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Chapter 20: California
Leah's POV
"Esteem passengers of American Airlines, flight 901 to L.A. International Airport is preparing to land. Please buckle your seatbelts and adjust you seats to the regular position, thank you." The Captain of the plane announced on the intercom. Which was a shame cause I was really comfortable at the moment. Derek was sound asleep on his first class seat, while I was contently snuggled at his side, my nose on the crook of his neck, drowning myself in his ocean scent.
"Der, Der, babe, wake up, we are going to land," I said while kissing his cheek. It wasn't working so I decided to bite his ear instead. Well, I didn't really bit him, it was more of a lick-nip on his left earlobe, but it immediately got his attention.
"Babe, going to the bathroom for the second time is too risky," Derek mumbled in a husky low voice, which immediately got me back to an hour ago, when we decided to see if two people could fit comfortably in a plain bathroom. It was all in the name of science of course.
I chuckled and continued to kiss the skin below his ear. "Babe, we are not going to the bathroom. Even if I really want to right now, we are in the process of landing as we speak. And I'm not going to meet your grandparents by myself!" I hissed.
That seemed to take his interest for a while. He opened his icy-blue eyes and squinted them, adjusting to the light. "We're here?" I just nodded. "Good, the sooner the better! My grandparents are going to love you; grandma has been so excited about us visiting." He said smiling sheepishly.
"Oh, so apparently everyone, except me knew about this little trip?" I said raising an eyebrow at him, "Interesting."
"You're not mad, Lee, right?" He asked worriedly.
I pretended to ignore him and flipped my long hair in his face. I giggled at his awestruck expression and kissed him chastely on the lips. He smiled at me and grabbed my hand while the plain finally landed.
"Welcome everyone to L.A. International. It's currently 10:30 pm, and the temperature is amazingly 74 °F. I think we'll be having another hot December! Thanks again for flying with American Airlines and we hope we can see you soon. Please remain in your seats until the seatbelt sign is finally off." The Captain spoke again.
"Well, that means we'll be going to the beach!" Derek said excitedly."This is the second year in a row that L.A. remains hot, I guess we have to thank global warming for that."
I just snickered at his childlike behaviors and waited for the seatbelt sign to turn off. When we finally got out of the plain, we went through registration and got our luggage, which were two small carry-on, Derek insisted we should just shop since we are staying for a week.
When we finally got out, Derek immediately started looking for his grandparents. He told me he had insisted on them not picking us up, but they were insistent, which just made me smile, and extremely nervous. These were Derek's grandparents, technically all he had. I really hoped they liked me. I usually don't care what people think or say about me, but this was completely different.
"There they are!" Derek said excitedly while grabbing my hand and dragging me towards an elderly couple. The woman was petite, fair skin, blond almost white hair and icy-blue eyes just like Derek's. The man was tall, maybe 6'2'', with fair skin, dark black, almost blue hair and warm brown eyes. They both were smiling at us, waiting for us to pass the glass wall.
We trudged to the lobby where his grandparents were waiting for us. Derek quickened his steps, until he stood in front of his grandmother and was engulfed by his miniature grandma. She clung to him like her life depended on it. When she decided to release him, he quickly gave a hug to his grandfather and turned to me.
"Grandma, grandpa, this is Leah Clearwater, my girlfriend." Derek said, as he turned to introduce me and made a face at the word.
I quickly understood that to the world, that's what I was; his girlfriend of three weeks. Imagine how his grandparents would react if they knew that Derek was a werewolf and imprinted on me. How would they take it if they knew that I was Derek's 'soul mate 'or 'love of his life', much less 'imprint or mate'?
"Oh, it's so great to finally meet you! Derek has told us so much about you! And his description doesn't do you justice, you are absolutely gorgeous!" Derek's grandma said, making us both blush and she grabbed me in a hug.
I shook Derek's grandfather's hand and smiled at both of them. "It's so nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Derek has told me so much about you."
"Oh nonsense child, call me Linda," Linda said.
"And you can call me Lucas. It's so nice too meet you. You are the first girl little Dery brings home," Lucas said and I couldn't help but giggle.
"Grandpa! What did I tell you about using that nickname in front of anyone?" Derek said, his cheek were scarlet from blushing. I think it's the first time I've seen him blushing so much.
"Oh, Derek, it's just Leah, and just wait until I show her the albums, I have everything ready!" Linda laughed.
I just smiled at the thought of finally getting to know this part of Derek. I was anxious, as we started to make our way towards the parking lot, a large black Tahoe SUV with tinted windows awaited us. A large driver got out and immediately got our luggage, placed them on the trunk of the SUV. He then opened the door for us and welcomed Derek. He just smiled and patted 'Lafayette' on the back.
We all got inside and started talking about the flight and Derek giving me the surprise.
We all laughed at Lucas story about the time Derek lost himself on the airport and told a guard that he had lost his parents.
The trip to Beverly Hills was kind of long, but we all had a good time and I got to meet Derek's grandparents. They were so happy, and animated, and you could see how much love they had for Derek. The way they spoke about him was just like a parent would talk about his child. It was really nice seeing this part of his life, you could see that even if they had money, they raised Derek the good way. He wasn't really arrogant or disrespectful or racist, and it made me love him even more.
When we got to the house, my jaw dropped, literally dropped! In front of me stood a grand white mansion with lots of blue glass walls. It was drop dead gorgeous, the entrance was surrounded by beautiful flowers, and the grass was perfectly cropped and green in all the places. (Photo on my Homepage)
"I'm so studying Architecture, "I mumbled under my breath, which made Derek chuckle.
"Welcome home! It's been so long since this house had more than four people. I supposed Leah will be sleeping in your room Derek…" Linda said while smiling wickedly at us, making Derek and I blush.
"Let the kids alone, darling. They don't need you teasing them," Lucas told Linda. "Come on in, guys. Make yourself at home, Leah."
"Thank you. You have a beautiful home," I said smiling at them.
"Thanks, dear. Come on in. You guys must be hungry. Maria made Lasagna!"
"Who's Maria?" I asked Derek while we were walking towards the house.
"She's my grandma's new maid. She lives here, and Lafayette too."
"Oh, that explains the four people comment."
When we got inside the house, it was just as beautiful as the outside; white, beige and brown accents and it was very modern, which I did not expect.
From the living room you could see the large double glass door that led to the outside pool and the breathtaking scenery of large mountains. It was really awesome! As soon as we entered the kitchen the smell of freshly cooked Lasagna assaulted us.
A petite Hispanic girl was setting the table, about 20 years old. She was really pretty, tan skin, dark brown hair and pretty features, she hadn't seen us yet but Linda made sure she did.
"Maria," She said while clearing her throat.
Maria turned to us and immediately smiled. "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Oh, you must be Leah and Derek. It's a pleasure to meet you."
She shook our hands but stayed eyeing Derek a little too much for my liking. Derek started to look uncomfortable under her piercing gaze so I cleared my throat.
She looked a little annoyed by my interruption, which just made me plainly hate her, but turned and went to get what I assumed was the lasagna. I hadn't noticed I was trembling if it wasn't for Derek holding my hand and making soothing circles on the top of it.
We sat down on the table and waited for her to serve the lasagna. I have to admit, even if I didn't like the girl, she could cook a mean lasagna! We continued eating in comfortable silence while Linda and Lucas just watched us; they had eaten before going to pick us up from the airport.
After three helpings each and a conversation about fast metabolism. Linda and Lucas wished us a good night and went to their room. Derek started showing me around, I had the chance to see pictures of Derek's parents and grandparents, even some of him as a kid. He was such a cute baby, which made me start picturing OUR kids; if I could have them, of course.
"And this is our room," I hear Derek say, while he opened the door to a huge room. The room was white, navy and brown; it was neatly decorated and organized. There was a huge king size bed in the middle, with two nightstands, a dresser in the other side of the room, and in the corner a set with a computer and stands that contained lots of pictures and trophies. I'm guessing from when Derek was in HS and College.
I approached it and started looking at the pictures. There were pictures of Derek before he phased with two guys. I'm assuming those were the friends he told me about, posing with him and there were other pictures of his football team. He was the same, but had more childlike features in his face, and wasn't as tall.
"Ugh! Don't look at those. I was a wimp!" Derek whined, as he dragged me away from the stands.
"Don't! You were so cute! Look at that, you had chubby cheeks!" I whined and laughed at the end.
"Whatever, the wolf gene was good to me," Derek grumbled while throwing me in the bed and settling himself on top of me.
"I would have liked you either way, babe," I whispered in his ear, while nipping at it making him growl from deep in his chest.
"Hmm, you sure about that?" He said breathlessly while starting to place open mouth kisses on my neck.
"Mmm, a hundred percent sure."
I grabbed the collar of his white shirt and guided this face towards mine, kissing him with all I had. We started to kiss passionately, almost in an animalistic sort of way. When our tongues collided we both moaned loudly. I could feel Derek's hands everywhere, my hair, my neck, my waist, hips, thighs. My body felt abnormally hot, all my senses where on haywire; I grabbed the bottom of his shirt and started lifting it up and over his head. When that was taken care of, we started kissing again, my hands running over his defined abs and chest. I was gonna have him right here in his grandparents house. The idea terrified me, but at the same time it also turned me on even more, specially knowing he never brought any woman to this room. Just when my hands were gonna unbutton his jeans, the door to our room opened loudly.
"Shit!" Derek kissed and immediately got off me.
I sat up on the bed, beside Derek and looked toward the door. Guess who the fuck it was! It was fucking Maria!
"I brought some chamomile tea for you guys. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson said that Derek used to drink it every night before he went to sleep." The bitch said nonchalantly, as she welcomed herself into the room and placed the tray on the dresser next to Derek's bed. I wanted to scratch her eyes out when she stopped to ogle Derek.
"Thanks, Maria," Derek mumbled, obviously biting his tongue.
Though, I did have something to say. "You can leave now," I said haughtily. "Oh, and Maria," I paused, glaring at her, when she stopped by the door.
"Yes, Leah?" She said innocently, turning around with an annoyed expression on her face. I really wanted to beat her ass, but I refrained from doing so…
"I have two things to say to you," I said through clenched teeth.
"Yes,"
"One, next time, knock on the door before entering. Second, it's Miss Clearwater to you," I smirked.
She looked like she wanted to roll her eyes, or maybe slap me, but she thought better of it. Good for her, I said. "Yes, Miss Clearwater." She said irritated, with a fake smile displayed on her face.
I just nodded uninterestedly and waited for her to leave. When she closed the door, I got up the bed and locked it. I walked to where my suitcase was to get out my pajama. Hoping that Alice packed any pajamas! I could hear Derek snickering in the bed.
"What the fuck are you laughing at?" I asked crossly.
Derek just looked at me and laughed again, then proceeded to imitate me. "Oh, and Maria, its Miss Clearwater." He chuckled again.
"Whatever," I rolled my eyes at him, but couldn't stop from laughing a little myself. It was kinda funny.
"See? I knew you were gonna find it funny," Derek said smugly while unbuttoning his jeans making me shiver a little. I sighed, stealing one look from his amazing body and then returning to retrieve my pajamas from the suitcase. What Alice had packed made me cringle in my spot.
"Holy Shit!" I gasped, my hands flying to my lips. "Oh, holy shit!"
"What's wrong, babe?" Derek said, bolting towards the suitcase.
"Nothing!" I said while closing the suitcase and sitting on top of. "It's nothing, babe."
"What is it, babe?" Derek asked, "And why are you blushing?"
I hadn't noticed I was blushing until he mentioned it. I could feel my cheeks warming up.
"Did Alice pack something you don't like?" He asked, I just nodded, "But that I'm probably gonna like?" he quickly added. I just shrugged at that; though I'm sure he was certainly gonna love it.
He smiled mischievously at me.
"Oh, no, you will not see what she packed!" I squealed when he placed his hands on my waist and effortlessly hoisted me over his shoulder.
I was relieved when he walked towards his bed and playfully dropped me on it. I was glad that he didn't bother looking into my suitcase. It would be embarrassing, but this was so much better. Being in his arms was the best feeling in the world.
Derek gently stretched out beside me and gave me a dazzling smile. "I love you so much." He whispered seriously, as he settled himself on top of me. He propped himself on one arm and carefully placed his free hand on my hip. "Damn, you are so beautiful, Leah. I can't believe that you are meant to be with me." He said, bending down to kiss my lips. It was a chaste kiss, but it stirred every emotion inside me. "I don't need anything to make me love you anymore. You are amazing just the way you are, Leah." He whispered next to my ear. I felt a chill run down my body when his lips made a fiery trail of wet kisses down my collarbone and up to the sensitive skin on my neck.
I reveled on the sweet sensation that his kiss and now his hand left on me. When his lips met mine, I closed my eyes, which intensified every feeling that he'd stirred inside my heart. I was in love. I truly loved him.
I snaked my arms around his neck and slowly pulled him closer to me. Our lips molded perfectly. They were a perfect match. I opened my mouth welcoming his tongue, as it gently entered my mouth, exploring it. It was warm and tasted like delectable sin, passion and love. Our desire deepened, his touch intensified. He was slowly pushing me to the edge of insanity with the way his kiss deepened and the way his hand moved on my body. I was caving and soon I would fall helplessly under the smoldering blue of his eyes.
"Derek," I mumbled against his lips, eliciting a smile from him. He opened one eye and stared down at me. "I'm yours. Don't forget it. I'm so yours. I'm yours forever," I muttered, lifting my arms when he slowly pulled my shirt off.
I loved this man, and no one could make me think otherwise.
Derek's POV
I woke up to the blinding light of the sun on my face. After some minutes of adjustment, I finally opened my eyes and noticed that I was alone in my bed. It felt weird not waking up to Leah's beautiful face and amazing smell, though I could still smell her on the sheets, and certainly on me, it wasn't the same.
I quickly got up from the bed and went to the bathroom, after that I put on some shorts and headed downstairs. When I got to the kitchen I was met with a very smiley Maria. God, this girl gives me the creeps, I thought annoyed.
"Good morning, Mr. Derek." She said overly cheery.
"Morning, Maria."
"What would you li-" my senses cut her off as soon as my eyes landed on the creature under the shower in the backyard.
Leah was standing under the spray; the sun was shining on her back, her long shinny hair all wet and cascading down her back, her plump lips lightly parted, eyes closed and her body was covered by a sinful orange and white bikini, her hands running up and down her body.
"Shit," I murmured under my breath, instantly feeling myself hardened just by the sight of her.
"What was that?" Maria's voice brought me out of haze and my eyes darted back to the maid.
"Um, nothing. I'll eat later; I'm just gonna go do something…" I mumbled the last part and immediately started to walk towards the sliding glass door that led to where Leah, the most beautiful woman on this earth, was.
Leah hadn't seen me yet, so I decided to sneak up on her. I walked silently towards the shower and when I was close enough I grabbed her by her knees and back, carrying her like a baby and threw us both on the cool pool while she laughed.
We went into the water and I immediately wrapped my arms around her waist pressing her flush to my body and bringing us to the surface.
"I missed you, when I opened my eyes and you weren't there," I whined against her lips.
She moaned into my mouth and smiled, "You were taking too long to wake up. So, I decided to check out the pool."
"You should have woken me up," I murmured, placing kisses over the love bites I had left from yesterday on her neck and collarbone, which surprisingly hadn't faded already.
"I'll remember that for the future," She said and wrapped her legs around my waist and pressed herself closer to me, making me groan.
"Good." I said and placed a chaste kiss on her lips which made her pout. "Babe, you know that almost all the windows and doors of this house point towards the backyard."
"Who's gonna see us? Your grandparents left to run some errands and Lafayette left with them," she said while starting to kiss my chest and grinding herself on me.
"Ahh, babe, Maria is in the kitchen, she can see us." I said wishing I wasn't the one who had to stop things.
That seemed to have broken her from her lustful state. "Ugh! Maria, I hate the bitch right now." She growled and pouted, crossing her arms around her chest, which didn't help me with my current state.
I chuckled and nipped at her bottom lip. "Why do you hate her? She's a little creepy but she doesn't look like a bad person."
She just growled again and disentangled herself from me.
"Oh, Derek. I can't believe you can be so oblivious to things! She's totally drooling over you. For example, yesterday night she was checking you out at dinner. Then, she purposely interrupted us! My god! And then in the morning when she heard me walking down the stairs, I could hear her hurrying her steps. Guess what I was greeted with? With her! She was bent over in her little maid dress, her ass showing as she supposedly was 'cleaning' something that she dropped on the floor!"
I just snickered at Leah's jealous behavior. "Ok, babe. You win this argument. Maybe she's a little interested in me, but you have nothing to worry about. I only have eyes for you, you are the only one I want to be with for the rest of forever and ever." I said while accentuating the last sentences, as I peppered her face with soft kisses, causing her to smile. Her smile was the green light I needed to hug her. "And besides," I said kissing her. "I kind of have a thing for nurse dresses. I am after all a Doctor." I finished smirking.
She just smirked back and said. "Too bad Halloween passed a few months ago. I would have loved to dress up as a nurse just for you." She said, smiling sensually.
She slowly began to distance herself from me, swimming around me. Just the thought of a nurse-dressed Leah was enticing. Just the thought of her dressed in a little white mini dress, with a little nurse hat and all made me go to places that I didn't really wanna go now, especially when I'm trying not to ravage her right here in my grandparents pool.
"You're such a tease, Lee," I yelled at her retreating form, which just made her laugh.
We swam a little longer, and then decided to get out of the pool and get dressed, grab a bite to eat and go out for a drive. I wanted to take her to Rodeo Drive to shop, I knew she was gonna love it.
We finished getting dressed, and Leah decided to eat out, just to spite Maria, but if that made her happy I would do it.
We had breakfast in a little Colombian restaurant close to Rodeo Drive and let me tell you, Colombian food rocks! It's definitely on my favorite food list now.
After we finished eating, we headed down the shopping strip. I knew that Leah enjoyed dressing in designer clothes. She tried to hide it, but it was useless. I knew that she loved dressing up and wearing heels. She looked amazing in her little white dress and brown heels.
When it was noon, we'd successfully entered almost every store in Rodeo Drive. We had our hands full of shopping bags. We managed to buy clothes and presents for the Cullens and the pack too.
Of course we had the usual douche that looked at her too much or just tried to flirt with her, but I took care of all of them.
We were placing everything on the back of my grandpa's Escalade when my phone went off.
"Hello." I spoke while Leah and I got in the SUV.
"Derek! My man! We are here with your Gram and Gramps at the BH Club. Why didn't you tell us you were coming? And with a girl!" I heard my old friends' voices through the other phone line. It was Mark and Tom, my partners in crime. It had been so long since I've seen them. I had a ghost of a smile on my lips. It was good to know that my friends still remembered me.
"Mark, Tom! It's been so long, you guys! Yeah, I came for a week, and yes, I brought a girl with me," I said while stating the car and smiling at Lee.
"That's great, bro. So, we'll see you here at the club. We can have lunch together, and you can meet Tom's fiancée." Mark said enthusiastically.
"Tom's getting married?" I asked in disbelief. Out of the three of us, he was the last one I could think of getting married.
"Yeah, her name's Tanya. Also, Mark's dating her twin sister Sky. We'll wait for you and your lovely lady here at the club!" Tom said.
"Ok, guys. I'll see you there. We'll be there in 10." I said before hanging up, on my route to the club.
"Who were those guys?" Leah asked interestedly.
"Oh, yeah, you remember, how I told you that I had friends before the whole wolf thing happened?" She nodded. "Well, these are the ones that never let me loose contact with them, even when I started to push everyone away." I smiled at the memory of their intervention and promise to keep being my friends even when I didn't talk much to them, they even attended my graduation.
"Oh, that's nice, I wished I could have remained friends with my girls in La Push when I phased. But it was prohibited." She said sadly. I just grabbed her hand and kissed her knuckles.
We made our way towards the BH Club while I talked to Leah about my friends, and how I couldn't believe one of them was getting married.
We laughed, as I told her about them. She told me about how the pack used to be when it first got assembled and more wolves joined it. I could see the love that she had for her friends in her beautiful deep rich eyes. They shone with such pride and joy, as she spoke of them that it made me feel glad to know Leah. I was content to know that Leah was my soul mate and she was so kind hearted and amazing.
We made it to the BH club and I parked the car in front of the valet, handing him the car keys, and helping my Lee out of the vehicle. As we made our way inside and towards the restaurant, I spotted my grandparents walking out.
"Hey grandma, pops," I said, walking up to them and hugging them both. Leah hugged them too and then stood beside me.
"You guys are leaving? I thought we were gonna have lunch together." I told them.
"Oh no, dear. We already ate. We are gonna be down at the pool tables with some friends. I wanted you to talk you your old friends and have a good time. We still have a week with you and I can't be selfish. I get to have you guys stay at my house all this week. We can make plans to go the beach tomorrow." Grandma said, as she smiled at us.
It made me so happy that they accepted Leah, they seem to truly like her, and nothing could make me happier.
"Ok, but get ready for a fun filled day with Leah and I, alright?" I said happily at them.
We talked a bit more about what we did early in the morning, until my grandpa said that it was time for them to leave. We said our goodbyes.
I grabbed Leah's soft hand and we trudge down the path, to enter the restaurant. I looked around the faces, searching for my friends. It didn't take long to spot Tom and Mark. They were accompanied by two pretty blonde girls. I was about to take a step, when I felt strange arms wrap themselves around me with such force, that I almost tripped.
"Derky-poo! OMG! I knew you would come back for me. I just knew we were meant to be together!" A high pitched voice squealed close to my ear.
Oh shit… Daphne.
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