Chapter 5.

Kate's P.O.V

I was staring at myself in the full length mirror in Jenna's room, wondering if my outfit was casual enough or too fancy. I didn't want to look like I was trying too hard. It wasn't like I liked the guy or going on a date or anything, we were just hanging out. It was a few days after christmas and we were going in to Port Angeles.

"Kate, your boyfriend is here" my other cousin, Brandon, said as he entered the room with a smirk on his face. Brandon was Jenna's older brother, and they also had a younger brother who was nine, his name was Jason. I picked Jenna's lip gloss up from the small table next to me and chucked it at Brandon.

"Ouch, that hurt" he said and put his hand over his heart. Funny guy.

"He's not my boyfriend, we're only hanging out. I barely know him" and he's probably just interested in being friends anyway, I added in my thoughts.

I walked downstairs and saw Embry standing in the door way talking to my dad. Yeah, that's not good. At all.

"Embry" I said and smiled at him. He was wearing a pair of black jeans, a t-shirt and a jacket, and he was hot with a capital H. He smiled the biggest smile yet when he saw me walk down the stairs and my dad turned to look at me. He didn't look happy but I knew he was trying to hide it from Embry.

"Hi Kate" Embry said and I walked over and grabbed my jacket from the hanger.

"You kids have fun, but don't stay out too late ok?" my dad said looking mostly at Embry. That poor guy.

"I will have her home before ten" Embry said and smiled politely. My dad nodded and then looked at me. Dad knew this wasn't a date but I knew he had a hard time letting me go out with him anyway.

"Bye dad" I said and pushed Embry out the door and closed it behind us. We walked over to Embry's car and got inside.

"You look nice" Embry said and smiled at me, a hint of a blush. He looked like he wanted to say something more.

"Thank you, you look hot" I said and as soon as the words left my mouth I felt myself blush. Did I just say that out loud? "I-I mean..." shit, there was no way I could talk my way out of this. Embry chuckled.

"Thanks" he said and I avoided looking at him. I would only start to cry with embarrassment. Oh great, now I was nervous around him too. He turned on the radio and but there was still an awkward silence between us. I knew that the ride to Port Angeles was kind of long so this was going to be torture.

"So, what do you like to do?" Embry asked suddenly, trying to start a conversation.

"I don't know..." Good answer Kate, now he's probably super interested in you. Ugh. "I like horses" facepalm. I'm afraid of horses, why did I say that? It sounded like something a normal girl would answer so I just said something.

"Really? Cool!" he said and I looked at him skeptically. I sighed and bit my lip.

"Well I used to like horses, I don't anymore though. But I like food" I added in a low voice. I felt myself blush deeper and Embry chuckled again. I realized that I probably sounded like a crazy person.

"I also like food" Embry said and I tried to smile. This was just going downhill.

He kept asking me questions for the whole car ride and luckily, I managed to answer them all without embarrassing me further. I asked him a couple of questions too and I thought about how much I liked it when he laughed. It sounded so happy and when he smiled at me I felt warm, like that smile was there because of me. It was silly, we were only hanging out and I didn't even know him that well, we had only met one time before.

We arrived in Port Angeles and got out of the car. We walked around for a while just talking, before we decided that we would eat something. I blushed when he reminded me of the fact that I liked food but he only laughed about it.

We stopped at a fast food restaurant and ordered our food and sat down.

"Are you going to eat all that?" I asked as I eyed his food. He shrugged and started to eat, like it was a normal thing that he ate like it was his last meal ever.

When we were done eating we walked around town going in to a few shops and just chatting. It was so easy to hang out with him, and now that I wasn't nervous anymore it felt so natural and comfortable to walk next to him. We walked in to a game store and just looked through the stuff they had. I liked playing video games but I wouldn't tell him that, he would probably think I was some nerd or something. I also like to read and I loved school. Ok, I know I sound like a freak, no one loves school.

"Hey there, need some help?" a voice next to me asked and I turned around and stood face to face with a boy that I did not recognize. Embry was on the other side of the store and probably didn't notice anything.

"Uh, no thank you" I said and turned back to look at the shelf. I could feel him standing there though. He didn't move and when I glanced at him I saw that he was looking at the shelf next to where I was looking, and then he glanced at me again. He seemed creepy so I started to walk away.

"Wait" he said and grabbed my wrist. I turned around and tried to pull my hand out of his grip. "You forgot something" he said and smiled. I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Huh?"

"My number" He said and let go of my wrist. Just as I was about to answer I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Back off, she's with me" I heard Embry's voice say and the guy looked up at him, obviously intimidated. Embry was taller and with that angry look on his face you'd think he was about to beat the poor guy up.

"Sorry, didn't know she was spoken for" the guy said, gave me one last look and then walked away. I looked at Embry.

"What was that for?" I asked and he looked confused. "Maybe I wanted his number" I said as we walked out of the store. Of course I didn't want his number, but I wanted to know why Embry felt the need to tell the guy to back off.

Embry didn't answer and when I turned to look at his face he just looked straight ahead of us with a tense look on his face.

"Oh well, we better get going now, it's getting dark already" I said and we started walking to the car. The ride back wasn's like the ride there. We didn't say much and I felt like Embry was still upset about that thing at the store. I didn't really think it was that big of a deal though.

When we stopped outside of my place and I reached for the door Embry stopped me.

"Wait, I'm sorry" he said and I looked at him confused. "I shouldn't have stopped you from talking to that guy, I mean, we're friend and you can do what you want. Whatever makes you happy" it didn't really sound like he meant it though.

"Embry, it's ok, don't worry about it." did he want to be more than friends? Did he do it because he was jealous? What was the hurry? We had just gotten to know each other.

"Do you want to hang out again? Like, tomorrow?" he asked, sounding unsure. I nodded and smiled.

"Of course, I had fun today" I answered and Embry looked a little happier. "Thanks for the ride" I added and opened the door.

"No problem" he answered. I was just about to say good bye and when I turned around to face him again he was a lot more closer than before. His face was only inches away from mine. I felt the sudden urge to kiss him, like I was drawn towards him. I looked into his brown eyes and my breath got caught in my throat. Oh god, was I really falling for this guy?

Just as I though he would kiss me he pulled back and smiled.

"Bye Kate, see you tomorrow" he said and I cleared my head a little and got out of the car. I felt a little fuzzy after our little intense moment. I watched him drive away and then walked up to the door, my thoughts racing in my head. When I got inside and closed the door I heard someone clear their throat and I saw my dad looking at me.

"Oh, hi dad" I said and took off my jacket.

"Did you have a good time?" he asked and crossed his arms over his chest. I nodded and smiled. I had a great time.

"I have to ask, how old is that guy?" my dad asked and I froze. I knew that question was coming and I stared at him, nervous.

"17" I answered in a low voice. Embry had told me that in the car on our way to Port Angeles earlier. He nodded.

"He looks older, but if he's 17 I guess that's ok" he said, but I knew he was still having problems with it for some reason. "I don't want a repeat of last year" he then said and I blushed and looked down.

"I'm going to bed" I mumbled and walked upstairs before he could say anything else.

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