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Chapter 5: Just Friends? Yeah, right!
Derek's POV:
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"Alice!
What the fuck is wrong with you? You locked my closet and just left
this horrible excuse of a dress with these damn heels! You know I had
to walk to get here right?!" she yelled.
The girl lifted her face and our eyes met, revealing the most beautiful, brown doe eyes and that's when my whole world shifted…
I had only felt this type of connection on Quil's or Jake's mind. But now, I definitely was not a third party. I was living the real thing. I could feel it. She was standing in front of me! Before me stood the most breathtaking and attractive woman I have ever seen!
She was strikingly gorgeous! She looked just like the girl from my dreams, except she was better. She was tall enough, taller than most girls; but much shorter than me. Her skin was a smooth and satiny russet skin color that drove me insane. Her hair was soft, lustrous and silky that fell to the middle of her back, like a dark curtain.
My princess, was beautiful. Her legs were perfectly long, with defined, lean muscles. They were exposed by the mini dress that she wore. I stared down at her, my mind racing ahead of things. I could picture her naked, in those shoes... calm down, Derek.
My mind wasn't paying attention to me. It was memorizing every corner of her lips and every dent of her flawless and divine body.
I shook my head trying hard to clear my thoughts that were leading me to the gutters and focused on her amazing and beautiful face. Her marvelous face was decorated with, plump luscious fleshy lips, high cheekbones, small defined nose and perfect dimples. I wanted to taste her lips and every corner of her kissable mouth.
Her eyes were... Oh, god, they were perfection. I could see my reflection in them. I felt myself drowning in those, smoldering, and brown orbs. So, this is what love at first sig... Wait! What? Holy fuck! I just imprinted? I imprinted!
That's when I started to suffocate. The lack of oxygen was freaking me out. I managed to break free from my stupor. I noticed that I was gaping at her, like a fucking idiot. Where was my self-control?
I calmed myself down and saw her gazing at me in such a way that made my heart skip a bit. She was looking at me like a blind person would, when seeing the sun for the first time.
I tried to say something, move, react and... but I couldn't. My feet were cemented to the ground and my mind was millions of light years away from my reality. I was thinking of marrying her. Fathering her children and just growing old with her. I couldn't think or make any coherent decision. My mouth wasn't connected to my fucking mind. I couldn't utter a single word. I would probably come off sounding like a damn idiot.
I just stared at her like a complete moron. She must not know what happened. Maybe she did? I do think that she knew! She started blinking furiously and then turned her face away from me. I felt the sun setting on a perfect day. Everything turned dark without her.
"Shit!" she hissed, running her hand through her face. "This is not... no, no and no! This can't be happening to me!" she said in frustration.
"Neither can I" I answered. My voice sounded raspy and hoarse. My throat was dry and I felt like I had not drink water in a million years.
I started looking around nervously. Great! Everyone knows. Can I be so fucking obvious? I saw that everybody had gathered around us. All of the vampires had an expression of surprised displayed on their faces. All of their damn eyes were on me.
Quil looked amused and Embry looked… dejected? Charlie didn't know what had happened and I noticed that there was a woman besides him. She must be Sue; since she looked like a beautiful older, Leah. She was beaming with happiness at what had just occurred. Her eyes were fixed on Leah, staring joyfully at her, as tears of happiness fell down her face.
The tension in the air was suffocating and tangible; everyone was anticipating a reaction from Leah or me, but nothing happened. Leah looked like she was mulling over something and didn't know how to react. I, on the other hand, was trying very hard not to take her in my arms and thank God for giving me such a beautiful angel. She really was my angel, my Leah. She was my life, my future and my soul mate… But what do all these things mean? Does it mean that my life has been settled for me? I just stared in to her eyes and lost all complete notion of my life? Where did my autonomy and self-ruling go? No! This couldn't be happening like this! I was not going to let this happen; I was going to fall in love with a person, without the assistant of some magical spell, called imprinting!
My heart started to beat erratically in my chest. My head was pounding and my mind was screaming at me not to do it! But I could; I knew that I was stronger than this! I could take reign of my life and make my own decisions!
"No you can't! And neither can you Leah" Edward said calmly.
WTF?! Leah was thinking the same thing as me? She didn't want me? I don't fully comprehend why, but it made me feel very sad, confuse, hurt and despondent. Leah deserved someone better than me. She deserved someone that could fall in love with her, the old fashion and definitely, natural way.
I would give that much to her. I would be whatever she wanted me to be and if she just wanted us to be friends, then that is what I would be for her. I would strive just to make her happy. Let's be honest! I knew damn well, that I couldn't run away from this. Imprinting was bigger than me! I couldn't run away from her, but I sure as hell, was not going to fully give in to this werewolf shit!
"Yes, I can, Edward!" my…-Um, I mean, Leah said, while taking several steps back. No! She couldn't leave!
"Wait!" I called out to her; she immediately stopped dead on her tracks. "Leah, right?" I said, as I approached her.
"Yeah," She said apprehensively, she looked hesitant and didn't want to look me straight in the eye.
She waited impatiently for me to say a word, but when I kept quiet, her composure changed. She straightened her back and placed her chin high and looked me straight in the eye.
"Look," she paused, pondering what words to use. "I know I have imprinted on you," she paused again, and stared down at her hands. Geez, she was gorgeous. Her lips moved softly as she spoke and those dimples decorated her perfect mouth. I was being swept away, by the wave of her womanly scent. She was beautiful and I couldn't control my heart around her. "... or you on me. Gosh, I don't even know, but whatever! First of all, who the hell are you and what are you doing here?!" she bellowed.
On the background, I could hear someone, I believe it was Emmett. "Shit! So that was the problem!", followed by a loud SMACK sound.
"Shut up! Don't you see that they are having their moment?" said a tiny perfect voice, that had to be Alice.
"I, um, uh, could I have a word with you real quick?" I muttered. Great! Oh, fucking great, I was muttering like a freaking pansy! Way to go Einstein! Way to impress you imprint, you sound like a retarded dog!
"Um, sure, I guess." Leah said hesitantly.
She glanced uncomfortably around the room and saw that everyone wasn't moving; she rolled her pretty brown eyes –pretty? WTF?- and looked at me.
"Well, seeing as the people around the room, don't know a single shit about privacy, I suggest that we move our conversation outside…" she smirked.
I just nodded and followed her out of the house, it was really dark out, but seeing as we were werewolves we could see perfectly in the dark. We walked enough distance away from the mansion. We wanted to have a quiet conversation away from prying ears. We walked for about for about 5 minutes into the woods, until she finally stopped.
"There should be enough distance between us and those meddling vamps not to hear us." she said.
We stood there gazing at each other, for what seemed like hours. Neither one of us said anything, but I decided that I needed to say what I felt, or a little part of what I felt…
"Look, let's start again." I said, smiling. "My name is Derek Ateara." I said, extending my hand for her to take. She was hesitant at first, but took it. She stared at me, one perfect eyebrow raised, as she gave me a quizzical look. "Yes, I´m Quil´s cousin from LA. I'm also a werewolf; just like you" I finished.
She looked like she wanted to say something but stopped herself. Girl, speak to me; let me hear your melodious voice. Don't punish me!
"Well, I´m Leah Clearwater... but I guess you already knew that…" she said curtly. "You do know, what just happened, right?" she asked straightforwardly.
I nodded, as I looked down at our hands, perfectly held together. "Yes," I sighed. "I have a pretty dam good idea. I imprinted, right?" I replied halfheartedly.
I waited for her to say something, but seeing that she wasn't talking I continued. "Look, I know I just imprinted on you and that's fine! It's peachy and dandy! But I don't believe in this magical thing. I feel the connection, but don't think that I am just going to fall at your feet…" I was interrupted by a very angry, hot, sexy and beautiful Leah.
"What?! Do you seriously think that I wanted this? Do you think that I would dream about falling for a complete stranger that I have never seen in my entire life?" she asked furiously. I didn't answer; I knew that she had more to say. "Well, look here buddy, you are really out of you freaking damn mind, if you think that I'm gonna fall for you!" she berated. I felt my heart sink in my chest, but ignored the pain.
"Well," I said, gathering all my manly strength, not to let her know how hurt I was. "I guess we´re on the same page. I want this as much as you do, too. But I know that I can't be away from you. I know damn well, that I won't survive without you. It's just completely stupid to even think that I can be away from you." I said my harshly. It pained me that she didn't want me. Fine, I don't need you either!
She looked stunned, by my rant and childish outburst. "Me neither… So I'm guessing that we can compromise. We obviously can't be away from each other, but I'm not going to let this shit, take over my freewill"
"Me neither!" I said crossly. I didn't want to be a dick. I wanted her in my life. I had to be more kind and calm about the whole thing. "Aren't we supposed to be whatever out imprints wants us to be? Well, we can be friends? Pack brothers... sister?" I said.
She smiled a little at this new revelation. She had a mesmerizing, beautiful and addicting smile. Her mouth was decorated by plump and fleshy lips that surrounded her lustrous white teeth… if I could kiss them. Stop! Bad Derek! Bad, bad, don't think about your imprint like that!
"Well we can be f-f-friends I guess, that way neither of us has to suffer and we still have our freewill, sort of…" she trailed off smiling shyly at me.
I smiled timidly, after hearing her beautiful voice. I could feel my grin stretching from one ear to the other. I looked down at our hands and noticed that we have been holding hands throughout our conversation.
"Yeah, I guess we could… Friends?" I chuckled.
"Yes, friends!" she said, a wide smile on her lips, as she slowly let go of my hand. Wow, she really was stunning!
"So, um, what brings you here to WA?" she asked, while sitting down on the forest ground, as she leaned against a tree trunk.
"I, um, well," I said nervously, looking down at her attentive face. "I phased for the first time when I was 19."
She looked a little surprised but urged me to go on. I sat next to her, leaning my back against the tree trunk and sighed. It was hard to recall that fateful evening. I lost my parents and for a second, my sanity.
"I was alone in my house and decided to throw a party. You see, my parents were in a convention and they weren't supposed to be in the house, for a few days. I invited a few friends over, but it got a little carried away. I wasn't expecting it to get to get so out of hand; being the reckless teenager that I was, I decided that I didn't care. No one was going to get in trouble." I chuckled nervously, remembering how wild and crazy the party was.
"After a while, my parents got back home, after a neighbor told them about my ingenious party. They kicked everyone out and told them to leave. When everyone was practically gone, my parents were reprimanding me for being so careless… Well, a v-vampire," I stopped, feeling the words dying on my lips. It was hard to speak about my parents. I missed my mother's beautiful face and my father's caring smile.
"I-I, um, we were sitting in the living room, when a vampire entered the house. I don't remember much, I do know that I phased so quickly that I fainted." I said, taking a deep breath and looking at Leah for reassurance. Her face was twisted in a painful expression. She looked like she was hurting with me, but I dismissed it, my mind was playing tricks on me… right?
"Long story short, the next day I saw my parents in my living room…" I trailed off, unable to conjugate the correct words. I was faltering.
The memories were too painful, I felt a hand on my shoulder and immediately felt better. Leah's touch sent electric currents through my entire body. I turned to look at her and smiled
"Well, as you can imagine, I ran and ran. I noticed that I was not myself, but a large, fury beast. I started to remember the legends. There were a lot of things that I didn't know; like imprinting and that there were others like me. I moved with my maternal grandparents, but I never said a thing and continued living my life. I even graduated from Med School, but I still felt like something was missing. One day, I found some old pictures that Old Quil had sent me and that is when I saw you…" I said, staring her straight in the eyes.
"I saw you and immediately felt drawn to you; you could call it a pull or a tug. I felt the urge to run, just get away from the house. I ran towards the woods and phased. That's when I started hearing these voices in my head. I thought for a second that I was going crazy. But it was just Jake and Quil. They helped understand a lot of things and that's when I decided to move here. Well, here I am!" I finished.
I couldn't believe that it had been so damn easy to just open my heart and let her in. She got to hear my life story. I never shared such personal details with anyone. I couldn't believe that I had said all of these to a person that I had just barely met. But I'm betting and guessing those are effects of imprinting.
"I'm sorry." she said softly, looking up at me from under her long, eyelashes. "I can't imagine what my life would have been, if I would have had to deal with everything alone, just like S-Sam" she said, stopping promptly, her cheeks tinted with a soft blush.
Why did she stop talking? And who in the world was Sam? What did he do to make her tremble just by the mention of his name? My anger started to bubble in my chest and I could feel myself shaking. Leah placed a warm, soft hand on my arm and I instantly felt much better.
"What's wrong?" she asked worriedly.
"Nothing, it's nothing important." I answered, but my curiosity and jealousy was slowly eating me alive. "Who's Sam?" I asked inquiringly.
She immediately tensed and sighed gloomily. "It's not important. He is not worth mentioning." she said. I could hear the pain and suffering behind her voice. I didn't want to make her hurt anymore, I dropped the subject; for now. I was going to find out, sooner.
"We should go back." I said reluctantly. I didn't want to leave. Everything was perfect. Leah made the world seem better. "I'm really hungry and I bet that everyone must be wondering what happened to us." I said, offering her a weary smile.
She looked relieved by the change of subject. "Yeah, we probably should go back." she said, getting on her feet. I immediately followed. We trudged back without speaking. The silence that surrounded us was perfect and comfortable.
As we walked back, my mind started to wander freely. I didn't have a clue about what I wanted Leah to be. She was beautiful, but she didn't want this! She wanted to fall in love in her own way. Embry's face kept popping on my mind.
He looked defeated, crushed and hurt. Was there something going on between those two? That could explain the photo; they looked so happy, maybe they were dating behind everyone's back. I felt a pang of jealousy jabbing at my damn heart. I wanted her for myself. Damn, this is what I want! She is what I want, goddammit!!
We reached the front steps of the mansion and ambled to the front porch. She turned to face me and smiled. I smiled back at her like an idiot. She faced the door and slowly opened it.
The house was pretty quiet. "So, love birds, how did it go?" Emmett said in a booming voice.
Everyone came out of what I believe to be the dining room, with wide smiles displayed on their faces.
"Leave them alone, Emmett. Don't bother them with your banter. They must be starving!" Esme said.
To make the moment more embarrassing, on cue, both of our stomachs growled at the same time. Everyone laughed and the atmosphere seemed more enjoyable.
Well, since we took too long talking, the remaining wolves, decided to eat without us. They still joined us for dinner. I formally met Sue Clearwater, my future mother in law. We talked for a while, mainly about how I had "survived" ten years of being a "lone wolf".
As the minutes passed, I started feeling that I truly belonged here. This was the big and happy family that I never had. Yes, my grandparents were great, but it was only us three. I had a lot of friends and many girls that surrounded me, but none of them truly liked me.
During dinner, Leah and I, kept stealing glances at each other. When she saw me gazing at her, she would blush. It was the little things that made me really want to pursue her. When I caught her looking at me; my heart would beat fast, to the point of wanting to break free from my chest and run straight to her. She was perfect and amazing. Her laugh was like bell chimes and her voice was captivating! God help me, this was gonna be harder than I thought. Edward looked at me and smiled; well, it was more like a smirked. Just friends? Yeah, right!
This is it! Finally they meet!
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