Second Chances

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What…

by Me

It was a strange day for me. It all started when I woke up and found my bed empty. It only had the imprint of Embry's body next to my side of the bed. I got up from bed and took a nice warm shower and quickly got dressed.

It was not to have my brothers and my father, hovering over me. They had left a few days ago and I was free to fuck Embry anytime that I wanted. I made myself some breakfast and ate it at my Aunt Ryona's house. My aunt was up and we talked for a few minutes, before I had to go to the bus stop. When I got to the bus stop, Paul's gray Challenger was parked by the opposite side of the street.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him, as I walked up to his car.

"Get in. I am taking you to school this morning." he said, offering me a smile.

"Um, alright." I muttered, walking to the other side of the car and opening the passenger side door. "Thank you."

"Don't mention it. I will come to pick you up every morning." he said nonchalantly, as he turned on the engine of the car.

"Why?" I asked confused, as I buckled my seatbelt.

"I can't tell you. Let Embry tell you." he said coolly, shrugging his shoulder as he put his car on drive.

We rode in silence, only listening to Paul's hardcore rock. By the time we reached Jake's house, I had a massive headache and was irritated.

"Hey!" Jacob said, as he opened the passenger seat to get inside. I unbuckled my seatbelt and scooted closer to Paul.

"Hey, Jake." Paul said happily, smiling smugly at him. "I am going to see Rachel today in class. She is my teacher!"

"Leave me alone, dickhead. Just drive me to school." Jacob muttered angrily. "How are you feeling?" he asked, as he turned to face me.

"Good, why?" I asked annoyed.

Jacob kissed my cheek softly and sat beside me. "I just wanted to know." he said, smiling wearily at me.

We made a couple of stops along our path to school, picking up three more of Jake's and Paul's friends.

"Hey, Madison, congrats." the one named Seth said, patting my shoulder. I turned my head to face the backseat and smiled confusedly at him.

"Um, thank you." I said skeptical.

"Don't mention it." he said, smiling kindly at me.

"Now I understand what Embry meant about her scent changing. It's a lot sweeter, right." the kid named Brady said to the one named Collin.

What the fuck were they talking about? I tried to listen to their conversation, but the damn music that blasted through the speakers was too loud, to actually make out the words that they were saying.

The entire morning continued to get even stranger. Paul was being too protective of me. He said that since Embry was nowhere in sight, he had to take every precaution necessary to protect me. Jake and Quil were constantly around me; they were acting like my bodyguards. It was time for the last morning bell to ring, when I saw Embry.

I ran up to him and wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. I had missed him.

"Hey, beautiful." he smirked, kissing my lips softly. "Did you miss me?" he asked smugly.

I nodded and kissed him again. I couldn't get enough of him. I loved him so much. My arms felt empty when he was not beside me.

"Where have you been?" I asked him, as I rested my head on his chest. "Paul went to pick me up this morning and the rest of your friends have been too careful with me. They are afraid that I am going to fucking break. It's like they are my overprotective brothers! What the fuck is wrong with them?"

He smiled and kissed my forehead. "I'll tell you later." he whispered sweetly into my ear.

"You promise?" I asked him, my eyes fixed on his. "Promise me, Em, that you will tell me if there is something wrong, OK? "

He kissed my lips and nodded. "I will. But you are going to be late to your classes. I don't want you to get in trouble, angel." he said softly.

"I will see you in Chemistry class." I said, pulling away from him.

"I won't be in class today." he muttered, shifting uncomfortably.

"Why? Where could you possibly go, sweetie?" I asked puzzled.

"Um, well, I... I dropped out of school." he said, biting the corner of his lip.

"What? What did you say?" I asked angrily. "Why would you do such a fucking stupid thing?" I said in disbelief.

"I will tell you later. I have to go. I will see you later, I promise." he said, kissing my lips one last time, before he turned around and disappeared through the congested hall.

It was a long, dreadful day. I didn't get any information from Quil or Jacob. Paul, Seth, Collin and Brady were mum about the entire thing. All I could do was wait, until Embry told me what the hell was going on!

The last bell of the day rang and I remembered that I needed to speak to Ms. Black about the project she had assigned in class earlier. When I walked in to her room, I saw something that I could definitely have lived without.

"Are you guys crazy?" I asked surprised. I never imagined that Ms. Black and Paul would not have the common sense of locking the classroom, before they started making out and groping each other. "What if I was a teacher or the stupid principal? You have to be more careful!"

"Um," Ms. Black said, as she lifted up the strap from her undershirt, over her shoulder. "We..we, um... weren't doing what you think we were doing…" she trailed off, looking down at the desk. "Right, Paulie?"

Paul pulled at his collar and nodded. "Uh-huh, yeah! Yeah! We weren't doing anything wrong. We were, um, we were, um, just kissing, Madison." he said nervously.

"Idiot, you weren't supposed to say that!" she hissed angrily, walking towards him and pushing him. She turned to me, a killer look on her face. "You won't speak a word about this, you hear me?" she said, poking my arm with her finger.

"Ouch! Ms. Black, that hurts!" I whined, rubbing my arm. "I wasn't going to say anything about this, Ms. Black." I muttered, taking a step back from her. "I just came to see if Embry... I came to look for Embry." I said, raising my hands in front of me. "You guys can continue with whatever you two were doing. Paul, you might want to clean the red lipstick off your lips and wait until, well... wait until your dick isn't standing at attention to leave the room."

I turned around and stopped. "You should be more careful, next time." I said over my shoulders and exited the room, feeling my cheeks grow hotter with embarrassment. I slowly made my way down the hall and stopped when I saw Elaine and her minions coming towards me.

I could tell that they were coming to start more problems. I turned around and when down the corridor towards the left, until I reached the exit door that led to the back of the school. I was hoping that Embry was out there.

"You!" I heard Elaine shout. "Stop right there!" she ordered, as she gasped for air. "You stole my boyfriend!" she said, walking towards me.

"I stole your boyfriend?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at her. "I stole your boyfriend?" I asked again, walking to where she stood. "What makes you so sure that I stole your boyfriend?" I asked her, staring down at her.

"I saw you kissing him this morning!" she shouted, slapping my face. Woohh, she fucking caught me off guard! She slapped me again and this time, I shoved her against the locker wall.

"I can kiss my boyfriend, Elaine!" I said angrily. "Don't ever touch me, you fucking cunt!" I said, slamming my fist square on her face. I could hear the cracking of bone and feel the warm blood against my skin.

"Bitch!" she yelled. "You fucking broke my damn nose!" she cried, placing her hands over her bleeding nose.

"I don't give a fuck if I broke your damn nose, bitch! I won't tolerate you butting into my fucking personal business. I have put up with you for the last three months. I am tired of your conniving ways and your two stupid minions following me around…" my voice trailed off, when I felt warm hand on my shoulder.

"She is not worth it, Madie!" I heard a baritone voice say. "Come on Madie, let me take you to Embry." Quil said softly. I turned to face him and nodded.

"I will get Embry back!" Elaine shouted behind us. I spun around and saw her being whisked away by her two friends.

Quil and I walked silently down the hall and out to the empty parking lot. It was strange to have a silent Quil. He was always making small talk and filling in the awkward gaps with conversation.

"How's your hand?" he asked me, when he noticed me rubbing my aching hand. "Can I take a look at it?" he asked worriedly.

I nodded, extending my hand to his. "It doesn't look broken." he said, smiling down at me. "You have a small bruise forming around your lips." he said, pointing at my lower quivering lip. "Oh, don't cry, Madison. Elaine is just jealous that you have Embry." he said, when I started crying. "Embry is yours! I swear that he won't ever leave you."

"I want to see Embry, Quil." I said, lowering my head, as I placed my hand over my lip. "I can't take this shit anymore, Quil. She is constantly bullying me. I had enough of her constant bantering and insults. There is so much that I can take."

"I know and I am sorry that you have to endure all this because of…" he trailed off, as he took a whiff of the air. "Madison, you smell even more differently." he said, raising his eyebrow and stare curiously at me.

What? What the hell was he talking about? "What are you talking about?" I asked, eyeing him confused.

"Embry told me to look after you, while he works, since he dropped out of school." he muttered to himself.

"He what?He dropped out of school to work?" I said indisbelief. "Is my boyfriend crazy?"

Quil stared down at me and shook his head. His brown eyes filled with worry. "You haven't… you had sex with Embry, right? Please, tell me that you have used protection!!" he begged, taking my hand, as he guided me to his motorcycle.

"Where are you taking me? Why do you care if I use protection while I... Quil, what is going on?" I asked him perplexed. "I have to talk to Embry. He might come…"

He placed his hands on my shoulder and sighed. "Madison, did you have sex with Embry, while you smelled like this?" he asked worriedly.

"I, um…" I managed to say, but nodded. What is going on with my smell or aroma or is it scent.? What does he mean by different smell?

"Madison," he stopped, shaking his head anxiously. "Look, we have to talk to Sam. He knows more than this."

"About what?" I asked angrily. I was confused and… confused! "What is wrong with me? Why do I smell so different now?"

"I can't tell you, until I know more." he said uneasily. He took his helmet off his bike and placed it on my head. "Wear this and please, don't fight me. You'll find out soon enough!"

I did as he told me. I got behind him and wrapped my arms around him. He turned on the motorcycle's engine and revved it. What the hell was going on? We slowly made our way down the main road and headed towards Sam Uley's house.

When we got to our destination, I noticed Embry's black motorcycle and all of his friends standing near the porch. They were all staring down at me. Emily and Kim had worried looks on their faces as I trudged towards them.

"What the fuck is wrong with me?" I shouted, slamming the helmet against Embry's chest.