A/N: Hey people who read this! Thank you to ZareenBlack, VampireGirl1313, and help-me-think-of-a-name for reviewing!
Who agrees that Kanye West was being a moron for what he said at the VMAs when Taylor Swift got her award? Gods, you just don't say that on tv, not to mention Taylor Swift totally deserved the award. No offence to Beyonce, but her music video is just her dancing.
This chapter was kind of hard to write, it being in Seth's POV, but I hope I did a better job with it then I did with the Seth POV chapter in FL.
Why? Chapter 3: Books and Bailey
Seth POV
I loved working in a bookstore. Firstly, I get a 30% discount on any book I want to buy. Why would I? I can read all day, and get paid for it. And secondly, I get to meet all kinds of different people. I'm always looking for that special one. My imprint.
Needless to say that I haven't found them yet. The others – Excluding Leah and Embry – don't realize how hard it is to find your forever mixed in with the crowd. Most of them just imprinted; Bam! Simple.
Until a week ago, Embry and Leah probably had thought that I always had hope. Always knew we were going to imprint. We just needed the right people to cross our paths.
That was the façade. I had to keep the brave face up for Lee. After Sam had imprinted on Emily, my sister had nearly lost herself. I had nearly lost her.
In the old days, before all of this werewolf stuff, and Sam, Leah had been my best friend. I could tell her anything, and everything. Yeah, we had the normal brother-sister annoying thing, but overall, we loved each other.
That changed when Leah got into high school, and met Sam. She became more sarcastic, and way more annoying. Trying to look good everyday was one of the things I hated about the 'new Leah'. Lee would wake up at 6:00 each morning and stay in the bathroom till 7:30, when she needed to go to school. That meant, I had to brush my teeth at the kitchen sink.
I knew she still cared about me, even when she forgot our plans and went to hang out with Sam instead, but I still resented her for it. Then came that fateful day when Emily had come for a visit and Sam had imprinted.
For a few weeks before that, Leah had gone crazy worrying about him. She hadn't gotten any kind of call, or email from him, and she hadn't seen him at school. That was when she went back to the 'semi-old' Leah, who would do stuff with her little brother.
Sam came back, and the new Leah returned. Then he dumped her for Emily. I hated Sam after that, him having caused Leah so much pain with his disappearance, and then dumping her; just like that. When I had shifted myself, I mostly forgave him for all he had done, knowing he didn't have a choice. But even now, six years later, there was still a part of me that hated Sam.
Now Leah needed me, her lifeline to sanity. She had found a friend in Jake, but he had imprinted on Ness, in Leah's words 'abandoning us'. It was just Leah, Embry, and I who hadn't imprinted. Yet. And I knew that if it happened to me before Lee, she would be happy for me, while harboring her hatred of the unfairness. If it happened to Embry, she'd think it was just another way of fate saying that she wasn't good enough. Because it was Embry.
Footsteps. A heartbeat. Breathing, I turned around, thinking it was my boss. The room was empty except for the shelves rising to the ceiling, packed with books. Ding…Ding… the electronic bell that signaled the opening or closing of the door rang.
"Hi," I greeted warmly, "Welcome to Baker's Books," The girl standing in the doorway wore jeans and a hoodie, unzipped to show the green shirt she was wearing. She smiled at me.
"Thanks," she said, looking at the towers of books. "I'm Bailey, I just moved to Forks, thought I'd get to know the area." Bailey walked toward a bookshelf, scanning the titles.
I walked toward her, "Forks? But this is La Push," I said confused. She didn't look up.
"I know," she replied, "I just had a feeling coming here would be…right."
"Oh, cool, well, if you need anything," she turned, "I'll be right there," I pointed toward the counter I had been standing at when she walked in.
"Kay," she said, and for the first time since she had walked in, meeting my gaze.
I'd like, no love to tell you that my whole world shifted, and now Bailey was at the center and all that. I'd love to tell you that there was some sort of spark between us. I'd like to tell you that I felt anything at all towards Bailey, but alas, it wasn't true.
Nothing, nothing at all.
I sighed under my breath, un-audible to any normal human. As I turned back to the counter, it was the first time I noticed the strange scent that lingered around her. It had the faintest hint of the wild, under some kind of lavender scented perfume. The wild smell, it reminded me of the smell we shifters had, but not…
As I sat down, I kept my eyes on her. Until she looked back at me. Bailey walked toward me, holding a book. When she places it on the counter, I am able to read the cover. Julie of the Wolves.
"Wolves?" I asked, raising one eyebrow.
Hailey blushed, her cheeks reddening. "Yeah, they're my favorite animals." She brushed her hair out of her face. There it was. Again. The scent of lavender, the trace of human, the hint of the wild.
"Really?" I asked, "That's cool, they're my favorite too," When you can change into one, it kind of influences your favorite animals.
She gasped, "Oh, my god! That is so cool," Bailey pushed the book toward me, along with a credit card, and I started the task of scanning and bagging the book for her. "So, you know my name, what's yours?"
I handed Bailey the book, "Firstly, you didn't give me your whole name, and it's Clearwater, Seth Clearwater," she rolled her eyes at my remark, or maybe it was the James Bond impersonation.
"It's Case, Bailey Case," she smiled deviously.
"Haha," I said, "So, how's Forks and surrounding area suiting you?"
Bailey looked out the window for a second before turning her attention back to me. "I love it, except for the fact that it's nearly almost overcast." She continued, getting more energetic, "The forest, it's amazing, I love the trees and the mountains, everything is so green up hear!"
"So, you like the forest?" I started, "Well, there's a pack of wolves that live in the woods, I might be able to take you to see them sometime…if you want that is."
Her reaction was instantaneous, "Yes! Oh, please! Yes! Thank you so much Seth, I couldn't imagine anything like that ever!"
I smiled, as she scribbled her number onto a scratch paper, "Yeah,"
"Bye!" she called, walking towards the door.
When she was gone, I read more of the book I had been reading when she walked in. I didn't exactly like Bailey, she was more of a…a friend. In only a few minutes with her, I knew she could become one of my best friends. I have a good sense of people.
Now, my problem was to convince Jake to let Bailey see the pack. That would be fun. Not.
A/N: So…I know I could probably have written the second to last paragraph way better, but I'm going to leave it like that, seeing as I want to get this chapter out tonight. Ugh. I have to go to a basketball clinic tomorrow, and although I love to play the sport, I don't like going to clinics. Basketball isn't to me, how soccer is. Thank you guys for reading this chapter, yay! I got two chapters out in one day! Even though the first chapter of the day was published at 1:00 in the morning…hehe…So, please review, I love to hear your thoughts. And no. Seth doesn't like Bailey. She's more of a 'Seth-likes-as-a-friend' ish person. Thanks, bye!