, he turned his head and saw a woman. She was very attractive with a black dress on, something green balled up in her hand. She had on heels and walked with them on confidently. Her hair swayed in the wind, and she walked like a woman comfortable in her looks and body.
Embry wasn't a nun by any means. He'd had his fair share of women. He wasn't a womanizer in any way. He liked making out and having sex because he was a guy after all though it wasn't like he had the time for it anymore. He had tried the whole relationship thing but with his frantic schedule, it was way too hard to maintain so instead he just filled in a quickie whenever he felt he needed one. He was a good looking man with tan skin, dark hair and eyes, and he knew it. Not to mention he could be rather charming when he wanted to be.
As he stared, he realized who the woman was. Leah Clearwater. How had he not noticed before? Everything else happened too fast for him to comprehend what he had been doing. He parked his truck and pushed her against the flower shop. They argued, and then he had the guts to kiss her. He wouldn't lie and say he didn't know why he had done it because he did. He had two reasons. One being that he knew it would shut her up. She was always one to overanalyze, and he wanted her to just stop talking. And the second reason was because he wanted to. She was an attractive woman, and he had wanted to kiss her for a very long time, even if she was a bitch.
And then everything had gone down hill. Embry knew that he had felt her kiss him back. She had liked it. He should have known that she was going to be unsure about the entire thing, but he had pushed it too far. He'd called her what everyone else in the pack did, and he felt awful for it, as he drove towards her house. He wanted to stop again, apologize, tell her he didn't mean it, but he knew he would just wait until she got back.
It wasn't long. She was about to walk past him to the door, but he stopped her. "Leah, about what I said..."
She cut him off. "Just keep it to yourself." Her voice was a snap.
"But I didn't mean..."
"You're just like the rest of them. Now do me a favor and leave me the hell alone. Do the job you came for, dipshit."
Even though she didn't say it, Embry could tell that he had hurt her feelings. She walked into the house, closing the door after her, not inviting him in. He waited a few seconds to see if she would come out, but she didn't. He wasn't pleased with himself. Her words were right. He was just like everyone else in the pack, insulting her. And he knew that if she hadn't liked him before than she defiantly didn't now. And he was upset that he had hurt her feelings but couldn't explain why.
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