IT'S MEEEEE! HAHA! I'M ALL PENT UP AND EXCITED! I'M NOT SURE WHY! BETTER GET STARTED BEFORE I FREAK YOU GUYS OUT!
September 28th(just a couple days later…maybe I'll do dates from now on to save confusion)
Leah hummed as she bustled around her and Jacobs' medium sized apartment and gathered the laundry. The radio on as she worked in and out of rooms. 'I'm so bored' by wavves came on.
his feet were torn
flyin' skateboard
ripped jeans to shorts
won't do no chores
I'm so bored
yeah I'm so bored
skin like dirt
Christian death shirt
sun kissed and curved
those guys were jerks
I'm so bored
life's a chore- "YOU HAVE A VIDEO REQUEST FROM; EMBRY CALL"
She clapped her hands. She turned down the music and rushed to her computer. She pushed accepted and a screen with her dear friend embry came up. He waved.
"Hey Leah."
"Hey Embry! What's up?"
The young man shrugged. "I just got back from a friends house, (it was Bella! Ha-ha!) And thought I'd say hey…where's Jake?" Leah smiled.
"He's working some extra hours so when we leave for vacation, his work doesn't come to mind." Embry sighed.
"That sounds like Jake. So are you guys still coming around new years?" Leah shook her head.
"No, we're coming a couple days before Christmas, we figured to shorten our trip, but still enjoy Christmas with our family." Embry nodded. A thought came to Leah.
"Hey embry, what did you mean a friends house?" she watched as her friends scarred face tinted to red.
"Err…just a friend; I met them when I went for coffee one day." Leah raised an eyebrow.
"Embry Ethan Call I know you better than that; what's their name?" he gulped and shifted; a quark of his he's developed.
"Ahh…me no speaky." Leah rolled her eyes.
"C'mon embry just spit it out and I'll leave you alone…please!" embry slammed his head on his coffee table and sighed.
"Fine…but I'm not going into details…her names Bella and I met her when I went to the skating rink!" he said in one breath. Leah laughed at how red embry's face was.
"Embry you don't have to hide stuff like that! I think it's great you made a new friend." She saw embry's lip twitch, his way of a smile.
"Thanks Leah…I gotta go, tell Jake a say hey."
"Okay embry. See you before Christmas!" she turned off the computer and heard the door open and shut, showing Jake was home. "Hey Jake." she called. Her fiancée smiled as he came into their bedroom. He gave her a kiss.
"Hey sweetheart! What's with the huge smile?" she shrugged.
"I just finished talking to embry, and guess what?" she was buzzing.
"What?" he asked as he grabbed the TV remote in their room and flicked on the TV.
"Embry has a little crush!" she giggled again. (Aww Leah! You're gonna make embry bright red now!) Jacob gave her a strange look that said; 'you're serious?' she smiled.
"He met her at the ice rink and their friends, but the way he blushed every time he talked about her, I know theirs more!" Jacob rolled his eyes with a grin.
"Of course you would get excited about that; so you can force the poor guy into a suit!" she slapped his chest in mock anger.
"Nuh-Uh! I think it's cute he's actually acting on one of his crushes!" Jake chuckled remembering middle school when sue had forced all of them to where suits to a school party.
Flashback
"But sue I don't want to wear a suit! I'll look like a nerd!" a young embry whined. He had his braces put in last week and was still sore about the subject. A young Jake and Seth snickered on the couch, making Sue's scolding eyes land on them.
"Don't you laugh! The both of you will too!" the two groaned and went back to playing their card game while they could. She looked back to embry.
"Embry, this is a school FORMAL. You have to wear a suit to go."
"I don't even want to go! All the football players will be there and make fun of me again!" sued sighed.
"Embry you can't let them get to you. This dinner is for ALL sport participants, so you have as much of a right to be there as they do." He sighed and let sue readjust his tie for the third time. "Perfect! Seth, Jake, it's you're turns." They groaned, but let sue drag them upstairs to help put on their suits. Embry sat on the couch thinking. Will I always be the outcast?
End of flashback
Leah went back to doing the laundry and Jake started making dinner. He was excited to see his friend soon.
X
Embry sighed and got a beer out of his fridge. It was a stupid habit to drink beer, but unlike most people he knew when to stop, and the taste of hops always calmed his nerves. He closed his eyes as he sunk back into the couch, letting his mind wander…
Xx
Embry groaned as a bright light came into view. He was standing in a hospital room in the shadows, and that's when he saw why. There laid him when he had gone through the accident. He was talking to the guys.
"You gave us a damn scare embry!" Paul spoke, resting his hand on his dear friends arm, though embry didn't know Paul treasured their friendship. (Awe! sad!) Embry watched quil roll his eyes, mumbling. Eric snickered at whatever he said. "I'm sorry guys." Paul and Harry gave a genuine smile, while the others nodded. But he didn't see Sam sneer in annoyance. Suddenly the old man was there tsking at Sam. Embry jumped, and realized everyone was frozen, as if the man had paused his dream. "You know, I always had doubt about him. He had such a bad temper with the team..." embry shifted. "Why are you popping up all of a sudden?" the man chuckled.
"Call yourself crazy, but like I said I'm you!" embry shook his head.
"You can't be me! I…I'm…ugh! I'm not that happy anymore!" the man laughed and pinched embry's cheek.
"So mature, yet so naïve!" embry scowled at the annoying man.
"What do you mean?" suddenly embry was at the ice rink in the hall, talking to Bella, her face rosy red. The man pointed at her.
"You see her? The sweet girl you're talking to? Well, I can't give much away, but I CAN tell you to open up to her. She may not be the worlds best therapist, but I do know what your future is like…and believe me, she's a big part of it!" embry stepped towards the two figure to take a closer look at Bella.
"How do you know what my future is like?" the man groaned and slapped his forehead with his palm.
"Ugh! Was I really this dull? I thought it was clear! I am YOU! I'm an older version of you! Dear god…" embry huffed at the man's comment.
"Okay! I get it…can you tell me more?" a flash came and then embry was at a cliff. The man smirked.
"nope." He pushed embry off the cliff and then;
He woke up in a sweat, panting. He clutched his chest, feeling it racing.
"Jesus! No more beer before I fall asleep again." He whispered. He looked at the clock underneath the TV to see it was eight at night. "Damn. Looks like another take-out night." He got up and stretched, hearing several pops from his back. Beep, beep, beep, bee-"hello?" embry answered the phone, sleep still in his voice.
"Oh sorry embry did I wake you up!" embry perked up at the voice coming through the phone.
"Bella! No you didn't wake me up, Uhh what's up?"He could practically see Bella biting her lip.
"Well, Emmett decided to make dinner and he made WAY too much-"you know I suck at directions, besides you know better than to leave me with a pound of meat-"SHUT UP EMMETT! UGH! But like I said, we have a lot, I know it's late so…would like to come over for dinner?" embry was caught off by the question; yes, he had eaten lunch with Bella, yes he had gotten coffee with her, and YES he had even gone to dinner with her and her family at a burger joint, but, the thought sitting there in her home made his nerves kick into over drive, making him want to decline and shut down. But then the words from his dream came to mind. "Open up to her…" "Uhh, sure I'll come for dinner; any specific time?"
"Would mind coming over now? We're almost done with the cake, other than that everything's ready so-EMMETT! YOU JUST GOT CHOCALTE ALL OVER MY SWEATER!" Embry's eyebrows shot up at the sudden volume change. "Sorry! I'm no good with all this cooking supplies!" embry bit his lip, trying to hide the grin that came to him. Bella and Emmett's banters could always make him smile, yet still no laughing. It irritated him to no end trying to understand why he could smile so easily around Bella. Another thought came to mind, but he pushed it away, he would worry about that later. "Embry, are you still there?" he snapped out of his mental monologue.
"Yeah I'm here. I'll be there in a few minutes." He said his goodbyes and got his jacket; it was fairly warm out, but you could never take a risk while living in Colorado. He took the ten minute walk to Bella's house, seeing the lights on through the fair sized windows. He knocked on the door; Bella showed up with a smile and motioned him to come in. the smell of burnt chocolate came to his nose. Hr turned towards Bella with a look of sarcasm; even though his face was hidden from her view, Bella had learned to read his body language in a short time; she never pushed about why he wore his hood, and she could tell that embry appreciated it. Emmett walked into the living room with water all over him. He grinned sheepishly. "Hey, embry." He awkwardly waved at his sisters' friend. Embry nodded as Bella took his hand dragged him into the kitchen.
X
Later in the night, Bella and embry sat on the couch watching a horror movie with Emmett. Embry winced in disgust when a woman was sawed in half. He looked to see Bella equally disturbed. "Psst." He whispered. She looked at him with obvious disturbance of the movie.
"You want to get some fresh air?" she nodded and followed him onto the front porch, inhaling the cool air in relief. Embry sat down in one of the three lawn chairs. Bella sat next to him, sighing. They sat in comfortable silence for a moment, neither needing to speak right away, just enjoying the cool air and away from that horrible movie. "Hey em?" Bella whispered. He turned towards her, his face fully hidden because of the darkness of night. "Yeah?" she bit her lip, nerves filling her stomach; she tried her best not to seem intrusive, but she knew something held embry back from fully trusting her and she wanted to tear down that last wall.
"Are you…afraid?" embry turned towards her in confusion.
"What do you mean afraid?" he put his hands behind his heads and sunk into the chair, feeling heavy with sleep because of the late hour. He saw her figure shift. He bit his lip trying to think what exactly she meant.
"I mean…are you afraid to…open…up to me?" embry was shocked by her question, but he couldn't blame her; in the beginning even though he offered lunch, he had been shy, timid and distant, almost as if he was protecting himself from fully trusting her. He shyly slid his hand into hers in the darkness.
"Bella I'm going to be completely honest with you…in the beginning yes I was shying away from the thought of opening up to someone again. It wasn't you, it was my past…Bella, I went through some emotional tolls that made me shut down. There's a good reason I wear my hood all the time but, I'm not ready to explain that." Bella felt guilt rise in her heart.
"I'm sorry embry I didn't mean-"embry cut her off.
"You did nothing wrong Bella; in fact, you've been nothing but patient with me and it's only been a week." He pulled Bella slightly closer to him, the chairs being a barrier to fully hugging her. He replayed the words from his dream over and over again, while also thinking of doubts and insecurities.
Will she be disgusted?
No.
Will she betray me?
No
Will she lo…love…me?
…I'm not sure
He nearly jumped out of his chair when he felt Bella's hand gently caress his uninjured cheek. Bella bit her lip as she felt warmth spread through her cheeks. Embry's skin was smooth and warm, she new it was sudden that she touched his cheek, but it was instinct; he was so deep in thought he was silent and Bella thought he was upset. Embry sat still, relishing the feeling of her hand gently stroking his cheek. His heart was hammering at the new contact; he had gotten used the hugs, the playful pushes, even the accidental hand brushes, just within a week, but her hand just staying in one place made him blush a whole new shade, not that she could she it anyway. He didn't know it, but he was slowly leaning into her touch.
"Embry?" Bella's voice squeaked.
"Yeah?" his voice was equally squeaky.
She opened her mouth to speak, but Emmett burst through the front door making them both jump and Bella's hand retracted from embry's cheek. "Where are you gu-oh? There you are!" Bella glared at her brother. He put his hands up defensively, not sure what he did. Embry sighed and stood up to stretch. He turned towards Bella, his face still hidden as ever, but Bella felt like she could see something, she just wasn't sure what.
"I'll Uhh, see you later Bella." He gave her a gentle hug, feeling lighter than usual.
"Yeah, bye embry." She watched him walk backwards for a minute, giving an awkward waved before turning to head home. She sighed and went inside. She threw a pillow at Emmett, signaling she was going to bed. He smirked, knowing he caught Bella and embry having a moment.
He didn't have a problem with embry, but there was something shady about him that made him go into big brother mode; he had listened to their conversation and had stiffened when embry had said something about his past. He went ballistic when Bella's voice got squeaky, that was a sign she was nervous, so had busted out there to stop whatever was going on. When he saw Bella flushed and her hand pulling from embry's face, he was glad his brother instincts took over when they did. He sighed. He was over thinking all of it; he just needed to relax but be careful. He drifted into his own sleep on the couch as he watched family guy, thinking of how to annoy his dear sister tomorrow.
X
Embry groaned as he got out of his very hot shower. It was something he needed at the moment; he was fighting with the insecure him and the old him. The old him was saying; fuck it she wants to hang out with so hang out with her you pansy!
The present him was saying; what if she laughs at you! What if she's disgusted with the scars! What are you going to do then? He sighed wishing his head would just shut up for ten minutes. He wrapped a towel around his waist and went to the sink to brush his teeth and get ready for bed. He stopped as he looked into the only mirror within his entire home and felt…fine! The scars were still large and humiliating, showing what happened four years ago. But, he felt no anger, or remorse; at the moment he just felt annoyance and that was because he dropped the toothpaste cap and it was now down the sink.
He knew the feeling of being so light would only last so long, so he shrugged and changed into a pair of boxers and plaid pajama pants. He sighed as he felt the crisp sheets of his queen size bed. He sunk into the bed, letting sleep over take him; his last thought before he fell asleep was; Bella swan is breaking my shell…
(INSERT GASP) EMBRY AND BELLA TOOK A STEP! SURE IT WAS A SMALL ONE BUT…GAH YOU GET MY POINT! OKAY I GOTTA DO THIS BEFORE I FORGET! I NEED TO EXPLAIN THE CHARACTERS AGES; IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF THE AGES. SO THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS, AND MY PEACE OF MIND!
Embry call; 26
Isabella swan; 24
Leah black; 25
Jacob black; 26
Emmett swan; 30
Seth Clearwater; 22
Alice and Edward mason; 24 (twins) IF I FORGOT ANY ONE I'M SORRY JUST REVIEW IF YOU WAN TO KNOW SOMEONE ELSES AGE! I'LL SEE YOU NEXT CHAPTER!