Chapter 4

Best Friends, Boyfriends, and Brothers

I was making popcorn alone in my house one night when my cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Sof, it's me."

"Hey El! How are you?"

"Good, it's really cold where I'm standing."

"Well, go inside."

"I can't, the person inside has to let me in."

"Well, ring the doorbell, you doof!"

"Ok."

The door bell rang. "That's weird, you rang a doorbell and mine rang." I ran to the door. When I opened it a girl a little taller then me with black hair and hazel eyes stood there. "AHH!" I screamed, dropped the phone and hugged her.

"Sof! Hearing and Breathing! Necessities, remember?"

"Right! Sorry! Come in!" We went and sat on the couch. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, my dad lives here, and I figured I should come back to where my family is. Especially since my sister left me and came here!"

"Oh, yeah! I forgot you lived with Taylor!" I said.

"Yep, so I called my dad, and the next day got on a plane and got a cab and drove home then here!"

"I can not believe you lived in La Push! It is so weird, me moving here."

"Yeah. You look cute." She said.

I looked at my outfit. I was in my cutest short shorts, a tank top, and Seth's sweater. I had the sides of my hair up, with only a touch of lip-gloss, and a dab of perfume on the back of my neck.

"Thanks, the guys are coming over to watch movies, I wanted to look cute."

"For 'the guys' or a guy?" She asked, waggling her eyebrows.

"A guy."

"The one who's sweater you're wearing?"

"Yeah."

"Seth, right?"

"Yeah."

"Seth Clearwater?"

"Yeah, how'd you know?"

"I knew his family when I was a kid."

"Wait, you knew Seth?"

"Well, I hung out with his sister a little; she was the only girl, so I didn't really have a choice. Our dad's were really good friends, broke my dad's heart when his died."

"Wait, Seth's dad died?"

"Yeah, a few years ago. It was really sad. My brother was really mad that I was still with Taylor in Germany."

"That's sad."

"Yeah, so were you talking about Embry Call?"

"Yeah."

"Him and my brother used to be really good friends. Don't know if they still are, my brother dropping out of school and all."

"Maybe. So, how is everybody? " I asked.

She went into telling a story of something her and our friends did after I left. I laughed so hard, I could hardly breathe. As she finished, the doorbell rang.

"Oh! The guys are here!" I said, running to the door. Seth was the first one in. I hugged him, and then hugged everybody else.

"Well, well. You guys got old." El said.

"Eli?" Quil said, and hugged her.

"Hey, Q." She hugged Seth, and then smiled at Embry. "Hey, Em. I've heard good things about you." She said.

"I didn't know it was you Sof was talking about." He said, and hugged her.

"And what was my dear little sister saying about me?"

"Good things, I swear!" I said. "Only things a sister should about her favorite older sister."

"Let's go watch this movie!" Quil said.

"Ah, horror, really Quil?" I said. Seth laced his fingers through mine. I looked down at my hand, then up at him. He looked down, embarrassed. I blushed, but squeezed his hand.

"Be warned guys, Sof does not do well with horror." Eli said.

"I squeal." I admitted.

"And she'll hardly watch the movie." Eli teased.

"I don't like suspense!" I said. "Or blood, or puke."

"We take the warning." Em laughed.

The movie started. I jumped at the first thing that jumped at us, and hide my face in Seth's chest. I did that for most of the movie, and he kept his arm around me the entire time.

"Hey, there's no more popcorn!" Quil said.

"That's because you ate it all, idiot!" Em said.

"I'll go get some more." I said.

"Do you want us to wait for you?" Quil asked.

"Is it more horror?"

"Uh..." He looked at the box. "Yes."

"No."

"I'll help you." Seth said.

"Are you sure, I don't want you to miss anything."

"I'm not a huge fan of horror." He said, smiling.

We went into the kitchen. "Soooo, El mentioned your dad." I said.

"What she say?"

"She said that your guy's dads were really close."

"Yeah, Dad and Billy were great friends."

"I'm sorry to hear about what happened to him." He nodded. "Err, what did happen to him? If you don't mind me asking."

He smiled. "He had a heart attack when I was fourteen."

"Oh, I'm really sorry. But sorry isn't what you want to hear is it? I know the word sorry can seem very annoying. Trust me, I know."

"Yeah, it can. I've never told anybody that. I just nod and tell them thanks for there support, and then walk away. Sorry is a word you say when you ask for forgiveness, it doesn't fit in the situation."

He sat on the floor. I sat down next to him. "Well, no one knows what else to say. They say what they feel is best, or what is all they can think of. No one wants to say anything wrong."

"Why do you find sorry annoying?"

"It's what everyone says when they find out I'm on anti-depressants. That and 'it'll be ok'."

"Oh, well. Looks like it's the two of us against the word sorry and 'it'll be ok'"

I laughed. "That's why I love Eli. When I told her she said 'Honey, I've been here for you through all this craziness, might as well add one more thing for us to get through together.'"

"Sounds like a real friend." He said. "Well, you and me have craziness; let's say we work on them together."

"I'd like that." I said, smiling.

"Me, too."

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