"We need to do something fun this weekend!" Jake exclaimed. It was Monday after school, and the packs were trying to decide how to spend our upcoming weekend. The "packs" were Jake's and Sam's. There was little hostility between the two pack leaders now, so all the packs still hung out as one.
Quil, Embry, Leah, and I joined Jake's pack. Paul, Jared, Collin, and Brady stayed with Sam. Six new comers also joined Sam's pack. They were Kyle, Kody (The two were twins), Josh, Mitch, Hector, and Drake. Shortly before the fight with the Volturi, the "newbies" began to hit the "coming of age," probably because of all the vampires who were staying at the Cullen's.
"I got it!" I exclaimed wildly. "We should sky dive into the ocean and ride dolphins back!" I swear that sounded like a good idea before it left my mouth. All the guys groaned, and the two Alphas both said at the same time, "Shut up, Seth."
"Hey." Quil said, taking all the eyes off of me and my stupidity. "Why don't we do something that we can do with our imprints? We haven't really been able to hang out with them because of all the patrols." Sam, Jake, Paul, Embry, and Jared all liked that idea, probably because they had imprints.
So it was agreed.
"Can I bring Sky?" Collin asked suddenly. Without warning a snarl ripped through my teeth. All eyes shot towards me, wide with surprise. Jake placed a warning hand on my shoulder.
"Sure Collin." He said carefully, eyeing me.
I was shaking and my hands were balled into a tight fist as I tried to keep from shifting. The thought of Collin with Sky… My Sky! Okay, so she wasn't exactly mine whatsoever, and she probably hated my guts right now… But still!
Then, something came out of my mouth I didn't know possible. It was "Then I'm bringing Melissa!"
It surprised everyone, including me. "What?" Quil stared at me. "Why? You never bring her anywhere!"
I shrugged. "She is my girlfriend… I figure I should probably bring her…"
Friday at school, the lunch bell rang. I glanced around the campus. I saw Sky and Collin, sitting together with the group they usually did. I frowned at that. He had his arm around her, and they were laughing at something… Together…
I glared at the sight.
Pathetic…
Sighing, I spotted Melissa and her friends sitting at a table close to where Collin and Sky were. And just my luck, she was in a direction that faced the two with an empty seat next to her. So I sauntered over and slid into the seat next to her, sliding my arm around her shoulders.
"This seat taken?" I asked, grinning at her. I saw confusion run over the faces of Melissa and her friends, but Melissa quickly smiled and nodded. "Yea! I mean, no! Sit! You're already sitting… Stay!" She giggled uncontrollably. I forced another smiled and zoned out quickly as the girls began to talk about things I had no interest in whatsoever.
Instead I watched Sky. Sky and Collin. Watched them be happy. Watched Sky smiling. Why was she so happy with him? Why couldn't she be happy with me?
Then, Sky looked up. We made eye contact. A jolt went through me and I had to look away. I quickly got the idea to make her jealous. So I began to flirt with Melissa. Playing with her hair, smiling at her; the works.
I looked up to see what Sky's face looked like…
Why did she look confused? I was hoping for jealousy… Okay, I really needed to get my thoughts together. First I was calling her "my Sky" and next I'm trying to get her jealous?
Did I really like Sky?
The thought cut my breath short. It wasn't because of her looks… Though she was gorgeous, I felt as if I needed her. She was the only one who could fill this void in my heart. I hadn't realized how long I had been lost in my thoughts.
I was about to stand to go talk to Sky when the bell rand, signaling the end of lunch. I watched as Collin and Sky both stood. They exchanged what seemed to be goodbyes. Melissa said goodbye to me—apparently not noticing how I was staring at Sky—and headed off to class. I felt a hand on my shoulder and heard Jake's voice. "Let's go." I didn't move, but watched in confusion as Collin slowly leaned in. My eyes widened in horror. He hesitated before kissing her cheek.
That was enough to set me off. I snarled, but it was muffled by Jacob's hand. I was vaguely aware of him quickly dragging me off campus as I shook in furry. Then, I was in the woods and I calmed down slightly.
"We need to talk." Jake said.
"So talk." I barked at him, no pun intended there.
He sighed. "Shift. I need to hear your thoughts, and what's going on in that strange little mind of yours." My eyes widened considerably. I suddenly felt very protective of my thoughts.
"Noo…" I said, like a little kid who doesn't want to pick up their toys. Jacob sighed again. "Seth, I need to know what you're thinking. To see if you im—" "Don't, say it." I growled through clenched teeth. Jake eyed me carefully.
"Calm down." An order, not a suggestion.
I did.
"Jake, come on. I'm jealous. Can you blame me? She's smokin'" I said, hoping to take his mind off the… "I" subject.
Jake chuckled, dropping his Alpha act. I shrugged. "I'll get over it. Sorry." I grinned my kiddish grin and Jake nodded, ruffling my hair. "Alright. Control your hormones kid." He winked.
"Yea, okay…" I flushed.
I wasn't the one who needed to control my hormones. I shuddered thinking about how bad he must've been two years ago. We shared a mind, so I knew how bad it was now.
As if reading my thoughts, Jake laughed. "Yea, I was bad."
I had to have the most innocent, cleanest mind out of all the guys in ANY high school in the world. I never checked girls out, or stared at their bodies, or even thought about sex. No, I am not gay.
It's just that those things are pervish, and just plain rude! It was hard sharing a mind with perverts.
"I bet…" Was all I said.
I yanked on my swim trunks, bouncing up and down without balance. I looked in the mirror, finger combing my hair. I ran down to the beach—Melissa was meeting us there later. Quil, Claire, Jared, Kim, Sam, Emily, Embry, Mallory, Paul, Rachel, Brady, Kody, Kyle, Josh, Mitch, Hector, Drake—even Leah and Mark—and Jake and Renesmee.
Edward tried so hard to be there, after he failed at trying so hard to not let his daughter go. Bella stopped him. Must suck to be him, his wife's best friend being a shape shifter and his worse enemy, plus his daughter finding her soul mate in that shape shifter before she can speak.
"..Not even my Jacob!" That sentence almost made Edward have a heart attack. Yea, he doesn't have a working heart, that's how bad it was. Renesmee looked about seven, but was insanely beautiful and intelligent. Her thick, curly bronze hair fell down her back and her soprano voice rang out across the beach. Jake and she ran to the water.
I looked behind me as Melissa came bounding up, smiling. "Hey!" She hugged me. I gave her a small grin. "Hey babe." She rubbed my stomach fondly. "You're so strong…" I laughed slightly, uncomfortable. She took off her clothes to reveal her suit. "Like it?" Only in politeness did I look.
She had on a strapless top that was pink and had a seashell on the center of each side. Her bottom was also pink with seashells over the top strap.
"So you do!" She giggled, delighted. I flushed. "I-it's nice…" Should I be this nervous?
Then I saw Sky and Collin finally coming. Sky had her long auburn hair down, bangs pinned to the side. She had a blue tank top that complimented her eyes and short brown swim shorts. As they got closer, I saw Sky put on a strained smile. "Hi Seth."
I stared at her with wide, confused eyes. "M-me?" She laughed at that; a genuine laugh. "Yes, you."
Melissa noticed how I was staring and possessively pushed herself against me. "I don't think we've met." She said to Sky. "I'm Melissa." Pause. "Oh, you're the new girl." She scoffed. Sky just smiled in return. "Yea, I'm Sky… Oh, Melissa! I've heard a lot about you!" Melissa smiled, almost a smirk, and shrugged. "Yeah, well people do love me!" She giggled. Sky studied her for a moment, and then laughed. "What's so funny?" Melissa demanded.
"I didn't say they were good things."
She smiled again and began to walk. My jaw dropped. Collin grinned, putting a fist to his mouth in an "oh no she didn't!" sort of way before running after her, putting his arm around her.
"What a slut." I heard Sky mutter. Melissa heard too. Her eyes wide, mouth frowning, and face red, she was steaming. "So, Melissa. Excited for the day?" I asked quickly. As a distraction.
Melissa turned to me with a big smile. She went off on how great a day it was going to be with plans that—though I'm not exactly sure—had seductive, not-so-hidden meanings to them.
I looked past her to Sky, who took of her shirt. Her bathing suit top was a bright green one—that tied around her neck—with a monkey head on the side. It was sort of like a bikini top.
For the first time, I took in her body. She was somehow tanner—which is pretty strange for a naturally white girl in a very rainy state—but it did look pretty natural. Her legs were muscular in the calves, as was her whole body. Not in a scary man way, but in an athletic way.
Her stomach was perfectly flat and her chest wasn't big, but she looked perfect to me. She kept her swim pants on.
Sky leaned back, stretching and then stood straight. Her eyes suddenly flashed to me. I was caught staring. She gave a confused blink before her face flushed red and she quickly turned the other way. But I could've sworn I saw a small smile playing on her lips.
She took out the clip that held back her bangs and put her hair in a high ponytail. Collin grabbed her hand and together they rushed into the water. I grabbed Melissa's hand.
"Wanna go in?" I asked her. She put her hair into a bun so she wouldn't get her hair wet and strolled slowly down to the ocean, hugging me the whole time.
I sighed. She wasn't very fun.
Finally we made it down to the water. Melissa made a big scene of going in the water. Finally I just picked her up and threw her over my shoulder. She giggled in glee and we got knocked into by a wave. I tightened my grip and in return she gave me a flirty grin, trying to stick out her chest. I didn't even look.
We hung out for about half and hour. Then Quil yelled, "let's play Frisbee!" All the guys cheered. It was a great beach game, and a challenge. Since us shape shifters weighed so much, the sand actually proved a disadvantage.
"I'll watch." Melissa, not a sports person, said. Emily, Leah, Renesmee, Kim, and Mallory didn't want to play either. Claire went along with them.
Melissa gave me a good luck peck on the cheek—the only thing I would offer to her. I looked to see if Sky was doing the same with Collin. Instead, they were playfully pushing each other, and Collin tackled her to the ground.
"Sky's playing." He announced with a grin as he hovered over her.
We had to act normal since there were others at the beach, and Melissa, Sky, and Claire didn't know we were shape shifters.
I have to hand it to Sky, though. She could play. Since she was so small, we'd always trip over her; almost on TOP of her. It worried the heck out of me that we might crush her and she'd get hurt, but she always managed to dive out of the way just in time. She had good fake out throws and even scored the winning point for her team. It was easy to see she earned the guy's respect.
"Woo hoo!" She laughed as her team threw her in the air. Collin hugged her and kissed her cheek. I didn't even care, feeling such admiration for her that I went over and hugged her myself.
"Great game Sky!" I grinned. She grinned back, lightly pressing her fist to my arm. "We creamed you!" She teased. I laughed and it suddenly felt like old times, except I had this intensity inside of me; a burning passion. I wanted to kiss her.
"Race ya to the water!" She broke my concentration and took off running. I raced after her.
Melissa glared, hurt and jealous, as Sky and Seth ran to the water. She already hated Sky… How could she hurt her?
Melissa looked around and saw two twins who were with the gang. Twins were pranksters, right? She sauntered over with a sexy sway.
"Hey cuties, what're your names?" The boys grinned. "I'm Kody. That's Kyle." "Hi."
Melissa smirked a flirty smirk. "How about you two boys do me a little favor?"
Kody, a spiky haired boy, shot his brother—short haired—a grin. "What can we do for ya?" He asked.
Melissa nodded down to the water. "See that girl down there? With her hair in a ponytail?"
"Sky?" Kyle asked.
Both the boys grinned with a slight shade of pink on their cheeks. "Oh yeah, we know her."
What the hell? Melissa thought. Here I am and they're thinking of Sky? Melissa bent over and stroked Kody's cheek.
"Well, I want you to mess with her." She told them. "Pranks, whatever you got. Get her good."
Apparently the two twins were into the idea. "Ay-yi!" They saluted.
Sky and I were having a great time in the water—everyone was. Collin was hanging out with Brady, so he didn't mind Sky and me hanging out. Sky splashed and "eeped" as she ran from a wave literally twice her size. "Ah, come on Sky! Since when are you a chicken?" I shouted, teasing.
Her eyes suddenly flashed with determination and excitement of the challenge. She grinned and suddenly ran towards a huge wave and dove straight into it. I watched in surprise.
The same wave took me off guard and took me out. Sky splashed over to me. "Hm, a little uncoordinated, are we?" She giggled. I splashed her, getting to my feet. "Let's go for a swim.
Sky looked uncertain, and I flushed. "O-oh. I'm sorry. I shouldn't of. I'm being pushy. I—" "Shut up, Seth." She had and amused smile on her lips, but her eyes were still uncertain. "It's just that… Sharks… Sea monsters…" She shivered.
Her expression told me she was serious. I was quiet a moment. Then I started cracking up. Sea monsters? She had to be kidding!
That's when I realized I probably made a mistake. Girls don't like being laughed at.
But Sky just playfully pushed me. "I'll be the one laughing when you're at the bottom of the ocean!
I laughed. "Don't worry, I'll protect you.
Melissa laid her towed down to tan and watched Sky and Seth swim with a burning jealousy in her eyes. Seth was hers. He had been for a while. Before she came along.
Melissa watched her terrible twins, who came well prepared. They had goggles and shark fins for their heads. She watched in amusment as they ducked under the water. Seth, being as tall as he was, was able to stand.
Then she saw Sky go momentarily under water and resurface with a terrified expression. The two "shark" fins circled around her. Yes! Melissa thought. Perfect! She's totally freaked!
Sky cried out, which made Melissa laugh. Then, something happened that she hadn't counted on. Seth looked down and laughed!
Sky, on the other hand, continued to freak out and leaped literally into Seth's arms, clinging to him. A pleased smirk crossed his face as he wrapped one arm around her to keep her up and the other grabbing one of the fins, lifting it up to show that it was only an accessory.
Kody followed the fin up, grinning sheepishly.
Melissa shrieked in furry.
I couldn't help my grinning as I held Sky tight. She was REALLY freaked out. She was shaking.
The twins, Kody and Kyle, raced up as I carried Sky out of the water, shouting apologies. She looked at them and gave a shaky grin. "I-it was pretty f-funny." She said. We sighed in relief. Sky looked at me, her crystal blue eyes shining, her lips parted as her breathing calmed.
"Sorry…" She said embarrassed. "I sorta made a scene."
I smiled, not minding at all. Holding her in my arms felt so right. So perfect! I felt the strong urge to kiss her return.
"I can walk now!" She told me, laughing. I held onto her a few moments longer as Collin raced up. Then I set her down. "Sky! You okay?" He asked.
She laughed. "Yea…" He took her hand and led her towards the bonfire Sam was starting.