Chapter Twelve
Brady was having a party at the Uley's house; even though Dad was Alpha now and Sam had retired it was still the pack house. Emily still took care of us and fed us at all hours of the morning and Sam was always there for advice Wolf related or otherwise. Willow was super excited about the party and seemed to be taking what had happened that night in Adrian's bar pretty well, as well as she could be considering some drunk had forced himself on her. I still had no idea what Brady's gift was, Willow said it was a secret and all I'd managed to get out of Adrian was it was the kind of gift a big brother never wanted to see, I stopped asking after that.
Adrian and I had dinner with my parents last night, it had gone really well my parents loved her and I was glad that it wasn't just because she was my imprint they genuinely really liked her. Though I had spent the night grumbling because Willow was hogging a lot of my imprints attention, Dad just laughed at me while Mom gushed and smiled I could tell in her head she was already picking out China patterns.
It had gotten late and Adrian had stayed over, it was kind of weird having her in my bedroom, I'd had the same bedroom since I was born and it looked just like it had before I left for college. When I woke she wasn't in the bed next to me, I instantly started panicking then the sound of a guitar travelled up the stairs to my ears and I knew it must be Adrian so I quickly dressed and just followed the music. I found my angel sitting with my sister out on the deck; I didn't want to disturb them so I just sat at the kitchen table and watched them for a moment.
Willow was holding a Spanish guitar while Adrian instructed her where to put her fingers, the guitar belonged to Brady he was here so much that a lot of his stuff was here too. Brady thought he was god's gift to music let me tell you... he wasn't.
He thought he was the next Jimmy Hendrix when in reality he sounded more like a bag of cats being swung against a wall. Willow was doing really well I'm pretty sure she'd never played a guitar before but I guess that was her vampire side she was so intelligent sometimes it scared me. "Willow that's fantastic I can't believe how quickly you've picked this up" Adrian says.
"You really think I'm doing ok?" Willow asks.
"Yeah, you've got a real attitude for music do you play other instruments?" she asks
"Piano and a little violin I played a harp once" Willow tells her and Adrian looks impressed
"What are your plans after you graduate honey?" Adrian asks and I see Willow's face fall a little. She knows it's not feasible for her to attend a college the only reason she can handle going to a real high school is because it's so close and because she had two of the wolf pack guys with her at all times. For her to actually be away from home alone for any real amount of time just wouldn't be possible it would be too dangerous for Willow and anyone she was around.
"I guess I haven't really thought about it" Willows says with a shrug.
"Well Riddoc told me you're a dancer, jazz and ballet right?" Adrian asks and Willow nods "With the musical talent you just displayed I bet you could get into a performing arts school you know? A good one too"
"Really?" Willow asks
"Really do you sing too?" Adrian asks
"Well a little but not usually in front of anybody" Willow says shyly and it's true I don't think I've ever heard Willow sing.
"Would you sing with me?" Adrian asks and my sister's face lights up
"I'd love to Duck says you have the most beautiful voice" Willow says and Adrian laughs
"Does he now?" she asks and takes the guitar from Willow "How about 'let it be' by the Beatles you know that one?" Adrian asks and Willow nods eagerly and hands over the guitar. Adrian starts playing the opening cords and she leads Willow in. Willow sings the first line of the song and her voice rings out clear and sweet. After letting Willow take the first verse Adrian comes in for the chorus and their two very different voices compliment each other so perfectly. I look up to see my Mom has come to stand next to me and is watching her daughter sing with my imprint, I see a tear run down her cheek but she's smiling.
"Wow Willow that was beautiful" Adrian tells her once the songs over
"Thank you but I still don't think I could go to a performing arts college, the good ones are in New York I don't think my parents would let me be that far from home. Especially after what happened this weekend" Willow says
"Willow, what happened at the bar was a horrible unfortunate incident, that guy was off his face and a complete pig you can't base the rest of your life off of it, besides do you really think Brady would let you off the res let alone the state without being by your side?"
"I guess not"
"I've seen the way he looks at you, that boy would jump into a burning building for you, with not a thought for his own life, he loves you, and if you did go to school in New York he'd follow and you know it" Adrian tells her.
"I guess you're right, Thanks Adrian You're really cool you know that"
"I've been told" She jokes and they both laugh
"I'm really glad you're with my brother, because it means we might be sisters one day" Willow tells her in a sing song voice
"Whoa easy, I'm not thinking about that just yet and he sure as hell better not be either" Adrian laughs
"Do you love him?" Willow asks and my Mom smirks at me before leaving the kitchen
"Willow I can't answer that I've not even been his girlfriend a week"
"So that's a yes" Willow teases and I wait with baited breath for my Adrian to confess her love for me.
"No it's not a yes" Adrian chuckles
"It's not a no either though is it?" Willow asks and Adrian laughs
"You are too smart for your own good, you know that?"
"I know, now I'm gonna go harass my Dad about colleges" Willow says and hops up and skips off.
"Hey you didn't get the idea from me!" she shouts after her and I hear Willow giggling in the distance.
I didn't bring up their conversation when Adrian found me sitting in the kitchen shortly afterwards I just pretended I'd only just sat down. We headed over to the Uley's for Brady's birthday at about five all of the pack was there including the original and retired members like Sam, Paul, Jared and Quil. Plus all of the pack kids who hadn't caught wolf fever Megan Ateara and Lucinda Cameron, as well as all of the imprints. Six year old Megan was the first to run up and hug me, I quickly scooped her up and she squealed. "Hey little Megs" I say and kiss her cheek.
"Hey Uncle Duck" she says hugging me tightly
"Megs I want you to meet someone special" I say and carry her over to where Adrian is stood. "Megan say hi to my girlfriend Adrian" I say Adrian smiles at Megan and Megan shyly hides her face in my neck. "This is Megan, Trey's little sister" I tell Adrian. Megan moves to whisper something to me,
"Is she an imprint?" She asks
"Yeah but it's a secret" I whisper back. I put her down and she runs off.
When Shila arrives he puts his arm around Adrian and jokes about how badass she is for saving Willow the way she did, obviously the whole pack had seen what Willow had shown me by now. Adrian laughed it off and Shila went in search of his imprint Lucinda.
I spend half of the night keeping an eye on Brady and making sure his hands stay on top of my baby sister's clothes and the other half of the night watching Adrian Laugh and Joke with Leah and the other imprints. It makes me smile and I hope one day when she knows my secret she'll be happy with this life.