Chapter Eighteen
Two months later things between me and Adrian couldn't be better she's still perfect and I've learnt to control my wolf completely with her now and the sex is incredible. We haven't had to deal with that ass hat Leo again and although that also means little Marina hasn't been able to visit we've been happy. We spend every minuet together and I finally made the decision to tell her my secret I'm going to do it at a bonfire on the beach this weekend, Dad is going to tell her the legends of the tribe then I'm gonna pull her off to one side and show her just how true the legends really are. I should have done it at thanksgiving, I knew that, but it was a new year and I wouldn't let myself chicken out this time.
Everything was going according to plan until Adrian bounded over to me excitedly with a massive grin on her face when I let myself into the surf shack one night. "Oh my God Riddoc!" she squealed running over and jumping into my waiting arms. "I have the most exciting news" she says. Whatever it was was making my imprint happy so of course I was happy too.
"Really what?" I ask and she slides down my chest and back onto her own two feet.
"'Third rib and up' have been entered in this battle of the bands competition, Dax got us the gig isn't that great?" she smiles widely. I was really happy for her it was such a shame that her band didn't get to play much anymore, Adrian was so talented and she loved singing and making music so much.
"That's great when does the competition start?" I ask
"A couple of days actually, it was sort of a last minuet thing but the guys are really excited to do it and I am too, after the gig at the Crocodile cafe I think we all really wanted to play again you know? And anyway the prize money's really great"
"I'm really happy for you Adrian that's great, what's the prize?"
"First place is two thousand pounds" she tells me and I draw a blank, pounds?
"Wait pounds?" I frown
"Yeah, the competition is in England" she says with a shrug "Did I not mention that?"
"No!" I yell suddenly very panicked
"Riddoc?" she sighs
"And you've already decided you're going?" I ask
"Well I'm the front man they kind of need me" she laughs
"Yeah but England? It's so far away" I mutter
"It'll be fine, I'll be back before you know it" she says then stands up on her tip toes to kiss me.
The competition ran for eight nights that didn't sound too bad it wasn't until Adrian later explained it was eight Fridays that roughly meant eight weeks, two months. I wasn't sure how or even if I could last that kind of time without my imprint. But Adrian was so exited to be back with the band; she kept saying how it would feel like being on tour again like in the good old days when they were young and all that mattered was the music. She had her heart set on going and ultimately I didn't have the heart to ask her to stay.
I took her to the airport where she introduced me to the rest of the band considering I'd only met Ethan very briefly. But the other two seemed like good honest guys which was a relief to say the least, I guess I'd built them up in my head to be these crazy hard core rockers that were going to get my girlfriend in to all kinds of trouble. They were her oldest friends though and I had to just bite my tongue and trust her on this one.
Ethan patted me on the back and told me not to worry because he'd keep an eye on her for me, but it wasn't the drummer I was worried about it was her bassist. I really didn't relish the thought of her living in a caravan for two months with her ex boyfriend. His name was Dax when he saw me and Adrian approaching he'd ran over and picked her up swinging her around telling her how much they all missed her he was also the idiot that had set up this gig in England if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be about to loose my imprint for eight weeks.
He extended his hand to me and introduced himself "Hi I'm Dax you must Riddoc? Sorry we didn't get to meet in Seattle" he says I smile politely and shake his hand; I don't feel the tiniest bit bad when his face turns red under the force of my hand. He pulls his hand away and shakes it out into the air "Quite a hand shake" he laughs.
The woman on the speaker calls their flight number and Adrian looks at me with a sad expression, I try my best to smile at her but I know she can tell it's forced she moves straight into my arms and I hug her as tight as her little human body can take. I stroke her hair and when I feel the shoulder of my t-shirt starting to grow wet I know she must be crying. "Hey it's gonna be ok?" I tell her "Like you said you'll be back before we know it"
"I just... I'll miss you" she says trying to catch her breath
"I'll miss you too, so much" I tell her
"Riddoc I love you" she whispers
"I love you more Angel" I say and she giggles then presses her lips against mine, she kisses me as if her life depends upon it until her band mates start whistling and teasing her from the departure gate.
"Hey Aid! Get that tongue out of his mouth it needs to be well rested when we get to our gig!" Ethan the drummer shouts and the other two start laughing
"Yeah put her down this is a family place!" Dane the guitarist calls still laughing, Adrian pulls away and laughs she glares at her band mates and flips them off, they just laugh harder.
"How the hell am I gonna survive with those dick sticks for two months?" she sighs and I laugh at her insult for them, I'd have to remember that one.
"I imagine with great difficulty" I smile "I don't want you to go but if you don't you'll miss your flight" I remind her and she pokes out her bottom lip in a sulk I laugh and kiss it "I love you"
"You too" she tells me then with one last kiss she takes her carry on bag from next to our feet and walks away she reaches the gate she gives me a sad wave and blows me a kiss, and I know I won't see her again for two months. It's going to be hell.
Much to the annoyance of the rest of the pack I spent the next couple of days moping around, sulking and generally dragging my paws. The imprinted wolves understood how I was feeling and gave me a break about the whole thing but the others just got increasingly more pissed off with me, I guess they just don't get it.
Collin was the worst though he was older than me but he acted like a little kid, I swear he just never grew up, some how phasing so young didn't just put a stop to his aging it put a stop to his maturing as well. I couldn't wait for him to find his imprint already maybe that would stop him behaving like such a dick all the time. The dude was in for a shock, girls hate ass holes so he'd really have to turn over a new leaf if he wanted his imprint to stick around. But as of yet he's yet to meet her, and apparently he's quite content with bedding every girl on the reservation instead.
A whole two months I wasn't sure if I'd be able to last that long I'd already contemplated a hundred different ways to either go and get Adrian or get her back here before then, I was losing my mind. Sure she called me most nights but when she did it was always morning there and she would be tired or hung over or just still half asleep so we never got to talk for long.
I was counting down the days till she got home like a little kid counted down the days till Christmas.
Six weeks she'd been gone and two more until she would be home and back where she belonged in my arms. Saturday night I got a phone call from Adrian. "Hey Angel" I say into the phone.
"Hey how are you?" she asks
"I'm fine I miss you like crazy though" I tell her and she giggles
"I miss you too, and I miss La Push I've never felt this homesick in my life" She says
"Only two more weeks and you'll be back" I remind her
"Yeah I know, wanna hear something silly?" she asks and I laugh
"Always"
"I've sort of been checking off the days on my calendar" she tells me and I smile
"Me too"
"Really?"
"Of Course. I can't wait to have you back I feel like I'm dieing over here" I tell her honestly
"Oh so this is normal then to miss you this badly, to wanna hop on a plane every minuet of every day because I'm not with you?" she asks and I smile, who knew she would feel the imprint this strongly.
"I don't know about normal, but I know I feel the same way"
"Oh Riddoc I wanna come home" she sighs
"Ok great I'll meet you at the gate" I tell her and she laughs
"You're supposed to tell me to rough it out and that I'm big girl and I can handle this" she says
"Why would I do that? That means I won't see you for another two weeks? If I convince you to get on a plane I get to see you in twenty four hours" I say and she sighs
"You're the devil" she tells me
"Why am I corrupting you angel?" I laugh and she giggles
"Hey in other news we got through to the next stage of the competition" she tells me
"There was never any doubt that you wouldn't" I tell her and I feel her smiling
"Thanks"
"You're tired?"
"No! Keep talking to me?" she says
"Ok I'm not going anywhere" I tell her
"Tell me about what's happening? How's Misty coping at the surf shack?"
"It's surviving with out you, just" I laugh
"I'm sure she's doing fine, you're just trying to make me come home" she says and I laugh
"You know me too well. Adrian?"
"Yeah?"
"When you get home I don't want us to be apart anymore, I mean like I wanna see you everyday"
"Well we pretty much do, what is it you're saying?"
"I'm asking you to live with me?" I say
"You wanna move in with me?"
"No I want us to get our own place, together" I tell her and the line goes quiet for a moment. "I understand if you have to think about it, I guess it's a pretty big deal"
"No"
"Oh ok then I..."
"NO I mean I don't want to think about it" she says "You can move in with me or somewhere new that's just ours, we'll talk about it more when I get home right?" she asks and I smile
"Yeah?" I say. i climb onto my bed and relax against the pillows, eventually we're both too tired to keep the conversation up and before long she's falling asleep on me. I chuckle to myself and listen to her sleep for a moment, then I wish my angel sweet dreams and hang up.