Back to Dee's point of view
When I woke up, I had forgotten where I was for the moment. I looked around me, the room was a soft shade of blue, and the blanket I was wrapped up in was dark blue. Then I looked over to my left, and saw him. I saw Embry smiling at me, and it all came flooding back. I had fallen asleep while Edward, Carlisle, and Jacob were telling CJ in detail everything. I smiled back at Embry. "Good afternoon sleepy head." He greeted me. "Afternoon?" I asked pulling my eyebrows together. "Yeah, it's around two, you slept soundly all through the night." He told me. I nodded, then a thought accured to me. "Did I… talk in my sleep that you heard?" I asked. I could only imagine what I could have said in my sleep last night, and that it might have in some way upset him. He smiled. "Oh yeah. Tons." He said. I groaned. "What did I say?" I mumbled, I had my face buried in his chest.
"Well mostly you just said 'No fighting! Stop it! No, don't leave.' And then, my favorite, 'Embry… I love you.'" He told me. I smiled. So it wasn't that bad. I lifted my head up to meet his gaze, and it was thoughtful. I tilted my head to the side in wonder. He smiled again, "You know I love you, don't you honey?" he asked me. I nodded. "And you know I love you." I told him. He smiled and crushed me to him, then I heard the door open. "Come on Dee, time to get up!" Alice said cheerfully. I groaned. "What is on the agenda for today?" I asked without looking at her. "Thankfully for you, nothing, but I'm going to need your help with a few things in about an hour." She said. Good. I didn't have to go anywhere. I sighed happily.
"What do you need help with?" I asked lifting my head so I could see her. "Well I'm going to pull up three things on the computer, and I want you to pick which one you like out of the three. We will be doing things like that for a while on the computer, but, I don't want any whining about it. Understand?" she said. Well, we were shopping, it seemed, but online. So it was okay. "Yes sis I understand." I said with a smile. "Okay good, now I think you should at least brush your hair and your teeth, then go downstairs. We have a surprise for you!" she told me and skipped out of the room. I slammed my head down on Embry's chest with a groan. "What's wrong?" Embry asked, beginning to rub small circles on my back. "I hate surprises." I said and moved my head up to kiss him.
Embry helped me down the stairs, and I was really glad he was there. If he wasn't, I would have fallen down the stairs. And that would have hurt, very, very bad. We walked into the living room, and everyone was sitting there waiting for my arrival. "Morning!" I said to everyone. CJ was sitting in a chair near Edward, and he smiled at me. Well, at least he seemed happier now than he did last night. Everyone minus CJ greeted me as well, and since no one was yelling surprise, I began to make my way towards the kitchen for some soda. "Oh no you don't missy." Embry said and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me back into the living room. I grumbled.
Esme then stood up, with a small jewelry box in her hand. She walked up to me, and handed it to me. "This is for you, from not only us vampires, but from the werewolves as well." She told me. I nodded, and opened the box. There was a charm bracelet inside, with tiny carved wolf figurines, all in different colors, along with tiny crystal hearts, going in a pattern all along the chain. I marveled at it, it was beautiful.
"Guys… wow… You really shouldn't have." I told them, still looking at the bracelet. I smiled. "We all wanted you to go home with a token of this home, so that way you always know that you can come back whenever you want to." Esme told me. I had tears in my eyes. "Thank you, so much. You really don't know how much this means to me." I said and bit my lip to stop crying. They were practically like my second family, and I thought of this as home. I would miss my parents, sure, but I liked it here. I was more comfortable here than I was at home. Because I know that here, I don't have to hide. Esme gave me a hug, and patted my back. "You are welcome darling." She told me.
Then my stomach had to ruin the moment. "Time to feed the human!" Emmett boomed. Everyone laughed, and I turned beat red, naturally. I walked into the kitchen, only to find CJ standing there handing me a Full Throttle. "Thanks…" I muttered and opened it. I still wasn't really over last night's episode. It was the worst fight we had ever had. I walked around him, Embry holding onto my hips as I did so, and went to the cupboard to get out a bowl. Cereal sounded pretty good. "Dee… Can I please talk to you?" CJ asked me. I sighed and nodded. Embry kissed me on the top of my forehead and disappeared. I didn't dare look at his face. I was afraid to see what I would find there.
I turned to face CJ and sighed. "What is it?" I asked, fidgeting with my tab on the can of my full throttle. "I just wanted to say… that I'm sorry about last night. I know I hurt your feelings, and I'm really sorry. And I'm going to behave from now on." He told me looking down. I couldn't help but smile. It was so easy to forgive him. "Oh CJ, your forgiven." I said. He looked up and smiled. "Thank you Dee!" he said and threw his arms around me. "Cant… Breathe…" I gasped. He just chuckled and let me go.
Edward, Emmett, Jasper, and Bella all filed into the kitchen right behind Embry. "See? Told you she wouldn't try to stab you." Emmett chuckled to CJ. CJ just shook his head and laughed. "She's tried it before." He told them. I turned beat red. "He said my name wrong, and I was having a really bad day to begin with." I said trying to defend myself, turning around to get my cereal made. Emmett laughed again, he just loved making fun of me. I sat down at the table and Embry sat down next to me and held my hand, rubbing circles on the top of it. CJ sat down across from me, not eating anything. "So besides what Alice is going to have me do soon, is there anything anyone would like to do today?" I asked.
It was really quite, I guessed everyone was thinking really hard. I began to eat my cereal, and Edward sat down next to me on my other side, and Bella on his other side. Everyone remained silent. "Okay, who is hiding what from me?" I suddenly asked. Everyone's head snapped up, including CJ's. "Nothing." Everyone said, nearly at the same time, with eyes wide. I looked down and growled slightly. They were all hiding something from me. I took a deep breath. "Goin for a walk…" I muttered under my breath, took my bowl to the sink, rinsed it out, and walked swiftly out the back door. I figured I still had at least thirty minuets before I had to be with Alice, so I would just walk around in the back yard until then.
I walked around in circles around the back yard, steering clear of the trees. I didn't want to get myself lost. I felt someone walking behind me, and I didn't bother looking behind me to see who it was. I was still mad. Everyone was hiding something from me. Hell, even CJ knew whatever the hell it was! It was getting on my nerves. Someone grabbed my arm and tugged. "Baby, baby, come on." Embry said to me. I tried to get out of his grasp, but he just tugged a bit harder and I went flying into his chest. "Umph! What?!" I asked, trying to sound mad, even though here in his arms I wasn't as mad as I was just a second ago.
"I know you're upset that we are hiding something, but you will find out soon, I promise." He whispered in my ear. I sighed. Fine. But if by the end of the night I don't find out, I'm hurting someone. "Fine." I sighed. Then, without warning, he picked me up, and started spinning me in circles. I giggled. My hair was spinning along with me, hitting me in the face sometimes. That only made me laugh more. He was staring up at me, with a wide smile. He was having as much fun with this as I was. Then I heard Alice's tinkling laugh from somewhere around me. "Alright Embry, time to let your girlfriend go." She said. He smiled and let me down, and kissed me. "You go have fun." He told me. I smiled at him, that could be either possible or impossible, depending on how much Alice wanted to spend on me.
Alice grabbed my arm and tugged me away from Embry, and into the house, and then upstairs to her room. "Oh my goodness I really hope you like these things that I've picked out." She gushed. I spent the next two hours helping her pick out designs, color schemes, and clothing; she wouldn't tell me what it was for. During that time I tried getting her to tell me what everyone was hiding from me, but she wouldn't budge. "You will find out later." She told me, just like Embry had. I sighed and crossed my arms across my chest, and leaned back into my chair and grumbled a bit until Renesme came bouncing into the room to see me and her Aunty Alice.
When I went downstairs, I was too shocked for words. I stopped right where I was, I couldn't breathe, couldn't move. My muscles locked into place, denying me any sort of motion. I was standing on the last step, but I didn't see anything in front of me, or should I say, I didn't see anything that I should have been seeing. I was, what I called, the burning man again. My bones were on fire, I couldn't breath, couldn't move. Couldn't think past the irrational feeling of terror that gripped my body. I do not know what caused me to get this, what triggered it, all I knew, all I wished for, is that someday it would stop all together. I saw the gate right in front of me, the man standing there on the other side, getting ready to open it. I could never make out his features entirely, and I wondered if it was him I was afraid of, or just afraid of the gate to open, not knowing what horrors he would leash out on humanity.